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Mourning flowers in Oslo
- Mass shootings (location pictured) during LGBT pride celebrations in Oslo, Norway, leave two people dead and twenty-one others injured.
- The United States Supreme Court determines that abortion is not a protected constitutional right, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan kills at least 1,100 people and injures more than 1,600 others.
- Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian presidential election, defeating Rodolfo Hernández Suárez in the runoff.
June 27, 2022 (Monday)
June 26, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Several Russian cruise missile strike Kyiv, killing one civilian and injuring four others, according to Ukraine's Prosecutor General. Some of the missiles were launched from Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers over the Caspian Sea. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera) (Ukrinform)
- A missile strike kills one civilian and destroys a strategic bridge connecting western Ukraine with eastern battlefields in Cherkasy Oblast. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in the Sahel, spillovers of the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and the jihadist insurgency in Niger
- Two police officers are shot dead and one is wounded in Dassari, Benin, by militants suspected to be from Niger or Burkina Faso. (SwissInfo)
- Mexican drug war
- A shootout breaks out between the Mexican federal police and drug cartels in Nuevo León, close to the US border. Police authorities say that six officers have been killed and four others wounded. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Russia misses a deadline to pay back its US$100 million debt to international creditors, bringing the country closer to default. It will be the first time the country has defaulted since 1918. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Enyobeni Tavern disaster
- Twenty-two people are found dead at a tavern in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The cause of their deaths is unclear. (BBC News)
- Four people are killed and 30 more injured after a stand collapse during a bullfight in El Espinal, Colombia. (BBC News)
- One person is killed and another is reported missing after a fire on an inter-island ferry in Manila, Philippines. (AP)
- Two people are killed and nine others are injured by a market fire in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Gun control policies
- Nigeria's Zamfara State begins issuing firearms licenses to citizens in order to defend themselves from bandit gangs. (Reuters)
- LGBT rights in Turkey
- Riot Turkish police disperses hundreds of people in Istanbul after the government banned the Pride Parade alleging it could cause "public unrest due to society's sensitivities". (Reuters)
June 25, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- The mayor of Sieverodonetsk announces that Russian forces have "fully occupied" the city. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Pro-Russian forces say that they have entered the city of Lysychansk, the last major city still held by Ukrainian forces in Luhansk Oblast, and that street-to-street fighting is underway. (First Post)
- Russia launches dozens of cruise missiles at targets in multiple Ukrainian cities, including Yavoriv, Zhytomyr, and Desna. At least 20 missiles were fired from Belarusian airspace. (Reuters) (Yahoo! News)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Islamic terrorism in Europe
- 2022 Oslo shootings
- Two people are killed and 21 others injured during mass shootings at three separate sites in central Oslo, Norway, including a gay nightclub. An Iranian-Norwegian man is arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism. The motive is suspected to be Islamic extremism. (BBC News) (NRK)
- 2022 Oslo shootings
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A 16-year-old Palestinian teenager dies in Israeli custody after being shot yesterday by soldiers in Silwad, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes near Kish Island, Iran, killing one person and injuring 31 others. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- The World Health Organization says that monkeypox is not yet a public health emergency. (NBC News)
- Japan reports a record high temperature for the month of June of 40.2 °C (104.4 °F) in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture. (Kyodo News)
International relations
- Togo and Gabon officially become members of the Commonwealth of Nations. (France 24)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Ecuadorian protests
- The National Assembly convenes to debate the possible removal of president Guillermo Lasso amidst ongoing protests. (La Nación)
- Gun politics in the United States
- U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law. (CNN)
Sports
- 2022 Mediterranean Games
- The 19th Mediterranean Games opens in Oran, Algeria. (Mundo Deportivo)
June 24, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Governor of Luhansk Oblast Serhiy Haidai announces that Ukrainian forces will withdraw from Sievierodonetsk amid the advance of Russian and pro-Russian forces. (Axios)
- A Russian-appointed senior official for the Kherson youth department is killed by a car bombing in Kherson in an apparent assassination. (Al Jazeera) (The Moscow Times)
- Ukrainian authorities say that Russian forces have captured the city of Hirske, south of Lysychansk, in Luhansk Oblast. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says that his forces also captured the town of Zolote. (Reuters) (Newsweek)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Two Tunisian police officers are injured in a stabbing and suspected terrorist attack in the Grand Synagogue of Tunis. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Melilla incident
- An Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo plane carrying nine people crashes near Ryazan, Russia, killing five passengers. (Reuters)
- Five people are killed and eleven others are injured in Gayan District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, by an aftershock from the recent earthquake that killed at least 1,100 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas report their first cases of monkeypox. (WLEX-TV) (Citizen Times) (KXAN-TV)
- New York City opens the first monkeypox clinic in the United States. (U.S. News and World Report)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
- Taiwan, Lebanon, Singapore and South Korea report their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) (Reuters 3) (Reuters 4)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Canada
- British Columbia reports its second case of monkeypox. (CTV News Vancouver)
- Bulgaria, Croatia, South Africa and Colombia report their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters) (Total Croatia News) (Reuters 2) (Reuters 3)
- Zambia, Libya and Fiji report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. (Diggers News) (Libyan Express) (Fiji Village)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud tests positive for COVID-19. (Al Jazeera)
- COVID-19 vaccine
- The Sanofi–GSK COVID-19 vaccine is found to be effective against the Omicron variant. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
International relations
- Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union, Bulgaria–North Macedonia relations
- Bulgaria lifts its veto against North Macedonia's bid to join the European Union. (DW)
Law and crime
- Abortion in the United States
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
- The United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending protection of the right to abortion on the federal level and returning regulation to the states. Twenty-two states enact trigger laws or reinstitute existing laws banning abortion. (Reuters) (CNBC)
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
- Kongsberg attack
- A court in Norway finds the attacker not criminally responsible due to paranoid schizophrenia and sentences him to compulsory mental treatment. (Euronews)
- 2021 Cuban protests
- A court in Cuba sentences two protesters to between five and nine years in prison for desecrating the Cuban flag and resisting authority during last year's protests. (CNN en Español)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Grenadian general election
- The oppositional National Democratic Congress wins the majority of seats in Grenada's latest general election. NDC's party leader Dickon Mitchell is expected to become Grenada's next Prime Minister. (Loop Caribbean News)
- UK parliamentary by-elections
- The Conservative Party is defeated in both the Tiverton and Honiton by-election and the Wakefield by-election by the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party, respectively. Conservative chairman Oliver Dowden resigns in the aftermath of the defeats. (BBC News)
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- Canada at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
- The Canada men's national water polo team withdraws from the remainder of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, due to COVID-19 cases within the team. (CBC Sports)
- Canada at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
June 23, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Governor of Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Haidai, says that Russia is "just destroying" everything in Lysychansk as pro-Russian separatists say they are close to capturing both that city and Sieverodonetsk. (AFP via Dunya News)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The first trial for rape during the war in Ukraine is set to begin in absentia against a 32-year-old Russian soldier accused of murdering a civilian and repeatedly raping the civilian's wife during the offensive in Kyiv. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ecuadorian protests
- A third protester is killed in Quito during clashes with police as around 10,000 people continue to protest in the city. (France 24)
- Turkey arrests ten alleged Iranian intelligence agents and charges them with plotting to murder Israeli tourists in hotels. (AFP via Al Arabiya) (Daily Sabah)
Business and economy
- 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
- U.S. sportswear retailer Nike and networking firm Cisco announce that they are permanently ending their operations in Russia and Belarus. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are killed and 25 others injured by a fire at an apartment building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (CNN)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- New York City becomes the first jurisdiction in the United States to distribute smallpox vaccines to people who are at risk of contracting the monkeypox virus. (The New York Times)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration orders electronic cigarette company Juul to pull all of its products from the market, blaming the company for causing an increase in youth vaping. (NPR)
International relations
- Enlargement of the European Union
- Accession of Ukraine to the European Union, Accession of Moldova to the European Union
- The European Union formally awards official candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. (BBC News)
- Accession of Ukraine to the European Union, Accession of Moldova to the European Union
Law and crime
- Gun politics in the United States
- In a 65–33 vote, the U.S. Senate passes gun control legislation for the first time in decades. The bill calls for tougher background checks on gun purchasers younger than 21, blocks gun sales to individuals with a history of domestic abuse against unmarried partners, and provides funding to encourage the adoption of a red flag law, among others. It is sent to the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Grenadian general election
- Citizens of Grenada head to the polls to vote in a general election. (Loop Caribbean News)
Science and technology
- Scientists discover the largest known bacterium, Thiomargarita magnifica, in the mangroves of the Guadeloupe archipelago in Lesser Antilles. It is up to 2 cm (3/4 inch) long. (France 24)
Sports
- 2022 NBA draft
- In basketball, the 76th NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Orlando Magic selecting former Duke University player Paolo Banchero with the first overall pick. (ESPN)
June 22, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- The Ukrainian Air Force launches drone strikes on an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast, Russia, causing a large explosion and fire. Operations at the refinery have been suspended. Footage on social media appears to show at least one armed drone striking the facility. (Reuters)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Reporters Without Borders releases a report claiming that a Ukrainian photojournalist was summarily executed while injured on the ground by Russian soldiers during the early stages of the conflict. (Al Jazeera)
- Southern Ukraine offensive
- Seven Russian missiles strike the city of Mykolaiv, killing at least one person and damaging a number of residential and commercial buildings, according to Mykolaiv governor Vitaliy Kim. (The Telegraph)
- The Ukrainian military says that it has inflicted "significant losses" on Russian forces after launching airstrikes on Snake Island in the Black Sea, destroying a Pantsir missile system, a radar station and numerous vehicles on the occupied island. (Euronews)
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Yemeni Civil War
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- Five Southern Transitional Council soldiers and three Al-Qaeda militants are killed during a shootout in Ataq, Shabwah Governorate. (AP)
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- 2022 Ecuadorian protests
- Ecuadorian indigenous groups attack a police station in Puyo, Pastaza, amid ongoing protests in the country. One protestor is shot dead by police. Eighteen police officers are missing, while another six are injured. (Bangkok Post)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Inflation in the United Kingdom reaches 9.1%, a 40-year record, as food and fuel prices continue to increase. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
- A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Khost, Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,500 others. (BBC News)
- Red Air Flight 203
- A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 catches fire after landing at Miami International Airport in Florida, United States. (The Guardian)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
- Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says that Denmark will begin administering fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 50 years. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
- The UK Health Security Agency declares a national incident after traces of poliovirus were detected during routine sewage inspections in London. However, the risk to the public is currently believed to be "extremely low". (Sky News)
International relations
- Africa–Canada relations, Foreign relations of Rwanda
- Canada announces its intention to open an embassy in Rwanda. The announcement comes a few days before the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will be held in Kigali. (CTV News)
Law and crime
- The military junta of Myanmar orders all legal proceedings against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved from courtrooms to prison venues without explanation. Aung San Suu Kyi has been under detainment since the February 2021 coup. (Al Arabiya)
Politics and elections
- The government of Bulgarian prime minister Kiril Petkov loses a motion of no confidence vote in the National Assembly. (The Straits Times)
June 21, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian occupation of the Luhansk Oblast
- Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai says that Russian forces captured the towns of Pidlisne and Myrna Dolyna, south of Lysychansk, and also confirms reports that separatist forces captured Toshkivka yesterday. (Reuters)
- Russian occupation of the Luhansk Oblast
- The Governor of Kharkiv Oblast, Oleh Synyehubov, reports that Russian shelling killed 15 civilians in and near Kharkiv. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- 2022 United Kingdom national rail strike
- Railway transport workers go on a nationwide general strike in the United Kingdom after talks on a 7% pay increase for workers collapses. The RMT says that industry executives have only offered a 2% increase in pay, which is well below rising inflation levels. (BBC News)
- 2022 United Kingdom national rail strike
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia becomes China's biggest supplier of oil, surpassing Saudi Arabia and making up over half of China's oil imports. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Wildfires in 2022
- 2022 California wildfires
- The Edgewood Fire breaks out near San Mateo County, California, prompting evacuations and power outages. A firefighter is injured while fighting the fires. (CBS News) (KNTV) (KGO-TV)
- 2022 California wildfires
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Macau
- Authorities in Macau place a casino and hotel with more than 700 people inside under lockdown due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the territory. (Straits Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Macau
International relations
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Lithuania–Russia relations
- Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev warns Lithuania that its citizens will "feel pain" over the ban on the transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad through Lithuania, saying that Russia's response in the near future could have "a serious negative impact on the population of Lithuania". (Reuters)
- Lithuania–Russia relations
- Estonia–Russia relations
- Estonia reports that a Russian Border Service Mi-8 helicopter violated its airspace over the weekend. The Russian ambassador to Estonia was summoned in response to the incident. (Al Arabiya)
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international relations
- The United Nations announces that the conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity initially scheduled to take place in Kunming, China, later this year will be moved to Montreal, Canada, due to logistical complications caused by China's Zero-COVID policy. (The Wall Street Journal)
- 2021–2022 global energy crisis
- Lebanon, Egypt and Syria sign an agreement to supply Egyptian gas to a power plant in northern Lebanon through Syria. However, the World Bank, which is financing the deal, must validate the agreement before it can take effect. (The Independent)
- Cross-Strait relations
- Twenty-nine Chinese military aircraft enter the Taiwanese air defence zone, prompting the Taiwanese Air Force to send their own aircraft in response. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Two people are injured, including one in critical condition, after a stabbing attack in Västerås, Sweden. (AP)
- Rioters attack an International Day of Yoga celebration in Malé, the Maldives, proclaiming that yoga is against the tenets of Islam. (Reuters)
- The South Dakota Senate, in the United States, votes to convict Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over his role in a 2020 car accident in which his car struck 55-year old Joseph Boever, removing him from office immediately. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2022 food crises
- Egypt rejects two World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements which would have forced it to export domestically needed food to alleviate the global food crisis, citing proposals that it considers harmful to developing countries and also noting that 30 other WTO member states restrict food exports. (Al Monitor)
- The armed forces of Ecuador say that they will "not allow ongoing protests" to "damage the country's democracy", as road blockades and demonstrations against the economic policies of president Guillermo Lasso continue. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Internet censorship in Russia
- Russia blocks access to The Daily Telegraph's website on the orders of the Prosecutor-General, after accusing the newspaper of "disseminating false information" about the Russian war in Ukraine. (MSN)
- Nuri, South Korea's first locally-developed orbital launch vehicle, launches for a second time from the Naro Space Center in Goheung County, South Jeolla, with a satellite payload of 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). The launch was successful, with all of the satellites being put onto the 700 km (430 mi) Sun-synchronous orbit. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
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