Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- In ice hockey, the Colorado Avalanche defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Stanley Cup (Conn Smythe Trophy winner Cale Makar pictured).
- At least twenty-one people are found dead in a nightclub in East London, South Africa.
- A mass shooting during LGBT pride celebrations in Oslo, Norway, leaves 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.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
- De jure mayor of Kherson Ihor Kolykhaiev is detained by Russian security forces after Russian-installed officials say he refused to follow orders. Local officials claim he has been abducted. (Reuters)
- The Russian-appointed military-civilian authorities in Kherson announce a referendum on whether to join Russia. (Reuters)
- Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Disasters and accidents
- A state of emergency is declared on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands as a result of a toxic fire. (RNZ)
Law and crime
- The Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines upholds a previous appeal to invalidate online news website Rappler's operating license for violating constitutional foreign equity restrictions on mass media ownership, thus ordering the website's termination. Rappler co-founder and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Ressa says that her company will contest the ruling in court. (BBC News)
- 2022 BJP Muhammad remarks controversy
- The murder of a Hindu man in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan has sparked religious tensions in the area. This was done by two Muslim men, claiming the act was in retaliation for the victim's support for controversial remarks made by a politician on Prophet Muhammad. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- The United Nations estimates that more than 300,000 people have been killed since the start of the civil war in 2011, which is 1.5% of Syria's pre-war population. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Two policemen and a polio vaccinator are shot dead by gunmen on motorcycles in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Business and economy
- 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis, 2021–2022 global energy crisis
- Sri Lanka's power and energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera announces that the government will lift restrictions on fuel imports in response to the country's energy crisis, ending a fuel duopoly between the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the Indian government-owned Lanka IOC. (International Business Times)
- Sri Lanka suspends sales of fuel for non-essential vehicles. For the next two weeks, only buses, trains and vehicles used for medical services and transporting food will be allowed to refuel. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Tuluá prison riot fire
- A fire occurs during a prison riot in Tuluá, Colombia, killing 51 inmates and injuring 24 others. (Reuters)
- June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
- The United States government provides US$55 million in immediate humanitarian funding following the devastating earthquake in southern Afghanistan that killed at least 1,000 people. (Reuters)
- Tokyo records the city's highest temperature since 1875 as a heat wave continues. Several people are hospitalized due to heatstroke. (CNA)
- Nineteen people are killed when a building collapses in Mumbai, India. (Reuters)
- Four people are killed when a helicopter crashes into the Arabian sea near India. (Reuters)
- Authorities in Argentina issue a blizzard warning for Neuquén Province as roads remain blocked by snow. (Rio Negro)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Germany
- Germany reports nearly 70 new cases of monkeypox. (RKI Deustche)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Portugal
- Portugal reports more than ten new cases of monkeypox. (DGS Portugues)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Spain
- Spain reports nearly 200 new cases of monkeypox. (Sanidad GOB Espanol)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom reports nearly 200 cases of monkeypox. (GOV.UK)
- France reports more than 100 new cases of monkeypox. (Sante Publique France)
- Italy reports two new cases of monkeypox. (Salute GOV Italy)
- Romania reports three new cases of monkeypox. (Stiripe Surse Romania)
- Switzerland reports four new cases of monkeypox. (Swiss Confederation Health)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Germany
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
- Israel reports five new cases of monkeypox. (Gov Israel)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Nebraska reports its first case of monkeypox. (KSNB-TV)
- Ohio reports its second case of monkeypox. (WBNS-TV)
- The CDC announces that they will activate an emergency operations center for monkeypox. (CNN)
- The Biden administration announces that over 296,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine will be distributed to combat the spread of monkeypox, including 56,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine. (Business Insider) (The Hill)
- The total number of monkeypox cases in the United States reaches 300. (CDC.GOV)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Canada
- Canada reports more than 40 new cases of monkeypox. (Government of Canada)
- Peru reports two new cases of monkeypox. (La Republica Peru)
- South Africa reports its second case of monkeypox. (Reuters)
- Benin reports their first three cases of monkeypox. (Outbreak News Today)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi
- Delhi reports their first case of the Omicron BA.5 variant. (Hindustan Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
International relations
- Enlargement of NATO
- Nuclear program of Iran
- Iranian nuclear talks are moved to Qatar in a new bid to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. (Politico)
Law and crime
- Freedom of the press in India
- Police in India arrest Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News who has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. (BBC News)
- 2022 Saanich shooting
- Multiple people are injured and two suspects are arrested after a shootout between police and attempted bank robbers at a bank in Saanich, British Columbia. Nearby homes and businesses are later evacuated due to a potential explosive device in the area. (Victoria News)
- Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin is sentenced to two weeks in prison after being arrested yesterday for "disobeying police". (Barron's)
- Protesting against the government's nitrogen policy, a group of farmers gathered at Minister for Nature and Nitrogen Policy Christianne van der Wal's home and rioted, forcing some police officers on the scene to flee for their own safety. (Dutch News)
Politics and elections
- Scottish independence
- Proposed second Scottish independence referendum
- Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, announces during a parliamentary debate session that an independence referendum bill will be tabled in the Scottish Parliament. The bill sets the date for the break-up vote at October 19, 2023. Sturgeon will try to bypass Prime Minister Boris Johnson's unlikely permission to conduct the referendum by referring the bill to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. (CNBC) (The Guardian)
- Proposed second Scottish independence referendum
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kremenchuk shopping mall attack
- Two missiles strike a crowded mall in the city of Kremenchuk, killing at least 13 people and injuring at least 50 others. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that more than a thousand people were in the mall at time of the attack. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- The Governor of Luhansk Oblast claims that a Russian strike in Lysychansk killed eight civilians who were collecting water and injured 21 others. (NDTV)
- Kremenchuk shopping mall attack
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- 2022 Russian debt default
- Russia defaults on two Taiwanese-owned Eurobonds worth US$100 million after Western sanctions on Russia led Euroclear to block Russian attempts to service the debt before yesterday's deadline. Russia describes the default as artificially manufactured and "a farce". The default will have few immediate consequences for Russia since the country is currently unable to borrow internationally. (Reuters) (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Aqaba toxic gas leak
- 2022 Missouri train derailment
- An Amtrak Southwest Chief passenger train carrying 243 passengers collides with a dump truck near Mendon, Missouri, United States. Eight cars and two locomotives derailed, killing three people and injuring at least 50 others. (CNN) (KSNW-TV)
- 2022 San Antonio trailer deaths
- At least 46 people are found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Sixteen others are transported to hospitals. (CNN)
- The Japanese government asks the public to conserve energy and to prepare for power outages as the country faces a heat wave. (AP)
- One person is killed and five others injured after a bullet train collides with an engine in Bohumin, Czech Republic. (AP)
- Four people are injured when an apartment roof collapses in Budapest, Hungary. (AP)
- One person is killed and ten others injured after a tornado hits Zierikzee, Netherlands. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Germany
- Germany reports almost one hundred new cases of monkeypox. (RKI Deutsche)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the Netherlands
- The Netherlands reports more than forty new cases of monkeypox. (RIVM Netherlands)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Germany
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Peru reports its first case of monkeypox. (Bernama)
- The World Health Organization confirms the first death caused by the 2022 monkeypox outbreak. (WHO)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru
- Nauru surpasses 2,000 COVID-19 cases amid an outbreak and emergency declared by President Lionel Aingimea. (Loop Nauru)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru
International relations
- 48th G7 summit
- World leaders at the G7 summit in Germany issue a statement pledging more financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to Ukraine. This comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a video calling for more heavy weapons from allies. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Abortion in the United States
- Abortion in Louisiana, Abortion in Utah
- State judges in New Orleans and in Utah temporarily block the abortion bans for all stages of pregnancy that state officials announced after the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. (The Guardian) (Deseret)
- Abortion in South Carolina
- A federal judge in South Carolina lifts an injunction on the so-called heartbeat bill, effectively limiting abortion to about 6 weeks into pregnancy. (CBS News)
- Abortion in Louisiana, Abortion in Utah
- One person is killed and five others injured in a mass stabbing at a shelter for asylum-seekers in Kressbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (AP)
Sports
- 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifying
- World Rugby rejects the Spanish Rugby Federation's appeal against their national team's disqualification in the 2023 Rugby World Cup for fielding an ineligible player during the qualifying tournament, thus confirming Romania's qualification to the World Cup by taking Spain's berth as Europe 2. (RTL)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Several Russian cruise missiles strike Kiev, 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 a 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
- Two police officers are killed and another is injured in Dassari, Benin, by militants suspected to be from Niger or Burkina Faso. (SwissInfo)
- Mexican drug war
- A shootout occurs between the Mexican federal police and drug cartels in Nuevo León, close to the US border. Six officers are killed and four others injured. (Reuters)
- Two soldiers and seven militants are killed in a shootout in Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
- Seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian are summarily executed after being held captive in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 East London 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)
- 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 in a fire at a market in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters)
- Four people are killed and 322 are injured when a stand in a bullring collapses in El Espinal, Colombia. (AP)
- Three people are killed in Brentwood, California, U.S., when their car collides with an Amtrak train. (CBS News)
- Two people are killed and more are missing after heavy flooding in Krasnodar, Sochi, Russia. (FloodList)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Russia
- Russian President Vladimir Putin embarks on a foreign trip to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, his first since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Reuters)
- 48th G7 summit
- The G7 summit kicks off in Schloss Elmau, Krün, Bavarian Alps, Germany, and will last until June 28. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes their first appearance at the summit. (NBC News) (Japan Times)
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Turkey
- Riot police disperse hundreds of people in Istanbul after the government banned the Pride Parade, alleging that the parade could cause "public unrest due to society's sensitivities". (Reuters)
- Nigeria's Zamfara State begins issuing firearms licenses to citizens so that they can defend themselves from bandit gangs. (Reuters)
- The Knesset advances a bill, for a possible vote on Wednesday, which would ban indicted politicians from becoming Prime Minister of Israel. If passed, it would prevent Benjamin Netanyahu from returning to that post. (Times of Israel)
Sports
- 2021–22 NHL season
- In ice hockey, the Colorado Avalanche defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games to win their first Stanley Cup since the 2001 season, thereby dethroning the Lightning in their quest to three-peat. (The New York Times)
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)
- Anglophone Crisis
- Twenty-six people are killed in an attack in Akwaya district, Southwest region, Cameroon. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Miss International Queen 2022
- Fuschia Anne Ravena of the Philippines is crowned Miss International Queen, widely regarded as the world's largest beauty pageant for trans women, in Pattaya, Thailand. (Reuters)
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 declares that monkeypox is not yet a public health emergency of international concern. (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
- Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
- 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)
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
- 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)
- An Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo plane carrying nine people crashes near Ryazan, Russia, killing five passengers. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 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 Europe
- Bulgaria and Croatia report their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters) (Total Croatia News)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Canada
- British Columbia reports its second case of monkeypox. (CTV News Vancouver)
- 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)
- South Africa and Colombia report their first cases of monkeypox. (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 Asia
- 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 and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 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
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)