FBI search of Mar-a-Lago The Federal Bureau of Investigation executes a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the primary residence of former U.S. president Donald Trump, as part of a Justice Department investigation into Trump. (CNN)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation executes a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the primary residence of former U.S. president Donald Trump, as part of a Justice Department investigation into Trump. (CNN)
Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War The Pentagon announces that it will send Ukraine an additional $1 billion in military assistance, including tens of thousands more munitions and explosives, the largest such aid package to the country since the start of the invasion. (The Washington Post)
Russia suspends New START arms inspections of its nuclear weapons in response to travel restrictions imposed by the United States and its allies. (Reuters)
Russia–United States relations Russia suspends New START arms inspections of its nuclear weapons in response to travel restrictions imposed by the United States and its allies. (Reuters)
The Pentagon announces that it will send Ukraine an additional $1 billion in military assistance, including tens of thousands more munitions and explosives, the largest such aid package to the country since the start of the invasion. (The Washington Post)
A man is arrested for the killings of three Pakistani men last month and for the murder of an Afghan man in November 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The alleged killer targeted the victims "because he was angry over his daughter marrying a Shiite Muslim"; all the victims were Shiite. (Al Jazeera)
The driver of a pickup truck that collided with a motorcycle procession and killed seven people in Randolph, New Hampshire, United States in 2019 is acquitted on all charges. (New York Times)
Anti-government protests occur in Sierra Leone, calling for the removal of President Julius Maada Bio. Both protestors and policemen are killed during clashes. (The Washington Post)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Russian forces install air defence systems at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, according to the head of Moscow-appointed administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Yevhen Balytskyi. (MSN) A Russian missile strike in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, kills at least 13 civilians and injures 11 others. (The New York Times)
A house explodes in Evansville, Indiana, United States, killing at least three people, injuring one and damaging at least 39 nearby houses. (CNN)
A Russian missile strike in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, kills at least 13 civilians and injures 11 others. (The New York Times)
COVID-19 recession Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Domino's Pizza closes all of its stores in Italy after its franchise holder ePizza SpA files for bankruptcy. The American restaurant chain says that it was severely impacted by COVID-19 restrictions in the country. (BBC News)
Domino's Pizza closes all of its stores in Italy after its franchise holder ePizza SpA files for bankruptcy. The American restaurant chain says that it was severely impacted by COVID-19 restrictions in the country. (BBC News)
Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Domino's Pizza closes all of its stores in Italy after its franchise holder ePizza SpA files for bankruptcy. The American restaurant chain says that it was severely impacted by COVID-19 restrictions in the country. (BBC News)
Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast At least ten shells hit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with both Russia and Ukraine blaming each other for the attack, which damaged an office building and the plant's fire station. (BBC News)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast At least ten shells hit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with both Russia and Ukraine blaming each other for the attack, which damaged an office building and the plant's fire station. (BBC News)
At least ten shells hit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with both Russia and Ukraine blaming each other for the attack, which damaged an office building and the plant's fire station. (BBC News)
Cincinnati FBI field office attack A gunman wearing body armor attempts to storm the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Following a subsequent police pursuit, he is killed in a standoff with police. (The New York Times)
Latvia–Russia relations The Latvian Parliament declares Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over its invasion of Ukraine. (Voice of America)
Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast At least ten shells hit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with both Russia and Ukraine blaming each other for the attack, which damaged an office building and the plant's fire station. (BBC News)
The Latvian Parliament declares Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over its invasion of Ukraine. (Voice of America)
A gunman wearing body armor attempts to storm the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Following a subsequent police pursuit, he is killed in a standoff with police. (The New York Times)
A man takes several employees hostage at a bank in Beirut, Lebanon, demanding his bank savings and threatening to set himself on fire. Police officers, soldiers, and intelligence agents surround the building. (The Guardian)
At least eight people are killed in police raids in Curitiba, Brazil. (Infobae)
2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis A High Court Judge is detained following a failed deportation attempt by the Kiribati government. (1 News)
A High Court Judge is detained following a failed deportation attempt by the Kiribati government. (1 News)
Anglo-Indian writer Salman Rushdie is attacked at a public event in Chautauqua, New York, United States, sustaining multiple stab wounds to the neck and abdomen. The suspect is arrested by New York State Police. (Reuters) (AP)
COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Micronesia Incumbent Vice President Yosiwo George dies from COVID-19 at the age of 81. (Pacific Daily News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Micronesia Incumbent Vice President Yosiwo George dies from COVID-19 at the age of 81. (Pacific Daily News)
Incumbent Vice President Yosiwo George dies from COVID-19 at the age of 81. (Pacific Daily News)
Mexican drug war Eight people are killed and five others injured in a prison riot and shootings at a food shop and a pizzeria in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Two other premises are set on fire. (MSN) (CBS News) At least a dozen vehicles are burned and several streets are blocked in the state of Baja California, mainly in the cities of Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada. This is the fourth major incident in the last week where arson and blocked streets have been reported. (KGTV)
Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Anglo-Indian writer Salman Rushdie is attacked at a public event in Chautauqua, New York, United States, sustaining multiple stab wounds to the neck and abdomen. The suspect is arrested by New York State Police. (Reuters) (AP)
Vice President of Paraguay Hugo Velázquez Moreno announces his resignation after being accused of corruption by the United States, which he denies being guilty of. (AP)
At least a dozen vehicles are burned and several streets are blocked in the state of Baja California, mainly in the cities of Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada. This is the fourth major incident in the last week where arson and blocked streets have been reported. (KGTV)
Flooding in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, kills two people and also damages The Linq hotel. (CBS News)
One person is killed and 17 others are injured after a driver plows his car into a fundraiser for victims of a house fire that killed ten people earlier in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, United States. The perpetrator then kills his mother in a nearby town before being arrested. (The New York Times)
A Palestinian gunman opens fire inside a bus in Jerusalem's Old City, injuring eight people, two of them critically. Israeli police later raid the Silwan neighborhood, where the suspect lived, and arrest him. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict A Palestinian gunman opens fire inside a bus in Jerusalem's Old City, injuring eight people, two of them critically. Israeli police later raid the Silwan neighborhood, where the suspect lived, and arrest him. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
Liberia–United States relations The United States imposes sanctions on three senior members of the cabinet of Liberian president George Weah, accusing them of corruption. (AP)
The United States imposes sanctions on three senior members of the cabinet of Liberian president George Weah, accusing them of corruption. (AP)
COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in the United States U.S. First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19. (NPR)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States U.S. First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19. (NPR)
Police in Tokyo, Japan, arrest a former member of the 2020 Summer Olympics organising committee after prosecutors accused him of graft and bribery. (Reuters)
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin says that China will oppose any trade deals with the Taiwanese government and also told the U.S. government to "stop making misjudgements". Commerce Ministry spokesperson Shu Jueting also says that China will take steps to safeguard its interests. (Bloomberg) (Reuters)
2021–2022 inflation surge The European Union statistics office reports that inflation in the Eurozone increased to a record 8.9% in July. (Reuters)
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi and Taiwanese minister John Deng announce that Taiwan and the United States will seek formal trade relations with each other, including cooperation on agricultural and digital trade, harmonizing anti-corruption standards, and addressing "significant distortions" caused by state-owned enterprises. (BBC News)
The European Union statistics office reports that inflation in the Eurozone increased to a record 8.9% in July. (Reuters)
2014 Iguala mass kidnapping A Mexican court issues the arrest warrants for 83 suspects, consisting of military personnel, police officers, administrative and judicial authorities, and members of the Guerreros Unidos syndicate, in connection with the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in Iguala, Guerrero, on September 26, 2014. (CNN)
A Mexican court issues the arrest warrants for 83 suspects, consisting of military personnel, police officers, administrative and judicial authorities, and members of the Guerreros Unidos syndicate, in connection with the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in Iguala, Guerrero, on September 26, 2014. (CNN)
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau nominates judge Michelle O'Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada. An Abenaki member, O'Bonsawin would be the first Indigenous Canadian to sit on the country's highest court. (Deutsche Welle)
Police in Nicaragua confirm that they have arrested an anti-Ortega Roman Catholic bishop in Managua and warned against further "provocative and destabilizing" activities amongst the clergy. (Infobae)
COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announces that Thailand will lift its COVID-19 emergency decree and dissolve the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Additionally, CCSA spokesman Thavisin Visanuyothin announces that the country will shift to an endemic phase of the disease beginning in October. (The Star) (Bankgkok Post)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 vaccination in the United States The FDA announces that it has approved the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for youths between the ages of 12 and 17. (Marketwatch) (WPSD-TV)
COVID-19 vaccination in the United States The FDA announces that it has approved the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for youths between the ages of 12 and 17. (Marketwatch) (WPSD-TV)
Islamic State and "Beatles" cell member El Shafee Elsheikh is sentenced to eight life sentences by a United States district court for his role in the kidnapping and deaths of hostages James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig, and Kayla Mueller. (AP)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announces that Thailand will lift its COVID-19 emergency decree and dissolve the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Additionally, CCSA spokesman Thavisin Visanuyothin announces that the country will shift to an endemic phase of the disease beginning in October. (The Star) (Bankgkok Post)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Nine civilians, including four children, are injured by Russian shelling on a residential building in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (The Washington Post) Russia says that a number of its soldiers in Zaporizhzhia have been poisoned by Ukraine, with tests showing Botulinum toxin type B present in their bodies. (Reuters)
Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Nine civilians, including four children, are injured by Russian shelling on a residential building in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (The Washington Post) Russia says that a number of its soldiers in Zaporizhzhia have been poisoned by Ukraine, with tests showing Botulinum toxin type B present in their bodies. (Reuters)
Southern Ukraine campaign, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Nine civilians, including four children, are injured by Russian shelling on a residential building in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (The Washington Post) Russia says that a number of its soldiers in Zaporizhzhia have been poisoned by Ukraine, with tests showing Botulinum toxin type B present in their bodies. (Reuters)
2022 monkeypox outbreak 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia Indonesia confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters) 2022 monkeypox outbreak in North America Cuba confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Rappler)
2022 monkeypox outbreak in North America Cuba confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Rappler)
Nine civilians, including four children, are injured by Russian shelling on a residential building in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (The Washington Post)
Oleksandr Nakonechny, regional head of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kirovohrad Oblast, is found dead in his apartment in an apparent suicide. (Interfax Ukraine)
A federal prosecutor requests a 12-year sentence for former president and current vice president of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on corruption-related charges. (Reuters)
Taiwan–United States relations Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb visits Taiwan and meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. (ABC News)
2022 monkeypox outbreak 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States Monkeypox cases have been reported in all 50 U.S. states after Wyoming reports its first case of the disease in a person from Laramie County. (ABC News)
2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States Monkeypox cases have been reported in all 50 U.S. states after Wyoming reports its first case of the disease in a person from Laramie County. (ABC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in Canada COVID-19 vaccination in Canada Moderna announces that it will supply 12 million doses of its bivalent COVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting the Omicron variant. (CBC) COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 vaccination in the United States The U.S. CDC announces that it has recommended the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for use in children between the ages of 12 and 17 years. (CNET)
Monkeypox cases have been reported in all 50 U.S. states after Wyoming reports its first case of the disease in a person from Laramie County. (ABC News)
The exchange rate between the euro and the United States dollar drops to 0.9928, the lowest in 20 years. (AA)
The Pakistani police file terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. (NPR)
Brazilian police conduct eight raids on pro-Bolsonaro businessmen accused of discussing the possibility of a coup d'état if incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro loses the upcoming presidential election. (Reuters)
According to the Libyan National Army, a United States-manufactured MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down with a surface-to-air missile, crashing near Benina International Airport in Benghazi, Libya. (Eurasian Times) (Mehr News Agency)
Libyan Crisis According to the Libyan National Army, a United States-manufactured MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down with a surface-to-air missile, crashing near Benina International Airport in Benghazi, Libya. (Eurasian Times) (Mehr News Agency)
