2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Eastern Ukraine offensive Siege of Mariupol Ukrainian forces say they have repelled a Russian military thrust onto the Azovstal iron and steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine. (PBS News)
Changsha building collapse The death toll from the building collapse in Changsha, China, six days ago, increases to 53, with ten people rescued. (BBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic WHO puts estimate of deaths due to COVID-19, including incidentals due to impacted health systems, at approximately 15 million worldwide. (CBC)
Eastern Ukraine offensive Siege of Mariupol Ukrainian forces say they have repelled a Russian military thrust onto the Azovstal iron and steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine. (PBS News)
Floods in twelve provinces of Afghanistan destroy 500 homes, kill 22 people and injure 40 others. (Reuters)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2022 El'ad stabbing Three people are killed and four others injured by two Palestinians in a mass stabbing in El'ad, Central Israel. (BBC News)
Siege of Mariupol Ukrainian forces say they have repelled a Russian military thrust onto the Azovstal iron and steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine. (PBS News)
The death toll from the building collapse in Changsha, China, six days ago, increases to 53, with ten people rescued. (BBC News)
Three people are killed and four others injured by two Palestinians in a mass stabbing in El'ad, Central Israel. (BBC News)
Ukrainian forces say they have repelled a Russian military thrust onto the Azovstal iron and steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine. (PBS News)
WHO puts estimate of deaths due to COVID-19, including incidentals due to impacted health systems, at approximately 15 million worldwide. (CBC)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine is open to continue peace talks with Russia if they guarantee the restoration of preinvasion borders, return the Ukrainians who were forcefully evacuated to Russia, and if Russian troops withdraw from the country. (The Independent) (Axios) Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko claims that the Russian frigate Admiral Makarov was struck with Neptune anti-ship missiles off of Snake Island. Russia denies having any information of the strike. (Newsweek)
2022 Sri Lankan protests The Sri Lankan government declares a state of emergency in response to massive anti-government protests. (Reuters)
Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk The Orlando Police Pension Fund files a class-action lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court against Twitter Inc and Elon Musk, seeking to delay the acquisition of Twitter to 2025. (Reuters)
Eleven people are killed and nine others are injured in Islamist attacks in Loroum and Sanmatenga provinces, Burkina Faso. Twenty attackers are also killed. (AP)
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso Eleven people are killed and nine others are injured in Islamist attacks in Loroum and Sanmatenga provinces, Burkina Faso. Twenty attackers are also killed. (AP)
The Orlando Police Pension Fund files a class-action lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court against Twitter Inc and Elon Musk, seeking to delay the acquisition of Twitter to 2025. (Reuters)
The Sri Lankan government declares a state of emergency in response to massive anti-government protests. (Reuters)
2022 NHL Entry Draft NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says that Russian players will remain eligible for the upcoming NHL Draft despite other clubs banning Russian athletes. (Sportsnet)
At least 26 people are killed and at least 74 others are injured by an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak at the Hotel Saratoga in Havana, Cuba. (AP)
China decides to making regular COVID-19 testing mandatory for its citizens with setting up thousands of permanent PCR testing stations, with 9,000 already completed in Shanghai alone, as authorities aim to "normalise" tough pandemic controls even after the current round of lockdowns end. (Livemint)
Colombia announces that it will offer a second COVID-19 vaccine boosters for people aged above 50 years. It comes after the country reached its target for fully vaccinate 70% of population. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia COVID-19 vaccination in Colombia Colombia announces that it will offer a second COVID-19 vaccine boosters for people aged above 50 years. It comes after the country reached its target for fully vaccinate 70% of population. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China China decides to making regular COVID-19 testing mandatory for its citizens with setting up thousands of permanent PCR testing stations, with 9,000 already completed in Shanghai alone, as authorities aim to "normalise" tough pandemic controls even after the current round of lockdowns end. (Livemint)
COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan Taiwan reports a record 30,035 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the first time the country has reported more than 30,000 cases since the pandemic began. (Taiwan News)
Hotel Saratoga explosion At least 26 people are killed and at least 74 others are injured by an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak at the Hotel Saratoga in Havana, Cuba. (AP)
Iran detains a Swedish man who was travelling as a tourist, allegedly in response to Sweden prosecuting Hamid Nouri, an Iranian official considered to be responsible for the mass killings of political prisoners in 1988. (AP)
Iran–Sweden relations Iran detains a Swedish man who was travelling as a tourist, allegedly in response to Sweden prosecuting Hamid Nouri, an Iranian official considered to be responsible for the mass killings of political prisoners in 1988. (AP)
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says that Russian players will remain eligible for the upcoming NHL Draft despite other clubs banning Russian athletes. (Sportsnet)
Sofia Sapega, the girlfriend of Belarusian activist Roman Protasevich, with whom she was detained when their flight was diverted by the Belarusian Air Force last year, is sentenced to six years in prison for "inciting social hatred". The exiled Belarusian opposition condemns the verdict. (Reuters)
Taiwan reports a record 30,035 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the first time the country has reported more than 30,000 cases since the pandemic began. (Taiwan News)
Two people are killed and eighteen others are injured when an explosion occurs in a residential building in Madrid, Spain. (AP)
Two people are killed and three others are injured during a mass shooting at a care home in Molensingel, Alblasserdam, Netherlands. The perpetrator was already wanted for murdering a man at a shop yesterday. (BBC News)
Two people die and over 100 more are rescued as a boat carrying migrants runs aground in southern Italy. (AP)
Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko claims that the Russian frigate Admiral Makarov was struck with Neptune anti-ship missiles off of Snake Island. Russia denies having any information of the strike. (Newsweek)
Former president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announces his candidacy for the upcoming Brazilian presidential election in October, launching his candidacy with a message of "hope" and stating that he is ready to make "the greatest peaceful revolution" in the history of Brazil. (EFE)
2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election Irish republican party Sinn Féin win the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly with 29% of the first-preference vote, marking the first time that a unionist party did not win the most seats since Northern Ireland's establishment in 1921. (The Guardian)
Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine The Airline Operators of Nigeria announces that all of their airlines will suspend their domestic flights beginning on Monday, in protest of rising fuel prices caused by the war in Ukraine. (BBC News)
Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 bombing of Odesa Four Russian missiles strike the Ukrainian port city of Odesa. (Reuters) Siege of Mariupol Ukraine says that all women, children, and elderly have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant. (Reuters) Bilohorivka school bombing Russian forces bomb a school in Bilohorivka, Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Only two deaths are confirmed but sixty people are believed to have been killed. (Reuters)
Sinai insurgency Ten soldiers and one officer are killed during an attack at a checkpoint at a water pumping station in the Suez Canal, Egypt. (Reuters)
Ten soldiers and one officer are killed during an attack at a checkpoint at a water pumping station in the Suez Canal, Egypt. (Reuters)
The Airline Operators of Nigeria announces that all of their airlines will suspend their domestic flights beginning on Monday, in protest of rising fuel prices caused by the war in Ukraine. (BBC News)
2022 bombing of Odesa Four Russian missiles strike the Ukrainian port city of Odesa. (Reuters)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 bombing of Odesa Four Russian missiles strike the Ukrainian port city of Odesa. (Reuters) Siege of Mariupol Ukraine says that all women, children, and elderly have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant. (Reuters) Bilohorivka school bombing Russian forces bomb a school in Bilohorivka, Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Only two deaths are confirmed but sixty people are believed to have been killed. (Reuters)
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Two colonels, two soldiers and four al-Qaeda insurgents are killed during clashes in Dhale Governorate, Yemen. (AP)
Bilohorivka school bombing Russian forces bomb a school in Bilohorivka, Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Only two deaths are confirmed but sixty people are believed to have been killed. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan Taiwan reports a record 46,536 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the first time the country has reported more than 40,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. (Focus Taiwan)
COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan Taiwan reports a record 46,536 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the first time the country has reported more than 40,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. (Focus Taiwan)
Eight people are killed and 17 others injured during wildfires in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia, that destroy hundreds of buildings in 16 settlements. The Federal Agency for Forestry blames high winds for worsening the fires and impacting firefighting efforts. (Reuters)
Four Russian missiles strike the Ukrainian port city of Odesa. (Reuters)
Four Vietnamese nationals are killed when a fire breaks out at Bismark House Mill in Oldham (BBC)
Iran preemptively shuts down the internet in Khuzestan province amid protests against a 200% increase in bread prices. (Iran International)
Irish republican party Sinn Féin win the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly with 29% of the first-preference vote, marking the first time that a unionist party did not win the most seats since Northern Ireland's establishment in 1921. (The Guardian)
One person is killed and six others injured in a mass shooting in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (AP)
Russian forces bomb a school in Bilohorivka, Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Only two deaths are confirmed but sixty people are believed to have been killed. (Reuters)
Siege of Mariupol Ukraine says that all women, children, and elderly have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant. (Reuters)
Taiwan reports a record 46,536 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the first time the country has reported more than 40,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. (Focus Taiwan)
The monkeypox virus is detected in a person who recently travelled to England from Nigeria. (BBC News)
The Taliban passes a law ordering all women in Afghanistan to cover their faces in public with a burqa. (Reuters)
Three people are injured in an explosion at a steel coke plant in Jharkhand, India. (Reuters)
Treatment of women by the Taliban The Taliban passes a law ordering all women in Afghanistan to cover their faces in public with a burqa. (Reuters)
Two colonels, two soldiers and four al-Qaeda insurgents are killed during clashes in Dhale Governorate, Yemen. (AP)
Ukraine says that all women, children, and elderly have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant. (Reuters)
Wildfires in 2022 Eight people are killed and 17 others injured during wildfires in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia, that destroy hundreds of buildings in 16 settlements. The Federal Agency for Forestry blames high winds for worsening the fires and impacting firefighting efforts. (Reuters)
Canada–Ukraine relations Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly make an unannounced visit to Kyiv to meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid the ongoing Russian invasion. (CTV News) Trudeau announces the reopening of the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv. (Politico)
Ituri conflict, 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks Thirty-five civilians are killed during an attack on a gold mine by CODECO rebels in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly make an unannounced visit to Kyiv to meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid the ongoing Russian invasion. (CTV News)
Thirty-five civilians are killed during an attack on a gold mine by CODECO rebels in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
2022 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles Carlos Alcaraz defeats defending champion Alexander Zverev to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open. (BBC Sport)
Carlos Alcaraz defeats defending champion Alexander Zverev to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open. (BBC Sport)
European Union–United States relations, Iran–United States relations The European Union recommends that the United States remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps from their terrorist organization blacklist. (Times of Israel)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Two Palestinians are killed by Israeli soldiers during confrontations in the West Bank, while an Israeli policeman is stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem, hours after the perpetrators of the El'ad stabbing are arrested. (Reuters)
The European Union recommends that the United States remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps from their terrorist organization blacklist. (Times of Israel)
Trudeau announces the reopening of the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv. (Politico)
Two Palestinians are killed by Israeli soldiers during confrontations in the West Bank, while an Israeli policeman is stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem, hours after the perpetrators of the El'ad stabbing are arrested. (Reuters)
