Mexican drug war Six people are killed and eight others are wounded in a mass shooting at a party in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. (Infobae)
Over 124,000 confidential documents are leaked from Uber, showing efforts by Uber to lobby governments for preferential treatment. (BBC News)
Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Donbas Missile strike on Chasiv Yar A Russian airstrike on an apartment complex in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, kills at least 47 people and leaves nine others injured. (Sky News)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Donbas Missile strike on Chasiv Yar A Russian airstrike on an apartment complex in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, kills at least 47 people and leaves nine others injured. (Sky News)
2022 Wimbledon Championships Novak Djokovic of Serbia wins his seventh Wimbledon and overall 21st Grand Slam title after defeating Nick Kyrgios of Australia in the men's singles final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 (7–3). (BBC Sport)
A Russian airstrike on an apartment complex in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, kills at least 47 people and leaves nine others injured. (Sky News)
An exit poll by NHK projects that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-led coalition will retain its majority in the upper house, winning 76 of the chamber's 125 contested seats. The LDP is the party of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated two days prior while campaigning for the party's candidate for Nara, Kei Satō. (Al Jazeera)
Battle of Donbas Missile strike on Chasiv Yar A Russian airstrike on an apartment complex in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, kills at least 47 people and leaves nine others injured. (Sky News)
Israeli politicians Benny Gantz and Gideon Saar form a political alliance to compete against Yair Lapid and Benjamin Netanyahu. (Haaretz)
Japanese citizens go to the polls to elect members of the upper house of the National Diet. (Nikkei)
Kansas reports its first case of monkeypox. (Kansas City Star)
Missile strike on Chasiv Yar A Russian airstrike on an apartment complex in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, kills at least 47 people and leaves nine others injured. (Sky News)
New Zealand reports its first cases of monkeypox. (Health GOV New Zealand)
Novak Djokovic of Serbia wins his seventh Wimbledon and overall 21st Grand Slam title after defeating Nick Kyrgios of Australia in the men's singles final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 (7–3). (BBC Sport)
Six people are killed and eight others are wounded in a mass shooting at a party in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. (Infobae)
2022 vote of no confidence in the government of Élisabeth Borne The French government survives a no confidence vote tabled by the left-wing NUPES coalition. The no confidence vote received only 146 yes votes out of the 289 needed. (Le Monde)
French authorities issue a warning as temperatures reach as high as 40 °C (104 °F) amid ongoing wildfires. (RFI)
Government and intergovernmental reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Lithuania–Russia relations Lithuania expands sanctions on the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to include cement, concrete, wood, alcohol and alcohol-based industrial chemicals. (Reuters)
July 2022 European heat wave French authorities issue a warning as temperatures reach as high as 40 °C (104 °F) amid ongoing wildfires. (RFI)
New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet announces that the Australian Aboriginal Flag will be flown permanently above the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which is widely regarded as an iconic Australian landmark. The flag will be flown on top of the bridge's arches alongside the national flag, replacing the flag of New South Wales, after the state government decided against accommodating all three flags. (CNN)
Russian president Vladimir Putin signs a decree extending a fast-track process to obtain Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians, which previously only applied to those living in the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic. (Reuters)
The French government survives a no confidence vote tabled by the left-wing NUPES coalition. The no confidence vote received only 146 yes votes out of the 289 needed. (Le Monde)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Three civilians are killed and 31 others are injured in a Russian shelling of Kharkiv. The city's mayor says that the latest shelling has targeted civilian infrastructure. (SwissInfo) Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast The Russian-appointed military-civilian administration leader of Velykyi Burluk in Kharkiv Oblast, Yevgeny Yunakov, is assassinated in a car bombing. (Reuters) 2022 Ukrainian summer counteroffensive Ukrainian Ground Forces recapture the town of Ivanivka in Kherson Oblast after launching a counter-offensive against Russian forces. (Reuters)
2022 Ukrainian summer counteroffensive Ukrainian Ground Forces recapture the town of Ivanivka in Kherson Oblast after launching a counter-offensive against Russian forces. (Reuters)
A Russian court lifts the suspension for the CPC pipeline and instead fines its operators 200,000 rubles ($3,300) for oil spills. The oil pipeline, one of the world's largest, is the route for nearly all of Kazakhstan's oil exports, which represents about 1% of global oil supply. (Reuters)
Colombian conflict The Colombian Army launches an airstrike on a FARC dissidents' camp in the Caquetá Department, killing ten people. Iván Mordisco, one of the group's leaders, was at the scene during the strike; his fate is unknown. (BBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Macau Macau closes all of its casinos in order to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 in the city. (Straits Times)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 vaccination in the United States The Biden administration announces that the United States will purchase 3.2 million doses of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine once the vaccine is approved. (The New York Times)
Lawmakers in Russia propose to extend the anti-"gay propaganda" bill to all people regardless of their age. (Al Jazeera)
LGBT rights in Russia Lawmakers in Russia propose to extend the anti-"gay propaganda" bill to all people regardless of their age. (Al Jazeera)
Lithuania expands sanctions on the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to include cement, concrete, wood, alcohol and alcohol-based industrial chemicals. (Reuters)
Lithuania–Russia relations Lithuania expands sanctions on the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to include cement, concrete, wood, alcohol and alcohol-based industrial chemicals. (Reuters)
Macau closes all of its casinos in order to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 in the city. (Straits Times)
NASA releases the first full-color image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing a segment of a galaxy cluster 4.6 billion light-years away from Earth. (The Verge)
New Mexico reports its first case of monkeypox. (KRQE-TV)
Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast The Russian-appointed military-civilian administration leader of Velykyi Burluk in Kharkiv Oblast, Yevgeny Yunakov, is assassinated in a car bombing. (Reuters)
The Colombian Army launches an airstrike on a FARC dissidents' camp in the Caquetá Department, killing ten people. Iván Mordisco, one of the group's leaders, was at the scene during the strike; his fate is unknown. (BBC News)
The Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is suspended for the first of ten days of scheduled annual maintenance. (Reuters)
The Russian-appointed military-civilian administration leader of Velykyi Burluk in Kharkiv Oblast, Yevgeny Yunakov, is assassinated in a car bombing. (Reuters)
Three civilians are killed and 31 others are injured in a Russian shelling of Kharkiv. The city's mayor says that the latest shelling has targeted civilian infrastructure. (SwissInfo)
Two people are killed and four others are injured after a three car pileup caused by a pack of boars north of Thessaloniki, Greece. (AP)
Ukrainian Ground Forces recapture the town of Ivanivka in Kherson Oblast after launching a counter-offensive against Russian forces. (Reuters)
2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks Seven people are killed when suspected Islamists attack the city of Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
2022 Sri Lankan political crisis President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife are prevented from fleeing the country to Dubai by airport staff at Bandaranaike International Airport amid nationwide protests. G. Rajapaksa has not given his official resignation yet. (CNN) Rajapaksa subsequently flees the country on a military aircraft to the Maldives, formally ending his rule of Sri Lanka. His brother, former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, also flees the country. (BBC News)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife are prevented from fleeing the country to Dubai by airport staff at Bandaranaike International Airport amid nationwide protests. G. Rajapaksa has not given his official resignation yet. (CNN)
Proposed acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk Twitter sues Elon Musk in the Delaware Court of Chancery, requesting the court to order Musk to proceed with the purchase of Twitter under the previously agreed upon terms. (BBC News)
Protesters in Panama continue blocking streets and railways, mainly in Chiriquí and Veraguas Provinces, rejecting the concession by president Laurentino Cortizo of freezing fuel prices. (TeleMetro)
Seven people are killed when suspected Islamists attack the city of Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
Twitter sues Elon Musk in the Delaware Court of Chancery, requesting the court to order Musk to proceed with the purchase of Twitter under the previously agreed upon terms. (BBC News)
War against the Islamic State The United States confirms that it has killed the leader of the Islamic State's Syrian branch, Maher al-Agal, in a drone strike in northwestern Syria. (Reuters)
War crimes in Afghanistan Leaked military reports indicate that a United Kingdom Special Air Service (SAS) unit unlawfully killed at least 54 people during a six-month tour. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
War in Afghanistan War crimes in Afghanistan Leaked military reports indicate that a United Kingdom Special Air Service (SAS) unit unlawfully killed at least 54 people during a six-month tour. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
2022 monkeypox outbreak 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe Russia reports its first case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Europe. (Reuters)
2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe Russia reports its first case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Europe. (Reuters)
2022 Ukrainian summer counteroffensive Nova Kakhovka airstrike A massive explosion occurs in the city of Nova Kakhovka after Ukrainian forces destroy a Russian arms depot. Russian state news agency TASS claims that a market, hospital, and civilian housing were also damaged, and that multiple civilians were killed. Russian 22nd Army Corps general Artem Nasbulin is allegedly among the dead. (Ukrayinska Pravda) (Reuters) (UPI)
A massive explosion occurs in the city of Nova Kakhovka after Ukrainian forces destroy a Russian arms depot. Russian state news agency TASS claims that a market, hospital, and civilian housing were also damaged, and that multiple civilians were killed. Russian 22nd Army Corps general Artem Nasbulin is allegedly among the dead. (Ukrayinska Pravda) (Reuters) (UPI)
Enlargement of the eurozone The European Union formally accepts Croatia as the 20th member of the Eurozone. Croatia will adopt the bloc's currency on January 1, 2023. (CNBC)
Nova Kakhovka airstrike A massive explosion occurs in the city of Nova Kakhovka after Ukrainian forces destroy a Russian arms depot. Russian state news agency TASS claims that a market, hospital, and civilian housing were also damaged, and that multiple civilians were killed. Russian 22nd Army Corps general Artem Nasbulin is allegedly among the dead. (Ukrayinska Pravda) (Reuters) (UPI)
Rajapaksa subsequently flees the country on a military aircraft to the Maldives, formally ending his rule of Sri Lanka. His brother, former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, also flees the country. (BBC News)
Russia reports its first case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Europe. (Reuters)
The European Union formally accepts Croatia as the 20th member of the Eurozone. Croatia will adopt the bloc's currency on January 1, 2023. (CNBC)
Twenty-three bodies are found near hot springs in Michoacán, Mexico. (AP)
Ukraine says that despite the Russian blockade of many of its Black Sea ports, in the last four days, 16 ships carrying grain have passed through the Bystre rivermouth, an important mouth of the Danube river. (Reuters)
Vanuatu declares a malaria outbreak in four of its provinces. (RNZ)
2022 United Kingdom government crisis 2022 Conservative Party leadership election Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt are eliminated from the leadership race in the first round of voting. (BBC News)
2022 Conservative Party leadership election Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt are eliminated from the leadership race in the first round of voting. (BBC News)
A jury in New York convicts ex-Central Intelligence Agency engineer Joshua Schulte on all nine charges relating to the Vault 7 leak detailing the activities and capabilities of the CIA to perform electronic surveillance and cyber warfare. The leak is the largest leak in Central Intelligence Agency history. (The Verge)
Global surveillance disclosures Vault 7 A jury in New York convicts ex-Central Intelligence Agency engineer Joshua Schulte on all nine charges relating to the Vault 7 leak detailing the activities and capabilities of the CIA to perform electronic surveillance and cyber warfare. The leak is the largest leak in Central Intelligence Agency history. (The Verge)
International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War Lithuania–Russia relations, Russia–European Union relations The European Commission allows Russia to resume shipping embargoed goods by rail to its exclave of Kaliningrad, following Russian threats against Lithuania. However, the transit of military equipment through Lithuanian territory remains prohibited. (Newsweek)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe confirms that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country to the Maldives and declares a state of emergency and a curfew as the military fires tear gas at the protesters. (Al Jazeera) (ANINews)
Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Donbas Heavy Russian shelling is reported in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, with at least one person killed and five others injured in the largely evacuated town. (The Guardian)
Vault 7 A jury in New York convicts ex-Central Intelligence Agency engineer Joshua Schulte on all nine charges relating to the Vault 7 leak detailing the activities and capabilities of the CIA to perform electronic surveillance and cyber warfare. The leak is the largest leak in Central Intelligence Agency history. (The Verge)
2022 monkeypox outbreak 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina reports its first confirmed case of monkeypox. (Dnevni Avaz)
2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina reports its first confirmed case of monkeypox. (Dnevni Avaz)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Donbas Heavy Russian shelling is reported in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, with at least one person killed and five others injured in the largely evacuated town. (The Guardian)
