Sixteen people are killed and 36 others are reported missing after heavy rain causes flooding in Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Qinghai, China. (Reuters)
The death toll from wildfires in Algeria increases to 38 with 200 others suffering from burns and respiratory problems. Firefighters are still trying to contain 39 forest fires in the north of the country, according to officials. (BBC News)
The European Union statistics office reports that inflation in the Eurozone increased to a record 8.9% in July. (Reuters)
Two people are killed and 20 others are injured by flooding in the region of Tuscany, Italy. (Rai News)
Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Western Russia attacks Explosions are reported overnight at Russian military bases in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Two villages have been evacuated. (Reuters)
Somali Civil War 2022 Mogadishu hotel attack At least 10 people are killed as al-Shabaab gunmen storm a hotel in Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire. (Al Jazeera)
Syrian civil war Fifteen people are killed and at least 28 others are injured in a rocket attack on a market in rebel-controlled Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (AP)
The government of Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazović collapses after the Parliament passes a vote of no-confidence following dispute within the coalition over an agreement the government signed with the Serbian Orthodox Church. (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)
2022 Mogadishu hotel attack At least 10 people are killed as al-Shabaab gunmen storm a hotel in Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire. (Al Jazeera)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Western Russia attacks Explosions are reported overnight at Russian military bases in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Two villages have been evacuated. (Reuters)
2022 Western Russia attacks Explosions are reported overnight at Russian military bases in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Two villages have been evacuated. (Reuters)
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)
Fifteen people are killed and at least 28 others are injured in a rocket attack on a market in rebel-controlled Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (AP)
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)
2022 Oder environmental disaster The Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries says that a large overgrowth of toxic Prymnesium parvum algae linked to industrial pollution was likely the cause of the mass mortality event of fish in the Oder river. (Reuters)
2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute Russia's Gazprom announces that the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline will be shut down for 3 days of unscheduled maintenance between August 31 and September 2. (Reuters)
A man is killed and a woman is injured in a shooting at the Emporia shopping centre in Malmö, Sweden. (BBC News)
A roadside bombing kills two Pakistani security forces in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (AP)
At least 10 people are killed as al-Shabaab gunmen storm a hotel in Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire. (Al Jazeera)
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)
Explosions are reported overnight at Russian military bases in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Two villages have been evacuated. (Reuters)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa A roadside bombing kills two Pakistani security forces in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (AP)
Russia appoints former Krasnodar mayor Andrei Alekseyenko as the head of its Kharkiv military–civilian administration. (Reuters)
Russia's Gazprom announces that the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline will be shut down for 3 days of unscheduled maintenance between August 31 and September 2. (Reuters)
Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast Russia appoints former Krasnodar mayor Andrei Alekseyenko as the head of its Kharkiv military–civilian administration. (Reuters)
Temperatures in Chongqing, China, reach 45 °C (113 °F) during a historic drought. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in China outside of Xinjiang. (AP)
The FDA announces that it has approved the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for youths between the ages of 12 and 17. (Marketwatch) (WPSD-TV)
The Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries says that a large overgrowth of toxic Prymnesium parvum algae linked to industrial pollution was likely the cause of the mass mortality event of fish in the Oder river. (Reuters)
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 in Asia Indonesia confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters)
Cuba confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Rappler)
Darya Dugina, the daughter of far-right political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, is killed by a car bomb in Moscow Oblast, Russia. (RTVI) (The Guardian)
Four people are killed and others are reportedly trapped after a Shiite mosque collapsed during a landslide in Karbala, Iraq. (BBC News)
Indonesia confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters)
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)
Sixteen people are killed and 21 others are injured when a bus crashes into the scene of an earlier road accident in Gaziantep Province, Turkey. (BBC News)
Twenty people are killed and 29 others are injured when a truck crashes into the scene of an earlier road accident involving three vehicles in Mardin Province, Turkey. (Al Jazeera)
Somali Civil War 2022 Mogadishu hotel attack The siege at a hotel seized by al-Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu ends with the deaths of all of the attackers. Twenty-one other people were killed, and 117 others were injured. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
2022 Mogadishu hotel attack The siege at a hotel seized by al-Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu ends with the deaths of all of the attackers. Twenty-one other people were killed, and 117 others were injured. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
The siege at a hotel seized by al-Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu ends with the deaths of all of the attackers. Twenty-one other people were killed, and 117 others were injured. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
2022 Afghanistan floods Nine people are killed by heavy flooding in Khoshi District, Logar, Afghanistan. (AP)
2022 Western & Southern Open In tennis, world number 156 Borna Ćorić of Croatia becomes the lowest-ranked champion in the ATP Tour Masters 1000 after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the men's singles final of the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) World number 17 Caroline Garcia of France becomes the first qualifier to win a WTA 1000 tournament after defeating Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic in the women's singles final of the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. (Sportstar)
At least 50 people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tests positive for COVID-19. (Kyodo News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tests positive for COVID-19. (Kyodo News)
In tennis, world number 156 Borna Ćorić of Croatia becomes the lowest-ranked champion in the ATP Tour Masters 1000 after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the men's singles final of the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Iran–United Arab Emirates relations The United Arab Emirates announces the reinstallation of its ambassador to Iran, which will take effect "in the coming days", more than six years after it cut off diplomatic relations with the Islamic republic. (CNA)
LGBT rights in Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says that Singapore will decriminalize sex between men, which is illegal under a colonial-era law, while also amending the Constitution to define marriage as a heterosexual union. (CNA)
Nine people are killed by heavy flooding in Khoshi District, Logar, Afghanistan. (AP)
Nine soldiers are killed and four others are injured when their truck plunges into a ravine in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. (Reuters)
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tests positive for COVID-19. (Kyodo News)
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says that Singapore will decriminalize sex between men, which is illegal under a colonial-era law, while also amending the Constitution to define marriage as a heterosexual union. (CNA)
Sixteen people are killed and three others are injured when a truck collides with a minibus in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
The United Arab Emirates announces the reinstallation of its ambassador to Iran, which will take effect "in the coming days", more than six years after it cut off diplomatic relations with the Islamic republic. (CNA)
World number 17 Caroline Garcia of France becomes the first qualifier to win a WTA 1000 tournament after defeating Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic in the women's singles final of the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. (Sportstar)
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb visits Taiwan and meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. (ABC News)
2022 Samar boat explosion Ten communist rebels, including CPP–NPA leaders Wilma and Benito Tiamzon, are killed in a boat explosion off the coast of Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines. (Benar News)
A nine-year-old girl is shot dead and two others are wounded in a shooting inside a house in Liverpool, England, according to Merseyside Police. (BBC News) (ABC News)
A record 1,295 illegal migrants cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom on "small boats", according to the Ministry of Defence. (France 24)
Communist armed conflicts in the Philippines 2022 Samar boat explosion Ten communist rebels, including CPP–NPA leaders Wilma and Benito Tiamzon, are killed in a boat explosion off the coast of Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines. (Benar News)
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 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)
COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education Schools in the Philippines reopen for in-person classes after a two year closure due to the pandemic. (WION)
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)
English Channel migrant crossings A record 1,295 illegal migrants cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom on "small boats", according to the Ministry of Defence. (France 24)
Killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel A nine-year-old girl is shot dead and two others are wounded in a shooting inside a house in Liverpool, England, according to Merseyside Police. (BBC News) (ABC News)
Moderna announces that it will supply 12 million doses of its bivalent COVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting the Omicron variant. (CBC)
Pakistan–Qatar relations The cabinet of Pakistan approves the deployment of Pakistan Army troops to Qatar to provide security for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup. (Reuters)
Schools in the Philippines reopen for in-person classes after a two year closure due to the pandemic. (WION)
Ten communist rebels, including CPP–NPA leaders Wilma and Benito Tiamzon, are killed in a boat explosion off the coast of Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines. (Benar News)
The cabinet of Pakistan approves the deployment of Pakistan Army troops to Qatar to provide security for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup. (Reuters)
