2022 Samoan o le Ao o le Malo election Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II is re-elected by the Parliament for a second term as O le Ao o le Malo, the Samoan head of state. (RNZ)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Donbas Ukrainian forces reportedly shell the administration headquarters of the Donetsk People's Republic in separatist-held Donetsk, killing three people, according to pro-Russian officials. (Reuters) Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War Slovakia announces that it will send an additional 30 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles and ammunition to Ukraine. (Reuters)
Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War Slovakia announces that it will send an additional 30 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles and ammunition to Ukraine. (Reuters)
Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Donbas Ukrainian forces reportedly shell the administration headquarters of the Donetsk People's Republic in separatist-held Donetsk, killing three people, according to pro-Russian officials. (Reuters) Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War Slovakia announces that it will send an additional 30 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles and ammunition to Ukraine. (Reuters)
Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II is re-elected by the Parliament for a second term as O le Ao o le Malo, the Samoan head of state. (RNZ)
1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal The Federal Court of Malaysia upholds the corruption conviction and 12-year prison term of former prime minister Najib Razak in connection with the embezzlement of sovereign wealth funds from 1Malaysia Development Berhad. Najib is the first former Malaysian prime minister to be imprisoned. (NPR)
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)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces an official inquiry into his predecessor Scott Morrison's secret swearing of himself into various ministerial positions during his second ministry. (The Guardian)
Battle of Donbas Ukrainian forces reportedly shell the administration headquarters of the Donetsk People's Republic in separatist-held Donetsk, killing three people, according to pro-Russian officials. (Reuters)
Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot Two men are found guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction for use in the foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. One of the men is also convicted of an explosives charge. (AP)
Holocene extinction The dugong is declared extinct in China after scientists report no verified sightings of the large marine mammal since 2000. However, dugongs still exist in the wild in parts of Southeast Asia and Australasia. (BBC News)
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)
Scott Morrison ministerial positions controversy Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces an official inquiry into his predecessor Scott Morrison's secret swearing of himself into various ministerial positions during his second ministry. (The Guardian)
Slovakia announces that it will send an additional 30 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles and ammunition to Ukraine. (Reuters)
South Korea registers a population decrease for the second consecutive year, due to having the world's lowest birth rate. (Xinhua)
The dugong is declared extinct in China after scientists report no verified sightings of the large marine mammal since 2000. However, dugongs still exist in the wild in parts of Southeast Asia and Australasia. (BBC News)
The Federal Court of Malaysia upholds the corruption conviction and 12-year prison term of former prime minister Najib Razak in connection with the embezzlement of sovereign wealth funds from 1Malaysia Development Berhad. Najib is the first former Malaysian prime minister to be imprisoned. (NPR)
Two men are found guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction for use in the foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. One of the men is also convicted of an explosives charge. (AP)
Ukrainian forces reportedly shell the administration headquarters of the Donetsk People's Republic in separatist-held Donetsk, killing three people, according to pro-Russian officials. (Reuters)
2022 Angolan general election Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior. (MSN)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast The Russian-appointed head of Mykhailivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ivan Sushko, is assassinated in a car bombing. (Euro Weekly News) Chaplyne railway station attack At least 25 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a Russian rocket attack on a passenger train in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
A United States grand jury awards former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, $16 million against the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments for releasing graphic photographs of the former player, their 13-year-old daughter, and the other victims of the helicopter crash. Another victim's widow receives $15 million. (The Manila Times)
Aftermath of the 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash A United States grand jury awards former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, $16 million against the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments for releasing graphic photographs of the former player, their 13-year-old daughter, and the other victims of the helicopter crash. Another victim's widow receives $15 million. (The Manila Times)
Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior. (MSN)
At least 25 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a Russian rocket attack on a passenger train in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
Chaplyne railway station attack At least 25 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a Russian rocket attack on a passenger train in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War The United States announces a security package of nearly $3 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. (CBS News)
Mexican drug war Eight people are killed in a shooting between two criminal groups in Tuzantla, Michoacán, Mexico. (AP)
Tigray War Fighting resumes between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray Defense Forces in the Tigray Region. Both sides blame each other for breaking the ceasefire. (The Guardian)
Eight people are killed in a shooting between two criminal groups in Tuzantla, Michoacán, Mexico. (AP)
Fighting resumes between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray Defense Forces in the Tigray Region. Both sides blame each other for breaking the ceasefire. (The Guardian)
Germany and French rail transport manufacturer Alstom inaugurate the world's first fleet of hydrogen fuel-powered trains in Lower Saxony. The 14 hydrogen trains will replace a fleet of diesel locomotives on 100 kilometres (62 mi) of track in the German state. (Al Jazeera)
Hydrail Germany and French rail transport manufacturer Alstom inaugurate the world's first fleet of hydrogen fuel-powered trains in Lower Saxony. The 14 hydrogen trains will replace a fleet of diesel locomotives on 100 kilometres (62 mi) of track in the German state. (Al Jazeera)
Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast The Russian-appointed head of Mykhailivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ivan Sushko, is assassinated in a car bombing. (Euro Weekly News)
The Constitutional Court of Thailand temporarily suspends Prayut Chan-o-cha's premiership due to a case filed by Pheu Thai Party lawmakers over whether the eight-year term limit for premiership should also include Prayut's time as the leader of National Council for Peace and Order. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan will take over the premiership while the case is being heard. (Reuters)
The Russian-appointed head of Mykhailivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ivan Sushko, is assassinated in a car bombing. (Euro Weekly News)
Tuvalu declares a drought and a shortage of drinking water on the islands of Nanumea, Nui, and Niutao. (RNZ)
2022 Angolan general election The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election. (Reuters)
The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election. (Reuters)
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war The United States conducts airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups in Syria for a second day. (The Wall Street Journal)
Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign Ukraine says that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been completely disconnected from its power grid after shelling near the Russian-occupied plant caused several fires. Security systems at the plant were activated shortly after the power failure, according to a local official. (NBC News)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign Ukraine says that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been completely disconnected from its power grid after shelling near the Russian-occupied plant caused several fires. Security systems at the plant were activated shortly after the power failure, according to a local official. (NBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea North Korea reports four new "fever" cases in Ryanggang Province and places the province under lockdown. (Al Arabiya)
COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea North Korea reports four new "fever" cases in Ryanggang Province and places the province under lockdown. (Al Arabiya)
Flooding in Afghanistan this month has killed 182 people and wounded 250 more as torrential rains wrought widespread devastation in central and eastern provinces. (Al Jazeera)
North Korea reports four new "fever" cases in Ryanggang Province and places the province under lockdown. (Al Arabiya)
Southern Ukraine campaign Ukraine says that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been completely disconnected from its power grid after shelling near the Russian-occupied plant caused several fires. Security systems at the plant were activated shortly after the power failure, according to a local official. (NBC News)
Ukraine says that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been completely disconnected from its power grid after shelling near the Russian-occupied plant caused several fires. Security systems at the plant were activated shortly after the power failure, according to a local official. (NBC News)
Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign Ukraine's state nuclear company, Energoatom, says that the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has resumed supplying electricity to Ukraine's power grid after being disconnected yesterday from it for the first time in history. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) A traffic police deputy chief is killed by a bombing in the Russian-occupied city of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Russian authorities accuse the Ukrainian forces of the attack. (Reuters)
Tigray War Ethiopian forces reportedly airstrike a kindergarten playground in Mekelle, Tigray Region, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 13 others. (CTV News) (Reuters)
A vehicle rams into a crowd of people in central Brussels, Belgium, injuring six people. The driver flees the scene but is subsequently arrested in Antwerp. A motive is still unclear, but terrorism is not being ruled out. (Brussels Times) (Euronews)
Ethiopian forces reportedly airstrike a kindergarten playground in Mekelle, Tigray Region, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 13 others. (CTV News) (Reuters)
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan–Russia relations Russian peacekeepers withdraw from the city of Lachin and the villages of Zabukh and Sus, thereby returning the Lachin corridor to Azerbaijan. (Al Jazeera)
Russian peacekeepers withdraw from the city of Lachin and the villages of Zabukh and Sus, thereby returning the Lachin corridor to Azerbaijan. (Al Jazeera)
Ukraine's state nuclear company, Energoatom, says that the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has resumed supplying electricity to Ukraine's power grid after being disconnected yesterday from it for the first time in history. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Hunter Biden laptop controversy, Censorship in the United States In an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals that Facebook restricted posts about the Hunter Biden laptop controversy during the 2020 United States presidential election after receiving misinformation warnings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (BBC News)
In an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals that Facebook restricted posts about the Hunter Biden laptop controversy during the 2020 United States presidential election after receiving misinformation warnings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (BBC News)
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso Six people are killed and two others are injured when militants attack a gold mine in Boungou, Bilanga Department, Gnagna Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
Kosovan prime minister Albin Kurti and Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić agree on a freedom of movement arrangement between Kosovo and Serbia. (The Manila Times)
Kosovo–Serbia relations Kosovan prime minister Albin Kurti and Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić agree on a freedom of movement arrangement between Kosovo and Serbia. (The Manila Times)
Libyan crisis, aftermath of the Second Libyan Civil War 2022 Tripoli clashes Fighting breaks out between two militias in Tripoli, Libya. At least 23 people are killed and over 140 others are injured. (Associated Press) (Reuters)
Six people are killed and two others are injured when militants attack a gold mine in Boungou, Bilanga Department, Gnagna Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
2022 Tripoli clashes Fighting breaks out between two militias in Tripoli, Libya. At least 23 people are killed and over 140 others are injured. (Associated Press) (Reuters)
2022–23 Premier League English football club Liverpool defeats Bournemouth 9–0 at Anfield, Liverpool, to equal the joint-largest winning margin in Premier League history. (BBC Sport)
English football club Liverpool defeats Bournemouth 9–0 at Anfield, Liverpool, to equal the joint-largest winning margin in Premier League history. (BBC Sport)
Fighting breaks out between two militias in Tripoli, Libya. At least 23 people are killed and over 140 others are injured. (Associated Press) (Reuters)
Hungary–Russia relations, Nuclear power in Hungary Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó announces Russian nuclear energy provider Rosatom will begin construction of two new nuclear reactors to expand the Paks Nuclear Power Plant. (BBC News)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó announces Russian nuclear energy provider Rosatom will begin construction of two new nuclear reactors to expand the Paks Nuclear Power Plant. (BBC News)
Six people are killed and seven others are injured after a truck crashes into a community barbecue in Nieuw-Beijerland, South Holland, The Netherlands. (Associated Press)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet meets with Assange’s lawyers and his wife in Geneva, Switzerland. (The Guardian)
2022 Mongolian wildfires In Mongolia, the National Emergency Management Agency says that wildfires have burnt more than 1 million hectares of land so far this year, mainly due to negligence. (Xinhua News Agency)
A concert organized by the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra involving 16,000 musicians and choirs at the Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá, Colombia, commemorating the progress in the country's peace process, sets a world record for the largest concert ever performed. (The Nation)
Colombia and Venezuela restore diplomatic relations after three years. (Al Jazeera)
Colombia–Venezuela relations Colombia and Venezuela restore diplomatic relations after three years. (Al Jazeera)
In Mongolia, the National Emergency Management Agency says that wildfires have burnt more than 1 million hectares of land so far this year, mainly due to negligence. (Xinhua News Agency)
