Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- Protests in Peru against inflation and the policies of President Pedro Castillo (pictured) result in at least nine deaths and the looting of the Supreme Court's offices.
- In NCAA Division I basketball, the South Carolina Gamecocks win the women's championship and the Kansas Jayhawks win the men's championship.
- Rodrigo Chaves Robles is elected President of Costa Rica.
- Hundreds of Ukrainian civilians are found dead after Russian forces withdraw from Bucha.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The governor of the Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Haidai, reports that all hospitals in the province have been completely destroyed by Russian forces. Russia has denied the claim, accusing Ukraine of destroying all their own hospitals themselves. (CNN)
- Mayor Borys Filatov requests for all women, children, and elderly to leave the city of Dnipro in preparation for a possible Russian attack. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Two people are killed and eight more wounded during a mass shooting in the centre of Tel Aviv, Israel. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
- The United States House of Representatives votes 420–3 to pass legislation to suspend all trade relations with Russia and Belarus following the invasion. The law is sent to the Senate. (San Francisco Chronicle)
- The United States Senate votes 100–0 to pass the legislation, sending it to President Biden for approval. (Fox Business)
- The Russian ruble goes above the pre-war level after falling as low as 150 per dollar in early March. (Bloomberg)
- 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
Disasters and accidents
- Approximately 2 million people in Puerto Rico are left without electricity after a fire at one of the island's largest power plants. (The Washington Post)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tests positive for COVID-19. (The New York Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Kazakhstan will lift their COVID-19 travel restrictions between Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Uzbekistan. (Astana Times)
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
International relations
- 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says that Minsk should be included in negotiations aimed at ending the war. (The Moscow Times)
- International reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly votes to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, with 93 votes in favor, 24 against and 58 abstentions. It is the second country to ever be suspended from the council, after Libya in 2011 during the final year of Muammar Gaddafi's rule. (CNN)
Law and crime
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Former Germany's Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and former Interior Minister Gerhart Baum files a complaint accusing Russian officials of committing war crimes in Ukraine, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. (ABC News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Peruvian protests
- The Peruvian government announces that they have deployed the Peruvian Army to highways amidst protests against inflation in the country. (Reuters)
- Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, following a 53–47 vote by the Senate. She is the first black woman to be elevated to this position and will replace justice Stephen Breyer after he retires in the court's summer session. (The New York Times)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Russian forces shell Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, setting ten high-rise buildings on fire. (The Guardian)
- Four civilians are reported to have been killed by the Russian military in Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
- Russia says that it will end their invasion if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agrees to conditions set during negotiations, specifically a legal guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO by changing the Ukrainian constitution to include such a provision. Russia also says that it suspended operations in Kyiv as a "goodwill gesture" in order to promote peace talks. (Hindustan Times)
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghanistan conflict
- A hand grenade is thrown into the Pul-e Khishti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least one and injuring five people. (La Prensa Latina) (Deutsche Welle)
- Iraqi conflict
- Three missiles land near an oil refinery in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. Two American security personnel are injured. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Four Europeans go missing after a diving trip off the coast of Mersing, in the Johor state of Malaysia. Authorities say that a searching operation is ongoing and one person has since been rescued. (The Guardian) (ABC News)
- American writer and media critic Eric Boehlert is killed in a collision with an NJ Transit train near Montclair, New Jersey. (The Washington Post)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo test positive for COVID-19 after attending the Gridiron Club's annual dinner in Washington, D.C.. Several other attendees also tested positive. (NBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Law and crime
- A man dies after ramming his vehicle into the fence of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania and setting himself on fire. (Gazeta de Cluj) (Reuters)
- Former President of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré is found guilty of complicity in the murder of the country's first president, Thomas Sankara, and is sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment. Compaoré has been in exile in Ivory Coast ever since resigning to the presidency following the 2014 Burkina Faso uprising. (The Guardian)
- Poland arrests two Belarusian citizens on charges of spying for Minsk. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2019–2022 Sudanese protests
- A protester is shot dead as security forces confront anti-coup demonstrations in the state of Khartoum, Sudan. (Reuters)
- The governing coalition of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett loses its majority in the Knesset after coalition whip Idit Silman of the Yamina party defects to the opposition Likud party, raising the possibility of new elections in Israel for the fifth time in four years. (Axios)
Sports
- 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
- Russian and Belarusian athletes will be banned from participating in the 2022 Boston Marathon due to the invasion. (Boston.com)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Mali War
- Human Rights Watch says that the Malian military and mercenaries from the Wagner Group massacred over 300 civilians in the town of Mourrah during a nine-day counter-insurgency operation in March. (The Guardian) (Human Rights Watch)
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Militants raid a community of nuns in Kaya, Sanmatenga Province, Burkina Faso, kidnapping an American. (Reuters) (Barron's)
- Mali War
- Nigerian bandit conflict
- At least 15 people are killed and more than a dozen others are injured in an attack at a military base in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
- Imam Reza shrine stabbings
- A Shia cleric is killed and two more are injured during a stabbing attack at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran. (The Washington Post)
- Ituri conflict
- A UN peacekeeper from Nepal is killed in Djugu territory in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by suspected militia members. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Tornado outbreak of April 4–5, 2022
- An ongoing tornado outbreak kills two people and produces a large tornado that hits Allendale, South Carolina, United States, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a rare tornado emergency. (The Weather Channel)
- Five people are killed and ten others are injured when a train collides with a pickup truck in Mindszent, Hungary. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
- Chinese authorities extend the lockdown in Shanghai after more than 13,000 people test positive for COVID-19. (NBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
International relations
- International reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Denmark–Russia relations, Estonia–Russia relations, Italy–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations, Portugal–Russia relations, Romania–Russia relations, Russia–Slovenia relations, Russia–Spain relations, Russia–Sweden relations
- Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden expel over 100 Russian diplomatic staff from their countries. Latvia closes the Russian consulates in Daugavpils and Liepāja, while Estonia closes the Russian diplomatic facilities in Narva and Tartu. These actions come as a reaction to the newly revealed Bucha massacre. (Politico) (Interfax Ukraine) (TASS) (National Post) (Al Arabiya)
- Turkey–Ukraine relations
- Turkey moves its embassy back to Kyiv from Chernivtsi. (Anadolu Agency)
- Denmark–Russia relations, Estonia–Russia relations, Italy–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations, Portugal–Russia relations, Romania–Russia relations, Russia–Slovenia relations, Russia–Spain relations, Russia–Sweden relations
Law and crime
- War in Darfur
- Darfur genocide
- The trial of Ali Kushayb, one of the suspects in the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, begins at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Kushayb pleads not guilty. (Deutsche Welle)
- Darfur genocide
- 2022 Peruvian protests
- President Pedro Castillo imposes a curfew in Lima amid protests against inflation caused by rising fuel and fertiliser costs. (BBC News)
- Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation
- The European Commission launches disciplinary proceedings against Hungary under the newly-upheld conditionality mechanism that could block funds over rule-of-law concerns if the shortcomings do not prevent misuse of EU funds. (Politico)
- 2022 Sacramento shooting
- The Sacramento Police Department announces the arrests of two additional people, ages 27 and 31, in connection to the mass shooting on Monday that killed six people and injured 12 others. (NBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Bucha
- U.S. President Joe Biden calls for Russian President Vladimir Putin to face trials for war crimes after more images emerge of the Bucha massacre. (CNN)
- 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that peace talks will continue despite the Bucha massacre. (BBC News)
- Battle of Bucha
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kashmir conflict
- An Indian Central Reserve Police Force officer is killed and another is wounded by militants in the Maisuma neighbourhood of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Times of India)
Business and economy
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Lebanese liquidity crisis
- Deputy PM Saadeh Al Shami says that Lebanon and its central bank are bankrupt. (Anadolu Agency)
Disasters and accidents
- A train derails in Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing seven people and injuring 14 others. (The Punch)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania
- COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, COVID-19 vaccination in Sweden
- The Public Health Agency of Sweden recommends a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose for people over age of 65 years, as well as other adults aged 18-64 with weak immune response. (The Local Sweden)
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- China reports 13,146 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since the height of the pandemic in Wuhan in February 2020. (France 24)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
International relations
- Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Lithuania–Russia relations
- Lithuania orders the closure of the Russian consulate in Klaipėda and downgrades diplomatic ties with Russia, ordering the Russian ambassador to leave the country. (LRT)
- France–Russia relations, Germany–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations
- France, Germany and Latvia expel Russian diplomats in response to war crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, specifically the Bucha massacre. (Radio Free Europe) (Axios)
- Russia–European Union relations, Iceland–Russia relations, Norway–Russia relations, Russia–Switzerland relations
- Russia restricts diplomats, journalists and politicians from the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein from obtaining a visa by a simplified procedure. (Kommersant) (Reuters)
- Lithuania–Russia relations
Law and crime
- 2022 Sacramento shooting
- The Sacramento Police Department arrests a 26-year-old man in connection to yesterday's mass shooting that left six people dead and 12 others injured. (KTVU)
Science and technology
- Discoveries of exoplanets
- Astronomers announce the discovery of K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, an exoplanet that is said to resemble Jupiter. The discovery was made using the now-retired Kepler space telescope. (ScienceAlert)
- The third part of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report is released, studying methods to mitigate climate change. (Met Office)
- Centerra Gold announces that they have reached an agreement with Kyrgyzstan to hand control of the Kumtor Gold Mine to the Kyrgyz government. (Mining.com)
Sports
- 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
- In basketball, the Kansas Jayhawks rally from a 15-point deficit to defeat the 8th-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels 72–69 in the National Championship Game. This is the 4th championship for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, and their first since 2008. (The New York Times)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine offensive
- Battle of Odessa
- Large explosions are reported in the port city of Odessa as residents are urged to seek shelter. Ukrainian officials say the Russian Air Force has fired missiles at the city, and that some missiles have been intercepted. (BBC News) (NDTV)
- Battle of Odessa
- Bucha massacre, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Human Rights Watch, an independent human rights group, says that it has documented allegations of war crimes perpetrated by Russian forces in Ukraine against civilians, including rape, summary execution, and looting of civilian properties. (CNN)
- The United States, the European Union, and NATO leaders react to emerging reports of the massacre in Bucha, accusing the Russian Armed Forces of war crimes and calling for more sanctions against Russia. (BBC News)
- Southern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghanistan conflict
- One person is killed and several more are wounded after a militant bombs a money exchange hub in Kabul, Afghanistan. While the ruling Taliban says that 10 people were wounded, the city's emergency hospital counts an injury toll of 59.(Reuters)
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Twenty-one people are killed during an ADF attack at the village of Masambo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- 64th Annual Grammy Awards
- During the ceremony, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a video appearance and delivers a pre-taped speech urging viewers to support his country during the invasion in "any way" they can. (The Hollywood Reporter) (The Washington Post)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in China
- COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
- Around 25 million residents in Shanghai are ordered to undergo COVID-19 testing in an effort to contain the current COVID-19 outbreak. (South China Morning Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
- COVID-19 pandemic in China
Law and crime
- 2022 Sacramento shooting
- Six people are killed and 12 others are injured during a mass shooting at a popular nightlife area in Sacramento, California, United States. (ABC News)
- 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
- Around ten people are injured in downtown Chapel Hill, North Carolina, after a series of riots broke out following UNC's victory against Duke in the Final Four. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election
- Voters in Hungary head to the polls to elect a new National Assembly. (The Guardian)
- Fidesz, the party of current Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, wins most of the seats and retains its parliamentary supermajority, while opposition leader Péter Márki-Zay loses his home district of Hódmezővásárhely. (CNN)
- 2022 Serbian general election
- Voters in Serbia head to the polls to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections. (DW)
- President Aleksandar Vučić is re-elected with 60.0% of the vote, and his party Serbian Progressive Party wins the most votes in the National Assembly at 42.9% though fail to win an overall majority of seats. (Reuters)
- 2022 Costa Rican general election
- Voters in Costa Rica head to the polls to vote in the second round of the presidential election. (TSE)
- Rodrigo Chaves Robles is elected President of Costa Rica. (Reuters)
- 2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis
- Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolves the National Assembly after Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri refused to hold a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was widely expected to lose the motion. Khan previously accused the United States of conspiring with the opposition to remove him due to his opposition towards US foreign policy, which the US denies. (BBC News)
- 2022 Sri Lankan protests
- The entire cabinet of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns following days of economic protests in Sri Lanka. (BBC News)
- Former Crown Prince of Jordan Hamzah bin Hussein announces on Twitter that he is renouncing his "Prince" title, saying that his "personal convictions" are not in line with the "modern methods of our institutions". Hamzah has been under house arrest since last March after he accused Jordanian leaders of corruption and incompetence. (BBC News)
Sports
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv offensive
- Battle of Bucha
- Bucha massacre, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Hundreds of civilians are found dead on the streets in Bucha after the city is recaptured by Ukrainian forces. Journalists and Ukrainian forces say that they have uncovered evidence of war crimes by the Russian military. (Times of Israel) (The Guardian) (The Kyiv Independent)
- Bucha massacre, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Chernobyl
- The Ukrainian flag is raised over the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant following its recapture from Russian forces. A ceremony is held to honour the staff at the former plant who continued to work under Russian occupation. (CNN)
- Ukraine retakes full control of the Kyiv Oblast as the last Russian troops return to Belarus. (Reuters)
- Battle of Bucha
- Southern Ukraine offensive
- Aftermath of the Siege of Enerhodar
- Residents say that Russian occupiers have violently dispersed a pro-Ukrainian demonstration in Enerhodar. Several protesters are arrested. Russian troops are also alleged to have used explosions in order to disperse the crowd. (Reuters)
- Aftermath of the Siege of Enerhodar
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Siege of Mariupol
- Lithuanian documentary filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius is killed in Mariupol. (Reuters)
- Siege of Mariupol
- Kyiv offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Three Palestinian Islamic Jihad members are killed and four Israeli soldiers are injured during a gunfight near Jenin in the West Bank. (BBC News)
- Fighting erupts near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, leading to four Palestinians being arrested by Israel Police for rioting. (Times of Israel)
- Yemeni Civil War
- Ceasefire talks between the Houthis and Saudi Arabian forces begin in Yemen in an effort to end fighting. (France 24)
Business and economy
- Australia and India sign a A$12.6 billion trade deal aimed at strengthening India's manufacturing sector by allowing access to more raw materials, and to also reduce Australia's dependence on China after China placed sanctions on some Australian goods following several political disputes. (South China Morning Post)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru
- President Lionel Aingimea announces Nauru's first positive cases of COVID-19 in two asymptomatic people who travelled from Brisbane on March 31. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru
International relations
- Enlargement of NATO
- Prime Minister Sanna Marin says that a decision on Finland joining the NATO military alliance must be made before this summer, stating that "Russia is not the neighbor we thought it was". (Yle)
Law and crime
- Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 anti-war protests in Russia
- More than 170 people are detained in anti-war protests across Russia. (The Moscow Times)
- Ukrainian Americans protest an appearance by Fox News host Tucker Carlson at the Awaken Church in San Marcos, California. (KFMB-TV)
- 2022 anti-war protests in Russia
- Sri Lankan economic crisis
- 2022 Sri Lankan protests
- The Sri Lankan government imposes a state of emergency after the Mirihana Presidential Residence is targeted by local civilian protesters. (BBC News)
- 2022 Sri Lankan protests
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv offensive
- Battle of Bucha
- Ukrainian forces recapture Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, from Russian troops. (Ukrinform)
- Battle of Irpin
- Ukrainian forces recapture the city of Irpin after driving out the last Russian troops. Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn confirms that the city has been fully liberated. (BBC News)
- The body of Reuters journalist Maks Levin is found in the town of Huta Mezhyhirska, near Kyiv. Levin had already disappeared several days before and is the sixth journalist to be killed in the country since Russia invaded. (The Guardian)
- Battle of Bucha
- Attack on Belgorod
- Russia claims that the Ukrainian Air Force conducted an airstrike on Belgorod, hitting several fuel facilities. Videos on social media show low-flying attack helicopters firing rockets at a fuel depot in the city. (AP)
- 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
- Ceasefire talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations resume via video link. (Times of Israel)
- Kyiv offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Mali War
- Mali says that it has killed 203 insurgents in a major nine-day military operation from 23 March to April 1. (The Guardian)
- Mali War
- Afghanistan conflict
- Two bombs explode at a playing field in Herat, Afghanistan, killing five people and wounding 25 more. (ABC News)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian man is shot dead by Israeli security forces in Hebron. (Jerusalem Post) (Al Jazeera)
- Yemeni Civil War
- The Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis agree to a UN-brokered nationwide truce, the first in years, for two months to mark the start of Ramadan. As part of the deal, fuel shipments will be allowed to enter the Houthi-controlled port of Al Hudaydah and commercial flights will resume in the capital of Sanaa. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Eight people are killed and 20 more are injured during a coal mine collapse in Aleksinac, Serbia. (Al Jazeera)
- A massive fire breaks out at the main marketplace in Hargeisa, Somaliland, injuring at least 28 people and completely destroying the market. (The Guardian)
- Four pilots are killed after two South Korean Air Force KAI KT-1 Woongbis crash into each other over a mountain northeast of Sacheon, South Korea. (Deutsche Welle)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- COVID-19 vaccination in Russia
- The Russian Health Ministry announces that Russia has registered the nasal spray form of the Sputnik V vaccine, making Russia the first country to register a nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine. (TASS)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Russia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
- Italy ends its two-year state of emergency and begins to gradually lift attendance limits for outdoor and indoor sports venues, along with a requirement that anyone over the age of 50 should be vaccinated to enter their place of work. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- Malaysia begins its transition from pandemic to endemic phase that shift the management of the pandemic from reliance on government-imposed standard operating procedures and existing laws to individual responsibility, and community solidarity. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The U.S. CDC announces that the Biden administration will end the usage of Title 42, a series of COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Trump administration in order to prevent migrants from entering the United States. The measure will take effect on May 23. (CNBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
International relations
- Canada–Holy See relations
- Canadian Indian residential school system
- Following a meeting with indigenous delegates from Canada, Pope Francis apologizes for the "deplorable conduct" by members of the Catholic Church for actions in the church-run residential school system. (CBC News)
- Canadian Indian residential school system
- Ukraine–European Union relations
- President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola travels to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, and subsequently addresses the Verkhovna Rada. Metsola becomes the first EU official to visit Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. (Times of Malta)
Law and crime
- Sri Lankan economic crisis
- 2022 Sri Lankan protests
- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declares a state of emergency as civil unrest spreads across the country. Dozens of Sri Lanka Police officers have been injured in clashes with protesters and 52 people have been arrested. (Reuters)
- 2022 Sri Lankan protests
Politics and elections
- Oscar Mina and Paolo Rondelli are elected the new Captains Regents of San Marino. (San Marino TV)