Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- Twitter's board of directors accepts a takeover offer from Elon Musk (pictured).
- The Freedom Movement, led by Robert Golob, wins the most seats in the Slovenian parliamentary election.
- Emmanuel Macron is re-elected as President of France.
- Kane Tanaka, the second oldest verified person ever, dies at the age of 119 years and 107 days.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2022 Al-Aqsa Mosque storming
- Forty-two Palestinians are injured as the Israeli police storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 Al-Aqsa Mosque storming
- Afghanistan conflict
- Ten people are killed and 13 others are injured after a mosque is bombed in Kabul, Afghanistan. (National Post)
- Central African Republic Civil War
- Coalition of Patriots for Change rebels attack Bakouma, Central African Republic, killing six soldiers. Four rebels die. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2022 Indian heat wave
- India's weather department issues a severe heatwave warning as temperatures soar. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Transnistria conflict
- 2022 Transnistria attacks
- Transnistria declares a general mobilization of all men between the ages of 18 and 55 amid tensions with Moldova and Ukraine. (Balkan Insight)
- Bulgaria calls on its citizens to leave Moldova immediately by "any available means of transport" due to the "complicating situation" in the country, and warns against any travel there. (Sofia Globe)
- 2022 Transnistria attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Two major explosions hit Kyiv after Russia conducts missile strikes during a high-level visit to the city by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. At least ten civilians are injured and a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist is killed. (Reuters) (VOA)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Abu Khashab shooting
- Seven people are killed and four more are injured inside the home of a former Syrian Democratic Forces official in Abu Khashab, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, during the Ramadan iftar. The Islamic State is suspected to be behind the attack. (AP)
- Abu Khashab shooting
- Afghanistan conflict
- Nine people are killed and 13 others are injured after two bombs explode on a pair of Shia-majority buses in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province. (Reuters)
- Mapuche conflict
- Twelve trucks are set on fire in the Araucanía Region of Chile, most likely by Mapuche protesters. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- A bridge collapses in Loay, Bohol, Philippines, killing four people and injuring 23 others. (ABC News)
- Two possibly intentional explosions are heard in southern Belgorod, Russia. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- Moderna requests emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in babies, toddlers, and young children. (The Washington Post)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Law and crime
- 2022 Bermondsey stabbing
- Joshua Jacques, who is suspected of committing a mass stabbing in Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom, on Monday, is charged with four counts of murder. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Dritan Abazović is elected by the Parliament of Montenegro as the new Prime Minister, succeeding Zdravko Krivokapić, who was ousted by a motion of censure on 4 February. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- A small meteor travelling at an estimated 55,000 mph (88,514 km/h) explodes above western Mississippi, United States, causing several sonic booms. (NBC News)
Sports
- 2022 NFL Draft
- In American football, the NFL Draft is held in Las Vegas, with the Jacksonville Jaguars selecting former Georgia Bulldogs defensive end Travon Walker with the first overall-pick. (ESPN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–United Kingdom relations
- Russia insinuates that it can strike military targets inside the territory of NATO countries supplying weapons to Ukraine and specifically singles out the United Kingdom. In a statement, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova says that "Russia can strike military targets on the territory of those NATO countries that supply arms to the Kiev regime" and "As far as I understand, Britain is one of those countries." (Mirror) (iNews)
- British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab says that Russian threats to target Britain are "unlawful" and are only adding to the "pariah status" of Vladimir Putin's regime. (Sky News)
- UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss states that Russian forces must be pushed out of "the whole of Ukraine" including territory Russia captured eight years ago, in what the BBC describes as "the clearest statement yet of Britain's war aims". (BBC News)
- Southern Ukraine offensive, Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
- The Ukrainian Air Force strikes the Kherson TV Tower with a missile temporarily forcing Russian television off-air in the occupied Kherson Oblast. (Canadian Press via Yahoo News)
- Russia says that it has struck 59 Ukrainian weapon facilities during the night, including a depot in Zaporizhzhia Oblast which is being used to store weapons from the United States and Europe. (Reuters)
- Russia says that its air defences have shot down a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Kursk Oblast, while several explosions and a fire at an ammunition depot are reported in Belgorod Oblast. Ukraine describes the explosions in Russia as "payback" and "karma" for Moscow's invasion. (Reuters)
- Russia–United Kingdom relations
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Transnistria conflict
- 2022 Transnistria attacks, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Transnistrian authorities say that several UAVs originating from the direction of Ukraine have been spotted near the Cobasna ammunition depot. However, this claim cannot be independently verified. (RFE/RL)
- 2022 Transnistria attacks, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Four Syrian soldiers are killed during airstrikes in Damascus launched by Israel at an Iranian-linked ammunition depot. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An armed Palestinian teenager is killed and three more are injured as Israeli soldiers raid a refugee camp in Jenin in an operation to arrest suspects involved in prior terror attacks in Israel. Fifteen others are arrested during raids in other parts of the West Bank. (Al Jazeera) (Ynetnews)
Arts and culture
- Decommunization in Ukraine
- The 27-foot Soviet-era bronze statue under the People's Friendship Arch in Kyiv, representing Russian–Ukrainian friendship, is removed by order of Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko. (NDTV)
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York is stripped of his Freedom of the City of York following an unanimous vote by city councillors. The council also calls on the Prince to relinquish his title as Duke of York. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- Russia in the European energy sector
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Gazprom announces that it has "completely suspended gas supplies" to the gas companies of Poland and Bulgaria "due to [the] absence of payments in roubles". Bulgaria, Poland, and the European Union condemn the suspension. (Reuters) (Reuters)
- The suspension of gas to Poland and Bulgaria causes natural gas prices to increase and also causes the Russian ruble to reach a 2 year high against the Euro in Moscow trade. (Reuters) (Reuters) (Natural Gas Intelligence)
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- The European Commission proposes lifting all tariffs for Ukrainian produce not covered by the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement for one year, while easing trade conditions for other goods. The temporary suspension will need to be approved by the European Parliament and the member states. (Reuters)
- The Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal tender, after its legislature unanimously approved the law. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2020–22 North American drought
- The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, servicing most of Greater Los Angeles, declares a water shortage emergency and requires agencies to enforce restrictions on non-essential water usage as of June 1. This comes amid a drought which worsened as the 2021–22 California winter season was the driest on record. (AP)
- A chariot in a Hindu religious procession strikes an overhead power line leading to several electrocutions and a fire resulting in eleven deaths and over a dozen injuries in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. (Reuters)
- Five people are killed in a traffic collision in Armstrong County, Texas. (Newschannel10)
International relations
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russia–United Kingdom relations
- Russia imposes sanctions on 287 members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in response to sanctions on members of its State Duma. Senior cabinet ministers and House Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle are among those sanctioned. (BBC News)
- Russia–United Kingdom relations
- Government and intergovernmental reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia announces its withdrawal from the World Tourism Organization ahead of a vote on its suspension from the UN specialized agency. (RFE/RL)
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russia–United States relations
- American Marine Trevor Reed and Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko are freed in a prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States. (AP)
Law and crime
- Three people are killed in a mass shooting in Biloxi, Mississippi. The shooter is later killed in a standoff with police. (ABC News)
- The Peruvian government declares a state of emergency at Las Bambas copper mine after a week of camping by indigenous people. The government suspends civil liberties, including the right of assembly and protest.(Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
- Oleksandr Kobets is appointed as the de facto mayor of the city of Kherson, which has been occupied by Russian forces since March 2. (Ukrinform)
- Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United Kingdom's Armed Forces Secretary James Heappey says that Ukraine can strike targets inside Russia with British weapons, saying that it is "completely legitimate" in order to disrupt attacks on Ukraine. (The Guardian)
- The Russian Defence Ministry accuses the UK of "provoking Ukraine" into attacking Russian territory, and warns of a "proportional response" should any attacks occur. (BBC News)
- Germany announces the delivery of 50 ex-Bundeswehr Gepard anti-air tanks to Ukraine, the first heavy weaponry supplied by Germany since the start of the invasion. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres visits Moscow in order to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Before the meeting, Guterres calls for a ceasefire to end the war. (The Hindu)
- President Putin says that Russia and Ukraine are continuing ceasefire talks online. (Reuters)
- A Russian missile strike destroys a strategic bridge across the Dniester Estuary in Odessa Oblast, according to Ukrainian authorities. (AP)
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that weapons supplied to Ukraine "will be a legitimate target for Russia's military" and further stating "storage facilities in western Ukraine have been targeted". Lavrov also stated that "NATO, in essence, is engaged in a war with Russia through a proxy and is arming that proxy. War means war." (Al Jazeera) (The Independent)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Transnistria conflict
- 2022 Transnistria attacks
- Moldova's Supreme Security Council convenes an emergency meeting after yesterday's attacks in the breakaway Transnistria. President Maia Sandu says that the attacks were aimed at "destabilising the situation in the region", and also says that the military will improve combat readiness and increase patrols on the border with Transnistria. (Reuters)
- 2022 Transnistria attacks
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- 2022 University of Karachi bombing
- Three Chinese citizens and their Pakistani driver are killed and four others are injured when a Balochistan Liberation Army suicide bomber blows herself up near their van in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- 2022 University of Karachi bombing
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
Business and economy
- Russia in the European energy sector
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Gazprom announces that it will stop delivering natural gas to Poland via the Yamal–Europe pipeline and to Bulgaria as both countries rejected Russia's demand to pay for the fossil fuel supply in Russian rubles. Poland does not expect to experience disruptions from the suspension of natural gas deliveries. However, the suspension of Russian gas deliveries to Bulgaria "poses a serious challenge to the security of supply to the country" as Bulgaria is almost completely dependent on Russian gas. (Deutsche Welle) (Rzeczpospolita) (Reuters)
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
Disasters and accidents
- European migrant crisis
- A person is killed and 24 are missing after a migrant vessel crashes off the coast of Spain's Canary Islands. (AP)
Health and environment
Law and crime
- Veshkayma kindergarten shooting
- A staff member and two children are killed, and another staff member is injured in a shooting at a kindergarten in Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. The gunman later kills himself. (Reuters)
- Twenty Islamic worshippers are killed during riots in Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. (Reuters) (France24)
Science and technology
- In the morning, the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus are seen aligning with each other. (Space.com)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- April 2022 Belgorod and Bryansk attacks
- Two large fires occur at an oil refinery and a military depot in Bryansk, Russia. (The Guardian)
- Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
- Kherson mayor Ihor Kolykhaiev announces that Russian forces have taken control of the Kherson City Council. (Ukrinform)
- According to Ukraine, Russian missile strikes hit numerous train stations across Ukraine. (The Guardian)
- A person is killed after Russia bombs the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast. (Reuters) (Ukrinform)
- Regional authorities say that five people have been killed by airstrikes on Zhmerynka and Koziatyn, Vinnytsia Oblast. (Reuters)
- April 2022 Belgorod and Bryansk attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Transnistria conflict
- 2022 Transnistria attacks
- The office of the Transnistrian Ministry of State Security in Tiraspol is attacked with grenade launchers. There is damage reported to the building, but there are no reports of casualties. (Reuters)
- 2022 Transnistria attacks
- List of rocket attacks from Lebanon on Israel
- A rocket is fired from Lebanon into Matzuva, Israel. Israel responds by firing at targets in Lebanon. (Times of Israel)
Arts and culture
- A limestone statue of the Canaanite goddess Anat from 2,500 BC is found in the Gaza Strip. (ABC News)
Business and economy
- Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk
- Elon Musk reaches an agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion. (The Verge)
Disasters and accidents
- A landslide has left at least 2 dead and 9 injured in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing
- Authorities in Beijing begin COVID-19 testing for millions of residents after a recent increase in COVID-19 cases. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 drug development
- The U.S. FDA formally approves the Gilead Sciences drug Remdesivir, commonly known as Veklury, for young children with COVID-19. (MarketWatch)
- COVID-19 drug development
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
International relations
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Germany–Russia relations
- Russia's foreign ministry expels 40 German diplomatic staff in a retaliatory move after Germany expelled the same number of Russian diplomats. (Reuters)
- Germany–Russia relations
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Former Iranian MP Ali Motahari says the Iranian nuclear program initially aimed for a secret nuclear weapon and nuclear deterrence. (Iran International)
Law and crime
- Crime in London
- 2022 Bermondsey stabbing
- Four people are killed during a mass stabbing at a house in Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom. (BBC News)
- 2022 Bermondsey stabbing
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian authorities claim that a person has been killed by overnight shelling in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- Russian state media reports that Ukraine has launched rockets into a village in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
- The Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs vetoes Germany's request to re-export Swiss ammunition to Ukraine on the basis of Switzerland's neutrality. (Reuters)
- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrive in Ukraine and meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In the highest-level American visit in Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion, Zelenskyy is informed of the approved new military assistance for Ukraine. (CBS News)
- The Russian embassy in Tehran denies that Iran is a secret armament supplier for the Russian war effort. (Tasnim News Agency)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Mali War
- Six soldiers are killed and twenty others are injured after attacks on three military bases in Mopti and Ségou regions, Mali. (Voice of America)
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Jihadist attacks on military posts in Soum Province, Burkina Faso, kill nine soldiers and six civilians, and injure around 30 others. (Reuters)
- Mali War
- Internal conflict in Myanmar
- 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency
- It is reported that family members of the ruling military junta in the city of Yangon are seeking refuge in the country's capital Naypyidaw as urban fighting intensifies between soldiers and insurgents. (MyanmarNews)
- 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency
- War in Darfur
- At least 168 people are killed and 98 others injured during a three-day clash between Arabs and non-Arabs in West Darfur, Sudan. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Crime in Honduras
- Honduran President Xiomara Castro declares a state of emergency in the Colón Department following the death of three policemen in an ambush in Trujillo. The announced objective is to apprehend the perpetrators. (elDiario.es)
Politics and elections
- 2022 French presidential election
- The second round of the French presidential election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen takes place. (CNN)
- Exit polls show Emmanuel Macron winning the French presidential election with a majority of 58% of votes. Macron becomes the first incumbent President to win re-election since Jacques Chirac's victory in the 2002 French presidential election against Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen's father. (France 24) (NBC News)
- Le Pen concedes defeat to Macron, ensuring him a second term. However, she says that the results are nonetheless a significant improvement from the previous election and therefore a victory for her party. (Sky News) (BBC News)
- 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election
- Slovenes head to the polls to elect members of their Parliament. (Xinhua News Agency) (Al Jazeera)
- Exit polls show Robert Golob's green Freedom Movement winning 35.8% of the vote over incumbent Prime Minister Janez Janša's right-wing populist Slovenian Democratic Party. (The Guardian)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 bombing of Odessa
- Infrastructure in the Southern Ukrainian city of Odessa is hit by airstrikes, killing at least five people, including a baby, and injuring 18 others, according to the local authorities. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
- The Investigative Committee of Russia announces that they are investigating allegations by RIA Novosti that troops from the British SAS have been deployed to Western Ukraine. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 bombing of Odessa
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War in Darfur, Darfur genocide
- Human rights groups say that eight people were killed during clashes followed by a Janjaweed raid on Thursday and Friday in Kreinik, West Darfur. (AP)
- 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks, Ituri conflict, Kivu conflict
- Kenya says that the East African Community plans to deploy a peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Unknown gunmen from Afghanistan storm a Pakistani military outpost near the border in Pakistan’s North Waziristan District, killing three soldiers. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Imo/Rivers explosion
- Over 100 people are killed after an illegal oil refining depot explodes in Ohaji/Egbema, Imo State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
- European migrant crisis
- Three people are killed and 98 more are rescued after an explosion at the Gaisky ore mine in Orenburg, Russia. (Reuters)
- Ten people are dead and 16 more are missing as a sightseeing boat sinks off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. (Reuters)
- Four people are dead and six more are missing after an accident in a coal mine in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland. (Reuters)
- One person dies and 40 people are rescued after a boat sinks in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Reuters)
International relations
- Russia–Turkey relations
- Turkey closes its airspace to Russian Armed Forces flights to Syria, as well as civilian aircraft that are suspected of carrying Russian troops. (The Jerusalem Post)
Politics and elections
- Thousands of Argentinian farmers protest against President Alberto Fernández's new export taxes on farm goods, which protesters say is a "rope that is being used to choke us". The farmers used tractors to block the road leading to the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2022 Major League Baseball season
- In baseball, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 21-0, the largest defeat in Pirates history and the largest victory in Cubs history since 1901. (CBS News) (Chicago Sun Times)
- Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte
- Tyson Fury retains the WBC world heavyweight title after defeating Dillian Whyte via technical knockout in round 6 in front of 94,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium, London, a post-war British record. Post-match, Fury suggests that he may now retire from professional boxing. (BBC Sport)