Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- In ice hockey, the Colorado Avalanche defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Stanley Cup Finals (Conn Smythe Trophy winner Cale Makar pictured).
- At least twenty-one people are found dead in a nightclub in East London, South Africa.
- A mass shooting during LGBT pride celebrations in Oslo, Norway, leaves two people dead and twenty-one others injured.
- The United States Supreme Court determines that abortion is not a protected constitutional right, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- The United Nations estimates that more than 300,000 people have been killed since the start of the civil war in 2011, which would amount to 1.5% of Syria's pre-war population. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis, 2021–2022 global energy crisis
- Sri Lankan power and energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera announces that the government will lift restrictions on fuel imports in response to the country's energy crisis, ending a fuel duopoly between the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the Indian government-owned Lanka IOC. (International Business Times)
- Sri Lanka has suspended sales of fuel for non-essential vehicles, for the next two weeks only buses, trains and vehicles used for medical services and transporting food will be allowed to fill up with fuel. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Tokyo reports the hottest day since 1875 as the heat wave continues. Several people are hospitalized due to heatstroke. (CNA)
International relations
- Nuclear program of Iran
- Iranian nuclear talks are moved to Qatar in a new bid to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. (Politico)
Law and crime
- Freedom of the press in India
- Police in India have arrested Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of a fact-checking website Alt News who has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Kremenchuk missile strike
- Two missiles strike a crowded mall in the city of Kremenchuk, killing at least 13 people and injuring at least 50 others. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that more than a thousand people were in the mall at time of the attack. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- The Governor of Luhansk Oblast claims that a Russian strike in Lysychansk killed eight civilians who were collecting water and injured 21 others. (NDTV)
- 2022 Kremenchuk missile strike
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- 2022 Russian debt default
- Russia defaults on two Taiwanese-owned Eurobonds worth US$100 million after Western sanctions on Russia led Euroclear to block Russian attempts to service the debt before yesterday's deadline. Russia describes the default as artificially manufactured and "a farce". The default will have few immediate consequences for Russia since the country is currently unable to borrow internationally. (Reuters) (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Missouri train derailment
- An Amtrak Southwest Chief passenger train carrying 243 passengers collides with a dump truck in Mendon, Missouri, United States. Eight cars and two locomotives derailed, killing three people and injuring at least 50 others. (CNN) (KSNW-TV)
- 2022 Aqaba toxic gas leak
- 2022 San Antonio trailer deaths
- At least 46 people are found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Sixteen others are transported to hospitals. (CNN)
- The Japanese government asks the public to conserve energy and to prepare for power outages as the country faces a heat wave. (AP)
- One person is killed and five others injured after a bullet train collides with an engine in Bohumin, Czech Republic. (AP)
- One person is killed and ten others injured when a tornado hits Zierikzee, Netherlands. (AP)
- Four people are injured when an apartment roof collapses in Budapest, Hungary. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Germany
- Germany reports almost one hundred new cases of monkeypox. (RKI Deutsche)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the Netherlands
- The Netherlands reports more than forty new cases of monkeypox. (RIVM Netherlands)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Germany
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Peru reports its first case of monkeypox. (Bernama)
- The World Health Organization confirms the first death caused by the 2022 monkeypox outbreak. (WHO)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru
- Nauru surpasses 2,000 COVID-19 cases amid an outbreak and emergency declared by president Lionel Aingimea. (Loop Nauru)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru
International relations
- 48th G7 summit
- The world leaders at the G7 summit in Germany issue a statement pledging more financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to Ukraine. This comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a video calling for more heavy weapons from allies. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Abortion in the United States
- Abortion in Louisiana, Abortion in Utah
- State judges in New Orleans and in Utah temporarily block the abortion bans for all stages of pregnancy that state officials announced after Roe v. Wade was overturned. (The Guardian) (Deseret)
- Abortion in South Carolina
- A federal judge in South Carolina lifts an injunction on the so-called heartbeat bill, effectively limiting abortion to about 6 weeks into pregnancy. (CBS News)
- Abortion in Louisiana, Abortion in Utah
- One person is killed and five others injured in a mass stabbing at a shelter for asylum-seekers in Kressbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (AP)
Sports
- 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifying
- World Rugby rejects the Spanish Rugby Federation's appeal against their national team's disqualification in the 2023 Rugby World Cup for fielding an ineligible player during the qualifying tournament, thus confirming Romania's qualification to the World Cup by taking Spain's berth as Europe 2. (RTL)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Several Russian cruise missiles strike Kyiv, killing one civilian and injuring four others, according to Ukraine's Prosecutor General. Some of the missiles were launched from Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers over the Caspian Sea. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera) (Ukrinform)
- A missile strike kills a civilian and destroys a strategic bridge connecting western Ukraine with eastern battlefields in Cherkasy Oblast. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in the Sahel, spillovers of the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and the jihadist insurgency in Niger
- Two police officers are killed and another is injured in Dassari, Benin, by militants suspected to be from Niger or Burkina Faso. (SwissInfo)
- Mexican drug war
- A shootout occurs between the Mexican federal police and drug cartels in Nuevo León, close to the US border. Six officers are killed and four others injured. (Reuters)
- Two soldiers and seven militants are killed in a shootout in Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
- Seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian are summarily executed after being held captive in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 East London tavern disaster
- Twenty-two people are found dead at a tavern in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The cause of their deaths is unclear. (BBC News)
- One person is killed and another is reported missing after a fire on an inter-island ferry in Manila, Philippines. (AP)
- Two people are killed and nine others are injured in a fire at a market in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters)
- Three people are killed in Brentwood, California, U.S. when their car collides with an Amtrak train. (CBS News)
- Four people are killed and 322 are injured when a stand in a bullring collapses in El Espinal, Colombia. (AP)
- Two people are killed and more are missing after heavy flooding in Krasnodar, Sochi, Russia. (FloodList)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Russia
- Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a foreign trip to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, his first since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Reuters)
- 48th G7 summit
- The G7 summit kicks off in Schloss Elmau, Krün, Bavarian Alps, Germany, and will last until June 28. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes their first appearance at the summit. (NBC News) (Japan Times)
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Turkey
- Riot police disperse hundreds of people in Istanbul after the government banned the Pride Parade, alleging that the parade could cause "public unrest due to society's sensitivities". (Reuters)
- Nigeria's Zamfara State begins issuing firearms licenses to citizens so that they can defend themselves from bandit gangs. (Reuters)
- The Knesset advances a bill, for a possible vote on Wednesday, which would ban indicted politicians from becoming Prime Minister of Israel. If passed, it would prevent Benjamin Netanyahu from returning to that post. (Times of Israel)
Sports
- 2021–22 NHL season
- In ice hockey, the Colorado Avalanche defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games to win their first Stanley Cup since the 2001 season, thereby dethroning the Lightning in their quest to three-peat. (The New York Times)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- The mayor of Sieverodonetsk announces that Russian forces have "fully occupied" the city. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Pro-Russian forces say that they have entered the city of Lysychansk, the last major city still held by Ukrainian forces in Luhansk Oblast, and that street-to-street fighting is underway. (First Post)
- Russia launches dozens of cruise missiles at targets in multiple Ukrainian cities, including Yavoriv, Zhytomyr, and Desna. At least 20 missiles were fired from Belarusian airspace. (Reuters) (Yahoo! News)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Islamic terrorism in Europe
- 2022 Oslo shootings
- Two people are killed and 21 others injured during mass shootings at three separate sites in central Oslo, Norway, including a gay nightclub. An Iranian-Norwegian man is arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism. The motive is suspected to be Islamic extremism. (BBC News) (NRK)
- 2022 Oslo shootings
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A 16-year-old Palestinian teenager dies in Israeli custody after being shot yesterday by soldiers in Silwad, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- Anglophone Crisis
- Twenty-six people are killed in an attack in the Akwaya district, SouthWest region, Cameroon. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Miss International Queen 2022
- Fuschia Anne Ravena of the Philippines is crowned Miss International Queen, widely regarded as the world's largest beauty pageant for trans women, in Pattaya, Thailand. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes near Kish Island, Iran, killing one person and injuring 31 others. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- The World Health Organization says that monkeypox is not yet a public health emergency. (NBC News)
- Japan reports a record high temperature for the month of June of 40.2 °C (104.4 °F) in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture. (Kyodo News)
International relations
- Togo and Gabon officially become members of the Commonwealth of Nations. (France 24)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Ecuadorian protests
- The National Assembly convenes to debate the possible removal of president Guillermo Lasso amidst ongoing protests. (La Nación)
- Gun politics in the United States
- U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law. (CNN)
Sports
- 2022 Mediterranean Games
- The 19th Mediterranean Games opens in Oran, Algeria. (Mundo Deportivo)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Governor of Luhansk Oblast Serhiy Haidai announces that Ukrainian forces will withdraw from Sievierodonetsk amid the advance of Russian and pro-Russian forces. (Axios)
- A Russian-appointed senior official for the Kherson youth department is killed by a car bombing in Kherson in an apparent assassination. (Al Jazeera) (The Moscow Times)
- Ukrainian authorities say that Russian forces have captured the city of Hirske, south of Lysychansk, in Luhansk Oblast. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says that his forces also captured the town of Zolote. (Reuters) (Newsweek)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Two Tunisian police officers are injured in a stabbing and suspected terrorist attack in the Grand Synagogue of Tunis. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Melilla incident
- An Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo plane carrying nine people crashes near Ryazan, Russia, killing five passengers. (Reuters)
- Five people are killed and eleven others are injured in Gayan District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, by an aftershock from the recent earthquake that killed at least 1,100 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas report their first cases of monkeypox. (WLEX-TV) (Citizen Times) (KXAN-TV)
- New York City opens the first monkeypox clinic in the United States. (U.S. News and World Report)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
- Taiwan, Lebanon, Singapore and South Korea report their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) (Reuters 3) (Reuters 4)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Canada
- British Columbia reports its second case of monkeypox. (CTV News Vancouver)
- Bulgaria, Croatia, South Africa and Colombia report their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters) (Total Croatia News) (Reuters 2) (Reuters 3)
- Zambia, Libya and Fiji report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. (Diggers News) (Libyan Express) (Fiji Village)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud tests positive for COVID-19. (Al Jazeera)
- COVID-19 vaccine
- The Sanofi–GSK COVID-19 vaccine is found to be effective against the Omicron variant. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
International relations
- Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union, Bulgaria–North Macedonia relations
- Bulgaria lifts its veto against North Macedonia's bid to join the European Union. (DW)
Law and crime
- Abortion in the United States
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
- The United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending protection of the right to abortion on the federal level and returning regulation to the states. Twenty-two states enact trigger laws or reinstitute existing laws banning abortion. (Reuters) (CNBC)
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
- Kongsberg attack
- A court in Norway finds the attacker not criminally responsible due to paranoid schizophrenia and sentences him to compulsory mental treatment. (Euronews)
- 2021 Cuban protests
- A court in Cuba sentences two protesters to between five and nine years in prison for desecrating the Cuban flag and resisting authority during last year's protests. (CNN en Español)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Grenadian general election
- The oppositional National Democratic Congress wins the majority of seats in Grenada's latest general election. NDC's party leader Dickon Mitchell is expected to become Grenada's next Prime Minister. (Loop Caribbean News)
- UK parliamentary by-elections
- The Conservative Party is defeated in both the Tiverton and Honiton by-election and the Wakefield by-election by the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party, respectively. Conservative chairman Oliver Dowden resigns in the aftermath of the defeats. (BBC News)
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- Canada at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
- The Canada men's national water polo team withdraws from the remainder of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, due to COVID-19 cases within the team. (CBC Sports)
- Canada at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Governor of Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Haidai, says that Russia is "just destroying" everything in Lysychansk as pro-Russian separatists say they are close to capturing both that city and Sieverodonetsk. (AFP via Dunya News)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The first trial for rape during the war in Ukraine is set to begin in absentia against a 32-year-old Russian soldier accused of murdering a civilian and repeatedly raping the civilian's wife during the offensive in Kyiv. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ecuadorian protests
- A third protester is killed in Quito during clashes with police as around 10,000 people continue to protest in the city. (France 24)
- Turkey arrests ten alleged Iranian intelligence agents and charges them with plotting to murder Israeli tourists in hotels. (AFP via Al Arabiya) (Daily Sabah)
Business and economy
- 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
- U.S. sportswear retailer Nike and networking firm Cisco announce that they are permanently ending their operations in Russia and Belarus. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are killed and 25 others injured by a fire at an apartment building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (CNN)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- New York City becomes the first jurisdiction in the United States to distribute smallpox vaccines to people who are at risk of contracting the monkeypox virus. (The New York Times)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration orders electronic cigarette company Juul to pull all of its products from the market, blaming the company for causing an increase in youth vaping. (NPR)
International relations
- Enlargement of the European Union
- Accession of Ukraine to the European Union, Accession of Moldova to the European Union
- The European Union formally awards official candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. (BBC News)
- Accession of Ukraine to the European Union, Accession of Moldova to the European Union
Law and crime
- Gun politics in the United States
- In a 65–33 vote, the U.S. Senate passes gun control legislation for the first time in decades. The bill calls for tougher background checks on gun purchasers younger than 21, blocks gun sales to individuals with a history of domestic abuse against unmarried partners, and provides funding to encourage the adoption of a red flag law, among others. It is sent to the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Grenadian general election
- Citizens of Grenada head to the polls to vote in a general election. (Loop Caribbean News)
Science and technology
- Scientists discover the largest known bacterium, Thiomargarita magnifica, in the mangroves of the Guadeloupe archipelago in Lesser Antilles. It is up to 2 cm (3/4 inch) long. (France 24)
Sports
- 2022 NBA draft
- In basketball, the 76th NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Orlando Magic selecting former Duke University player Paolo Banchero with the first overall pick. (ESPN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- The Ukrainian Air Force launches drone strikes on an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast, Russia, causing a large explosion and fire. Operations at the refinery have been suspended. Footage on social media appears to show at least one armed drone striking the facility. (Reuters)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Reporters Without Borders releases a report claiming that a Ukrainian photojournalist was summarily executed while injured on the ground by Russian soldiers during the early stages of the conflict. (Al Jazeera)
- Southern Ukraine offensive
- Seven Russian missiles strike the city of Mykolaiv, killing at least one person and damaging a number of residential and commercial buildings, according to Mykolaiv governor Vitaliy Kim. (The Telegraph)
- The Ukrainian military says that it has inflicted "significant losses" on Russian forces after launching airstrikes on Snake Island in the Black Sea, destroying a Pantsir missile system, a radar station and numerous vehicles on the occupied island. (Euronews)
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Yemeni Civil War
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- Five Southern Transitional Council soldiers and three Al-Qaeda militants are killed during a shootout in Ataq, Shabwah Governorate. (AP)
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- 2022 Ecuadorian protests
- Ecuadorian indigenous groups attack a police station in Puyo, Pastaza, amid ongoing protests in the country. One protestor is shot dead by police. Eighteen police officers are missing, while another six are injured. (Bangkok Post)
- Anglophone Crisis
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Inflation in the United Kingdom reaches 9.1%, a 40-year record, as food and fuel prices continue to increase. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
- A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Khost, Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,500 others. (BBC News)
- Red Air Flight 203
- A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 catches fire after landing at Miami International Airport in Florida, United States. (The Guardian)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
- Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says that Denmark will begin administering fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 50 years. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
- The UK Health Security Agency declares a national incident after traces of poliovirus were detected during routine sewage inspections in London. However, the risk to the public is currently believed to be "extremely low". (Sky News)
International relations
- Africa–Canada relations, Foreign relations of Rwanda
- Canada announces its intention to open an embassy in Rwanda. The announcement comes a few days before the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will be held in Kigali. (CTV News)
Law and crime
- The military junta of Myanmar orders all legal proceedings against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved from courtrooms to prison venues without explanation. Aung San Suu Kyi has been under detainment since the February 2021 coup. (Al Arabiya)
Politics and elections
- The government of Bulgarian prime minister Kiril Petkov loses a motion of no confidence vote in the National Assembly. (The Straits Times)