Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (pictured) is elected as President of Somalia.
- In the United States, ten people are killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
- Ukraine, represented by Kalush Orchestra with the song "Stefania", wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
- Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan inherits the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and becomes President of the United Arab Emirates after the death of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- About 200 Gorno-Badakhshan separatists block a road linking Tajikistan to China, clashing with security forces. Eight militants and one officer are killed, while 13 officers are injured and more than 70 militants are arrested. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 's Russian subsidiary announces its intention to file for bankruptcy after Russian authorities seize the company's bank account. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed and another is injured after a wall of a salt factory collapses in Morbi, Gujarat, India. Several others are missing. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and several others are injured after a car drives into 14 cyclists in Przypki, Poland. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Portugal confirms its first five cases of monkeypox. (AP)
- Spain says that it is monitoring eight potential monkeypox cases. (CTV News)
- The United States confirms its first case of monkeypox in 2022, in a man from Massachusetts who recently traveled to Canada. (ABC News)
- Mozambique confirms its first polio case in 30 years in the northwestern province of Tete. (Reuters)
International relations
- Enlargement of NATO
- France–Russia relations, Italy–Russia relations, Russia–Spain relations
- The Russian Foreign Ministry expels 85 diplomats from France, Spain, and Italy in response to the expulsions of Russian diplomats from European Union nations. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Three people are killed and five others injured after a man opens fire at his former workplace in Ilam province, Iran, before committing suicide. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 30th Alberta Legislature
- Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney announces his intention to resign as leader of the United Conservative Party after a leadership review results in 51.4% approval of his leadership from party members. He will be replaced as leader and premier once a successor is named. (CBC)
Sports
- 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
- In association football, Eintracht Frankfurt defeat the Glasgow Rangers 5–4 on penalties to win the UEFA Europa League following a 1–1 draw after extra time in the final at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain. (CNN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Russian airstrike kills eight people and injures twelve others in Desna, Chernihiv Oblast. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Two Tehrik-i-Taliban commanders are killed in a shootout with Pakistani security forces in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (AP)
- 2022 Tripoli clashes
- Heavy fighting breaks out in Tripoli, Libya, forcing Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha to flee the capital. (AP)
Business and economy
- Allianz's American asset management unit pleads guilty to criminal securities fraud and agrees to pay $5.8 billion to those who have been misled about the risk of investing in some hedge funds that collapsed with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to more than $1 billion to the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Bloomberg) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Nine people are killed during an explosion caused by a gas leak at a primary school and a store in Kano, Nigeria. (BBC News)
- Eleven people are killed after heavy rain causes floods and landslides in India. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Another four cases of monkeypox are confirmed by the UK Health Security Agency, bringing the total number recorded in the current outbreak to seven. Notably, these new cases appear to be the result of community transmission, with no known links to previous cases. (BBC News)
International relations
- United States–Venezuela relations, International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis
- The United States lifts some economic sanctions on Venezuela, including allowing the Chevron Corporation to negotiate its license with the Venezuelan PDVSA state-owned oil company and removing the names of some Venezuelan officials from a United States government list of sanctioned individuals. (AP)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Kharkiv
- Ukraine says that its troops have pushed back Russian forces in a counter-offensive, reaching the border with Russia. Kharkiv governor Oleh Synyehubov confirms that Ukrainian forces have restored control of a border crossing with Russia in the region. (Reuters)
- Siege of Mariupol
- Five buses and an armored personnel carrier evacuate several hundred soldiers from the Azovstal steel works following negotiations with the Russian Armed Forces. The evacuated soldiers will be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- The Russian Defence Ministry says that its forces have shot down three Ukrainian Air Force warplanes, including a Su-25 over Mykolaiv and a Su-24 strike jet near Snake Island in the Black Sea. (Reuters)
- Battle of Kharkiv
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Somali Civil War
- American military intervention in Somalia
- U.S. President Joe Biden announces that American troops will be redeployed to Somalia, reversing a previous order under former President Donald Trump. (ABC News)
- American military intervention in Somalia
Business and economy
- 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
- McDonald's announces that it has begun the process of selling all of its restaurants in Russia citing the "humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine", as the reason for ending operations in the country after 32 years. It is later announced that these restaurants will reopen under a new brand in mid-June, and that their menus will be retained. (Reuters) (TASS)
- The Russian ruble approaches a 5-year high against the Euro to become "the world's best-performing currency so far this year" as foreign currency supply exceeds demand. (Reuters)
- Commercial flights from Sanaa International Airport in Sanaa, Yemen, resume after six years. The Yemenia flight carried 151 passengers to the Jordanian capital Amman. (France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- Wildfires in 2022
- 2022 New Mexico wildfires
- The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire in New Mexico, U.S, grows to 300,000 acres, becoming the largest wildfire in the state's history. (CNN)
- 2022 New Mexico wildfires
- Fourteen people are killed and 19 others are injured after a tourist bus crashes into a billboard in Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia. (AP)
- One person is killed and 85 others are injured after a cargo train collides with a passenger train in Catalonia, Spain. (AP)
Law and crime
- The Ghanaian Ministry of Defence warns that the possibility of a terrorist attack occuring in the country is "very real" and that the country's defence system has been placed on high alert. (Yen.com.gh) (GhanaWeb)
Politics and elections
- Enlargement of NATO
- Sweden–NATO relations
- Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson confirms the decision her party made on Sunday and formally announces Sweden's intent to join NATO. (The Guardian)
- In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that Russia will react to the "expansion of military infrastructure" by NATO in Sweden and Finland, saying that "problems are being created for no reason at all. We shall react accordingly". (Sky News)
- Sweden–NATO relations
- Borne government
- French Minister of Labour Élisabeth Borne is appointed by President Emmanuel Macron as the new Prime Minister of France, succeeding Jean Castex. (Le Monde in English)
Sports
- Homosexuality in association football
- Homosexuality in English football
- Blackpool F.C. midfielder Jake Daniels becomes the first professional football player in the United Kingdom to come out as gay since 1990. (The Independent)
- Homosexuality in English football
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia launches missile strikes from the Black Sea on "military infrastructure" in Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, located near Ukraine's western border with Poland. The target was "completely destroyed", according to the region's governor Maksym Kozytskyy. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- A suicide bomber kills three Pakistani soldiers and three children in North Waziristan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
- Two Sikhs are shot dead by gunmen riding on motorcycles in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Associated Press)
International relations
- Enlargement of NATO
- Finland–NATO relations
- President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin formally announce that Finland will apply for NATO membership. Niinistö says that "this is a historic day", and that Finland is "entering a new era". (Yle)
- Sweden–NATO relations
- Sweden's governing Social Democratic Party approves the country joining NATO. The official government decision is expected in the coming days. (Politico)
- Finland–NATO relations
Law and crime
- 2022 Laguna Woods shooting
- One person is killed and five others are injured during a mass shooting at a church in Laguna Woods, California, United States. (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Somali presidential election
- Former President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is re-elected to a non-consecutive term in the third voting round. (Reuters)
- 2022 Swiss referendums
- Voters in Switzerland approve three measures in a referendum. These measures will require streaming services to invest 4% of their revenue in Switzerland into domestic filmmaking; allow the government to increase the Swiss contribution in Frontex, the EU border agency; and change the default system of organ donation from explicit to presumed consent. (Swissinfo)
- 2022 Lebanese general election
- Lebanese voters head to the polls to elect a new session to Parliament. Preliminary counts show the Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies, who won in the previous election, losing seats while the Saudi-backed Lebanese Forces made gains. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Fifteen civilians and three VPD volunteers are killed during a shooting attack against their convoy in Kompienga. (France24)
- Twenty people, including eight VPD volunteers, are killed during an attack in the town of Guessel. (Africanews)
- Six people are killed during an attack in Markoye. (Ouest France)
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Buffalo supermarket shooting
- Ten people are killed and three others injured after a gunman opens fire in a Tops Friendly Markets supermarket in Buffalo, New York, United States. The shooter, a self-described white supremacist, is taken into custody. (AP)
Arts and culture
- Eurovision Song Contest 2022
- Kalush Orchestra, representing Ukraine, wins the Grand Final with the song "Stefania". (Yahoo! News)
Business and economy
- Economy of Venezuela
- Venezuela announces that it will sell 5–10% shares in state-owned companies to private investors in order to help fund state enterprises. (AP)
- 2022 heat wave in India and Pakistan
- India bans wheat exports with immediate effect after the heat wave causes yields to be lower than expected. Exceptions will be made if wheat is requested by governments, or for food security needs. (Bloomberg)
International relations
- Georgia–Russia relations, Russia–South Ossetia relations
- Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia
- Outgoing South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov announces that a referendum on joining Russia will be held on July 17. (Reuters)
- Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia
Politics and elections
- The Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates appoints Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the country's new president, who also inherits the Emirate of Abu Dhabi after the death of his half-brother Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. (AP)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War
- Syrian state media says that a missile attack from Israel hit Masyaf, Hama Governorate, killing five people and injuring seven others. (Reuters)
- Ten Syrian Army soldiers are killed and nine others are injured by a rocket attack that hit a bus in Aleppo, Syria. (Reuters)
- Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli police commando Noam Raz is killed in a shootout with Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen in Jenin, West Bank. (Times of Israel)
- Israeli riot police beat pallbearers and mourners at the funeral of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, which was attended by thousands of Palestinians in East Jerusalem. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and the deputy speaker for UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the images of the attacks "deeply disturbing". (AP)
- Six people are injured in a mass stabbing on a train near Aachen, NRW, Germany. Police arrested an Iraqi man and are investigating whether it was a terrorist attack. (Deutsche Welle)
Business and economy
- Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk
- Enlargement of the eurozone
- The Croatian Parliament votes 117–13 to officially replace the kuna with the euro on 1 January. (RTÉ)
- The Sky Bridge 721 opens in Dolni Morava, Czech Republic. Spanning 721 metres (2,365 ft), it is longest simple suspension bridge in the world. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
- North Korea says that six people have died and 187,800 others have been quarantined due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak. (The New York Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
- The total number of people who have received a dose of the Malaria vaccine surpasses 1 million. (NPR)
International relations
- Enlargement of NATO
- Finland–Russia relations
- RAO Nordic, a subsidiary of Russian energy company Inter RAO, announces it will suspend deliveries of electricity to Finland, saying it has not been paid for prior deliveries. The suspension comes as Russia threatens retaliation if Finland joins NATO. (BBC News)
- Finland–Turkey relations, Sweden–Turkey relations
- Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that Turkey will oppose Sweden and Finland's applications to join NATO, asserting that the countries are "guesthouses for terrorist organisations". (Reuters)
- Finland–Russia relations
- Government and intergovernmental reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–United States relations
- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the first meeting between the two since the start of the invasion. (Reuters)
- Russia–United States relations
Law and crime
- War crimes during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine holds its first trial for war crimes committed during the Russian invasion, against a Russian soldier accused of shooting an unarmed civilian in March. (AP)
- Anti-government demonstrations occur in multiple cities in Iran that are experiencing Internet shutdowns. (Fox News)
Politics and elections
- President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies at the age of 73. (Gulf News)