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Topics in the news
- The Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham, England.
- A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Luzon in the Philippines, killing 10 people and injuring at least 375 others.
- In cycling, Jonas Vingegaard (pictured) wins the Tour de France.
- The World Health Organization declares the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Ukrainian drone strikes Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters, injuring five according to the mayor of Sevastopol. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- One Taliban member is killed during clashes with Iranian border guards in Afghanistan. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky, United States, increases to 26. (CNN)
- Heavy rainfall warnings are issued for the affected areas as Governor Andy Beshear says that at least as many as 37 people remain unaccounted for. (The Washington Times)
Law and crime
- Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina mobilizes and deploys the army after 32 people were killed on 29 July by cattle thieves in Ankazobe. (BBC News)
Sports
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final
- England defeats Germany 2-1 in the final of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 to give England its first major football championship since the 1966 FIFA World Cup. (ESPN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Six Balochistan Liberation Army separatists and a Pakistani soldier are killed during clashes in Kech District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
- At least 125 people are injured when supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr storm the parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone. (Metro)
- One person is wounded in an assassination attempt on President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei. The president is unharmed. (ABC)
Business and economy
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Russia's Gazprom suspends gas supplies to Latvia after accusing it of "violating conditions of purchase". The Latvian government says the suspension of gas from Russia is not expected to have a major impact on the economy. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- Urban Search and Rescue Missouri Task Force 1 is deployed in Eastern Kentucky, United States. (KMBC)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Niue
- Niue records its first community case of COVID-19, prompting Minister of Health Sauni Tongatule to move the country to its highest alert level. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
- North Korea announces zero "fever cases" for the first time since mid-May when the country first announced an outbreak of COVID-19. Authorities stated that 4.8 million people were infected and that 74 people died from the virus. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
Law and crime
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Olenivka prison explosion
- Russia and the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) say that 53 people were killed and 75 others injured after shelling hit a prison holding Ukrainian prisoners of war in the DPR-controlled city of Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of carrying out the strike. (AP)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A video emerges on social media of an alleged Russian soldier castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war in the town of Sievierodonetsk, Donetsk Oblast. The video has not been independently verified. The Ukrainian government voices outrage over the incident and vows retaliation against the perpetrators. (BBC News) (The Telegraph) (The Guardian) (Sky News)
- A Russian strike kills five civilians and injures seven others at a bus stop in Mykolaiv, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (AFP News via Barron's)
- Olenivka prison explosion
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A 16-year-old Palestinian affiliated with Fatah is killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah. (Al Bawaba) (Times of Israel)
- Two people are killed and 11 are injured during a hand grenade attack at a cricket game in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky, United States, increases to 25. (CNN)
- 2022 United Arab Emirates floods
- The UAE records its heaviest rainfall in 27 years, with seven people killed by flooding in the Emirates of Sharjah and Fujairah. (Khaleej Times)
- The death toll of the recent floods in Iran has risen to at least 53. (The New York Times) (Yahoo! News)
- One person is killed and one is missing after a fire at an oil refinery in Tamaulipas, Mexico. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in New York
- New York state declares an emergency due to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. (MSN)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in New York
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Brazil
- Brazil reports its first death from monkeypox in a 41-year-old man from Belo Horizonte who had lymphoma and a weakened immune system. (Reuters)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Canada
- The monkeypox vaccine will be made available to high-risk people in British Columbia, Canada. (Vancouver Sun)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the Philippines
- The Philippines reports its first case of monkeypox. (Straits Times)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Spain
- Spain reports Europe's first death from monkeypox. (The Guardian)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- West Nile virus in the United States
- Colorado reports a case of West Nile virus in a person from Delta County. (KXRM-TV)
- It is reported that the first United States case of polio since 2013, which was reported last week in Rockland County, New York, was connected to traces of vaccine-derived viruses found in the United Kingdom and Israel. (ProPublica) (Stat)
International relations
- Visit by Pope Francis to Canada
- Pope Francis visits Iqaluit in Nunavut to apologize for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools in Canada. The visit is his final stop on his Canada trip. (CBC)
Law and crime
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Trial of Vadim Shishimarin
- A court in Kyiv reduces the sentence of Vadim Shishimarin, the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes, from life in prison to 15 years detention. Shishimarin's defense attorney says that it is "highly likely" that he will be returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange. (ABC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
- Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych says that an operation to recapture the Kherson Oblast has started. (The Guardian)
- Battle of Donbas
- Russian forces shell Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast with the BM-27 Uragan MLRS, killing three civilians and injuring three others. Six apartment blocks and six detached houses are also destroyed or damaged. (Ukrinform)
- 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
- Belarusian involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces in Belarus launch 25 ballistic missiles into northern Ukraine. (The Guardian)
- Russia launches cruise missile strikes from the Black Sea on the Kyiv Oblast for the first time in weeks, with missiles striking Bucha, Lyutizh, and Vyshhorod. At least fifteen people, including five civilians, are injured, according to Kyiv governor Oleksiy Kuleba. (AP) (Axios)
- Russian missiles strike Kropyvnytskyi, damaging facilities owned by Kropyvnytskyi Flight Academy and Air Urga. Five people are killed and 25 others are injured. (Yahoo! News)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- 2022 As-Suwayda clashes
- At least 17 people are killed and 40 others are injured in skirmishes between groups of pro-Assad and anti-government residents in As Suwayda, Syria. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 As-Suwayda clashes
Business and economy
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Authorities in Hanover, Germany, turn off heating and switch to cold showers in all public buildings, and also shut off public water fountains amid an energy crisis after Gazprom reduced gas supplies to Germany through its Nord Stream pipeline. (BBC News)
- Authorities in Berlin turn off lights at historic monuments and municipal buildings in the city in order to save electricity. (The Guardian)
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- The United States enters a technical recession after its economy shrank for the 2nd consecutive quarter. (The Guardian) (The Times)
- 2020–present global chip shortage
- The United States Congress passes the Chips and Science Act of 2022 in order to boost semiconductor production in the United States and also boost competition with China. The bill will head to President Joe Biden for his signature. (CNBC)
- Hamas authorities raise taxes on imported clothes and other goods as prices increase due to the war in Ukraine and an ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear declares a state of emergency for several counties in southeastern Kentucky due to historic floods, which have killed eight people. (WLEX-TV)
- Flash flooding occurs on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Four people are killed and nine others are injured by a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Tehran, Iran. (AP)
- Fifteen people are killed and 47 others are injured after a bus crash in Esteli, Nicaragua. (Reuters)
- Eight people are killed and four others are injured after a fire broke out in a hostel in Moscow, Russia. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer says that New York has received 110,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine. (New York Post)
- Ahmed Ogwell, head of the Africa CDC, reports that there are currently no monkeypox or smallpox vaccines available in Africa to combat the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. (Time)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
International relations
- Iran–Israel relations
- Iranian police arrest the alleged leader and four other members of a spy network suspected to be affiliated with Mossad. (Al Jazeera)
- Lithuania–Russia relations, Restriction of transit with the Kaliningrad Oblast
- Russia hands over a protest note to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Šiaulių bankas, the only bank authorised to process payments for Kaliningrad rail transit, announced that it would phase out all payments in Russian rubles in mid-August and ban all payments from Russia and Belarus, unless for humanitarian purposes or in order to fulfil international obligations, on 1 September. (LRT)
Law and crime
- Sentencing of Ben Oliver
- Cameras are allowed to film a criminal court case in England and Wales for the first time in history as a man, Ben Oliver, is sentenced to prison at London's Old Bailey for manslaughter on live television. (Reuters)
Science
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia captures the Vuhlehirska Power Station, Ukraine's second largest power plant, near the city of Svitlodarsk, Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- Russia says that it has destroyed more than 100 M142 HIMARS missiles in an airstrike on Dnipro. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kivu conflict
- Anti-MONUSCO protests
- Four protesters are killed when a soldier shoots an electric cable that falls on them in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo. They were protesting the ineffectiveness of the MONUSCO. (Reuters)
- The Burundi Human Rights Initiative (BHRI) accuses Burundi of sending troops into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to fight the RED-Tabara, a Burundian armed opposition group. The BHRI also accuses Burundi of supporting armed groups that oppose the DRC. (Al Jazeera)
- Anti-MONUSCO protests
- Somali Civil War
- Eleven people, including a government official, are killed by an al-Shabaab suicide bombing at the entrance to a government building in Merca, Lower Shabelle, Somalia. (AP)
Business and economy
- Russia in the European energy sector
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Russian energy company Gazprom reduces the amount of natural gas flowing through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Europe to 20% of the pipeline's capacity. (AP)
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- McDonald's profits fall by 46% and its revenue falls by 3% in Q2 2022 following the company's exit from Russia. (The Washington Post)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Luzon earthquake
- A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Luzon, Philippines, killing four people and injuring over 100 others. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The U.S. reports 1,049 new cases of monkeypox, thereby bringing the total number of cases in the country to 4,639. (CDC)
- The U.S. government orders the release of 800,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine from the Strategic National Stockpile. (AP)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa
- Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa ends Samoa's state of emergency after two years. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa
International relations
- Russia–Ukraine relations
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Joint Coordination Center opens in Istanbul, Turkey, to coordinate the export of millions of tonnes of grain from blockaded Black Sea ports. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–United States relations
- The United States offers to exchange imprisoned Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for detained Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, who are accused of drug offenses and spying, respectively. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Media freedom in the European Union
- The European General Court upholds a broadcast ban imposed on Russian television network RT in the European Union over accusations of spreading misinformation, rejecting an appeal against the ban. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Highland Park parade shooting
- The suspect in the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, U.S., is formally indicted on 21 counts of first-degree murder, 48 counts of attempted murder, and 48 counts of aggravated battery. There are three counts per slain victim and two counts per injured victim. (NBC News)
- 2016 South Korean political scandal
- Prime Minister of South Korea Han Duck-soo says that he will ask president Yoon Suk-yeol to pardon former Samsung executive Lee Jae-yong, who is currently on parole for bribery and embezzlement. (Reuters) (Yonhap)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Tunisian constitutional referendum
- A majority of Tunisian voters approve a new constitution, proposed by President Kais Saied as a solution to the country's ongoing political crisis. However, voter turnout was only 30.5%, due to a boycott of the referendum by opposition parties. (AP)
- 2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis
- Hundreds of protestors storm the parliament building in the Green Zone in Baghdad to oppose the nomination of Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani for prime minister by pro-Iranian parties. (Al Jazeera)
Science and technology
- The Lulo Rose, a pink diamond, the largest in 300 years, is discovered at the Lulo mine in Lunda Norte Province, Angola. (AP)
- The Google Street View service is launched in India 11 years after the service was banned in the country over security concerns. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
- Ukrainian forces strike the strategic Antonivka Road Bridge in Kherson Oblast using its M142 HIMARS missile system, causing severe damage to the bridge and preventing vehicles from crossing. Ukraine also claims to have destroyed a Russian ammunition depot, artillery and other military equipment in the region, killing 51 Russian troops. (AP)
- Ukraine says that Russia has launched cruise missile strikes at military targets along its Black Sea coast, including at Odesa and Mykolaiv. (Voice of America)
- 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kivu conflict
- Anti-MONUSCO protests
- Fifteen people are killed and 50 others are injured as UN peacekeepers open fire at an anti-United Nations protest in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera)
- Three UN peacekeepers and seven civilians are killed during an attack on a MONUSCO base by protesters in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera)
- Anti-MONUSCO protests
Business and economy
- Economy of Afghanistan, Sanctions against Afghanistan
- Afghanistan and United States officials exchange proposals for the release of billions of dollars from the Afghan central bank reserves held abroad into a trust fund. (Al Jazeera)
- Economy of Bangladesh
- Bangladesh announces that it will request a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund for balance of payment and budgetary requirements, as well as climate change management activities. (Al Jazeera)
- Russia in the European energy sector
- European Union energy ministers approve legislation to lower demand for gas by some member countries by 15% from August until March 2023. (AP)
- Transport in Croatia
- Croatia opens the 2,404 metres (7,887 ft) long Pelješac Bridge that spans the sea channel between Komarna and Pelješac and connects the country's southeastern semi-exclave to the rest of the country, bypassing Bosnia and Herzegovina's short coastal strip in the municipality of Neum. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- 2022 Gujarat toxic liquor deaths
- At least 40 people have died and 50 others have become ill after consuming illegally brewed alcohol in Gujarat, India. Several suspected bootleggers have been detained in connection with the deaths, according to Gujarat Police. (NDTV) (AP)
- The Met Office confirms that England is experiencing its worst drought since 1976, particularly in South East England. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The first case of monkeypox in a pregnant woman in the United States is reported. (CBS News)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Federated States of Micronesia
- The Federated States of Micronesia surpasses 1,000 cases of COVID-19 due a recent increase in the number of new cases. (CNA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Federated States of Micronesia
International relations
- Syrian civil war
- Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra indicates support for Syria to return to the Arab League after a decade-long suspension. (AP)
- Philippines–Russia relations
- The Philippine government announces the termination of a US$227-million deal to procure 16 Mil Mi-17 military helicopters from Russia, citing the risk of a potential imposition of sanctions by the United States under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. (ABC News)
- Mexico says that it has reached an agreement with the United States to give a record 356,000 working visas to Mexican citizens. (Pulso)
Law and crime
- Colombian conflict
- The Special Jurisdiction for Peace charges 19 Colombian soldiers with war crimes and crimes against humanity for the death of 303 people, mostly civilians, between 2005 and 2008. (Al Jazeera)
- Capital punishment in Japan
- Japan executes Tomohiro Katō, perpetrator of the 2008 Akihabara massacre. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
Science and technology
- International Space Station programme, Politics of the International Space Station
- CEO of Roscosmos Yury Borisov announces that Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024 to focus on building another space station of its own. (AP)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, says that Russia has charged 92 members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with "crimes against the peace and security of humanity", with a further 96 people being wanted. There are also 1,300 ongoing criminal investigations. (BBC News)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Mexican drug war
- At least six people are killed in a mass shooting at a rehab center in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico. (Infobae)
Arts and culture
- Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- The United Kingdom is announced as the host of next year's Eurovision Song Contest in place of this year's winners, Ukraine, due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The United Kingdom, represented by Sam Ryder, finished in second place, behind Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra, at this year's competition. Ukraine will still automatically qualify for the grand final. (BBC News)
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
- Meteorological authorities in South Korea issue a heat wave warning for most of the country, with temperatures expected to exceed 34 °C (93 °F). (Yonhap)
- A major incident is declared by Greater Manchester Police after the remains of four people, believed to be Vietnamese migrants, are found at a factory in Oldham, which was destroyed by a fire in May. (The Daily Express)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Germany
- Germany reports 82 new cases of monkeypox, thereby bringing the total number of cases in the country to 2,352. (RKI Deutsch)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the Netherlands
- The Netherlands reports 106 new confirmed cases of monkeypox. (RIVM Netherlands)
- The European Commission extends the marketing authorization of Bavarian Nordic's smallpox vaccine Imvanex to also cover monkeypox. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Germany
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Mississippi reports its first case of monkeypox. (MSDH)
- A "public health emergency" is declared in Harris County, Texas after the number of monkeypox cases rapidly increase in the state. (KPRC-TV)
- It is announced that Texas will receive over 14,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine. (KPRC-TV)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
- Japan reports its first case of monkeypox. (Japan Times)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Brazil
- Brazil reports 117 new confirmed cases of monkeypox. (GOV Brasil)
- Guadeloupe reports its first case of monkeypox in a man in his 20s who travelled from Metropolitan France. (OI Canada)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea reports its first local case of the Omicron BA.2.75 Centaurus variant in a person from North Chungcheong Province. (Korea JoongAng Daily)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
- It is reported that more than 6.5 million people in Belarus have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (BelTA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- 2020–2022 H5N8 outbreak
- The UK's National Trust says that an outbreak of bird flu on the Farne Islands in the North Sea has killed over 3,000 wild birds. However, the actual death toll is estimated to be around ten times higher because birds may have fallen into the sea. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Canada–Holy See relations
- 2022 visit by Pope Francis to Canada
- Thousands of Indigenous people gather in Maskwacis, Alberta, to hear an apology from Pope Francis for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada. (AP)
- 2022 visit by Pope Francis to Canada
- Capital punishment in Myanmar
- Myanmar announces that it has executed four prisoners on charges of terrorism, including Zayar Thaw, a former lawmaker under ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and Kyaw Min Yu. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
- Central Park jogger case
- A sixth man in the Central Park Five case in Manhattan, NYC, U.S., is exonerated of the crime. (Reuters)
- 2022 Langley shootings
- Three people, including the shooter, are killed, and two others are seriously injured in a mass shooting in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. (CBC)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Tunisian constitutional referendum
- Tunisian citizens head to the polls to vote in a constitutional referendum, which was proposed by President Kais Saied as a solution to the country's ongoing political crisis. (DW)
- 2022 Indian presidential election
- Droupadi Murmu is sworn in as President of India. (Al Jazeera)