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• War on terror
  • Afghanistan conflict
    • Drone strikes in Afghanistan
      • Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
        • AU.S.drone strike inKabul killsAyman al-Zawahiri,al-Qaeda's leader since thedeath of Osama bin Laden in 2011. The airstrike is also the firstU.S. military action inAfghanistan following theTaliban's takeover of Afghanistan last year.(The Washington Post)(BBC News)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
    • Shelling and heavy gunfire is reported near two villages byArtsakh authorities inNagorno-Karabakh. The reports are denied byAzerbaijan andRussian forces in the region.(JAM news)

Business and economy

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The first ship with Ukrainian grain leaves the port ofOdesa forLebanon after an agreement was signed withRussia.(DW)

Disasters and accidents

• July 2022 United States floods
  • The death toll from the ongoingflash floods inKentucky andVirginia,United States, increases to 35 with 37 people missing.(Lexington Herald Leader)
• Twenty-four people are killed by heavy flooding in easternUganda.(Reuters)
• Nine people are killed and 76 others are injured after a fuel tanker explodes in Bent Bayya,Wadi al Hayaa District,Libya.(AP)
• More than two million people are underred flag warnings in the United States aswildfires continue to spread inNorthern California,Oregon,Washington,Montana,South Dakota, andNebraska.(CNN)
• APakistan Army Aviation Corps helicopter carrying several seniorPakistan Army officials crashes inBalochistan. Rescuers have not yet reached the crash site due toongoing floods in the region.(India Today)

Health and environment

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in India
    • India reports its first confirmedmonkeypox related death inKerala.(Reuters)
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Peru
    • Peru reports its first confirmed death from monkeypox in a 45-year-old male with underlying health conditions.(Infobae)
  • Ghana reports its first confirmed death from monkeypox.(BBC News)
• COVID-19 pandemic
  • New Zealand has fully reopened its international borders after two years, becoming the last country in thewestern world to open for tourists.(BBC News)

International relations

• A post made by theVK social media account ofDmitry Medvedev, the incumbent Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia and former President of Russia, refers toGeorgia andKazakhstan as "artificial" creations and advocates the return of the two countries to Russian sovereignty. The post is quickly taken down and attributed to hackers.(RFE/RL)

Law and crime

• Persecution of Baháʼís
  • Iran announces the arrest of several members of theBaháʼí Faith on charges of spying.(Al Arabiya)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Cook Islands general election
  • Citizens of theCook Islands head to the polls to vote in a general election.(Foreign Brief)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Three people evacuating in a minibus are killed byRussian shelling nearKherson Oblast, according toUkraine'sOperational Command South.(The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• Fifty-three people are injured after a suspected gas leak inVisakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh,India.(Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
    • California declares astate of emergency due to the ongoingmonkeypox outbreak.(UPI)
• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • TheDepartment of Health announces that thePhilippines have reported their first two cases of theOmicronBA.2.75 variant in two individuals fromWestern Visayas.(GMA)(Rappler)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • South Korea surpasses 20 million cases ofCOVID-19, becoming the eighth country to do so.(The Chosun Ilbo)

International relations

• Taiwan–United States relations
  • Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit
    • U.S. House SpeakerNancy Pelosi arrives inTaiwan despiteChinese threats of military action in response to her visit. Pelosi is the most senior U.S. official to visit theself-governing island sinceNewt Gingrich in 1997.(CBC)
    • ThePeople's Liberation Army is placed on high alert and says that it will launch "targeted military operations" in response to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• Abortion in the United States
  • Abortion in Kansas
    • 2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment
      • In the firstreferendum since theSupreme Court's decision to overturnRoe v. Wade,Kansas voters rejectan amendment in thestate constitution that would grant state lawmakers the ability to apply anti-abortion restrictions.(ABC News)(BBC News)
  • In the first legal challenge to a state'sabortion law since theSupreme Court's Junedecision to overturnRoe v. Wade, theDepartment of Justice (DOJ) files alawsuit in afederal court against thestate ofIdaho to block a state law that the DOJ says imposes a "near-absolute ban" onabortion in Idaho.(Reuters)

Politics and elections

• TheRussian Supreme Court declares theAzov Regiment aterrorist organization.(Euractiv)

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• Afghanistan conflict
  • Taliban–ISIL conflict
    • TwoTaliban policemen and threeIslamic State gunmen are killed during a gunbattle at a hideout inKabul. Four other officers are wounded.(Gandhara)
• 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
  • Reignited clashes in the disputedNagorno-Karabakh region betweenArmenia andAzerbaijan kill three soldiers and injure fourteen others.(ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Seventeen people are killed and four others are injured after a minibus collides with a truck in Juhaynah,Sohag Governorate,Egypt.(Gulf News)
• Two people are killed after heavy flooding inThe Gambia.(Reuters)
• Eight people are injured after an explosion at a factory inBergerac,France.(Business Standard)

International relations

• Cross-Strait relations
  • 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
    • China warns airlines to avoid areas nearTaiwan as it conducts military exercises in response toU.S. House SpeakerNancy Pelosi's visit to the island.(Bloomberg)

Law and crime

• Three people are killed and six others are injured in amass stabbing attack at a kindergarten inAnfu County,Jiangxi, China.(ABC News)
• Belarusian journalist Iryna Slaunikava is sentenced to five years in prison amidst a government crackdown on the media followingprotests that occurred after the2020 Belarusian presidential election.(RFE/RL)
• American basketball playerBrittney Griner is sentenced to nine years in prison by a Russian court after being found guilty of bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia.(Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Prime Minister of PeruAníbal Torres resigns citing "personal reasons", amid multiple criminal investigations focusing onpresidentPedro Castillo.(Reuters)
• The former chairman of theUnion of Values and federal presidential candidate for theAfD,Max Otte, is legally expelled from theCDU.(Der Spiegel)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Battle of Donbas
      • ARussian strike kills eight civilians and injures four others, at a bus stop inToretsk, according to regional governorPavlo Kyrylenko.(Ukrinform)
    • War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Amnesty International releases a report allegingUkrainian forces have endangered civilians by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in residential areas, schools, hospitals, violating international humanitarian law as they turn civilian objects into military targets.(Amnesty International)
• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • Thirteen people, including nine civilians, are killed in a militant attack inBam,Burkina Faso; thirty-fourinsurgents are also killed.(Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • TheBank of England raises its benchmarkinterest rate from 1.25% to 1.75% in its largest single rate hike since 1995.(Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Twelve people are killed when a truck collides with a commuter bus inCentral Region,Ghana.(UNOI)
• Three people are killed and a fourth person is seriously injured by alightning strike atLafayette Square inWashington, D.C.,United States.(CBC)
• Six people are killed and eight others are injured whennurse Nicole Linton drove into multiple cars at over 130MPH inWindsor Hills, California.(CBS)

Health and environment

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
    • The Biden administration declares the ongoingmonkeypox outbreak to be apublic health emergency.(MSN)
    • TheUnited States Food and Drug Administration announces that it will permit the use ofBavarian Nordic'sJynneos vaccine in children on a case by case basis.(ABC News)
• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
    • COVID-19 vaccination in South Africa
      • South Africa reports its first death linked to theCOVID-19 vaccine in a person who received theJohnson & Johnson vaccine.(Reuters)

International relations

• Cross-Strait relations
  • 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
    • China launches missiles off the coast ofTaiwan as part ofmilitary exercises conducted following the visit fromU.S. Speaker of the HouseNancy Pelosi.(Reuters)(AP)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine campaign
      • Ukraine's nuclear agencyEnergoatom says that Russian rockets have caused damage to theZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including a nitrogen-oxygen unit and a high-voltage power line.(BBC News)
    • Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
      • Volodymyr Saldo, the head of the Russian occupational administration inKherson Oblast, is hospitalized, with formerFSB officer Sergei Eliseev taking over his post temporarily.(Newsweek)
• Gaza–Israel conflict
  • Operation Breaking Dawn
    • Israel launches a series of airstrikes in theGaza Strip, including a number againstPalestinian Islamic Jihad's facilities. Ten people are killed and 55 others are wounded, including PIJ military leaderTayseer Jabari.(Al Jazeera)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
    • 5 August 2022 Kabul bombing
      • Eight people are killed and 18 others are injured when a bomb hidden in a cart explodes near aShiitemosque inKabul. TheIslamic State claims responsibility for the attack.(Al Arabiya)
• Casamance conflict
  • TheMovement of Democratic Forces of Casamance signs a peace deal with thegovernment of Senegal, pledging to lay down its arms in order to work towards a permanent solution.(BBC News)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian PresidentVladimir Putin signs adecree banning investors from "unfriendly countries" from selling their assets inRussian banks, strategic entities, andenergy andcommodity projects until December 31.(Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Mountain B nightclub fire
  • Fourteen people are killed and over 40 others injured in a fire at a nightclub inSattahip district,Chonburi province,Thailand.(BBC News)
• 2022 Pakistan floods
  • The death toll from theflash floods inPakistan increases to 550.(Reuters)
• Five people are killed and 44 others injured in a fire at a hospital inIcheon,South Korea.(Korea Times)
• Ten people are killed in a house fire inNescopeck, Pennsylvania,United States.(AP)
• One person is killed and another is injured after heavy flooding inDakar,Senegal.(Reuters)
• Fifteen people are injured when anSUV crashes into aNative American parade inGallup,New Mexico, United States.(AP)

Law and crime

• ATexas jury reaches a verdict againstAlex Jones and orders that he pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012Sandy Hook massacre for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax.(Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Senegalese parliamentary election
  • Provisional results show that theBenno Bokk Yakaar coalition wins 82 seats, falling 1 seat short of an absolute majority, while 80 seats were won by the opposition coalitionsYewwi Askan Wi andWallu Sénégal.(Reuters)(BBC News)
• 2022 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
  • The oppositionSaint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, led byTerrance Drew, wins the snapgeneral election to theNational Assembly. Drew becomes the prime minister-elect.(The St Kitts & Nevis Observer)

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• Gaza–Israel conflict
  • Operation Breaking Dawn
    • Israel launches airstrikes for the second day in theGaza Strip, killing 14 people and injuring several others. NineteenPalestinian Islamic Jihad members are also arrested in theWest Bank.(Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Twelve people are killed and 32 others are injured when a bus carryingpilgrims fromPoland toMedjugorje,Bosnia and Herzegovina, crashes inPodvorec,Croatia.(BBC News)
• One person is killed and at least 121 others are injured after a lightning strike causes a fire near the supertanker port inMatanzas,Cuba.(Reuters)
• Four people are killed and eight others are injured when a bus travelling fromIstanbul,Turkey, toBucharest,Romania, crashes nearVeliko Tarnovo,Bulgaria.(AP)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
  • Terrance Drew is sworn in asprime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.(The St Kitts and Nevis Observer)

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• Gaza–Israel conflict
  • Operation Breaking Dawn
    • Israel and theIslamic Jihad agree to a ceasefire agreement for theGaza Strip.(CNN)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • Mali War
    • Forty-two soldiers and four civilians are killed during an attack near the town ofTessit byIslamic State in the Greater Sahara gunmen. Twenty-two other soldiers are wounded, and 37 of the attackers are also killed.(Al Jazeera)
• Ituri conflict,2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
  • Twenty people are killed when suspectedIslamists attack two villages inIturi,Democratic Republic of the Congo.(Reuters)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • SeniorPakistani TalibanmilitantOmar Khalid Khorasani and three other militants are killed as their vehicle hit aroadside bomb inPaktika Province,Afghanistan.(Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Colombian presidential election
  • Gustavo Petro is inaugurated as the firstleft-wingpresident of Colombia.(The Globe and Mail)

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• Insurgency in Northern Chad
  • The government ofChad and more than 30 rebel and opposition factions sign a peace agreement at talks inDoha,Qatar. However, the main rebel groupFront for Change and Concord in Chad rejects the agreement, saying that negotiators had not listened to their demands, which included the release ofpolitical prisoners.(Reuters)

Business and economy

• Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • The Pentagon announces that it will sendUkraine an additional$1 billion in military assistance, including tens of thousands more munitions and explosives, the largest such aid package to the country since the start of theinvasion.(The Washington Post)

International relations

• Russia–United States relations
  • Russia suspendsNew START arms inspections of itsnuclear weapons in response to travel restrictions imposed by theUnited States and its allies.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• FBI search of Mar-a-Lago
  • TheFederal Bureau of Investigation executes asearch warrant atMar-a-Lago, the primary residence of formerU.S. presidentDonald Trump, as part of aJustice Department investigation into Trump.(CNN)

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• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022 Ukrainian summer counteroffensive
    • Multiple explosions are reported at aRussian military air base nearNovofedorivka in westernCrimea. At least one person is killed and six others are injured, according toCrimean authorities.(Reuters)(Sky News)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, local head of theal-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and two other people are killed during a raid byIsraeli soldiers inNablus. At least 40 others are injured.(BBC News)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • FourPakistani soldiers are killed in asuicide bombing inMir Ali,North Waziristan,Pakistan.(Reuters)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • Fifteentroops are killed when their vehicle hits aroadside bomb inBam Province,Burkina Faso.(Reuters)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Four civilians and asoldier are killed, and another civilian is wounded, during three separate attacks byBoko Haram gunmen in theFar North Region,Cameroon.(Xinhua)

Business and economy

• 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
  • Russia'sTransneft says thatUkraine has suspended Russian oil flows through theDruzhba pipeline to theCzech Republic,Hungary andSlovakia after it was unable to pay transit fees to Ukraine's pipeline operatorUkrTransNafta. The Czech Republic's pipeline company says it expects supplies through the pipeline to restart within several days.(Reuters)(Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 South Korean floods
  • Nine people are killed by flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall inSeoul,South Korea.(AP)
• Matanzas oil storage facility explosion
  • Firefighters inCuba bring a catastrophic fire at anoil terminal inMatanzas under control after it burned out of control for five consecutive days, destroying 40% of the country's main fuel storage facility and causing widespreadblackouts.(Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
    • TheMarshall Islands confirm their firstcommunity transmission cases ofCOVID-19 in the capitalMajuro. The government subsequently announces that the start of the school year will be delayed and suspends flights and boat travel to the country's outer islands.(RNZ)

International relations

• Moldova–Russia relations
  • Russia bans the import of agricultural products fromMoldova from August 15 due to "repeated detection of dangerousquarantine objects in Moldovan products entering Russia".(Reuters)

Law and crime

• A man is arrested for the killings of three Pakistani men last month and for the murder of anAfghan man in November 2021 inAlbuquerque,New Mexico,United States. The alleged killer targeted the victims "because he was angry over his daughter marrying aShiite Muslim"; all the victims were Shiite.(Al Jazeera)
• The driver of a pickup truck that collided with a motorcycle procession and killed seven people inRandolph, New Hampshire, United States in 2019 is acquitted on all charges.(New York Times)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Kenyan general election
  • Kenyans vote in ageneral election.(Daily Nation)

Science and technology

• Discoveries of exoplanets
  • Radio astronomers have discovered a newborn,Jupiter-sizeexoplanet orbiting the star AS 209, using theAtacama Large Millimeter Array telescope inChile.(Space.com)
• Roscosmos launches theIranian Space Agency'sEarth observation satelliteKhayyam from theBaikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstan.(Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 44th Chess Olympiad
  • TheChess Olympiad inChennai,Tamil Nadu,India, concludes, withUzbekchess grandmasterNodirbek Abdusattorov winning theopen event.(The Indian Express)

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• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
    • Russian forces installair defence systems at theZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant inZaporizhzhia Oblast,Ukraine, according to the head ofMoscow-appointed administration ofZaporizhzhia OblastYevhen Balytskyi.(MSN)
  • ARussian missile strike inNikopol Raion,Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, kills at least 13 civilians and injures 11 others.(The New York Times)
• Mexican drug war
  • Cartel gunmen inMexico burn down dozens of stores and block streets with burning cars in the states ofJalisco andGuanajuato in response to arrests of cartel figures by theNational Guard.(AP)

Business and economy

• COVID-19 recession
  • Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Domino's Pizza closes all of its stores inItaly after its franchise holder ePizza SpA files forbankruptcy. The American restaurant chain says that it was severely impacted byCOVID-19 restrictions in the country.(BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• A house explodes inEvansville,Indiana, United States, killing at least three people, injuring one and damaging at least 39 nearby houses.(CNN)

Law and crime

• Anti-government protests occur inSierra Leone, calling for the removal of PresidentJulius Maada Bio. Both protestors and policemen are killed during clashes.(The Washington Post)
• Uzbekistan's embassy in Russia warns its citizens not to join Russian forcesinvading Ukraine, saying that those who do so will be criminally liable formercenaryism upon returning to Uzbekistan.(EuroWeekly News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Papua New Guinean general election
  • James Marape is re-elected unopposed asPrime Minister by theParliament after his partyPangu Pati won the general election in July.(The Guardian)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
      • At least tenshells hit theZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with bothRussia andUkraine blaming each other for the attack, which damaged an office building and the plant'sfire station.(BBC News)
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Threesoldiers are killed in an attack at amilitary base inRajouri,Jammu and Kashmir,India. Two of the attackers are killed in the ensuingshootout.(Reuters)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • ClericRahimullah Haqqani is killed by asuicide bomber at aseminary inKabul,Afghanistan.IS-KP claims responsibility for the killing.(Al Jazeera)(The Times of Israel)
• Five people are killed and 100 others injured as security forces clashes with protesters demanding presidential election be held in November inSomaliland.(Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Thirty-four people are injured after tworollercoaster trains collided at theLegoland Deutschland amusement park inGünzburg,Bavaria,Germany.(CNBC)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
    • TheMarshall Islands confirms its first death fromCOVID-19 in a person fromMajuro.(RNZ)

International relations

• Latvia–Russia relations
  • TheLatvian Parliament declares Russia astate sponsor of terrorism over itsinvasion of Ukraine.(Voice of America)
• Estonia andLatvia formally withdraw from theCooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries group amid tensions withChina over itshuman rights record and its support of Russia's war on Ukraine.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • Sierra Leone declares a nationwide curfew amid anti-government protests that have killed twopolicemen and one civilian. TheWest African country is currently experiencing recordinflation.(Reuters)
• Cincinnati FBI field office attack
  • A gunman wearingbody armor attempts to storm the offices of theFederal Bureau of Investigation inCincinnati, Ohio, United States. Following a subsequent police pursuit, he is killed in a standoff with police.(The New York Times)
• A man takes several employees hostage at a bank inBeirut,Lebanon, demanding his bank savings and threatening to set himself on fire. Police officers,soldiers, and intelligence agents surround the building.(The Guardian)
• At least eight people are killed in police raids inCuritiba,Brazil.(Infobae)

Politics and elections

• Occupied territories of Ukraine
  • 2022 Russian-occupied Ukraine annexation referendums
    • TheRussian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast begins preparations for areferendum on the region's accession to Russia, which will be held on September 11.(RBK)(TV Center)

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• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • Mali War
    • TheGerman defence ministry suspendsits military'saerial reconnaissance andtransport operations inMali after thegovernment of Mali denied the departure of one of their flights.(Bloomberg News)
• Mexican drug war
  • Eight people are killed and five others injured in aprison riot and shootings at a food shop and a pizzeria inCiudad Juárez,Chihuahua. Two other premises are set on fire.(MSN)(CBS News)
  • At least a dozen vehicles are burned and several streets are blocked in the state ofBaja California, mainly in the cities ofTijuana,Mexicali andEnsenada. This is the fourth major incident in the last week where arson and blocked streets have been reported.(KGTV)
• Stabbing of Salman Rushdie
  • Anglo-Indian writerSalman Rushdie is attacked at a public event inChautauqua, New York,United States, sustaining multiple stab wounds to the neck and abdomen. The suspect is arrested byNew York State Police.(Reuters)(AP)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • ABelize-flagged ship departsChornomorsk forTurkey, becoming the first wheat export fromUkraine under aUnited Nations-brokered deal.(Swissinfo)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 United Kingdom heat wave
  • TheEnvironment Agency ofEngland declares adrought across eight of its fourteen areas amid an ongoingheat wave.(The Guardian)
• 2022 Oder environmental disaster
  • Amass die-off of fish occurs in theOder river inPoland. Polish officials call it an "ecological catastrophe" withPrime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki vowing to "punish" those responsible. The public has been warned not to enter the water amid fears of possible contamination.(Sky News)
• Three people are killed and 17 are missing after an overloaded boat capsizes inUttar Pradesh,India.(Reuters)
• Nine people are killed and 18 others injured after a microbus overturn inMinya,Egypt.(AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Micronesia
    • IncumbentVice PresidentYosiwo George dies from COVID-19 at the age of 81.(Pacific Daily News)

Law and crime

• 2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis
  • A High Court Judge is detained following a failed deportation attempt by theKiribati government.(1 News)
• 2022 Cetinje shooting
  • A man kills a woman and two children at their home inCetinje,Montenegro, before opening fire in the streets against random civilians, killing seven people and wounding six others. The perpetrator is later killed by an armed citizen.(NDTV)
• South Korean presidentYoon Suk-yeol pardons formerSamsung executiveLee Jae-yeong, who was on parole forbribery.(Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Vice President of ParaguayHugo Velázquez Moreno announces his resignation after being accused ofcorruption by the United States, which he denies being guilty of.(AP)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia says that it has captured the village ofPisky, inDonetsk Oblast, whileUkrainian forces say that they have destroyed a bridge inRussian-occupiedKherson Oblast.(AP)
  • Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast
    • Establishment of pro-RussianMykolaiv military–civilian administration with seat inSnihurivka is announced,Yuri Barbashov [pl] becomes its head. It probably began functioning some days earlier.(360tv.ru)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
  • Tropical Storm Meari makes landfall incentral Japan, causing heavy rain and high winds. 72,000 people are evacuated from the city ofShizuoka.(Bloomberg News)
• 2022 Oder environmental disaster
  • TheGerman environment ministry says that an unknown, highly toxic substance is responsible for themass die-off ofwildlife in theOder river. High levels ofmercury have also been found in the river.Polish Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki says that the river will take years to "return to normal".(CNN)
• One person is killed and 40 others are injured when a stage at a music festival inCullera, Valencia, Spain, collapses due to high winds caused by a nearbyheat burst.(Reuters)(RTVE)
• Flooding inLas Vegas, Nevada, United States, kills two people and also damagesThe Linq hotel.(CBS News)

Law and crime

• Treatment of women by the Taliban
  • TheTaliban violently disperse ademonstration bywomen's rights activists who were marching to the education ministry inKabul to demand broaderrights, by chasing and beating women and firing gunshots into the air.(Al Jazeera)
• One person is killed and 17 others are injured after a driverplows his car into a fundraiser for victims of a house fire that killed ten people earlier inNescopeck,Pennsylvania, United States. The perpetrator then kills his mother in a nearby town before being arrested.(The New York Times)

Sports

• Romanian swimmerDavid Popovici breaks the 13-year-old world record for the 100m freestyle with a time of 46.86.(SwimSwam)

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• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • APalestinian gunman opens fire inside a bus inJerusalem's Old City, injuring eight people, two of them critically.Israeli police later raid theSilwan neighborhood, where the suspect lived, and arrest him.(Al Jazeera)(AP)
• Five people are killed and 26 others are injured by an explosion inGuayaquil,Ecuador. Thegovernment blamesorganized crime groups.(BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Giza church fire
  • At least 41 people are killed and 45 others are injured in a fire at the Saint MercuriusCoptic Orthodox church inGiza,Egypt.(BBC News)
• 2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires
  • More than 1,500 people are evacuated fromZaragoza,Spain, due towildfires.(EMEA Tribune)
• 2022 Yerevan explosion
  • Six people are killed, 60 others injured and 18 more are missing in an explosion at afireworks storage area of a mall inYerevan,Armenia. The city's mayor stated that there were people trapped under rubble.(Al Jazeera)
• Seven people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rainfall inPengzhou,Sichuan,China.(AP)

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• Mali War
  • Operation Barkhane
    • France formally ends itsmilitary intervention inMali after withdrawing its last remaining troops from a military base inGao. The base was handed over toMalian Armed Forces before the French forces crossed into neighbouringNiger.(Ecofin Agency)
  • FourRussianWagner Groupparamilitaries are killed during an ambush byJama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin militants inBandiagara.(Africanews)
• War in Afghanistan
  • Fall of Kabul
    • TheTaliban stages a Victory Day parade on the first anniversary of thecapture ofKabul.(CBS News)
• Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
  • Israel launches a series ofairstrikes onDamascus andTartus,Syria, killing threesoldiers and injuring three others.(Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
      • TheUnited Kingdom approves aModerna COVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting theOmicron variant and othervariants ofSARS-CoV-2, becoming the first country to do so.(EuroWeekly News)

International relations

• Liberia–United States relations
  • The United States imposessanctions on three senior members of thecabinet ofLiberian presidentGeorge Weah, accusing them of corruption.(AP)
• Prime minister of New ZealandJacinda Ardern announces the deployment of 120New Zealand troops to the United Kingdom to trainUkrainian forces.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
  • Themilitary junta court sentences formerstate counsellorAung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison forcorruption.(France 24)
• A lawsuit is filed against theCentral Intelligence Agency and its formerdirectorMike Pompeo, accusing the agency of spying on lawyers and journalists who met withJulian Assange.(Axios)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Kenyan general election
  • TheIndependent Electoral and Boundaries Commission declaresWilliam Ruto as the winner of the election.(AP)

Sports

• FIFA suspends theAll India Football Federation for violating its statutes on third-party interference. India is stripped of its hosting rights forinternational football tournaments, including the2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup scheduled for October 2022.(Deutsche Welle)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • An explosion occurs at anammunition depot in northernCrimea, forcing the evacuation of civilians. Observers suggest that the depot may have been hit byUkrainian forces.(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
• Syrian civil war
  • Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
    • 2022 Jarqli airstrikes
      • Turkishairstrikes on a military base inAleppo Governorate kill at least 16Syrian soldiers.(Al Mayadeen)
• Sinai insurgency
  • Hamza Adel Al-Zamili, a leader of theIslamic State – Sinai Province and mastermind of the2017 Sinai mosque attack, is killed byEgyptian soldiers during an operation. Nine other militants are also killed and three arrested.(Arab News)(The Jerusalem Post)
• South Thailand insurgency
  • Aranger is killed while seven policemen and two civilians are injured as two bombs explode at arubber plantation inNarathiwat,Thailand.(The Sun)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Two policemen are killed when gunmen open fire on them as they are escortingpolio workers inGomal,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan.(AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Twenty people are killed and six others are injured when a passenger bus collides with atanker truck inJalalpur Pirwala,Punjab,Pakistan.(Xinhua News Agency)
• Six people are killed and several others are injured when a bus falls into a gorge inJammu and Kashmir,India.(Reuters)
• One person is killed and nine others are injured when a test car crashes into traffic inReutlingen,Baden-Württemberg,Germany.(AP)
• ASudanese official reports that 66 people have been killed and 24,000 homes and buildings have been damaged since flooding began in June.(ABC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • U.S. First LadyJill Biden tests positive forCOVID-19.(NPR)

Law and crime

• Human rights in Saudi Arabia
  • A Saudi Arabian woman is sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweetingdissidents onTwitter.(The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• The prime minister ofVanuatuBob Loughman asks for the dissolution ofparliament as he faces avote of no-confidence.(RNZ Pacific)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Northeastern Ukraine campaign
      • Battle of Kharkiv
        • ARussianmissile hits a dormitory inKharkiv, killing seven civilians and injuring 16 others, according to the city's mayor and top military administrator.(Ukrainska Pravda)(The Guardian)
    • Southern Ukraine campaign
      • Russia launches missile strikes onOdesa andMykolaiv inSouthern Ukraine in response to sabotage bombings of military facilities inCrimea.(MSN)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
    • Twenty-one people are killed and 33 others are injured by amosque bombing inKabul.(BBC News)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • Inflation in theUnited Kingdom increases to 10.1%, the highest level since February 1982, due toincreasing fuel and food prices.(The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• Matanzas oil storage facility explosion
  • The death toll from the August 6 fire at a supertanker port inMatanzas,Cuba, rises to 16. All the deceased were firefighters who were battling the blaze.(BBC News)
• Twenty-six people are killed bywildfires inAlgeria, mostly in the city ofEl Taref.(BBC News).

International relations

• Israel–Turkey relations
  • Israel andTurkey restore full diplomatic relations for the first time since 2018.(Axios)

Law and crime

• Police inTokyo,Japan, arrest a former member of the2020 Summer Olympics organising committee after prosecutors accused him ofgraft andbribery.(Reuters)
• TheHigh Court of Australia rules thatGoogle is not liable fordefamatory material withinhyperlinks that it serves as part of its search results.(Axios)

Science and technology

• Archaeologists discover one of the largestmegalithic sites inEurope on a farm in southernSpain. The site dates back 7,000 years and contains more than 500standing stones.(The Times)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine campaign,2022 Western Russia attacks
      • Explosions are reported at military facilities inCrimea andBelgorod Oblast,Russia, and are believed to have been launched byUkraine. An explosion and large fire occur at anarms depot nearTimonovo. Explosions are also reported atStary Oskol Airport and inRussian-occupiedNova Kakhovka,Kherson Oblast.(Forbes)
      • Explosions are reported atSevastopol International Airport. TheGovernor of SevastopolMikhail Razvozhayev says that Russian air defences have shot down aUkrainian Air Force drone near the airport.(Reuters)
      • Residents ofKerch and nearby villages in eastern Crimea report multiple explosions. Crimean officials say that air defences were activated near the city but that "there is no danger to the town or theCrimean Bridge".(Yahoo! News)
• Mali War
  • France–Mali relations
    • Mali accuses its former allyFrance of armingjihadistterrorist groups in order to destabilize the country. Malian Foreign MinisterAbdoulaye Diop tells theUnited Nations that French aircraft are violating the country's airspace and dropping "arms and ammunition" to terrorist groups on the ground. France denies the accusations.(DW)
• Insurgency in Northern Chad
  • Timane Erdimi, leader of theChadian rebel groupRally of Forces for Change and nephew of slainChadian presidentIdriss Déby, returns to the country from his 17-year exile inQatar to participate in apeace process between thegovernment and numerous rebel groups.(Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • TheEuropean Union statistics office reports that inflation in theEurozone increased to a record 8.9% in July.(Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 European derecho
  • Six people are killed and 12 others are injured by strong winds on the island ofCorsica, France.(AP)
  • Two people are killed and 20 others are injured by flooding in the region ofTuscany,Italy.(Rai News)
  • Five people are killed by storms inAustria.(BBC News)
• 2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires
  • The death toll fromwildfires inAlgeria increases to 38 with 200 others suffering from burns and respiratory problems. Firefighters are still trying to contain 39 forest fires in the north of the country, according to officials.(BBC News)
• Sixteen people are killed and 36 others are reported missing after heavy rain causes flooding inDatong Hui and Tu Autonomous County,Qinghai,China.(Reuters)

International relations

• Taiwan–United States relations
  • DeputyU.S. Trade RepresentativeSarah Bianchi and Taiwanese ministerJohn Deng announce thatTaiwan and theUnited States will seek formal trade relations with each other, including cooperation on agricultural and digital trade, harmonizing anti-corruption standards, and addressing "significant distortions" caused bystate-owned enterprises.(BBC News)
  • Chinese Foreign Ministry spokespersonWang Wenbin says that China will oppose any trade deals with theTaiwanese government and also told theU.S. government to "stop making misjudgements".Commerce Ministry spokesperson Shu Jueting also says that China will take steps to safeguard its interests.(Bloomberg)(Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2021 Hong Kong democrats mass arrests,Hong Kong national security law
  • As the trial against 47pro-democracy activists begins inHong Kong, it is announced that 29 activists, includingJoshua Wong andBenny Tai, will plead guilty and 18 activists, includingLeung Kwok-hung, will plead not guilty.(Time)
• A political organization inGuinea accuses military presidentMamady Doumbouya of being behind the killings of two youths during anti-government protests yesterday.(Guinee28)

Politics and elections

• President of Vanuatu Nikenike Vurobaravu dissolves theParliament to prevent a no-confidence motion being debated against Prime MinisterBob Loughman. A snap election is expected to be called.(The Guardian)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Western Russia attacks
      • Explosions are reported overnight atRussian military bases inCrimea andBelgorod Oblast, Russia. Two villages have been evacuated.(Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • 2022 Mogadishu hotel attack
    • At least 10 people are killed asal-Shabaab gunmen storm a hotel inMogadishu, following twocar bomb blasts and gunfire.(Al Jazeera)
• Syrian civil war
  • Fifteen people are killed and at least 28 others are injured in a rocket attack on a market in rebel-controlledAl-Bab,Aleppo Governorate,Syria.(AP)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Aroadside bombing kills twoPakistani security forces inBajaur District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.(AP)

Business and economy

• 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
  • Russia'sGazprom announces that theNord Stream 1natural gas pipeline will be shut down for 3 days of unscheduled maintenance between August 31 and September 2.(Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Oder environmental disaster
  • TheLeibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries says that a large overgrowth of toxicPrymnesium parvumalgae linked toindustrial pollution was likely the cause of the mass mortality event of fish in theOder river.(Reuters)
• Temperatures inChongqing,China, reach 45 °C (113 °F) during a historicdrought. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in China outside ofXinjiang.(AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • TheFDA announces that it has approved theNovavax COVID-19 vaccine for youths between the ages of 12 and 17.(Marketwatch)(WPSD-TV)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
    • Prime MinisterPrayut Chan-o-cha announces thatThailand will lift itsCOVID-19 emergency decree and dissolve the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Additionally, CCSA spokesman Thavisin Visanuyothin announces that the country will shift to anendemic phase of the disease beginning in October.(The Star)(Bankgkok Post)

Law and crime

• 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping
  • AMexican court issues thearrest warrants for 83 suspects, consisting ofmilitary personnel,police officers, administrative and judicial authorities, and members of theGuerreros Unidos syndicate, in connection with the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from theAyotzinapa Rural Teachers' College inIguala,Guerrero, on September 26, 2014.(CNN)
• Police inNicaragua confirm that they have arrested an anti-OrtegaRoman Catholic bishop inManagua and warned against further "provocative and destabilizing" activities amongst the clergy.(Infobae)
• Islamic State and"Beatles" cell memberEl Shafee Elsheikh is sentenced to eight life sentences by aUnited States district court for his role in the kidnapping and deaths of hostagesJames Foley,Steven Sotloff,Peter Kassig, andKayla Mueller.(AP)
• A man is killed and a woman is injured in a shooting at the Emporia shopping centre inMalmö,Sweden.(BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast
  • Russia appoints formerKrasnodar mayor Andrei Alekseyenko as the head of itsKharkiv military–civilian administration.(Reuters)
• Canadian prime ministerJustin Trudeau nominates judgeMichelle O'Bonsawin to theSupreme Court of Canada. AnAbenaki member, O'Bonsawin would be the firstIndigenous Canadian to sit on the country's highest court.(Deutsche Welle)
• The government ofPrime Minister of MontenegroDritan Abazović collapses after theParliament passes a vote of no-confidence following dispute within the coalition over an agreement the government signed with the Serbian Orthodox Church.(Reuters)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine campaign,War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Nine civilians, including four children, are injured byRussian shelling on a residential building inVoznesensk,Mykolaiv Oblast, according to regional governorVitaliy Kim.(The Washington Post)
      • Russia says that a number ofits soldiers inZaporizhzhia have been poisoned by Ukraine, with tests showingBotulinum toxin type B present in their bodies.(Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Sixteen people are killed and 21 others are injured when a bus crashes into the scene of an earlier road accident inGaziantep Province,Turkey.(BBC News)
• Twenty people are killed and 29 others are injured when a truck crashes into the scene of an earlier road accident involving three vehicles inMardin Province, Turkey.(Al Jazeera)
• Four people are killed and others are reportedly trapped after aShiite mosque collapsed during alandslide inKarbala,Iraq.(BBC News)

Health and environment

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
    • Indonesia confirms its first case ofmonkeypox.(Reuters)
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in North America
    • Cuba confirms its first case of monkeypox.(Rappler)

Law and crime

• Darya Dugina, the daughter offar-rightpolitical philosopherAleksandr Dugin, is killed by a car bomb inMoscow Oblast, Russia.(RTVI)(The Guardian)

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• Somali Civil War
  • 2022 Mogadishu hotel attack
    • The siege at a hotel seized byal-Shabaab fighters inMogadishu ends with the deaths of all of the attackers. Twenty-one other people were killed, and 117 others were injured.(Al Jazeera)(BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Afghanistan floods
  • Nine people are killed by heavy flooding inKhoshi District,Logar,Afghanistan.(AP)
• Sixteen people are killed and three others are injured when a truck collides with a minibus inUlyanovsk Oblast,Russia.(Reuters)
• At least 50 people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rains inHimachal Pradesh andUttarakhand,India.(Reuters)
• Nine soldiers are killed and four others are injured when their truck plunges into a ravine inAzad Kashmir,Pakistan.(Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
    • Prime MinisterFumio Kishidatests positive forCOVID-19.(Kyodo News)

International relations

• Iran–United Arab Emirates relations
  • TheUnited Arab Emirates announces the reinstallation of its ambassador toIran, which will take effect "in the coming days", more than six years after it cut off diplomatic relations with theIslamic republic.(CNA)

Law and crime

• LGBT rights in Singapore
  • Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong says thatSingapore will decriminalizesex between men, which is illegal under a colonial-era law, while also amending the Constitution to define marriage as aheterosexual union.(CNA)
• Oleksandr Nakonechny, regional head of theSecurity Service of Ukraine inKirovohrad Oblast, is found dead in his apartment in an apparent suicide.(Interfax Ukraine)

Sports

• 2022 Western & Southern Open
  • Intennis, world number 156Borna Ćorić ofCroatia becomes the lowest-ranked champion in theATP Tour Masters 1000 after defeatingStefanos Tsitsipas ofGreece in themen's singles final of the 2022Cincinnati Masters.(Philippine Daily Inquirer)
  • World number 17Caroline Garcia ofFrance becomes the firstqualifier to win aWTA 1000 tournament after defeatingPetra Kvitová of theCzech Republic in thewomen's singles final of the 2022 Cincinnati Masters.(Sportstar)

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• Communist armed conflicts in the Philippines
  • 2022 Samar boat explosion
    • Tencommunist rebels, includingCPP–NPA leadersWilma andBenito Tiamzon, are killed in a boat explosion off the coast ofCatbalogan,Samar,Philippines.(Benar News)

Business and economy

• Theexchange rate between theeuro and theUnited States dollar drops to 0.9928, the lowest in 20 years.(AA)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
        • Moderna announces that it will supply 12 million doses ofits bivalentCOVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting theOmicron variant.(CBC)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
      • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
        • TheU.S. CDC announces that it has recommended theNovavax COVID-19 vaccine for use in children between the ages of 12 and 17 years.(CNET)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines,Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
    • Schools in thePhilippines reopen for in-person classes after a two year closure due to thepandemic.(WION)
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
    • Monkeypox cases have been reported in all 50U.S. states afterWyoming reports its first case of the disease in a person fromLaramie County.(ABC News)

International relations

• Taiwan–United States relations
  • IndianaGovernorEric Holcomb visitsTaiwan and meets withTaiwanese PresidentTsai Ing-wen.(ABC News)
• Pakistan–Qatar relations
  • Thecabinet of Pakistan approves the deployment ofPakistan Army troops toQatar to provide security for the upcoming2022 FIFA World Cup.(Reuters)
• English Channel migrant crossings
  • A record 1,295illegal migrants cross theEnglish Channel to theUnited Kingdom on "small boats", according to theMinistry of Defence.(France 24)

Law and crime

• ThePakistani police fileterrorismcharges against formerPrime MinisterImran Khan.(NPR)
• A federal prosecutor requests a 12-yearsentence for former president and current vice president ofArgentinaCristina Fernández de Kirchner oncorruption-related charges.(Reuters)
• Killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel
  • A nine-year-old girl is shot dead and two others are wounded in a shooting inside a house inLiverpool,England, according toMerseyside Police.(BBC News)(ABC News)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Battle of Donbas
      • Ukrainian forces reportedly shell the administration headquarters of theDonetsk People's Republic in separatist-heldDonetsk, killing three people, according to pro-Russian officials.(Reuters)
    • Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
      • Slovakia announces that it will send an additional 30BMP-1infantry fighting vehicles and ammunition toUkraine.(Reuters)
• Libyan Crisis
  • According to theLibyan National Army, a United States-manufacturedMQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down with asurface-to-air missile, crashing nearBenina International Airport inBenghazi,Libya.(Eurasian Times)(Mehr News Agency)

Health and environment

• Holocene extinction
  • Thedugong is declaredextinct inChina after scientists report no verified sightings of the largemarine mammal since 2000. However, dugongs still exist in the wild in parts ofSoutheast Asia andAustralasia.(BBC News)
• South Korea registers a population decrease for the second consecutive year, due to havingthe world's lowest birth rate.(Xinhua)

Law and crime

• 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
  • TheFederal Court of Malaysia upholds thecorruption conviction and 12-year prison term of formerprime ministerNajib Razak in connection with theembezzlement ofsovereign wealth funds from1Malaysia Development Berhad. Najib is the first formerMalaysian prime minister to be imprisoned.(NPR)
• Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot
  • Two men are found guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction for use in the foiled plot to kidnapMichigan GovernorGretchen Whitmer. One of the men is also convicted of an explosives charge.(AP)
• Brazilian police conduct eight raids on pro-Bolsonaro businessmen accused of discussing the possibility of acoup d'état if incumbentPresidentJair Bolsonaro loses the upcomingpresidential election.(Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Scott Morrison ministerial positions controversy
  • AustralianPrime MinisterAnthony Albanese announces an official inquiry into his predecessorScott Morrison's secret swearing of himself into various ministerial positions during hissecond ministry.(The Guardian)
• 2022 Samoan o le Ao o le Malo election
  • Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II is re-elected by theParliament for a second term asO le Ao o le Malo, theSamoan head of state.(RNZ)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
      • TheRussian-appointed head ofMykhailivka inZaporizhzhia Oblast, Ivan Sushko, is assassinated in a car bombing.(Euro Weekly News)
    • Chaplyne railway station attack
      • At least 25 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a Russianrocket attack on a passenger train inChaplyne,Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.(The Guardian)(Reuters)
  • Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • TheUnited States announces a security package of nearly$3 billion from theUkraine Security Assistance Initiative.(CBS News)
• American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war,Russia–United States relations
  • U.S. PresidentJoe Biden orders airstrikes against claimedIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Russia-linked groups inSyria in response to a August 15 rocket attack near theU.S. military base in al-Tanf, Syria, which houses theMaghaweir al-Thowrarebel group, and an airstrike by theRussian military in an area held by theSyrian opposition. The U.S. strikes targeted eleven bunkers inDeir ez-Zor used to store weapons, according to theUnited States Central Command.(CNN)(Reuters)
  • A spokesperson for theIranian foreign ministry denies thatIran has any link to targets hit by U.S. in Syria and condemns the strike as "a violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity".(Reuters)(Middle East Eye)
• Mexican drug war
  • Eight people are killed in a shooting between two criminal groups inTuzantla,Michoacán,Mexico.(AP)
• Tigray War
  • Fighting resumes between theEthiopian military and theTigray Defense Forces in theTigray Region. Both sides blame each other for breaking the ceasefire.(The Guardian)

Business and economy

• Hydrail
  • Germany and French rail transport manufacturerAlstom inaugurate the world's first fleet ofhydrogen fuel-powered trains inLower Saxony. The 14 hydrogen trains will replace a fleet of diesel locomotives on 100 kilometres (62 mi) of track in the German state.(Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• Tuvalu declares adrought and a shortage of drinking water on the islands ofNanumea,Nui, andNiutao.(RNZ)

Law and crime

• Censorship in Russia
  • Police arrestKremlin criticYevgeny Roizman, the former mayor ofYekaterinburg, for "discrediting the Russian army" by criticizing the invasion ofUkraine.(Al Arabiya)
• Aftermath of the2020 Calabasas helicopter crash
  • AUnited States grand jury awards former professional basketball playerKobe Bryant's widow,Vanessa Bryant,$16 million against theLos Angeles Countysheriff's andfire departments for releasing graphic photographs of the former player, their 13-year-old daughter, and the other victims of the helicopter crash. Another victim's widow receives $15 million.(The Manila Times)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Angolan general election
  • Angolans vote to elect theirpresident in a tight race between incumbentleftist candidateJoão Lourenço and center-right candidateAdalberto Costa Júnior.(MSN)
• TheConstitutional Court of Thailand temporarily suspendsPrayut Chan-o-cha'spremiership due to a case filed byPheu Thai Party lawmakers over whether the eight-year term limit for premiership should also include Prayut's time as the leader ofNational Council for Peace and Order.Deputy Prime MinisterPrawit Wongsuwan will take over the premiership while the case is being heard.(Reuters)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine campaign
      • Ukraine says that theZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been completely disconnected from its power grid after shelling near theRussian-occupied plant caused several fires. Security systems at the plant were activated shortly after the power failure, according to a local official.(NBC News)
• American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
  • TheUnited States conducts airstrikes againstIranian-backedmilitia groups inSyria for a second day.(The Wall Street Journal)

Disasters and accidents

• Flooding inAfghanistan this month has killed 182 people and wounded 250 more as torrential rains wrought widespread devastation in central and eastern provinces.(Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
    • North Korea reports four new "fever" cases inRyanggang Province and places the province under lockdown.(Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

• Assassination of Shinzo Abe
  • Itaru Nakamura, chief of theJapanese national police agency, resigns, taking responsibility for the failures in formerprime ministerShinzo Abe's security that resulted in his assassination inNara on July 8.(CBC)
• Four people, including a police constable, are killed in amass shooting inTucson, Arizona, United States.(ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Angolan general election
  • The electoral commission announces thatPresidentJoão Lourenço'sMPLA has won the general election.(Reuters)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine campaign
      • Ukraine's state nuclear company,Energoatom, says that the Russian-occupiedZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has resumed supplying electricity to Ukraine's power grid after being disconnected yesterday from it for the first time in history.(Al Jazeera)(Reuters)
      • A traffic police deputy chief is killed by a bombing in the Russian-occupied city ofBerdiansk,Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Russian authorities accuse the Ukrainian forces of the attack.(Reuters)
• Tigray War
  • Ethiopian forces reportedlyairstrike a kindergarten playground inMekelle,Tigray Region, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 13 others.(CTV News)(Reuters)

International relations

• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,Azerbaijan–Russia relations
  • Russian peacekeepers withdraw from the city ofLachin and the villages ofZabukh andSus, thereby returning theLachin corridor toAzerbaijan.(Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Police arrest over 40 protestors for vandalism during aJust Stop Oil protest and blockade inLondon, United Kingdom.(The Telegraph)
• A vehicle rams into a crowd of people in centralBrussels,Belgium, injuring six people. The driver flees the scene but is subsequently arrested inAntwerp. A motive is still unclear, but terrorism is not being ruled out.(Brussels Times)(Euronews)

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• Libyan crisis, aftermath of theSecond Libyan Civil War
  • 2022 Tripoli clashes
    • Fighting breaks out between twomilitias inTripoli,Libya. At least 23 people are killed and over 140 others are injured.(Associated Press)(Reuters)
• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • Six people are killed and two others are injured when militants attack a gold mine inBoungou,Bilanga Department,Gnagna Province,Burkina Faso.(Reuters)

Business and economy

• Hungary–Russia relations,Nuclear power in Hungary
  • Minister of Foreign AffairsPéter Szijjártó announces Russian nuclear energy providerRosatom will begin construction of two new nuclear reactors to expand thePaks Nuclear Power Plant.(BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed and seven others are injured after a truck crashes into a community barbecue inNieuw-Beijerland,South Holland,The Netherlands.(Associated Press)

International relations

• Kosovo–Serbia relations
  • Kosovan prime ministerAlbin Kurti andSerbian presidentAleksandar Vučić agree on afreedom of movement arrangement betweenKosovo andSerbia.(The Manila Times)

Law and crime

• Indictment and arrest of Julian Assange,Censorship in the United States
  • Lawyers forWikiLeaks publisherJulian Assange file an appeal against hisextradition to the U.S., after UKHome SecretaryPriti Patel approved his extradition from theUnited Kingdom.(The Guardian)
  • UN High Commissioner for Human RightsMichelle Bachelet meets with Assange’s lawyers and his wife inGeneva,Switzerland.(The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Hunter Biden laptop controversy,Censorship in the United States
  • In an interview onThe Joe Rogan Experience,FacebookCEOMark Zuckerberg reveals that Facebook restricted posts about theHunter Biden laptop controversy during the2020 United States presidential election after receivingmisinformation warnings from theFederal Bureau of Investigation.(BBC News)

Sports

• 2022–23 Premier League
  • English football clubLiverpooldefeatsBournemouth 9–0 atAnfield,Liverpool, to equal thejoint-largest winning margin inPremier League history.(BBC Sport)

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• A concert organized by theBogotá Philharmonic Orchestra involving 16,000 musicians and choirs at theSimón Bolívar Park inBogotá,Colombia, commemorating the progress inthe country's peace process, sets aworld record for the largest concert ever performed.(The Nation)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Mongolian wildfires
  • InMongolia, theNational Emergency Management Agency says thatwildfires have burnt more than 1 million hectares of land so far this year, mainly due to negligence.(Xinhua News Agency)

International relations

• Colombia–Venezuela relations
  • Colombia andVenezuela restore diplomatic relations after three years.(Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • 2022 Bend, Oregon shooting
    • Three people are killed, including the gunman, and two others injured in amass shooting at aSafeway store inBend, Oregon, United States.(NBC News)
  • Three people are killed, including the gunman, and five others injured, including two police officers, in a mass shooting outside aDays Inn motel inPhoenix, Arizona, United States.(KPNX)
• Twojournalists are killed and another person is injured after two motorcycle-riding assailants shot them inFundación,Magdalena, Colombia.(WION)

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• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine campaign
      • 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
        • Ukraine says it has begun a ground offensive in theKherson Oblast.(Reuters)
        • Russian-occupation officials say that theUkrainian military launched a barrage of missiles at the town ofNova Kakhovka, leaving the town without water or power.(Reuters)
      • Two people are killed and five others are injured afterRussian forcesshelled the city ofMykolaiv, according to regional governorVitaliy Kim.(Reuters)
• Iraqi political crisis
  • 2022 Baghdad clashes
    • Supporters ofIraqi Shia clericMuqtada al-Sadr storm theRepublican Palace inBaghdad. TheIraqi Army declares a total curfew in the capital beginning at 3:30 p.m. and theIraqi government declares a nationwide curfew beginning at 7:00 p.m.. At least twelve people are killed and 270 others are injured in clashes between protesters andIran-backedPopular Mobilization Forces in theGreen Zone.(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)(France 24)(Al Arabiya English)(The Jerusalem Post)
    • Pro-Sadrist protesters blockade roads and government buildings inBasra.(The Washington Post)
    • Iran closesits border withIraq until "further notice" amid the ongoing civil unrest, whileKuwait urges its citizens to leave Iraq.(Mehr News Agency)(Reuters)
• Oromo conflict
  • At least 42 ethnicOromo civilians are killed during amassacre inHoro Guduru Welega Zone,Ethiopia. Witnesses blame members of theAmharaFano militia of responsibility.(Reuters)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • Ten soldiers are killed and many more wounded during an attack aimed at cutting off a key route to the city ofTaiz.(Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• European migrant crisis
  • A dinghy carrying 27Egyptians en route toItaly capsizes off the coast ofLibya, killing at least two people and leaving nineteen others missing in theMediterranean Sea.(Middle East Eye)
• 2022 Laos floods
  • Recentflash floods caused by heavy rainfall in northernLaos have caused at least 5.6 billionLao kips in damage.(Xinhua News Agency)

Health and environment

• Genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil
  • TheMan of the Hole, the last member of his tribe who lived intotal isolation for 26 years, is found dead in theAmazon rainforest.(CBS News)(Survival International)

Law and crime

• InIkongo,Madagascar, 18 people are killed and 34 are wounded when police open fire on a group protesting the kidnapping of a child withalbinism.(Al Jazeera)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Iraqi political crisis
  • 2022 Baghdad clashes
    • The death toll from the clashes inBaghdad betweenIraqi Shia clericMuqtada al-Sadr's supporters and security forces increases to 23, with all of those killed being supporters of Sadr. 380 others are injured.(BBC News)
• Iran captures an American unmanned ship before releasing it.(The Washington Post)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Allied Democratic Forces militants kill at least 40 people in a series of raids on several villages inNorth Kivu,Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 76 others are kidnapped by the group.(Reuters)
• Cross-Strait relations
  • TheTaiwanese military fire warning shots at aChinese drone flying over islands in theKinmen region.(Taiwan News)
• Moro conflict
  • A police chief is killed by suspected members of theBangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters inMaguindanao,the Philippines.(AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Sixteen people are killed and eight others are injured in a traffic collision between a truck and a minibus inKhuzestan province,Iran.(Xinhua News Agency)
• ASouth African Police Service plane crashes atRand Airport inJohannesburg, killing all five passengers and critically injuring the pilot.(Independent Online)(SABC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
    • China announces newlockdowns in several cities following a series ofCOVID-19 outbreaks across the country.(CBS News)

International relations

• Solomon Islands–United States relations
  • TheUnited States Embassy in Canberra says that the government ofSolomon Islands will place a moratorium onUS Navy ships entering its ports amid deteriorating relations between the two countries.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• Papua conflict
  • SixIndonesian soldiers are arrested for killing fourindigenous Papuan people and mutilating their bodies inTimika eight days ago.(BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Portugal's health ministerMarta Temido resigns after emergency services closures.(Reuters)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Tigray War
  • TheGovernment of Ethiopia says that theTigray People's Liberation Front has begun an offensive into theWag andWelkait regions and is also pushing forward towards theSudanese border. Tigrayan authorities say that threeairstrikes have hit the Tigrayan capital ofMekelle, nearly striking a hospital.(Reuters)(Voice of America)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Fourteen people are killed and several others are kidnapped asAllied Democratic Forces militants attack a village inIturi Province,Democratic Republic of the Congo. Five attackers are also killed.(Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
  • Russia'sGazprom announces the complete shutdown of theNord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline for three days for unscheduled maintenance.(BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Ten people are killed and several others are injured after a semi truck crashes near a school inBekasi,West Java,Indonesia.(Reuters)
• One person is killed and 50 others are injured by a hailstorm inCatalonia,Spain. This is the first direct hail-related death in Europe since 1997.(BBC News)
• TheSuez Canal was temporarily blocked after a ship ran aground on Wednesday evening. Tug boats were used to unblock the canal.(Reuters)
• One person is killed and six others are injured after abuilding collapse inKano,Kano State,Nigeria.(AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • TheNational Cabinet agrees to lower the mandatory isolation period for people infected with COVID-19 to 5 days if an individual is asymptomatic at that time. However workers in high-risk settings are still required to isolate for 7 days.(ABC News)
• Sweden reports its first case ofH5N1bird flu in aporpoise.(Phys)
• Life expectancy in the United States decreases for the second consecutive year, falling by nearly a year from 2020 values.(AP)

International relations

• International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia–European Union relations
    • European Union foreign ministers agree to suspend avisa facilitation agreement withRussia, making it more difficult and more expensive for Russian tourists to enter the EU.(Al Arabiya)

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• 30:Mikhail Gorbachev
• 29:Luke Bell
• 29:Charlbi Dean
• 28:Ralph Eggleston
• 27:Robert LuPone
• 26:Roland Mesnier
• 25:Joey DeFrancesco
• 25:Mable John
• 24:Len Dawson
• 24:Man of the Hole
• 24:Joe E. Tata
• 24:Kazuo Inamori
• 24:Tim Page
• 23:Steven Hoffenberg
• 23:Gerald Potterton
• 23:Julian Robertson
• 23:Creed Taylor
• 22:Jerry Allison
• 22:Gary Gaines
• 22:Rembert Weakland
• 22:Shalom Cohen
• 22:Margaret Urlich
• 20:Helen Grayco
• 20:Tom Weiskopf
• 20:Darya Dugina
• 19:Leon Vitali
• 18:Herbert Mullin
• 18:Virginia Patton
• 18:Josephine Tewson
• 16:Duggie Brown
• 15:Frederick Buechner
• 15:Pete Carril
• 14:Nafis Sadik
• 14:Freya
• 14:Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
• 13:Denise Dowse
• 13:David Kay
• 12:Wolfgang Petersen
• 12:Anshu Jain
• 11:Michael Badnarik
• 11:Darius Campbell Danesh
• 11:Anne Heche
• 11:Cecile Pineda
• 11:Bill Pitman
• 11:Jean-Jacques Sempé
• 11:Paul Green
• 11:Hanae Mori
• 10:Lydia de Vega
• 9:Gene LeBell
• 9:Raymond Briggs
• 9:Nicholas Evans
• 8:Lamont Dozier
• 8:Olivia Newton-John
• 8:Uma Pemmaraju
• 8:Zofia Posmysz
• 7:Carl Croneberg
• 7:Bert Fields
• 7:Leandro Lo
• 7:David McCullough
• 7:Roger E. Mosley

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