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Revision as of 23:04, 6 July 2022
July 6, 2022 (2022-07-06) (Wednesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- At least twelve civilians are killed and 25 others are wounded in heavy Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast, according to a report by Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. (AP) (VOA)
- A security guard is killed at the National University of Kharkiv, in Kharkiv, when a Russian missile hits the building. (ABC News)
- The Russian Defence Ministry says its forces have destroyed two U.S.-made M142 HIMARS rocket systems and their ammunition depots in Eastern Ukraine after launching airstrikes. Ukraine rejects the claim. (Reuters)
- Battle of Donbas
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Latvia plans to reintroduce conscription, which had been abolished in 2006, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The final decision will be taken by the country's parliament, the Saeima. (Baltic News Network) (AFP via The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Marmolada serac collapse
- Three other people are found dead after the Marmolada serac, in Italy, collapsed three days ago, bringing the death toll to 10. Two other people are still missing. (La Repubblica)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in China
- Xi'an is placed under lockdown and mass testing is conducted in half of the city's districts after a cluster of cases there were traced back to six karaoke bars. (Economic Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Niue
- The New Zealand Defence Force says that, upon request by the government of Niue, it is sending a team of civilian doctors, nurses, and defense personnel as an outbreak of COVID-19 hits the territory. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in China
Law and crime
- Several opposition politicians are arrested in Fort Colombo, Sri Lanka, after demanding the resignation of PM Ranil Wickremesinghe, who yesterday said that the country is "bankrupt". (Economy Next)
- The government of Honduras releases a report of an increase to 84.4% of deportation of Honduran migrants from Mexico and the US compared to last year's first semester. (Infobae)
- A federal court in Buenos Aires, Argentina, sentences an ex-military officer to life in prison for homicides, kidnappings, tortures, and rape during the military dictatorship that ruled the country between 1976 and 1983. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Chris Pincher scandal
- Multiple senior ministers of the United Kingdom's Cabinet, including newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi, Home Secretary Priti Patel, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove tell Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson to resign. Five additional ministers resign after dozens of others leave throughout the day, bringing the total of government departures to 38. (The Guardian) (The Independent) (BBC News)
- Johnson sacks Michael Gove after he called on him to resign earlier in the day. A 10 Downing Street official says "you can’t have a snake who is not with you on any of the big arguments who then gleefully tells the press the leader has to go". (The Independent)
- Simon Hart resigns as Secretary of State for Wales following Johnson's refusal to leave office. (Sky News)