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Revision as of 00:51, 7 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 injured by 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 when a Russian missile hits the building. (ABC News)
- The Russian Defence Ministry says that its forces destroyed two U.S.-made M142 HIMARS rocket systems and their ammunition depots in Eastern Ukraine after launching airstrikes. However, Ukraine rejects the claim. (Reuters)
- Battle of Donbas
- Government and intergovernmental reactions to the 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 determined by the country's parliament, the Saeima. (Baltic News Network) (AFP via The Guardian)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Islamist militants attack a prison near the Nigerian capital, Abuja, freeing 879 of the medium-security prison's 994 inmates. One prison guard is killed and three others are injured in the attack. (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 in the city 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 to help the territory deal with an outbreak of COVID-19. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in China
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Idaho reports its first case of monkeypox. (U.S. News & World Report)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
Law and crime
- Georgia Guidestones bombing
- The Georgia Guidestones in Elbert County, Georgia, United States, are partially destroyed in an explosion in what is a suspected bombing. A construction crew later pulls down the remaining parts of the structure for safety reasons. (The New York Times) (The Guardian)
- Several opposition politicians are arrested in Colombo, Sri Lanka, after demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who said yesterday that the country is "bankrupt". (Economy Next)
- The government of Honduras releases a report stating that the deportation of Honduran migrants from Mexico and the US increased by 84.4% during the first half of the year. (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
- 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
- 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 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)
- Boris Johnson fires Michael Gove after Gove called on Johnson to resign earlier in the day. A 10 Downing Street official says that "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 Boris Johnson's refusal to leave office. (Sky News)