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Revision as of 01:48, 20 August 2022
August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) (Friday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- Explosions are reported overnight at Russian military bases in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Two villages have been evacuated. (Reuters)
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Nine people are killed and 28 others are injured in a rocket attack on a market in Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (Reuters)
- Somali Civil War
- Militants linked to al-Shabaab attack a hotel in Mogadishu. A suicide bombing is reported, followed by a gunfight between the militants and security forces. (Urdu Point)
Disasters and accidents
- Temperatures in Chongqing, China, reach 45 °C (113 °F) during a historic drought. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in China outside of Xinjiang. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announces that Thailand will lift its COVID-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 an endemic phase of the disease beginning in October. (The Star) (Bankgkok Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
Law and crime
- A man is killed and a woman is injured in a shooting at the Emporia shopping centre in Malmö, Sweden. (BBC News)
- Police in Nicaragua confirm that they have arrested an anti-Ortega Roman Catholic bishop in Managua and warned against further "provocative and destabilizing" activities amongst the clergy. (Infobae)
- Islamic State and "Beatles" cell member El Shafee Elsheikh is sentenced to eight life sentences by a United States district court for his role in the kidnapping and deaths of hostages James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig, and Kayla Mueller. (AP)
Politics and elections
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