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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Alsoriano97 (talk | contribs) at 07:44, 21 June 2022 (But what are you talking about? I don't "get mad" because I have more important things in my life, but I only delete trivial news related to the USA that you would delete if it happened in another country. Not a regional election. Next time, delete also regional elections in Nigeria, USA, Germany that you see, so you don't look like a redneck to many people. Franco? Come on man, how old are you? Grow up.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast
      • Ukraine says that Russian forces are advancing on the city of Kharkiv. (Reuters)
    • Battle of Sievierodonetsk
      • Russia says that its forces captured a district in the outskirts of Sieverodonetsk and that it launched Kalibr cruise missiles against a command centre in Dnipro, killing several Ukrainian generals and officers. (Reuters)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Two people are killed when a car hits a roadside bomb in Kabul. (SwissInfo)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A Palestinian man is shot and killed by Israeli forces while attempting to cross the separation barrier. (AP)
• Militants attack two churches, one Baptist and the other Catholic, in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Three members of the Catholic Church are killed and several more, mostly from the Baptist one, are kidnapped. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• The Czech Republic records its highest temperature for the month of June, 39.0 °C (102.2 °F), in Řež. Parts of Austria, Germany and Poland also report record high temperatures. (Deník N) (ORF) (Tagesschau) (Axios) (TVN24)

International relations

• Lithuania–Russia relations
  • International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Lithuania bans the transit of goods that are under EU sanctions through their territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. (Reuters)
• The European Union condemns the "structurally deficient" justice system in Bolivia and lack of "due process" in the trial of Jeanine Áñez and asks for her release. (RPP)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Colombian presidential election
  • Citizens go to the polls to vote in the second round of the Colombian presidential election. (elDiario.es)
  • Left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro wins the presidential election with 50.44% of the vote, beating his opponent Rodolfo Hernández who received 47.31% of the vote, according to preliminary results. (elDiario.es)
• 2022 Nigerian elections
  • 2022 Nigerian gubernatorial elections
    • 2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
      • Former state commissioner Abiodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress defeats former Governor Olusegun Oni of the Social Democratic Party in the gubernatorial election. Oyebanji's win means that the APC has become the first party ever to win consecutive Ekiti gubernatorial elections. (Daily Trust)
• Elections in Spain
  • 2022 Andalusian regional election
    • Ruling People's Party of Andalusia wins a historic absolute majority, the first for a conservative party in Andalusia. Citizens, whose leader was the vice-president of the region, loses all the 21 deputies it had. (The Guardian)
• 2022 French legislative election
  • French voters head to the polls to vote in the second round of the latest legislative election. (Euronews)
  • It is announced that French President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance and its allies will not repeat an absolute majority in the National Assembly. (elDiario.es)
• 2022 Sri Lankan protests, 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis
  • Four civilians and three soldiers were wounded in protest over gasoline shortage when the army opened fire for the first time to quell unrest, as Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence. (News.am)

Sports

• 2022 Wimbledon Championships
  • Russian tennis player Natela Dzalamidze changes her nationality to Georgian and will participate in the upcoming Wimbledon tournament after Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian players from participating in the tournament. (Eurosport)
• FINA, during its general congress, votes to disallow trans women swimmers from competing in high-level competitions. However, the body will convene a working group to develop a separate "open" category for them in select competitions. (CNN)

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