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Revision as of 13:36, 6 July 2022 by Jim Michael 2 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) July 6, 2022 (2022-07-06) (Wednesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- At least five civilians are killed in heavy shelling in Donetsk Oblast. (VOA)
- At least seven civilians are killed and 25 others are wounded in heavy Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast, according to a report by Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. (AP)
- A security guard is killed at the National University of Kharkiv, in Kharkiv, when a Russian missile hits the building. (ABC News)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Latvia plans to reintroduce conscription it has 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)
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)