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Revision as of 14:11, 6 July 2022 by MattSucci (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)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Marmolada serac collapse
- Three other people are found dead after the Marmolada's 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)