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Revision as of 18:59, 6 July 2022 by GWA88 (talk | contribs) (Another cabinet member tells Johnson to resign)(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
- Russian occupation of the Donetsk Oblast
- At least twelve civilians are killed and 25 others are wounded in 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, in Kharkiv, when a Russian missile hits the building. (ABC News)
- Russian occupation of the Donetsk Oblast
- 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 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 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)
- The government of Honduras releases a report of an increase to 84.4% of deportation of Honduran migrants from Mexico and the US compared to last year's first semester. (Infobae)
Politics and elections
- Chris Pincher scandal
- 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 of the United Kingdom 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)