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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)
• 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)

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

• Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast
  • Russia appoints former Krasnodar mayor Andrei Alekseyenko as the head of its Kharkiv military–civilian administration. (Reuters)

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