Friday,  July 29th, 2022 

Russia and the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) say that 53 people were killed and 75 others were injured after shelling hit a prison holding Ukrainian prisoners of war in the DPR-controlled city of Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of carrying out the strike. (AP) 

A video emerges on social media of a Russian soldier castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war in the town of Sievierodonetsk, Donetsk Oblast. The Ukrainian government voices outrage over the incident and vows to “hunt down” the perpetrators. (BBC News) (The Telegraph) (Sky News) 

A Russian strike kills five civilians and injures seven others at a bus stop in Mykolaiv, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (AFP News via Barron’s) 

A 16-year-old Palestinian is shot dead by the Israeli Army in Al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah. According to the IDF, soldiers and border police officers were responding to a violent protest in the area. (Al Bawaba) (Times of Israel) 

The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky, United States, increases to 25. (CNN) 

The UAE records its heaviest rainfall in 27 years, with seven people killed by flooding in the Emirates of Sharjah and Fujairah. (Khaleej Times) 

The death toll from recent floods in Iran increases to 24. (AFP via MSN) (NDTV) 

It is reported that the first United States case of polio since 2013, which was reported last week in Rockland County, New York, was connected to traces of vaccine-derived viruses found in the United Kingdom and Israel. (ProPublica) (Stat News) 

A court in Kyiv reduces the sentence of Vadim Shishimarin, the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes from life in prison to 15 years in prison. Shishimarin’s defense attorney says that it is “highly likely” that he will be returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange. (ABC News) 

The transformation of the Kumtor Gold Mine to Kyrgyzstan‘s ownership is complete. The announcement took place at the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in London, UK. As a result, Centerra Gold would terminate a previous agreement made regarding the mine. (Interfax) (24.kg) 

Thursday, July 28th, 2022 

Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych says that an operation to recapture the Kherson Oblast has started. (The Guardian) 

Russian forces shell Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast with the BM-27 Uragan MLRS, killing three civilians and injuring three others. Six apartment blocks and six detached houses are also destroyed or damaged. (Ukrinform) 

Russian forces in Belarus launch 25 ballistic missiles into northern Ukraine. (The Guardian) 

Russia launches cruise missile strikes from the Black Sea on the Kyiv Oblast for the first time in weeks, with missiles striking Bucha, Lyutizh, and Vyshhorod. At least fifteen people, including five civilians, are injured, according to Kyiv governor Oleksiy Kuleba. (AP) (Axios) 

Russian missiles strike Kropyvnytskyi, damaging facilities owned by Kropyvnytskyi Flight Academy and Air Urga. Five people are killed and 25 others are injured. (Yahoo! News) 

At least 17 people are killed and 40 others are injured in skirmishes between groups of pro-Assad and anti-government residents in As Suwayda, Syria. (Al Jazeera) 

Authorities in Hanover, Germany, turn off heating and switch to cold showers in all public buildings, and also shut off public water fountains amid an energy crisis after Gazprom reduced gas supplies to Germany through its Nord Stream pipeline. (BBC News) 

Authorities in Berlin turn off lights at historic monuments and municipal buildings in the city in order to save electricity. (The Guardian) 

The United States enters a technical recession after its economy shrank for the 2nd consecutive quarter. (The Guardian) (The Times) 

The United States Congress passes the Chips and Science Act of 2022 in order to boost semiconductor production in the United States and also boost competition with China. The bill will head to President Joe Biden for his signature. (CNBC) 

Hamas authorities raise taxes on imported clothes and other goods as prices increase due to the war in Ukraine and an ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip. (AP) 

Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear declares a state of emergency for several counties in southeastern Kentucky due to historic floods, which have killed eight people. (WLEX-TV) 

Flash flooding occurs on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) 

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer says that New York has received 110,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine. (New York Post) 

Ahmed Ogwell, head of the Africa CDC, reports that there are currently no monkeypox or smallpox vaccines available in Africa to combat the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. (Time) 

Iranian police arrest the alleged leader and four other members of a spy network suspected to be affiliated with Mossad. (Al Jazeera) 

Russia hands over a protest note to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Šiaulių bankas, the only bank authorised to process payments for Kaliningrad rail transit, announced that it would phase out all payments in Russian rubles in mid-August and ban all payments from Russia and Belarus, unless for humanitarian purposes or in order to fulfil international obligations, on 1 September. (LRT) 

Cameras are allowed to film a criminal court case in England and Wales for the first time in history as a man, Ben Oliver, is sentenced to prison at London‘s Old Bailey for manslaughter on live television. (Reuters) 

2022 Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 

Russian energy company Gazprom reduces the amount of natural gas flowing through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Europe to 20% of the pipeline’s capacity. (AP) 

The European General Court upholds a broadcast ban imposed on Russian television network RT in the European Union over accusations of spreading misinformation, rejecting an appeal against the ban. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) 

The suspect in the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, U.S., is formally indicted on 21 counts of first-degree murder, 48 counts of attempted murder, and 48 counts of aggravated battery. There are three counts per slain victim and two counts per injured victim. (NBC News) 

Prime Minister of South Korea Han Duck-soo says that he will ask president Yoon Suk-yeol to pardon former Samsung executive Lee Jae-yong, who is currently on parole for bribery and embezzlement. (Reuters) (Yonhap) 

undreds of protestors storm the parliament building in the Green Zone in Baghdad to oppose the nomination of Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani for prime minister by pro-Iranian parties. (Al Jazeera) 

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Monday,  July 25th, 2022 

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Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin says that Russia has charged 92 members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with “crimes against the peace and security of humanity”, with a further 96 people being wanted. There are also 1,300 ongoing criminal investigations. (BBC News) 

At least six people are killed in a mass shooting at a rehab center in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco. (Infobae) 

The United Kingdom is announced as host of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in place of this year’s winners, Ukraine, due to the ongoing war in the country. The UK, represented by Sam Ryder, finished in second place, behind Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra, at this year’s competition. Ukraine will still automatically qualify for the Grand Final. (BBC News) 

Meteorological authorities in South Korea issue a heat wave warning for Seoul and nearly all the country, with temperatures expected to surpass 34 °C (93 °F). (Yonhap) 

Mayor of Washington, D.C., Muriel Bowser reports that a child visiting D.C. was diagnosed with monkeypox, bringing cases in children to three. (WTOP) 

Texas will receive over 14,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine. (KPRC-TV) 

The European Commission extends the marketing authorization of Bavarian Nordic‘s smallpox vaccine Imvanex to also cover monkeypox. (Al Jazeera) 

Japan reports its first case of monkeypox 3 hours after saying it would prepare for an outbreak of the disease. (Japan Times) 

Brazil confirms 117 new cases of monkeypox, making it one of the highest-confirmed cases in a day to the country. (GOV Brasil) 

It is reported that 6.49 million people in Belarus have received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. (BelTA) 

The UK’s National Trust says an outbreak of bird flu on the Farne Islands in the North Sea has killed over 3,000 wild birds, however the actual death toll is estimated to be around ten times higher due to birds falling into the sea. (BBC News) 

Thousands of Indigenous people gather in the Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to hear an apology from Pope Francis for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada. (AP) 

Myanmar announces it has executed four prisoners, including Zayar Thaw, a former lawmaker under ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and Kyaw Min Yu on charges of terrorism. (The Guardian) (Reuters) 

A sixth man in the Central Park Five case in New York, U.S., is exonerated of the crime. (Reuters) 

Citizens of Tunisia head to the polls to vote in a constitutional referendum, which was proposed by President Kais Saied as a solution for the country’s ongoing political crisis. (DW) 

Droupadi Murmu is sworn in as the President of India. (Al Jazeera) 

Thirty-four people are killed when a bus traveling from Meru plunges into a river in Nairobi, Kenya. (Al Jazeera) 

Flash floods kill at least nine people in Sanaa and the Dhamar Governorate in Yemen. (AP) 

The Sakurajima volcano in Kyushu, Japan, erupts. Around 120 residents in two nearby towns are ordered to evacuate even though minimal damages are reported. (Al Jazeera) 

At least 17 Haitian migrants are killed and 25 others are rescued when their boat capsizes off New Providence, Bahamas. (Forbes) 

Italian vessels recover five bodies and rescue 674 people packed on a fishing boat adrift in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast, while European charities rescue 500 people. (AP) 

Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Egypt for diplomatic talks, and will also visit Ethiopia, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP) 

Armand Duplantis, a Swedish-American pole vaulter, beats the world record he himself had set earlier this year in his own sport discipline at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, clearing 6.21 metres (20 ft 4+¹⁄₂ in). (The Oregonian) 

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Sunday, July 24th, 2022 

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council announces that their intelligence ministry has arrested an Israeli cell hours before they were to conduct attacks on several sites in Isfahan, including a major nuclear facility. (Al Jazeera) 

China launches the Wentian module, one of two laboratory modules needed to complete the Tiangong space station, from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan on a Long March 5 rocket.The module is fully intergrated with the space station thirteen hours after launch.(China Daily) (AP) 

Hong Kong-based airline Greater Bay Airlines completes its maiden flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok. The airline has been granted licenses to operate 104 routes across the Greater China and Asia Pacific regions. (The Standard) 

The Sakurajima volcano in Kyushu, Japan, erupts. Around 120 residents in two nearby towns are ordered to evacuate even though minimal damages is reported. (Al Jazeera) 

Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Egypt for diplomatic talks, and will also visit Ethiopia, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP) 

Police in Honduras intensify their crackdown on gangs in response to last week’s murder of the son of former president Porfirio Lobo Sosa. (Diario El Salvador) 

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro formally announces that he will run for re-election. (Reuters) 

The Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of Paraguay is summoned in an emergency session to debate the impeachment of Attorney General Sandra Quiñónez, in response to accusations that Quiñónez covered up former president Horacio Cartes‘s alleged corruption. (ABC Paraguay) 

Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 

A Russian cruise missile attack destroys a railway station in Kirovohrad Oblast, killing three people and injuring some others. (France 24) 

Two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles hit Odesa’s sea port, inflicting damage to the port’s infrastructure, less than a day after a deal to export grain from Ukraine was signed between Russia and Ukraine; initial reports indicate no related infrastructure damage. (AP) 

Fitch Ratings downgrades Ukrainian debt outlook to “C”, one grade above default, due to requests from Ukrainian authorities to postpone payments on bonds. (Bloomberg) 

In Greece, nine people are rescued after wildfires burn in the Lesbos island and threaten the resort town of Vatera amidst the European heat wave. (Reuters) (The New York Post) 

Wildfires continue to rage in southwestern France, prompting more people to evacuate their homes. (NBC News) 

The Oak Fire in Mariposa County, California, U.S. grows to over 6,555 acres near Yosemite, with 10 homes destroyed. (Axios) 

The monkeypox outbreak is declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. (The Guardian) 

Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 1882 makes an emergency landing in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut Province, after receiving a bomb threat. The flight with 169 passengers and six crew had departed Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires bound for Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province. (Infobae) 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha survives a no-confidence vote with 256 confidence votes, 206 against and nine abstaining. (AP) 

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