Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 

Three people are killed by explosions at residential buildings in Belgorod, Russia, near the border with Ukraine. Fifty buildings are partially destroyed by the explosions. (BBC News) 

Armed forces of Russia and the separatist Luhansk People’s Republic capture the entire Luhansk Oblast after seizing Lysychansk. Ukrainian forces confirm that they were forced to retreat. (CNN) 

Six people are killed and many others are injured as heavy shelling from rocket launchers hit the city of Sloviansk, in Donetsk Oblast, according to a report from the city’s mayor. (Yahoo! News) 

Five people are killed and thousands are injured after mass protests in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev accuses “rioters” of violence. (Reuters) 

Seven people are killed, eight are injured, and 13 others are reported missing after a serac collapses in Marmolada, Italy. (BBC News) 

Twenty people are killed and 13 others are injured when a bus plunges into a deep ravine in Sherani District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Reuters) 

Two people are killed in a shark attack off the coast of Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt, on the Red Sea. (GMA News Online) 

Three people are killed and four more are injured during a mass shooting at the Field’s shopping centre in Amager, Copenhagen, Denmark. A suspect has been arrested. (BBC News) 

Fifty-one people are arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while trying to emigrate to Australia by sea. Police said that undocumented immigration has increased because of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis. (Outlook) 

Spanish racing driver Carlos Sainz Jr. of Scuderia Ferrari wins the first Formula One race of his career. (Miami Herald) 

Ian Nepomniachtchi wins the tournament with only one round remaining and qualifies for the World Chess Championship 2023 against current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. (chess.com) 

Saturday, July 2nd, 2022 

The Mariupol City Council claims that over 10,000 of the city’s residents are being held prisoner by the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic. (UkInterfax) 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claims that his country intercepted Ukrainian missiles directed at Belarus three days ago and says that Belarus “does not want war with Ukraine”. (CNBC) 

At least 30 people are killed in an ambush in Shiroro, Niger State, Nigeria. (Reuters) 

The Israeli Navy intercepts three Hezbollah drones from Lebanon in Israeli airspace. (The Jerusalem Post) 

The World Health Organization announces that European cases of monkeypox have tripled in the past two weeks. (CNBC) 

Two people are killed and four others injured in a mass shooting in Haltom City, Texas, United States. (AP) 

The government of Uzbekistan drops plans to strip Karakalpakstan of its autonomy amid widespread protests in the region. (Reuters) 

Internet access is restricted in Uzbekistan as regional protests continue for a second day, with the government accusing a “criminal gang” of trying to seize government buildings in Karakalpakstan. (Eurasianet) 

The Bulgarian Navy destroys a naval mine that had drifted close to the country’s Black Sea coast in a controlled explosion. A team of divers stated that the mine was of Soviet origin. (Reuters) 

Sri Lanka’s inflation rate reaches a record 54.6% amid a steep economic crisis and a default of the country’s debt. (CNA) 

Germany surpasses 1,000 cases of monkeypox. (RKI Deutsche) 

A third police officer dies from injuries sustained in yesterday’s shootout in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. (ABC News) 

Philadelphia Flyers prospect and former CSKA Moscow goaltender Ivan Fedotov is arrested in Saint Petersburg for allegedly evading military service. (Philadelphia Inquirer) 

Protests occur in the autonomous Uzbekistani region of Karakalpakstan against a proposed constitutional change that would strip the region of its autonomy. (Eurasianet) 

The End