Sunday, July 10th, 2022 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine’s ambassadors to Germany, India, the Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary. (Independent) 

Three civilians are killed and others 31 are injured in a Russian shelling on Kharkiv. The city’s mayor says that the latest shelling has targeted civilian infrastructure. (SwissInfo) 

A Russian airstrike on an apartment complex in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, kills at least 15 people and leaves dozens more missing. (Sky News) 

Macau closes all of its casinos, causing shares to fall, as the gaming city hub fights an outbreak of COVID-19. (Straits Times) 

Over 124,000 confidential documents are leaked from Uber, showing efforts by Uber to lobby governments for preferential treatment. (BBC News) 

Leaked documents reveal that French President Emmanuel Macron went to “extraordinary lengths” to help Uber disrupt the French taxi industry, telling Uber’s executives that he had brokered a deal with his socialist opponents in his cabinet. (The Guardian) 

French authorities issue a warning of temperatures reaching as high as 40 °C amid ensuing wildfires. (RFI) 

The 51st Pacific Islands Forum begins in Suva, Fiji amid escalating geopolitical competition between China and the United States. (Al Jazeera) 

Kiribati announces its withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum, effective immediately, after President Taneti Maamau publishes a letter where he expresses four reasons for doing so, mainly due to the Secretary-General of the Forum never having been from the Micronesian region of the Pacific islands. (1news) 

Japanese citizens go to the polls to elect members of the upper house of the National Diet. (Nikkei) 

Most of Argentina is placed on “yellow alert” by the National Meteorological Service due to high winds, hail and snowfall. (M1) 

Six people are killed and eight others are wounded in a mass shooting at a party in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. (Infobae) 

In South Africa, 15 people are killed in a mass shooting at a bar in Soweto, Gauteng. Four more are killed at a tavern in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Many others are wounded in both attacks. (BBC News) 

Israeli politicians Benny Gantz and Gideon Saar form a political alliance to compete against Yair Lapid and Benjamin Netanyahu. (Haaretz) 

Saturday, July 9th, 2022 

Four people are wounded in a mass stabbing at a hospital in Shanghai, China. Police open fire and subdue the assailant. (NDTV) 

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees his residence in Colombo after protesters storm the residence and clash with police. At least 33 people are injured. Rajapaksa’s resignation is demanded amid the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka since 1948. (BBC News) 

The office of the Prime Minister announces that Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to resign after party leaders in Parliament call for his resignation. (The Irish Times) 

Wickremesinghe’s private residence is set on fire. (Hindustan Times) 

Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena says that Rajapaksa has agreed to resign on July 13. (Hindustan Times) 

In tennis, Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan wins her first Grand Slam title after defeating Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in the women’s singles final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2. Rybakina becomes the first Kazakh player to win a Grand Slam singles title. (The Washington Post) 

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