Friday,  August 26th, 2022 

Protestors during a Just Stop Oil protest and blockade in London are arrested for vandalism. (Telegraph) 

Ukraine says that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been reconnected to the power grid after suffering a power failure the day before due to Russian shelling. (Al Jazeera) 

Russian peacekeepers withdraw from Lachin city and the villages of Zabukh and Sus, returning them to Azerbaijan. (Al Jazeera) 

Ethiopian forces reportedly airstrike a kindergarten in Mekelle, Tigray Region, leaving at least two children and two adults dead and 13 people hospitalized. (CTV News) 

The United States conducts airstrikes against Iranian and Russian-backed militia groups in Syria for a second day. (The Wall Street Journal) 

The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço‘s MPLA has won the general election. (Reuters) 

Thursday, August 25th, 2022 

The Taliban say that they have destroyed more than 5,000 acres (~2000 hectares) of poppy fields, after Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered a crackdown on narcotics. (Xinhua) 

Taliban central spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid announces the government is yet to recover the body of former emir of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed in a United States drone strike at his Kabul residence on 31 July. The government says it is “continuing investigations”. (Reuters) 

Ukraine says the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been completely disconnected from its power grid after several fires sparked by shelling near the Russian-occupied plant. Security systems at the plant were activated shortly after the power failure, according to a local official. (NBC News) 

At least 25 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a Russian rocket attack on a passenger train in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (The Guardian) (Reuters) 

The United States announces a security package of nearly $3 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. (CBS News) 

U.S. President Joe Biden orders airstrikes against claimed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Russia-linked groups in Syria following a series of rocket attacks on the U.S. military base in al-Tanf, Syria, which houses the Maghaweir al-Thowra rebel group, and an airstrike by the Russian military in an area held by the Syrian opposition. The U.S. strikes targeted eleven bunkers in Deir ez-Zor used to store weapons, according to the United States Central Command. (CNN) (Reuters) 

A spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry denies that Iran has any link to targets hit by U.S. in Syria and condemns the strike as “a violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”. (Reuters) 

Itaru Nakamura, chief of the Japanese national police agency, resigns, taking responsibility for the failures in former prime minister Shinzo Abe‘s security that resulted in his assassination in Nara on 8 July. (CBC) 

North Korea reports four new “fever” cases after declaring “victory” over the name by which the government refers to COVID-19 in Ryanggang Province, which goes under lockdown. (Al Arabiya) 

Eight people are killed in a mass shooting in Tuzantla, Michoacan, Mexico. (AP) 

A United States grand jury awards former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, $16 million against the Los Angeles County sheriff’s and fire departments for releasing graphic photographs of the former player, their 13-year-old daughter, and the other victims of the helicopter crash. Another victim’s widow receives $15 million. (The Manila Times) 

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Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 

Germany and French rail transport manufacturer Alstom inaugurate the world’s first fleet of hydrogen fuel-powered trains in Lower Saxony. The 14 hydrogen trains will replace a fleet of diesel locomotives on 100 km (60 miles) of track in the German state. (Al Jazeera) 

Police arrest Kremlin critic Yevgeny Roizman, the former mayor of Yekaterinburg, for “discrediting the Russian army” by criticizing the invasion of Ukraine. (Al Arabiya) 

The Russian-appointed head of Mykhailivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ivan Sushko, is assassinated in a car bombing. (Euro Weekly News) 

U.S. President Joe Biden orders airstrikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked groups in Syria following a series of rocket attacks on al-Tanf military base. The U.S. strikes targeted eleven bunkers in Deir ez-Zor used to store weapons, according to United States Central Command. (CNN) 

Fighting resumes between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray Defense Forces in the Tigray Region. Both sides blame each other for breaking the ceasefire. (The Guardian) 

Tuvalu declares a drought and a shortage of potable water in three of its islands; Nanumea, Nui, and Niutao. (RNZ) 

Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right Adalberto Costa Júnior. (MSN) 

The Constitutional Court of Thailand temporarily suspends Prayut Chan-o-cha’s premiership due to a case filed by Pheu Thai Party lawmakers over whether the eight-year term limit for premiership should also include Prayut’s time as the leader of National Council for Peace and Order. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has taken over the premiership while the case is being heard. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  August 23rd, 2022 

The dugong is declared extinct in China after scientists report no verified sightings of the large marine mammal since 2000. However, dugongs still exist in the wild in parts of Southeast Asia and Australasia. (BBC) 

Ukrainian forces reportedly shell the administration headquarters of the Donetsk People’s Republic in separatist-held Donetsk, killing three people, according to pro-Russian officials. (Reuters) 

Slovakia announces that it will send an additional 30 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles and ammunition to Ukraine. (Reuters) 

According to the Libyan National Army, a United States-manufactured MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down with a surface-to-air missile, crashing near Benina International Airport in Benghazi, Libya. (Eurasian Times) 

South Korea registers a population decrease for the second consecutive year, due to having the world’s lowest birth rate. (Xinhua) 

The Federal Court of Malaysia upholds the corruption conviction and 12-year prison term of former prime minister Najib Razak in connection with the embezzlement of sovereign wealth funds from 1Malaysia Development Berhad. Najib is the first former Malaysian prime minister to be imprisoned. (NPR) 

Two men are found guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction for use in the kidnapping. One of the men is also convicted of an explosives charge. (AP) 

Brazilian police conduct eight raids on pro-Bolsonaro businessmen accused of discussing the possibility of a coup d’état if incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro loses the upcoming presidential election. (Reuters) 

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces an official inquiry into his predecessor Scott Morrison’s secret swearing of himself into various ministerial positions during his second ministry. (The Guardian) 

Monday,  August 22nd, 2022 

The exchange rate between the euro and the United States dollar drops to 0.9928, the lowest rate in 20 years. (Anadolu Agency) 

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb visits Taiwan and meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. (ABC News) 

The United Arab Emirates announces the reinstallation of its ambassador to Iran, which will take effect “in the coming days”, more than six years after it cut off diplomatic relations with the Islamic republic. (CNA) 

Moderna announces that it will supply 12 million doses of its bivalent COVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting the Omicron variant. (CBC) 

The cabinet of Pakistan approves the deployment of Pakistan Army troops to Qatar to provide security for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup. (Reuters) 

A record 1,295 illegal migrants cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom on “small boats”, according to the Ministry of Defence. (France 24) 

The Pakistani police file terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. (NPR)

A federal prosecutor requests a 12-year sentence for former president and current vice president of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on corruption related charges. (Reuters) 

Schools in the Philippines reopen for in-person classes after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. (WION) 

In tennis, world number 156 Borna Ćorić of Croatia becomes the lowest-ranked champion in the ATP Tour Masters 1000 after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the men’s singles final of the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

World number 17 Caroline Garcia of France becomes the first qualifier to win a WTA 1000 tournament after defeating Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic in the women’s singles final of the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. (Sportstar) 

A Mexican court issues the arrest warrants for 83 suspects, consisting of military personnel, police officers, administrative and judicial authorities, and members of the Guerreros Unidos syndicate, in connection with the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College in Iguala, Guerrero, on September 26, 2014. (CNN) 

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Sunday, August 21st, 2022 

The siege at a hotel seized by al-Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu ends with the deaths of all of the attackers. Twenty-one people were killed aside from them, and 117 others were injured. (Al Jazeera) 

Sixteen people are killed and three others are injured as a lorry collides with a minibus in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters) 

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says that Singapore will decriminalize gay sex between men, which is illegal under a colonial-era law, while at the same time they will amend the Constitution to define marriage as a heterosexual union. (Channel News Asia) 

A car bomb outside Moscow kills Darya Dugina, the daughter of Aleksandr Dugin, a far-right political philosopher, who was due to travel in the same car. (RTVI) (The Guardian) 

Oleksandr Nakonechny, regional head of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kirovohrad Oblast, is found shot dead in his apartment. (Al Jazeera) 

Saturday, August 20th, 2022 

Nine civilians, including four children, are injured by Russian shelling on a residential building in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (The Washington Post) 

Russia says that a number of its soldiers in Zaporizhzhia have been poisoned by Ukraine, with tests showing Botulinum toxin type B present in their bodies. (Reuters) 

Sixteen people are killed and 21 others are injured when a bus crashes into the scene of an earlier road accident in Gaziantep, Turkey. (BBC News) 

Twenty people are killed and 29 others are injured when a truck crashes into the scene of an earlier road accident involving three vehicles in Mardin, Turkey. (Al Jazeera) 

Fifteen people are killed and at least 28 others are injured in a rocket attack on a market in rebel-controlled Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (AP) 

Russia’s Gazprom announces that the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline will be shut down for 3 days of unscheduled maintenance between August 31 and September 2. (Reuters) 

The Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries says that a large overgrowth of toxic Prymnesium parvum algae linked to industrial pollution was likely the cause of the mass mortality event of fish in the Oder river. (Reuters) 

A Mexican court issues the arrest warrants for 83 suspects, consisting of military personnel, police officers, administrative and judicial authorities, and members of the Guerreros Unidos syndicate, in connection with the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College in Iguala, Guerrero, on September 26, 2014. (CNN) 

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