Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
China warns airlines to avoid areas near Taiwan as it conducts military exercises in response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island. (Bloomberg)
The People’s Liberation Army is placed on high alert and says that it will launch “targeted military operations” in response to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. (Reuters)
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan despite Chinese threats of military action in response to her visit. Pelosi is the most senior U.S. official to visit the self-governing island since Newt Gingrich in 1997. (CBC)
Three people are killed and six are injured after a mass stabbing attack in a kindergarten in Jiangxi, China. (Reuters)
The Russian Supreme Court declares the Azov Regiment a terrorist organization. (Euractiv)
Three people evacuating in a minibus are killed by Russian shelling near Kherson Oblast, according to Ukraine’s Operational Command South. (The Guardian)
In the first referendum since the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Kansas voters reject an amendment in the state constitution that would grant state lawmakers the ability to apply anti-abortion restrictions. (BBC News)
In the first legal challenge to a state’s abortion law since the Supreme Court’s June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Department of Justice (DOJ) files a lawsuit in a federal court against the state of Idaho to block a state law that the DOJ says imposes a “near-absolute ban” on abortion in Idaho. (Reuters)
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan despite Chinese threats of military action in response to the visit. She is the most senior U.S. official to visit the island since 1998. (NDTV)
A U.S. drone strike in Kabul kills Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s leader since the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011. The airstrike is also the first U.S. military action in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan last year. (BBC News)
A post made by the VK social media account of Dmitry Medvedev, the incumbent Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia and former President of Russia, refers to Georgia and Kazakhstan as “artificial” creations and advocates the return of the two countries to Russian sovereignty. The post is quickly taken down and attributed to hackers. (RFE/RL)
Shelling and heavy gunfire is reported near two villages by Artsakh authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh. The reports are denied by Azerbaijan and Russian forces in the region. (JAM news)
A Pakistan Army Aviation Corps helicopter carrying several senior Pakistan Army officials crashes in Balochistan. Rescuers have not yet reached the crash site due to ongoing floods in the region. (India Today)
California declares a state of emergency due to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. (UPI)
Monday, August 1st, 2022
Russia invites United Nations and Red Cross experts to investigate the deaths of Ukrainian prisoners of war in separatist-held Olenivka. (EuroNews)
A Ukrainian drone strikes Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters, injuring five people, according to the mayor of Sevastopol. (The Guardian)
A Russian missile strike on Mykolaiv in Kherson Oblast, kills Nibulon owner Oleksiy Vadaturskyi and his wife. (BBC News)
The first ship with Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa after an agreement signed with Russia. The Sierra Leonean-flagged ship Razoni is bound for Lebanon. (DW)
Nine people are killed and 76 are injured after a fuel tanker explodes in Bent Bayya, Libya. (AP)
Canadian rapper Drake announces that he will postpone his Young Money Reunion concert in Toronto, Canada, originally scheduled for tonight, after testing positive for COVID-19. (CBC)
More than two million people are under red flag warnings in the United States, as wildfires spread in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. (CNN)
Iran announces the arrest of several members of the Baháʼí Faith on spying charges. (Al Arabiya)
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