Sunday, July 31st, 2022 

President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 for a second time and will be in isolation despite not having any symptoms. (CNBC) 

Russia’s Gazprom suspends gas supplies to Latvia after accusing it of “violating conditions of purchase”. The Latvian government says the suspension of gas from Russia is not expected to have a major impact on the economy. (BBC News) 

A Russian missile strike on Mykolaiv in Kherson Oblast, kills Nibulon owner Oleksiy Vadaturskyi and his wife. (BBC) 

A Ukrainian drone strikes Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters, injuring five people, according to the mayor of Sevastopol. (The Guardian) 

Kosovo Police close two border crossings in North Kosovo after local Serbs blocked roads and fired shots at police to protest an order to switch Serbian car license plates to Kosovan ones within two months. (Reuters) 

A member of the Taliban is killed during clashes with Iranian border guards on the Afghanistan–Iran border. (Reuters) 

Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina mobilizes and deploys the army after 32 people were killed in Ankazobe on July 29 by cattle thieves. (BBC News) 

Saturday, July 30th, 2022 

Urban Search and Rescue Missouri Task Force 1 is deployed in Eastern Kentucky, United States. (KMBC) 

Two people are killed and 11 are injured during a hand grenade attack at a cricket game in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP) 

At least 125 people are injured when supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr storm the parliament in Baghdad’s Green Zone. (Metro) 

Six Balochistan Liberation Army separatists and a Pakistani soldier are killed during clashes in Kech District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP) 

One person is wounded in an assassination attempt on President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei. The president is unharmed. (ABC) 

North Korea announces zero “fever cases” for the first time since mid-May when the country first announced an outbreak of COVID-19. Authorities stated that 4.8 million people were infected and that 74 people died from the virus. (Al Jazeera) 

Indonesia restricts access to eight websites, including PayPal, Yahoo! and Steam, for failing to register with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. Online services registered with the ministry are required to comply with disclosure and content removal requests. (Reuters) 

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

One person is killed and one is missing after a fire at an oil refinery in Tamaulipas, Mexico. (AP) 

The End