Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 

A Russian missile hits a dormitory in Kharkiv, killing seven civilians and injuring 16 others, according to the city’s mayor and top military administrator.  (The Guardian) 

Twenty-one people are killed and 33 others are injured by a mosque bombing in Kabul. (BBC News) 

Inflation in the United Kingdom increases to 10.1%, the highest level since February 1982, due to increasing fuel and food prices. (The Guardian) 

The death toll from the August 6 fire at a supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba, rises to 16. All the deceased were firefighters who were battling the blaze. (BBC News) 

Twenty-three people are killed when a bus overturns on a highway in Khouribga, Morocco. (Arab News) 

1 dead, 9 injured after test car veers into traffic

Archaeologists uncovered one of the largest megalithic sites in Europe on a farm in southern Spain. It dates back 7,000 years and contains more than 500 standing stones. (The Times) 

Russia launches missile strikes on Odesa and Mykolaiv in Southern Ukraine in response to explosions at military facilities in Crimea that Russian authorities blame on “sabotage”. (MSN) 

Four Russian Wagner Group paramilitaries are killed during an ambush by Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin militants in Bandiagara. (Africa News) 

France formally ends its military intervention in Mali after withdrawing its last remaining troops from a military base in Gao. The base was handed over to Malian Armed Forces before the French forces crossed into neighbouring Niger. (Ecofinagency) 

The United Kingdom registers inflation at 10.1%, the highest level since February 1982, due to increasing fuel and food prices. (The Guardian) 

Many people are killed in a bombing attack at a mosque in Kabul. (BBC News) 

Israel and Turkey restore full diplomatic relations for the first time since 2018. (Axios) 

Police in Tokyo, Japan, arrest a former member of the 2020 Summer Olympics organising committee, after prosecutors accused him of graft and bribery. (Business Times) 

The High Court of Australia rules that Google is not liable for defamatory material within hyperlinks that it serves as part of its search results. (Axios) 

Tuesday,  August 16th, 2022 

U.S. First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19. (NPR) 

An explosion occurs at an ammunition depot in northern Crimea, forcing the evacuation of civilians. Observers suggest that the depot may have been hit by Ukrainian forces. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) 

Turkish airstrikes on a military base in Aleppo Governorate kill between 16 to 22 Syrian soldiers. (Step News) (NPA) 

A ranger is killed while seven policemen and two civilians are injured as two bombs explode at a rubber plantation in Narathiwat, Thailand. (Kosmo) 

Two policemen are killed when gunmen open fire on them as they are escorting polio workers in Gomal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP) 

The prime minister of Vanuatu Bob Loughman asks for the dissolution of parliament as he faces a vote of no-confidence. (RNZ) 

Twenty people are killed and six others injured when a passenger bus collides with a tanker truck in Jalalpur Pirwala, Punjab, Pakistan. (Xinhua) 

Six people are killed and several others are injured after a bus fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Reuters) 

FIFA suspends the All India Football Federation for violating its statutes on third-party interference. India is stripped off its hosting rights for international football tournaments, including the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup scheduled for October 2022. (Deutsche Welle) 

Monday,  August 15th, 2022 

The Taliban marks a Victory Day parade on the one year anniversary of the capture of Kabul, Afghanistan. (CBS News) 

A lawsuit is filed against the Central Intelligence Agency and former CIA Director Mike Pompeo, accusing the agency of spying on lawyers who met with Julian Assange. (Axios) 

The United Kingdom approves a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting the Omicron variant and other variants of SARS-CoV-2, becoming the first country to do so. (EuroWeekly News)

Prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern announces the deployment of 120 New Zealand troops to train Ukrainian forces. (Reuters) 

The military junta court sentences former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison for corruption. (France 24) 

Israel launches a series of airstrikes in Damascus and Tartus, Syria, killing three soldiers and wounding three others. (Al Jazeera) 

The United States imposes sanctions on three senior members of the cabinet of Liberian president George Weah, accusing them of corruption. (AP) 

The IEBC declares William Ruto as the winner of the election. (AP News) 

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