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Friday,  August 5th, 2022 

Three people are killed and a fourth person is seriously injured by a lightning strike at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., United States. (CBC) 

Amnesty International releases a report alleging Ukrainian forces have endangered civilians by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in residential areas, schools, hospitals, violating international humanitarian law as they turn civilian objects into military targets. (Amnesty International) 

Russia shells the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, damaging a nitrogen-oxygen unit and a high-voltage power line, according to Enerhoatom. (BBC News) 

Volodymyr Saldo, the head of the Russian occupational administration in Kherson Oblast, is hospitalized, with former FSB officer Sergei Eliseev taking over his post temporarily. (Newsweek) 

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree banning investors from “unfriendly countries” from selling their assets in Russian banks, strategic entities, and energy and commodity projects until December 31. (Reuters) 

Israel launches a series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, including a number against Palestinian Islamic Jihad‘s facilities. Ten people are killed and 55 others are wounded, including PIJ military leader Tayseer Jabari. (Al Jazeera) 

Eight people are killed and 18 others are injured when a bomb hidden in a cart explodes near a Shiite mosque in Kabul. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Arabiya) 

The Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance signs a peace deal with the government of Senegal, pledging to lay down its arms in order to work towards a permanent solution. (BBC News) 

Fourteen people are killed and over 40 others are injured in a fire at a nightclub in Sattahip district, Chonburi province, Thailand. (BBC News) 

The death toll from the flash floods in Pakistan increases to 549. (Reuters) 

Ten people, including three children, are killed in a house fire in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP) 

Fifteen people are injured after an SUV crashed into a Native American parade in Gallup, New Mexico, United States. (AP) 

Provisional results show that the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition wins 82 seats, falling 1 seat short of absolute majority, while 80 seats were won by the opposition coalitions Yewwi Askan Wi and Wallu Sénégal. (Reuters)

The opposition Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, leaded by Terrance Drew, wins the snap general election to the National Assembly. (The St Kitts & Nevis Observer) 

Thursday, August 4th, 2022 

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China launches missiles off the coast of Taiwan as part of its military exercises following the visit from U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi. (Reuters)  

American basketball player Brittney Griner is sentenced to 9 years in prison by a Russian court after being found guilty of bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia. (Reuters) 

A Russian strike kills eight civilians and injures four others including three children at a bus stop in Toretsk, according to regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. (Ukrinform) 

Reignited clashes in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan kill three soldiers and injure fourteen others. (ABC News) 

The Biden administration declares the ongoing Monkeypox outbreak to be public health emergency. (MSN) 

The United States Food and Drug Administration announces that it will permit the use of Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos vaccine in children on a case by case basis. (ABC News) 

South Africa reports their first death linked to the COVID-19 vaccine. The individual received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (Reuters) 

A journalist in Belarus is sentenced to five years in prison amidst a government crackdown on the media following protests that occurred after the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. (RFE/RL) 

Prime Minister of Peru Aníbal Torres resigns citing “personal reasons”, amid multiple criminal investigations focusing on president Pedro Castillo. (Reuters) 

The former chairman of the Union of Values and federal presidential candidate for the AfD, Max Otte, is legally expelled from the CDU. (Der Spiegel) 

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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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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) 

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