Portal:Current events/2022 June 29

June 29, 2022 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
    - De jure mayor of Kherson Ihor Kolykhaiev is detained by Russian security forces after Russian-installed officials say that he refused to follow orders. (Reuters)
    - The Russian-appointed military-civilian authorities in Kherson announce a referendum on whether to join Russia. (Reuters)
2022 Muhammad remarks controversy
- Murder of Kanhaiya Lal
  - Protests and arson incidents occur in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, after a Hindu man is murdered and beheaded in his shop by two Islamic extremists for supporting controversial remarks by a politician about the prophet Muhammad. (BBC News)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2022
  - A Palestinian Islamic Jihad member is killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters)
2020–2022 Ethiopian–Sudanese clashes
- The Sudanese Armed Forces fire heavy artillery during clashes in the disputed eastern region of Al Fushqa District bordering Ethiopia, after Ethiopia was accused by Sudan of murdering seven soldiers and a civilian. Ethiopia denies responsibility for the killings and instead blames a local armed group. (Al Jazeera)
Mexican drug war
- A journalist for the Expreso newspaper is killed and his daughter is critically wounded by gunmen in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The victim is the 12th journalist murdered in Mexico this year. (Reuters)
Nigerian bandit conflict
- Several miners including four Chinese nationals are kidnapped by terrorists in Shiroro, Niger State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
Yemeni Civil War
- Six people are killed and several others are injured when a car bomb targeting the convoy of a military official explodes in Aden, Yemen. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Twenty people are found dead in the Libyan Desert, after they went missing fourteen days ago. The group, mainly composed by migrants from Chad, died of thirst. (Al Jazeera)
A state of emergency is declared on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands due to a toxic fire. (RNZ)
The Pino Hachado Pass between Argentina and Chile is closed as blizzards and heavy snowfall block the passage between the two countries. (LMN)

Health and environment

2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
  - Estonia reports its first case of monkeypox. (News ERR.EE)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
  - Michigan and New Hampshire report their first cases of monkeypox. (WGME-TV) (Michigan GOV)
COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
  - COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea
    - South Korea approves the SKYCovione vaccine, their first domestically produced COVID-19 vaccine, for use in people over the age of 18 years. (ABC News)
Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles
- The European Council broadly agrees on several measures to combat climate change. Among them is a ban on combustion engines for new cars beginning in 2035, setting aside €59 billion for a special fund to reduce the cost of transition for the poorest populations, to be paid out from 2027 to 2032, reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 55% from the 1990 reference level, and a carbon market reform. Negotiations on the final version of these reforms is underway. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

Afghanistan–United States relations
- Officials from the United States and the Taliban are expected to meet in Doha, Qatar, to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, worsened by the earthquake. (VOA)
2022 NATO Madrid summit
- At the NATO summit, U.S. President Joe Biden announces that a new permanent U.S. military base will be established in Poland - the 5th Army's Headquarters - which has had a forward command post in the city of Poznań since last year. Poland's government has long requested such a base. (Notes from Poland) (DoD)
Syria officially confirms its recognition of the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic, two breakaway states in southern Ukraine. (Reuters)

Law and crime

The Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines upholds a previous appeal to invalidate online news website Rappler's operating license for violating constitutional foreign equity restrictions on mass media ownership, thus ordering the website's termination. Rappler co-founder and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Ressa says that her company will contest the ruling in court. (BBC News)
American singer R. Kelly is sentenced to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking. (BBC News)