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Gustavo Petro

• Gustavo Petro (pictured) wins the Colombian presidential election, defeating Rodolfo Hernández Suárez in the runoff.
• Ensemble, the alliance of incumbent president Emmanuel Macron, wins the most seats in the French legislative election but loses its majority.
• In basketball, the Golden State Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics to win the NBA Finals.
• Former Bolivian president Jeanine Áñez is sentenced to ten years in prison on charges related to her succession to office during the 2019 political crisis.

Ongoing:

• COVID-19 pandemic
• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Recent deaths:

• Colin Grainger
• Lennie Rosenbluth
• Philip Baker Hall
• Mark Shields
• Damian Casey
• Jean-Louis Trintignant

June 21, 2022 (2022-06-21) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian occupation of the Luhansk Oblast
      • Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai says that Russian forces captured the towns of Pidlisne and Myrna Dolyna, south of Lysychansk, and confirms reports that separatist forces captured Toshkivka yesterday. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • Collective action in the United Kingdom
    • Railway transport workers go on a nationwide general strike in the United Kingdom after talks on a 7% pay rise for workers collapse. The RMT says industry bosses have only offered a 2% rise in pay, well below rising inflation levels. (BBC News)
• Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia becomes China's biggest supplier of oil, surpassing Saudi Arabia and making up over half of its neighbor's oil imports. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Macau
    • A casino and a hotel with more than 700 people inside are locked down by authorities in Macau due to an outbreak of COVID-19. (Straits Times)

International relations

• International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Lithuania–Russia relations
    • Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev warns Lithuania that its citizens will "feel pain" over its ban on the transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad through its territory, saying Russia's response in the near future will have "a serious negative impact on the population of Lithuania" without alluding further. (Reuters)
• Estonia–Russia relations
  • Estonia reports a Russian Border Service Mi-8 helicopter violated its airspace over the weekend. The Russian ambassador to Tallinn was summoned in response. (Al Arabiya)
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international relations
  • The United Nations announces that the conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity initially scheduled to take place in Kunming, China, later this year will be moved to Montreal, Canada, due to logistical complications caused by China's Zero-COVID policy. (The Wall Street Journal)
• 2021–2022 global energy crisis
  • Lebanon, Egypt and Syria sign an agreement to supply Egyptian gas to a power plant in northern Lebanon through Syria. The World Bank, which is financing the deal, must validate the agreement before it can take effect. (The Independent)
• China-Taiwan relations
  • 29 Chinese military aircraft enter the Taiwanese air defence zone, prompting the Taiwanese Air Force to try to drive them off. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Two people are injured, including one in critical condition after a stabbing attack in Västerås, Sweden. (AP)
• Rioters attack a celebration of this year's International Day of Yoga in Malé, the Maldives, proclaiming that yoga is against the tenets of Islam. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2022 food crises
  • Egypt rejects two World Trade Organization agreements which would have forced it to export domestically needed food to alleviate the global food crisis, also citing proposals it considers harmful to developing countries. They note 30 other WTO states which restrict food exports. (Al Monitor)
• The armed forces of Ecuador say that they will "not allow ongoing protests" to "damage the country's democracy", as road blockades and demonstrations against the economic policies of president Guillermo Lasso continue. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Internet censorship in Russia
  • Russia blocks access to The Daily Telegraph's website on the orders of the Prosecutor-General, after accusing it of "disseminating false information" about the Russian war in Ukraine. (MSN)
• Nuri, South Korea's first locally-developed orbital launch vehicle, launches for a second time from the Naro Space Center in Goheung County, South Jeolla, with a satellite payload of 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). The second launch was successful, putting all the satellites onto the 700 km (430 mi) Sun-synchronous orbit. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

June 20, 2022 (2022-06-20) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Pro-Russian forces of the Luhansk People's Republic claim to have taken the key town of Toshkivka, 25 km south of Sieverodonetsk. (Reuters)
    • Ukrainian forces fire missiles at a Chornomornaftogaz drilling oil facility in the Black Sea, off Crimea, injuring three workers, with seven others missing. Russia launches missile strikes on Odessa in retaliation for the attack. (The Telegraph) (The Telegraph 2)
    • A second American volunteer fighter dies in Ukraine, after triggering a landmine. (Rolling Stone)
• Mali War
  • 2022 Bankass massacres
    • Islamist insurgents kill 132 civilians over the weekend in a series of attacks on three villages in the Bankass Cercle of Mali's Mopti Region, including Segue. (AP)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • A bazaar in Nangarhar Province is bombed, which the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan says has killed and injured "scores of people." The ruling Taliban confirm that at least ten people have been injured but cannot yet confirm if anyone has been killed. (Reuters)
• Mexican drug war
  • Two Jesuit priests are kidnapped and murdered by gunmen in the Chihuahua state of Mexico. (AP)
• Syrian civil war
  • Eleven soldiers and two civilians are killed in an attack on a bus travelling from Raqqa to Homs. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack. (Washington Post) (Reuters)

Business and economy

• International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Panic buying is reported in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad after Lithuania banned the transit of some goods through its territory by rail. Kaliningrad Governor Anton Alikhanov calls for calm, while Russia condemns the ban. (The Moscow Times)
  • The Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry demands that Lithuania "immediately reverse" new restrictions on shipments of Russian goods to Kaliningrad, saying that the restrictions were "unprecedented" and "illegal", while also suggesting that Moscow could "take actions to protect its national interests". (RFE/RL)
• Canadian defence minister Anita Anand announces an increase in defence spending to $5 billion in order to upgrade continental defence. (CBC)
• It is announced that Cape Verde will allocate a budget of $85 million to combat the effects of the war in Ukraine, which has caused an increase in the prices of gasoline and food, as 9% of Cape Verdeans are currently facing a food crisis. (Reuters) (Today Online)

Disasters and accidents

• A helicopter crashes near Burton, North Yorkshire, England, killing two people onboard. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
  • Dutch climate and energy minister Rob Jetten announces that the Netherlands will remove all restrictions on the operation of coal-fired power stations until at least 2024, in response to Russia's refusal to export natural gas to the country. Operations were previously limited to less than a third of the total production. (CNA)
• Canadian Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault announces that Canada will ban the sale of single-use plastics by December 2023, and will ban the export of these plastics by the end of 2025, with the first regulations to come into effect in December. (Al Jazeera)
• A study published in Nature Food finds that the impact of food transportation on climate change is three times greater than was previously believed, making up 6% of global carbon emissions. (Nature Food)

International relations

• Belgium–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations
  • The Belgian government repatriates Congolese independence leader and former prime minister Patrice Lumumba's remains, consisting of a tooth, through an official ceremony attended by his family at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. (NBC News)
• Ukraine ratifies the Istanbul Convention. (Ukrayinska Pravda)

Law and crime

• Recognition of same-sex unions in Japan
  • The Osaka District Court rules that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is not "unconstitutional" in a ruling on a lawsuit filed by two male couples and one female couple. (The Canberra Times)
• Violent protests occur across India, including the burning of trains in Hyderabad, in response to proposed recruitment reforms in the military. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2022 French legislative election
  • President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance is confirmed to lose its majority in the National Assembly after yesterday's second round of legislative elections. Both the left-wing alliance NUPES and the right-wing party National Rally achieve significant electoral gains, forcing the government to seek compromises with other parties during the upcoming legislative period for the first time since the 1988 legislative election. (Reuters)
• Next Israeli legislative election
  • Leading members of the thirty-sixth government of Israel Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid agree to dissolve the Knesset, triggering a fifth snap election in just over three years. Lapid will serve as acting Prime Minister until the election is held. (Reuters)

June 19, 2022 (2022-06-19) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast
      • Ukraine says that Russian forces are advancing on the city of Kharkiv. (Reuters)
    • Battle of Sievierodonetsk
      • Russia says that its forces captured a district in the outskirts of Sieverodonetsk and that it launched Kalibr cruise missiles against a command centre in Dnipro, killing several Ukrainian generals and officers. (Reuters)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Two people are killed when a car hits a roadside bomb in Kabul. (SwissInfo)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A Palestinian man is shot and killed by Israeli forces while attempting to cross the separation barrier. (AP)
• Militants attack two churches, one Baptist and the other Catholic, in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Three members of the Catholic Church are killed and several more, mostly from the Baptist one, are kidnapped. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• The Czech Republic records its highest temperature for the month of June, 39.0 °C (102.2 °F), in Řež. Parts of Austria, Germany and Poland also report record high temperatures. (Deník N) (ORF) (Tagesschau) (Axios) (TVN24)

International relations

• Lithuania–Russia relations
  • International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Lithuania bans the transit of goods that are under EU sanctions through their territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. (Reuters)
• The European Union condemns the "structurally deficient" justice system in Bolivia and lack of "due process" in the trial of Jeanine Áñez and asks for her release. (RPP)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Colombian presidential election
  • Citizens go to the polls to vote in the second round of the Colombian presidential election. (elDiario.es)
  • Left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro wins the presidential election with 50.44% of the vote, beating his opponent Rodolfo Hernández who received 47.31% of the vote, according to preliminary results. (elDiario.es)
• 2022 Nigerian elections
  • 2022 Nigerian gubernatorial elections
    • 2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
      • Former state commissioner Abiodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress defeats former Governor Olusegun Oni of the Social Democratic Party in the gubernatorial election. Oyebanji's win means that the APC has become the first party ever to win consecutive Ekiti gubernatorial elections. (Daily Trust)
• Elections in Spain
  • 2022 Andalusian regional election
    • Ruling People's Party of Andalusia wins a historic absolute majority, the first for a conservative party in Andalusia. Citizens, whose leader was the vice-president of the region, loses all the 21 deputies it had. (The Guardian)
• 2022 French legislative election
  • French voters head to the polls to vote in the second round of the latest legislative election. (Euronews)
  • It is announced that French President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance and its allies will not repeat an absolute majority in the National Assembly. (elDiario.es)
• 2022 Sri Lankan protests, 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis
  • Four civilians and three soldiers were wounded in protest over gasoline shortage when the army opened fire for the first time to quell unrest, as Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence. (News.am)

Sports

• 2022 Wimbledon Championships
  • Russian tennis player Natela Dzalamidze changes her nationality to Georgian and will participate in the upcoming Wimbledon tournament after Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian players from participating in the tournament. (Eurosport)
• FINA, during its general congress, votes to disallow trans women swimmers from competing in high-level competitions. However, the body will convene a working group to develop a separate "open" category for them in select competitions. (CNN)

June 18, 2022 (2022-06-18) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Donetsk People's Republic authorities accuse Ukrainian forces of shelling the Zasyadko coal mine and trapping 77 miners. (Al Arabiya)
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • Ukrainian delegate Davyd Arakhamia says that Ukraine is planning to resume ceasefire negotiations with Russia this August. (Finger Lake Times)
• Kashmir conflict
  • Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
    • The dead body of an Indian police official is found in a paddy field in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir. Islamist militants are suspected to be responsible for the attack. (Reuters)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Islamic State kill a Sikh and a Taliban member in an attack on a gurdwara in Kabul. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Mali War
  • At least 20 people die in an attack in Anchawadi commune, Mali. (Voice of America)
• Nyamagabe bus shooting
  • Two people are killed and six are injured after suspected militants attacked a bus in southwestern Rwanda. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least two people are killed by flooding in Guangxi, China. (Macau Business)
• One person is killed in a fire at a petrochemical plant in Shanghai, China. (Reuters)
• Wildfires spread across northeastern Spain amid a heatwave, with the highest temperatures expected to be between 40 to 42 °C (104 to 108 °F) in the region of Zaragoza. (NDTV)
• An Iranian F-14 crashes near Isfahan, with both pilots successfully ejecting from the aircraft. (Tasnim News Agency)
• A firefighter is killed and five other people are injured after a building collapses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • The U.S. CDC unanimously votes to approve COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of five, including babies. (NBC News)

Law and crime

• President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso declares a state of exception in Quito and other parts of the country amid ongoing protests. (Reuters via SwissInfo)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Nigerian elections
  • 2022 Nigerian gubernatorial elections
    • 2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
      • Voters in Ekiti State, Nigeria, head to the polls to vote for their next governor. (BBC Pidgin)

Science and technology

• Climate change in France
  • France sees several June all-time temperature records beaten by over 1 °C (1.8 °F) in an exceptionally strong heat wave. Biarritz's temperature rises to 42.9 °C (109.2 °F), the absolute record for the seaside resort and 2.3 °C (4.1 °F) above the previous all-time record set in August. (L'Indépendant) (L'Indépendant²)

June 17, 2022 (2022-06-17) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • 2022 M23 offensive
    • 2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions
      • A Congolese soldier crosses the border into Western Province, Rwanda, and is shot dead by a Rwandan Police officer. Rwandan officials say that the soldier had been attacking people and had injured two officers before he was killed. (AP)
      • The DRC closes its border with Rwanda in response to the killing of its soldier. (Al Jazeera)
    • M23 movement militants seize the town of Tshengerero, North Kivu. (The National Post)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukrainian authorities say that its forces hit the Russian tugboat Vasiliy Bekh transporting soldiers, weapons, and ammunition to Snake Island with Harpoon missiles. (Al Arabiya)
    • Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia would only use nuclear weapons if the sovereignty of the country is threatened. (Ukrinform)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Operation Claw-Lock
    • Turkey says that four Kurdish militants have been killed during airstrikes in Kalar, Iraq. (AP)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Gaza–Israel conflict
    • Israel intercepts a rocket fired by suspected Hamas militants over Ashkelon. The Israel Defense Forces respond by launching airstrikes on military targets in Gaza. (AP)
  • Three Palestinian militants, including an Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades commander, are killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jenin, West Bank. (BBC News)
• Somali Civil War
  • Security forces and armed locals kill 70 al-Shabaab members in Bahdo, Somalia. Two local children and a cleric are also killed in the fighting. (Reuters)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • One person is killed and seven others injured by an explosion at a mosque in Imam Sahib, Kunduz Province. (AP)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Three people are killed when militants attack a labor camp in Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Eurovision Song Contest 2023
  • The United Kingdom is asked to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest after its organisers concluded that Ukraine is not capable of hosting the competition. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

• WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon voluntarily steps down from his executive roles while WWE's Board of Directors investigates alleged misconduct over a $3 million "hush pact" with a former employee. McMahon's daughter Stephanie is appointed to serve as interim CEO and Chairwoman, with Vince retaining his roles related to WWE creative content. (The Wall Street Journal)

Disasters and accidents

• Wildfires in 2022
  • In Spain, over 650 people in eight villages are evacuated after wildfires originating in the Sierra de Culebra mountain range grew to 9,000 hectares amidst a heat wave in Europe. (The Washington Post)
• At least six people are killed by a building collapse in Cairo, Egypt. (AP)
• Nine people are killed and 40 are injured after a bus crashes in Tila, Chiapas, Mexico. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia, Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Estonia removes all of its COVID-19 entry restrictions for non-EU travellers after the Estonian Health Board concluded that the situation is under control and that third-country nationals are unlikely to affect the epidemiological situation in the country. (Schengenvisa Info)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
    • King Mohammed VI of Morocco tests positive for COVID-19 with no symptoms. (Reuters)
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • Georgia, Iceland, Luxembourg, Serbia, and Chile report their first confirmed cases of monkeypox. (Agenda.ge) (Reykjavik Grapevine) (Luxembourg Times) (Reuters) (Reuters²)
  • Nepal reports its first suspected case of monkeypox. (NDTV)

International relations

• Accession of Ukraine to the European Union
  • The European Commission recommends that the European Council grant Ukraine candidate status for accession to the European Union. (The Washington Post)

Law and crime

• Fukushima nuclear disaster
  • The Japanese Supreme Court acquits the state of any responsibility to compensate around 3,700 people affected by the nuclear disaster. (Reuters)
• Indictment and arrest of Julian Assange
  • The UK's Home Office approves the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. Assange's lawyers announce that they will appeal the decision. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• China launches its third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, during a ceremony in Shanghai, further enhancing the country's ability to project its military abroad. China now has the second most aircraft carriers of any country, behind only the United States, which has eleven aircraft carriers. (Reuters)

Sports

• The English men's cricket team achieve the highest ever One Day International score of 498 against The Netherlands, beating their previous world record of 481 against Australia in 2018. (BBC Sport)

June 16, 2022 (2022-06-16) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukranian officials say that four people have been killed and six others have been injured in a rocket attack in Sumy overnight. (Reuters)
    • The mayor of Melitopol claims that Ukrainian farmers caused "mass illness" in Russian troops by poisoning cherries. (The Daily Beast)
• The United States announces the capture of a senior ISIL leader in Syria. (Al Jazeera)
• One Sudanese protester is shot dead after a flare up of anti-military protests in Khartoum and Omdurman. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
  • European benchmark natural gas prices increase by around 30% after Russia's Gazprom reduced Nord Stream 1's gas supply to Germany to 40% of the pipeline's capacity. Russia blames maintenance problems resulting from Canada's refusal to return equipment that was sent for repair and warns that usage of the pipeline could be completely suspended. (Reuters)
• United States sanctions against Iran
  • Oil prices increase in the United States following the Biden administration's announcement of new sanctions against Iran's petrochemicals industry. The sanctions are an effort to force Iran to comply with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, from which the United States unilaterally withdrew in 2018. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Four people are killed and five others are injured in a building fire in the town of Handlova, Slovakia. (AP)
• Firefighters fight wildfires across Catalonia and Navarre, Spain, as temperatures reach 40 °C (104 °F), complicating the efforts of the firefighters. (Euronews)

Law and crime

• Sergey Cherkasov, a Russian military intelligence official, is expelled from the Netherlands for attempting to begin an internship at the International Criminal Court in The Hague using a fake Brazilian identity. Cherkasov will now face a criminal trial in Brazil. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
• Three people are killed in a shooting at an Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, United States. (The Independent)

Sports

• 2022 NBA Finals
  • In basketball, the Golden State Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics in six games to win their fourth NBA championship in eight years. Stephen Curry is named NBA Finals MVP. (The Washington Post) (KION-TV)

June 15, 2022 (2022-06-15) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kashmir conflict
  • Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
    • Indian security forces kill two suspected militants in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Reuters)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Operation Claw-Lock
    • Two people are killed and seven others are injured in a Turkish military action against the Sinjar Resistance Units in Sinjar District, Iraq. A 12-year-old child is reported to be among the deceased. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • List of foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United States announces a new $1 billion military aid package to Ukraine that includes 18 howitzers, artillery rockets, night vision devices, and for the first time, two Harpoon anti-ship missile units. (Reuters)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • A Yemeni journalist is assassinated after a bomb explodes inside his car in Aden. (AP)
• Israel–Palestine conflict
  • Mohammad El Halabi, a Palestinian aid worker at the center of an international controversy over his six-year detention in Israel, was convicted on the basis of 'secret evidence'. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate by 0.75% to a target range of between 1.5% and 1.75% amid surging inflation. It is the largest interest rate increase in the United States since 1994. (BBC News)

International relations

• United Kingdom–European Union relations
  • The European Union launches legal action against the United Kingdom, alleging a breach of post-Brexit agreements regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• Opposition parties in Thailand file a no-confidence motion in prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and 10 of his ministers, accusing them of "graft, economic mismanagement and of undermining democracy and clinging to power". (Reuters)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • FIFA announces the names of the cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States that will host the FIFA World Cup in 2026. (ESPN)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Climate crisis
• COVID-19 pandemic
• Opioid epidemic
• 2021–22 European windstorm season
• 2020–2022 H5N8 outbreak
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
• 2022 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
• 2022 Pacific hurricane season
• June 2022 Flagstaff wildfires
• Madagascar famine
• Yemeni famine

Economics

• 2020–present global chip shortage
• 2021–2022 global energy crisis
• 2021–2022 global supply chain crisis
• 2021–2022 inflation surge
• 2022 food crises
• 2022 United States infant formula shortage
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• Russian financial crisis
• Sri Lankan economic crisis
• Turkish currency and debt crisis

Politics

• Belarus−European Union border crisis
• Brazilian protests
• Malaysian political crisis
• Myanmar protests
• Nicaraguan protests
• Nigerian protests
• Persian Gulf crisis
• Peruvian crisis
• Sri Lankan protests & political crisis
• Tigrayan peace process
• Thai protests
• Tunisian political crisis
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• Venezuelan presidential crisis

Elections and referendums

Recent

• June
  • 12: France, National Assembly (1st)
  • 12: Italy, Referendum
  • 19: France, National Assembly (2nd)
  • 19: Colombia, President (2nd)

Upcoming

• 23: Grenada, House of Representatives
• 26: Liechtenstein, Referendum

Trials

Recently concluded

• Bolivia: Jeanine Áñez
• Turkey: Osman Kavala
• United States: Michael Sussmann

Ongoing

• Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
• France: Brussels Islamic State
• Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
• Italy: Matteo Salvini
• Kosovo: Specialist Chambers
• Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
• Malta: Yorgen Fenech
• Philippines: Leila de Lima
• Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
• Sweden: Hamid Nouri
• United States: Sunny Balwani
• Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• ICC: Ali Kushayb

Upcoming

• Canada: Peter Nygård
• Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu
• United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Steve Bannon

Sport

• Association football
  • 2022 MLS season
  • 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• Women's association football
  • 2022 NWSL season
• Baseball
  • 2022 MLB season
• Basketball
  • 2022 WNBA season
• Cricket
  • 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship
  • 2020–23 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League
  • 2019–23 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
  • 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
• Canadian football
  • 2022 CFL season
• Golf
  • 2022 PGA Tour Champions
  • 2021–22 PGA Tour
  • 2022 Ladies European Tour
  • 2022 European Tour
  • 2022 LPGA Tour
• Ice hockey
  • 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs
• Motorsport
  • 2022 Formula One World Championship
  • 2021–22 Formula E World Championship
• Rugby league
  • 2022 NRL season
  • 2022 State of Origin series
• Rugby union
  • 2021–22 Premiership Rugby
  • 2021–22 United Rugby Championship
  • 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season
• Tennis
  • 2022 ATP Tour
  • 2022 WTA Tour
• Other sports seasons
  • 2022 International cricket season

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Recent deaths

June / May

• 19: Gennady Burbulis
• 18: Lennie Rosenbluth
• 18: Mark Shields
• 17: Damian Casey
• 17: Jean-Louis Trintignant
• 16: Tim Sale
• 15: Dom Phillips
• 14: Joel Whitburn
• 14: A. B. Yehoshua
• 12: Philip Baker Hall
• 12: Phil Bennett
• 11: Hilary Devey
• 9: Julee Cruise
• 9: Billy Kametz
• 9: Don Perkins
• 9: Billy Bingham
• 9: Aamir Liaquat Hussain
• 8: Paula Rego
• 8: Song Hae
• 7: Marco Luzzago
• 6: Orlando Jorge Mera
• 6: Jim Seals
• 6: Zeta Emilianidou
• 6: Valery Ryumin
• 5: Trouble
• 4: George Lamming
• 4: Alec John Such
• 4: Dmitry Kovtun
• 3: Ann Turner Cook
• 3: Sophie Freud
• 3: Grachan Moncur III
• 3: John Porter
• 2: Nobuyuki Idei
• 1: Marion Barber III
• 1: Charles Kernaghan
• 1: Barry Sussman
• 1: Gerard Brennan
• 31: Ingram Marshall
• 31: Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
• 31: Dave Smith
• 31: KK
• 30: Paul Vance
• 29: Ronnie Hawkins
• 29: Lester Piggott
• 29: Sidhu Moose Wala
• 28: Evaristo Carvalho
• 28: Bo Hopkins
• 28: Bujar Nishani
• 27: Samella Lewis
• 27: Angelo Sodano
• 26: Ciriaco De Mita
• 26: Andy Fletcher
• 26: George Shapiro
• 26: Ray Liotta
• 26: Alan White
• 25: Morton L. Janklow
• 25: Thomas Murphy
• 23: Joe Pignatano

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Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War on terror

Africa

• Angola
  • Cabinda War
• Burkina Faso
  • Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
  • Anglophone Crisis
• Central African Republic
  • Civil War
• Chad
  • Insurgency in Northern Chad
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Kivu conflict
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Ituri conflict
  • Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
• Ethiopia
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