Portal:Current events/2022 July 8
July 8, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Serhiy Haidai, Governor of Luhansk Oblast, says that Russian shelling continues across the oblast and that the 8,000 residents of Sievierodonetsk are on the verge of a "humanitarian catastrophe". (ABC News)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Assassination of Shinzo Abe
- Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe is shot in the back while giving a speech in Nara, Kansai region, Japan, and later dies from his wounds. Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old navy veteran, is arrested for the assassination. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- Proposed acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk
- The legal team representing entrepreneur Elon Musk files a claim to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to officially terminate his deal to purchase Twitter, saying that the company made "false and misleading" statements during negotiations. (The Verge)
- 2022 Rogers Communications outage
- Rogers Communications reports massive outages across Canada, impacting its wireless, cable and internet services, and causing disruptions to banking, government, and emergency services. (CBC News)
- The Central Bank of Peru increases its interest rate from 5.5% to 6.0% in an effort to reduce the rate of inflation, which yesterday reached a 25-year record high. (Infobae)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 European heat wave
- 2022 United Kingdom heat wave
- British authorities issue a level 2 warning as a heat wave continues. (The Independent via MSN)
- Portugal issues warnings of temperatures as high as 43 °C (109 °F) amid a drought and wildfires in parts of the country. (The Washington Post)
- 2022 United Kingdom heat wave
- 2022 India–Bangladesh floods
- At least 16 people are killed and 40 others missing during flash floods during an annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir. (Al Jazeera)
- Seventeen people are dead after a boat carried into a barge by the tide and capsize in Lagos, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
- It is announced that British Columbia will offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for the general population beginning in autumn. (The Globe and Mail)
- COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- The U.S. FDA grants approval for the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people aged between 12 and 17. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The U.S. CDC announces that doses of the Jynneos vaccine will be sent to Washington. (KXLY-TV)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
International relations
- Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles says that his country will apply to join the Pacific Alliance. (Today)
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Slovenia
- Constitutional Court of Slovenia rules in a 6–3 decision that bans on same-sex couples marrying and adopting children are unconstitutional and gives the Parliament six months to amend necessary laws. (AP)
- A court in Switzerland acquits Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini of illegally arranging payments while they served as presidents of FIFA and UEFA respectively. (BBC Sport)
- Killnet, a Russian hacker group, launches the largest cyberattack in the history of Latvia, targeting the country's public broadcaster. The broadcaster says that the attack was repelled. (The Times)