Portal:Current events/2022 July 8

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)
• 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 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 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)
• 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)

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)