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Portal:Current events/2022 June 16

June 16, 2022 (2022-06-16) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Russo-Ukrainian War
    • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Ukrainian 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

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

Sports

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