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- In cricket, Gujarat Titans win the Indian Premier League, defeating Rajasthan Royals in the final (player of the match Hardik Pandya pictured).
- Tara Air Flight 197 crashes in Nepal, killing all 22 people on board.
- At least 31 people die in a stampede at a church charity event in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
- In auto racing, Marcus Ericsson wins the Indianapolis 500.
June 2, 2022 (Thursday)
June 1, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Germany says that it will send the IRIS-T air defence missile system to Ukraine following a request from Ukraine for heavy weapons. (Reuters)
- U.S. President Joe Biden agrees to provide Ukraine with long-range rocket artillery systems after Ukraine reportedly gave "assurances" that they will not use the missile systems to strike Russian cities. The weapons systems are a part of a new $700 million weapons package to Ukraine that will also include ammunition, counter fire radars, a number of air surveillance radars, and additional Javelin anti-tank missiles. (Reuters)
- Russia says the U.S. decision to supply advanced long-range rocket systems and munitions to Ukraine could "widen the conflict", and also risks "direct confrontation" with Russia, accusing the United States of "purposefully and diligently adding fuel to the fire". (Reuters)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Turkish intervention in the Syrian civil war
- Turkey announces a planned military operation to seize control of the Syrian cities of Tal Rifaat and Manbij from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. (Al Jazeera)
- Three people are killed and several others are injured by a rocket attack in Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, Syria. (AP)
- Turkish intervention in the Syrian civil war
- Kashmir conflict
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Local authorities say that yesterday's terrorist attack in Kulgam has caused over 100 Kashmiri Hindus to flee Kashmir. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian man is killed and two others are injured after the IDF raided the town of Ya'bad to demolish the house of the perpetrator of the Bnei Brak shootings, following a confrontation by residents. A woman holding a knife is also shot and killed near the Al-Arroub refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters)
- Mali War
- A Jordanian member of the MINUSMA peacekeeping force is killed and three others are injured in Kidal Region, Mali. (France 24)
Business and economy
- Comair, a South African franchisee for British Airways, suspends all flights after the company announced that it has run out of funds. Budget airline kulula.com, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comair, has also suspended all flights. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Earthquakes in 2022
- 2022 Ya'an earthquake
- Four people are killed and 14 others are injured by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan, China. (The Washington Post)
- 2022 Ya'an earthquake
International relations
- Denmark and the European Union, 2022 Danish European Union opt-out referendum
- Exit polls show that around two-thirds of Danes voted to have Denmark join the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy, ending Denmark's 30-year policy of opting out. (Al Jazeera)
- Greece–Turkey relations
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cancels high-level talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accusing Mitsotakis of consistently using Greek jets to violate Turkey's airspace. Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu had also accused Greece of violating the airspace of demilitarized zones in the Aegean Sea yesterday. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Warren Clinic shooting
- At least five people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass shooting at a clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. (CNN)
- Depp v. Heard
- Actor Johnny Depp wins a defamation lawsuit against ex-wife, actress Amber Heard. (BBC News)
- Canada announces that it will temporarily decriminalize possession of less than 2.5 grams total of MDMA, opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine in the province of British Columbia, in order to allow for the province to launch a three-year trial of drug decriminalization and treatments. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Next Generation EU
- The European Commission formally approves, by a majority vote, Poland's plan for the usage of the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility funds. Although the money will not be immediately available for use, the plan must go through approval in the European Council, and any future funding requests in that mechanism will also be subject to the approval of other member states. The acceptance was previously withheld due to the Commission's concerns about the rule of law in the country, and in particular Poland's non-compliance with the ruling of the European Court of Justice that ordered the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court disbanded. (Rzeczpospolita) (Politico)
Science and technology
- Scientists from the University of Western Australia announce that a seagrass meadow of the species Posidonia australis covering 200 square kilometres (77 sq mi), approximately three times the size of Manhattan, found off of Western Australia's Shark Bay actually belongs to one plant, making it the largest known plant on Earth. (BBC News)
May 31, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- An airstrike hits a tank filled with nitric acid in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, prompting the region's governor to ask residents to remain inside bomb shelters due to the risk of exposure to toxic fumes. (Reuters)
- Ukraine says that Russian forces have taken control of most of Sievierodonetsk after launching a full-scale assault on the city. Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai says that 60% of structures in the city have been destroyed in the fighting. (Reuters)
- A Russian missile hits an apartment in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, killing three people and injuring six others. (AP)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Internal conflict in Myanmar
- A bombing kills one person and injures nine others near the Sule Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. State media accuses the People's Defence Force of responsibility, which the PDF denies. (AP)
- Seven people are injured after military forces shell a monastery in Natmyaung, Sagaing Region. (Radio Free Asia)
- Tigray War
- The United Nations says that the Eritrean Defence Forces shelled the Ethiopian border town of Sheraro over the weekend, killing a 14-year-old girl and injuring 18 others. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United Kingdom and the European Union agree to implement a ban on insuring Russian oil tankers, which will be phased in beginning in 6 months. This will effectively render the vast majority of oil tankers uninsurable as most institutions conducting insurance are located in Western Europe. (Financial Times)
- Six African countries, on Zimbabwe's initiative, agree to restart trade in ivory as the population of elephants soars beyond sustainable levels. (OCCRP)
Disasters and accidents
- An AIDC AT-3 crashes in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, killing the pilot. In response, the Taiwanese Air Force suspends training operations. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Hungary and Norway report their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters) (Reuters²)
- Regulation of electronic cigarettes
- Mexico bans the sale of electronic cigarettes. (The Washington Post)
- A major cyberattack hits the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, forcing the ministry to shut down its digital database and endangering the country's healthcare system. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Workers of the Polish Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) announce that they will go on a general strike beginning on June 27 amid disciplinary dismissal of the leader of the trade union representing ZUS and general poor conditions of employment. (Rzeczpospolita)
Science and technology
- The Tau Herculids meteor shower, caused by debris from the 1995 breakup of comet 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, peaks. (Space)
May 30, 2022 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Ukrainian authorities say that Russian forces have entered Sieverodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, leaving the city without water. (Al Jazeera)
- A French journalist is killed by Russian shelling in Luhansk Oblast, according to the region's governor Serhiy Haidai. (Reuters)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- A car bomb is detonated in Russian-occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring at least three people. Russian authorities blame pro-Ukrainian residents for the incident. (Reuters)
- Battle of Donbas
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency; 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- Fifteen people are killed in a suspected Islamist attack by the Allied Democratic Forces in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
- Nigerian bandit conflict
- Bandits kill up to 30 vigilantes in Zamfara State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Russian occupation of Kherson, 2022 food crises
- Russia begins exporting grain from the occupied Kherson Oblast in Southern Ukraine to Russia. Russian-occupying administration official Kirill Stremousov says that the administration was also "working on the supplies of sunflower seeds to local and Russian processing plants". Ukraine accuses Russia of stealing its grain. (Reuters)
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- After weeks of deliberations, all of the European Union member states agree to impose an oil embargo on most oil imports from Russia (with the exception of that brought by pipelines), to be fully implemented by the end of the year, and cut off Sberbank from SWIFT. (NPR)
- A report by the Blue Marine Foundation found that fishing vessels from the European Union were illegally harvesting fish in the exclusive economic zones off the coasts of India, Somalia and Mozambique even as the stocks of yellowfin tuna were on the verge of collapse. (OCCRP)
Disasters and accidents
- Hurricane Agatha
- One person is killed in Tapachula, Chiapas, as Hurricane Agatha approaches Mexico. (Diario Presente)
- Five people are injured after a school bus crashes into a ditch and rolls over in Roztoka, Tarnów County, Poland. (AP)
- The wreckage of the Cessna 182 that disappeared from radar the previous day is found near Broćanac, Croatia. All four people on board were killed. (The Washington Post)
- Two people are killed and 20 others are injured after a car crashes into a crowd in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. (AP)
Health and environment
International relations
- Status of Jerusalem, Foreign relations of Israel, Foreign relations of Suriname
- Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin says that Suriname will open an embassy in Jerusalem. (Times of Israel)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Australian federal election
- 2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
- Former Minister for Defence Peter Dutton is elected unopposed as Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and, by extension, Leader of the Opposition following former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's resignation. (The Guardian)
- 2022 National Party of Australia leadership spill
- Former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is removed as Leader of the National Party of Australia in a leadership spill and replaced by his former Deputy and former Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud. (The Guardian)
- As vote counting continues, the Australian Labor Party achieves a majority in the House of Representatives. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
May 29, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Anglophone Crisis
- 24 people are massacred and more than 60 injured in an attack by Anglophone rebels in Cameroon. (Barron's)
Disasters and accidents
- Tara Air Flight 197
- A Yeti Airlines Twin Otter airplane goes missing with 22 people on board after going over high mountains in Nepal. (AP)
- A Cessna 182 takes off from Split, Croatia, and heads to Germany before disappearing from radar north from Rakovica. (The Washington Post) (The Dubrovnik Times)
- One person is killed and eleven others injured after a boat capsizes in Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado, United States; another is reported missing. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Pakistan and Afghanistan report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. (24 News HD) (See News)
International relations
- Chairperson of the African Union Macky Sall calls for dialogue between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda amid rising tensions between the two countries over the resurgence of the M23 rebels. Rwanda calls it an "internal DR Congo conflict" and also calls for the release of two "kidnapped" Rwandan soldiers along its border with DR Congo. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Colombian presidential election
- Colombians go to the polls to vote in the presidential election. (NPR)
- Left-wing candidate, former 19th of April Movement guerrilla and former Bogotá mayor Gustavo Petro, and populist former Bucaramanga mayor Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, win 40% and 28% of the vote respectively. They will face off in the second round in June. (CNN)
- Pope Francis appoints twenty-one new cardinals. Most of the cardinals are from outside Europe. (AP)
Sports
- 2022 in association football
- 2021–22 Liga I, Football in Romania
- FC Dinamo București will be relegated to the second division for the first time in the 74-year history of the club. (DigiSport)
- 2021–22 in French football, Football in France
- AS Saint-Étienne is relegated to the second division following a loss to AJ Auxerre. Saint-Etienne fans storm the pitch, throw flares at players, and clash with riot police officers. (France 24) (The Washington Post)
- 2021–22 Liga I, Football in Romania
- 2022 IndyCar Series, 2022 Indianapolis 500
- Marcus Ericsson wins the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500. Ericsson is the first Swedish driver to win the event since 1999. (Yahoo!)
May 28, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Donbas offensive, Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Russian troops enter the strategic city of Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast with heavy street-to-street fighting underway. Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai says that Ukrainian forces may have to retreat from the city in order to avoid capture. (Reuters)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Ukraine confirms that it has received shipments of Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark, and self-propelled howitzers from the United States in order to counter the Russian invasion. (Reuters)
- Donbas offensive, Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Port Harcourt stampede
- Thirty-one people are killed and seven others are injured in a stampede at a church charity event in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 Brazil floods and landslides
- At least 106 people are killed by mudslides and flooding in the Recife metropolitan area, Pernambuco, Brazil. (AP)
- Indonesian rescuers search for 26 people who went missing after a boat capsized last Thursday in the Makassar Strait with 43 people on board. News of the sinking reached authorities today. (Dawn)
- Fifteen people are killed and three others are missing after heavy rain causes flooding in southern China. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- The Republic of Ireland, Malta, and Mexico confirm their first cases of monkeypox. (The Guardian) (English News) (El Universal in Spanish)
- Iran reports its first suspected case of monkeypox. (IFP News)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Nigerian presidential election
- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar wins the presidential primary of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party and officially becomes the party's nominee for the February 2023 general election. Abubakar, who served as Vice President from 1999 to 2007 and was the PDP's 2019 presidential nominee, defeated Nyesom Wike, Bukola Saraki, and nine other candidates to win the primary. (Premium Times)
- 2019–2022 Sudanese protests
- Two protesters are killed by Sudanese security forces in Khartoum. (AP)
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- China denies airspace to Boeing and Airbus aircraft that have been reregistered in Russia as a result of sanctions triggered by its invasion. The reregistration is in violation of international law. (Airways Magazine)
Sports
- 2021–22 UEFA Champions League
- In association football, Real Madrid win a record 14th UEFA Champions League title after defeating Liverpool 1–0 in the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final at the Stade de France near Paris, with Vinícius Júnior scoring the winning goal. Kick-off was delayed by 36 minutes due to ticketed fans being prevented from entering the stadium. French police fire tear gas at Liverpool supporters. UEFA blamed the delay on Liverpool fans trying to enter the stadium with fake tickets and blocking the turnstiles. (The Guardian) (The Telegraph) (AP)
May 27, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Donbas offensive, Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Battle of Lyman
- Russian forces announce they have captured the city of Lyman. (AP)
- Battle of Lyman
- Donbas offensive, Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- Enlargement of the eurozone
- The Iranian IRGC Navy boards and seizes two Greek ships after the Supreme National Security Council condemned the US seizure of a Russo-Iranian ship. (VOA) (AP)
- The Mexican energy regulatory commission fines Spanish electric utility Iberdrola for US$467 million for violating local regulations that prohibit selling electricity to third parties. (Al Mayadeen)
Disasters and accidents
- A vehicle carrying 26 soldiers crashes in the Shyok River in Ladakh, India, killing seven soldiers. (The Hindu)
- An icefall kills two mountain climbers and injures nine others in the Alps of Valais, Switzerland. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota
- North Dakota reports 960 cases of COVID-19 and confirms their first case of the Omicron BA.4 variant. (Bismarck Tribune)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
International relations
- Croatia–Russia relations
- Foreign relations of Fiji
- Fiji announces that it will become the 14th member of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity in order to counter Chinese influence in the Pacific. This comes amid a visit by Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to Kiribati. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Nigerian presidential election
- The Federal High Court in Yenagoa rules that former President Goodluck Jonathan is allowed to run in the next presidential election, stating that a 2018 amendment prohibiting vice presidents from serving more than one full-term upon succession did not apply to Jonathan. (Reuters) (BBC News)
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