Portal:Current events/2022 July 29
July 29, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Olenivka prison explosion
- Russia and the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) say that 53 people were killed and 75 others injured after shelling hit a prison holding Ukrainian prisoners of war in the DPR-controlled city of Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of carrying out the strike. (AP)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A video emerges on social media of a Russian soldier castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war in the town of Sievierodonetsk, Donetsk Oblast. The video has not been independently verified. The Ukrainian government voices outrage over the incident and vows retaliation against the perpetrators. (BBC News) (The Telegraph) (The Guardian) (Sky News)
- A Russian strike kills five civilians and injures seven others at a bus stop in Mykolaiv, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (AFP News via Barron's)
- Olenivka prison explosion
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A 16-year-old Palestinian affiliated with Fatah is killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah. (Al Bawaba) (Times of Israel)
- Two people are killed and 11 are injured during a hand grenade attack at a cricket game in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky, United States, increases to 25. (CNN)
- 2022 United Arab Emirates floods
- The UAE records its heaviest rainfall in 27 years, with seven people killed by flooding in the Emirates of Sharjah and Fujairah. (Khaleej Times)
- The death toll of the recent floods in Iran has risen to at least 53. (The New York Times) (Yahoo! News)
- One person is killed and one is missing after a fire at an oil refinery in Tamaulipas, Mexico. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in New York
- New York state declares an emergency due to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. (MSN)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in New York
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Brazil
- Brazil reports its first death from monkeypox in a 41-year-old man from Belo Horizonte who had lymphoma and a weakened immune system. (Reuters)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Canada
- The monkeypox vaccine will be made available to high-risk people in British Columbia, Canada. (Vancouver Sun)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the Philippines
- The Philippines reports its first case of monkeypox. (Straits Times)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Spain
- Spain reports Europe's first death from monkeypox. (The Guardian)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- West Nile virus in the United States
- Colorado reports a case of West Nile virus in a person from Delta County. (KXRM-TV)
- It is reported that the first United States case of polio since 2013, which was reported last week in Rockland County, New York, was connected to traces of vaccine-derived viruses found in the United Kingdom and Israel. (ProPublica) (Stat)
International relations
- Visit by Pope Francis to Canada
- Pope Francis visits Iqaluit in Nunavut to apologize for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools in Canada. The visit is his final stop on his Canada trip. (CBC)
Law and crime
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Trial of Vadim Shishimarin
- A court in Kyiv reduces the sentence of Vadim Shishimarin, the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes, from life in prison to 15 years detention. Shishimarin's defense attorney says that it is "highly likely" that he will be returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange. (ABC News)