Portal:Current events/2022 July 27

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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Russia captures the Vuhlehirska Power Station, Ukraine's second largest power plant, near the city of Svitlodarsk, Donetsk Oblast. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-captures-power-station-redeploys-troops-toward-southern-ukraine-2022-07-27/ (Reuters)]
• Russia says that it has destroyed more than 100 M142 HIMARS missiles in an airstrike on Dnipro. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-its-strike-july-24-destroyed-100-himars-missiles-2022-07-27/ (Reuters)]
• Kivu conflict
• Anti-MONUSCO protests
• Four protesters are killed when a soldier shoots an electric cable that falls on them in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo. They were protesting the ineffectiveness of the MONUSCO. [https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/four-dead-anti-un-protests-spread-congo-2022-07-27/ (Reuters)]
• The Burundi Human Rights Initiative (BHRI) accuses Burundi of sending troops into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to fight the RED-Tabara, a Burundian armed opposition group. The BHRI also accuses Burundi of supporting armed groups that oppose the DRC. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/27/rights-group-concerned-about-burundis-secret-mission-in-drc (Al Jazeera)]
• Somali Civil War
• Eleven people, including a government official, are killed by an al-Shabaab suicide bombing at the entrance to a government building in Merca, Lower Shabelle, Somalia. [https://apnews.com/article/africa-bombings-somalia-suicide-mogadishu-2d51274f2bdd3b3220c8f91d7ce00607 (AP)]

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
• The Federal Reserve consecutively increases its benchmark interest rate by 0.75%. [https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/27/fed-decision-july-2022-.html (CNBC)]
• Russia in the European energy sector
• 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
• Russian energy company Gazprom reduces the amount of natural gas flowing through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Europe to 20% of the pipeline's capacity. [https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-germany-d040fce8b07abc2ab6bb2cbf31a0df47 (AP)]
• Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
• McDonald's profits fall by 46% and its revenue falls by 3% in Q2 2022 following the company's exit from Russia. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/mcdonalds-reports-lower-q2-sales-charges-weigh-down-profit/2022/07/26/f24d91d6-0cd9-11ed-88e8-c58dc3dbaee2_story.html (The Washington Post)]

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Luzon earthquake
• A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Luzon, Philippines, killing four people and injuring over 100 others. [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/magnitude-72-earthquake-strikes-luzon-philippines-emsc-2022-07-27/ (Reuters)]
• 2022 California wildfires
• Evacuation orders are lifted in Mariposa County and highways reopen as the Oak Fire slows and becomes the largest this season. [https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/27/map-oak-fire-evacuations-and-perimeter-near-yosemite/ (The Mercury News)]

Health and environment

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
• The U.S. reports 1,049 new cases of monkeypox, thereby bringing the total number of cases in the country to 4,639. [https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html (CDC)]
• The U.S. government orders the release of 800,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine from the Strategic National Stockpile. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/us-signs-off-on-800000-more-doses-of-monkeypox-vaccine/ar-AA102e3d (AP)]
• COVID-19 pandemic
• COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa
• Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa ends Samoa's state of emergency after two years. [https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/471668/samoa-to-end-covid-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-reopening (RNZ)]

International relations

• Russia–Ukraine relations
• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
• The Joint Coordination Center opens in Istanbul, Turkey, to coordinate the export of millions of tonnes of grain from blockaded Black Sea ports. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2022/7/26/russia-ukraine-live-blog-kyiv-accuses-moscow-of-price-terror (Al Jazeera)]
• Russia–United States relations
• The United States offers to exchange imprisoned Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for detained Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, who are accused of drug offenses and spying, respectively. [https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/politics/griner-whelan-biden-offer-viktor-bout-exchange-russia-arms-dealer/index.html (CNN)]

Law and crime

• Media freedom in the European Union
• The European General Court upholds a broadcast ban imposed on Russian television network RT in the European Union over accusations of spreading misinformation, rejecting an appeal against the ban. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/27/european-court-upholds-broadcasting-ban-on-russias-rt (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/eu-court-backs-eu-ban-russia-today-2022-07-27/ (Reuters)]
• Highland Park parade shooting
• The suspect in the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, U.S., is formally indicted on 21 counts of first-degree murder, 48 counts of attempted murder, and 48 counts of aggravated battery. There are three counts per slain victim and two counts per injured victim. [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/highland-park-parade-mass-shooting-suspect-indicted-117-charges-illino-rcna40332 (NBC News)]
• 2016 South Korean political scandal
• Prime Minister of South Korea Han Duck-soo says that he will ask president Yoon Suk-yeol to pardon former Samsung executive Lee Jae-yong, who is currently on parole for bribery and embezzlement. [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/skorea-pm-says-he-will-recommend-special-pardon-samsungs-lee-president-yonhap-2022-07-27/ (Reuters)] [https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220727008300315?section=news (Yonhap)]

Politics and elections

• 2022 Tunisian constitutional referendum
• A majority of Tunisian voters approve a new constitution, proposed by President Kais Saied as a solution to the country's ongoing political crisis. However, voter turnout was only 30.5%, due to a boycott of the referendum by opposition parties. [https://apnews.com/article/africa-tunisia-constitutions-tunis-government-and-politics-c0781f4838129af410a72701ff44ef4d (AP)]
• 2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis
• Hundreds of protestors storm the parliament building in the Green Zone in Baghdad to oppose the nomination of Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani for prime minister by pro-Iranian parties. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/27/iraqi-protesters-storm-parliament-muqtada-al-sadr-green-zone (Al Jazeera)]

Science and technology

• The Lulo Rose, a pink diamond, the largest in 300 years, is discovered at the Lulo mine in Lunda Norte Province, Angola. [https://apnews.com/article/angola-large-caret-pink-diamond-discovered-2425e083d430f253609f077801d5c1d5 (AP)]
• The Google Street View service is launched in India 11 years after the service was banned in the country over security concerns. [https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-maps-launches-street-view-service-india-2022-07-27/ (Reuters)]

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