July 5, 2022
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- One person is killed in a Russian attack on Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Yemen Civil War
- Three people are killed and 18 others injured by an explosion at an arms depot in Abyan. (AP)
- Communist rebellion in the Philippines
- Seven people are injured when suspected communist guerrillas explode a land mine in Mapanas, Northern Samar, Philippines. (AP)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An Israeli man is seriously wounded in a stabbing and suspected terror attack on the road between Bnei Brak and Giv'at Shmuel. (Times of Israel)
- Two Egyptian UN peacekeepers are killed in northern Mali when their vehicle hit a mine. (The Defense Post)
- Afghanistan–Uzbekistan relations
- Five rockets are fired into Uzbekistan from Afghanistan, landing in the city of Termez. Government officials report that none of the missiles exploded, and minor damage occurred to four homes. (The Statesman)
Business and economy
- 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis
- Sri Lanka's inflation continues to increase and reaches nearly 60% as the economic crisis worsens. (Bloomberg)
- South Korea's inflation reaches a 24-year record, as the country struggles with increasing energy and food prices. (Nikkei)
Disasters and accidents
- At least nine people are killed during flash floods caused by the monsoon in Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
- Three people are killed during flooding in Kuala Pegang, Malaysia. (FloodList)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Connecticut confirms its first case of monkeypox. (WTNH)
- Panama confirms its first case of monkeypox. (TVN 2)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
- Queen Consort Letizia of Spain tests positive for COVID-19. (El Periódico)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
Politics and elections
- Enlargement of NATO, Finland–NATO relations, Sweden–NATO relations
- All 30 members of NATO have signed off on the accession protocols for the membership bids of Finland and Sweden, subject to unanimous approval by the current members' legislative bodies. (Associated Press)
- Time in Mexico
- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that he will present a bill to eliminate daylight saving time in Mexico, with the exception of northern bordering cities, due to it being unpopular and having little benefit. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- The International Mathematical Union awards the Fields Medal to mathematicians Hugo Duminil-Copin of France, June Huh of the United States, James Maynard of the United Kingdom, and Maryna Viazovska of Ukraine, at the quadrennial International Congress of Mathematicians in Helsinki. (The New York Times)