Portal:Current events/2022 May 24
May 24, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Siege of Mariupol
- Ukrainian authorities say that about 200 dead bodies were found in the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast. (AP)
- Battle of Donbas
- Russian Ground Forces seize control of Svitlodarsk in Donetsk Oblast, according to regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. (Reuters)
- Hungary declares a state of emergency over the war in Ukraine and problems in the Hungarian economy caused in part by the conflict. (Reuters)
- Siege of Mariupol
- War on drugs
- Mexican drug war
- Celaya massacre
- Eleven people are killed in a mass shooting in Celaya, Guanajuato. (Reuters)
- Celaya massacre
- Twenty-one people are killed in a shootout between Brazilian police and the Comando Vermelho crime gang in a Rio de Janeiro favela. (Reuters)
- Mexican drug war
- Yemeni Civil War
Business and economy
- 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis, Economy of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka increases fuel prices to help public finances and combat a debilitating economic crisis. Acting Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warns that "there is a possibility that inflation will increase further". (CNA)
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The US Department of Treasury will let expire the special exemption for the transfer of Russian funds aimed to service Russia's sovereign debt to American customers or financial intermediaries, increasing the likelihood of a default. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Collective action in the United Kingdom
- The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers votes to go on a national strike in the United Kingdom after demanding a "decent pay rise, job security and no compulsory redundancies". The last time railway workers went on national strike was in 1994. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Several people are injured when a train collides with a bus in Blaustein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (AP)
- Two pilots are killed in Isfahan, Iran, when their fighter jet crashes. (Reuters)
- Sixteen people are killed after a boat sinks off the coast of Myanmar. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- COVID-19 pandemic in Gujarat
- Gujarat reports its first case of the Omicron BA.5 variant in a resident who traveled from South Africa. (The Quint)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Gujarat
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
- The Korean Central News Agency reports that North Korea has a total of 3 million cases of COVID-19. (Korea Herald)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- The Czech Republic, Slovenia, and the United Arab Emirates confirm their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) (Reuters 3)
- England detects 14 more cases of monkeypox, bringing the case toll to 70 in the country. (Reuters 4)
- German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announces that Germany has ordered 40,000 doses of the smallpox vaccine as a precaution after the country reported their first case. (Axios)
- Denmark will provide vaccines produced by Bavarian Nordic in an effort to protect close contacts of people infected with monkeypox. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Robb Elementary School shooting
- Eighteen children and a teacher are killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, United States. The perpetrator, a local 18-year-old high school student, is killed by police. The gunman also killed his grandmother earlier in the day. (ABC News)
- Censorship in Russia
- The Russian State Duma passes a bill that allows state prosecutors to close Russian bureaus of media outlets from countries Russia deems "unfriendly". The bill awaits passage through the upper house and President Putin's signature. (Reuters)
- Ugandan police arrest veteran opposition politician Kizza Besigye for "inciting violence" and disperse a crowd protesting the government. (Reuters)
- Anglo-Swiss commodity trading company Glencore pleads guilty to fraud charges related to bribery and price manipulation when pursuing preferential access to oil contracts. The company expects to pay total fines of $1.5 billion. (Swissinfo)
- Former President of Moldova Igor Dodon is arrested for charges including corruption and treason. (Euronews)
Sports
- The Premier League approves the sale of Chelsea F.C. to a U.S. consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich decided to sell the club after he was sanctioned over his links to the Russian government. (BBC Sport)
