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 people are 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)
War on drugs
- Mexican drug war
  - Celaya massacre
    - Eleven people are killed during a mass shooting at a hotel in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. (Reuters)
- Twenty-one people are killed in a shootout between Brazilian police and the Comando Vermelho gang in a favela in Rio de Janeiro. (Reuters)
Kashmir conflict
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  - An Indian policeman is killed and his seven-year old daughter injured in a attack in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.(The Hindu)
Yemeni Civil War
- Three people are killed when a drone is shot down and crashes in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An independent investigation by CNN, aided by a newly released video by fellow Al-Jazeera correspondent, points to murdered journalist Shireen Abu Akleh having been deliberately targeted by IDF soldiers. (CNN)

Business and economy

2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis, Economy of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka increases fuel prices in order 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 United States Department of Treasury announces that it will not renew the sanctions exemption which permits Russia to service its sovereign debt to American investors. Allowing the exemption to expire increases the likelihood that Russia will default on that debt this summer. (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 for the first time since 1994 after demanding a "decent pay rise, job security and no compulsory redundancies". (BBC News)

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 when 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 person who traveled to South Africa. (The Quint)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
  - The Korean Central News Agency reports that North Korea has a total of 3 million suspected 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 reports 14 new cases of monkeypox, thereby bringing the total number of cases in the country to 70. (Reuters)
- German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announces that Germany has ordered 40,000 doses of the smallpox vaccine as a precaution, after the country reported its first case of monkeypox. (Axios)
- Denmark announces that it will provide vaccines produced by Bavarian Nordic to persons who have been in close contact with monkeypox cases. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Robb Elementary School shooting
- Nineteen children and two teachers 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 had also shot and critically wounded his grandmother earlier in the day. (ABC News)
Censorship in Russia
- The Russian State Duma passes a bill that will allow state prosecutors to close Russian bureaus of media outlets from countries that Russia deems "unfriendly". The bill will now need to be passed by the upper house and receive President Putin's signature. (Reuters)
2022 Pakistani protests
- A policeman is shot to death by a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf official, leading to a police crackdown on pro-Imran Khan demonstrators. (Reuters)
Ugandan police arrest veteran opposition politician Kizza Besigye for "inciting violence" and also disperse a crowd protesting against 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 connections to the Russian government. (BBC Sport)