Portal:Current events/2022 May 28
May 28, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Donbas offensive, Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)
- Russian troops enter the strategic city of Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast with heavy street-to-street fighting underway. Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai says Ukrainian forces may have to retreat from the city to avoid capture. (Reuters)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Ukraine confirms it has received a shipment of Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark, and self-propelled howitzers from the United States to counter the Russian invasion. (Reuters)
- Donbas offensive, Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and Economy
- More than 1,200 US-based flights are canceled due to various factors including bad weather and staffing issues.[1]
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Port Harcourt stampede
- A stampede at a church charity event in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, kills at least 31 people and leaves seven others injured. (Al Jazeera)
- Indonesian rescuers search for 26 people who have gone missing after a boat capsized last Thursday in the Makassar Strait with 43 on board. News of the sinking reached authorities today. (Dawn)
- Fifteen people are killed and three others are missing after heavy rain causes flooding in southern China. (AP)
- At least 35 people are killed by mudslides and flooding in the Recife metropolitan area, Pernambuco, Brazil. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- The Republic of Ireland and Malta confirm their first cases of monkeypox. (The Guardian) (English News)
- Iran reports its first suspected case of monkeypox. (IFP News)
- Mexico confirms its first case in Mexico City. (El Universal)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Nigerian presidential election
- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar wins the presidential primary of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party and officially becomes the party's nominee for the February 2023 general election. Abubakar, who served as Vice President from 1999 to 2007 and was the PDP's 2019 presidential nominee, defeated Nyesom Wike, Bukola Saraki, and nine other candidates to win the primary. (Premium Times)
Sports
- 2021–22 UEFA Champions League
- Real Madrid win their fourteenth UEFA Champions League title after defeating Liverpool 1-0 in the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final at the Stade de France in Paris, with Vinícius Júnior scoring the winning goal. Kick-off was delayed by 36 minutes due to disorder outside the stadium which saw French police fire tear gas at Liverpool supporters. UEFA blames the disorder on Liverpool fans trying to enter the ground with fake tickets and blocking the turnstiles. (The Guardian) (The Telegraph) (Associated Press)
- ^ D'Innocenzio, Anne. "Memorial Day air travelers face more than 1,200 flight cancellations on Saturday". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
