Portal:Current events/2022 May 21: Difference between revisions

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Siege of Mariupol
      • Russia declares victory in capturing the city of Mariupol. (The Guardian)
  • United States President Joe Biden signs into law a bill to provide $40 billion in military and economic aid for Ukraine, replenish stocks of U.S. equipment sent to Ukraine, fund European Command operations, and address the global food crisis. (CNN) (Reuters)
• Maghreb insurgency
  • Mali War
    • An elderly Italian couple and their son are kidnapped by jihadists in Southern Mali. A Togolese citizen is also reported to have been kidnapped along with the Italians, but authorities say they are unable to confirm if this is true. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A 17-year-old member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad is killed and another is wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Kafr Dan, Jenin Governorate. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute, Finland–Russia relations
  • Russia's Gazprom suspends natural gas exports to Finland over its refusal to comply with Russia's demand that gas be paid for in rubles. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Two workers are killed in an accident at the Khoemacau copper mine in Botswana. Authorities temporarily shut down the mine. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu
        • Tamil Nadu reports their first case of the Omicron BA.4 variant in a 19-year-old woman. (The Hindu)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • The Philippines reports their first case of the Omicron BA.4 variant in a Filipino resident who returned from the Middle East. (‘’Philippine Star)
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • Switzerland and Israel confirm their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters 1) (Reuters 2)
  • Greece and Norway are put into high alert after finding their first suspected cases. (Reuters 3) (Keep Talking Greece)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Australian federal election
  • ABC News Australia declares that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the current government have been defeated by Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Party. The number of seats to declare a majority or minority government is uncertain. (ABC News Australia)

Science and technology

• The unusually early heat wave in Southern France continues to set new records. Albi in Occitania reaches 35.1 °C (95.2 °F), beating the previous all-time May high it set three days before by over a degree Celsius, and other settlements heat up to 36.7 °C (98.1 °F). (La Dépêche du Midi) (Le Parisien)

Sports

• 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League
  • In association football, Olympique Lyonnais defeat Barcelona 3–1 in the final at Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, to win their eighth UEFA Women's Champions League title. (CNN)