Portal:Current events/2022 June 12
June 12, 2022 (Sunday)
Business and economy
- 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
- Three months after McDonald's suspended its operations in Russia and sold its 850 restaurants to Alexander Govor, the rebranded restaurants are reopened as Vkusno & tochka. (AP)
Law and crime
- Amazon rainforest
- Brazilian authorities continue to search for missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous Brazilian expert Bruno Pereira, who disappeared last week while reporting in the Vale do Javari. (The Guardian)
- Authorities in Argentina seize an Iranian Boeing 747 which was transferred to Venezuela last year. It is unclear if the impound is related to sanctions that have been imposed on both countries. (Reuters)
Politics and elections