Portal:Current events/2022 July 3

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Western Russia attacks
      • Three people are killed by explosions at residential buildings in Belgorod, Russia, near the border with Ukraine. Fifty buildings are partially destroyed by the explosions. (BBC News)
    • Armed forces of Russia and the separatist Luhansk People's Republic capture the entire Luhansk Oblast after seizing Lysychansk. Ukrainian forces confirm that they were forced to retreat. (CNN)
    • Six people are killed and many others are injured as heavy shelling from rocket launchers hit the city of Sloviansk, in Donetsk Oblast, according to a report from the city's mayor. (Yahoo! News)
• 2022 Karakalpak protests
  • Five people are killed and thousands are injured after mass protests in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev accuses "rioters" of violence. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Marmolada serac collapse
  • Seven people are killed, eight are injured, and 13 others are reported missing after a serac collapses in Marmolada, Italy. (BBC News)
• Twenty people are killed and 13 others are injured when a bus plunges into a deep ravine in Sherani District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Reuters)
• Two people are killed in a shark attack off the coast of Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt, on the Red Sea. (GMA News Online)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru
    • Nauru reports its first death from COVID-19. (RNZ)

Law and crime

• 2022 Copenhagen mall shooting
  • Three people are killed and four more are injured during a mass shooting at the Field's shopping centre in Amager, Copenhagen, Denmark. A suspect has been arrested. (BBC News)
• Fifty-one people are arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while trying to emigrate to Australia by sea. Police said that undocumented immigration has increased because of Sri Lanka's economic crisis. (Outlook)

Sports

• 2022 Formula One World Championship
  • 2022 British Grand Prix
    • Spanish racing driver Carlos Sainz Jr. of Scuderia Ferrari wins the first Formula One race of his career. (Miami Herald)
• Candidates Tournament 2022
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi wins the tournament with only one round remaining and qualifies for the World Chess Championship 2023 against current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. (chess.com)