Portal:Current events/2022 May 5

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Siege of Mariupol
        • Ukrainian forces say they have repelled a Russian military thrust onto the Azovstal iron and steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine. (PBS News)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2022 El'ad stabbing
    • Three people are killed and four others injured by two Palestinians in a mass stabbing in El'ad, Central Israel. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Changsha building collapse
  • The death toll from the building collapse in Changsha, China, six days ago, increases to 53, with ten people rescued. (BBC News)
• 2022 Afghanistan floods
  • Floods in twelve provinces of Afghanistan destroy 500 homes, kill 22 people and injure 40 others. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • WHO puts estimate of deaths due to COVID-19, including incidentals due to impacted health systems, at approximately 15 million worldwide. (CBC)

Sports

• 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
  • Seattle Sounders FC becomes the first US Major League Soccer team to win the CONCACAF Champions League, defeating UNAM 5–2 on aggregate in the final. (Sports Illustrated)