Eleven people are killed and nine others are injured in Islamist attacks in Loroum and Sanmatenga provinces, Burkina Faso. Twenty attackers are also killed.
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May 6, 2022 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko claims that the Russian frigate Admiral Makarov was struck with Neptune anti-ship missiles off of Snake Island. Russia denies having any information of the strike.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine is open to continue peace talks with Russia if they guarantee the restoration of preinvasion borders, return the Ukrainians who were forcefully evacuated to Russia, and if Russian troops withdraw from the country.
Business and economy
The Orlando Police Pension Fund files a class-action lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court against Twitter Inc and Elon Musk, seeking to delay the acquisition of Twitter to 2025.
Disasters and accidents
At least 26 people are killed and at least 74 others are injured by an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak at the Hotel Saratoga in Havana, Cuba.
Health and environment
Colombia announces that it will offer a second COVID-19 vaccine boosters for people aged above 50 years. It comes after the country reached its target for fully vaccinate 70% of population.
China decides to making regular COVID-19 testing mandatory for its citizens with setting up thousands of permanent PCR testing stations, with 9,000 already completed in Shanghai alone, as authorities aim to "normalise" tough pandemic controls even after the current round of lockdowns end.
International relations
Iran detains a Swedish man who was travelling as a tourist, allegedly in response to Sweden prosecuting Hamid Nouri, an Iranian official considered to be responsible for the mass killings of political prisoners in 1988.
The U.S. Senate passes 62–33 a non-binding resolution barring the Biden administration from removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Law and crime
The Sri Lankan government declares a state of emergency in response to massive anti-government protests.
Sofia Sapega, the girlfriend of Belarusian activist Roman Protasevich, with whom she was detained when their flight was diverted by the Belarusian Air Force last year, is sentenced to six years in prison for "inciting social hatred". The exiled Belarusian opposition condemns the verdict.
Two people are killed and three others are injured during a mass shooting at a care home in Molensingel, Alblasserdam, Netherlands. The perpetrator was already wanted for murdering a man at a shop yesterday.
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