June 16, 2022 (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

The mayor of Melitopol claims that Ukrainian farmers caused "mass illness" in Russian troops by poisoning cherries.

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One Sudanese protester is shot dead after a flare up of anti-military protests in Khartoum and Omdurman.

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Ukranian officials say that four people have been killed and six others have been injured in a rocket attack in Sumy overnight.

(Reuters)

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Business and economy

European benchmark natural gas prices increase by around 30% after Russia's Gazprom reduced Nord Stream 1's gas supply to Germany to 40% of the pipeline's capacity. Russia blames maintenance problems resulting from Canada's refusal to return equipment that was sent for repair and warns that usage of the pipeline could be completely suspended.

(Reuters)

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Oil prices increase in the United States following the Biden administration's announcement of new sanctions against Iran's petrochemicals industry. The sanctions are an effort to force Iran to comply with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, from which the United States unilaterally withdrew in 2018.

(Al Jazeera), (Reuters)

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Disasters and accidents

Firefighters fight wildfires across Catalonia and Navarre, Spain, as temperatures reach 40 °C (104 °F), complicating the efforts of the firefighters.

(Euronews)

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Four people are killed and five others are injured in a building fire in the town of Handlova, Slovakia.

(AP)

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Law and crime

The United States announces the capture of a senior ISIL leader in Syria.

(Al Jazeera)

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Sergey Cherkasov, a Russian military intelligence official, is expelled from the Netherlands for attempting to begin an internship at the International Criminal Court in The Hague using a fake Brazilian identity. Cherkasov will now face a criminal trial in Brazil.

(The Guardian), (Reuters)

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Three people are killed in a shooting at an Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, United States.

(The Independent)

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