June 18, 2022 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Donetsk People's Republic authorities accuse Ukrainian forces of shelling the Zasyadko coal mine and trapping 77 miners.

(Al Arabiya)

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The dead body of an Indian police official is found in a paddy field in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir. Islamist militants are suspected to be responsible for the attack.

(Reuters)

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Ukrainian delegate Davyd Arakhamia says that Ukraine is planning to resume ceasefire negotiations with Russia this August.

(Finger Lake Times)

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Islamic State kill a Sikh and a Taliban member in an attack on a gurdwara in Kabul.

(The Jerusalem Post)

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Two people are killed and six are injured after suspected militants attacked a bus in southwestern Rwanda.

(Reuters)

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At least 20 people die in an attack in Anchawadi commune, Mali.

(Voice of America)

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Disasters and accidents

One person is killed in a fire at a petrochemical plant in Shanghai, China.

(Reuters)

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An Iranian F-14 crashes near Isfahan, with both pilots successfully ejecting from the aircraft.

(Tasnim News Agency)

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At least two people are killed by flooding in Guangxi, China.

(Macau Business)

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A firefighter is killed and five other people are injured after a building collapses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

(AP)

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Wildfires spread across northeastern Spain amid a heatwave, with the highest temperatures expected to be between 40 to 42 °C (104 to 108 °F) in the region of Zaragoza.

(NDTV)

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France sees several June all-time temperature records beaten by over 1 °C (1.8 °F) in an exceptionally strong heat wave. Biarritz's temperature rises to 42.9 °C (109.2 °F), the absolute record for the seaside resort and 2.3 °C (4.1 °F) above the previous all-time record set in August.

(L'Indépendant), (L'Indépendant²)

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