August 4, 2022 (Thursday)

Amnesty International releases a report alleging Ukrainian forces have endangered civilians by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in residential areas, schools, hospitals, violating international humanitarian law as they turn civilian objects into military targets.

A Russian strike kills eight civilians and injures four others, at a bus stop in Toretsk, according to regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.

Thirteen people, including nine civilians, are killed in a militant attack in Bam, Burkina Faso; thirty-four insurgents are also killed.

The Bank of England raises its benchmark interest rate from 1.25% to 1.75% in its largest single rate hike since 1995.

Three people are killed and a fourth person is seriously injured by a lightning strike at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., United States.

Twelve people are killed when a truck collides with a commuter bus in Central Region, Ghana.

The United States Food and Drug Administration announces that it will permit the use of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine in children on a case by case basis.

The Biden administration declares the ongoing monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency.

South Africa reports its first death linked to the COVID-19 vaccine in a person who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

China launches missiles off the coast of Taiwan as part of military exercises conducted following the visit from U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.