Portal:Current events/2022 June 18

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Donetsk People's Republic authorities accuse Ukrainian forces of shelling the Zasyadko coal mine and trapping 77 miners. (Al Arabiya)
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • Ukrainian delegate Davyd Arakhamia says that Ukraine is planning to resume ceasefire negotiations with Russia this August. (Finger Lake Times)
• Kashmir conflict
  • Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
    • 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)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Islamic State kill a Sikh and a Taliban member in an attack on a gurdwara in Kabul. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Mali War
  • At least 20 people die in an attack in Anchawadi commune, Mali. (Voice of America)
• Two people are killed and six are injured after suspected militants attacked a bus in southwestern Rwanda. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least two people are killed by flooding in Guangxi, China. (Macau Business)
• One person is killed in a fire at a petrochemical plant in Shanghai, China. (Reuters)
• 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)
• An Iranian F-14 crashes near Isfahan, with both pilots successfully ejecting from the aircraft. (Tasnim News Agency)
• A firefighter is killed and five other people are injured after a building collapses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • The U.S. CDC unanimously votes to approve COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of five, including babies. (NBC News)

Law and crime

• President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso declares a state of exception in Quito and other parts of the country amid ongoing protests. (Reuters via SwissInfo)

Science and technology

• 2022 European heat waves
  • Climate change in France
    • 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'Indépendant 2)