Portal:Current events/2022 May 30
Appearance
May 30, 2022
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas (2022)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Ukrainian authorities say that Russian forces have entered Sieverodonetsk, in Luhansk Oblast, leaving the city without water. (Al Jazeera)
- A French journalist is killed by Russian shelling in Luhansk Oblast, according to the region's governor Serhiy Haidai. (Reuters)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Battle of Donbas (2022)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Fifteen people are killed after a suspected Islamist attack by the Allied Democratic Forces in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
- Nigerian police say that unknown militants have kidnapped a prelate in Abia State. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are injured after a school bus crashes into a ditch and rolls over in Roztoka, Poland. (AP)
- The wreckage of the Cessna 182 that disappeared from radar the previous day is found near Broćanac, Croatia. All four people on board were killed. (The Washington Post)
International relations
- Status of Jerusalem, Foreign relations of Israel, Foreign relations of Suriname
- Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin says that Suriname will open an Israeli embassy in Jerusalem. (Times of Israel)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Australian federal election
- As vote counting continues, the Australian Labor Party achieves a majority in the House of Representatives. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
- Former Minister for Defence Peter Dutton is elected unopposed as Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and, by extension, Leader of the Opposition following former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's resignation. (The Guardian)
- 2022 National Party of Australia leadership spill
- Former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is removed as Leader of the National Party of Australia in a leadership spill and replaced by his former Deputy and former Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud. (The Guardian)