Killnet Killnet, a Russian hacker group, launches the largest cyberattack in the history of Latvia, targeting the country's public broadcaster. The broadcaster says that the attack was repelled.
Switzerland A court in Switzerland acquits Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini of illegally arranging payments while they served as presidents of FIFA and UEFA respectively.
LGBT rights in Slovenia Constitutional Court of Slovenia rules in a 6–3 decision that bans on same-sex couples marrying and adopting children are unconstitutional and gives the Parliament six months to amend necessary laws.
Costa Rican President Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles says that his country will apply to join the Pacific Alliance.
2022 monkeypox outbreak The U.S. CDC announces that doses of the Jynneos vaccine will be sent to Washington.
COVID-19 pandemic The U.S. FDA grants approval for the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people aged between 12 and 17.
It is announced that British Columbia will offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for the general population beginning in autumn.
Lagos Seventeen people are dead after a boat carried into a barge by the tide and capsize in Lagos, Nigeria.
2022 India–Bangladesh floods At least 16 people are killed and 40 others missing during flash floods during an annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
2022 European heat wave Portugal issues warnings of temperatures as high as 43 °C amid a drought and wildfires in parts of the country.
Central Bank of Peru The Central Bank of Peru increases its interest rate from 5.5% to 6.0% in an effort to reduce the rate of inflation, which yesterday reached a 25-year record high.
2022 Rogers Communications outage Rogers Communications reports massive outages across Canada, impacting its wireless, cable and internet services, and causing disruptions to banking, government, and emergency services.
Proposed acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk The legal team representing entrepreneur Elon Musk files a claim to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to officially terminate his deal to purchase Twitter, saying that the company made "false and misleading" statements during negotiations.
Assassinated Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe is shot in the back while giving a speech in Nara, Kansai region, Japan, and later dies from his wounds. Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old navy veteran, is arrested for the assassination.
Russo-Ukrainian War Serhiy Haidai, Governor of Luhansk Oblast, says that Russian shelling continues across the oblast and that the 8,000 residents of Sievierodonetsk are on the verge of a "humanitarian catastrophe".