Portal:Current events/2022 August 17
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August 17, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Northeastern Ukraine campaign
- Battle of Kharkiv
- A Russian missile hits a dormitory in Kharkiv, killing seven civilians and injuring 16 others, according to the city's mayor and top military administrator. (Ukrainska Pravda) (The Guardian)
- Battle of Kharkiv
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Northeastern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghanistan conflict
- August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
- Twenty-one people are killed and 33 others are injured by a mosque bombing in Kabul. (BBC News)
- August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Inflation in the United Kingdom increases to 10.1%, the highest level since February 1982, due to increasing fuel and food prices. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- Matanzas oil storage facility explosion
- The death toll from the August 6 fire at a supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba, rises to 16. All the deceased were firefighters who were battling the blaze. (BBC News)
- Twenty-six people are killed by wildfires in Algeria, mostly in the city of El Taref. (BBC News).
International relations
Law and crime
- Police in Tokyo, Japan, arrest a former member of the 2020 Summer Olympics organising committee after prosecutors accused him of graft and bribery. (Reuters)
- The High Court of Australia rules that Google is not liable for defamatory material within hyperlinks that it serves as part of its search results. (Axios)
Science and technology
- Archaeologists discover one of the largest megalithic sites in Europe on a farm in southern Spain. The site dates back 7,000 years and contains more than 500 standing stones. (The Times)