Portal:Current events/2022 August 17

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)
  - Southern Ukraine campaign
    - Russia launches missile strikes on Odesa and Mykolaiv in Southern Ukraine in response to sabotage bombings of military facilities in Crimea. (MSN)
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)

Business and economy

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

Israel–Turkey relations
- Israel and Turkey restore full diplomatic relations for the first time since 2018. (Axios)

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)