Portal:Current events/2022 June 3

June 3, 2022 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

2022 food crises
- Chad declares an emergency over food insecurity in the country. The United Nations estimates that more than a third of the population are in need of urgent humanitarian aid. (Africanews)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailment
- Five people are killed and 60 others are injured after a train derails in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. (VOA)
2022 Russian mystery fires
- A fire occurs in a building in Moscow, Russia, injuring at least four people, with 125 people being rescued. However, the total number of people trapped inside the building is unclear. (AP)

Health and environment

2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Latvia confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters)
- United States health officials say that 1,200 doses of the smallpox vaccine have been administered for patients considered at a high-risk for monkeypox. (CNN)

Politics and elections

2019–2022 Sudanese protests
- A protester is killed in Khartoum after security forces open fire on demonstrators on the third anniversary of the Khartoum massacre. (Reuters)
Estonia's coalition agreement collapses as the junior coalition partner, the Centre Party, joins the far-right EKRE in defeating a government bill on primary education, and is subsequently expelled by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. Kallas is expected to form a coalition with two other parties, Isamaa and the Social Democrats. (Reuters)
Germany's Bundestag approves a constitutional amendment that enshrines €100 billion in military spending. The amendment must now pass the Bundesrat. (AFP via France 24)

Science and technology

Sports