Russia misses a deadline to pay back its US$100 million debt to international creditors, bringing the country closer to default. It will be the first time that the country has defaulted since 1918.
Riot Turkish police disperse hundreds of people in Istanbul after the government banned the Pride Parade alleging that the parade could cause "public unrest due to society's sensitivities".
Shanghai declares "victory" over COVID-19 and Beijing announces the reopening of primary and secondary schools following a decrease in the number of cases.
Pro-Russian forces say that they have entered the city of Lysychansk, the last major city still held by Ukrainian forces in Luhansk Oblast, and that street-to-street fighting is underway.
Russia launches dozens of cruise missiles at targets in multiple Ukrainian cities, including Yavoriv, Zhytomyr, and Desna. At least 20 missiles were fired from Belarusian airspace.
The United States Supreme Court overturns , ending protection of the right to abortion on the federal level and returning regulation to the states. Twenty-two states enact trigger laws or reinstitute existing laws banning abortion.
A court in Cuba sentences two protesters to between five and nine years in prison for desecrating the Cuban flag and resisting authority during last year's protests.
Ukrainian authorities say that Russian forces have captured the city of Hirske, south of Lysychansk, in Luhansk Oblast. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says that his forces also captured the town of Zolote.
Eighteen migrants are killed and hundreds of people injured, mostly Spanish and Moroccan security forces, as around 2,000 migrants attempt to illegally enter Melilla, Spain, from Morocco.