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May 16

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Battle of Kharkiv
    - Ukraine says its troops have pushed back Russian forces in a counter-offensive, reaching its border with Russia. Kharkiv governor Oleh Synyehubov confirms Ukrainian forces have restored control of a border crossing with Russia in the region. (Reuters)
  - Siege of Mariupol
    - Five buses and an armored personnel carrier evacuate several hundred soldiers from the Azovstal steel works mill following negotiations with the Russian Armed Forces. The evacuated soldiers will be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war. (BBC News) (Reuters)
  - The Russian Defence Ministry says its forces have shot down three Ukrainian Air Force warplanes, including an Su-25 over Mykolaiv and a Su-24 strike jet near Snake Island in the Black Sea. (Reuters)
Somali Civil War
- American military intervention in Somalia
  - U.S. President Joe Biden announces that American troops will be redeployed to Somalia, reversing a previous order under former President Donald Trump. (ABC News)

Business and economy

2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
- McDonald's announces that it has begun the process of selling all of its restaurants in Russia citing the "humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine", as the reason for ending operations in the country after 32 years. (Reuters)
- McDonald’s restaurants will reopen in Russia under a new brand in mid-June, and menus will be retained. (TASS)
Commercial flights from Sanaa International Airport in Sanaa, Yemen, resume after six years. The Yemenia flight carried 151 passengers to the Jordanian capital Amman. (France 24)

Disasters and accidents

Wildfires in 2022
- 2022 New Mexico wildfires
  - The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire in New Mexico grows to 300,000 acres, becoming the largest wildfire in state history. (CNN)
Fourteen people are killed and 19 others are injured after a tourist bus smashes into a billboard in Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia. (AP)
At least one person is killed and 85 others injured after two cargo trains collide in Catalonia, Spain. (AP)

Law and crime

The Ghanaian Ministry of Defence warns that the possibility that a terrorist attack will occur in the country is "very real" and that the country's defence system has been placed at high alert. (Yen.com.gh) (GhanaWeb)

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