In the news

Salman Rushdie

 A church fire in Giza, Egypt, kills 41 people, including several children.

 Salman Rushdie (pictured), author of The Satanic Verses, is critically injured
after a stabbing at a speech in the United States.
 A mass mortality event involving fish, beavers and other wildlife occurs in the
Polish part of the river Oder, causing a health and environmental crisis.
 A mass shooting after a family conflict in Cetinje, Montenegro, leaves 11
people dead and 6 others injured.
Ongoing: 
 COVID-19 pandemic
 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Recent deaths: 
 Jean-Jacques Sempé
 Luis Enrique Oberto
 Olivia Newton-John
 Freya
 Anne Heche
 Anshu Jain