August 4, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- A Russian strike kills eight civilians and injures four others, at a bus stop in Toretsk, according to regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. (Ukrinform)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Amnesty International releases a report alleging Ukrainian forces have endangered civilians by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in residential areas, schools, hospitals, violating international humanitarian law as they turn civilian objects into military targets. (Amnesty International)
- Battle of Donbas
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Thirteen people, including nine civilians, are killed in a militant attack in Bam, Burkina Faso; thirty-four insurgents are also killed. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- The Bank of England raises its benchmark interest rate from 1.25% to 1.75% in its largest single rate hike since 1995. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed when a truck collides with a commuter bus in Central Region, Ghana. (UNOI)
- Three people are killed and a fourth person is seriously injured by a lightning strike at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., United States. (CBC)
- Six people are killed and eight others are injured when nurse Nicole Linton drove into multiple cars at over 130MPH in Windsor Hills, California. (CBS)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The Biden administration declares the ongoing monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency. (MSN)
- The United States Food and Drug Administration announces that it will permit the use of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine in children on a case by case basis. (ABC News)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
- COVID-19 vaccination in South Africa
- South Africa reports its first death linked to the COVID-19 vaccine in a person who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 vaccination in South Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
International relations
- Cross-Strait relations
- 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
- China launches missiles off the coast of Taiwan as part of military exercises conducted following the visit from U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. (Reuters) (AP)
- 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan