Herald section
The latest reporting from across the Belfast Herald news desks.
Inflation in the United Kingdom increases to 10.1%, the highest level since February 1982, due to increasing fuel and food prices.
Russia conducted missile strikes on Odesa and Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine following sabotage attacks on military facilities in Crimea. The strikes followed explosions at an ammunition depot and an air base on the peninsula.
The prime minister of Vanuatu Bob Loughman asks for the dissolution of parliament as he faces a vote of no-confidence.
First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while on vacation in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, and is isolating at a private residence with mild symptoms.
New Zealand will send 120 defence personnel to the UK to train Ukrainian forces in combat skills, including weapon handling and first aid, without deploying to Ukraine.
The UK has become the first country to approve a bivalent Moderna vaccine designed to target both the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and the Omicron variant.
The Environment Agency of England has declared a drought in eight of its fourteen areas due to prolonged dry weather and extreme heat. The move follows a meeting of the National Drought Group and reflects deteriorating hydrological conditions.
A Belize-flagged vessel carrying wheat left Chornomorsk port in Ukraine on 12 August 2022, marking the first export of Ukrainian grain under a U.N.-brokered agreement to restore Black Sea grain exports.