May 18, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Around 200 anti-government militants block a road in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, which links the country to China. Some of the militants, armed with firearms and petrol bombs, later ambush a security convoy on the same road. Eight militants and one officer are killed, while 13 officers are injured and more than 70 militants are arrested. The Tajik interior ministry later say the attack was an attempt to "destabilise the social and political situation" in the region. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 global supply chain crisis
- 2022 United States infant formula shortage
- The U.S. House of Representatives votes to pass a series of legislation aimed at combating the baby formula shortage in the United States. The Access to Baby Formula Act passes with a 414–9 vote, and the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act passes with a 231–192. (NBC News) (Newsweek)
- U.S. President Joe Biden invokes the Defense Production Act to solve the baby formula shortage in the U.S. (CNBC)
- 2022 United States infant formula shortage
- Google's Russian subsidiary announces its intention to file for bankruptcy after Russian authorities seize the company's bank account. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed and another is injured after a wall of a salt factory collapses in Morbi, Gujarat, India. Several others are missing. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and several others are injured after a car drives into 14 cyclists in Przypki, Poland. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Portugal confirms its first five cases of monkeypox. (AP)
- Spain says that it is monitoring eight potential monkeypox cases. (CTV News)
- The United States confirms its first case of monkeypox in 2022, in a man from Massachusetts who recently traveled to Canada. (ABC News)
- Mozambique confirms its first polio case in 30 years in the northwestern province of Tete. (Reuters)
International relations
- Government and intergovernmental reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine–United States relations
- The American embassy in Kyiv reopens for the first time since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Ukraine–United States relations
- France–Russia relations, Italy–Russia relations, Russia–Spain relations
- The Russian Foreign Ministry expels 85 diplomats from France, Spain, and Italy in response to the expulsions of Russian diplomats from European Union nations. (Reuters)
- Enlargement of NATO
Law and crime
- Three people are killed and five others injured after a man opens fire at his former workplace in Ilam province, Iran, before committing suicide. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 30th Alberta Legislature
- Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney announces his intention to resign as leader of the United Conservative Party after a leadership review results in 51.4% approval of his leadership from party members. He will be replaced as leader and premier once a successor is named. (AP)
Sports
- 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
- In association football, Eintracht Frankfurt defeat the Glasgow Rangers 5–4 on penalties to win the UEFA Europa League following a 1–1 draw after extra time in the final at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain. (CNN)