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Topics in the news
- In cycling, Jonas Vingegaard (pictured) wins the Tour de France.
- The World Health Organization declares the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
- The Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest freshwater fish species, is declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- Amid protests over the economic crisis, Ranil Wickremesinghe is elected President of Sri Lanka by the parliament.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine says Russia has launched cruise missile strikes at targets along its Black Sea coast, including at Odesa and Mykolaiv. (Voice of America)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kivu conflict
- Fifteen people are killed and 50 others injured as UN peacekeepers open fire at an anti-United Nations protest in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Economy of Afghanistan, Sanctions against Afghanistan
- Afghanistan and United States officials exchange proposals for the release of billions of dollars from Afghan central bank reserves held abroad into a trust fund. (Al Jazeera)
- Economy of Bangladesh
- Bangladesh seeks a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund for balance of payment and budgetary requirements, as well as climate change management activities. (Al Jazeera)
- Russia in the European energy sector
- European Union energy ministers approve legislation to lower demand for gas by member countries by 15% from August through March. (AP)
- Transport in Croatia
- Croatia opens the 2,404 metres (7,887 ft) long Pelješac Bridge that spans the sea channel between Komarna and Pelješac and connects the country's southeastern semi-exclave to the rest of the country, bypassing Bosnia and Herzegovina's short coastal strip in the municipality of Neum. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 28 people have died and 60 others are ill after consuming illegally brewed alcohol in Gujarat, India. Several suspected bootleggers have been detained in connection with the deaths, according to Gujarat Police. (AP)
- The Met Office confirms that England is experiencing its worst drought since 1976, particularly South East England. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The first case of monkeypox in a pregnant woman in the United States is reported. (CBS)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Federated States of Micronesia
- The Federated States of Micronesia surpasses 1,000 cases of COVID-19 with a rapid increase in cases. (CNA)
International relations
- Syrian civil war
- Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra indicates support for Syria to return to the Arab League after a decade-long suspension. (AP)
- Mexico says it reached an agreement with the United States to give a record 356,000 working visas to Mexican citizens. (Pulso)
Law and crime
- Colombian conflict
- The Special Jurisdiction for Peace charges 19 Colombian soldiers with war crimes and crimes against humanity for the death of 303 people, mostly civilians, between 2005 and 2008. (Al Jazeera)
- Capital punishment in Japan
- Japan executes Tomohiro Katō, perpetrator of the 2008 Akihabara massacre. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
Science and technology
- International Space Station programme
- CEO of Roscosmos Yury Borisov announces that Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own space station. (AP)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, says that Russia has charged 92 members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with "crimes against the peace and security of humanity", with a further 96 people being wanted. There are also 1,300 ongoing criminal investigations. (BBC News)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Mexican drug war
- At least six people are killed in a mass shooting at a rehab center in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico. (Infobae)
Arts and culture
- Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- The United Kingdom is announced as the host of next year's Eurovision Song Contest in place of this year's winners, Ukraine, due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The United Kingdom, represented by Sam Ryder, finished in second place, behind Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra, at this year's competition. Ukraine will still automatically qualify for the grand final. (BBC News)
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
- Meteorological authorities in South Korea issue a heat wave warning for most of the country, with temperatures expected to exceed 34 °C (93 °F). (Yonhap)
- A major incident is declared by Greater Manchester Police after the remains of four people, believed to be Vietnamese migrants, are found at a factory in Oldham, which was destroyed by a fire in May. (The Daily Express)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Germany
- Germany reports 82 new cases of monkeypox, thereby bringing the total number of cases in the country to 2,352. (RKI Deutsch)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the Netherlands
- The Netherlands reports 106 new confirmed cases of monkeypox. (RIVM Netherlands)
- The European Commission extends the marketing authorization of Bavarian Nordic's smallpox vaccine Imvanex to also cover monkeypox. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Germany
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Mississippi reports its first case of monkeypox. (MSDH)
- A "public health emergency" is declared in Harris County, Texas after the number of monkeypox cases rapidly increase in the state. (KPRC-TV)
- It is announced that Texas will receive over 14,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine. (KPRC-TV)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
- Japan reports its first case of monkeypox. (Japan Times)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Brazil
- Brazil reports 117 new confirmed cases of monkeypox. (GOV Brasil)
- Guadeloupe reports its first case of monkeypox in a man in his 20s who travelled from Metropolitan France. (OI Canada)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea reports its first local case of the Omicron BA.2.75 Centaurus variant in a person from North Chungcheong Province. (Korea JoongAng Daily)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
- It is reported that more than 6.5 million people in Belarus have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (BelTA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- 2020–2022 H5N8 outbreak
- The UK's National Trust says that an outbreak of bird flu on the Farne Islands in the North Sea has killed over 3,000 wild birds. However, the actual death toll is estimated to be around ten times higher because birds may have fallen into the sea. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Canada–Holy See relations
- 2022 visit by Pope Francis to Canada
- Thousands of Indigenous people gather in Maskwacis, Alberta, to hear an apology from Pope Francis for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada. (AP)
- 2022 visit by Pope Francis to Canada
- Capital punishment in Myanmar
- Myanmar announces that it has executed four prisoners on charges of terrorism, including Zayar Thaw, a former lawmaker under ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and Kyaw Min Yu. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
- Central Park jogger case
- A sixth man in the Central Park Five case in Manhattan, NYC, U.S., is exonerated of the crime. (Reuters)
- 2022 Langley shootings
- Three people, including the shooter, are killed, and two others are seriously injured in a mass shooting in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. (CBC)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Tunisian constitutional referendum
- Tunisian citizens head to the polls to vote in a constitutional referendum, which was proposed by President Kais Saied as a solution to the country's ongoing political crisis. (DW)
- 2022 Indian presidential election
- Droupadi Murmu is sworn in as President of India. (Al Jazeera)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two Palestinian men are killed and 12 others are injured during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Nablus, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- Iran–Israel proxy conflict
- Iran's Supreme National Security Council announces that their intelligence ministry has arrested an Israeli cell hours before they were to conduct attacks on several sites in Isfahan, including a major nuclear facility. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Thirty-four people are killed when a bus traveling from Meru plunges into a river in Nairobi, Kenya. (Al Jazeera)
- Flash floods kill at least nine people in Sanaa and the Dhamar Governorate in Yemen. (AP)
- The Sakurajima volcano in Kyushu, Japan, erupts. Around 120 residents in two nearby towns are ordered to evacuate even though minimal damages are reported. (Al Jazeera)
- At least 17 Haitian migrants are killed and 25 others are rescued when their boat capsizes off New Providence, Bahamas. (Forbes)
- Italian vessels recover five bodies and rescue 674 people packed on a fishing boat adrift in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast, while European charities rescue 500 people. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Texas
- Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick announces that he has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time. (U.S. News & World Report)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Texas
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
International relations
- Foreign relations of Russia
- Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Egypt for diplomatic talks, and will also visit Ethiopia, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP)
Law and crime
- Ateneo de Manila University shooting
- A former mayor of Lamitan, Basilan, Philippines, and two others are killed in a mass shooting at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Metro Manila. The perpetrator is arrested. (Reuters)
- Police in Honduras intensify their crackdown on gangs in response to last week's murder of the son of former president Porfirio Lobo Sosa. (Diario El Salvador)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Brazilian general election
- President Jair Bolsonaro formally announces that he will run for re-election. (Reuters)
- The Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of Paraguay is summoned in an emergency session to debate the impeachment of Attorney General Sandra Quiñónez, in response to accusations that Quiñónez covered up former president Horacio Cartes's alleged corruption, following Cartes's designation as "significantly corrupt" by the United States. (ABC Color Paraguay)
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- Tiangong space station
- China launches the Wentian module, one of two laboratory modules needed to complete the Tiangong space station, from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan on a Long March 5 rocket.The module is fully integrated with the space station thirteen hours after launch.(China Daily) (AP) (RTHK)
- Tiangong space station
Sports
- Armand Duplantis, a Swedish-American pole vaulter, breaks his own world record at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, clearing 6.21 metres (20 ft 4+1⁄2 in). (The Oregonian)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 bombing of Odesa
- A Russian cruise missile attack destroys a railway station in Kirovohrad Oblast, killing three people and injuring several others. (France 24)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- Economy of Ukraine
- Fitch Ratings downgrades the Ukrainian debt outlook to "C", one grade above default, due to requests from Ukrainian authorities to postpone payments on bonds. (Bloomberg)
- Hong Kong-based airline Greater Bay Airlines completes its maiden flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok. The airline has been granted licenses to operate 104 routes across the Greater China and Asia Pacific regions. (The Standard)
Disasters and accidents
- Wildfires in 2022
- 2022 European heat waves
- 2022 California wildfires
- The Oak Fire in Mariposa County, California, U.S., grows to over 6,555 acres near the Yosemite National Park, with 10 homes destroyed. (Axios)
- Flash floods kill at least 21 people after the Roudbal River overflowed in Estahban, Fars Province, Iran. Fifty-five others are rescued and six others remain missing. (AP)
- Ten people are killed and seven are injured after a mountainside slope collapses in Jingtai County, Gansu, China. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- COVID-19 vaccination in Japan
- Japan begins administering fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for medical staff and care workers for the elderly. (Japan Today)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Japan
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
- COVID-19 vaccination in the Republic of Ireland
- The Irish Ministry of Health announces changes to Ireland's vaccination program including a second booster dose for people between the ages of 50 and 64 years and a first dose of an mRNA vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years who are immunocompromised. (TheJournal.ie) (gov.ie)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the Republic of Ireland
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- The monkeypox outbreak is declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- An Aerolíneas Argentinas flight makes an emergency landing in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut Province, after a bomb threat. The flight with 169 passengers and six crew members was flying from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province. (Infobae)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Vanuatuan presidential election
- Nikenike Vurobaravu is elected President of Vanuatu by the country's Electoral College in the eighth round of voting and will succeed outgoing President Tallis Obed Moses. (RNZ)
- Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha survives a no-confidence vote with 256 confidence votes, 206 votes against and nine abstentions. (AP)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- July 2022 Israeli Damascus Governorate airstrikes
- An Israeli airstrike kills three Syrian soldiers, injures seven others and destroys an Iranian weapons depot near Damascus. (AFP via France 24)
- July 2022 Israeli Damascus Governorate airstrikes
- Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
- Russia launches five airstrikes on Jisr ash-Shughur, killing seven people, including four children. (The Guardian)
- Aftermath of the Second Libyan Civil War
- Mali War
- The Macina Liberation Front launches an attack on Mali's largest military base in Bamako. One soldier and six of the attackers are killed. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- The main border crossing between Argentina and Chile reopens after several days of closure due to heavy snowfall. (Yahoo! News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- Singapore reports its first six local cases of the BA.2.75 Centaurus variant as part of the Ministry of Health’s surveillance of the COVID-19 situation in the country. However, the MOH says that the variant isn’t considered a variant of concern by the World Health Organization. (CNA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
- Taiwan reports its first case of the Omicron BA.2.75 Centaurus variant, in a Taiwanese individual arriving from India. (Taiwan News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- COVID-19 pandemic in France
- France reports their first three cases of the BA.2.75 Centaurus variant, including one in the Occitania region. (Technical Ripon)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The first cases of monkeypox in children in the United States are reported, with one being in California. (CNN)
- Maine reports its first case of monkeypox. (WABI-TV)
- Monaco and Bermuda report their first cases of monkeypox. (News Monaco) (Royal Gazette)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan formally approves the release of a million tons of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. The plan had already been endorsed by the Japanese government and other agencies. (Radio France International)
International relations
- United Kingdom–European Union relations
- Brexit
- The European Commission launches four new legal procedures against the United Kingdom for alleged infringements of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement relating to the passage of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill. (Al Jazeera)
- Brexit
- Russia–Ukraine relations
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia and Ukraine sign a UN-backed agreement to allow the export of millions of tonnes of grain from blockaded Black Sea ports. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- South Korea announces that it will lift a decades-long ban on public access to North Korean television, newspapers and other media. (AP)
- Russia–Transnistria relations
- Transnistrian Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatyev reaffirms that Transnistria is committed to becoming an independent state and is open to the possibility of uniting with Russia in the future. (AP)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack
- Criminal charges in the 2021 United States Capitol attack
- Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is found guilty of contempt of Congress after defying the January 6 committee that investigates the riot at the United States Capitol. (Reuters)
- Criminal charges in the 2021 United States Capitol attack
- 2022 Sri Lankan protests
- The military and police raid an anti-government protest camp in Colombo, and arrest nine people. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Rohingya genocide case
- The International Court of Justice rejects the Myanmar military junta’s challenge of the case against the country for its role in the Rohingya genocide. (AP)
- Maquoketa Caves State Park shooting
- Three family members are shot and killed at a campground in Maquoketa Caves State Park, Iowa, United States, with a fourth remaining unharmed. The park is subsequently closed, and the gunman is later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (The Des Moines Register)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- The central bank of Japan raises its inflation forecast and reduces fiscal year expectations while maintaining ultra-low interest rates, saying that the economy was primarily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. (CNBC)
- The European Central Bank raises interest rates by 0.5 percentage points for the first time since 2011 in order to combat inflation in the EU which increased to 8.6% last month. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Pakistan floods
- At least 304 people are killed after five weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods in Pakistan. (AP)
- Taiwan reports a record temperature of 40.7 °C (105.3 °F) in Yuli. However, this measurement is not officially recognized by Taiwanese authorities because it was reported by an automated station. (Taiwan News) (CNA Taiwan)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19. (NBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- Tokyo reports a record 31,878 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. (Nikkei Asia)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- Holocene extinction
- Conservation-reliant species
- An An, the world's longest-living male giant panda under human care, dies at Ocean Park Hong Kong aged 35. An An was a key part of the conservation activities for giant pandas. (RTHK)
- The monarch butterfly is added by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to its endangered species list because of rapidly decreasing population numbers. (AP)
- Conservation-reliant species
- The United States reports its first case of polio since 2013 in an unvaccinated person from Rockland County, New York. (NBC News)
Law and crime
- 2022 New York gubernatorial election
- A man attempts to stab Lee Zeldin, a U.S. Representative and the Republican Party nominee in the upcoming New York gubernatorial election, during a campaign event in Perinton, New York, United States. Zeldin is not hurt during the incident, and the man is taken into custody. (WIVB-TV)
- A police officer, a civilian, and 16 suspected gang members are killed during an operation against organized crime in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Infobae)
- The Ministry of Justice of Russia opens a court case to close the Jewish Agency for Israel, the main agency allowing the aliyah of Jews to Israel. Israel condemns the court case, claiming it is a response to Israel's stance on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Italian government crisis
- Mario Draghi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy. President Sergio Mattarella accepts Draghi's resignation. (BBC News)
- Mattarella dissolves the Parliament of Italy, calling for a snap parliamentary election. (la Stampa)
- 2022 Sri Lankan presidential election
- Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as president of Sri Lanka. (AP)
- 2022 Indian presidential election
- Droupadi Murmu is elected as the new president of India, making her the first female from a scheduled tribe to be elected to the post. (NDTV)
- 2022 Brazilian general election
- Former President Lula da Silva is nominated by the Workers' Party to run in the upcoming presidential election. (Al Jazeera)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Operation Claw-Lock
- Zakho resort attack
- Iraqi government and regional authorities claim that Turkish Armed Forces fired four missiles at a resort in the Zakho District of Kurdistan Region in Iraq, killing eight Iraqi tourists and injuring 23 others. (AP)
- Zakho resort attack
- Operation Claw-Lock
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that his country's military goals are no longer limited to the Donbas region and have expanded to also include "the Kherson region, the Zaporizhzhia region and a number of other territories". (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Somali Civil War
- Al-Shabaab raids Yeed and Aato in Bakool, Somalia, near the Ethiopian border. Fourteen Ethiopian police officers and three civilians are killed. (Reuters) (VOA)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Inflation in the United Kingdom increased to 9.4% last month, breaking a 40-year record, as food and fuel prices continue to increase. (The Guardian)
- Russia in the European energy sector
- The European Commission tells EU member states to reduce gas usage by 15% until March 2023 as part of an emergency plan after President Vladimir Putin warns that Russian supplies of natural gas could be reduced further. (Reuters)
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The European Union bans imports of gold from Russia and freezes Sberbank's assets. (Euronews)
- Economy of Ukraine
- Ukraine's government, facing an estimated 35% to 45% decrease in GDP, asks its international creditors to freeze its debt payments for two years, including a $1.2 billion debt payment due at the beginning of September. The proposal is backed by major Western governments and other major lenders. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 European heat wave
- Six federal states of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein) see their all-time high records beaten, with the highest temperature, 40.3 °C (104.5 °F), set at Bad Mergentheim. (Tagesschau)
- Abed, a hamlet on the Danish island of Lolland, sets the highest July temperature recorded in the country, reaching 35.9 °C (96.6 °F). (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
- A United States Army soldier is killed and nine others are injured after a lightning strike at a training area at Fort Gordon in Georgia. (USA Today)
- One person is killed and 23 others are injured after a tornado hits Jiangsu, China. (AP)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Syria, Foreign relations of Ukraine
- The Foreign Ministry of Syria announces that the country is formally suspending diplomatic relations with Ukraine. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Sri Lankan presidential election
- Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe is declared the winner of the election, defeating his closest rival, Dullas Alahapperuma, by 134 votes to 82. (BBC News)
- 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
- 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
- Penny Mordaunt is eliminated from the leadership election in the fifth round of voting. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Conservative Party leadership election