Portal:Current events/2022 October 21

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed in an apartment block fire in Hartland, Wisconsin, United States. Local police say that an "active criminal investigation" is underway. (ABC News)
• At least seven people are killed and four others are injured in a road accident in Lima, Peru. (Xinhua)

Health and environment

• Mexico reports its first case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus in a wild, non-poultry bird in Metepec, State of Mexico. (Reuters)

International relations

• Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • The last five members of an Iranian cargo plane with Venezuelan crew arrive in Caracas after four months in Argentine custody, where a court seized the plane on suspicions of terrorism at the request of a US court. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Aftermath of the 2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis
  • The Election Commission of Pakistan bans former prime minister Imran Khan from seeking an elected office in the government for five years, citing Khan's deceit in declaring some of the gifts that he received from foreign dignitaries during his premiership. (France 24)
• 2022 British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership election
  • David Eby is acclaimed as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and becomes the next Premier of British Columbia following the disqualification of his sole opponent, climate activist Anjali Appadurai. (Reuters)