Portal:Current events/2022 July 22

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)
• 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
  • Thirteen people are killed as fighting occurs in Tripoli, Libya. (Reuters)
• 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 France
    • France reports their first three cases of the BA.2.75 Centaurus variant, including one in the Occitania region. (Technical Ripon)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 January 6 United States Capitol attack
  • Criminal proceedings in the January 6 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)
• 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 familicide
  • Three family members are 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)

Politics and elections'

• 2022 Papua New Guinean general election
  • Prime Minister James Marape's Pangu Pati wins the general election. (One Papua New Guinea)