Portal:Current events/2022 July 23

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 bombing of Odesa
      • Two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles hit Odesa's port less than a day after a deal to export grain from Ukraine was signed between Russia and Ukraine. Initial reports indicate no related infrastructure damage. (AP)
    • A Russian cruise missile attack destroys a railway station in Kirovohrad Oblast, killing three people and injuring several others. (France 24)

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 European and Mediterranean wildfires
      • In Greece, nine people are rescued after wildfires burn on the island of Lesbos and threaten the resort town of Vatera amid a heat wave in the country. (Reuters) (The New York Post)
  • 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 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)
• 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)