Portal:Current events/2022 July 21

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 Japan
    • Tokyo reports a record 31,878 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. (Nikkei Asia)
• 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)
• 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)