Portal:Current events/2022 July 25
July 25, 2022
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mexican drug war
- At least six people are killed in a shooting attack on a rehab center in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco. (Infobae)
Arts and culture
- Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- The United Kingdom is announced as host of next year's Eurovision Song Contest in place of this year's winners, Ukraine, due to the ongoing war in the country. The UK finished in second place, behind Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra, at the this year's competition. Ukraine will still automatically qualify for the Grand Final. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Meteorological authorities in South Korea issue a heat wave warning for Seoul and nearly all the country, with temperatures expected to surpass 34°C (93°F). (Yonhap)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- The European Commission extends the marketing authorization of Bavarian Nordic's smallpox vaccine Imvanex to also cover monkeypox. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
- Japan reports its first case of monkeypox 3 hours after saying it would prepare for an outbreak of the disease. (Japan Times)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- Germany reports 82 new cases of monkeypox bringing the country's total cases to 2,352. (RKI Deutsche)
- 2020–2022 H5N8 outbreak
- The UK's National Trust says 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 due to birds falling into the sea. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Myanmar
- Myanmar executes four prisoners, including Zayar Thaw, a former lawmaker under ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and Kyaw Min Yu, in the first executions in decades. (The Guardian)
- Canada-Holy See relations
- Thousands of indigenous people gather in the Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to hear an apology from Pope Francis for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Tunisian constitutional referendum
- Citizens of Tunisia head to the polls to vote in a constitutional referendum, which was proposed by President Kais Saied as a solution for the country's ongoing political crisis. (DW)
- 2022 Indian presidential election
- Droupadi Murmu is sworn in as the President of India. (Al Jazeera)
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