## [2022-07-21](/feed/2022/07/21/index.md)

##### 2022 Brazilian general election
### [Former President Lula da Silva is nominated by the Workers' Party to run in the upcoming presidential election. ](/feed/2022/07/21/former-president-lula-da-silva-is-nominated-by-the-workers-party-to-run-in-the-upcoming-presidential-election.md)
##### 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. ](/feed/2022/07/21/droupadi-murmu-is-elected-as-the-new-president-of-india-making-her-the-first-female-from-a-scheduled-tribe-to-be-electe.md)
##### 2022 Sri Lankan presidential election
### [Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as president of Sri Lanka. ](/feed/2022/07/21/ranil-wickremesinghe-is-sworn-in-as-president-of-sri-lanka.md)
##### 2022 Italian government crisis
### [Mattarella dissolves the Parliament of Italy, calling for a snap parliamentary election. ](/feed/2022/07/21/mattarella-dissolves-the-parliament-of-italy-calling-for-a-snap-parliamentary-election.md)
### [Mario Draghi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy. President Sergio Mattarella accepts Draghi's resignation. ](/feed/2022/07/21/mario-draghi-resigns-as-prime-minister-of-italy-president-sergio-mattarella-accepts-draghi-s-resignation.md)
##### Ministry of Justice of Russia
### [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. ](/feed/2022/07/21/the-ministry-of-justice-of-russia-opens-a-court-case-to-close-the-jewish-agency-for-israel-the-main-agency-allowing-the.md)
##### Organized crime
### [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. ](/feed/2022/07/21/a-police-officer-a-civilian-and-16-suspected-gang-members-are-killed-during-an-operation-against-organized-crime-in-a.md)
##### 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. ](/feed/2022/07/21/a-man-attempts-to-stab-lee-zeldin-a-us-representative-and-the-republican-party-nominee-in-the-upcoming-new-york-guber.md)
##### United States
### [The United States reports its first case of polio since 2013 in an unvaccinated person from Rockland County, New York. ](/feed/2022/07/21/the-united-states-reports-its-first-case-of-polio-since-2013-in-an-unvaccinated-person-from-rockland-county-new-york.md)
##### Holocene extinction
### [The monarch butterfly is added by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to its endangered species list because of rapidly decreasing population numbers. ](/feed/2022/07/21/the-monarch-butterfly-is-added-by-the-international-union-for-conservation-of-nature-to-its-endangered-species-list-beca.md)
### [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. ](/feed/2022/07/21/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-k.md)
##### COVID-19 pandemic
### [Tokyo reports a record 31,878 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. ](/feed/2022/07/21/tokyo-reports-a-record-31878-new-covid-19-cases-in-the-past-24-hours.md)
### [President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19. ](/feed/2022/07/21/president-joe-biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19.md)
##### Taiwan
### [Taiwan reports a record temperature of 40.7 C in Yuli. However, this measurement is not officially recognized by Taiwanese authorities because it was reported by an automated station. ](/feed/2022/07/21/taiwan-reports-a-record-temperature-of-407-c-in-yuli-however-this-measurement-is-not-officially-recognized-by-taiwane.md)
##### 2022 Pakistan floods
### [At least 304 people are killed after five weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods in Pakistan. ](/feed/2022/07/21/at-least-304-people-are-killed-after-five-weeks-of-monsoon-rains-and-flash-floods-in-pakistan.md)
##### 2021–2022 inflation surge
### [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. ](/feed/2022/07/21/the-european-central-bank-raises-interest-rates-by-05-percentage-points-for-the-first-time-since-2011-in-order-to-comba.md)
### [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. ](/feed/2022/07/21/the-central-bank-of-japan-raises-its-inflation-forecast-and-reduces-fiscal-year-expectations-while-maintaining-ultra-low.md)
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