RationalWiki:What is going on in the world?/July 2022

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July 2022[edit]

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19RussiaUkraine Russian occupation regimes in Ukraine are quietly preparing referendums on Russian annexation, the same playbook Russia used in Crimea in 2014.
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20United States US economy enters in technical recession
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28United States Even though former advisor of ex-US President Donald Trump and far-right figure Steve Bannon has been convicted for contempt of Congress, he's still on his podcast, calling for thousands of shock troops to overthrow the US Government.
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42the WorldChina Two year study into 'Covid-19 Origin' solidly point to it being zoonotic, via the Huanan 'wet market' in Wuhan. So, 23m dead worldwide due to poor hygiene levels in markets which the authorities knew were a problem for yonks.
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19the WorldUnited Kingdom The worldwide Anglican Communion is to issue a statement that marriage is only between a man and a woman, but will allow bishops to state their opposition to this in another confusing compromise. The US and Scottish branches already allow gay marriage but the Church of England and many African groups refuse.
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26the World The WHO declares the ongoing Monkeypox outbreak from the Nigerian strain to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the first since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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38United States Verizon has said it is not renewing its contract for carriage for One America News Network, and the channel would disappear from schedules at the end of July. Now, OAN is begging its viewers to get the other two main cable companies, Charter and Comcast, to get OAN on their channel listings.
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-17United Kingdom New law in place to allow businesses to hire agency workers to plug staffing gaps caused by strike action Yep, you read that right. Workers rights in the UK just got gutted.
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15United States Former Coinbase Employee Allegedly Tipped His Brother and Friend Regarding Crypto Assets That Were Going to be Listed on Coinbase Exchanges
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18European Union Amid inflation, European Central Bank raises interest rates for the first time in over a decade.
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12Italy Mario Draghi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy as the coalition government falls apart. New elections are expected later this year.
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11the World Trans flag.svg In improving the position of sport, preventing trademark problems and due to JK Rowling's transphobia; both the American and international sports bodies for quidditchWikipedia have formally renamed the sport as "quadball".
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25Australia A "spiritual insights coach" in Queensland, Australia has pleaded guilty to selling over 1,200 fake COVID-19 exemptions and falsely claiming to be a doctor.
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17United Kingdom Ireland FranceThe current heatwave has broken the notable 40°C mark in the UK, with London's Heathrow Airport reaching an historical high of 40.2°C. The day before, Ireland records its hottest temperature in 135 years as Dublin hits a record 33.1°C. While in France, much of country's Atlantic coast is struggling with wildfires. Update: The highest ever temperature in the UK is in fact 40.3°C in Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
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14European Union Albania North MacedoniaThe European Commission has agreed to open up membership accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia.
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63SloveniaGay Pride Flag.svg Slovenia legalizes same-sex marriage.
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18Spain The Spanish government has said, it is removing the fares for multiple-journey local and regional rail services between September and December, to cushion the impact of inflation and rapidly rising energy prices. Funding of the venture would come from a windfall tax from banks and energy companies.
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9Ireland Like the UK, Ireland's Met Éireann is also warning on high temperatures at the start of next week, which could possibly break national records of 32°C and already there are fire management alerts for wildfires.
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13United Kingdom The Met Office has given out its first national red emergency extreme heat warning for Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th, as meteorologists are predicting temperatures hitting all times high of 40°C, higher than it has ever been recorded.
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21ChinaChina's economy brakes sharply in Q2, global risks darken outlook. GDP grew a tepid 0.4% from a year earlier, the worst showing since the data series began in 1992, excluding the contraction in the first quarter of 2020 due to the initial COVID shock.
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33North Korea Flag of Donetsk People's Republic.svg Flag of the Luhansk People's Republic.svg Ukraine Due to recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics by North Korea, Ukraine has severed diplomatic ties with Pyongyang.
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18United States Inflation surges 9.1% in June, most since November 1981
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8United KingdomIn a home office u-turn a baby has been granted visa for indefinite leave to stay in UK after initially being refused because the 8 month old child had an 'established life' in Jamaica. The baby's mother was told she could provide financial assistance from the UK
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19UkraineRussiaSince the beginning of the Russian invasion, the UN has confirmed 11,544 civilian casualties in the country, 5,024 of whom were killed. 302 of the deaths were children.
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18CubaCuba faced the biggest protests since the revolution. One year on, the government's grip is tighter than ever
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17United StatesEuropean Union Euro dropped below parity against the dollar the first time in almost two decades.
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18United Kingdom BBC Panorama has revealed disturbing evidence of war crimes by the SAS in Afghanistan - and of subsequent attempts to cover them up.
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33United States Drug company Perrigo is asking the FDA to review the possibility of making its daily birth control pill accessible over the counter in pharmacies, making it the first contraceptive pill available without a doctor's prescription.
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18Sri Lanka Protestors in Sri Lanka have stormed the Presidential palace. Both President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, have resigned from their duties.
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17United StatesTexas. Pregnant Texas woman argues fetus a ‘living child’ after HOV-lane ticket, following Roe v. Wade repeal
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25Nicaragua Nuns expelled from Nicaragua in latest effort to silence groups speaking out against dictatorship
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49United States Elon Musk cancels Twitter takeover. Surprised? No, not me either.
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48Japan Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, has been assassinated by a gunman whilst giving a speech.
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20United StatesGeorgia (U.S. State). Televangelist Creflo Dollar appears to have renounced his views towards tithing.
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35RussiaUkraine Putin finally makes clear what was already known - he's never going to stop attacking Ukraine until it doesn't exist any more. He wishes to wipe Ukraine out of existence, but of course it is "the west" who wants to "fight to the last Ukrainian".
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53United Kingdom Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative Party leader, and plans to stand down as Prime Minister in the Autumn after the election of his successor.
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-20United StatesGeorgia (U.S. State). Someone appears to have planted an explosive at the Georgia Guidestones at 4 AM, destroying one of the four stones. (link for Europeans)
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-8United StatesOhio. Yet another (possibly racist) officer-involved shooting: Unarmed suspect Jayland Walker suffered at least 60 wounds in fatal police shooting, Akron police chief says, as authorities release bodycam footage
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8United StatesIllinois. Yet another mass shooting just happened at Highland Park, Illinois during a 4th of July parade. Currently, 7 people have died.
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30Australia Australian police charge 12 people with murder, and the parents additionally with torture and denial of the necessities of life, following the death of an 8 year old girl after they "prayed" over her for 6 days while denying her diabetes treatments.
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23United Kingdom Two senior ministers, the chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid has resigned from their ministerships over Johnson's integrity regarding the Christopher Pincher affair and demanded his resignation.
Update: Four parliamentary party secretaries and the vice-chair of the party Bin Afolami has resigned from their posts as well. Steve Barclay is to be health secretary, while Nadhim Zahawi is to be chancellor.
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-11United Kingdom Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has said that the building codes for all new non-residential public buildings would require separate men’s and women’s toilets, and would ban buildings from having solely gender-neutral facilities. It does NOT ban gender neutral bathrooms as was initially stated in this title.
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37Bulgaria Germany United States Bulgarian-German Ruja IgnatovaWikipedia, the self-styled "cryptoqueen" who created the OneCoin Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of around US$4 billion, is now been added to and is on top of the FBI's most wanted list.
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-18United States SCOTUS is now looking at who has the authority to certify a state's decision on where the electoral college votes go to.