Current events: 2023-07-22

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Arts and culture

• LGBT rights in Malaysia
  • The Malaysian Ministry of Communications and Digital cancels a music festival in Sepang, Selangor, after Matty Healy, the lead vocalist of English band the 1975, openly criticized the country's anti-LGBT laws and kissed his male bandmate on stage. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
    • President Bongbong Marcos formally ends the declaration of COVID-19 as a public health emergency in the country. (Khaleej Times)
• 2023 European heat waves
  • The National Observatory of Athens reports that Greece faces its longest-ever heat wave, with temperatures expected to exceed {{convert|40|C}}, marking a possible 16-17 day wave. The country remains on an alert state. (AFP via Herald Sun)

International relations

• Protests against Quran desecration in Sweden, Iran–Sweden relations
  • Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei states that people who desecrate the Quran should face the "most severe punishment", and that Sweden has "gone into battle-array for war on the Muslim world". (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Eleven people are killed in an arson attack at a bar in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. (Reuters)

Sports

• Ju Wenjun wins her fourth Women's World Chess Champion title after a victory in the 12th game of the match against challenger Lei Tingjie. (FIDE)

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