Portal:Current events/2011 July 22
Armed conflict and attacks
- 2011 Norway attacks
- An explosion damages government buildings in Oslo, Norway at 15:25; at eight people are killed and several are reportedly injured. (Al Jazeera) (Sky News)
- A gunman opens fire at a Labour Party camp in Utøya with 69 people killed. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Police arrest a Norwegian man right-wing extremism. (CTV News) (Sky News)
- An explosion damages government buildings in
- 2011 Malawian protests: Authorities block a mass funeral for seven people killed during anti-government riots. (News 24)
Arts and culture
- China is to ordain seven more bishops, amid a dispute with the Vatican. (AFP via Google News)
- Elliot Handler who cofounded Mattel with his wife dies at age 95. (The New York Times)
Business and economy
- Qantas pilots commence industrial action for the first time in 45 years. (AFP via The West Australian)
- General Electric reports stronger than expected earnings, largely due to industrial sales outside the United States. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 41 people are killed in a fire on a bus in
- Nepalese officials say monsoon rains have swollen two major rivers in the country and have increased the threat of widespread flooding. (IOL)
- 2011 Horn of Africa famine
- The Islamist militant group in Somalia says a ban on aid groups working in parts of the country remains. (Al Jazeera)
- C$50 million more, in addition to the $22 million it has already donated, to aid agencies working in East Africa (CBC News)
- The
International relations
- ASEAN Regional Forum
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations members for agreeing on guidelines aimed at defusing tensions over the South China Sea. (AFP via Yahoo News)
- North Korea appoints Ri Yong-ho as its new negotiator in the Six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear weapons program. (Yonhap)
Law and crime
- Up to 100 Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre. (AAP via WA Today)
- Serbia extradites suspected war criminal Goran Hadžić to The Hague to face trial. (BBC)
- News International phone hacking scandal
- The Crown Office confirms that Strathclyde Police will investigate phone hacking and breaches of data protection in Scotland. (BBC)
- British Labour MP James Murdoch's evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee. The Independent
- Two Mexican police officers assigned to guard the United States consulate in Monterrey are killed in a drive-by shooting while off duty. (AP via SF Gate)
Politics
- Debt negotiations between President of the United States Barack Obama and Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner collapse. (Washington Post)