Wikinews:2021/July

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July 1

• Georgian defense ministry announces return of military units from Afghanistan

July 4

• 130 countries at OECD summit agree to back global corporate tax rate
• Post match interview with Maroochydore Rugby Union Club's James Turvey on his 100 A grade games

July 5

• Ransomware attack hits over 200 US companies, forces Swedish grocery chain to close

July 6

• Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel hospitalised with COVID-19

July 10

• Australia: Andrea Wildin, Greens candidate in Stretton state by-election, discusses political issues with Wikinews
• National Health Service England waiting list at highest on record for second consecutive month

July 15

• California governor signs new state budget, eligible Californians to get stimulus payments
• Australian state of Victoria to enter five-day lockdown following more than a dozen active COVID-19 cases

July 17

• Floods in Europe kill over 150, hundreds reportedly missing

July 20

• Baseball game suspended after three injured in shooting outside Washington Nationals–San Diego Padres game

July 21

• Technological University Dublin senior lecturer Dr Lorcan Sirr speaks to Wikinews on housing market in Ireland
• Three rural councils in New South Wales, Australia enter 7-day lockdown
• Wikinews attends 2021 Texas Haunters Convention
• Australia: Victoria lockdown extended by a week with 85 active cases recorded

July 22

• Bomb techs erred in South Los Angeles explosion, says city police department chief

July 23

• 2020 Olympics opening ceremony takes place in Tokyo
• South Australia enters week-long lockdown to contain COVID-19 Delta variant spread

July 24

• Algerian judoka suspended from Olympics for refusing to face Israeli
• According to recent study, deaths in India number roughly 4 million during COVID-19 pandemic

July 25

• Australia: Wikinews interviews Reg Kidd, mayor of the City of Orange, about COVID-19 lockdown and local government
• Heavy monsoon rains kill over 100 in India, many thousands evacuated

July 26

• China resumes deportation of refugees back to North Korea
• Floods in central China kill 25

July 29

• Tunisia's president dismisses prime minister, suspends parliament

July 30

• Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz wins the Philippines' first-ever Olympic gold medal