Main News of July 22

A roundup of what has happened during the past 24 hours

WORLD

Thirty-seven people were killed as the heaviest downpours in more than half a century have flooded China’s capital, Beijing, state-run news agency Xinhua reported

RUSSIA

Russia’s Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a group of five satellites on board has blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday

Investigators detained several prominent local officials over a deadly flood that ravaged the city of Krymsk in southern Russia

BUSINESS

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from his board posts at companies that own several of his News Corporation's best-known newspapers, British media reports said

SPORTS

A brace from Alexander Kerzhakov helped reigning Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg open their title defense with a 2-0 defeat of Amkar Perm on Sunday