Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- The Socialist Party, led by António Costa (pictured), wins a majority of seats in the Portuguese legislative election.
- Sergio Mattarella is re-elected as president of Italy.
- In Burkina Faso, a coup d'état led by military officer Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba deposes President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.
- Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk and peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh dies at the age of 95.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, the leader of the Islamic State, is killed by U.S. forces during a raid and battle in Atme, Idlib Governorate. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Twenty people die and 74 others are hospitalized in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after consuming cocaine laced with poison or "cut" with another substance. Nine people are arrested. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- Belarus–Russia relations
- A video is shown of troops from the Armed Forces of Belarus and the Eastern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces conducting military drills and "combat cohesions" in Belarus amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. (TASS) (ABC News)
- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby announces that the Pentagon will deploy 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe in order to defend its allies and counter Russian aggression against Ukraine. (NBC News)
- Belarus–Russia relations
- Ituri conflict; 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- Plaine Savo massacre
- Over 60 people are killed by CODECO militiamen during a mass stabbing at a camp for internally displaced people in Djugu, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera)
- Plaine Savo massacre
- 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt
- Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló says that gunmen tried to kill him and his entire cabinet at the government palace yesterday during the coup d'état attempt. The heavy gunfire, which lasted for five hours, resulted in the deaths of at least four attackers and two guards. The attackers are said to be "linked to drug trafficking in the country". (BBC News)
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Turkish airstrikes target PKK and SDF positions in Northern Iraq and Syria, killing 12 people and injuring 17 others. (Middle East Eye)
Business and economy
- CNN president Jeff Zucker resigns for failing to disclose that he was in a relationship with the network's executive vice president. The relationship was discovered during a misconduct investigation into the network's former anchor Chris Cuomo. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- A power cable collapse kills at least 26 people in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
- The Czech Republic reports a record 66,970 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. (Radio Prague International)
- COVID-19 pandemic in France
- France begins to lift the mandatory outdoor mask wearing and work from home orders despite a high number of COVID-19 cases. (Euronews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
Politics and elections
- Canadian Opposition Leader Erin O'Toole is removed from his leadership position in a 73–45 no-confidence vote by his party. Deputy Leader Candice Bergen is announced as the interim leader of the party. (CBC)
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- 2021–22 NHL season
- 2022 National Hockey League All-Star Game
- It is announced that Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin will miss the upcoming NHL All-Star game after testing positive for COVID-19. (ESPN)
- 2022 National Hockey League All-Star Game
- Denmark at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Six players from the Danish men's national hockey team test positive for COVID-19 ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympics. (The Hill)
- 2021–22 NHL season
- Washington Redskins name controversy, Native American mascot controversy
- It is announced that, starting in the 2022 NFL season, the Washington Football Team will be renamed as the Washington Commanders in order to replace the Redskins name, considered a racial slur, which was retired in mid-2020 following the nationwide George Floyd protests. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- War in Donbas
- A Ukrainian Air Force drone strike kills a pro-Russian insurgent on the frontline in Donbas, according to the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. (Skai)
- The Luhansk People's Republic accuses Ukraine of deploying a 9K33 Osa anti-aircraft missile system in a residential area of Popasna, a majority Russian-speaking city near the frontline. (TASS)
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Russia–United States relations
- Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the United States of trying to "draw Russia into war" in Ukraine as a pretext to impose more sanctions in order to "contain Russia's development". Putin also says that the U.S. has ignored Russia's concerns about the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe. (BBC News)
- War in Donbas
- 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt
- A coup attempt is made in Guinea-Bissau. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo says that "many" members of the security forces have been killed in a "failed attack against democracy" as both the African Union and ECOWAS condemn the attempted coup. (France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Haiti floods
- Three people are killed and at least 2,500 families have been evacuated amid heavy rains and flooding in Haiti. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
- Norway lifts almost all remaining COVID-19-related restrictions except for face mask rules due to the country's high vaccination rate. (The Local Norway)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
- Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announces that he has tested positive for COVID-19. (Politico.eu)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, COVID-19 vaccination in Spain
- The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices approves the phase III trial of the Hipra COVID-19 vaccine candidate. (The Olive Press)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
- Turkey reports a record 102,601 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. (Hurriyet Daily News)
- European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic
- The European Union restricts the validity of the EU Digital COVID certificate to only nine months after having received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Schengen Visa Info)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
- Quebec Premier François Legault suspends a plan to tax people who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 in order to protect "social cohesion" in the province. (CBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The United States surpasses 900,000 deaths from COVID-19. (New York Daily News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
International relations
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- Belarus–United States relations
- The U.S. State Department announces that they have ordered government employees and their families to leave Belarus amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. (The Hill)
- Belarus–United States relations
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- 2022 Winter Olympics
- American bobsledder Elana Meyers announces that she has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympics. (Time)
- 2022 Winter Olympics
- 2021 NFL season
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, widely regarded as the greatest NFL player of all time, formally announces his retirement after 22 professional seasons. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Brazil floods and landslides
- Flash flooding and landslides caused by torrential rains kill at least 19 people and leave hundreds more homeless in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. This brings the total death toll from flooding in the country to more than 50 people since the start of the wet season. (BBC News)
- 2022 Ecuador landslides
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- Prime minister Justin Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19. (Toronto Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- The U.S. FDA issues a full approval for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for use in adults. (AP)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 vaccination in India
- Indian President Ram Nath Kovind announces that 90% of adults in India have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (ThePrint)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record for the 11th consecutive day of 124,070 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 11.86 million. (Interfax)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
- South Africa scraps the mandatory self-quarantine period for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and cuts the mandatory self-quatantine period for symptomatic patients to seven days because 60% to 80% of its population now had COVID-19. (Bloomberg)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- The Ecuadoran environmental ministry reports that approximately 2 hectares (4.9 acres) of the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve have been contaminated following an oil spill attributed to a ruptured pipeline. (AFP via RFI)
International relations
- France–Mali relations
- The Malian military junta orders the French ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours in response to "outrageous comments" made by the French authorities about Mali's transitional government. (France 24)
- 2022 Burkinabé coup d'état
- The African Union suspends Burkina Faso in response to last week's coup d'état. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
- Gregory and Travis McMichael, two of the three people convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, have reached plea agreements with federal prosecutors on hate crimes charges. However, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood rejects the plea deal. (NPR) (AP)
- 2022 Kusel shooting
- Two police officers are shot dead during a routine traffic stop in Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Partygate
- The initial findings of a report by senior civil servant Sue Gray into allegations of rule breaking at 10 Downing Street during COVID-19 lockdowns are published. (BBC News)
- Peruvian Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez resigns in response to a reshuffle of the government by President Pedro Castillo. (Bloomberg)
Disasters and accidents
- A multiple-vehicle collision in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, kills nine people and injures six others. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
- The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases announces that the National Capital Region and seven other provinces will be downgraded to Alert Level 2, which will allow for resumption of in-person classes and usage of contact sports venues. (Rappler)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar
- Qatar begins administering the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 5 to 11 years. It comes after the Ministry of Public Health approves the use of the vaccine for this age group. (The Peninsula Qatar)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record for the tenth consecutive day of 121,288 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 11.37 million. (Euronews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- North Korean missile tests
- North Korea launches a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) from its Chagang Province. The missile reached an altitude of 2,000 km before landing in the Sea of Japan. It is North Korea's first IRBM launch since 2017. South Korea's National Security Council holds an emergency meeting in response to the launch. (BBC News) (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Manchester United F.C. and England player Mason Greenwood is arrested by Greater Manchester Police on suspicion of rape and assault after videos and images of alleged abuse of his partner were posted on social media. (BBC News)
- Ten members of the Sunni Islamist organization Muslim Brotherhood are sentenced to capital punishment by an Egyptian court for their involvement in a deadly attack against security personnel in 2015. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Portuguese legislative election
- Voters in Portugal head to the polls for a snap parliamentary election. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2021 NFL season
- 2022 NFL playoffs
- The Cincinnati Bengals defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 27–24, to win the AFC Championship, while the Los Angeles Rams defeat the San Francisco 49ers, 20–17, to win the NFC Championship. The Bengals and Rams will meet in Super Bowl LVI, set to be played in SoFi Stadium on February 13. The Rams will also become the second team after the 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers to play the Super Bowl in their home stadium. (CNN)
- 2022 NFL playoffs
- 2022 Australian Open
- Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal defeats Russian Daniil Medvedev in five sets to win the men's singles title at the Australian Open. The victory is Nadal's 21st Grand Slam title, which is an all-time record. (The Guardian)
- 2022 European Men's Handball Championship
- Sweden beat Spain 27–26 in the finals to be crowned champions, their first major title since 2002. (Olympics) (Euro Handball)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
- 2021–22 European windstorm season
- Storm Malik impacts the British Isles, killing two people, and causing widespread damage in Scotland and Northern England. (The Independent)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record for the ninth consecutive day of 113,122 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.61 million. (The Moscow Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 17,542 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 811,122. (The Korea Herald)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
International relations
- 2022 Russian military exercise controversy
- Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney announces that the Russian Minister of Defence has agreed to his request that the exercises would be moved outside the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone. (RTÉ)
Law and crime
- Freedom Convoy 2022
- Participants in the convoy arrive at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to protest vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CTV News Ottawa)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Italian presidential election
- After seven inconclusive ballots, Sergio Mattarella is elected for a second term as President on the eighth ballot. (ANSA)
Sports
- 2022 Australian Open
- Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty defeats American Danielle Collins in two sets, 6–3, 7–6,(7–2) to win the women's singles title at the Australian Open. Barty is the first home player to win the title since Chris O'Neil in 1978. (AFP via France24)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- Russia–NATO relations
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Russia is not interested in starting a war after U.S. President Joe Biden warned Ukraine that Russia may invade Ukraine in February. (NBC News)
- At a special Pentagon press briefing, United States Army General Mark Milley and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be "horrific" and could result in "significant casualties". (Reuters)
- Belarus–NATO relations
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says that Belarus might go to war if they or Russia are attacked. Lukashenko also insists that his country does not want to go to war with Ukraine. (Politico EU)
- Russia–NATO relations
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- 2022 Kech District attack
- Ten Pakistan Army soldiers are killed in an insurgent attack in Kech District, Balochistan, Pakistan. The separatist Baluch Liberation Front claims responsibility for the attack. The army says that it has killed one of the attackers and arrested three others in a clearance operation. (Reuters)
- 2022 Kech District attack
Business and economy
- Chinese espionage in the United States
- The Federal Communications Commission votes unanimously to revoke the authorisation of China Unicom to operate in the United States, citing national security and espionage concerns. The Chinese telecommunications operator must stop providing telecoms services in the U.S. within 60 days. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- The Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, collapses, causing a gas leak. Ten people are injured, none of them seriously. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
- The Philippine Department of Tourism announces the lifting of quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated tourists from countries under its visa waiver program, effective February 10. (AFP via NDTV)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea reports a record for the third consecutive day of 16,096 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 793,582. (Yonhap News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
- COVID-19 pandemic in South America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- Brazil reports a record for the third consecutive day of 228,954 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 24.7 million. (Business Standard)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
- Chile reports a record 26,727 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.075 million. (Xinhua News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales
- New South Wales reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant BA.2 sublineage. (The Guardian)
- Australia reports a record 98 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 35 deaths in New South Wales. (SBS News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record for the eighth consecutive day of 98,040 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 11.5 million. (ABC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- 2022 Burkinabé coup d'état
- The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States agree to suspend Burkina Faso's membership in the bloc in response to the coup d'état. (AFP via RFI)
- Foreign relations of Rwanda, Foreign relations of Uganda
- The Rwandan foreign ministry announces the reopening of the country's border crossing with Uganda following political tensions between the two countries that led to the closure of the border crossing for three years. (AFP via Seychelles News Agency)
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