Portal:Current events/2022 January 17

January 17, 2022 (2022-01-17) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Russia–NATO relations
    • Canada deploys a small contingent of special forces to Ukraine as part of a NATO response to deter Russian aggression. The unit is also being tasked with evacuating diplomatic personnel from the Canadian embassy in Kyiv in the event of a full-scale invasion. (Reuters)
    • The United Kingdom begins supplying anti-tank guided missiles to Ukraine amid tensions with Russia, according to Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace. A small number of British military personnel will also be deployed to help train Ukrainian troops. (Reuters)
    • Royal Air Force C-17 transport aircraft arrive in Ukraine with "light anti-armour weapons" as part of British military support for Ukraine. Germany reportedly denies the flights access to their airspace. (UK Defence Journal)
• Spillover of the Yemeni Civil War
  • 2022 Abu Dhabi attack
    • Three people are killed in a suspected drone attack on petrol tanks near a major oil storage facility near Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates. The Yemen-based Houthis claims responsibility for the attack, saying they launched "Five ballistic missiles and a large number of drones". (Hindustan Times)(CNN)

Arts and culture

• Capital of Indonesia
  • The Minister of National Development Planning Suharso Monoarfa reveals that the name of the new Indonesian capital will be Nusantara. Nusantara is a term that had been known for a long time to describe the Indonesian Archipelago. (VOI)
• An independent investigation team identifies Arnold van den Bergh, a member of Amsterdam's Jewish Council, as the person responsible for reporting The Diary of a Young Girl author Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis in 1944, leading to their deaths in a concentration camp. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
  • At least 26 people are killed by a 5.3 earthquake in Qadis, Badghis Province, Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
      • Denmark reports a record 28,780 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as the country eases many of its anti-virus restrictions. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece, COVID-19 vaccination in Greece
      • Greece begins to introduce monthly fine for people aged over 60 who are still unvaccinated against COVID-19 amid a spike of new cases in the country. The monthly fine initially begins at €50 this month followed by €100 fine per month after that. (NPR)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
      • The Netherlands reports a record 42,472 new cases of COVID-19 between Sunday and Monday. (NL Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, COVID-19 drug development
    • Health Canada approves the use of the Pfizer's anti-COVID-19 viral drug Paxlovid for people aged above 18 years who are at risk of severe disease and death. (CBC)

International relations

• Canada–China relations
  • The South China Morning Post reports that Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, said that the first patient infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Beijing received a letter mailed from Canada on January 7 and does not rule out the possibility that the patient was infected via contact with the letter. (South China Morning Post) (CBC)
  • Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada Erin O'Toole responds to the report, calling it "comical". (National Post)

Law and crime

• A Parisian court fines far-right French television pundit and presidential candidate Eric Zemmour €10,000 for calling unaccompanied migrant children "rapists" and "murderers" during a September 2020 broadcast. (BBC)

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