Portal:Current events/January 2022
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January 2022 is the first month of the current common year. The month, which began on a Saturday, will end on a Monday after 31 days. It is the current month.
Portal:Current events
January 17, 2022 (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)
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Russia–NATO relations
- 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)
- 2022 Abu Dhabi attack
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
- 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)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
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)
Holidays:
National JR DayJanuary 18, 2022 (Tuesday)
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