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 Worldwide current events

 Sports events
 Recent deaths
Topics in the news

Sumatran earthquake damage

 At least eleven people are killed in an

earthquake (damage pictured) in West Sumatra,
Indonesia.
 Russia launches an invasion of Ukraine.
 The Winter Olympics conclude in Beijing,
China.
 At least 223 people are killed due to mudslides
and floods in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ongoing: 
 COVID-19 pandemic
Recent deaths: 
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Armed conflicts and attacks

 Russo-Ukrainian War
o 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
 Battle of Kharkiv (2022)
  Dozens of people
are killed and
hundreds more
are wounded in a
massive MLRS att
ack on Kharkiv,
according to the
Ukrainian interior
ministry. (The
Guardian)
 Videos appear to
show cluster
munitions being
used in the rocket
attack on
Kharkiv. (Sky
News)
 Zhytomyr Airport attack
 Russia attacks
the Zhytomyr
Airport using Iska
nder ballistic
missiles launched
from Belarus. (Th
e Times of Israel)
 Kherson offensive
 The Russian
Defence
Ministry says Rus
sian Ground
Forces have
captured
the Zaporizhzhia
Nuclear Power
Plant in Zaporizhz
hia Oblast, and
that the plant's
operations
continued
normally under
the guard of
soldiers. Ukraine 
denies the power
plant has been
seized by Russian
forces. (Reuters)
 Reactions to the 2021–2022
Russo-Ukrainian crisis
  Kremlin Press
Secretary Dmitry
Peskov accuses
the European
Union of "hostile
behaviour"
towards Russia,
and says the
arming of Ukraine
was an "extremely
dangerous and
destabilising
factor". Peskov
also says
that Western arms
supplies
to Kyiv shows that
Moscow was right
to try
to demilitarise Ukr
aine. (Reuters)
 Latvia allows
volunteers to
participate in the
Russo-Ukrainian
war. (Reuters)
 Belarus–Ukraine relations
 Belarus is
expected to
directly deploy
its armed forces in
Ukraine, aiding
Russia in its
invasion. (The
Washington Post)
Business and economy

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis
o The Central Bank of Russia raises the
interest rate from 9.5% to 20%, the
highest since 2003; the Russian
ruble also loses more than a quarter of
its value at the beginning of trading,
with ranges of 100–120 rubles to the
US dollar. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
o CBR orders all companies receiving
foreign currency to exchange 80% of
 the revenue into rubles, in a bid to
stabilise the market. (Forbes Russia)
o Russia institutes capital controls,
banning trading of Russian securities
by all foreign legal entities. (Reuters)
o The Moscow Stock Exchange will not
open on Monday at all, as Russian
regulators try to contain selloff of
Russian assets and of rubles. (The
Wall Street Journal)
 2021–2022 global energy crisis
o Petrol prices in the United Kingdom hit
an-all time high, according to
the RAC. (BBC)
 An EU subsidiary of Sberbank is declared to be
"failing or likely to be failing" by European
banking regulators. The subsidiary, however, is
not very large, with bank's assets amounting
to €13.64 billion. Sberbank's shares have fallen
about 70% since the beginning of trading in
Moscow. (The Wall Street
Journal) (Ekonomichna Pravda)
International relations

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis, International reactions to the 2022 Russian
invasion of Ukraine
o Russia–Ukraine relations
 A Ukrainian
government delegation
arrives in Belarus for peace
talks with Russia delegation
in an effort to end the
war. (The Independent
Uganda)
 Peace talks begin as a effort
to end the war. During the
talks, Ukraine calls for a
ceasefire to end the
war. (Politico EU) (BBC)
o Russia–Switzerland relations
 Breaking from a historic
tradition of Swiss
neutrality, Switzerland say
they will adopt
all EU sanctions on Russia
effective immediately in
response to the invasion.
Swiss banks are believed to
 hold billions of dollars in
Russian funds. (Reuters)
o Belarus–United States
relations, Russia–United States
relations
 The United States closes
its embassy in Minsk,
Belarus, and allows "non-
essential staff" at the U.S.
embassy in Moscow to leave
the country amid war in
neighbouring Ukraine. (The
Independent)
 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
o The KCNA says that the missile test
that North Korea conducted on Sunday
was to develop a
"reconnaissance" satellite
system. (Reuters)
Politics and elections

 2022 Belarusian constitutional referendum

o Belarus approves the adoption of the
changes to the Constitution of
Belarus according to Lukashenko's
proposal, with just above 65% support,
according to Belarusian electoral
officials. (France24)
o Belarus confirms that it has revoked its
status as a non-nuclear state thus
allowing the country to host and
develop its own nuclear
weapons. President Alexander
Lukashenko says he could ask Russia
to return nuclear missiles to his
country. (Reuters)
Science and technology

 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

o A report from the second IPCC working
group is published, focusing on
adaptation to climate change and
population vulnerability. (The
Conversation)
February 27, 2022 (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

 Russo-Ukrainian War
o 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
 Battle of Kharkiv, Battle of
Kyiv
 Russian Ground
Forces begin
targeting gas
and oil
pipelines outside 
Kharkiv and Kyiv i
n an attempt to
incapacitate their
defenses, with
multiple explosion
s being reported
at an oil
depot near Vasylk
iv, Kyiv
Oblast. (BBC
News)
 The Ukrainian
Army announces
that they remain
in control of Kyiv.
Additionally,
regional
governor Oleh
Synyehubov anno
unces that
Ukraine remains
in control
of Kharkiv. (India
Today) (Daily
Sabah)
 Ukraine's military
says that it has
destroyed a
convoy of 56
tanks near the
capital Kyiv and
killed Chechen Ge
neral Magomed
Tushayev. (Times
of Israel)
 Kherson offensive
  Russian troops
enter the port city
of Berdiansk and
seize all
administrative
buildings,
according to the
city's mayor. (The
Jerusalem
Post) (Ukrinform)
 368,000 refugees have fled
Ukraine since the invasion
started, according to an
estimate by the United
Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees. (Euronews)
 Russian President Vladimir
Putin orders Russia's
nuclear forces placed on
high alert, in response to
what he considered
"aggressive statements"
by NATO members. (AP)
 Ukraine says that they have
used Baykar Bayraktar
TB2 drones
against Russian forces. (Th
e Wall Street Journal)
 The European Union says
that it will provide fighter
aircraft and finance €500
million in procurement and
delivery of weapons to
Ukraine, the first time that
the EU has done so. The EU
will also provide €50 million
in medical
supplies. (Ukrinform) (Reute
rs)
 Danish Prime Minister Mette
Frederiksen allows
volunteers to join Ukrainian
soldiers to fight against
Russia. (Jyllands Posten)
 Syrian civil war
o Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil
war
 The Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights reports that a
 Turkish drone has
targeted Tell Rifaat near
the Aleppo Governorate. No
casualties are
reported. (Kurdistan 24)
Business and economy

 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

o International sanctions during the
Russo-Ukrainian War
 Canada, the European
Union, the United Kingdom,
the United
States and Japan freeze all
assets of the Russian
Central Bank and
the Russian National Wealth
Fund under their jurisdiction,
preventing the usage of
more than a third of Russia's
$630 billion of foreign
exchange
reserves. (Rzeczpospolita) (
Japan Times)
 British Petroleum liquidates
its 19.75% stake in Russian
state-owned oil
company Rosneft. (The
Daily Telegraph)
 Norway's sovereign fund will
divest its Russian
holdings. (Reuters)
 The Russian
ruble experiences
extreme buy–sell spreads.
While the currency
exchanges in banks offer a
range of 70–90 rubles
per US dollar and 80–100
rubles per euro, sell quotes
vary from 100 rubles to over
150 rubles for 1 US
dollar. Panic selling is
suspected as a reason for
the fluctuations. (The Wall
Street Journal) (Izvestiya)
Disasters and accidents

 2022 Eastern Australia floods

 o Six people are killed and another is
missing during
heavy floods in Queensland. (7 News)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Hong Kong
 Hong
Kong reports a
record 26,062
new COVID-19
cases in the past
24 hours, thereby
bringing the total
number of
confirmed cases
in the territory to
138,955. (The
Standard)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Thailand
 The Thailand
Public Health
Ministry calls for
hospitals
in Thailand to
treat COVID-19 lik
e
an endemic instea
d of
a pandemic begin
ning on March
1. (The Nation)
o COVID-19 pandemic in the United
States
 COVID-19 pandemic in New
York (state)
 COVID-19
pandemic in New
York City
 New
York
City
Mayor 
Eric
Adams 
announ
 ces
that the
city will
lift
their va
ccine
mandat
e for
indoor
busines
ses and
dining
on
March
7. (NBC
News)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, Travel
during the COVID-19 pandemic
 The Peruvian Ministry of
Transport and
Communications announces
that they have extended the
suspension of passenger
flights from South Africa until
March 31. (Andina)
International relations

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis, International reactions to the 2022 Russian
invasion of Ukraine
o Russia–Ukraine relations
 Kremlin Press
Secretary Dmitry
Peskov says that
a Russian delegation has
arrived in Gomel, Belarus, to
hold talks as part of an effort
to end the war.
However, Ukrainian
President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy rejects Belarus as
the country is a non-neutral
party in the conflict. Ukraine
and Russia eventually agree
to hold negotiations on
the Belarus–Ukraine
border near the Pripyat
river tomorrow as the
Ukrainian delegation is
 travelling to the location via
Poland for safety
reasons. (Belarusian
Telegraph Agency) (The
Washington
Post) (Ukrainska
Pravda) (Rzeczpospolita)
 Ukraine sues Russia in
the International Court of
Justice, seeking an
injunction ordering an
immediate end to Russian
military
activities. (Ukrinform)
 During a meeting intended
to approve a report by
the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change, Russian
delegate Oleg Anisimov
apologizes to Ukraine and
says that there was “no
justification” for invading
Ukraine. (Politico EU)
o Russia–European Union
relations, Canada–Russia relations
 The European
Union and Canada close
their airspaces to Russian
aircraft. (Reuters)
o Montreux Convention Regarding the
Regime of the Straits
 Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the
foreign minister of Turkey,
triggers the wartime clause
of the Montreux Convention
and limits movements of
military vessels whose
bases are not on the Black
Sea coast. (Reuters)
o Belarus–European Union relations
 The European Union
imposes sanctions
on Belarus, forbidding the
import of some commodities,
including timber, steel, oil-
derived fuels and
cement. (Ekonomichna
Pravda) (Reuters)
 o Israel–Russia relations, Israel–Ukraine
relations
 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali
Bennett offers to mediate a
ceasefire between Russia
and Ukraine. (Axios)
 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
o North Korea says that it has tested
a ballistic missile that entered the
sea. (AP)
 China–European Union relations
o China and the European Union will
host a virtual summit on April 1 as part
of an effort to deescalate the economic
and geopolitical tensions between the
two governments, particularly with
respect to Lithuania. (Politico EU)
Law and crime

 Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of

Ukraine
o Anti-war demonstrators gather
in Minsk, Belarus, to protest Russia's
invasion of Ukraine despite Belarus's
involvement in the invasion. Around
440 people are detained in the
protests. (Times of Israel) (Interfax)
Politics and elections

 2022 Belarusian constitutional referendum

o Belarus holds a
constitutional referendum. (Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty)
 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
o The ruling military junta of Burkina
Faso, the Patriotic Movement for
Safeguard and Restoration, says that it
is considering beginning a thirty-month
transition to democracy. (Bloomberg)
Science and technology

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis
o The European Union bans
the Sputnik news agency and RT, both
state-sponsored news outlets which
are widely considered to be
 promoting Russian
propaganda. (Reuters)
Sports

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis
o 2022 FIFA World Cup
 The Associated
Press reveals that Qatar, the
host of the World Cup, paid
more than $10 million for
"Project Riverbed", a covert
influence campaign run
between 2012 and 2014 by
a former CIA operative's
company, which was aimed
at neutralising Theo
Zwanziger's criticism
of FIFA's decision making
process for Qatar's host bid,
which Zwanziger accused of
being corrupt. (AP)
o FIFA prohibits Russia from playing
under its own flag, but will allow the
country to compete under a neutral
banner of "Football Union of Russia",
which is similar to how the International
Olympic Committee requires Russian
athletes to compete at
the Olympics under the name of
the Russian Olympic Committee.
International football matches that
would have taken place in Russia may
only be played without spectators in
other, neutral countries. However,
several teams, including all possible
playoff opponents for the 2022 FIFA
World Cup, refuse to compete against
the Russian team. (The Guardian)
o The International Judo
Federation suspends Russian
president Vladimir Putin's titles as the
honorary president and ambassador of
the federation, "in light of the ongoing
war... in Ukraine". (AFP via RFI)
 2022 EFL Cup Final
o Liverpool beat Chelsea 11–10 in
a penalty shoot-out at Wembley
Stadium to win the 2021–22 EFL
 Cup and claim a record ninth cup
title. (The Guardian)
February 26, 2022 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

 Russo-Ukrainian War
o 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
 Kyiv offensive, Battle of Kyiv
 Russian Ground
Forces attempt to
attack an army
base near Kyiv on
Victory Avenue as
well as an
electricity
generating station
in the city.
The Ukrainian
military says that
they repelled both
attacks. (Reuters)
 A
residential tower
block near Kyiv
International
Airport is hit by a
missile. (Al
Jazeera)
 Ukraine's army
claims that its air
defences shot
down
two Russian Ilyus
hin Il-76 transport
planes
carrying paratroop
ers near the cities
of Vasylkiv and Bil
a Tserkva in Kyiv
Oblast, but did not
provide any video
evidence or
details on crash
sites. Ukraine also
claims that
 a Sukhoi Su-
25 attack jet was
shot
down. (Times of
Israel)
 Battle of Melitopol
 The Russian
Armed
Forces report that
they have
captured the city
of Melitopol in Zap
orizhzhia Oblast.
However, this
claim is disputed.
Russian state
media says that
Russian troops
entered the city
after facing "no
resistance". (Reut
ers) (TASS)
 Ukrainian
President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy posts a video of
himself in the capital Kyiv
amid rumors that he left the
country. (Times of Israel)
 The Russian Navy warns
that all civilian ships and
vessels attempting to
approach the
Ukrainian Black Sea coast
will be destroyed as
"terrorist threats". (Ukrainsk
a Pravda)
 Poland says that around
100,000 Ukrainians have
crossed the border since the
invasion began. (Reuters)
 Russian President Vladimir
Putin issues orders to
expand the offensive, after
declaring peace talks
"dead". (Bloomberg)
 The Ukrainian military
destroys rails at all railway
junctions leading to Russia
as part of an attempt to
 prevent Russian military
supplies from being
delivered by freight
trains. (Ukrainska Pravda)
 Sergey Aksyonov, the head
of the Republic of Crimea,
says that supplies of water
via the North Crimean
Canal returned after
Russians destroyed the dam
that prevented the flow of
water from
the Dnieper river. (TASS)
Business and economy

 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

o International sanctions during the
Russo-Ukrainian War
 In an official joint statement,
the European
Commission, France, Germa
ny, Italy, the United
Kingdom, Canada, and
the United States, agree to
remove some Russian
banks from SWIFT. The
group also commits to
"imposing restrictive
measures that will prevent
the Russian Central
Bank from deploying its
international reserves in
ways that undermine the
impact of our
sanctions." (The Guardian)
 Several computer chip
manufacturers,
including TSMC and Intel,
halt supplies of their
products as a result of
sanctions against
Russia. (The Washington
Post)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
South Korea
  South
Korea reports 112
deaths
from COVID-19, a
new single-day
record. (AP)
 COVID-19 pandemic in the
United Arab Emirates, Face
masks during the COVID-19
pandemic
 The United Arab
Emirates removes
the mandatory
face masks
mandate in
outdoor spaces,
making the use of
them
optional. (The
National)
International relations

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis, International reactions to the 2022 Russian
invasion of Ukraine
o International sanctions during the
Russo-Ukrainian War
 Estonia–Russia relations
 Estonia announce
s that it will close
its airspace to all
Russian airlines. (
Reuters)
o Turkey–Ukraine relations
 Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan says
that Turkey is making efforts
for an immediate ceasefire
between Ukraine and Russia
. (Reuters)
o In a phone call, French
President Emmanuel Macron calls
for Belarusian President Alexander
Lukashenko to demand the withdrawal
of Russian troops from Ukraine. During
the phone call, Lukashenko also called
reports of Belarus potentially having
nuclear weapons "fake news". (Big
News Network) (Belta)
  Nuclear program of Iran
o Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-
Abdollahian announces that Iran will
be studying a rough draft aimed at
reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan
of Action. (Times of Israel)
Law and crime

 Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of

Ukraine
o 2022 anti-war protests in Russia
 Around 3,000 anti-war
protesters across Russia
have been detained
since Russian
President Vladimir
Putin launched an invasion
of Ukraine. (Times of Israel)
o Protesters gather at the Russian
embassy in London. During the
protest, demonstrators are seen
throwing eggs at the embassy, and call
for Vladimir Putin to withdraw troops
from Ukraine. (The Independent)
o Around
200 demonstrators in Taipei, Taiwan c
all for the war to end. (Taiwan News)
o Iranian police disperse protesters
chanting "Death to Putin" outside the
Ukrainian embassy in Tehran. (Iran
International)
o Protesters gather in Kansas City, Salt
Lake City, the Space Needle in Seattle,
and other cities across the U.S. to
stand in solitary with Ukraine and call
for peace. (The Kansas City Star) (The
Salt Lake Tribune) (Seattle Times)
Politics and elections

 Education in Afghanistan
o Universities reopen in Afghanistan to
male and female students for the first
time since the Taliban took power 6
months ago. (VOA)
Science and technology

 Internet censorship in Russia

 o Russia blocks access to social
media platform Twitter. (The Verge)
February 25, 2022 (Friday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

 Russo-Ukrainian War
o 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
 Kyiv offensive, Battle of Kyiv
 The Ukrainian
military says that
it has blown up
a bridge in order
to
prevent Russian f
orces from
advancing to
Kyiv. (Ukrinform)
 Ukraine says
that Russian
troops have
entered Kyiv and
heavy fighting is
underway. Videos
on social
media show tanks
advancing
through the
city's Obolon neig
hbourhood.
Gunfire and
explosions are
also reported in
the city's Podilskyi
District. (BBC
News) (The
Guardian)
 The US
Department of
Defense says
that Russia is
losing momentum
in its attack
on Ukraine. (CNN
)
 Millerovo air base attack
 Ukrainian OTR-21
Tochka missiles
attack
the Millerovo air
base in Rostov
oblast, Russia,
destroying
two Russian Air
Force warplanes
according to
Ukrainian officials.
Images appear to
show the airbase
on
fire. (Newsweek) (
RostovGazeta)
 Battle of Starobilsk
 A column of
Russian soldiers
is defeated by
the Ukrainian
army in Starobilsk
. (Gazeta.ua)
 Battle of Ivankiv
 Ukrainian airborne
assault troops
engage Russian
soldiers
at Ivankiv and Dy
mer. (Gazeta.ua)
 Battle of Chernihiv
 A captain and
corporal from the
Russian 11th
Guards Air
Assault
Brigade surrender
to the Armed
Forces of Ukraine
near Chernihiv. (G
azeta.ua)
 Battle of Sumy
 Russian
forces reportedly
retreat
from Sumy. (Chan
nel 24)
 Battle of Chernobyl
  The Ukrainian
government's Stat
e Nuclear
Regulatory
Inspectorate says
that higher than
usual
gamma radiation l
evels have been
detected in
the Chernobyl
Exclusion
Zone after the
power plant was
captured by
Russia. (The
Telegraph)
 Battle of Antonov Airport
 The Russian
Defence
Ministry says
that Russian
Airborne
Forces have
recaptured the
strategic Hostome
l Airport near Kyiv,
after assaulting
the airbase with
200
helicopters. (BBC
News)
o Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-
Ukrainian crisis
 Ukraine–NATO relations
 During an
emergency NATO
summit, Secretary
General Jens
Stoltenberg annou
nces
that NATO will
provide weapons
to Ukraine. He
also announces
that the NATO
Response
Force will be
activated for the
first time in
 history. (Reuters) 
(Stars and
Stripes)
 Kazakhstan–Russia
relations
 Kazakhstan will
deny Russia’s
request for troops
to join the war. It
will also not join
Putin’s recognition 
of Donetsk
People's
Republic or Luhan
sk People's
Republic. (NBC
News)
o Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy accuses European
leadership of "inaction" in face of the
Russian invasion, saying "Like World
War II, you said never again, but here
it is again and you're not doing enough
to respond". Zelenskyy also calls on
citizens across the European Union to
protest and force their governments to
take more decisive action. (The
Business Standard)
o A Moldovan-flagged chemical tanker is
hit by a missile near the Port of
Odessa, seriously injuring two crew
members, according to Moldova's
naval agency. It is unclear who
launched the missile. (Reuters)
o Russian President Vladimir Putin urges
the Armed Forces of Ukraine to "take
power in your own hands" and
overthrow the Ukrainian government,
which he referred to as a "gang of drug
addicts and neo-Nazis". (The
Guardian)
o Russian foreign
ministry spokesperson Maria
Zakharova warns
both Finland and Sweden that they
could face "detrimental military and
political consequences" if they attempt
to join NATO. (The Guardian)
 Colombian conflict
 o At least 23 FARC dissidents are killed
by the Colombian Army during an
operation in Arauca Department. (Al
Jazeera)
Arts and culture

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis
o Eurovision Song Contest 2022
 Russia is disqualified from
competing in the Eurovision
Song Contest 2022 due to
its invasion of
Ukraine. (Euronews)
o Expo 2020
 The Dubai expo will be open
to all nations despite
Russia's invasion of
Ukraine. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents

 2022 Sumatra earthquake

o At least seven people are killed and 85
others are injured by
an earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia.
The 6.2 magnitude earthquake is felt
as far away
as Malaysia and Singapore. (The
Straits Times)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Hong Kong
 Hong
Kong reports a
record 10,010
new COVID-19 ca
ses in the past 24
hours, which is
the first time that
the territory has
reported more
than 10,000 cases
since the
beginning of the
 pandemic. (ABC
News)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Indonesia
 Indonesia reports
a record 61,631
new COVID-19 re
coveries in the
past 24 hours,
thereby bringing
the nationwide
total of recoveries
to 4.73
million. (detikNew
s)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Kyrgyzstan
 The Kyrgyzstan H
ealth Ministry
announces that
the country plans
to purchase doses
of the Johnson &
Johnson COVID-
19 vaccine, as
well as around
100,800 doses of
the Moderna
COVID-19
vaccine. (Trend)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Malaysia
 Malaysia reports a
record for the
second
consecutive day
of 32,070
new COVID-19 ca
ses, thereby
bringing the
nationwide total of
confirmed cases
to 3.33
million. (Malay
Mail)
International relations

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis
o International sanctions during the
Russo-Ukrainian War
 Russia–Taiwan relations
 Taiwanese
Premier Su
Tseng-chang ann
ounces
that Taiwan will
impose sanctions
on Russia followin
g the
invasion of Ukrain
e. (Financial Post)
 Russia–United Kingdom
relations
 Russia bans
all British airlines
from its airspace
and airports in
response to the
UK's ban on
its flag
carrier Aeroflot. (R
euters)
 Russia–European Union
relations
 The European
Union freezes all
assets held
by Russian
President Vladimir
Putin and Foreign
Minister Sergey
Lavrov in the
EU. (National
Post)
 Russia–United States
relations
 The Biden
administration ann
ounces that
the U.S. will join
the European
Union in imposing
sanctions on
Putin. (NBC
News)
 The Council of
Europe announces the
 suspension of Russia's
membership. (The Business
Standard)
 The Council of
the OECD formally
terminates the accession
process of Russia to the
organisation. (OECD)
o Russia–Ukraine relations
 Russian President Vladimir
Putin tells Chinese
President Xi
Jinping that Russia is willing
to hold talks
with Ukraine. (Reuters)
 Ukrainian
President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy urges Vladimir
Putin to engage in talks in
order to end the
conflict. (Armenpress)
 Kremlin Press
Secretary Dmitry
Peskov says that Russia has
agreed to hold talks and will
send a delegation
to Minsk, Belarus. (The Wall
Street Journal)
 Ukrainian presidential
advisor Mykhailo Podolyak
says that the country is
ready to hold talks with
Russia on neutral status in
order to implement a
ceasefire. A time and place
is expected to be
announced. (Reuters) (The
Independent)
 President Zelenskyy calls
for Israeli Prime
Minister Naftali Bennett to
serve as a mediator in talks
between Ukraine and
Russia. (Times of Israel)
o Foreign relations of the Federated
States of Micronesia
 The Federated States of
Micronesia suspends
 diplomatic ties with
Russia. (Barron's)
o China–Russia relations
 Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Yi urges
Russia to respect the
"territorial sovereignty" of
Ukraine and to "put an end
to civilian casualties by
resuming
negotiations." (CNN)
o Belarus–Ukraine relations
 Secretary of the Belarus
Foreign Ministry Anatoly
Glaz says that Belarus is
ready to help bring peace to
Ukraine amid reports of
possible peace talks
in Minsk. (Belta)
 Nuclear program of Iran
o Russia–United States relations
 U.S. State Department
spokesperson Ned
Price says that the U.S. will
still engage with Russia in
efforts to revive the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of
Action and prevent Iran from
acquiring nuclear weapons
despite Russia's invasion of
Ukraine. (Reuters)

 Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic

o COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, COVID-
19 pandemic in Venezuela
 Brazil and Venezuela will
reopen their border after a
two year closure due to
the COVID-19
pandemic. (Reuters)
Law and crime

 Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of

Ukraine
o Ukrainians, Norwegians,
and Russians hold a joint anti-war
protest in Kirkenes, Norway, calling for
Vladimir Putin to be tried at
the International Criminal Court at The
 Hague, Netherlands. (The Barents
Observer)
o Protesters gather in Sarajevo, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, to stand in solidarity
with Ukraine. (Reuters)
o Protesters gather at the Russian
consulate in Edinburgh, Scotland, for a
second consecutive day to express
outrage over the war. (AOL)
Science and technology

 Media freedom in Russia

o Russia announces that it has partially
restricted access to Facebook. (CNET)
Sports

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis
o 2021–22 UEFA Champions League
 UEFA announces the
relocation of this
year's Champions
League final from
the Krestovsky
Stadium in Saint
Petersburg to the Stade de
France near Paris, in
response to the
crisis. (CNN)
o 2022 Formula One World
Championship
 The Fédération
Internationale de
l'Automobile cancels this
year's edition of the Russian
Grand Prix in Sochi initially
scheduled for September
25, stating that "it is
impossible to hold the
Russian Grand Prix in the
current
circumstances". (BBC Sport)
 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
o Tournament starts in Dominican
Republic
February 24, 2022 (Thursday)

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 Russo-Ukrainian War
o 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
 Battle of Chernobyl
 Russian troops
enter
the Chernobyl
Exclusion Zone.
Ukraine says that
Russian forces
have captured
the Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant. Ukrainian
President Volody
myr
Zelenskyy calls
the attack on
Chernobyl a
"declaration of
war on all of
Europe". (Daily
Sabah) (The
Independent) (Uni
an)
 Attack on Snake Island
 Ukraine reports
that Russian
Navy warships
have
attacked Snake
Island near
the Danube
Delta. (IndiaTV)
 Battle of Sumy
 Russian troops
enter Sumy and
take control of the
road leading
from Kyiv to Mosc
ow. Battles for
strategic cities on
the railway to
Sumy are also
underway. (Novoy
e Vremya)
 Battle of Antonov Airport
 Russian gunships 
bombard Hostom
el Airport near
Kyiv. Ukraine
says that three
helicopters were
shot down in
defence. Russian
Airborne
Forces seized
control of the
airport, but
the Ukrainian
Ground
Forces have
recaptured the
airport. (The
Moscow
Times) (Reuters) (
Ukrinform)
 An-225 Mriya,
the largest
aircraft in the
world by weight
and by wingspan,
is destroyed
during a Russian
air strike on the
suburb of Kyiv.
The plane did not
manage to leave
Hostomel before
hostilities
began. (Radio
Liberty Ukraine)
 Battle of Kyiv, Kyiv Offensive
 The Mayor of
Kyiv, Vitali
Klitschko,
announces
a curfew in the
capital from 10
pm to 7
am. (Reuters)
 Russian President Vladimir
Putin orders a military
operation to
"demilitarise and denazify" U
kraine. Putin also warns of
 "consequences you have
never seen in history" for
anyone who tries to interfere
or "create threats for our
country". (CNN) (AP)
 Ukraine confirms
that Russian Ground
Forces have
entered Luhansk, Sumy, Kh
arkiv, Kherson, Chernihiv,
and Zhytomyr Oblasts and
have also crossed the
border from
occupied Crimea. Russian
troops also attack the port
cities
of Odessa and Mariupol in a
mphibious
landings. (CNN) (The
Business Standard)
 Russia announces that they
have taken control of
the North Crimean Canal in
the Kherson Oblast and
have restored the supply of
water to Crimea. (Reuters)
 Russian ballistic and cruise
missiles strike multiple
Ukrainian cities and airfields,
with eighteen people being
killed in Odessa. A missile
also strikes the Ministry of
Defence intelligence
headquarters
in Kyiv. (CNN) (NDTV) (Reut
ers)
 A Ukrainian Air
Force Antonov An-26 is shot
down and crashes
in Obukhiv, killing five crew
members, according to
the State Emergency
Service of Ukraine. (Interfax)
 An attack on a military unit
in Podilsk kills six civilians
and injures seven
others. (BBC News)
 Ukraine's military reports
that at least 137 of its
soldiers have been killed
 in Eastern Ukraine, with a
senior Ukrainian
government official
estimating that hundreds
of Ukrainian troops have
been killed by airstrikes.
Ukraine's military also says
that 50 Russian soldiers
have been killed in
action. (The Wall Street
Journal) (CNN) (The
Guardian)
 Ukrainian
President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy declares martial
law across the country in
response to the invasion.
Zelenskyy also orders a
general
military mobilization of fit-to-
serve Ukrainian citizens,
with men between the ages
of 18 and 60 years
prohibited from leaving the
country. (TASS) (CNN)
 The Russian Armed
Forces says that its
"lightning offensive" has
crippled the Ukrainian
military and suppressed
its air defense systems.
However, the Ukrainian Air
Force says that it is repelling
Russian
invaders. (TASS) (BBC
News)
 The Russian Defence
Ministry says that it has
destroyed 83 Ukrainian
"above-ground military
facilities", including
11 aerodromes. (Reuters)
 Ukraine says that it has shot
down six Russian warplanes
and two helicopters, and
destroyed dozens of enemy
armored vehicles, according
to its Joint Centre of Control
and Coordination. However,
Russian military
 representatives deny the
claims. (Mil.gov.ua) (First
Post)
 Russia says that two
Russian civilian ships have
been hit by anti-ship
missiles in the Sea of Azov,
causing multiple deaths.
Russia subsequently
restricts access for civilian
vessels on the Sea of
Azov. (Ynet) (Reuters)
 A Turkish-owned vessel is
bombed off the coast of
Odessa, according to
Turkey's Directorate General
of Coastal Safety. No
casualties are
reported. (Daily Sabah)
o Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-
Ukrainian crisis
 Russia–NATO relations
 Romania, Poland,
and the Baltic
states agree to
trigger article 4
of NATO's North
Atlantic Treaty in
response to
Russian
aggression. (ERR
) (Digi24)
 German Foreign
Minister Annalena
Baerbock states
that Germany will
"launch the full
package with the
most massive
sanctions against
Russia." (EURAC
TIV)
 Russia–Ukraine relations
 Ukraine suspends
diplomatic
relations with
Russia in
response to the
 invasion. (The
Times of Israel)
 Lithuanian president Gitanas
Nausėda announces that he
will sign a decree declaring
a state of emergency and
asks Seimas to ratify it in an
extraordinary
session. (ERR)
 Moldova declares a state of
emergency in response to
the invasion. Hundreds
of Ukrainians are
crossing the border,
according to President Maia
Sandu. (National Post)
 Ukraine, Belarus and Moldo
va close their airspaces to
commercial aircraft. (ABC
News Australia) (Reuters)
 U.S. President Joe
Biden orders Secretary of
Defense Lloyd Austin to
send
7,000 troops to Germany in
order to
assist NATO allies. (Reuters
) (Army Times)
 Afghanistan conflict
o Eight polio vaccination workers are
killed by unknown gunmen
in Kunduz and Takhar, leading to the
suspension of the vaccination
campaign in the two provinces. The
campaign was launched nationwide in
November 2021. (VOA)
 Israel's role in the Syrian Civil War
o Israel fires several missiles
towards Damascus, Syria, killing
three Syrian soldiers. (The Washington
Post) (Times of Israel)
Arts and culture

 Eurovision Song Contest 2022

o It is announced that Russia will
participate in the upcoming Eurovision
Song Contest in Turin, Italy despite
invading Ukraine. (AOL)
  Iraq unveils three monumental structures
in Hatra in an effort to restore the city after it was
destroyed by the Islamic State in
2015. (France24)
Business and economy

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis
o A massive selloff occurs on
the Moscow Stock Exchange, which
prompts its operator to trigger circuit
breakers twice in three hours.
The Russian ruble's exchange rate
falls to a record low of ₽89.98 per US
dollar. (Rzeczpospolita) (Reuters)
o The National Bank of Ukraine pegs the
official hryvnia rate to the US dollar
at ₴29.25, bans foreign currency
purchases on the interbank market and
introduces cash withdrawal limits. The
central bank also orders a suspension
of all transactions with Russian
accounts and introduces unlimited
short-term liquidity loans for
banks. (National Post) (Ekonomichna
Pravda)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Hong Kong
 Hong
Kong begins
rolling out COVID-
19 vaccine
passports for
people over the
age of 12
years. (Reuters)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Malaysia
 Malaysia reports a
record 31,199
new COVID-19
cases in the past
24 hours, thereby
bringing the
 nationwide total of
confirmed cases
to 3.3
million. (The Star)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Singapore
 Singapore suspen
ds a plan to ease
and simplify
COVID-19-related
rules, including
home gatherings,
which was
expected to begin
tomorrow due to
an increase in
new COVID-19
cases. (Bloomber
g)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Thailand
 Thailand reports a
record 23,557
new COVID-19
cases in the past
24 hours, thereby
bringing the
nationwide total of
confirmed cases
to 2.79
million. (Bangkok
Post)
o COVID-19 pandemic in North America
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Canada
 COVID-19
vaccination in
Canada
 Health
Canada 
approv
es Medi
cago's 
CoVLP 
COVID-
19
vaccine 
for use
in
 adults,
making
it the
first
domesti
c
vaccine
to be
approv
ed for
use
in Cana
da. (Th
e
Vancou
ver
Sun)
 COVID-19 pandemic in the
United States
 COVID-19
pandemic in
Maine
 Maine s
urpasse
s 2,000
deaths
from C
OVID-
19. (Po
rtland
Press
Herald)
o European Union response to the
COVID-19 pandemic
 The European Medicines
Agency recommends the
usage of the Pfizer–
BioNTech COVID-19
vaccine as a booster
dose for teenagers over the
age of 12 years and also
approves the use of
the Moderna COVID-19
vaccine for children between
the ages of 6 and 11
years. (The Journal.ie)
International relations
 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian
crisis
o International sanctions during the
Russo-Ukrainian War
 Russia–European Union
relations
 The European
Union says that it
will introduce the
"strongest,
harshest
package" of
sanctions on
the Russian
economy in
response to the
invasion. (AP)
 Russia–New Zealand
relations
 The New
Zealand governm
ent is expected to
introduce a
package of
sanctions against
Russia that
includes a ban on
the entry into and
transit through the
country of
Russian
government
officials and other
people connected
to the invasion, as
well as a ban on
the export of
goods to Russian
military and
security
forces. (RNZ)
 Russia–South Korea
relations
 South Korean
president Moon
Jae-in announces
that the country
will impose
economic
 sanctions against
Russia. (Reuters)
 Russia–United Kingdom
relations
 Prime
Minister Boris
Johnson announc
es that the United
Kingdom will
impose sanctions
on Russian banks
and oligarchs.
Russian
airline Aeroflot will
also be banned
from operating
flights to the UK
due to the
invasion. (BBC
News)
 Canada–Russia relations
 Canada terminate
s all export
permits
with Russia in
response to
the invasion of
Ukraine. (U.S.
News & World
Report)
 Russia–United States
relations
 U.S.
President Joe
Biden announces
sanctions against
Russia and vows
that additional
sanctions could
be coming. He
also reaffirms that
the U.S. will not
directly intervene
in Ukraine but will
continue to
defend NATO. (N
BC
News) (BuzzFeed
)
  India–Russia relations
 Indian Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and Russian
President Vladimir
Putin hold a
telephone
meeting. During
the meeting, Modi
called for Russia
and Ukraine to
"end the
violence". (Telang
ana Today)
 Latvia and the Czech
Republic suspend issuing
visas to Russian
citizens. (RusTourismNews)
Law and crime

 Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of

Ukraine
o 2022 anti-war protests in Russia
 Protesters in Russia are
detained as people gather in
cities across the country in
order to protest Putin's
invasion of Ukraine. (The
Moscow Times) (Newsweek)
 Russian activist Marina
Litvinovich is detained
by Moscow police after
calling for anti-war
demonstrations across
Russia. (Reuters)
o Anti-war protesters gather at Russian
embassies in many countries to
oppose President Vladimir Putin's
invasion of Ukraine. (Axios) (CBS
News)
o Protesters gather at 10 Downing
Street to denounce Russia's invasion
of Ukraine and to call for Prime
Minister Boris Johnson and the United
Kingdom to support Ukraine. (The Big
Issue) (The New York Times)
 Murder of George Floyd
o Three former Minneapolis
police officers, J. Alexander Kueng,
 Thomas K. Lane and Tou Thao, are
found guilty of violating the civil rights
of George Floyd under government
authority. (NBC News)
 Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov signs a
decree that bans the slaughtering of cattle during
funerals in the country. (AKIpress)
Sports

 Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian

crisis
o UEFA announces that the 2022 UEFA
Champions League Final will be
moved from Saint Petersburg, Russia,
in response to the invasion of
Ukraine. (Sky News)
o Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel says
that he will not participate in the 2022
Russian Grand Prix, which is expected
to be held on September 24
in Sochi. (RACER) (CTV News)
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o 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
 Reactions to the 2021–2022
Russo-Ukrainian crisis
 Ukraine announce
s
the mobilization of
its military reserve
s with a maximum
service length of
one year for
reservists
between the ages
of 18 and 60
years. (The Hill)
 Ukraine urges all
citizens to
leave Russia imm
ediately, following
an increase in
 tensions in the
region. (MSN)
 Ukraine closes its
civilian airspace
nationwide due to
potential
hazards. (Reuters
)
 Russia closes its
airspace in a
region to the east
of its border with
Ukraine. (FlightGl
obal)
Business and economy

 2021–2022 global energy crisis

o Brent Crude oil reaches its
highest price since its 2014 peak,
at $99 per barrel, amid rising tensions
between Russia and Ukraine. (BBC
News)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
South Korea
 COVID-19
vaccination in
South Korea
 South
Korea a
pproves
the use
of
the Pfiz
er–
BioNTe
ch
COVID-
19
vaccine 
for
children
betwee
n the
ages of
5 and
 11
years. (
AP)
 South Korea
reports a record
171,452 new
COVID-19 cases
in the past 24
hours, thereby
bringing the
nationwide total of
confirmed cases
to
2,329,182. (The
Straits Times)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Cambodia, COVID-19
vaccination in Cambodia
 Cambodia begins
its COVID-19
vaccination rollout
for children over
the age of three
years, becoming
the world's first
country to
administer vaccin
es for children
under the age of
five
years. (Bangkok
Post)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Hong Kong
 Hong
Kong reports a
record 8,674 new
COVID-19 cases
in the past 24
hours, thereby
bringing the
territory-wide total
of confirmed
cases to
75,248. (South
China Morning
Post)
o COVID-19 pandemic in
Canada, COVID-19 drug development
  The Canadian government
signs an agreement
with AstraZeneca to procure
100,000 doses of the
Evushield COVID-19
antibody therapy for use in
high-risk patients. (CTV
News)
Politics and elections

 Canada convoy protest

o Prime Minister of Canada Justin
Trudeau revokes the state of
emergency that was declared under
the Emergencies Act on February
14. (Reuters)
February 22, 2022 (Tuesday)

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o International recognition of the Donetsk
People's Republic and the Luhansk
People's Republic
 Syria voices support
for Russia's recognition of
the Donetsk People's
Republic and the Luhansk
People's Republic as
independent
states. (Reuters)
o Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-
Ukrainian crisis
 Anti-war protesters gather at
the Russian
Embassy in Berlin, Germany
, to
oppose President Vladimir
Putin's decision to send
soldiers to separatist regions
in Ukraine. (CTV News)
 Protesters also gather at
the Russian
Embassy in Kyiv to protest
ongoing tensions
 between Russia and
Ukraine. (Firstpost)
 The United States calls the
Russian troop deployments
in eastern Ukraine "an
invasion". (CTV News)
 The Russian
parliament ratifies the
friendship and cooperation
treaties with the DPR and
LPR, following Putin's
request made the previous
day. (TASS)
 The foreign ministers
of European Union member
states agree on a package
of new sanctions against
Russia. (Al Jazeera English)
o Germany suspends the Nord Stream
2 project in response
to Russia's recognition of the Donetsk
People's Republic and the Luhansk
People's Republic as independent
states. (Deutsche Welle)
 The U.N. Security Council unanimously passes a
resolution declaring that Iraq is no longer
required to pay out to victims of its 1990 invasion
of Kuwait. Iraq had paid out US$50 billion to 1.4
million claimants, including one claim to
the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation that totaled
US$14.7 billion, by the time of the resolution's
passage. (Toronto Star)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Hong Kong
 Hong Kong Chief
Executive Carrie
Lam announces a
citywide testing
campaign due to
surge of the cases
caused by
the SARS-CoV-2
Omicron variant. It
is planned to test
each citizen three
 times during the
campaign. (ABC
News)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Singapore
 Singapore reports
a record 26,032
new COVID-19 ca
ses in the past 24
hours, thereby
bringing the
nationwide total of
confirmed cases
to 622,293. (CNA)
Law and crime

 Aftermath of the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks

o A public inquiry into the 2020 shootings
in Nova Scotia, Canada, that killed 22
people is opened. (CBC News)
 Persecution of Christians in North
Korea, Religion in North Korea
o A South Korean state commission
confirms that retreating North Korean
soldiers murdered over 1,150 South
Korean Christian civilians in the early
stages of the Korean War due to a
state anti-religion campaign. (The
Korea Times)
Politics and elections

 20th National Congress of the People's Party

(Spain)
o The secretary general of the People's
Party, Teodoro García Egea, resigns
after a scandal over alleged spying on
the President of the Community of
Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso. (Swissinfo)
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Disasters
 Climate crisis
 COVID-19 pandemic
 Opioid epidemic
 2021–22 European windstorm season
 2020–2022 H5N8 outbreak
 Madagascar famine
 Yemeni famine

Economic
 2020–present global chip shortage
 2021–2022 global energy crisis
 2021–2022 global supply chain crisis
 COVID-19 recession
 Lebanese liquidity crisis
 Pandora Papers leak
 Russian financial crisis
 Suisse secrets
 Sri Lankan economic and food crisis
 Turkish currency and debt crisis

Politics
 Belarus−European Union border crisis
 Brazilian protests
 Haitian protests
 Insulate Britain protests
 Libyan peace process
 Malaysian political crisis
 Myanmar protests
 Nicaraguan protests
 Nigerian protests
 Partygate
 Persian Gulf crisis
 Peruvian crisis
 Russo−Ukrainian crisis
 Somali political crisis
 Tigrayan peace process
 Thai protests
 Tunisian political crisis
 United States racial unrest
 Venezuelan presidential crisis
 Xinjiang internment camps
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Elections and referendums
Recent
 February
o 13: Germany, President (indirect)
o 13: Switzerland, Referendums
o 27: Belarus, Constitutional referendum

Upcoming
 March
o 3: Armenia, President (indirect)
o 9: South Korea, President
o 10: Hungary, President (indirect)
o 12: Abkhazia, People's Assembly
o 12: Turkmenistan, President
o 13: Colombia, House of Representatives, Senate
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Trials
Recently concluded
 United States: Michael Avenatti, Elizabeth Holmes

Ongoing
 Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
 France: Brussels Islamic State
 Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
 Italy: Matteo Salvini
 Kosovo: Specialist Chambers
 Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
 Malta: Yorgen Fenech
 Philippines: Leila de Lima
 Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
 Sweden: Hamid Nouri
 United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Upcoming
 Canada: Peter Nygård
 Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu
 Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
 ICC: Ali Kushayb
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Sport

 Association football
o 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
o 2021–22 UEFA Champions League
o 2021–22 Premier League
 o 2021–22 Bundesliga
o 2021–22 Serie A
o 2021–22 La Liga
o 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
o 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
 Basketball
o 2021–22 NBA season
o 2021–22 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
o 2021–22 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball
Season
 Cricket
o 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship
o 2020–23 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League
o 2019–23 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
o 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
 Golf
o 2021–22 PGA Tour
 Ice hockey
o 2021–22 NHL season
o 2021–22 IIHF Continental Cup
 Motorsport
o 2021–22 Formula E World Championship
 Rugby union
o 2021–22 Premiership Rugby
o 2021–22 United Rugby Championship
o 2021–22 Top 14
o 2021 Super Rugby season
 Tennis
o 2022 ATP Tour
o 2022 WTA Tour
o 2021–22 King Cup
 Other sports seasons
o 2021–22 International cricket season
o 2021–22 snooker season
o 2021–22 curling season
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Recent deaths
February
 24: Sally Kellerman
 24: John Landy
 24: Va'aiga Tuigamala
 22: The Amazing Johnathan
 22: Anna Karen
 22: Mark Lanegan
 21: Paul Farmer
 21: Chor Yuen
 20: Bob Beckel
 20: Joni James
 20: Jamal Edwards
 19: Emile Francis
 19: Nightbirde
 19: Charley Taylor
 19: Gary Brooker
 19: Jean-Luc Brunel
 17: David Brenner
 17: Jim Hagedorn
 17: Martin Tolchin
 16: Cristina Calderón
 16: Walter Dellinger
 16: Gail Halvorsen
 16: Amos Sawyer
 15: P. J. O'Rourke
 15: Alfred Sole
 15: Bappi Lahiri
 12: Valerie Boyd
 12: Carmen Herrera
 12: Ivan Reitman
 12: Hugo Torres Jiménez
 12: Beryl Vertue
 12: Rahul Bajaj
 10: Manuel Esquivel
 9: Jim Angle
 9: Betty Davis
 9: Jeremy Giambi
 9: Ian McDonald
 9: Johnny Raper
 8: Ricky Hunter
 8: Bamber Gascoigne
 8: Luc Montagnier
 7: Douglas Trumbull
 6: George Crumb
 6: Syl Johnson
 6: Frank Pesce
 6: Ronnie Hellström
 6: Hans Neuenfels
 6: John Vinocur
 6: Lata Mangeshkar
 5: Todd Gitlin
 5: John Honderich
 5: Don Johnston
 5: Rayan Oram
 4: Ashley Bryan
 4: Jason Epstein
 3: Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi
 3: Christos Sartzetakis
 2: Bill Fitch
 2: Robert Blalack
 2: Monica Vitti
 1: Robin Herman
 1: Safi Golpaygani
 1: Shintaro Ishihara
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January
 31: Carleton Carpenter
 30: Jon Appleton
 30: Art Cooley
 30: Cheslie Kryst
 30: Hargus "Pig" Robbins
 30: Robert Wall
 30: Norma Waterson
 29: Leonard Fenton
 29: Howard Hesseman
 29: Sam Lay
 29: John K. Singlaub
 29: Jo Kendall
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Africa
 Angola
o Cabinda War
 Burkina Faso
o Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
 Cameroon
o Anglophone Crisis
 Central African Republic
o Civil War
 Chad
o Insurgency in Northern Chad
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
o Kivu conflict
o Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
o Ituri conflict
o Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
 Ethiopia
o Tigray War (spillover)
o Oromo conflict
 Ethiopia and Sudan
o Sudanese–Ethiopian clashes
 Ghana
o Western Togoland Rebellion
 Maghreb and Sahel regions
o Maghreb insurgency
 Mali
o Mali War
 Mozambique
o Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
 Nigeria
o Boko Haram insurgency (incl. Lake Chad region)
o Communal conflicts in Nigeria
 Senegal
 o Casamance conflict
 Somalia
o Civil war
 South Sudan
o Ethnic violence in South Sudan
 Sudan
o War in Darfur
o South Kordofan conflict
o Sudanese nomadic conflicts (incl. South Sudan)
 Tunisia
o ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
 Western Sahara
o Western Sahara conflict
 Western Saharan clashes (2020–
present)

Americas
 Colombia
o Colombian conflict
 Mexico
o Mexican drug war
 Paraguay
o Insurgency in Paraguay
 Peru
o Internal conflict in Peru

Asia-Pacific
 Afghanistan
o Panjshir conflict
o Islamic State–Taliban conflict
 India
o Insurgency in Northeast India
 Assam separatist movements
 Insurgency in Manipur
 Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
o Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
 India and Pakistan
o Kashmir conflict
 Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
o Moro conflict
 Cross border attacks in Sabah
 Indonesia
o Papua conflict
 Myanmar
o Internal conflict in Myanmar
 Kachin conflict
 Karen conflict
 Rohingya conflict
 Pakistan
o Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
o Insurgency in Balochistan
 Philippines
o Communist rebellion
 o Philippine drug war
 Thailand
o South Thailand insurgency

Europe
 Armenia and Azerbaijan
o Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
 Ireland and the UK
o Dissident Irish republican campaign
 Turkey
o Kurdish–Turkish conflict
 Ukraine
o Russo-Ukrainian War
 War in Donbas
Global
 War on terror

Middle East
 Egypt
o Sinai insurgency
 Iran and the Persian Gulf
o Iran–Israel proxy conflict
o Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
o Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
o Kurdish separatism in Iran
 Iraq
o Iraqi conflict
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 Iraq and Syria (map)
o International military intervention against ISIL
 Israel and Gaza
 Israel and Syria
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 Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line incidents
 Syria
o American-led intervention in Syria
o Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
o Turkish occupation of northern Syria
 Yemen and Saudi Arabia
o Yemeni Civil War
o Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
o Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
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