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Cooper Kupp

 En el fútbol americano, Los Angeles

Rams derrotan a los Cincinnati
Bengals en el Super Bowl (MVP Cooper
Kupp en la foto).
 El ciclón Batsirai toca tierra en
Madagascar, desplazando al menos a
112.000 personas y dejando más de 100
muertos.
 En el fútbol de asociación, la Copa Africana
de Naciones concluye
con Senegal derrotando a Egipto en la final.
 La cantante y compositora india de
playback Lata Mangeshkar muere a
la edad de 92 años.
En curso: 
 Pandemia de COVID-19
 Crisis ruso-ucraniana
 Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno
Fallecimientos
 
 recientes: Luigi De Magistris
 Aled Roberts
 Valerie Boyd
 Raees Mohammad
 Cristina Calderón
 Peter Neilson
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 Crisis ruso-ucraniana 2021-2022

o Guerra en Donbás
 El gobierno
ucraniano acusa a los
separatistas rusos de
bombardear un jardín
de
infantes en Stanytsia
Luhanska usando artille
ría, hiriendo a
tres civiles.
La República Popular
de Lugansk dice que
sus fuerzas fueron
atacadas por el
gobierno ucraniano
con morteros, lanzagra
nadas y fuego de
ametralladora. (MSN)
 El Consejo de
Seguridad de las
Naciones Unidas se
reúne para discutir el
asunto de la
acumulación militar de
Rusia en la frontera con
Ucrania. (C-SPAN)
 Según los informes, el
embajador adjunto
estadounidense en
Rusia es expulsado del
país "sin
provocación". (Reuters)
 El Alto Representante
de la UE para Asuntos
Exteriores y Política de
Seguridad, Josep
Borrell, dice que los
bombardeos han
comenzado en el este
 de Ucrania. (La
Vanguardia)
 Guerra de Malí, Operación Barkhane
o Francia y el Grupo de Trabajo
Takuba en toda la UE anuncian
que comenzarán a retirarse
de Malí, diciendo que el gobierno
militar vigente desde el golpe del
año pasado ha colocado
"múltiples obstrucciones" en sus
operaciones antiterroristas. (Al
Jazeera)
Salud y medio ambiente

 Pandemia de COVID-19
o Pandemia de COVID-19 en
América del Norte
 Pandemia de COVID-
19 en Canadá
 Pandemia de
COVID-19 en
Columbia
Británica
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(C
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 Pandemia de COVID-
19 en república
dominicana
 La República
Dominicana 
pone fin a
todas las
medidas de
salud pública
relacionadas
con COVID-
19,
incluido el
 mandato de
uso de
máscaras y e
l pase de
vacunas para
ingresar a
lugares
públicos, a
pesar de que
aún no
alcanza el
70% de
su objetivo
de
vacunación. (
U.S. News
and World
Report)
o Pandemia de COVID-19 en Asia
 Pandemia de COVID-
19 en Indonesia
 Indonesia su
pera los 5
millones de
casos de
COVID-19. (
Medcom.id)
 Pandemia de COVID-
19 en Japón
 Japón report
a un récord
de 269
muertes por
COVID-19 en
las últimas
24
horas. (Nippo
n.com)
o Pandemia de COVID-19 en Suiza
 Ignazio
Cassis, presidente de S
uiza, da positivo
por COVID-19. (Reuter
s)
Derecho y delincuencia

 Organizaciones terroristas designadas en

Australia
 o Australia designa a la totalidad
de Hamas, incluido su ala política,
como una organización terrorista,
así como a la División
Atomwaffen, Tahrir al-Sham y
la Organización Guardianes de la
Religión. (Noticias SBS)
Política y elecciones

 Los ministros kuwaitíes de Defensa y del
Interior, ambos miembros de la familia
gobernante Al-Sabah, renuncian a sus
cargos. Las renuncias son aceptadas por
el Emir, que nombra a un miembro diferente
de la familia Al-Sabah y Mohammad al-
Fares, el actual Ministro de Petróleo, para
sus respectivos cargos. (Reuters)
febrero 16, 2022 (Miércoles)

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 Guerra civil siria

o Incidentes de la línea de alto el
fuego israelí-siria durante la
guerra civil siria
 La agencia de medios
estatal
siria SANA informa
que Israel ha disparado
misiles contra la ciudad
siria de Zakiyah, sin
víctimas
registradas. (Estrella de
Toronto)
Arts and culture

 Cristina Calderón, the last full-

blooded Yahgan and last native speaker of
the Yahgan language, dies
in Chile. (France24)
Disasters and accidents

 2022 Brazil floods and landslides

o 2022 Petrópolis floods
  At least 94 people are
killed
by mudslides and floodi
ng in Petrópolis, Rio de
Janeiro. (Al Jazeera)
 List of fatal shark attacks in Australia
o A man is killed in a shark
attack off Little
Bay, Sydney, Australia. It is the
first fatal shark attack in Sydney
since 1963. A witness estimated
that the shark was about 4.5
metres (15 ft) in length. (Reuters)
 At least 13 people are killed
after wedding guests fall into a well,
in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. (CNN)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Indonesia
 Indonesia re
ports a
record for the
second
consecutive
day of
64,718
new COVID-
19 cases,
thereby
bringing the
nationwide
total of
confirmed
cases to 4.96
million. (detik
Health)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Malaysia
 Malaysia rep
orts a record
27,831 new
COVID-19
cases in the
past 24
hours,
thereby
 bringing the
nationwide
total of
confirmed
cases to 3.11
million. (The
Star)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
South Korea
 South
Korea report
s a record
90,443 new
COVID-19
cases in the
past 24
hours,
thereby
bringing the
nationwide
total of
confirmed
cases to 1.55
million. (CNA
)
o COVID-19 pandemic in
Switzerland
 Switzerland lifts almost
all of its COVID-19-
related restrictions, with
people no longer
needing to
show COVID-19
vaccine certificates to
enter public venues,
due to confidence that
infection rates had
been uncoupled from
hospitalization. (Politico
.eu)
Law and crime

 Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation

o The European Court of
Justice dismisses Poland and Hu
ngary's challenges against the
regulation and confirms that the
regulation is in compliance with
the treaties of the European
 Union. This will allow
the European Commission to
suspend funds from the EU
budget to member states that
have rule of law issues which are
likely to affect
the management of EU funds. (Al
Jazeera)
February 15, 2022 (Tuesday)

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 Russo-Ukrainian War
o 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
 Reactions to the 2021–
2022 Russo-Ukrainian
crisis
 Vladimir
Putin claims
that a
"genocide" is
occurring in
Eastern
Ukraine. (Re
uters)
 The State
Duma of Rus
sia passes a
bill to
officially
recognise the
self-
proclaimed D
onetsk
People's
Republic and 
Luhansk
People's
Republic in E
astern
Ukraine as
independent
states. The
bill has been
sent
to President 
 Vladimir
Putin for final
approval. (Xi
nhuanet) (De
utsche
Welle)
 Russian
President Vladimir
Putin says that
diplomatic talks will
continue. Russia also
announces that troops
will be partially pulled
out from the border but
that exercises will
continue. (Wall Street
Journal) (Truthout.org)
 Several Ukrainian
websites, including
the Ministry of Defence
of Ukraine, Privatbank,
and Oschadbank are
affected
by cyberattacks. (CBS
News)
 The U.S. and
its NATO allies
in Europe say that they
are ready to retaliate
against Russian
cyberwarfare on
Ukraine depending on
the severity of the
attacks. (Reuters)
o War in Donbas
 The Luhansk People's
Republic says that
a service member has
been killed on the
frontline by a Ukrainian
military sniper,
according to its office at
the Joint Centre of
Control and
Coordination. (Urdu
Point)
 An attempted terrorist
attack on a memorial
rally in the city
of Luhansk is reportedly
 stopped. Russian
media blames
the Ukrainian Defence
Ministry and "special
services" of being
involved in the attack. A
video shows
an improvised
explosive device being
discovered inside a
garbage can. (The
Jerusalem Post)
Disasters and accidents

 Capsizing of the Villa de Pitanxo

o A Spanish-owned fishing
trawler, Villa de Pitanxo, sinks off
the coast of Newfoundland and
Labrador, Canada, killing 10 crew
members and leaving 11 others
missing. A search and
rescue operation is
underway. (BBC News)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Indonesia
 Indonesia re
ports a
record
57,049
new COVID-
19 cases in
the past 24
hours,
thereby
bringing the
nationwide
total of
confirmed
cases to 4.9
million. (Kom
pas)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Japan
 Japan report
s a record
 236 deaths
from COVID-
19 in the past
24 hours.
Meanwhile,
the number
of cumulative
COVID-19
cases
surpasses
four
million. (The
Japan
Times)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
South Korea
 South
Korea report
s a record
57,177
new COVID-
19 cases in
the past 24
hours,
thereby
bringing the
nationwide
total of
confirmed
cases to 1.46
million. (The
Korea
Herald)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Vietnam
 Vietnam lifts
its COVID-
19-related
curbs on
international
passenger
flights with
no limitation
on the
number of
flights in
order to
restore the
travel to pre-
pandemic
 level. (Al-
Jazeera)
Law and crime

 Canada convoy protest

o A number of protestors blockading
the Canada–U.S. border
near Coutts, Alberta, have
dispersed after an RCMP raid on
a "smaller group within the larger
protest" resulted in the seizure of
weapons, ammunition, and body
armour and the arrests of 13
people on Monday. (CTV News)
o Chief of police of the Ottawa
Police Service Peter Sloly resigns
amid criticism of his handling of
the protests. (CTV News Ottawa)
 Former Honduran President Juan Orlando
Hernández is arrested in Tegucigalpa after
the U.S. requested his extradition on
charges of drug trafficking. (EFE)
Politics and elections

 2022 United States elections

o 2022 Louisville mayoral election
 In Louisville, Kentucky,
council candidate
Quintez Brown is
charged with attempted
murder, a day after he
allegedly opened fire on
mayoral candidate
Craig Greenberg in his
campaign office,
narrowly missing
him. (AP via The
Washington Post)
February 14, 2022 (Monday)

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 Russo-Ukrainian War
o 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
 Reactions to the 2021–
2022 Russo-Ukrainian
crisis
 Belarus–
United States
relations
 Th
e 
U.
S.
St
ate
De
pa
rt
me
nt t
ell
s 
A
me
ric
an
s t
o
lea
ve 
Be
lar
us 
im
me
dia
tel
y
du
e
to
the
thr
eat
of
wa
r. (
Na
tio
nal
Po
st)
  The United
States reloca
tes its
embassy ope
rations from
the
capital Kyiv t
o Lviv in
western
Ukraine,
citing a
"dramatic
acceleration
in the buildup
of Russian
forces" on
the Russia–
Ukraine
border. (Reut
ers)
 Russia rejects an
official Ukrainian reque
st for a meeting
between both countries
and the Organization
for Security and Co-
operation in Europe in
order to discuss the
crisis. (ABC News
Australia)
 Ukrainian
President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy declares Feb
ruary 16 as a "day of
unity". On this day,
all Ukrainians will be
asked to display
the national flag from
their buildings, and sing
the national anthem in
unison. Western intellig
ence has cited the day
as the most likely time
of a Russian attack
against the
country. (Reuters)
 U.S. officials say
that Russian troops,
along with long-
range artillery and
 missile launchers have
begun moving into
staging areas near the
Ukrainian border after
leaving their assembly
areas. (CBS News)
 Yemeni Civil War
o Saudi Arabian–led intervention in
Yemen
 The Saudi-led
coalition airstrikes Sana
a, Yemen, in retaliation
for an attack
by Houthi forces on
the Saudi Arabian city
of Abha. A
Houthi telecommunicati
ons system used to
command drones is
destroyed. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents

 Seven people are killed and 20 more are

injured by an explosion and fire at a block of
flats in Saint-Laurent-de-la-
Salanque, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. Fir
efighters are searching for survivors. (BBC
News)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Hong Kong
 Hong
Kong reports
a record
2,071 new
COVID-19
cases in the
past 24
hours,
thereby
bringing the
territory-wide
total of
confirmed
cases to
25,051. (Sou
 th China
Morning
Post)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Kuwait, Travel during
the COVID-19
pandemic
 Kuwait lifts
many of its
COVID-19-
related
restrictions,
including
allowing
foreign travel
for
unvaccinated
and
vaccinated
citizens and
allowing the
entry of
unvaccinated
people
into shopping
malls as long
as they show
a
negative PC
R COVID-19
test from the
previous 72
hours. (Al-
Arabiya
English)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Singapore, COVID-19
vaccination in
Singapore
 The Singapor
ean Health
Sciences
Authority gra
nts interim
authorisation
for the use of
the protein-
based Novav
ax COVID-19
 vaccine. (CN
A)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Sweden, COVID-19
vaccination in Sweden
 The Public
Health
Agency of
Sweden reco
mmends that
people over
the age of 80
years,
residents of
nursing
homes, and
people
receiving at-
home care
should
receive a
fourth dose
of
the COVID-
19
vaccine. (Me
dicalXpress)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
the United Kingdom
 Camilla,
Duchess of
Cornwall, tes
ts positive
for COVID-
19. (BBC
News)
International relations

 Mexico–United States relations

o The United States suspends all
imports
of Mexican avocados after threats
are made against
an American plant safety
inspector
in Uruapan, Michoacán. (AP)
 Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute
 o The flag of Mauritius is raised on
the British-controlled Chagos
Archipelago in the Indian
Ocean for the first time in history.
Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind
Jugnauth describes the event as
a "historic moment", saying that it
was time for the United
Kingdom to cede control of the
archipelago. (BBC News)
Law and crime

 Canada convoy protest

o The government
of Canada invokes
the Emergencies Act for the first
time since the law was passed in
1988, thereby giving the federal
government temporary powers to
deal with ongoing blockades
associated with the
protests. (CBC News)
o Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of
Finance Chrystia
Freeland announces that, as part
of the invoking of the
Act, crowdfunding platforms such
as GoFundMe and GiveSendGo
must immediately register with
the Financial Transactions and
Reports Analysis Centre of
Canada (FINTRAC) and
authorizes banks to freeze
accounts suspected to be
involved in the blockades. (CTV
News)
 The United States Department of
Justice asks Honduras for the arrest and
extradition of former Honduran
President Juan Orlando Hernández, who left
office less than a month ago. (Reuters)
February 13, 2022 (Sunday)

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 Russo-Ukrainian War
o 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
 Reactions to the 2021–
2022 Russo-Ukrainian
crisis
 Operation
Unifier
 Ca
na
da 
wit
hd
ra
ws
its 
mil
itar
y
ad
vis
ors 
fro
m
Uk
rai
ne
an
d
rel
oc
ate
s
the
m
to
an
un
dis
clo
se
d
de
sti
nat
ion
in 
Eu
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pe.
It
 mo
ve
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its
dip
lo
ma
tic
sta
ff
to 
Lvi
v,
su
sp
en
din
g
all
op
er
ati
on
s
at
its
em
ba
ss
y
in 
Kyi
v. (
Re
ute
rs)
 Ukraine
receives a
shipment
of FIM-92
Stinger anti-
aircraft
missile syste
ms
from Lithuani
a. (Reuters)
 Ukraine formally
requests a meeting
with Russia and
the Organization for
 Security and Co-
operation in
Europe within the next
48 hours in response to
the crisis. (Daily Sabah)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Nepal, Impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic on
education
 Schools are
reopened
in Nepal after
being closed
for more than
a
month. (Time
s of India)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
South Korea
 South
Korea report
s a record of
56,431 new
COVID-19
cases in the
past 24
hours,
thereby
bringing the
nationwide
total of
confirmed
cases to 1.35
million. (Mani
la Bulletin)
Law and crime

 Eleven people are injured during a mass

stabbing by a man riding a bicycle
through Albuquerque, New Mexico, United
States. The suspect is taken into
custody. (ABC News) (Albuquerque Journal)
 A car bombing in Ashkelon, Israel, kills one
person and injures two more. The incident is
 most likely related to organized crime in
Israel. (Times of Israel)
Politics and elections

 Canada convoy protest

o Canadian police say a major
demonstration at the Ambassador
Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, has
dispersed peacefully. The
protesters had been given
warnings for several days. (BBC
News)
 2022 German presidential election
o Frank-Walter Steinmeier is re-
elected as president of
Germany. (Deutsche Welle)
Sports

 2021 NFL season

o The Los Angeles Rams defeat
the Cincinnati Bengals, 23–20, to
win Super Bowl LVI. (ESPN)
February 12, 2022 (Saturday)

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 Russo-Ukrainian War
o 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
 Reactions to the 2021–
2022 Russo-Ukrainian
crisis
 All British
troops are
ordered to
withdraw
from Ukraine. 
(The
Independent)
 Multiple
nations,
including Est
onia, Iraq, Pa
lestine, Spain 
and Taiwan,
 warn against
traveling to
Ukraine and
urge their
citizens to
leave the
country. (ER
R) (NRT) (W
AFA) (El
País) (Focus
Taiwan)
 Israel declare
s a state of
emergency d
ue to
tensions
between Rus
sia and
Ukraine. (Ha
aretz)
 KLM suspen
ds all flights
to
Ukraine. (NL
Times)
 The
Pentagon ord
ers the
departure
of U.S.
troops in
Ukraine as
tensions
between
Ukraine and
Russia
escalate. (C
NBC)
 The United
States orders
the
evacuation of
its embassy
staff
in Kyiv. (CNN
)
 Thousands
of people
protest
against Russi
 an
military aggre
ssion in Kyiv,
chanting
"Glory to
Ukraine" and
"Ukrainians 
will
resist". (Reut
ers)
 Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
o French forces launch
an airstrike on a jihadist camp in
southern Burkina Faso, near the
border with Benin, killing
40 combatants. The attack was a
retaliation for the massacre of
nine people (including a
Frenchman) in Benin's W National
Park earlier that week. (Voice of
America)
Business and economy

 2018–2022 Turkish currency and debt crisis

o President Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan announces that
the value-added tax (VAT) will be
lowered from 8% to 1% on dairy
products, fruit, vegetables, and
other basic foods. The VAT
reduction, aimed at countering
soaring inflation, will go into effect
on Monday. (Daily Sabah)
International relations

 Bahrain–Israel relations
o Bahraini authorities confirm that
an Israeli military officer will be
stationed inside the country as
part of an upcoming international
coalition consisting of 34
countries. This is the first time an
Israeli officer has been sent to a
military post in the Arab
World. (Reuters)
Law and crime

 Lynching of Mushtaq Ahmed

 o A man accused
of blasphemy is lynched by a mob
in Tulamba, Mian Channu
Tehsil, Khanewal
District, Punjab, Pakistan. (BBC)
Politics and elections

 COVID-19 protests in Canada

o Freedom Convoy 2022
 Protesters gather at
the Peace Bridge near
the Canada–United
States border in an
attempt to end
the COVID-19 mandate
s in Canada. (USA
Today) (Buffalo News)
Sports

 2021 FIFA Club World Cup

o In association football, English
club Chelsea win their first FIFA
Club World Cup title after beating
Brazilian club Palmeiras 2–1
after extra time in the final at
the Mohammed bin Zayed
Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United
Arab Emirates.
Chelsea defender Thiago
Silva wins the
tournament's Golden
Ball award. (Al Jazeera)
February 11, 2022 (Friday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

 Russo-Ukrainian War
o 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
 Reactions to the 2021–
2022 Russo-Ukrainian
crisis
 Russia–
NATO
relations
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 Israel begins 
evacuating e
mbassy staff
 and
diplomats’
families
from Kyiv,
and also
orders a
travel
warning for
all Israelis,
saying that a
large scale
Russian
offensive
may occur
soon. (Times
of Israel)
 Japan urges
its citizens to
leave
Ukraine
immediately.
There are
about 150
Japanese
citizens
currently
living in
Ukraine. (Nik
kei)
 South
Korea bans
all travel to
Ukraine and
asks its
citizens to
leave
Ukraine
immediately. 
(Newsweek)
 Satellite imagery
records Russia
amassing more troops
near the Russia–
Ukraine
border. (Reuters)
 Iran–Israel proxy conflict
o Israel announces the arrest of
eight alleged Iranian spies for
organizing a plot to kill an Israeli
businessman in Istanbul in
 retaliation for the 2020
assassination of the chief of Iran's
nuclear program, Mohsen
Fakhrizadeh, widely regarded to
be the work of the
Israeli intelligence
agency, Mossad. Turkish intellige
nce shared with the Mossad
apparently contributed to the
arrests, and several Turkish
operatives were among those
arrested. (Times of Israel)
Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Hong Kong
 Hong
Kong reports
a record
1,325 new
COVID-19
cases in the
past 24
hours,
bringing the
territory-wide
total of
confirmed
cases to
20,119. (Sou
th China
Morning
Post)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
South Korea
 South
Korea report
s a record
53,926 new
COVID-19
cases in the
past 24
hours,
bringing the
nationwide
total of
confirmed
 cases to
1,239,287. (
The Korea
Herald)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
 COVID-19 pandemic in
France
 The Govern
ment of
France anno
unces
that mask
mandate in
indoor public
places will be
eased
beginning on
February 28
as the
number of
COVID-19
declines. (Eu
ronews)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Italy
 Italy lifts its
outdoor mas
k
mandate and
reopens
nightclubs as
the number
of COVID-19
cases
declines. (Fr
ance 24)
 COVID-19 pandemic in
Russia
 Russia report
s a record
203,949 new
COVID-19
cases in the
past 24
hours,
bringing the
nationwide
total of
confirmed
cases to 13.7
 million. (The
Moscow
Times)
 Koala conservation
o The Australian
Government officially lists
the koala as an endangered
species due to a combination of
factors
including drought, bushfires,
disease and habitat loss. (The
Guardian)
 Deforestation of the Amazon
rainforest, Deforestation in Brazil
o Satellite imagery shows 430
square kilometres of Amazon
rainforest was deforested in
January, five times more than last
January. (BBC News)
International relations

 Somaliland–Taiwan relations
o Somaliland Foreign Minister Essa
Kayd rebukes China's apparent
attempts to dictate
the unrecognized breakaway
state's foreign relations
with Taiwan and reaffirms the
state's recognition of the Republic
of China. (Reuters)
 Finland–United States relations
o Finland agrees to a $9.4 billion
deal with the United States to
purchase 64 F-35 Lightning
II stealth fighter-jets for its air
force. The agreement also
includes buying
advanced surface-to-surface
missiles from Lockheed Martin in
order to upgrade the country's
missile systems. The munition
deliveries are expected to begin
by 2025. (Reuters)
Law and crime

 Canada convoy protest

o Ontario Premier Doug
Ford declares a state of
 emergency over the protest-
related blockades in the City
of Ottawa and at the Ambassador
Bridge. (CBC)
 Crime in Portugal
o Portuguese police, with help from
the FBI, arrest an 18-year-old boy
for planning an armed attack on a
university in Lisbon. (Reuters)
 Mass shootings in the United States
o Five police officers are shot, and
four others wounded, during
a mass shooting during
a domestic violence incident
in Phoenix, Arizona, United
States. The suspect as well as a
woman in the home were
killed. (Yahoo! News)
Politics and elections

 Aftermath of the 2022 Burkina Faso coup

d'état
o Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo
Damiba, leader of the military
junta, is declared president by
the Burkinabé Constitutional
Council. His "election", deemed
retroactively effective since
the coup on January 24, will be
made official by
an inauguration on February
16. (AP)
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Desastres
 Crisis climática
 Pandemia de COVID-19
 Epidemia de opioides
 Temporada europea de tormentas de viento 2021-22
 Brote de H5N8 2020-2022
 Hambruna en Madagascar
 Hambruna yemení

Económico
 escasez mundial de chips 2020-presente
 crisis de la cadena de suministro mundial 2021-2022
 Recesión de COVID-19
 Crisis de liquidez libanesa
 Fuga de Pandora Papers
 Crisis económica y alimentaria de Sri Lanka
 Crisis de la moneda turca y la deuda
 Crisis de proveedores de gas natural del Reino Unido

Política
 Crisis fronteriza entre Bielorrusia y la Unión Europea
 Protestas brasileñas
 Protesta del convoy de Canadá
 Protestas haitianas
 Aislar las protestas de Gran Bretaña
 Proceso de paz libio
 Crisis política de Malasia
 Protestas en Myanmar
 Protestas nicaragüenses
 Protestas nigerianas
 Partygate
 Crisis del Golfo Pérsico
 Crisis peruana
 Crisis ruso-ucraniana
 Disturbios en las Islas Salomón
 Crisis política somalí
 Proceso de paz de Tigrayan
 Protestas tailandesas
 Crisis política tunecina
 Disturbios raciales en Estados Unidos
 Crisis presidencial venezolana
 Campos de internamiento de Xinjiang
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Elecciones y referendos
Reciente
 Febrero
o 5: Argelia, Consejo de la Nación (indirecto)
 o 6: Costa Rica, Presidente (1º), Asamblea
Legislativa
o 13: Alemania, Presidente (indirecto)
o 13: Suiza, Referéndums

Upcoming
 25: Somalia, President (indirect)
 27: Belarus, Constitutional referendum
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Trials
Recently concluded
 United States: Michael Avenatti, Elizabeth
Holmes, Ghislaine Maxwell, Charles Lieber

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
 United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Upcoming
 Canada: Peter Nygård
 Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu
 Sweden: Hamid Nouri
 United States: Steve Bannon, Allen Weisselberg
 Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
 ICC: Ali Kushayb
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Sport

 Multi-sport events
o 2022 Winter Olympics
 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 Intercontinental GT Challenge
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
More details – current sports events
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Recent deaths
February / January
 16: Walter Dellinger
 15: Bappi Lahiri
 12: Carmen Herrera
 12: Hugo Torres Jiménez
 12: Rahul Bajaj
 9: Jim Angle
 9: Jeremy Giambi
 9: Johnny Raper
 8: Bamber Gascoigne
 7: Douglas Trumbull
 6: Syl Johnson
 6: Hans Neuenfels
 6: Lata Mangeshkar
 5: John Honderich
 5: Rayan Oram
 4: Jason Epstein
 3: Christos Sartzetakis
 2: Robert Blalack
 1: Robin Herman
 1: Shintaro Ishihara
 31: Carleton Carpenter
 30: Cheslie Kryst
 30: Robert Wall
 29: Leonard Fenton
 29: Sam Lay
 27: Gene Clines
 26: Janet Mead
 25: Wyn Calvin
 24: Olavo de Carvalho
 23: Beegie Adair
 23: Jean-Claude Mézières
 22: Don Wilson
 22: Thích Nhất Hạnh
 21: Clark Gillies
 21: Terry Tolkin
 20: Elza Soares
 19: Frank Dutton
 19: Gaspard Ulliel
 18: Peter Robbins
 18: André Leon Talley
 15: P. J. O'Rourke
 12: Valerie Boyd
 12: Ivan Reitman
 12: Beryl Vertue
 10: Manuel Esquivel
 9: Betty Davis
 9: Ian McDonald
 8: Ricky Hunter
 8: Luc Montagnier
 6: George Crumb
 6: Ronnie Hellström
 6: John Vinocur
 5: Todd Gitlin
 5: Don Johnston
 4: Ashley Bryan
 3: Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi
 2: Bill Fitch
 2: Monica Vitti
 1: Safi Golpaygani
 1: Glenn Wheatley
 30: Jon Appleton
 30: Hargus Robbins
 30: Norma Waterson
 29: Howard Hesseman
 29: John K. Singlaub
  27: Matthew Reeves
 25: Ozzie
 25: Barry Cryer
 24: Sheldon Silver
 23: Trude Feldman
 23: Thierry Mugler
 22: Colm Keane
 21: Louie Anderson
 21: Mace Neufeld
 20: Meat Loaf
 19: Bob Goalby
 19: Hardy Krüger
 18: Lusia Harris
 18: Badal Roy
 18: Francisco Gento
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 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
o Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
 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 Khalistan movement
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
 Ukraine
o War in Donbas
 Russo-Ukrainian War
 Ireland and the UK
o Dissident Irish republican campaign
 Turkey
o Kurdish–Turkish conflict

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
o American-led intervention in Iraq
o Iranian intervention in Iraq
 Iraq and Syria (map)
o International military intervention against
ISIL
 Israel and Gaza
 Israel and Syria
o Israeli-Syrian border conflict
 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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