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A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes near Kish Island, Iran, killing one person and injuring 31 others. Health and environment. COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China. Shanghai declares "victory" over COVID-19 and Beijing announces the reopening of primary and secondary schools following a decrease in the number of cases.
2022 Dominican general election. Dominicans go to the polls to elect the members of the House of Assembly. (CARICOM Daily) The People's Representative Council of Indonesia replaces the country's colonial-era criminal code with a new code that criminalizes premarital and extramarital sex and cohabitation, among other changes. (AFP via New ...
2022 Pacific typhoon season. Ten people are killed in South Korea by Typhoon Hinnamnor. Seven of the victims died in a flooded underground car park. In addition, 2,900 people are evacuated and 66,000 homes are damaged. September 2022 Afghanistan earthquake. Six people are killed when two earthquakes strike northern Afghanistan.
2022 Haitian crisis. Following increased international pressure, Haitian gang leader Jimmy Chérizier announces the end of a blockade that his gang had imposed on a key fuel station, leading to severe shortages. One person is killed and ten others are wounded in a bus bombing in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, Philippines.
After the ISU was able to find a replacement host for the Cup of China, it again asked non-European ISU members to consider applying to host the Four Continents Championships on the originally scheduled dates. [6] After an unsuccessful search, Tallinn was chosen as the replacement host, having just hosted the 2022 European Championships one ...
Freedom Convoy 2022. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declares a state of emergency in the capital as a trucker protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates enters its second week. (The Independent) 2022 Costa Rican general election. A general election is held in Costa Rica. 2021–2022 Tunisian political crisis
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Nicaragua. Health and environment. COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic in Asia. COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam announces a travel ban from eight countries with high SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases from January 8 to January 21.
Sri Lanka's inflation rate reaches a record 54.6% amid a steep economic crisis and a default of the country's debt. Disasters and accidents. 2022 Hormozgan earthquakes. Five people are killed and 49 are injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits Hormozgan province, Iran. Argentina issues a notice of polar wave temperatures.