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Hong Kong reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 625 new COVID-19 cases, prompting the government to impose strict social distancing measures in places of worship and hair salons as well as limiting private gatherings to two people beginning on February 10.
On 22 February 2022, two days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Informer published a large headline saying that "Ukraine has attacked Russia". [ 26 ] In late September 2022, Informer published an interview with a serial rapist Igor Milošević, who had just been released after having served 15 years in prison. [ 27 ]
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.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan despite Chinese threats of military action in response to her visit. Pelosi is the most senior U.S. official to visit the self-governing island since Newt Gingrich in 1997.
The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Respect for Marriage Act, which enshrines same-sex marriage and interracial marriage into federal law, in a 258–169–1 vote. Politics and elections. 2017–present Peruvian political crisis. 2022 Peruvian self-coup attempt, December 2022 Peruvian protests
(U.S. News & World Report) Business and economy. The Food and Agriculture Organisation's food price index increases by 13% in March to an all-time record of 159.3 points amid fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The price of vegetable oils increases by 23% and the price of cereals increases by 17%. International relations
July 2022 European heat wave. 2022 United Kingdom heat wave. British authorities issue a level 2 warning as a heat wave continues. (The Independent via MSN) Portugal issues warnings of temperatures as high as 43 °C (109 °F) amid a drought and wildfires in parts of the country. (The Washington Post) 2022 India–Bangladesh floods
Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis. The British government relocates its embassy from Kyiv to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, and again urges its citizens to leave the country while they still can. Estonia delivers a shipment of U.S.-made FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine.