Portal:Current events/2022 August 22
August 22, 2022 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Communist armed conflicts in the Philippines
- 2022 Samar boat explosion
- Ten communist rebels, including CPP–NPA leaders Wilma and Benito Tiamzon, are killed in a boat explosion off the coast of Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines. (Benar News)
- 2022 Samar boat explosion
Business and economy
- The exchange rate between the euro and the United States dollar drops to 0.9928, the lowest in 20 years. (AA)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
- Moderna announces that it will supply 12 million doses of its bivalent COVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting the Omicron variant. (CBC)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- The U.S. CDC announces that it has recommended the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for use in children between the ages of 12 and 17 years. (CNET)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
- Schools in the Philippines reopen for in-person classes after a two year closure due to the pandemic. (WION)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Monkeypox cases have been reported in all 50 U.S. states after Wyoming reports its first case of the disease in a person from Laramie County. (ABC News)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
International relations
- Taiwan–United States relations
- Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb visits Taiwan and meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. (ABC News)
- Pakistan–Qatar relations
- The cabinet of Pakistan approves the deployment of Pakistan Army troops to Qatar to provide security for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup. (Reuters)
- English Channel migrant crossings
- A record 1,295 illegal migrants cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom on "small boats", according to the Ministry of Defence. (France 24)
Law and crime
- The Pakistani police file terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. (NPR)
- A federal prosecutor requests a 12-year sentence for former president and current vice president of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on corruption-related charges. (Reuters)
- Killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel
- A nine-year-old girl is shot dead and two others are wounded in a shooting inside a house in Liverpool, England, according to Merseyside Police. (BBC News) (ABC News)