Portal:Current events/2022 January 17
January 17, 2022 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Russia–NATO relations
- Canada deploys a small contingent of special forces to Ukraine as part of a NATO response to deter Russian aggression. The unit is also being tasked with evacuating diplomatic personnel from the Canadian embassy in Kyiv in the event of a full-scale invasion. (Reuters)
- The United Kingdom begins supplying anti-tank guided missiles to Ukraine amid tensions with Russia, according to a statement from Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace. A small number of British military personnel will also be deployed to help train Ukrainian troops. (Reuters)
- Royal Air Force C-17 transport aircraft arrive in Ukraine with "light anti-armour weapons" as part of British military support for Ukraine. (UK Defence Journal)
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Russia–NATO relations
- Spillover of the Yemeni Civil War
- 2022 Abu Dhabi attack
- Three people are killed in a drone attack on petrol tanks at a major oil storage facility near Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates. The Yemen-based Houthis claim responsibility, saying that they launched "five ballistic missiles and a large number of drones". (Hindustan Times) (CNN)
- 2022 Abu Dhabi attack
Arts and culture
- Capital of Indonesia
- The Minister of National Development Planning Suharso Monoarfa reveals that the name of the new Indonesian capital will be Nusantara. Nusantara is a term that has been used to describe the Indonesian Archipelago. (VOI)
- An independent investigation team identifies Arnold van den Bergh, a member of Amsterdam's Jewish Council, as the most likely person responsible for reporting The Diary of a Young Girl author Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis in 1944, leading to their deaths in a concentration camp. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
- At least 26 people are killed by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake in Qadis, Badghis Province. (France 24)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
- COVID-19 pandemic in Greece, COVID-19 vaccination in Greece
- Greece begins to introduce monthly fines for people over the age of 60 who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 amid an increase in the number of new cases in the country. The monthly fine will initially be €50 this month and will be €100 per month thereafter. (NPR)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
- The Netherlands reports a record 42,472 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. (NL Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 drug development
- Health Canada approves the use of Pfizer's anti-COVID-19 viral drug Paxlovid for people over the age of 18 years who are at risk of severe disease and death. (CBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta
- Alberta Minister of Health Jason Copping tests positive for COVID-19 as the province reports 1,007 total hospitalizations. (CBC News)
- COVID-19 drug development
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
- COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila
- The Philippines begins to ban people who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 from riding public transport and entering commercial planes despite protests from labour and human rights groups. (Al Jazeera)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
Law and crime
- A Parisian court fines far-right French television pundit and presidential candidate Éric Zemmour €10,000 for calling unaccompanied migrant children "rapists" and "murderers" during a September 2020 television broadcast. (BBC News)