Editing 2022 (section)

===January===
* {{Anchor|January 1}} [[January 1]] 
** [[France]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]], after the [[2021 Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Slovenian presidency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/france-takes-over-eu-presidency-with-push-for-strategic-autonomy/a-60308915|title=France takes over rotating EU presidency|date=January 1, 2022|language=en|website=dw.com}}</ref>
** The [[Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership]], the largest [[free trade]] area in the world, comes into effect for [[Australia]], [[Brunei]], [[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[Indonesia]], [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[New Zealand]], the [[Philippines]], [[Singapore]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mullen |first=Andrew |date=2022-01-01 |title=World's largest free trade deal is under way, but what is RCEP? |url=https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3161707/what-rcep-worlds-largest-free-trade-deal-under-way |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104012041/https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3161707/what-rcep-worlds-largest-free-trade-deal-under-way |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |access-date=2022-01-01 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 2]] – [[Abdalla Hamdok]] [[resign]]s as [[List of heads of government of Sudan|Prime Minister of Sudan]] amid deadly protests.<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Alaa |last1=Elassar |first2=Pierre |last2=Meilhan |title=Sudan's Prime Minister resigns amid violent anti-coup protests that have left at least 57 people dead |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/02/world/sudan-protest-killed-anti-coup-security-forces/index.html |date=2022-01-02 |publisher=CNN |access-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103005643/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/02/world/sudan-protest-killed-anti-coup-security-forces/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 4]] – The [[Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council|five permanent members of the UN Security Council]]—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States—issue a rare joint statement affirming that "a [[nuclear war]] cannot be won and must never be fought."<ref>{{cite news|date=4 January 2022|title='No one can win a nuclear war': Superpowers release rare joint statement|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/no-one-can-win-a-nuclear-war-superpowers-release-rare-joint-statement-20220104-p59lmf.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=4 January 2022|archive-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104104414/https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/no-one-can-win-a-nuclear-war-superpowers-release-rare-joint-statement-20220104-p59lmf.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[January 5]] – A nationwide [[state of emergency]] is declared in [[Kazakhstan]] in response to the [[2022 Kazakh unrest]]. The cabinet of prime minister [[Askar Mamin]] resigns, while president [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] removes former president [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]], widely regarded as being the real power in the country, from his position as Chairman of the [[Security Council of Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Auyezov|first=Olzhas|date=2022-01-05|title=Kazakh protesters torch public buildings; emergency declared, Cabinet resigns|language=en|publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/kazakhstan-government-resigns-after-violent-protests-over-fuel-price-2022-01-05/|access-date=2022-01-05|archive-date=January 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105041322/https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/kazakhstan-government-resigns-after-violent-protests-over-fuel-price-2022-01-05/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Satubaldina|first1=Assel|last2=January 2022|first2=Zhanna Shayakhmetova in Nation on 5|date=2022-01-05|title=Kazakhstan Declares State of Emergency After Fuel Price Protests|url=https://astanatimes.com/2022/01/kazakhstan-declares-state-of-emergency-after-fuel-price-protests/|access-date=2022-01-05|website=The Astana Times|language=en|archive-date=January 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105175138/https://astanatimes.com/2022/01/kazakhstan-declares-state-of-emergency-after-fuel-price-protests/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=5 January 2022|title=Kazakhstan is in turmoil after massive protests force the government to resign|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1070622365/kazakhstan-is-in-turmoil-after-massive-protests-force-the-government-to-resign?t=1641430408915|url-status=live|access-date=7 January 2022|publisher=[[NPR]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106005522/https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1070622365/kazakhstan-is-in-turmoil-after-massive-protests-force-the-government-to-resign?t=1641430408915 |archive-date=January 6, 2022 }}</ref>
* [[January 6]] – The [[Collective Security Treaty Organization|CSTO]] deploys a "peacekeeping" mission in [[Kazakhstan]], including Russian [[paratrooper]]s, following a request by [[President of Kazakhstan|Kazakh president]] [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev|Tokayev]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 January 2022|title=Russian paratroopers arrive in Kazakhstan as unrest continues|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/shots-heard-in-kazakhstan-as-protests-enter-third-day|url-status=live|access-date=7 January 2022|website=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106052045/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/shots-heard-in-kazakhstan-as-protests-enter-third-day |archive-date=January 6, 2022 }}</ref>
* [[January 7]] – [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: The number of [[COVID-19]] cases exceeds 300 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|date=7 January 2022|title=Global Coronavirus Cases Top 300 Million|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/06/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests|work=The New York Times|access-date=7 January 2022|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107152142/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/06/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 9]] – [[February 6]] – The [[2021 Africa Cup of Nations]] is held in [[Cameroon]], with [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] [[2021 Africa Cup of Nations Final|winning their first championship]].<ref name="draw postponed">{{cite news|date=6 June 2021|title=CAF postpones TotalEnergies Africa Cup final draw, new date to be set soon|publisher=CAF|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/caf-postpones-totalenergies-africa-cup-final-draw-new-date-to-be-set-soon|access-date=7 June 2021|archive-date=July 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729221854/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/caf-postpones-totalenergies-africa-cup-final-draw-new-date-to-be-set-soon|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Senegal vs. Egypt - Football Match Report - February 6, 2022 - ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/629153|access-date=2022-02-07|publisher=ESPN|language=en|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207041835/https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/629153|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – The first successful [[heart transplant]] from a [[xenotransplantation|pig to a human]] patient occurs in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], United States.<ref>{{cite news|date=10 January 2022|title=University of Maryland School of Medicine Faculty Scientists and Clinicians Perform Historic First Successful Transplant of Porcine Heart into Adult Human with End-Stage Heart Disease|url=https://www.umms.org/ummc/news/2022/first-successful-transplant-of-porcine-heart-into-adult-human-heart|publisher=University of Maryland Medical Center|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=March 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309212622/https://www.umms.org/ummc/news/2022/first-successful-transplant-of-porcine-heart-into-adult-human-heart|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=10 January 2022|title=Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59944889|work=BBC News|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=January 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117073855/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59944889|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] – [[Bikaner-Guwahati Express derailment]]: The [[Bikaner-Guwahati Express]] train derailed in [[Maynaguri]]. 9 people were killed and 50 people were injured. This was the first major train accident of 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=8 Killed, 45 Injured As Express Train Derails In West Bengal|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/guwahati-bikaner-express-derails-near-domohani-in-west-bengal-2706406}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – A large [[2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami|eruption]] of [[Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai]], a submarine volcano in [[Tonga]], triggers [[tsunami]] warnings in Australia, [[Canada]], [[Chile]], [[Fiji]], Japan, New Zealand, [[Samoa]], and the United States.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 January 2022|title=Get away from shore - US and Japan warn on tsunami|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60007119|work=BBC News|access-date=15 January 2022|archive-date=January 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117140337/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60007119|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players|World No. 1]] tennis champion [[Novak Djokovic]] is [[deport]]ed from Australia following a high-profile legal case regarding his [[COVID-19 vaccine|COVID-19 vaccination]] status, preventing his participation in the [[2022 Australian Open]].<ref>{{cite news|date=16 January 2022|title=Novak Djokovic: Tennis star deported after losing Australia visa battle|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-60014059|work=BBC News|access-date=16 January 2022|archive-date=January 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116121542/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-60014059|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=16 January 2022|title=Novak Djokovic leaves Australia after court rejects visa challenge|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/16/tennis/novak-djokovic-australian-open-federal-court-hearing-spt-intl-hnk/index.html|publisher=CNN|access-date=16 January 2022|archive-date=January 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116121553/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/16/tennis/novak-djokovic-australian-open-federal-court-hearing-spt-intl-hnk/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=16 January 2022|title=Novak Djokovic visa saga LIVE: Djokovic to miss 2022 Australian Open after losing court case|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-visa-saga-live-tennis-star-back-before-court-ahead-of-2022-australian-open-20220116-p59oje.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=16 January 2022|archive-date=January 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116132410/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-visa-saga-live-tennis-star-back-before-court-ahead-of-2022-australian-open-20220116-p59oje.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – In [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]], a [[2022 Abu Dhabi attack|terrorist attack]] against 3 oil tanker trucks and an under construction airport extension infrastructure is conducted by the [[Houthi movement]] using drones and missiles, killing 3 people and injuring 6 others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Experts react: Iran-backed Houthis launched a drone attack in Abu Dhabi. What challenges lie ahead for the region?|date=January 24, 2022 |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/experts-react-iran-backed-houthis-launch-drone-attack-in-abu-dhabi/}}</ref>
* [[January 23]]
**[[Tropical Storm Ana (2022)|Tropical Storm Ana]] kills 115 people in [[Madagascar]], [[Malawi]] and [[Mozambique]], days after a [[2022 Antananarivo floods|series of floods]] killed 11 people in Madagascar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jan/25/at-least-four-killed-after-tropical-storm-ana-hits-malawi-and-mozambique|title=At least four killed after tropical Storm Ana hits Malawi and Mozambique|date=January 25, 2022|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=February 7, 2022|archive-date=February 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204064411/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jan/25/at-least-four-killed-after-tropical-storm-ana-hits-malawi-and-mozambique|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Malawi hit by flooding caused by tropical storm Ana; 1 dead|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/20220125/c85d3ca6f72c4495aeb8c8306556fc10/c.html|access-date=25 January 2022|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125195246/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/20220125/c85d3ca6f72c4495aeb8c8306556fc10/c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
**A [[January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état|coup d'état]] in [[Burkina Faso]] removes president [[Roch Marc Christian Kaboré|Roch Kaboré]] from power. The Burkinabé military cites the government's failure to contain activities of [[Islamist militants]] within the country as a reason for the coup.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2022-01-27|title=Burkina Faso coup: Return of the military strongmen to West Africa|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60138129|access-date=2022-01-28|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128043256/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60138129|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2022-01-28|title=Burkina Faso: New leader gives first speech since ousting president|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60164531|access-date=2022-01-28|archive-date=September 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915073625/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60164531|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[January 24]] – The federal government under [[Scott Morrison]] announces that, after more than three years of confidential negotiations, copyright ownership of the [[Australian Aboriginal flag]] has been transferred to the Commonwealth.<ref>{{cite web | title=Who is Harold Thomas, the man who created the Aboriginal flag? | website=ABC News | publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=25 January 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-25/aboriginal-flag-who-is-harold-thomas/100779922 | access-date=16 February 2022 | archive-date=August 9, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230809215932/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-25/aboriginal-flag-who-is-harold-thomas/100779922 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="pm">{{Cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Scott |last2=Wyatt |first2=Ken |date=25 January 2022 |title=Free use of Aboriginal Flag secured for all Australians |url=https://www.indigenous.gov.au/news-and-media/announcements/free-use-aboriginal-flag-secured-all-australians |access-date=28 January 2022 |website=Prime Minister of Australia |archive-date=November 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108000600/https://www.indigenous.gov.au/news-and-media/announcements/free-use-aboriginal-flag-secured-all-australians |url-status=live }} [[File:CC-BY_icon.svg|50x50px]] Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under a [[creativecommons:by/4.0|Attribution 4.0 International  (CC BY 4.0)]] licence.</ref>
* [[January 28]] – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 10 billion.<ref>{{cite news|date=28 January 2022|title=The world surpasses 10 billion vaccine doses administered, but gaps persist in who gets the shots.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/world/covid-vaccines-10-billion-doses.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=29 January 2022|archive-date=January 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129123715/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/world/covid-vaccines-10-billion-doses.html|url-status=live}}</ref>