Portal:Current events/2022 January 27

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021–2022 Russian-Ukrainian crisis
  • The United States rejects Russia's demand that Ukraine be barred from joining NATO. (BBC News)
  • U.S. President Joe Biden, during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, says "the Russians could invade Ukraine in February". (BBC News)
• Spillover of the Syrian civil war
  • Jordanian troops kill 27 "armed smugglers" after they tried to cross the border from Syria with a large quantity of amphetamines. Several other smugglers, who were "supported by other armed groups", were wounded, according to a statement from the military. (Reuters)
• 2022 Dnipro shooting
  • Five people are killed and five more are injured in a mass shooting at a Yuzhmash production facility in Dnipro, Ukraine, after a member of the Ukrainian National Guard opens fire. (The Straits Times)
• Aftermath of the 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
  • Two civilians are killed while 21 more people are wounded near the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan after troops from both countries engage in a battle. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
      • Finland reports its first ten cases of the Omicron sub-lineage named BA.2 sublineage in Southwest Finland. (Yle News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany reports a record for the second consecutive day of 203,136 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 9.2 million. (Anadolu Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record for the seventh consecutive day of 88,816 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 11,404,617. (Azeri Press Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
      • Spain reports its first two cases of the Omicron sub-lineage named BA.2 sublineage in Catalonia. (The Olive Press)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
      • Turkey reports a record 82,180 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • The government's Plan B restrictions, including mandatory usage of face masks on public transport and in shops, and usage of NHS COVID passports for large events are lifted in England. (Sky News)
    • European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 drug development
      • The European Medicines Agency conditionally approves the use of the Pfizer anti-COVID-19 oral drug Paxlovid for high-risk adult patients. (France 24)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • Brazil reports a record for the second consecutive day of 228,954 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 24.7 million. (Business Standard)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
    • South Korea reports a record for the third consecutive day of 14,518 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 777,497. (Asian News International)

Politics and elections

• Xiomara Castro is officially sworn in as the 56th President of Honduras, making her the country's first female president. (AFP via NDTV)