Portal:Current events/2022 February 2
February 2, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- Belarus–Russia relations
- A video is shown of troops from the Eastern Military District of the Russian and Belarusian Armed Forces conducting military drills and "combat cohesions" on Belarusian soil amidst ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. (TASS) (ABC News)
- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby announces that the Pentagon will deploy 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe to defend its allies and counter Russian aggression against Ukraine. (NBC News)
- Belarus–Russia relations
- 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- Plaine Savo massacre
- Over 60 people are killed by suspected CODECO militiamen during a mass stabbing at a camp for internally displaced people in Djugu, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera)
- Plaine Savo massacre
- 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt
- Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló says that yesterday, gunmen tried to kill him and his entire cabinet at the government palace during the coup d'état attempt. The heavy gunfire, which lasted for five hours, resulted in the death of at least four attackers and two guards. The attackers are said to be "linked to drug trafficking in the country". (BBC News)
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Turkish airstrikes target PKK and SDF positions in Northern Iraq and Syria, killing 12 people and injuring 17 others. (Middle East Eye)
Business and eocnomy
- CNN president Jeff Zucker resigns for failing to disclose that he was in a consensual relationship with the network's executive vice president. The relationship was discovered during a misconduct investigation into the network's former anchor Chris Cuomo. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- A power cable collapse kills at least 26 people in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
- The Czech Republic reports a record 66,970 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which containing 57,195 first-time infections and 9,775 reinfections. (Radio Prague International)
- COVID-19 pandemic in France
- France begins to lift the mandatory outdoor mask wearing and mandatory work from home orders despite a high number of COVID-19 cases. (Euronews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
Politics and elections
- Canadian Opposition Leader Erin O'Toole is forced out of his leadership position in a 73–45 no-confidence vote by his party. An interim leader is to be announced later in the day. (CTV News)
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- Denmark at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Six players from the Danish men's national hockey team test positive for COVID-19 ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympics. (The Hill)
- Denmark at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Washington Redskins name controversy, Native American mascot controversy
- It is announced that, starting in the 2022 NFL season, the Washington Football Team will become known as the Washington Commanders to replace the Redskins name, which was retired in mid-2020 following the George Floyd protests. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)