Portal:Current events/2022 January 27

January 27, 2022 (Thursday)

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)