RationalWiki:What is going on in the world?/January 2022

January 2022

6

Wordle, the popular mobile phone word game which has become a big 2022 fad, has been bought by the New York Times for an undisclosed sum.

48

Phase I trials for a potential HIV vaccine have begun.

40

Fact-checking firm Logically conducted a study on the TERF hashtag campaign "KeepPrisonsSingleSex" and found that it was run primarily by a bot network. (The report on the findings can be read here.)

26

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement, after 28 years on the bench.

32

Georgia pastor found to have eight people locked in his basement

40

Surprise, surprise. The New York Attorney General says that the Trump Organization used fraudulent and misleading asset valuations on multiple properties to obtain economic benefits

18

Tory MP Christian Wakeford defects to Labour

20

Tsunamis in store for United States West Coast and Japan following volcano eruption and tsunami in Tonga.

44

Prince Andrew, Duke of York has renounced & handed back all his military awards, and has rescinded his patronages, including his title of "His Royal Highness".

54

The leader of the Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes, and ten other people associated with the group, have been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy of the 2021 U.S. Capital attack. CNN adds, "It destroys, once and for all, the talking point from those downplaying the events of January 6 that the attack on the Capitol wasn't an insurrection because nobody has been charged with sedition."

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Due to the global shortage of computer chips, Japanese printer manufacturer Canon has informed its customers in Germany how to bypass the DRM in its printers, as it cannot add any chips to its printer cartridges.

74

Joe Biden marks the first anniversary of the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot by calling the former president who still hasn’t accepted his loss a liar and a loser

44

Four protesters who were arrested and charged for criminal damage by pulling down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston, have had their charge quashed by jury nullification.

25

The Kazakh president who has sacked his whole government, has now asked for Russian-led defence group the CSTO to come to Kazakhstan to quash the unrest in the country. This due to growing as protests throughout the country, including crowds taking over the mayor's office and the airport in the country's biggest city, Almaty.

20

Sharp Energy Price Hike Triggers Protests In Kazakhstan.

50

Medical start-up Theranos’ founder Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one account of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against investors. She could face up to 80 years in jail.

22

World economy to top $100 trillion in 2022 for first time.

34

France bans plastic packaging for fruits and vegetables.