Portal:Current events/2022 March 14

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Siege of Mariupol
      • Local officials in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, say that over 160 cars have left the city in the first successful attempt to arrange a humanitarian corridor to evacuate the city. (Reuters)
    • Russia denies having requested military assistance from China, as alleged by several US officials. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
    • A Russian Air Force airstrike on a television tower in Rivne Oblast in Western Ukraine kills at least nine people, according to Rivne governor Vitaliy Koval. (Reuters)
    • A Russian Orlan-10 UAV crashes near a village in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania. (Euronews)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
    • Armenia–Azerbaijan relations
      • Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan asks the OSCE Minsk Group to help initiate peace talks with Azerbaijan in an effort to normalize relations following the conflict. (ThePrint)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • Famine in Yemen
    • The United Nations reports that around 161,000 people in Yemen are expected to face a famine in the second half of the year. (Bloomberg)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 California wildfires
  • Evacuation warnings are lifted in Santa Barbara County after 50 percent of the Hollister Fire is contained. (KCRA-TV)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario
      • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term care facilities
        • Long-term care homes in Ontario will keep their vaccine mandates for employees despite the province lifting all mandates. (Global News)
      • Ontario health officials report no deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours for the first time since December 20. (CTV News Toronto)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick
      • New Brunswick lifts their COVID-19 restrictions including their mask mandate, social distancing rules, and limits on gatherings. (CBC)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
    • COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea
      • Interior Minister Jeon Hae-cheol announces that South Korea will begin its COVID-19 vaccine campaign for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years on March 31. Booster doses will also be administered for children between the ages of 12 and 17 years. (Korea Herald)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
    • The incidence rate for COVID-19 reaches an all-time high in Germany for the third consecutive day, at a seven-day moving average rate of 1,543 infections per 100,000 people. (Bloomberg)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
    • Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin announces that the city has ended their mask requirements and other COVID-19 measures for business. (Reuters)

International relations

• Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia–Ukraine relations
    • The fourth round of talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations resumes in an effort to end the war but is delayed until tomorrow due to technical issues. (Wall Street Journal) (Reuters)
  • Russia–Slovakia relations
    • Slovakia expels three Russian diplomats for alleged espionage and bribery. (AP)
• Germany–United States relations
  • Germany announces that it will buy 35 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets from the United States to replace its aging fleet of Panavia Tornados. Germany will also purchase 15 Eurofighter Typhoon jets from Airbus. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 anti-war protests in Russia
      • Marina Ovsyannikova, a Russian state television journalist, interrupts a live news broadcast of Channel One Russia, holding a sign saying "No War" and "Stop the war. Do not believe propaganda, they tell you lies here", and is promptly arrested. (MSN)
    • Anti-war protesters seize the mansion of Oleg Deripaska in London. Four of the protesters who were seen on the balcony of Deripaska's mansion are later arrested. (The Guardian)
  • International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Andrey Turchak, the secretary-general of the ruling party United Russia, declares that the party will draft a bill criminalising compliance with the Western sanctions. (Kommersant)
• 2022 Northeastern U.S. serial shooter
  • The New York City Police Department releases images of a suspected serial killer who has shot five homeless men, two fatally, in New York City and Washington, D.C. in the last week. (The New York Times)
• Cameroon bans shisha smoking, becoming the sixth African country to do so. (Africanews)

Politics and elections

• Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Jean Charest, a candidate for the upcoming Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, tests positive for COVID-19. (CBC)

Science and technology

• A DDoS cyberattack temporarily takes down Israeli government websites, including the websites of the interior, health, justice, and welfare ministries and the prime minister's office. (Middle East Eye)