President The President of the United States, Barack Obama, outlines a plan to cut US deficits by $3 trillion over 10 years, with half of the reductions coming from tax increases.
Sinn Féin Sinn Féin nominate John O'Dowd to replace Martin McGuinness on a temporary basis as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.
George Cadle Price George Cadle Price, the first Prime Minister of Belize, dies at 92 following emergency surgery.
United Kingdom Seven people are arrested in the United Kingdom city of Birmingham in relation to alleged involvement in an Islamic terrorist group.
International Monetary Fund The former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, gives his first public interview about allegations of sexual assault made against him in May 2011, to French TV channel TF1.
Guatemala City, Guatemala An earthquake of approximately 5.8 magnitude, two lesser related quakes, and an accompanying series of landslides kill at least three people in a municipality 32 miles south of Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2011 Sikkim earthquake Rescue efforts continue for the victims of the 2011 Sikkim earthquake, which has claimed at least 67 lives in India, Nepal and Tibet.
People's Republic of China At least 27 people are dead and dozens missing after heavy rains in the People's Republic of China.
United Nations The United Nations launches an appeal for US$357 million (€307 million) of international aid for victims of the 2011 Sindh floods in Pakistan.
Securities and Exchange Commission The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission files a lawsuit alleging that unnamed persons engaged in illegal insider trading in the two days before French company Technip announced its plan to buy U.S. company Global Industries.
Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor’s lowers Italy's credit rating from A+ to A, due to concerns about its high level of debt and the stability of its government.
Montreal, Quebec The Montreal band Arcade Fire wins the 2011 Polaris Music Prize for best Canadian album for "The Suburbs".
Syria Syrian activists and residents claim that the Syrian military have shot dead eight people, including six civilians, north of the city of Homs.
A bomb explodes outside the home of a senior police officer in Karachi, Pakistan, killing at least eight people.