## [2022-02-1](/feed/2022/02/1/index.md)

##### 2021 NFL season
### [Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, widely regarded as the greatest NFL player of all time, formally announces his retirement after 22 professional seasons. ](/feed/2022/02/1/tampa-bay-buccaneers-quarterback-tom-brady-widely-regarded-as-the-greatest-nfl-player-of-all-time-formally-announces-h.md)
##### Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
### [American bobsledder Elana Meyers announces that she has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympics. ](/feed/2022/02/1/american-bobsledder-elana-meyers-announces-that-she-has-tested-positive-for-covid-19-ahead-of-the-upcoming-winter-olympi.md)
##### U.S. State Department
### [The U.S. State Department announces that they have ordered government employees and their families to leave Belarus amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. ](/feed/2022/02/1/the-us-state-department-announces-that-they-have-ordered-government-employees-and-their-families-to-leave-belarus-amid.md)
##### COVID-19 pandemic
### [The United States surpasses 900,000 deaths from COVID-19. ](/feed/2022/02/1/the-united-states-surpasses-900000-deaths-from-covid-19.md)
### [Quebec Premier François Legault suspends a plan to tax people who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 in order to protect "social cohesion" in the province. ](/feed/2022/02/1/quebec-premier-francois-legault-suspends-a-plan-to-tax-people-who-are-unvaccinated-against-covid-19-in-order-to-protect.md)
### [The European Union restricts the validity of the EU Digital COVID certificate to only nine months after having received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. ](/feed/2022/02/1/the-european-union-restricts-the-validity-of-the-eu-digital-covid-certificate-to-only-nine-months-after-having-received.md)
### [Turkey reports a record 102,601 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. ](/feed/2022/02/1/turkey-reports-a-record-102601-new-covid-19-cases-in-the-past-24-hours.md)
### [The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices approves the phase III trial of the Hipra COVID-19 vaccine candidate. ](/feed/2022/02/1/the-spanish-agency-of-medicines-and-medical-devices-approves-the-phase-iii-trial-of-the-hipra-covid-19-vaccine-candidate.md)
### [Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announces that he has tested positive for COVID-19. ](/feed/2022/02/1/portuguese-prime-minister-antonio-costa-announces-that-he-has-tested-positive-for-covid-19.md)
### [Norway lifts almost all remaining COVID-19-related restrictions except for face mask rules due to the country's high vaccination rate. ](/feed/2022/02/1/norway-lifts-almost-all-remaining-covid-19-related-restrictions-except-for-face-mask-rules-due-to-the-country-s-high-vac.md)
##### 2022 Haiti floods
### [Three people are killed and at least 2,500 families have been evacuated amid heavy rains and flooding in Haiti. ](/feed/2022/02/1/three-people-are-killed-and-at-least-2500-families-have-been-evacuated-amid-heavy-rains-and-flooding-in-haiti.md)
##### 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt
### [A coup attempt is made in Guinea-Bissau. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo says that "many" members of the security forces have been killed in a "failed attack against democracy" as both the African Union and ECOWAS condemn the attempted coup. ](/feed/2022/02/1/a-coup-attempt-is-made-in-guinea-bissau-president-umaro-sissoco-embalo-says-that-many-members-of-the-security-forces.md)
##### Russo-Ukrainian War
### [Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the United States of trying to "draw Russia into war" in Ukraine as a pretext to impose more sanctions in order to "contain Russia's development". Putin also says that the U.S. has ignored Russia's concerns about the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe. ](/feed/2022/02/1/russian-president-vladimir-putin-accuses-the-united-states-of-trying-to-draw-russia-into-war-in-ukraine-as-a-pretext-t.md)
### [The Luhansk People's Republic accuses Ukraine of deploying a 9K33 Osa anti-aircraft missile system in a residential area of Popasna, a majority Russian-speaking city near the frontline. ](/feed/2022/02/1/the-luhansk-people-s-republic-accuses-ukraine-of-deploying-a-9k33-osa-anti-aircraft-missile-system-in-a-residential-area.md)
### [A Ukrainian Air Force drone strike kills a pro-Russian insurgent on the frontline in Donbas, according to the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. ](/feed/2022/02/1/a-ukrainian-air-force-drone-strike-kills-a-pro-russian-insurgent-on-the-frontline-in-donbas-according-to-the-head-of-th.md)
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