20th National Congress of the People's Party (Spain) The secretary general of the People's Party, Teodoro García Egea, resigns after a scandal over alleged spying on the President of the Community of Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
Persecution of Christians in North Korea A South Korean state commission confirms that retreating North Korean soldiers murdered over 1,150 South Korean Christian civilians in the early stages of the Korean War due to a state anti-religion campaign.
2020 Nova Scotia attacks A public inquiry into the 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia, Canada, that killed 22 people is opened.
COVID-19 pandemic Singapore reports a record 26,032 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 622,293.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces a citywide testing campaign due to surge of the cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. It is planned to test each citizen three times during the campaign.
United Nations Security Council The U.N. Security Council unanimously passes a resolution declaring that Iraq is no longer required to pay out to victims of its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Iraq had paid out US$50 billion to 1.4 million claimants, including one claim to the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation that totaled US$14.7 billion, by the time of the resolution's passage.
2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis Germany suspends the Nord Stream 2 project in response to Russia's recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.
The foreign ministers of European Union member states agree on a package of new sanctions against Russia.
The Russian parliament ratifies the friendship and cooperation treaties with the DPR and LPR, following Putin's request made the previous day.
Protesters also gather at the Russian Embassy in Kyiv to protest ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Anti-war protesters gather at the Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, to oppose President Vladimir Putin's decision to send soldiers to separatist regions in Ukraine.
Syria voices support for Russia's recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.