2022 FIFA World Cup qualification FIFA dismisses a petition by the Football Federation of Chile against the Ecuadorian Football Federation to disqualify the Ecuador national football team from participating in the 2022 World Cup, claiming that one of its players, Byron Castillo, is ineligible on the grounds of his nationality.
Capital punishment in Malaysia Malaysian law minister Wan Junaidi announces that mandatory capital punishment will be abolished in the country.
Russia Russia withdraws from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) after having been suspended by that organization due to the country's war in Ukraine.
China–Russia relations Russia and China open the new Blagoveshchensk–Heihe Bridge. The 1 km long bridge spans across the Amur river to connect Heihe in Northeastern China's Heilongjiang province with Blagoveshchensk in Far Eastern Russia's Amur Oblast. It will shorten the travel distance of freight between China and western Russia by 1,500 km.
The U.S. purchases 300,000 more doses of vaccines from Bavarian Nordic, including the Jynneos vaccine, as part of an effort to combat the monkeypox outbreak.
COVID-19 pandemic The Biden administration announces that the U.S. has lifted COVID-19 testing restrictions for international travel.
2021–2022 inflation surge The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 880 points and the S&P 500 falls 117 points following the release of an inflation report that showed a faster-than-expected rise in prices and consumer sentiment reaching a record low.
2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions The Democratic Republic of the Congo accuses Rwanda of killing two Congolese children in a rocket attack. Rwanda also accuses the DRC of firing rockets into the country from Bunagana.
Russo-Ukrainian War The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine states that the country has "installed naval mines in the exercise of our right to self-defence".