2022 FIFA World Cup controversies FIFA announces that they will discipline the Serbian national football team for hanging a banner in their locker room that showed the territory of Kosovo as part of Serbia. Kosovar authorities condemned the incident.
2022 Equatorial Guinean general election President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the world's longest-serving president, is re-elected to a seven-year term.
2022 Taiwanese constitutional referendum The propositions on lowering voting and candidacy ages to 18 fail to pass as they do not receive the required approval of half of the eligible voters.
Residents of Taiwan head to the polls for a constitutional referendum on the issues of lowering the voting age from 20 to 18 and lowering the age of candidacy from 23 to 18.
2022 Taiwanese local elections Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen resigns as leader of the Democratic Progressive Party after the party suffers a major defeat in the elections.
The Kuomintang Party, who has consistently advocated economic engagement and unification with mainland China, wins 13 of the 21 seats contested in the elections.
Residents of Taiwan head to the polls to elect mayors, city council members and other local leaders in nine cities and 13 counties.
Mass shootings in the United States One person is killed and five others are injured during a mass shooting in Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
2022 Ischia landslide Ten people are killed, five others are injured, and two are missing after a landslide hits Ischia, Naples, Italy.