Portal:Current events/2022 February 16

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
    • Syrian state media agency SANA reports that Israel has fired missiles at the Syrian town of Zakiyah, with no recorded casualties. (Toronto Star)

Arts and culture

• Cristina Calderón, the last full-blooded Yahgan and last native speaker of the Yahgan language, dies in Chile. (France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Brazil floods and landslides
  • 2022 Petrópolis floods
    • At least 117 people are killed by mudslides and flooding in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro. It is the heaviest rainfall registered in the city since 1932. (Reuters)
• List of fatal shark attacks in Australia
  • A man is killed in a shark attack off Little Bay, Sydney, Australia. It is the first fatal shark attack in Sydney since 1963. A witness estimated that the shark was about 4.5 metres (15 ft) in length. (Reuters)
• At least 13 people are killed after wedding guests fall into a well in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. (CNN)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
      • Indonesia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 64,718 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 4.96 million. (detikHealth)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia reports a record 27,831 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3.11 million. (The Star)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • South Korea reports a record 90,443 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.55 million. (CNA)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
    • Switzerland lifts almost all of its COVID-19-related restrictions, with people no longer needing to show COVID-19 vaccine certificates to enter public venues, due to confidence that infection rates had been uncoupled from hospitalization. (Politico.eu)

Law and crime

• Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation
  • The European Court of Justice dismisses Poland and Hungary's challenges against the regulation and confirms that the regulation is in compliance with the treaties of the European Union. This will allow the European Commission to suspend funds from the EU budget to member states that have rule of law issues which are likely to affect the management of EU funds. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• Philippine Basketball Association
  • The Alaska Aces, the second most successful team in the history of the league with 14 championship titles in 35 years, announced that it will cease to exist after the conclusion of the ongoing 2021 PBA Governors' Cup. (ESPN)