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Portal:Current events/2022 February 5
February 5, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- A pair of Tu-22M3 bombers are seen flying across Belarus amid large joint military drills and tensions between Russia and Ukraine. (AP)
- Protesters gather in Kharkiv, Ukraine, to protest Russian aggression. Code Pink and other anti-war protesters also gather in Topsham, Maine and other cities across the U.S. to protest the escalation. (VOA) (WABI-TV) (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Twenty Baloch Nationalist Army separatists and nine Pakistani soldiers are killed during raids in Panjgur and Nushki, after the BNA attacked two security posts two days ago, killing four soldiers and a civilian. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong reports a record 351 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the territory-wide total of confirmed cases to 15,066. (The Standard)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- Singapore reports a record 13,046 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 379,681. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea reports a record for the third consecutive day of 36,362 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 971,018. (The Korea Herald)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland
- Queensland reports a record 21 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the statewide death toll to 268. (News.com.au)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- New Zealand reports a record 243 new community transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Iran nuclear deal framework
- The Biden administration announces the restoration of sanctions relief to Iran's civilian nuclear sector, as it attempts to entice Iran back to talks on a nuclear deal. (AP)
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