Portal:Current events/2022 August 22

Business and economy

• The exchange rate between the euro and the United States dollar drops to 0.9928, the lowest in 20 years. (Anadolu Agency)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
        • Moderna announces that it will supply 12 million doses of its bivalent COVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting the Omicron variant. (CBC)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
      • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
        • The U.S. CDC announces that it has recommended the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for use in children between the ages of 12 and 17 years. (CNET)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
    • Schools in the Philippines reopen for in-person classes after a two year closure due to the pandemic. (WION)
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
    • Monkeypox cases have been reported in all 50 U.S. states after Wyoming reports its first case of the disease in a person from Laramie County. (ABC News)

International relations

• Taiwan–United States relations
  • Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb visits Taiwan and meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. (ABC News)
• Pakistan–Qatar relations
  • The cabinet of Pakistan approves the deployment of Pakistan Army troops to Qatar to provide security for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup. (Reuters)
• English Channel migrant crossings
  • A record 1,295 illegal migrants cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom on "small boats", according to the Ministry of Defence. (France 24)

Law and crime

• The Pakistani police file terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. (NPR)
• A federal prosecutor requests a 12-year sentence for former president and current vice president of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on corruption-related charges. (Reuters)
• Killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel
  • A nine-year-old girl is shot dead and two others are wounded in a shooting inside a house in Liverpool, England, according to Merseyside Police. (BBC News) (ABC News)