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Dec 16, 2022 · The year 2022 has been full of rapid and unexpected changes. From severe flooding in Pakistan to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, these 10 pictures cover major news events from the past 12 months.
Events from the year 2022 in the United Kingdom. This year saw Boris Johnson resign as prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party, with Liz Truss being elected as his successor in September, before resigning in October and being succeeded by Rishi Sunak.
- Russia Invades Ukraine. Sometimes intelligence agencies are like the mythical Cassandra, correctly predicting events only to be disbelieved. Late in 2021, U.S. and British officials began warning that Russia would invade Ukraine.
- U.S.- China Tensions Grow. The great power competition between China and the United States is fully underway. The Joe Biden administration’s National Security Strategy, released in October 2022, made the point bluntly: “China harbors the intention and, increasingly, the capacity to reshape the international order in favor of one that tilts the global playing field to its benefit,” and the United States intends to “win the competition.”
- Climate Change Intensifies. Forty years ago, when scientists first warned of a possible climate catastrophe, it was a problem for the future. Two thousand twenty-two showed that that perilous future has arrived.
- Inflation Returns. Sometimes the good old days were not so good. The late 1970s are a case in point. Anyone who lived through those years experienced what it was like to see inflation eat through their paychecks.
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- January. The James Webb Space Telescope entered orbit. The telescope has since yielded a series of stunning images of deep space. The James Webb Space Telescope: Looking back towards the beginning of time ("Sunday Morning")
- February. Russia invaded Ukraine, igniting a bloody conflict now in its tenth month. Ukraine vs. Russia: A modern-day David vs. Goliath story ("Sunday Morning")
- March. Researchers discovered the wreck of Endurance, the ship from Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated trans-Antarctic expedition that got underway in 1914. A tale of Endurance ("Sunday Morning")
- April. Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson? ("Sunday Morning") Why Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation resonates across generations ("CBS Mornings")
While escalations into the internal conflict in Myanmar and the Tigray War dominated the heightening of tensions within their regions and each caused over 10,000 deaths, 2022 was most notable for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.
Dec 6, 2022 · In 2022, Reuters delivered all of these vital stories and tens of thousands more. Over the coming few weeks we'll recap the biggest, dig into why they mattered, and ask where they may be headed.
