The most important thing in 2022
2022.12.06 07:52
The most important thing in 2022
Budrigannews.com – Moscow’s troops had reached the outskirts of Kyiv by the evening of February 25, a day after Russian tanks entered Ukraine in the largest military attack in Europe since World War II.
Ukraine’s defense ministry urged citizens to build petrol bombs to repel the invaders as distant artillery fire shook the capital. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, President, recorded himself and aides walking the city’s streets, promising to uphold his nation’s independence.
Zelenskiy stated, “Tonight, they will launch an assault.” We all should comprehend what looks for us. We have to endure this night.”
Ten months later, Moscow’s “special military operation” is bogged down because the assault never happened. It is retreating in some places. Many people in Moscow had hoped that Russia’s military would win easily, overthrow Zelenskiy’s government, and install a regime that was friendly to Russia.
Yes, vast swaths of Ukraine’s east and south remain under Russian control, and the bloody conflict has displaced 14 million people and killed at least 40,000 civilians. However, armed with billions of dollars’ worth of Western weapons, Ukrainian forces have consistently outperformed the morale-sapping Russians.
In the United States, where Republicans and some pundits had predicted a red wave in the midterm elections, the situation was similar. With a majority of fewer than 10 seats, the Republican Party was victorious in the House of Representatives.
In addition to losing a number of gubernatorial races, the party also failed to regain control of the Senate. In presidential battleground states where their Republican rivals had denied the legitimacy of the 2020 elections, Democrats prevailed in all three secretary of state contests.
The party of the current president is usually harshly criticized during the midterm elections. This time, it was just a gentle tsk.
In economics, the majority of major global central banks delayed raising interest rates until March. In July, the European Central Bank did not act. The delay, according to monetary hawks, allowed inflation to rise. Is that going to cost a lot in the long run? Can the Fed prevent a recession in the United States economy?
In 2023, the answers will become more apparent. In some economies, there are early indications that inflation may have reached its peak, but growth is also slowing. The outlook remains bleak in a few nations, including Britain.
At the United Nations climate talks in Egypt, countries agreed to set up a fund to help poor countries that might be affected by climate disasters, but they didn’t come to an agreement on how to cut emissions faster. In the meantime, glacier collapses in India, Italy, and Chile, record heatwaves in China, floods in Pakistan and Europe, and record heatwaves all served as reminders of how quickly our planet’s climate is changing.
In addition, this was the year that protests erupted in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old man who was detained for wearing an “improper” head covering. She was reportedly beaten, according to witnesses, but Iranian authorities deny that.
The protests, which were largely led by women, spread across the nation and social classes. They will become a greater danger to the Islamic revolution, which has been going on for 43 years, the longer they continue.
What else took place in 2022? Elon Musk purchased Twitter, which he had previously shaken up to such an extent that it had threatened to collapse, and the U.S. dollar skyrocketed. Cryptocurrencies collapsed.
In that year, Latin America veered to the left, the civil war in Ethiopia ended with a ceasefire, and North Korea launched missile after missile. Additionally, it was the year that Britain experienced three Prime Ministers in Downing Street as well as the loss of a queen.
Finally, COVID had a social, if not epidemiological, impact on a significant portion of the world. China, whose zero-COVID policy has sparked protests and unrest in recent weeks, was the major exception. President Xi Jinping won a third term in October at the country’s twice-a-decade Communist Party congress, breaking with recent party tradition, which had seen presidents serve only two terms. Could Zero-COVID shake things up?
If it does, we will be there. Reuters published all of these important stories and tens of thousands more in 2022. We’ll go over the biggest, discuss why they were important, and speculate about their future. We will also continue to deliver the world to you, no matter where you are, in 2023.
Examine the news stories that dominated the year and the outlook for 2023 in the Reuters roundup.
