India’s BBV154, developed by Bharat Biotech, received emergency use approval as the world’s first intranasal COVID-19 vaccine in August 2022.

Magdalena Andersson, leader of the Social Democrats, was appointed Sweden’s first female prime minister on 30 November 2021 and continued in 2022.

Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan in the final at Dubai, claiming their sixth Asia Cup title in September 2022.

Birmingham, England, staged the 22nd Commonwealth Games from 28 July to 8 August 2022.

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida in September 2022 as a Category 4 storm, causing widespread destruction and flooding.

Indonesia took over the G20 Presidency on 1 December 2021, steering the group’s agenda through the end of 2022.

Elon Musk closed the $44 billion acquisition on 27 October 2022 and rebranded Twitter as X in mid-2023.[17](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AcquisitionofTwitterbyElonMusk)

China’s third carrier, the Fujian, completed fitting out and trials in 2023 after its launch in June 2022.[16](https://testbook.com/question-answer/which-country-has-launched-its-third-aircraft-carr--62af09e6ac3e4354e65718a4)

António Guterres began his second term as UN Secretary-General on 1 January 2022, continuing through 2026.[7](https://unis.unvienna.org/unis/topics/related/2021/Antonio-guterres-secures-second-term.html)

Lula was inaugurated on 1 January 2023 for his third non-consecutive term after winning the October 2022 election.[6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LuizIn%C3%A1cioLuladaSilva)