Queen Elizabeth II marks 70 years on the throne, her Platinum Jubilee, a distinction that no other British monarch has held before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 cases exceed 500 million worldwide, while more than 10 billion vaccines are administered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first successful heart transplant from a pig to a human takes place in the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are held in Beijing, China, making it the first city ever to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics and Paralympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The biggest breakthrough in fusion energy since 1997, is reported at the Joint European Torus in Oxford, UK with 59 megajoules produced over five seconds (11 megawatts of power), more than double the previous record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hostilities between Russia and Ukraine begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expo 2020 closes in Dubai after a six-month run, recording more than 24 million visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first known dinosaur fossil linked to the very day of the Chicxulub Impact is reported by palaeontologists in North Dakota<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Health Organization declares monkeypox outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is elected as the third president of the UAE following the death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nayhan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-10781","j75journey","type-j75journey","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n