Let’s think back to 2022 before moving on to 2023. This year is an excellent option for the phrase “expect the unexpected.” Millions of people received vaccines worldwide, while other regions saw extreme flooding and record-breaking heat. However, the truth is that world events continued unabated. While some incidents rocked the entire world, others only jolted us.
Look at the most important events of the recently passed year that no one anticipated:
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Prince Charles has been elevated to the throne as King Charles III
Queen Elizabeth II, who had ruled the United Kingdom for seven decades, passed away at Balmoral on September 8 at 96. Prince Charles became King Charles III on September 18 after she passed away. Prince Charles, the first-born child of the departed Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was the second in line for the crown from the age of three, making him the most experienced and well-prepared successor to the throne in British memory.
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Three Prime Ministers in the United Kingdom in two months
In October 2022, Rishi Sunak became the sixth prime minister in 6 years and the UK’s third in less than two months. It was the quickest change of representatives in the United Kingdom in over a century, suggesting a major political upheaval.
Since the summertime of 2007, the positions of the president have been held by David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak. On the contrary, in the 28 years prior, there were only three prime ministers: John Major, Margaret Thatcher, and Tony Blair.
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Elon Musk purchases Twitter
The capitalist Elon Musk officially declared his desire to acquire Twitter on April 14. He made an either accept or reject its offer of Rs. 36,025 crore for Twitter. The bid was first rejected by Twitter’s board, including a “poison pill” clause to stop Musk from acquiring the firm forcibly. But eventually accepted the deal.
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The influx of white refugees
Following Russia’s full incursion of Ukraine on February 24, word of the horrors inflicted against the Ukrainian people immediately travelled throughout Europe, sparking enormous waves of sympathy. European nations reacted quickly to assist Ukrainians in fleeing the Russian assault. The European Union swiftly decided to implement the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) to help those escaping the violence.
To keep racism and racial prejudice from influencing Europe’s humanitarian reactions, we must also consider the characteristics of acts of solidarity that appear unique to this historical period and to this particular group of immigrants.
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Unearthed a 45000-year-old zombie virus
Recently, French researchers revived a “zombie virus” that had been locked beneath a frozen river in Russia for a record-breaking 48,500 years, raising concerns about the possibility of another epidemic.
According to experts, permafrost in large regions has already started to thaw irrevocably, “releasing biological stuff frozen for up to a million years.” Considering its size and the frozen soil it was discovered in, and the resurrected pathogen has been assigned the designation Pandoravirus yedoma. The research describing its finding is on bioRxiv but has yet to be reviewed.
