The war in Ukraine, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, global inflation, extreme weather, scientific advances and the farewell to two great tennis players are just some of the biggest world news items that occurred in 2022. War in Ukraine: the return of the conflict to European soil On February 24 of this year, the world was rocked by the unthinkable. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a 'military operation' in Ukraine to defend separatists in the east of that country. The decision resulted in the worst conflict in Europe since the Balkan war in the 1990s. The Russian army began