Two rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24/7 in San Francisco, California.
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.
Good Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975's lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.
Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.
Elton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.
Greta Gerwig's Barbie film was banned in Vietnam.
Harrison returned to our screens for ''Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
The rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.
Uruguay defeated Italy 1-0 in La Plata, Argentina, to win their first FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Former US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in for his third term as Turkey's President.
The FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.
Loreen claimed victory for Sweden at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest with her song 'Tattoo.'
Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.
Geoffrey Hinton, the 'Godfather of AI,' resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.
Legendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.
SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.
The FBI arrested US Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeria for leaking classified documents.
Finland officially joined NATO, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.
NASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.
Italy banned the use of OpenAI's ChatGPT over data security concerns.
OpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.
King Charles III of Britain named Prince Edward as the Duke of Edinburgh.
The US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.
The FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.
Gabriella Gerhardt set a Guinness World Record for the largest four-leaf clover collection, with a total of 118,791 clovers.
The Armenian-Turkish land border opened for the first time in 35 years.
Turkey and Syria were struck by a catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 59,259 people.
The US Military shot down a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon.
Legendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring.
The Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight after new escalations in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the Moon, married Anca Faur on his 93rd birthday.
Jacinda Arden resigned as the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
The UK's Prince Harry published Spare, his tell-all memoir on his upbringing with the Royal Family.
Brian May, Queen's guitarist, was knighted by King Charles III.
Argentina managed to snatch victory away from France at the last second in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final.
New Zealand made history by passing the world’s first tobacco ban.
Trevor Noah hosted his final episode of the late-night talk and satirical news television program 'The Daily Show.'
James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of the Water premiered in London.
Russia passed a stricter ban on 'LGBT propaganda.'
OpenAI launched ChatGPT as a prototype.
FIFA World Cup 2022 kicked off in Qatar.
Facebook's parent company, Meta, laid off 11,000 employees amid a weak advertising market.
NASA announced that 16 researchers would be a part of a nine-month study on unidentified aerial phenomena or UFOs.
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after only 44 days in office, the shortest term in the country's history.
Japan opened its borders to tourists after two years of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A gunman killed 38 people in a daycare center in Thailand.
Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida.
The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus received a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
