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- NASA's Artemis 1 (pictured) is successfully launched on an uncrewed test flight to the Moon.
- The United Nations estimates the world population to have exceeded eight billion.
- In cricket, the ICC Men's T20 World Cup concludes with England defeating Pakistan in the final.
- At least six people are killed and 81 others injured in a bombing in Istanbul, Turkey.
November 21, 2022
(Monday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 West Java earthquake
- A 5.6 magnitude-earthquake strike Indonesian province West Java and the capital, Jakarta (Jakarta Globe)
November 20, 2022
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
- The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar is shelled, with damage occurring to some buildings, systems, and equipment, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. (Reuters)
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Operation Claw-Sword
- The Turkish Air Force launches a series of airstrikes against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian Army positions in Northern Syria, and the Kurdistan Workers' Party in positions in Iraqi Kurdistan following the Istanbul bombing. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that at least 35 people were killed, including 18 SDF fighters and 16 Syrian troops. (Al Jazeera) (SOHR)
- Operation Claw-Sword
International relations
- Egypt–Turkey relations
- Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meet for the first time following their opposing involvements in the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Law and crime
- Colorado Springs nightclub shooting
- Five people are killed and 25 others injured in a mass shooting at a gay bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States during a drag show and a commemoration of the Transgender Day of Remembrance. A suspect is taken into custody shortly afterward. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Kazakh presidential election
- Kazakhs head to the polls to elect their president in a snap election. (AFP via TRT World)
- Exit polls suggest that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will be re-elected to a seven-year term. (DW)
- 2022 Malaysian general election
- The results from yesterday's election indicate that Malaysia will experience a hung parliament in the Dewan Rakyat for the first time in its history. (CNN)
- Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, whose Pakatan Harapan coalition won the most seats, and former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin of Perikatan Nasional both claim to have the necessary support to establish a new government, but neither have announced the parties involved. (Free Malaysia Today)
- 2022 Equatorial Guinean general election
- Equatorial Guineans head to the polls to elect their president and members of parliament. (AFP via The Citizen)
- 2022 Nepalese general election
- Nepalis head to the polls to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives. (Al Arabiya)
Sports
- 2022 FIFA World Cup
- The 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup opens in Qatar, with Ecuador defeating the hosts 2–0 in the opening match at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. Qatar becomes the first host nation to lose their opening match in World Cup history. (AP)
- 109th Grey Cup, 2022 CFL season
- The Toronto Argonauts defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24–23 to secure their 18th CFL championship. (CBC)
- 2022 ATP Finals
- Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeats Casper Ruud of Norway in two sets, 7–5, 6–3, to win his sixth ATP Finals title, equaling Roger Federer's record. Djokovic becomes the oldest singles champion at 35 years old. He also claims the biggest payday in tennis history, a record $4,740,300 in prize money. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
November 19, 2022
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Iranian security forces open fire on anti-government protesters in Divandarreh, Kurdistan province, killing three people. (The Guardian)
- The Iranian military deploys armoured personnel carriers in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, amid fears of a massacre in the restive city. The Iran Human Rights group reports heavy gunfire. (Times of Israel)
Disasters and accidents
- At least nine people, including four children, are killed and an unknown number of others are missing after a gas explosion occurs at a five-story residential building in Tymovskoye, Sakhalin, Russia, causing a section of the building to collapse. (The Washington Post)
Health and environment
- 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference
- A representative from the European Union reports that the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have agreed to establish a loss and damage fund for countries vulnerable to the effects of climate change on the final day of the conference. (AFP via NDTV)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Malaysian general election
- Malaysians head to the polls to elect members of the Dewan Rakyat. (CNN)
Science and technology
- Asteroid impact prediction, 2022 WJ1
- Social media use by Donald Trump
- After holding an impromptu online poll, Twitter owner Elon Musk restores the suspended account of former U.S. President Donald Trump. More than 15 million people voted in the poll, although Musk acknowledged many bots may also have voted. (The Guardian)
November 18, 2022
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- October–November 2022 nationwide missile strikes on Ukraine
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russian missile strikes have left at least 10 million Ukrainians without electricity as the death toll from yesterday's missile strikes increases to seven with many more people injured. (BBC News)
- October–November 2022 nationwide missile strikes on Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
- North Korea fires a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile that lands 200 kilometres off the coast of Japan, within Japan's exclusive economic zone. (Reuters)
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Protesters set fire to the house of the Islamic Republic of Iran's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Khomein, Markazi Province. (France 24)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge, Economy of Japan
- It is announced that inflation in Japan increased by 3.6% in October, which is the highest level of inflation recorded in the country since 1982. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Pakistan floods
- Twenty people are killed and 13 others are injured when a van falls off the Indus Highway in Sindh, Pakistan, into a flooded ditch. (ABC News)
- 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
- Swedish authorities confirm intentional sabotage as the cause of the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions after traces of explosives were found at the site of the leaks. (Reuters)
- LATAM Perú Flight 2213
- A LATAM Airlines A320neo jet collides with a fire truck at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru, killing two firefighters and injuring 25 other people. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in China
- Beijing starts to provide Convidecia Air, the world's first inhalable COVID booster vaccine, manufactured by CanSino Biologics. (Al Arabiya)
- COVID-19 pandemic in China
Law and crime
- 2022 Ecuador prison riots
- Ten people are killed after a prison riot breaks out near Quito, Ecuador. (AFP via RTÉ)
- United States v. Elizabeth A. Holmes, et al.
- Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced by a court in the U.S. state of California to more than 11 years in prison on four counts of fraud, and for misleading investors on the reliability of her company's technology. Her sentence will begin on April 27, 2023. (BBC News)
- United States Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints special counsel Jack Smith to investigate Donald Trump's actions regarding the January 6 United States Capitol attack and taking classified documents to Mar-a-Lago. (CNN)
Science and technology
- Leap second
- The General Conference on Weights and Measures votes to stop synchronizing UTC to the standard mean solar time measurement UT1 by 2035. (The Guardian)
Sports
- 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies
- Qatar bans alcohol from World Cup host stadiums two days before the world football championship starts. (The New York Times)
- 2023 Formula One World Championship
- F1 launches a female racing category, which is expected to begin next year. (Al Arabiya)
- International Basketball Federation
- The United States loses its top rank at the FIBA Men's World Ranking for the first time since 2010 after being surpassed by Spain in the latest update. (AP via The Boston Globe)
November 17, 2022
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- October–November 2022 nationwide missile strikes on Ukraine
- Russia carries out another wave of cruise missile strikes on Ukraine, with strikes reported in Dnipro, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia, where two people were confirmed to have been killed overnight by a missile. In Dnipro and Odesa, critical infrastructure is also targeted. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Arts and culture
- 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards
- The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler was the most awarded artist with six wins. (Billboard)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- November 2022 United Kingdom autumn statement
- Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers the delayed autumn statement to parliament, announcing measures to stabilize the economy amid a cost of living crisis, including raising the National Living Wage from £9.50 an hour to £10.42 beginning next year, increasing pensions and welfare payments in line with rising inflation, introducing a higher rate windfall tax on the profits of energy firms, introducing a new "temporary tax" on companies that generate electricity, and capping rent increases in the social sector to 7% until 2024. (BBC News)
- November 2022 United Kingdom autumn statement
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Jabalia fire
- At least 21 people are killed in a fire at a residential building in Jabalia, Gaza Strip. (Times of Israel)
- Fifteen people are killed and 16 more injured by an explosion caused by a gas leak at a residential building in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
- A court in the Netherlands sentences two Russians, Igor Strelkov-Girkin and Sergey Dubinsky, and a Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist Leonid Kharchenko to life imprisonment for shooting down the Malaysia Airlines flight over Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine in 2014. The verdict was delivered in absentia of the defendants. (AP)
- 2021–2022 Myanmar civil war
- The State Administration Council of Myanmar grants an amnesty to 5,774 prisoners, including former British ambassador Vicky Bowman and Australian economist Sean Turnell, a former economic policy advisor to jailed state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. (AFP via France 24)
November 16, 2022
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Terrorism in Iran
- Five people are killed and 15 others are injured in a mass shooting at a market in Izeh, Khuzestan province, Iran. (Reuters)
- Mali War
- Germany announces the withdrawal of its Bundeswehr personnel in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali until the end of 2023. (AFP via Al Mayadeen)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
- Inflation in the United Kingdom reaches a record 11.1%, pressuring the Bank of England to raise interest rates. (Bloomberg)
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The economy of Russia enters a recession, after gross domestic product decreased by four percent in the third quarter. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
International relations
- Tigray War
- Aftermath of the Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
- The World Food Programme resumes its deployment of humanitarian aid to the Tigray Region for the first time since the signing of the peace agreement. (AFP via RFI)
- Aftermath of the Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
- Greece–Iran relations
- The two Greek tankers that Iran impounded in May to reciprocate Greece's seizure of an Iranian tanker are discharged. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Kuwait
- Kuwait says that it has carried out a mass execution of seven convicted murderers, including three foreign citizens. (Yahoo! News)
- Twenty-five recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are injured, five of them critically, in a collision with a wrong-way driver in Whittier, California, United States. The driver is arrested. (CBS News)
Science and technology
- Artemis program
- NASA launches the Artemis 1 mission after months of delays. It is the first flight of the Space Launch System. (The New York Times)
November 15, 2022
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- A missile strike kills two people in the village of Przewodów in eastern Poland. President of the United States Joe Biden says that the missile blast in Poland was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile. U.S. officials had earlier told the Associated Press that preliminary findings suggested that the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)
- The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that it was a "Russian-made missile" and summons the Russian ambassador to provide an explanation. (Reuters) (AP)
- November 2022 nationwide missile strikes on Ukraine
- Russian missiles strike several cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, causing "critical" damage to energy facilities. (The Guardian)
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- November 2022 Ariel attack
- Three Israelis are killed and three others are injured after a 18-year-old Palestinian man carries out a vehicle-ramming attack and mass stabbing in the Ariel settlement in the occupied West Bank. The perpetrator is shot dead. (Times of Israel)
- The United States opens an investigation into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed in the West Bank in May. (Télam)
- November 2022 Ariel attack
- Yemeni Civil War
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 south eastern Australia floods
- Flooding continues in Australia, with over 220 people being rescued from floodwaters in New South Wales in the past 24 hours. (ABC News Australia)
- At least three people are killed and six others are injured after a multi-storey building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya. (The Washington Post)
- Fourteen people are killed after a minibus and a truck collide in Abu Minqar, New Valley Governorate, Egypt. (AP)
Health and environment
- Day of Eight Billion
- The world population surpasses eight billion people, according to the United Nations. (The Times)
International relations
- 2022 G20 Bali summit
- The Group of Twenty begins its annual two-day summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Protests are held across Iran to mark the third anniversary of the 2019 protests. Protesters blocked streets and a large strike has been reported. (Iran International)
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for the Republican Party's nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. (CNN)
Sports
- 2022 ATP Tour
- At 19 years old, Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest year-end world No. 1-ranked singles player by the Association of Tennis Professionals after his closest rival, fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal, failed to advance to the semifinals of the 2022 ATP Finals. Alcaraz breaks Australian player Lleyton Hewitt's record that he achieved in 2001. (The Courier-Mail)
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