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Topics in the news
- American basketball player Brittney Griner (pictured) and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout are freed via a prisoner exchange.
- After a failed attempt at dissolving Congress, Peruvian president Pedro Castillo is impeached and removed from office, and Dina Boluarte becomes the country's first female president.
- The final Boeing 747 aircraft to be built rolls off the assembly line at Everett, Washington, United States.
- Jiang Zemin, former general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, dies at the age of 96.
December 10, 2022
(Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 St Helier explosion
- Three people are killed, three are injured and 12 others are missing after an explosion occurred at a three-storey apartment building in St Helier, Jersey. (BBC News)
Sports
December 9, 2022
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
- Ukraine's Energoatom says that Russian soldiers have abducted two senior staff members from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Energoatom says that the two workers were "beaten" before being driven off in an "unknown direction". (Reuters)
- Battle of Bakhmut
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russia of "destroying" the front line city of Bakhmut after weeks of relentless shelling by Russian forces. (Newsweek)
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 North Kosovo crisis
- Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić says that Serbia is close to deploying its troops to North Kosovo after claiming that the lives of the Serb minority there are "being threatened," and that the NATO-led Kosovo Force was "failing to protect them." (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Ten people are killed and four others are injured in an explosion at a coal mine in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP)
- At least one person is killed after a large explosion occurs during a massive fire at a shopping center in Moscow, Russia. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- United States sanctions
- China–United States relations
- United States sanctions against China
- The United States Office of Foreign Assets Control imposes sanctions on former Chinese Communist Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region Wu Yingjie and People's Police chief for the Himalayas Zhang Hongbo over "serious" human rights abuses in Tibet. (AFP via NDTV)
- United States sanctions against China
- Guinea–United States relations
- The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control imposes sanctions on former Guinean president Alpha Condé for engaging in political violence during his presidency. (AFP via VOA)
- China–United States relations
Law and crime
- A court in Moscow sentences prominent opposition figure Ilya Yashin to eight and a half years in prison on charges related to his criticism of the ongoing war in Ukraine. (ABC News)
- The Belgian Federal Police arrest Greek MEP and European Parliament vice-president Eva Kaili following an investigation into corruption tied to lobbying efforts in support of Qatar. Kaili's political parties, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, have both suspended her membership. (AFP via WION) (CNN)
Science and technology
- A Japanese research team from Yamagata University announces the discovery of 168 new big figures near the Nazca Lines in Peru. (El Mundo)
Sports
- Ironman Triathlon
- The Ironman Triathlon cancels the 2023 and 2024 triathlons to be held in Juneau, Alaska, United States, citing economic concerns. (Juneau Empire)
December 8, 2022
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces shell the front line in the Donetsk region, killing one civilian and damaging buildings in Toretsk. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Ten Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland members are killed during a shooting attack by jihadist insurgents in Boala. (VOA)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Three Palestinians are killed and two others are injured during an arrest raid by Israeli soldiers at a refugee camp in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 North Kosovo crisis
- The Kosovo special forces block the city of Kosovska Mitrovica after the Kosovo Police announced that they will increase their presence in North Kosovo. (Srbija Danas)
Arts and culture
- The Game Awards 2022
- At this year's Game Awards, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year while God of War Ragnarök wins the most awards with six. (Washington Post)
Business and economy
- Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft
- The United States Federal Trade Commission announces that they will sue in an attempt to block Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard, citing concerns that the deal would give Microsoft too much control over certain parts of the gaming industry. (The Verge)
- Egypt joins the BRICS-led New Development Bank after the Egyptian government ratifies its accession into the multilateral development bank. (Egypt Independent)
Health and environment
- French President Emmanuel Macron announces that condoms will be free at pharmacies for all adults between the ages of 18 and 24 years beginning on January 1, as part of an effort to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases in the country. (Reuters)
International relations
- United Kingdom–United States relations
- Death of Harry Dunn
- Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales suspends American national Anne Sacoolas' eight-month prison sentence for a 12-month period, during which she is under probation unless she commits another offence, over the death of British man Harry Dunn in a 2019 traffic collision. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
- Death of Harry Dunn
- Russia–United States relations
- Viktor Bout–Brittney Griner prisoner exchange
- Basketball player Brittney Griner is released in a prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout. (CBS News)
- Viktor Bout–Brittney Griner prisoner exchange
- Schengen Area
- The European Union accepts Croatia's accession to the Schengen Area, effective January 1. (DW)
- Austria announces that it will veto Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the Schengen Area, citing fears of increased illegal immigration. (AFP via Times of Malta)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Iran
- Wirecard scandal
- The trial of three executives of the now insolvent German financial services provider Wirecard, including its former chief executive officer Markus Braun, opens in Munich. Braun and two others have been charged with accounting fraud, breach of trust, commercial gang fraud, and market manipulation. (AFP via France 24)
- LGBT rights in the United States
- The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Respect for Marriage Act, which enshrines same-sex marriage and interracial marriage into federal law, in a 258–169–1 vote. (CNBC) (Axios)
Politics and elections
- 2017–present Peruvian political crisis
- 2022 Peruvian self-coup attempt, 2022 Peruvian protests
- Protests break out across Peru, including the capital Lima, in response to ousting and detainment of former President of Peru Pedro Castillo. (Euronews)
- 2022 Peruvian self-coup attempt, 2022 Peruvian protests
- The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, which grants the cabinet of the Canadian province of Alberta the ability to nullify national laws, passes the Albertan legislature by a party line vote of 27–7, following significant opposition by the Alberta New Democratic Party and Indigenous chiefs. (CBC News)
December 7, 2022
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces shell Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast, killing ten civilians and injuring five others. (The Kyiv Independent) (The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo! News)
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Rojava conflict
- Turkey gives the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces an ultimatum to withdraw its fighters from Manbij, Tell Rifaat, and Kobanî within two weeks or face military action. A Turkish official says that Russia and the United States have been informed of the deadline. (Al Jazeera)
- Rojava conflict
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- At least 12 people, including 10 Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland members, are killed and several others are injured after an attack by suspected jihadists in Boala Department, Namentenga Province. (AFP via TRT World)
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Astana Anyar bombing
- One person is killed and 11 others are injured by a suicide bomber in Astana Anyar District, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. (Detik)
Business and economy
- Coal mining in the United Kingdom
- The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities approves the first new coal mine in the United Kingdom in 30 years at the Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria, England. The mine is expected to remain operational for up to 50 years. It will create 500 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs in the region, and will take two years to build at a cost estimated at around £165 million ($201 million). (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
- The Central Bank of Nigeria says it will limit individual cash withdrawals to 100,000 Nigerian naira (225 USD) per week to reduce counterfeiting and to discourage ransom payments to kidnappers. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Sheffield gas supply outage
- Sheffield City Council have declared a major incident as the natural gas network outage affecting thousands of properties in Sheffield, England enters its sixth day. Many residents still have no heating in their homes and temperatures are forecast to drop below 0°C in the coming days. (BBC News)
- At least 155 people are injured in a train collision in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Afghanistan
- The Taliban carries out its first public execution in Farah Province since taking power last year. The executed man was accused of fatally stabbing another man in 2017, and was executed by the victim's father, according to government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. (Reuters via The Guardian)
- Capital punishment in Belarus
- Belarusian lawmakers approve a bill which punishes high treason among officials and military personnel with the death penalty. The bill also includes prosecution for "spreading false information discrediting the Armed Forces of Belarus". (RFE/RL)
- 2022 Germany coup d'état plot
- German police arrest 25 members of the Reichsbürger movement who are accused of planning a coup d'état. (DW)
- Crime in Jamaica
- Jamaican prime minister Andrew Holness declares a nationwide state of emergency due to an increase in crime rates in the country. (CNN)
- La Línea corruption case
- Former President of Guatemala Otto Pérez Molina and his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, are sentenced to 16-year prison terms for their involvement. (Reuters)
- Jemaah Islamiyah member Umar Patek, who was convicted for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings, is released on parole after an Indonesian court reduced his 20-year prison sentence. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
- Janusz Waluś, the convicted assassin of South African anti-apartheid politician Chris Hani, is released on parole. (AFP via RFI)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Peruvian self-coup d'état attempt
- President Pedro Castillo announces the dissolution of Congress, the imposition of a curfew, the creation of an "emergency" government, and early parliamentary elections hours before facing his third impeachment vote. The impeachment is successful and Castillo is later arrested after leaving the Government Palace in Lima. First Vice President Dina Boluarte is sworn in as President of the Republic after Castillo's arrest. (Reuters) (La República) (Al Jazeera)
December 6, 2022
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Seven people are killed when a vehicle carrying oil workers hits a roadside bomb in Balkh Province. (Reuters)
- Six people are injured in an explosion at a money exchange market in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province. (Reuters)
- South Thailand insurgency
- Three people are killed and four others are injured in a bombing near Khlong Ngae railway station, Phang Nga, Thailand. (AP)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- 2022 food crises
- Economy of the Philippines
- Inflation in the Philippines reaches a 14-year record high of 8% due to increases in food prices. (CNBC)
- Economy of the Philippines
- 2022 food crises
- Boeing 747
- The 1,574th and final Boeing 747, an Atlas Air 747-8 Freighter, is rolled out from the Boeing Everett Factory. (CNBC)
International relations
- Accession of Kosovo to the European Union
- President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani announces that the country will submit an application for membership of the European Union by the end of the year. (TVP World)
Law and crime
- New York investigations of The Trump Organization
- A jury finds the Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud charges. (The New York Times)
- 2022 Honduran gang crackdown
- Honduras begins a partial state of exception in most of the country as part of an attempt to reduce the amount of violent organized crime. (CNN en Español)
- Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is sentenced to six years in prison on corruption charges, with Kirchner also receiving a lifetime ban on holding public office. (Reuters) (The Brazilian Report)
Politics and elections
- 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia
- Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia go to the polls to elect their next Senator in a runoff election between the Democratic incumbent candidate Raphael Warnock and Republican candidate Herschel Walker. (The Guardian)
- Warnock wins re-election, bringing the Democratic majority in the Senate up to 51–49. (AP)
- 2022 Dominican general election
- Dominicans go to the polls to elect the members of the House of Assembly. (CARICOM Daily)
- The People's Representative Council of Indonesia replaces the country's colonial-era criminal code with a new code that criminalizes premarital and extramarital sex and cohabitation, among other changes. (AFP via New Straits Times)
December 5, 2022
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russian forces launch another wave of cruise missile strikes on Ukraine, destroying homes and killing two people in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, while causing power outages in many other areas after damaging critical infrastructure. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- Russia says that a long-range drone attack on its Dyagilevo Air Base and Engels-2 Air Base has killed three servicemen, injured four others, and damaged two aircraft. (Reuters)
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Turkish occupation of northern Syria
- Protests occur in the town of Atarib, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, after a Turkish military vehicle ran over and killed a woman and a child while conducting a patrol with a local rebel group, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (ABC News)
- Turkish occupation of northern Syria
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- The Iraqi military is deployed to its borders with Turkey and Iran. (Mehr)
Business and economy
- Irish finance minister Paschal Donohoe is re-elected as President of the Eurogroup. (AFP via Barron's)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Risaralda landslide
- At least 33 people are killed, four others are critically injured, and many others are missing after a landslide hits a bus in Risaralda, Colombia. (TRT World)
International relations
- 2021–2022 global energy crisis
- International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian oil price cap
- The US$60-per-barrel price ceiling on Russian seaborne oil imposed by Australia, the European Union, and the G7 comes into force. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian oil price cap
- International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Law and crime
- Corruption in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Swiss multinational mining company Glencore agrees to pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo $180 million to settle corruption claims dating from 2007 to 2018. Glencore has admitted to bribing African officials in order to secure "improper business advantages", including in the DRC. (BBC News)
- One person is killed and another is injured in a stabbing attack in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Mongolian protests
- Protests occur in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar in response to a corruption scandal. Four policemen are reported injured. (Tengrinews)
December 4, 2022
(Sunday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Africa floods
- Nine people are killed and eight others are reported missing after flash flooding hits a church in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)
- The Indonesian government raises the volcanic alert status to the highest level after Semeru in East Java erupts, forcing the evacuation of around 2,000 people. (AFP via The Hindu)
Law and crime
- Iran–Israel relations
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Iranian prosecutor-general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announces the dissolution of the Guidance Patrol, though Iranian state media disputes this. (AFP via Khaleej Times) (The New York Times) (BBC News)
- Moore County substation attack
- Over 40,000 customers are without power after two power substations in Moore County, North Carolina, United States, are deliberately damaged by gunfire on Saturday night. A curfew has been ordered, and power restoration is expected to take until Thursday. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- The African National Congress meets to debate the political future of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa amid an emerging scandal concerning Ramaphosa's ownership of a farm in alleged breach of anti-corruption laws. Ramaphosa has stated that he does not intend to resign. (AP)
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