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Topics in the news
- In video games, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards.
- American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (pictured) are freed via a prisoner exchange.
- In Germany, 25 members of a far-right group are arrested in connection with a coup d'état plot.
- Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council, Switzerland's government.
December 14, 2022
(Wednesday)
December 13, 2022
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- 2022 Artsakh blockade
- The Lachin corridor, the only link between Armenia and the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, is blocked by a group of Azerbaijani citizens described as environmental activists by state media. The protesters say they are calling attention to what Azerbaijan says is illegal mining in Nagorno-Karabakh and the use of the road to transport the minerals to Armenia. The protesters' action leaves hundreds of Karabakh cars stranded at other sections of the highway. (RFE/RL)
- Republic of Artsakh officials report that Azerbaijan blocked the flow of gas to the unrecognized state through Armenia. (Eurasianet)
- 2022 Artsakh blockade
- 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Economy of Ghana
- Ghana and the International Monetary Fund agree on a three-year loan agreement worth US$3 billion. (AFP via WION)
- Economy of Ghana
International relations
- Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union
- The European affairs ministers of the European Union agree to upgrade Bosnia and Herzegovina's application status, formally recognising the country's candidacy to join the union. The European Council will officially grant this status on 15 December. (AFP via Khaleej Times)
- 2017–present Peruvian political crisis
- Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that his government still recognizes detained former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo as president of Peru and says that relations between both countries are now "paused". (europapress via La Nación)
Sports
December 12, 2022
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- 2022 Kabul hotel attack
- Three civilians are killed by Islamic State insurgents at a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)
- 2022 Kabul hotel attack
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Sino-Indian border dispute
- Several soldiers are injured when hundreds of Indian and Chinese troops clash in the disputed Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh. (MSN)
- Montenegrin nationalist protests
- Protests and riots occur in front of the Montenegrin Parliament building in Podgorica after the adoption of amendments to the presidential bill. (Vijesti)
Law and crime
- Bankruptcy of FTX
- Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested in the Bahamas on request of the U.S. government on undisclosed charges. (Reuters)
- Wieambilla police shootings
- Two police officers and a civilian are killed and two other officers are injured when gunmen open fire at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland, Australia, where police were investigating a missing person report. The three perpetrators are later killed by police. (BBC News) (ABC News Australia)
Politics and elections
- All members of Belgium's Political Bureau of the Walloon Parliament resign after a scandal concerning excessive public spending by parliamentary clerk Frédéric Janssens. Bureau President Jean-Claude Marcourt, who had been criticized for taking part in a luxury 3-day trip to Dubai for €20,000 using public funds, had previously refused to be the only person to resign if all other members of the Bureau did not resign. (RTBF)
December 11, 2022
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 North Kosovo crisis
- Serb protesters in Northern Kosovo block main roads for a second day following a nighttime exchange of fire with police after the arrest of a Serb former policeman, amid rising tensions between authorities and Kosovo's Serb minority. (Reuters)
- Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti states that "the barricades from masked criminals in the north must be removed immediately." (Al Jazeera)
- Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić calls an emergency meeting of the National Security Council. After the meeting, Vučić states that "it is important to call on Serbs and Albanians to keep the peace" and that he "made certain decisions and gave orders." (Politika)
- Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Six Pakistani civilians and a Taliban fighter are killed during a shootout between Taliban forces and Pakistani soldiers over a dispute on construction of new checkpoints on the Afghan side of the Chaman border. Seventeen Pakistani civilians, ten Taliban fighters and three Afghan civilians are also injured. (Al Jazeera)
- December 2022 Peruvian protests
- Two people are killed and four more are injured as pro-Pedro Castillo protests in Peru escalate. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- Three children die and another is critically injured after falling through the ice on the frozen Babbs Mill Lake during a cold wave in Kingshurst, West Midlands, United Kingdom. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- South Sudan declares a measles outbreak with a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health reporting that there are currently 2,471 cases and 31 deaths from measles reported in 22 counties. (Xinhua)
Law and crime
- Pan Am Flight 103
- Federal authorities in the United States announce the arrest of a Libyan man charged in relation with the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, which killed 270 people. (CNN)
- Three people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Rome, Lazio, Italy. (Reuters)
- Three people are killed and four others are injured during a car chase between the Carabinieri and another vehicle in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. (Ansa)
Science and technology
- Artemis 1
- The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, the first of the NASA's Artemis program, ends with a splashdown of the Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 17:40 UTC. (CBC News)
December 10, 2022
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- More than 1.5 million people are left without electricity in Odesa Oblast as a result of Russian drone strikes on two power facilities. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- One person is killed and six others are injured by a bombing in a bakery in Awaran District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 St Helier explosion
- Seven people are killed, three others are injured, and others are missing after an explosion at a three-story apartment building in St Helier, Jersey. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament
- European Parliament president Roberta Metsola suspends Greek MEP Eva Kaili from her role as Vice-President of the European Parliament following her arrest the previous day over corruption charges. (AFP via South China Morning Post)
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. (EFE via 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 Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen 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)(Times of Israel)
- 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, December 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, December 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)
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