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- HTMS Sukhothai (pictured), a corvette of the Royal Thai Navy, capsizes and sinks, leaving 6 crew members dead and 23 others missing.
- In the Fijian general election, FijiFirst wins the most seats, but fails to gain a parliamentary majority.
- In association football, the FIFA World Cup concludes with Argentina defeating France in the final.
- At least 24 people are killed in a landslide near Batang Kali, Malaysia.
December 25, 2022
(Sunday)
December 24, 2022
(Saturday)
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 the city of Kherson, killing at least 10 civilians and injuring 58 others. (Daily Express)
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Paris shooting
- Kurds riot near the Place de la République in Paris, France, damaging shops and setting fires. The Paris Police Prefecture reports 11 arrests and at least 30 minor injuries in relation to the violence. The riot followed a peaceful protest in response to yesterday's mass shooting at a Kurdish cultural center that killed three people. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Kemerovo nursing home fire
- A fire at an unregistered nursing home in Kemerovo, Russia, kills 22 people and injures six others. (Reuters)
- 2022 Boksburg tanker explosion
- A fuel tanker explodes in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa, killing at least ten people, injuring 27 others, and damaging a nearby hospital. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the assassination of Shinzo Abe
- The Nara District Public Prosecutors Office in Nara Prefecture, Japan, says that the accused assassin of former prime minister Shinzo Abe is competent to stand trial for the killing. Prosecutors say that Tetsuya Yamagami "does not suffer from any mental illness that could greatly affect his ability to judge right from wrong". According to sources, prosecutors plan to indict Yamagami on murder charges. (Yomiuri)
- Treatment of women by the Taliban
- The Taliban issues a decree banning female employees from all non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Aftermath of the 2022 Fijian general election
- Sitiveni Rabuka is confirmed as the new prime minister. Rabuka will hold the office again more than two decades after first leading the country as prime minister. (AP via VOA)
December 23, 2022
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Terrorism in France
- 2022 Paris shooting
- Three people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting at a Kurdish community center in Paris, France. The perpetrator, a 69-year-old Frenchman, is arrested. (BBC News)
- 2022 Paris shooting
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- A police officer is killed and ten other people are injured when two Pakistani Taliban insurgents blow themselves up in a car outside a police station in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Economy of Japan
- Japan's internal affairs ministry reports that the country experienced its highest level of inflation since 1981 last month after core consumer prices increased by 3.7 percent from November 2021. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
- Economy of Japan
Disasters and accidents
- Late December 2022 North American winter storm
- At least 200 million people, two-thirds of the population of the United States, are under weather warning advisories, with the state of New York issuing a travel ban due to extreme temperatures. One million people across the country are left without power and 11 people are killed as a result of the storm. (The New York Times) (The Weather Channel)
- Sixteen people are killed when a bus falls into a gorge in Sikkim, India. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Zambia
- Zambia abolishes the death penalty effective immediately. (AFP via The Bangkok Post)
- French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who received a life sentence in Nepal for murdering two tourists in 1975, is released from prison due to his old age and good behaviour in accordance with a Supreme Court order. He is deported to France and barred from Nepal for ten years. (AFP via NDTV)
December 22, 2022
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Russian-installed head of Liubymivka, Kakhovka Raion, Andrei Shlepa, is assassinated in a car bombing in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region. Russia accuses Ukraine of being behind the attack. (Reuters via The Straits Times)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Somali Civil War
- Somalia's ministry of defense says that the military has recaptured the key town of Runirgod from al-Shabaab. 150 insurgents were killed and 15 others were arrested in the operation. (Xinhua)
Disasters and accidents
- One person is killed and 20 others are injured when a bus overturns in Pallai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. (ColomboPage)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the 2022 Fijian general election
- Fiji mobilises its army in response to threats made against the country's minority groups and ongoing civil unrest. (RNZ)
- LGBT rights in Scotland
- The Scottish Parliament passes the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill by 86–39 votes, amending the Gender Recognition Act 2004 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to simplify the legal gender change process in Scotland. The bill now awaits royal assent. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
- LGBT rights in Spain
- The Spanish Congress of Deputies passes a bill by 188–150 votes allowing anyone over the age of 16 to legally change their gender on their national identity card. The bill will now head to the Senate for final approval. (BBC News)
- Bankruptcy of FTX
- The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York releases FTX co-founder and former chief executive officer Sam Bankman-Fried on a $250 million bail on the condition that he resides at his parents' home in Palo Alto, California, while he awaits trial on criminal fraud charges over the bankruptcy of his cryptocurrency exchange. (AFP via Deccan Herald)
Sports
- Coventry City F.C. receive a suspended five-point deduction after postponing three home games following the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games in August. The team will need to pay compensation to the three opponents as well as to the EFL. Coventry's chief executive blamed debt-ridden rugby union club Wasps RFC, who also use the stadium. (The Guardian)
- Italian rugby union team Benetton Treviso suspends an unnamed player following an investigation by the Italian public prosecutor's office on racist behavior exhibited during a Secret Santa team event involving Guinea-born player Cherif Traorè, in which the suspended player reportedly gifted Traorè a rotten banana. (AFP via news.com.au)
December 21, 2022
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Two people are killed and five more injured during the shelling of a hotel and a restaurant in Donetsk. Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister and head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic Vitaliy Khotsenko are among the wounded. (BBC News)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Spillover of the Somali Civil War
- A vehicle travelling from Hayley Lapsset camp to Garissa, Kenya, hits a roadside bomb planted by Al-Shabaab militants, who then engaged a shootout with the car's occupants, killing two police officers and a civilian, and wounding several others. (Al Jazeera)
- Yemeni Civil War
- Four people are killed and three others are injured when a roadside bomb explodes near a military vehicle in Al Mahfad District, Abyan Governorate, Yemen. (Siasat)
- Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
- Two soldiers are killed and three more injured during an ambush by Islamic State gunmen in Kirkuk, Iraq. (WSJ)
- 2022 Gambian coup d'état attempt
- Four soldiers are arrested after an alleged coup attempt in The Gambia. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 15 students are killed when a school bus overturns in Manipur, India. (Business Today)
International relations
- Ukraine–United States relations
- 2022 visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in the United States on his first official trip abroad after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (The New York Times)
- 2022 visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States
- Germany–Russia relations
- A German Federal Intelligence Service official is arrested for allegedly relaying classified information to Russian intelligence services. (AFP via South China Morning Post)
December 20, 2022
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2022 Bannu counterterrorism centre attack and siege
- Security forces storm a counterterrorism office in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, which was seized two days ago by 33 Pakistani Taliban members, killing all of the insurgents. Two officers were killed during the siege and many others were injured. All of the hostages are freed. (BBC News)
- 2022 Bannu counterterrorism centre attack and siege
- Nigerian bandit conflict
- At least 38 people are killed and several houses torched during two attacks at two villages in Kagoro, Kaduna State, Nigeria. (All Africa)
- Sino-Indian border dispute
- India reports that it has increased its troop presence along the Sino-Indian border in response to the skirmish that occurred between Indian and Chinese troops in Tawang district earlier this month. (MSN)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Ferndale earthquake
- A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Humboldt County, California, United States, killing at least two people, injuring eleven others and causing minor damage. (NBC News)
- 2022 Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline explosion
- An explosion occurs on an Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod export gas pipeline during maintenance work in Chuvashia, Russia, killing three workers and causing a stoppage of gas flows through the pipeline. (Reuters)
International relations
- Mexico–Peru relations
- Mexico confirms that it has granted asylum to the family of former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo, with Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard saying that a safe exit from Peru is currently being discussed. (Reuters)
- Peru expels the Mexican ambassador and declares him persona non grata hours after Mexico grants asylum to the family of former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo. (AP)
Law and crime
- Treatment of women by the Taliban
- The Taliban ban university education for women in Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Ministry of Higher Education says that the decree was issued by the Cabinet today and is effective immediately. (CNN)
Science and technology
- Argentine footballer Lionel Messi's Instagram post containing photos of him lifting the FIFA World Cup Trophy and celebrating with the Argentina team after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup two days prior becomes the social networking service's most-liked post after reaching over 56 million likes, surpassing the previous record held by the Instagram egg. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2022–23 PGA Tour
- Augusta National Golf Club chairperson Fred Ridley announces that professional golfers who are signed under the LIV Golf tour, which began this year as a competitor to the PGA Tour, will be permitted to play in the 2023 Masters Tournament, the first of four men's major golf championships held next year. Human rights groups and various personalities have criticized LIV Golf, which is financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, as a sportswashing project by the country to improve its repressive global image. (The Independent)
December 19, 2022
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
- Eight civilians are killed and many more wounded after Islamic State gunmen open fire against a convoy carrying villagers in Albu Bali, Al Anbar Governorate. (Al Mayadeen)
- 2022 Jordanian protests
- Three police officers and a gunman are killed during a raid on the hideout of the suspected killers of a policeman during protests in Ma'an, Jordan. Nine people are arrested. (Al Jazeera)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Two civilians and a soldier are killed and another civilian is wounded during a suicide bombing in Miranshah, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Xinhua)
- Four Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members are killed by gunmen in Saravan, Iran, near the border with Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 global energy crisis
- EU natural gas price cap
- European Union member states agree to a natural gas price cap in an attempt to limit economic damage from the global energy crisis. The price cap can be triggered beginning on February 15, if for three days, prices on the TTF, which is the European natural gas benchmark, exceed €180 per megawatt-hour (MWh) and are also more than €35/MWh higher than a reference price based on liquefied natural gas price assessments. (Reuters)
- EU natural gas price cap
- Aftermath of the Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
- The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, the country's largest commercial bank, resumes operations in some Tigrayan cities and towns following the suspension of services during the Tigray War. (AFP via RFI)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are killed and nine others are injured after a building collapses in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. (The Star)
Law and crime
- Rwanda asylum plan
- The High Court of the United Kingdom rules that the British government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda while their application is ongoing is lawful. (CNN)
- Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- The U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack issues a report in its final meeting declaring that former President Donald Trump was the "central cause" of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, and recommends that he be referred to the Justice Department for prosecution on at least four criminal charges. (ABC News)
- Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases
- American film producer Harvey Weinstein is convicted on 3 of 7 sexual assault charges against him. The jury found Weinstein either not guilty, or was hung, on four other charges. (CNN)
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