Portal:Current events/2022 November 22
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November 22, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- Germany says that it will deploy Patriot surface-to-air missile systems on the Poland–Ukraine border in order to protect Polish airspace. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak says that he has accepted the German proposal. (International Business Times)
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Boko Haram insurgency
- 2022 Chad attack
- Ten Chadian soldiers are killed and many others injured in an attack by Boko Haram in Lac Region, Chad. (Reuters)
- 2022 Chad attack
- South Thailand insurgency
- One person is killed and 30 others injured in a car bombing at a police compound in Narathiwat, Thailand. (Al Jazeera)
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- At least 14 people, including eight Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland members, are killed in two separate attacks by jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, with one occurring near Markoye, Oudalan. (AFP via Free Malaysia Today)
Disasters and accidents
- A helicopter crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, killing the pilot and a meteorologist, both WBTV news station employees. (CNN)
International relations
Law and crime
- 2022 Chesapeake shooting
- Six people are killed and four others injured during a mass shooting at a Walmart Supercenter in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. The perpetrator, identified as the supermarket's store manager, kills himself after the shooting. (CNN)
Sports
- 2022 FIFA World Cup
- The Saudi Arabia national football team defeats Argentina 2–1 in an upset. With this loss, Argentina fails to equal Italy's record 37-match unbeaten streak in international football. (NPR)