Portal:Current events/November 2022

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali–Kenyan conflict, Spillover of the Somali Civil War
  • Kenyan authorities say that an ambulance carrying two paramedics, a patient and a driver has been hijacked with its passengers by al-Shabaab in Mandera County. (Reuters)

International relations

• Colombia–Venezuela relations
  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro meets with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to discuss issues relating to the environment and the re-opening of the border between the two nations, among others. This is the first time that the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela have met since they broke off relations in 2019. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Recognition of same-sex unions in Japan
  • The city of Tokyo officially starts recognizing same-sex relationships by allowing LGBTQ partners to be treated as married couples for some public services in areas such as housing, medicine and welfare. (AFP via France 24)
• In a report by The Intercept, leaked documents reveal that the United States Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have conducted extensive efforts to influence big tech platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Microsoft, and Wikipedia in order to censor online information or posts considered by the U.S. government to be disinformation. (The Intercept)
• Spanish prosecutors drop some of the criminal charges against Brazilian footballer Neymar in relation to fraud and corruption. However, it is announced that the case will continue. (France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Brazilian general election
  • Outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to concede the election but also announces that he will authorize a transition of power to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. (Reuters)
  • Bolsonaro supporters block roads in Brazil following his election defeat. (CBS News)
• 2022 Danish general election
  • Danes head to the polls in a snap election to elect a new session to the Folketing. The left-leaning bloc, led by incumbent Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, is projected to be the clear winner with 87 out of 179 seats, with her Social Democrats party obtaining its highest voter share in decades with 27.5% of the vote. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
• 2019–2022 Israeli political crisis, 2022 Israeli legislative election
  • Israelis head to the polls to elect the members of the 25th Knesset. Exit polls show former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition narrowly winning, with 61 to 62 seats out of 120. (BBC News 1) (BBC News 2)

Sports

• 2022 Melbourne Cup
  • The 2022 Melbourne Cup is won by Gold Trip, ridden by Mark Zahra, at the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia. (ABC News Australia)

• 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup
  • After a year's delay, the Women's Rugby League World Cup begins with the hosts England beating Brazil 72–4 in the opening game at the Headingley Stadium, Leeds. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea–Russia relations
    • The United States says that North Korea is "secretly supplying" artillery shells to Russia for use in Russia's war in Ukraine. (Axios)
• Tigray War
  • Tigrayan peace process, Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
    • Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front reach a "permanent" ceasefire agreement at African Union-brokered peace talks in South Africa, exactly two years after the war began. (Al Jazeera)
• 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
  • North Korea fires 23 ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea, one of which crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto maritime boundary between North and South Korea, for the first time. Air raid sirens were activated on the South Korean island of Ulleungdo and South Korean fighter jets fired three air-to-surface missiles across the NLL in response to the missile launches. (Yonhap News Agency) (Yonhap News Agency 2) (Reuters)
  • South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol calls for "swift action" to punish North Korea in response to the latest missile launches. (Yonhap News Agency)
• M23 offensive
  • Kenya officially deploys troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assist an East African Community peacekeeping mission. (Reuters)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Eight people are injured by a bus bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Republic World)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • One person is killed and two others are injured by a landmine explosion in Al Hudaydah, Yemen. (Mehr News Agency)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage point, to 3.75%, the highest rate since January 2008, amid surging inflation in the United States. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell warns that further rate increases are likely. (BBC News)

International relations

• Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022 food crises
    • Russia rejoins the Black Sea Grain Initiative following Turkish mediation efforts. Ukraine has reportedly provided written guarantees that they will use the grain corridor in the Black Sea "solely for civilian and humanitarian purposes". (Middle East Eye)
• Poland–Russia relations
  • Poland's Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak announces the construction of a barrier along the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, as Poland believes that Russia will use the border to illegally transport African and Asian immigrants to Europe. (AP)
• Canada–China relations
  • The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announces it will close its Beijing bureau after over 40 years of operation, stating that the Chinese government has been intentionally delaying granting work visas to its reporters for over two years. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
  • Nikolas Cruz receives 34 life sentences for the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, United States. (CBS News)
• Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of emergency in the provinces of Guayas and Esmeraldas for the next 45 days following the killings of five police officers and the abduction of several prison guards by organized crime members. (CBS News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
  • Japan–North Korea relations
    • North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile towards Japan, prompting evacuation warnings for residents in the prefectures of Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata. The missile landed about 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) off the Japanese coast in the Pacific Ocean, with the launch likely not successful. (The Guardian) (Reuters) (CNBC)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Three Palestinians are killed during raids by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, while another is killed in East Jerusalem after stabbing and injuring a police officer. (ABC News)
  • A 14-year-old Jewish girl is in critical condition after being shot in the head by a Palestinian sniper in Kiryat Arba, in the occupied West Bank. (Jewish Press)
• Attempted assassination of Imran Khan
  • Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is shot in the leg during a rally in Wazirabad, Punjab. Khan is taken to Lahore for treatment, although he was not seriously injured. A Khan supporter is killed and eight others are injured. The perpetrator is arrested. (Al Jazeera)
• Somali Civil War
  • Two people are killed and five others are injured when a vehicle carrying students hits a roadside bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia. (ABC News)
• Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
  • A Shi'ite cleric is shot dead at a mosque in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • 2018–2022 Turkish currency and debt crisis
    • Inflation in Turkey reaches 85.51%, the highest rate since 1997. (AFP via News24)
  • The Bank of England raises its interest rates by 0.75 percentage point, to 3.00%, the largest increase in 33 years, amid soaring inflation and a cost of living crisis in the UK. The bank also predicts a record-length recession, lasting until mid-2024. (The Financial Times)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are killed and four others are injured in a methane explosion at a coal mine in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute
  • The United Kingdom agrees to hold negotiations with Mauritius on the future status of the Chagos Archipelago. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• Australian sex offender Peter Scully and three of his accomplices are sentenced to 129 years in prison by a regional court in the Philippines for 60 offences related to child sexual abuse. (AFP via Gulf News)

Sports

• 2021 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup
  • After a year's delay, the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup begins in England, with Ireland beating Spain 32–55 in the opening game at the Copper Box Arena in London. (The Guardian)

Health and environment

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
    • Sri Lanka confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Xinhua)

Politics and elections

• Politics of Vanuatu
  • Ishmael Kalsakau is elected unopposed by secret ballot as the new prime minister, succeeding Bob Loughman. (RNZ)

Sports

• 2022 FIFA World Cup
  • 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies
    • Wales announces that Deputy Minister for Arts and Sports Dawn Bowden will boycott the Wales–Iran match due to recent protests in Iran. (BBC Sport)

Business and economy

• The Voice of America reports that the Republic of Georgia is receiving an economic boost from the war in Ukraine. It is "expected to record a vigorous 10% growth in economic output for 2022 amid a consumption-led boom," due largely to the arrival of refugees from Russia, seeking to avoid conscription or Putin's crackdown on dissent. (VOA News)

Disasters and accidents

• Seven people are killed in a helicopter crash in Foggia, Apulia, Italy. (Corriere della Sera)

Health and environment

• Quebec, Canada, registers its highest-ever temperature for November: 25.3 °C (77.5 °F) at Saint-Anicet. (MétéoMédia)

Law and crime

• Kostroma café fire
  • At least 15 people are killed in a fire at a café in Kostroma, Russia. Two hundred fifty others are evacuated. The fire was started by a flare gun that discharged during an altercation. (NDTV)
• Spanish police announce raids in Asturias, Ciudad Real, Toledo, and Valencia that netted the largest cannabis haul in history, "equivalent to approximately 1.1 million plants" and weighing more than 32 tonnes. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Economy of Ghana
  • More than 1,000 protesters march in Accra to demand the resignation of president Nana Akufo-Addo, amid a worsening economic crisis in the country. (Reuters)

Sports

• MLS Cup 2022
  • Los Angeles FC win their first MLS Cup title, defeating the Philadelphia Union 3–0 in a penalty shoot-out following a 3–3 draw at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (Los Angeles Times)
• 2022 World Series
  • The Houston Astros defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 of the 2022 World Series, winning the series 4 games to 2. They clinched their second World Series title, their first since 2017. At 73, Dusty Baker became the oldest in Major League Baseball history to win the World Series as a manager, while Jeremy Peña became only the third rookie to win MVP. (The New York Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Syrian government forces shell a camp for displaced persons in rebel-held Idlib Governorate, killing six occupants and injuring dozens of others. (SF Gate)
• 2022 Haitian crisis
  • Following increased international pressure, Haitian gang leader Jimmy Chérizier announces the end of a blockade that his gang had imposed on a key fuel station, leading to severe shortages. (ABC News)
• One person is killed and ten others are wounded in a bus bombing in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, Philippines. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Precision Air Flight 494
  • A Precision Air airliner with 43 persons aboard crashes into Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Nineteen occupants are killed; the others are rescued. (Al Jazeera)
• An explosion at a fireworks show in Huejutla, Hidalgo, Mexico, injures 17 people. (AP)
• Twenty people are injured in a building collapse in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)
• Three people are killed and 32 others are injured in a bus crash in Bolu Province, Turkey. (AP)

Law and crime

• The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reports arresting alleged People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran members in three provinces. (Tasnim)

Sports

• 2022 MotoGP World Championship
  • Francesco Bagnaia wins the 2022 MotoGP World Championship for Ducati at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. (CNN)
• 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
  • Joey Logano wins the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, and wins his second career Cup Series championship. (Yahoo! Sports)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
      • Ukraine confirms that it has received the first delivery of the NASAMS surface-to-air missile system, which will "significantly strengthen" its armed forces, according to Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov. (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • Ten people are killed by al-Shabaab militants at a military base in Galguduud, Somalia. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A fire occurs at a chemical plant in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, prompting evacuations due to the danger of hazardous smoke and explosions. A firefighter is injured while fighting the fire. (ABC News)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Algeria
  • Algeria formally applies to join the BRICS economic group. (Middle East Monitor)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war
    • Unidentified warplanes launch airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias on the Iraq–Syria border, including near the Al-Qa'im border crossing, reportedly killing at least 25 people. Fuel tankers carrying Iranian gasoline to Lebanon are also hit. A senior U.S. official confirms that the strikes were conducted by an "unidentified party" in the area. (The Jerusalem Post)
• M23 offensive
  • DRC Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 jets bomb areas held by M23 rebels in North Kivu, including the recently captured town of Bunagana. At least one of the jets violated Rwandan airspace, although Kinshasa says that the incident was a mistake and was not intentional. (France 24)
• Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
  • Four people are killed and twelve others are injured by a bombing in Anambra State, Nigeria. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
    • Grocery inflation reaches a record 14.7% in the United Kingdom in October, with 27% of households saying that they are struggling financially, which is twice as many as last November. (Reuters)
• The largest lottery prize in history, a US$2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, is claimed by a person in Altadena, California, United States. (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Nepal earthquake
  • Six people are killed when a magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Sudurpashchim, Nepal. (Times of India)
• Three people are killed after a building collapses in Cairo, Egypt. (AP)

Law and crime

• A student is killed in a shooting at Ingraham High School in Seattle, Washington, United States. (New York Post) (Seattle Times)

Politics and elections

• 2022 United States elections
  • Americans head to the polls to elect members of the next Congress, 39 governors, and numerous other state and local officials. (Reuters)
  • In Massachusetts, Democrat Maura Healey defeats Republican Geoff Diehl in the gubernational election, making her the first elected female Governor of Massachusetts. Healey is also the first ever lesbian governor in US history. (NPR)

Sports

• 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies
  • Qatari FIFA World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman is criticised for describing homosexuality as "damage in the mind" in an interview with German broadcaster ZDF. FIFA has not yet responded. (Reuters) (Fox Sports)
  • Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter says that awarding Qatar the 2022 FIFA World Cup was a "mistake", citing the country's small size and human rights record. Blatter was President of FIFA when Qatar was controversially awarded the tournament in 2010. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
      • Russian forces announce a retreat from the city of Kherson, the western bank of the Dnieper River in Mykolaiv Oblast, and the western part of Kherson Oblast. (BBC News)
      • Russian officials say that deputy head of the Kherson military–civilian administration Kirill Stremousov has been killed in a car crash while travelling to Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a decree posthumously awarding Stremousov the Order of Courage. (BBC News)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • French President Emmanuel Macron announces the official end of Operation Barkhane in the Sahel. (Africanews)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A Palestinian teenager is killed and three others are injured in Nablus as clashes occur between Israeli soldiers and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade at Joseph's Tomb when the latter allegedly opened fire on Jewish worshippers. (Times of Israel)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • Economy of Greece
    • Greek workers begin a strike demanding higher wages amid rapidly increasing inflation in the country, with the main trade union calling it "suffocating". Ground transport, flights, and ferry services are disrupted due to the strike. (Reuters)
  • 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
    • The UK's Royal College of Nursing announces the first strike in the union's 106-year history as it demands higher wages for medical workers in order to keep up with rising inflation. (BBC News)
  • The International Monetary Fund agrees to a preliminary deal with Bangladesh for a US$4.5 billion loan to support the struggling Bangladeshi economy amid rising energy and food prices. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Tropical Storm Nicole makes landfall in the Bahamas, with flooding and power outages reported in the Abaco Islands. In the United States, Walt Disney World and other resorts in Florida close because of the storm. (AP)
• Nine people are killed in a house fire in Yıldırım, Bursa Province, Turkey. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamic terrorism in Europe, Terrorism in Belgium
  • 2022 Brussels stabbing
    • A police officer is killed and another is injured in a stabbing attack in Brussels, Belgium. The perpetrator is shot and injured. The incident is being investigated as a terrorist attack. (BBC News)

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
      • The Ukrainian military says that it recaptured the city of Snihurivka in Mykolaiv Oblast, the last remaining city controlled by Russia in the oblast. (Voice of America)
      • Ukrainian troops recapture the village of Kyselivka, advancing within nine miles of the city centre of Kherson. Explosions are reported near the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. (The Guardian)
    • Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
      • The Pentagon announces that it will send four AN/TWQ-1 Avenger surface-to-air missile systems, Stinger missiles, 400 grenade launchers, 100 humvees, and other artillery rounds and small arms ammunition to Ukraine as part of its latest $400 million weapons package to support the Ukrainian military. (The Hill)
• Moro conflict
  • Three soldiers and four Moro Islamic Liberation Front militants are killed in a gunbattle in Basilan, Philippines. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Two people are killed after Hurricane Nicole makes landfall in Florida, United States, thereby bringing the death toll from the hurricane to eight. (The Wall Street Journal)
• Ten people are killed, nine of them Indians, and many others are injured after a fire occurs at a building housing migrant workers in Malé, Maldives. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• 2022 G20 Bali summit
  • The Russian embassy in Jakarta confirms that President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit in Bali on November 15–16. However, the embassy intends to have Putin attend the summit virtually. (AFP via The Manila Times)

Law and crime

• Treatment of women by the Taliban
  • A Taliban spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice says that the group has issued an edict banning women from gyms, public parks and fun fairs because people were ignoring segregation orders and women were not wearing hijabs appropriately. (ABC News) (AFP via The Guardian)

Science and technology

• NASA announces that an approximately 15 by 15 feet (4.6 m × 4.6 m) section of the Space Shuttle Challenger has been found by divers in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the first debris from the shuttle to be found since 1996. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
      • Ukrainian troops enter the city of Kherson, the only Ukrainian regional capital captured by Russia during the invasion, ending the city's eight-month occupation by Russian forces. (CNN)
      • Russian forces destroy the Antonivka Road Bridge as they retreat from the west of the Dnieper. (The New York Times)
    • United States and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • The Russian Foreign Ministry bans 200 U.S. citizens from entering Russia, including White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and three siblings of President Joe Biden. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2022 food crises, Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The Food and Agriculture Organization forecasts that by the year's end, global spending on food imports will have increased by 10 percent from the previous year to reach "an all-time high" of US$1.94 trillion, due to currency depreciations and the war in Ukraine. "The bulk" of this increase in spending will be by high-income countries while food import "volumes are also expected to rise." (AFP via The Economic Times)

Disasters and accidents

• Twelve people are killed when a tank truck explodes in Ofu, Kogi State, Nigeria. (AP)

International relations

• Accession of East Timor to ASEAN
  • East Timor is granted observer member status of the ASEAN bloc of nations, with a roadmap to membership established. The country welcomes the decision as it currently experiences high levels of unemployment and malnourishment. (AFP via The Bangkok Post)
• UN motion to seek ICJ opinion on the legal implications of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory
  • The United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee adopts a resolution to request the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the effects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. It will then proceed to the United Nations General Assembly for final approval. (Haaretz)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
  • Former Montana Secretary of State and State Senator Corey Stapleton announces his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election. (GlobeNewswire)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Dallas airshow mid-air collision
  • A Bell P-63 Kingcobra and a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress collide mid-air at an air show in Dallas, Texas, United States, killing six people. (CBS News)
• A bus falls into a canal in the Nile River Delta in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, killing 21 people. (ABC News)

Health and environment

• Lebanon launches its first cholera vaccine campaign. (Arab News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Bahraini general election
  • Bahrainis head to the polls to elect the 40 members of the Council of Representatives. (SwissInfo)
• 2022 United States Senate elections
  • Incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto defeats Republican challenger Adam Laxalt to win the 2022 United States Senate election in Nevada, securing the Democratic Party majority in the United States Senate for the upcoming 118th United States Congress. (NBC News)

Sports

• 2021 Rugby World Cup
  • Hosts New Zealand win a record sixth Women's Rugby World Cup title after defeating England 34–31 in the final at Eden Park in Auckland. The final was a rematch of the 2017 edition, which New Zealand had also won. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Terrorism in Turkey
  • 2022 Istanbul bombing
    • An IED explodes on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, killing six people and injuring 81 others. (Al Jazeera)
    • Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu reports that a Syrian female suspect has been arrested. (ABC News Australia)
• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • Israel launches missile strikes on Shayrat Airbase in Homs Governorate, central Syria, killing two soldiers and injuring three others, according to Syrian state television. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Mahsa Amini protests
  • The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Iran issues the first death sentence in connection with the protests. The sentenced person was convicted of burning a government office. (MSN)
• 2022 University of Virginia shooting
  • Three people are killed and two others are injured by a mass shooting at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. (AP)
• Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  • Thousands of demonstrators march nationwide against the proposal of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, to reform the autonomous National Electoral Institute. The proposals include the possibility of allowing the president and congress to choose the electoral councillors to be subsequently voted by the electorate. (The Washington Post)
• 2022 University of Idaho killings
  • In Moscow, Idaho, United States, four University of Idaho students are found stabbed to death at a residence near the university's campus. (Idaho Statesman)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Slovenian presidential election
  • Independent liberal Nataša Pirc Musar defeats her right-wing opponent Anže Logar in a run-off vote and will become the country's first female president. (Foreign Brief) (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2022 Formula One World Championship
  • 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix
    • British racing driver George Russell of Mercedes wins the first Formula One race of his career. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mali War
  • Operation Newcombe
    • The United Kingdom announces that it is withdrawing its troops from Mali citing "political instability" and the controversial relationship between the Assimi Goïta-led military junta and Russia's Wagner Group. (BBC News)
• Kurdish–Iranian conflict
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) strikes the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan in Koy Sanjaq, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, with four missiles, killing at least one person. The IRGC says that it "targeted terrorist groups" with missiles and drones. (Al Jazeera)
• Israeli forces kill a 15-year-old Palestinian girl in the occupied West Bank. (Pagina12)

Disasters and accidents

• Sixteen people are killed and three others are injured after a road accident in Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Algeria. (Reuters)

International relations

• France–United Kingdom relations
  • English Channel migrant crossings
    • The United Kingdom and France sign a revised border control agreement to stop migrant boats from crossing the English Channel amid record numbers of migrants making the crossing. The agreement will increase the number of officers patrolling the French coast to 300 and have British police officers work with their French counterparts in control rooms and on beaches. (BBC News)
• Iran–European Union relations
  • Sanctions against Iran
    • The European Union adds 30 Iranian entities including news channel Press TV and cloud computing service Abr Arvan to its sanctions blacklist. (Taz)
• Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia, the three countries with the largest tropical forest area, propose a trilateral alliance to collaborate on forest protection. (CNN)

Law and crime

• 2022 Istanbul bombing
  • Turkish interior minister Süleyman Soylu says that 46 people, including the Syrian woman accused of planting the bomb, have been detained. Süleyman also accuses the Kurdistan Workers' Party of being behind the attack. (Al Jazeera)

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)
• 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)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • Foreign involvement in the Yemeni Civil War
    • The US Navy says that it stopped an Iranian shipment of 70 tons of missile fuel components and fertilizer to Yemen. The shipment would likely be used by the Houthis, who are Iran's allies. (AP)

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)

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)
• 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)

Disasters and accidents

• Four people are killed in a fire in a hotel in Chrząstowice near Opole, Poland. (O!Polskie Ratownictwo)

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)
• 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. It is the first flight of the Space Launch System. (The New York Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 missile explosion in Poland
      • Germany offers to deploy its Air Force jets to protect Polish airspace in response to Tuesday's missile explosion in Przewodów, Lublin Voivodeship, that killed two people. (A News)
    • 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)

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)

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)

International relations

• France–Mali relations, Mali War
  • The French foreign ministry announces the temporary suspension of development aid to Mali, citing the controversial relationship between the Assimi Goïta-led military junta and Russia's Wagner Group in the war. (AFP via RFI)

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)

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)
• 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 reached 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)

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)

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)
• Four people are killed over Snohomish County, Washington, United States, as a Cessna 208B disintegrates in mid-air. (The Seattle Times)

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
  • A 1-metre (3.3-foot) near-Earth asteroid is discovered before falling as a harmless bolide over central Ontario, Canada, at 08:27 UTC. It is the sixth asteroid to be discovered before impacting Earth. (CNN) (EarthSky)
• 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
      • 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)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Syrian civil war
  • 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 (PKK) in Iraqi Kurdistan following the Istanbul bombing, which Ankara blames on Kurdish separatists. 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)
• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
  • A humanitarian aid worker for the French NGO Solidarités International and a few other civilians are killed in an ambush in the Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique. (News360)

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)
• Two people are killed and two others are seriously injured after a car hit a group of people in Oldbury, West Midlands, United Kingdom. A suspect has been arrested by West Midlands Police. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 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 Kazakh presidential election
  • Kazakhs head to the polls to elect their president in a snap election. Exit polls suggest that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will be re-elected to a seven-year term. (AFP via TRT World) (DW)
• 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 Canadian Football League 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Spillover of the Syrian civil war
    • A rocket attack on the Turkish border town of Karkamış, kills three people, including a child. Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu blames Kurdish militants in Syria and vows a "strong response". Kurdish groups have denied being behind the attack. (DW)
    • A Turkish soldier is killed and seven police officers are injured after the Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing is shelled by suspected Kurdish militants. (ABC News)
    • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to launch a ground operation in northern Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the rocket attacks on Turkish territory. (France 24)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Two people are killed in a bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters)
• Three people are killed and 22 others are injured after an ambush on a major highway in Central Equatoria, South Sudan. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 West Java earthquake
  • A 5.6-magnitude earthquake kills at least 310 people and injures over 2,000 others in West Java, Indonesia. (RTÉ)
• 2022 Anyang factory fire
  • At least 38 people are killed and two others are injured by a fire at a factory in Anyang, Henan, China. Local officials report evidence of electric resistance welding violating workplace safety standards as the likely cause of the fire. (AFP via NDTV)
• A Piper PA-31 crashes into a residential area in the Belén Rosales, Medellín, Colombia, killing the eight people on board. (El Tiempo)
• One person is killed and 16 others are injured when a vehicle crashes into an Apple Store in Hingham, Massachusetts, United States. (BBC News)
• Twelve people are injured in an explosion at a school in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. (OneNews)

International relations

• France–Mali relations, Mali War
  • The Assimi Goïta-led military junta prohibits the operation of France-supported NGOs in Mali to reciprocate the French government's suspension of development aid for the West African country due to its involvement with Russia's Wagner Group in the war. (AFP via Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

• A court in Tel Aviv rules that former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert committed defamation against the family of prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu by claiming that members of Netanyahu's family are mentally ill and orders Olmert to pay $18,000. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• Artemis program
  • Artemis 1
    • NASA's Orion spacecraft performs a flyby of the Moon, coming within 130 kilometres (81 mi) of the lunar surface before entering into a lunar orbit. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies
  • The Iranian team chooses not to sing the Iranian national anthem prior to a match against England amid ongoing civil unrest in Iran. (Reuters)

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)
• 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)
• 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

• Australia–India relations
  • Australia–India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
    • The Australian parliament ratifies a free trade agreement with India. (Times Now News)

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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • October–November 2022 nationwide missile strikes on Ukraine
      • Widespread blackouts are reported in Western Ukraine as Russian forces launch another wave of cruise missile strikes, including in the city of Lviv, which is currently experiencing a power outage. Moldova also reports "massive" power outages, although the country has not been directly hit by missiles. (BBC News)
      • At least six people, all civilians, are killed in the latest missile strikes, including three in an apartment block in Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast, where 15 other people were injured. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says that 21 of the 31 missiles targeting Kyiv were intercepted before they reached their targets. (The Guardian)
    • Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
      • British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announces that the United Kingdom will send three Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force as part of a new £50 million support package to Ukraine. (The Telegraph)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2022 Jerusalem bombings
    • A 16-year-old Israeli Canadian teenager and an Ethiopian-Israeli man in his fifties are killed and 22 others are injured in explosions at two bus stops in Jerusalem. (The Guardian) (The Jerusalem Post)
  • Death of Tiran Fero
    • An Israeli Druze teen is kidnapped from a Jenin hospital by Jenin Brigades militants and his body held hostage. He died either in the hospital or after the militants unplugged him from his life support. (Times of Israel)
  • Two Palestinians are killed and three others injured during a raid by Israeli soldiers at a refugee camp in Nablus. (Wafa) (Wafa)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda agree to a ceasefire from November 25 and "the immediate withdrawal of M23 rebels from the occupied areas". (AFP via Africanews)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • At least five people are killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Xinhua)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Düzce earthquake
  • Two people are killed and 68 others are injured by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Düzce, Turkey. (DW)

International relations

• Russia–European Union relations
  • The European Parliament designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, citing Russia's military strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine, including critical infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and bomb shelters. (Reuters)
• Kosovo–Serbia relations
  • Kosovo and Serbia agree an EU-brokered deal to end a dispute over Kosovar license plates in North Kosovo, which triggered protests last year. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Proposed second Scottish independence referendum
  • The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously denies the Scottish government the right to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom without approval from the British government. (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies
  • FIFA announces that they will fine the Ecuadorian Football Federation after Ecuadorian fans made discriminatory chants about Chileans during the opening game of the World Cup against Qatar at the Al Bayt Stadium. (Yahoo! Sports)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Operation Claw-Sword
    • Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi suspends military operations against the Islamic State in order to focus on preparations for a Turkish ground invasion of northern Syria. (Al Monitor)
• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • At least 15 people are killed and 35 others are injured when Russian Armed Forces bombard Kherson. (AFP via NDTV)

Business and economy

• Modern immigration to the United Kingdom
  • Net migration to the United Kingdom reaches a record of 504,000 in 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics. The record increase is primarily due to non-EU migration, the resumption of post-pandemic travel, the arrival of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees, and immigration from Hong Kong. (BBC News)

International relations

• Mahsa Amini protests
  • The United Nations Human Rights Council approves the establishment of a fact-finding mission into the allegations of human rights violations committed by the Iranian government in response to the protests. (AFP via News24)

Law and crime

• Philippine drug war
  • Killings of Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman
    • A Regional Trial Court in Caloocan, Philippines, sentences a police officer to life imprisonment for torturing and fabricating evidence on drug war victims Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman in 2017. (Reuters)
• 2021 Algeria wildfires
  • A court in Algeria sentences 49 people to death for the lynching of a 38-year-old man during last year's wildfires, after the man turned himself to police on suspicion of arson. (AFP via France 24)
• China–United Kingdom relations
  • The Government of the United Kingdom orders its departments to remove and refrain from installing closed-circuit television systems manufactured by companies that are under China's national intelligence law at "sensitive" buildings, citing security concerns. (CNBC)
• Three people are killed and another is injured as a gunman opens fire at a shopping centre in Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The perpetrator commits suicide after the attack. (Outlook)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Malaysian general election
  • Pakatan Harapan and long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. (Reuters)
• Russian gay propaganda law
  • The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, passes a bill banning all instances of "LGBT propaganda". (Reuters)

Sports

• 2022 FIFA World Cup
  • Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to score a goal at five FIFA Men's World Cup tournaments after scoring one in Portugal's 3–2 win against Ghana. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • The military of Somalia carries out a series of counterterrorism operations in southern Somalia, killing 15 al-Shabaab members who survived a previous operation two days ago, in which 49 fighters were killed. The military also says that they stopped an attack in Qayib, Galmudug, killing dozens of militants. (Xinhua)
• 2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état attempt
  • São Tomé and Príncipe prime minister Patrice Trovoada reports that his officials had thwarted a coup d'état attempt led by the President of the National Assembly, Delfim Neves, after they arrested Neves and another individual for infiltrating the headquarters of the armed forces in São Tomé. Four people were killed in the attempt. (AP via The Washington Post)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Ürümqi fire
  • Ten people are killed and nine others injured in a fire at an apartment block in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. (AP)

Health and environment

• At the 19th CITES Conference of the Parties in Panama City, member states adopt stricter measures on the trade of 54 requiem and hammerhead shark species. (AFP via Voice of America)

Law and crime

• Aracruz school shootings
  • Four people are killed and 12 others injured in a mass shooting targeting two schools in Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil. The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, is later arrested. (AP)
• Mount Isa Murders
  • An Indian Australian citizen, Rajwinder Singh, is arrested in New Delhi as the prime suspect in the murder of Australian woman Toyah Cordingley on a beach in Far North Queensland in October 2018. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Ischia landslide
  • Ten people are killed, five others are injured, and two are missing after a landslide hits Ischia, Naples, Italy. (Il Messaggero)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • One person is killed and five others are injured during a mass shooting in Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Taiwanese local elections
  • Residents of Taiwan head to the polls to elect mayors, city council members and other local leaders in nine cities and 13 counties. (BBC News)
  • The Kuomintang Party, who has consistently advocated economic engagement and unification with mainland China, wins 13 of the 21 seats contested in the elections. (CNN)
  • Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen resigns as leader of the Democratic Progressive Party after the party suffers a major defeat in the elections. (AP)
• 2022 Taiwanese constitutional referendum
  • Residents of Taiwan head to the polls for a constitutional referendum on the issues of lowering the voting age from 20 to 18 and lowering the age of candidacy from 23 to 18. (BBC News)
  • The propositions on lowering voting and candidacy ages to 18 fail to pass as they do not receive the required approval of half of the eligible voters. (Focus Taiwan)
• 2022 Equatorial Guinean general election
  • President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the world's longest-serving president, is re-elected to a seven-year term. (AFP via Barron's)
• 2017–present Peruvian political crisis
  • Betssy Chávez is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Peru after Aníbal Torres' resignation. (MSN)

Sports

• 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies
  • FIFA announces that they will discipline the Serbian national football team for hanging a banner in their locker room that showed the territory of Kosovo as part of Serbia. Kosovar authorities condemned the incident. (ABC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • November 2022 Mogadishu attack
    • Eight civilians and a soldier are killed and several others, including Somalia's internal security minister, are injured when al-Shabaab jihadists attack a hotel in Mogadishu frequented by Somali politicians. Five insurgents are also killed. (BBC) (The New York Times)
• The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi jointly announce that 40 Burundian rebels of the National Forces of Liberation have been killed recently in eastern DRC. (AFP via RFI)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 14 people are killed and dozens of others are missing after a landslide hits Yaoundé, Cameroon. (AP)
• Five people are killed in a helicopter crash in Yangyang County, Gangwon, South Korea. (Yonhap)

Law and crime

• Protests against COVID-19 lockdowns in China
  • Hundreds of protesters clash with police in Shanghai as security forces attempt to disperse the crowds during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the fire on 24 November in Ürümqi, Xinjiang. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa
  • Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupts for the first time since 1984, triggering an ash advisory for Hawaii's biggest island. (CNN)

Law and crime

• Comoros passport sales scandal
  • A court in the Comoros sentences former president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi to life in prison after Sambi was convicted of high treason for selling passports to stateless people in the Persian Gulf, and for other crimes, including embezzlement. (AFP via France 24)
• Aftermath of the 2022 Buffalo shooting
  • Payton S. Gendron, who shot and killed 10 people and injured three others at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, United States, in May, pleads guilty to all state charges: first-degree murder, domestic terrorism motivated by hate, and attempted murder as a hate crime. (PBS NewsHour)

Science and technology

• The Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland fines American technology company Meta for €265 million (US$275 million) for a data breach on its international users. (AFP via The Philippine Star)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Four Palestinians, one in Hebron, one in al-Mughayir and two brothers in Kafr Ein, are killed during clashes with Israeli forces. Eight others are injured. A man is also killed in Kokhav Ya'akov after ramming and seriously injuring a female soldier. (AP) (Times of Israel)

Business and economy

• Germany–Qatar relations
  • 2021–2022 global energy crisis
    • 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
      • Germany signs a 15-year deal with Qatar's state-owned petroleum company QatarEnergy to have its liquefied natural gas supplied by the company from 2026. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Nineteen people are injured after an ethane gas explosion in Agua Dulce, Veracruz, Mexico. (AP)

International relations

• China–United Kingdom relations
  • 2022 COVID-19 protests in China
    • The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom summons Chinese ambassador Zheng Zeguang over the arrest of BBC News journalist Edward Lawrence while covering the protests in Shanghai. (AFP via CNA)

Law and crime

• LGBT rights in Singapore
  • The Parliament of Singapore repeals Section 377A, thereby decriminalising sex between consenting male adults in the country. (The New York Times)
• November 2021 English Channel disaster
  • The Gloucestershire Constabulary arrest a man near Cheltenham, Cotswolds, England, as a prime suspect in conspiring to transport 30 illegal immigrants from France to the United Kingdom on an inflatable boat, of which all but three died when the boat capsized in transit along the English Channel in 2021. (AFP via The Star)
• Janusz Waluś, the convicted assassin of South African anti-apartheid politician Chris Hani, is stabbed and wounded in prison in Pretoria a few days before his scheduled release on parole. (AFP via The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
    • The United States Central Command announces that the Free Syrian Army killed Islamic State caliph Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi during an operation in the Daraa Governorate in mid-October. (AFP via The Brussels Times)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • 2022 Aybak bombing
    • At least 15 people are killed and 20 others injured in a bombing at a religious school in Aybak, Samangan Province. (Al Jazeera)
• November 2022 Quetta bombing
  • Three people are killed and 24 others injured by a Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber at a polio vaccination centre in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
• 2022 Spain letter bomb attacks
  • A staff member at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, Spain, suffers minor injuries when opening a letter bomb that was addressed to ambassador Serhii Pohoreltsev. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• UNESCO officially adds several inscriptions to its intangible cultural heritage list, including French baguettes, Korean talchum dance, and Chinese tea making. (BBC News)

Technological development

• OpenAI officially released the freely available generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, the stable release became available on 8th of August 2024

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Brazil floods and landslides
  • Two people have been killed and thirty others are feared missing after a landslide in Guaratuba, Paraná, Brazil. (Sky News)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Singapore
  • The Singaporean government approves legislation that will only allow the Court of Appeal to grant a last-ditch clemency petition prior to an execution on consideration or on the basis of new evidence presented by the defendant. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• Scott Morrison ministerial positions controversy
  • The Australian House of Representatives votes 86–50 to censure former prime minister Scott Morrison for failing to disclose to the parliament and the public his secret appointments to a number of ministries during his premiership. Morrison is the first former Australian prime minister to be censured. (AP)