Portal:Current events/2022 December 8

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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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
  • Mahsa Amini protests
    • Iran announces the first known execution of a prisoner arrested in connection with the protests. The man was found guilty of "waging war against God" after being accused of blocking a street and attacking a security forces member with a machete. (Time)
• 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)
• 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)