current Events/2022 December 24

• 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 ten civilians and injuring 58 others. (Daily Express)
• Aftermath of the 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)
• Boksburg explosion
  • A fuel tanker explodes in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa, killing 15 people, injuring 27 others, and damaging a nearby hospital. (Al Jazeera)
• 2022 Galicia bus crash
  • Six people are killed and two others are rescued after a bus falls off a bridge into the Lérez river in Galicia, Spain. (The Guardian)
• December 2022 North American winter storm
  • Four people are killed and 36 others are injured in a bus crash on Highway 97C in British Columbia, Canada. The crash was attributed to "icy roads" following the winter storm. (Sky News)

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)
• Wallasey pub shooting
  • One person is killed and four others are injured during a mass shooting at a pub in Wallasey, Merseyside, England. (BBC News)

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)