Sunday, October 23rd, 2022 

Xi Jinping is re-elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third term as the paramount leader of China. (Al Jazeera) 

Thousands of people, including teachers and students, protest across Hungary against the government of Viktor Orbán, demanding higher salaries and the right to strike amid a high level of inflation in the country. (Straits Times) 

Tamer al-Kilani, a founding member of the Lions’ Den militant group, is killed by a bomb planted on a motorcycle in Nablus, West Bank. (Al Jazeera) 

Nine people are killed and 47 others injured by an al-Shabaab suicide car bombing and shooting attack at the Tawakal Hotel in Kismayo, Jubaland, Somalia. The three gunmen are killed during a gunfight with security forces. (Reuters) 

Osvaldo Villalba, a leader of the Marxist–Leninist Paraguayan People’s Army rebel group, is killed alongside two other militants during a gunfight with soldiers in Amambay, Paraguay. (BBC) 

The death toll from the clashes over a land dispute between the Hausa and the Berta ethnic groups in Blue Nile, Sudan, increases to 220. It is one of the deadliest incident of ethnic violence in the country during the last years. (Al Jazeera) 

Pro-Bolsonaro Brazilian politician Roberto Jefferson wounds two federal policemen with rifles and grenades, who besieged his house in an attempt to arrest him for violating terms of his house arrest. (The Guardian) 

A Sukhoi Su-30 crashes into a residential building in Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Both pilots are killed. No casualties on the ground are reported, but the crash causes a power outage that affects more than 150 houses. (Reuters) 

A Korean Air Airbus A330-300 overruns the runway of Mactan–Cebu International Airport after making two landing attempts during poor weather. No injuries are reported among the 173 occupants on board, but the fuselage sustained heavy damage and the airport was shut down. An investigation is already underway. (Reuters) 

A fire, caused by strong winds, occurs on the slopes of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro. (The Guardian) 

One person is injured after a tornado hits Bihucourt, Pas-de-Calais, France. (Reuters) 

The United Nations accuses Australia of breaching its human rights obligations after the state governments of New South Wales and Queensland refuse to allow UN inspectors into detention facilities. (The Guardian) 

Arshad Sharif, a prominent Pakistani journalist, is shot dead in Kajiado county, Kenya. (BBC News) 

ECOWAS confirms that Guinea’s ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years. (France 24) 

Red Bull Racing win their 5th F1 Constructors’ Championship after winning the United States Grand Prix. (Formula1.com) 

SC Magdeburg win the IHF Men’s Super Globe handball championship after beating FC Barcelona 41–39 in the final. (ZDF) (Sport.de) 

The Football Association of Wales announces that they will investigate yesterday’s derby between two Welsh North-west 3rd division phoenix clubs, Rhyl and Bangor, which ended in a fight that involved players from both teams. (BBC Sport) 

Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party closes in Beijing, China. The party’s new 205-member Central Committee, elected by delegates at the end of the week-long congress, did not include outgoing Premier Li Keqiang or former Guangdong party secretary Wang Yang, who had been seen as a potential replacement as premier. The Сongress has been described as strengthening the power of Xi Jinping, who is likely to be re-elected as General Secretary tomorrow. (Reuters) 

Power outages are reported across Ukraine and citizens are advised to store water as Russian airstrikes across the country continue to damage critical infrastructure and energy facilities. (Reuters) 

The Taliban kill six ISKP members during a raid in Kabul. (Reuters) 

Costa Rican security minister Jorge Torres says that a search is underway for a plane carrying five German citizens, which disappeared near the city of Limón. Among the passengers on board is Rainer Schaller, CEO of McFit. (DW) (Reuters) 

Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni is sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy, becoming the first woman to hold the position. (The Washington Post) 

More than 80,000 people take part in a rally in Berlin, Germany, to show their solidarity with protesters in Iran. (France 24) 

Thousands of protesters march in London to protest the alleged economic effects of Brexit and to demand that the United Kingdom rejoin the EU. (The Guardian) 

Mexico reports its first case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus in a wild, non-poultry bird in Metepec, State of Mexico. (Reuters) 

The last five members of an Iranian cargo plane with Venezuelan crew arrive in Caracas after four months in Argentine custody, where a court seized the plane on suspicions of terrorism at the request of a US court. (Reuters) 

The Election Commission of Pakistan bans former prime minister Imran Khan from seeking an elected office in the government for five years, citing Khan’s deceit in declaring some of the gifts that he received from foreign dignitaries during his premiership. (France 24) 

David Eby is acclaimed as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and becomes the next Premier of British Columbia following the disqualification of his sole opponent, climate activist Anjali Appadurai. (Reuters) 

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