Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 

Germany signs a 15-year deal with Qatar’s stateowned petroleum company QatarEnergy to have its liquefied natural gas supplied by the company from 2026. (AP) 

UNESCO officially recognizes several works, including French baguettes, Korean talchum, and Japanese furyu-odori as part of its intangible cultural heritage list. (UNESCO) 

The Australian House of Representatives votes, by 86 votes to 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) 

A bill is passed in Singapore regarding last-ditch clemency petitions before an execution. Henceforth, only the Court of Appeal will grant a clemency petition on consideration or on the basis of new evidence presented by the defendant. (Al Jazeera) 

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) 

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) 

Tuesday,  November 29th, 2022 

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) 

The Parliament of Singapore repeals Section 377A, thereby decriminalising sex between consenting male adults in the country. (The New York Times) 

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) 

Three Palestinians are killed during clashes with Israeli forces; one in Hebron and two brothers in Kafr Ein. Eight others are injured. A man is also killed in Kokhav Ya’akov after ramming and seriously injuring a female soldier. (Times of Israel) 

Monday,  November 28th, 2022 

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. (France 24) 

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) 

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Sunday, November 27th, 2022 

A court in the Comoros sentences former president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi to life in prison after he was convicted of high treason for selling passports to stateless people in the Gulf and other crimes, including embezzlement. (AFP via France24) 

At least four people 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. (AFP via NDTV)

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 DR Congo. (AFP via RFI.fr) 

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 recent fire in Ürümqi, Xinjiang. (Reuters) 

Saturday, November 26th, 2022 

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

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) 

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) 

President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the world’s longest-serving president, is re-elected to a seven-year term. (AFP via Barron’s) 

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) 

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Friday,  November 25th, 2022 

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) 

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

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) 

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) 

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) 

Four people are killed and 12 others injured in a mass shooting targeting two schools in Aracruz, Espirito Santo, Brazil. The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, is later arrested. (AP) 

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) 

Thanksgiving, November 24th, 2022 

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) 

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) 

At least 15 people are killed and 35 others are injured when Russian Armed Forces bombard Kherson. (AFP via NDTV) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

Pakatan Harapan and long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. (Reuters) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, passes a bill banning all instances of “LGBT propaganda”. (Reuters) 

A 16-year-old Israeli Canadian teenager and a 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) 

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)

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) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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