Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
German police arrest twenty-five members of the Reichsbürger movement accused of planning a coup d’état. (DW)
Jemaah Islamiyah member Umar Patek, who was convicted for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings, is released on parole after an Indonesian court shortened his 20-year prison sentence. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
Belarusian lawmakers approve a bill which punishes high treason among officials and military personnel with the death penalty. The bill also includes prosecution for “spreading false information discrediting the Armed Forces of Belarus”. (RFE/RL)
Jamaican prime minister Andrew Holness declares a nationwide state of emergency due to rising crime rates. (CNN)
Janusz Waluś, the convicted assassin of South African anti-apartheid politician Chris Hani, is released on parole. (AFP via RFI)
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announced the dissolution of the Congress of the Republic, the imposition of a curfew, the creation of an “emergency” government and early parliamentary election hours before his third impeachment attempt. (Reuters)
One hundred and fifty five people are injured by a train collision in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. (Reuters)
Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
The 1,574th and final Boeing 747, a 747-8 Freighter, is rolled out from the Boeing Everett Factory. (CNBC)
A jury finds the Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud charges. (The New York Times)
President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani announces that the country will submit an application for membership of the European Union by the end of the year. (TVP World)
Honduras begins a partial state of exception in most of the country as part of an attempt to reduce the amount of violent organized crime. (CNN en Español)
Seven people are killed when a vehicle carrying oil workers hits a roadside bomb in Balkh Province. (Reuters)
Six people are injured when an explosion hits a money exchange market in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province. (Reuters)
Three people are killed and four others are injured by a bombing near Khlong Ngae railway station, Phang Nga, Thailand. (AP)
Inflation in the Philippines accelerates to a 14-year record high of 8% from November last year to November 2022 due to rising food prices. (CNBC)
A court in Argentina sentences Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to six years in prison and a life sentence on holding public office on corruption charges. (Reuters)
Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia go to the polls to elect their next Senator in a runoff election between the Democratic incumbent candidate Raphael Warnock and Republican candidate Herschel Walker. (The Guardian)
Dominicans go to the polls to elect the members of the House of Assembly. (CARICOM Daily)
The People’s Representative Council replaces Indonesia’s colonial-era criminal code with one that criminalizes premarital and extramarital sex and cohabitation, among others. (AFP via New Straits Times)
Monday, December 5th, 2022
Russia says that a long-range drone attack on its Dyagilevo Air Base and Engels-2 Air Base has killed three servicemen, injured four others, and damaged two aircraft. (Reuters)
The Iraqi military is deployed to its borders with Turkey and Iran. (Mehr)
Irish finance minister Paschal Donohoe is re-elected as President of the Eurogroup. (AFP via Barron’s)
The US$60-per-barrel price ceiling on Russian seaborne oil imposed by Australia, the European Union, and the G7 comes into force. (Reuters)
Protests occur in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar in response to a corruption scandal. Four policemen are reported injured. (Tengrinews)
Russian forces launch another wave of cruise missile strikes on Ukraine, destroying homes and killing two people in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, while knocking out power to many other areas after striking critical infrastructure. (Reuters)
Russia says a long-range drone attack on its Dyagilevo Air Base and Engels-2 Air Base has killed three servicemen and wounded four others, while damaging two aircraft. (Reuters)
The US$60-per-barrel price ceiling on Russian seaborne oil imposed by Australia, the European Union, and the G7 comes into force. (Reuters)
The Indonesian government raises the volcanic alert status to the highest level after the Semeru in East Java erupts, forcing the evacuation of around 2,000 people. (AFP via The Hindu)
The Iraqi military is deployed to its borders with Turkey and Iran. (Mehr)
Protests erupt in the town of Atarib, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, after a Turkish military vehicle ran over and killed a woman and a child while conducting a patrol with a local rebel group, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (ABC News)
At least 33 people are dead, four others are critically injured and many others missing after a landslide hit a bus in Risaralda, Colombia. (TRT World)
Swiss multinational mining company Glencore agrees to pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo a sum of $180m (£147m) to settle corruption claims dating from 2007 to 2018. Glencore has admitted to bribing African officials to secure “improper business advantages”, including in the DRC. (BBC News)
One person is killed and another is injured after a stabbing attack in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (AP)
Protests begin in Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar after a corruption scandal. Four policemen were reported injured. (Tengrinews)
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