Sunday, December 11th, 2022 

The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, the first of the NASA’s Artemis program, ends with a splashdown of the Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 17:40 UTC. (CBC News) 

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić calls an emergency meeting of the National Security Council. After the meeting, Vučić states that “it is important to call on Serbs and Albanians to keep the peace” and that he “made certain decisions and gave orders.” (Politika) 

Serb protesters in Northern Kosovo block main roads for a second day following a nighttime exchange of fire with police after the arrest of a Serb former policeman, amid rising tensions between authorities and Kosovo’s Serb minority. (Reuters) 

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti states that “the barricades from masked criminals in the north must be removed immediately.” (Al Jazeera) 

Six Pakistani civilians and a Taliban fighter are killed during a shootout between Taliban forces and Pakistani soldiers over a dispute on construction of new checkpoints on the Afghan side of the Chaman border. Seventeen Pakistani civilians, ten Taliban fighters and three Afghan civilians are also injured. (Al Jazeera) 

Two people are killed and four more are injured as pro-Pedro Castillo protests in Peru escalate. (The Guardian) 

Three children die and another is critically injured after falling through the ice on the frozen Babbs Mill Lake during a cold wave in Kingshurst, West Midlands, United Kingdom. (BBC News) 

Federal authorities in the United States announce the arrest of a Libyan man charged in relation with the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, which killed 270 people. (CNN) 

Three people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Rome, Lazio, Italy. (Reuters) 

Three people are killed and four others are injured during a car chase between the Carabinieri and another vehicle in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. (Ansa) 

Saturday, December 10th, 2022 

More than 1.5 million people are left without electricity in Odesa Oblast as a result of Russian drone strikes on two power facilities. (Reuters) 

European Parliament president Roberta Metsola suspends Greek MEP Eva Kaili from her role as Vice-President of the European Parliament following her arrest the previous day over corruption charges. (AFP via South China Morning Post) 

Morocco defeats Portugal 1–0 in the 2022 FIFA World Cup to become the first African and first Arab semi-finalists in World Cup history. (CNN) 

The End