Friday,  December 30th, 2022 

France, Israel, South Korea, Spain, and the United Kingdom announce that they will require travelers from China to present a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter their countries. (AFP via Hong Kong Free Press) 

In Pennsylvania, United States, the alleged perpetrator of a mass stabbing of four University of Idaho students, 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger, is arrested by police in the Pocono Mountains. (CNN) 

A court in Myanmar delivers its final verdict on ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s cases, sentencing her to seven years in prison, with an overall sentence of 33 years’ imprisonment. (CNN) 

A judge in Bolivia orders opposition figure Luis Fernando Camacho to be remanded in detention for four months on “terrorism charges”, as opposition parties call for a national strike. (AP) 

The National Opposition Assembly votes to terminate Juan Guaidó’s interim government and opposition leadership, with Guaidó’s disputed acting presidency expected to end on January 4. (The New York Times) 

Thursday, December 29th, 2022 

Russia carries out a series of drone and cruise missile strikes on Ukraine, with strikes reported in the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv and Zhytomyr, injuring at least three people. (BBC News) 

Five people are killed and 37 others injured in a fire caused by the collision of a freight truck and a bus on the Second Gyeongin Expressway near Seoul, South Korea. (Reuters) 

Eighteen children in Uzbekistan die after drinking a cough syrup product manufactured by Indian drug manufacturer Marion Biotech. (BBC News) 

Following talks with Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić, barricades erected by ethnic Serbs in North Kosovo begin being dismantled. (BBC News) 

Benjamin Netanyahu is sworn in as the prime minister of Israel for the third time in his political career. (CNN) 

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