Sunday, January 1st, 2023 

Several people are killed by an Islamic State bombing at a checkpoint outside the military airport in Kabul. (Al Jazeera) 

Two soldiers are killed during a series of Israeli airstrikes at Damascus International Airport. (Al Jazeera) 

Two Palestinians are killed and three more injured during confrontations with Israeli soldiers who stormed Kafr Dan to demolish the homes of two Palestinians killed in a shootout at a checkpoint in Jenin several months ago. (Al Jazeera) 

Ten prison officers and four inmates are killed in an armed attack on a prison in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, in which 24 prisoners escaped. (AFP via Deccan Herald) 

Canada enacts a law prohibiting foreigners, except for immigrants and permanent residents, from acquiring residential areas in the country for two years in response to a real-estate bubble. (CNN Business) 

Australia and Canada announce that they will require travelers from China to present a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter their countries beginning on January 5. (CTV News) 

The British arm of climate protest group Extinction Rebellion announces it will “temporarily” shift away from using public disruption as a primary tactic. (Reuters) 

Croatia changes its national currency from the kuna to the euro to become 20th member state of the Eurozone, and joins the European passport-free zone, the Schengen Area. (AFP via Macau Business) 

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as President of Brazil for the third time in his political career. (Télam) 

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines closes the country’s airspace for nearly six hours due to a power outage in its air traffic management center, affecting more than 280 commercial flights and more than 56,000 passengers. (Bloomberg) 

Saturday, December 31st, 2022 

Hundreds of Russian mobilized soldiers are claimed by Ukraine to be killed and injured as a result of an Ukrainian missile attack on a vocational school building serving as military barracks. Russian authorities acknowledge several casualties, but suggest lower figures. (Reuters)

The Colombian government reaches a bilateral ceasefire agreement with the major armed groups involved in the conflict, including the National Liberation Army, FARC dissidents, and the Clan del Golfo. The ceasefire will be in effect from January 1 to at least June 30. (AFP via Gulf News) 

Fifteen people are killed and 47 others are injured after a bus crashed and flipped in Nayarit, Mexico. (AP) 

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Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, who served from 2005 until his resignation in 2013, dies at the age of 95 and is scheduled for a funeral starting on 2 January. (BBC News) 

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