Sunday, October 23rd, 2022 

Xi Jinping is re-elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third term as the paramount leader of China. (Al Jazeera) 

Thousands of people, including teachers and students, protest across Hungary against the government of Viktor Orbán, demanding higher salaries and the right to strike amid a high level of inflation in the country. (Straits Times) 

Tamer al-Kilani, a founding member of the Lions’ Den militant group, is killed by a bomb planted on a motorcycle in Nablus, West Bank. (Al Jazeera) 

Nine people are killed and 47 others injured by an al-Shabaab suicide car bombing and shooting attack at the Tawakal Hotel in Kismayo, Jubaland, Somalia. The three gunmen are killed during a gunfight with security forces. (Reuters) 

Osvaldo Villalba, a leader of the Marxist–Leninist Paraguayan People’s Army rebel group, is killed alongside two other militants during a gunfight with soldiers in Amambay, Paraguay. (BBC) 

The death toll from the clashes over a land dispute between the Hausa and the Berta ethnic groups in Blue Nile, Sudan, increases to 220. It is one of the deadliest incident of ethnic violence in the country during the last years. (Al Jazeera) 

Pro-Bolsonaro Brazilian politician Roberto Jefferson wounds two federal policemen with rifles and grenades, who besieged his house in an attempt to arrest him for violating terms of his house arrest. (The Guardian) 

A Sukhoi Su-30 crashes into a residential building in Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Both pilots are killed. No casualties on the ground are reported, but the crash causes a power outage that affects more than 150 houses. (Reuters) 

A Korean Air Airbus A330-300 overruns the runway of Mactan–Cebu International Airport after making two landing attempts during poor weather. No injuries are reported among the 173 occupants on board, but the fuselage sustained heavy damage and the airport was shut down. An investigation is already underway. (Reuters) 

A fire, caused by strong winds, occurs on the slopes of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro. (The Guardian) 

One person is injured after a tornado hits Bihucourt, Pas-de-Calais, France. (Reuters) 

The United Nations accuses Australia of breaching its human rights obligations after the state governments of New South Wales and Queensland refuse to allow UN inspectors into detention facilities. (The Guardian) 

Arshad Sharif, a prominent Pakistani journalist, is shot dead in Kajiado county, Kenya. (BBC News) 

ECOWAS confirms that Guinea’s ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years. (France 24) 

Red Bull Racing win their 5th F1 Constructors’ Championship after winning the United States Grand Prix. (Formula1.com) 

SC Magdeburg win the IHF Men’s Super Globe handball championship after beating FC Barcelona 41–39 in the final. (ZDF) (Sport.de) 

The Football Association of Wales announces that they will investigate yesterday’s derby between two Welsh North-west 3rd division phoenix clubs, Rhyl and Bangor, which ended in a fight that involved players from both teams. (BBC Sport) 

Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party closes in Beijing, China. The party’s new 205-member Central Committee, elected by delegates at the end of the week-long congress, did not include outgoing Premier Li Keqiang or former Guangdong party secretary Wang Yang, who had been seen as a potential replacement as premier. The Сongress has been described as strengthening the power of Xi Jinping, who is likely to be re-elected as General Secretary tomorrow. (Reuters) 

Power outages are reported across Ukraine and citizens are advised to store water as Russian airstrikes across the country continue to damage critical infrastructure and energy facilities. (Reuters) 

The Taliban kill six ISKP members during a raid in Kabul. (Reuters) 

Costa Rican security minister Jorge Torres says that a search is underway for a plane carrying five German citizens, which disappeared near the city of Limón. Among the passengers on board is Rainer Schaller, CEO of McFit. (DW) (Reuters) 

Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni is sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy, becoming the first woman to hold the position. (The Washington Post) 

More than 80,000 people take part in a rally in Berlin, Germany, to show their solidarity with protesters in Iran. (France 24) 

Thousands of protesters march in London to protest the alleged economic effects of Brexit and to demand that the United Kingdom rejoin the EU. (The Guardian) 

Mexico reports its first case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus in a wild, non-poultry bird in Metepec, State of Mexico. (Reuters) 

The last five members of an Iranian cargo plane with Venezuelan crew arrive in Caracas after four months in Argentine custody, where a court seized the plane on suspicions of terrorism at the request of a US court. (Reuters) 

The Election Commission of Pakistan bans former prime minister Imran Khan from seeking an elected office in the government for five years, citing Khan’s deceit in declaring some of the gifts that he received from foreign dignitaries during his premiership. (France 24) 

David Eby is acclaimed as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and becomes the next Premier of British Columbia following the disqualification of his sole opponent, climate activist Anjali Appadurai. (Reuters) 

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Friday,  October 21st, 2022 

The Election Commission of Pakistan bans former prime minister Imran Khan from seeking an elected office in the government for five years, citing his deceit in declaring some of the gifts that he received from foreign dignitaries during his premiership. (France 24) 

The United States reports that Iranian troops are on the ground in Crimea assisting the Russian military in using their drones. (The Hill) 

The Australian Capital Territory decriminalizes the possession of illicit drugs in small quantities, including cocaine, amphetamines and heroin beginning in October 2023. Those caught with illicit drugs for personal use will be fined or referred to drug rehabilitation programs. (The Guardian) 

An investigation is launched into a Commons vote on fracking where several Tory MPs were allegedly bullied, manhandled, and verbally abused. The 40 ruling party MPs who failed to back the government in the vote now face disciplinary action in the form of losing the whip. (The Guardian)

Thursday, October 20th, 2022 

Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her resignation, to take effect once a replacement is appointed. (BBC News) 

The 40 ruling party MPs who failed to back the government face disciplinary action in the form of losing the whip. (The Guardian) 

Evidence is revealed that a 17 year old protester, Abolfazl Adinezadeh, was killed in the city of Mashhad by Iranian security forces who fired a shotgun at him at point-blank range. (BBC News) 

A Russian missile hits a major thermal power station in Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, causing “quite serious damage”, according to governor Svitlana Onyshchuk. (Reuters) 

Anti-Kremlin Bashkir nationalists announce the creation of “The Committee of Bashkir Resistance” with the aim of achieving independence for Bashkortostan. (Euromaidan Press), (The Insider)

Two people are injured after a rare car bombing attack in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. (Reuters) 

Chadian Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo says that about 50 people are killed during anti-government protests in the country. (Reuters) 

Communications between the Shetland isles and British mainland are interrupted after a subsea cable was damaged. (BBC News) 

Additional restrictions are put in place as the number of positive COVID-19 cases quadruple in Beijing. (The Guardian) 

An outbreak of cholera has killed five people in Lebanon, with a total of 169 cases. It is the first outbreak in the country since 1995. (Al Jazeera) 

The Congress of Tabasco votes to legalize same-sex marriage. (as) 

The first Grazer derby in 15 years, marked by a heavy police presence, is won by Sturm 1–0 at GAK in a cup tie. (ORF) (Kronen Zeitung)

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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 

Russian forces begin evacuating thousands of civilians from occupied areas of Kherson Oblast, according to the Russian-installed governor Volodymyr Saldo. Ukraine calls on residents to ignore the Russian orders to leave their towns and villages. (BBC News) 

Russian President Vladimir Putin introduces martial law, starting from Thursday midnight, in the recently annexed territories of Ukraine. Additionally, an “intermediate level of preparedness” is introduced in the federal subjects bordering Ukraine and in Crimea. (AP)  

Prime Minister of the Bahamas Philip Davis says he is ready to send troops to Haiti as part of a peacekeeping force if asked to do so by the Caribbean Community. (Reuters) 

Three staff members and five visitors are killed as two bombs explode inside Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar. Ten others are wounded. (Al Jazeera) 

Belarus says that it is unable to pay off its debt due to international sanctions imposed due to its role in the Russo-Ukrainian War. (Reuters) 

Inflation in the United Kingdom rises to 10.1%, the highest recorded since 1982, amid a cost of living crisis and sharp increases in food prices, acorrding to the Office for National Statistics. (The Guardian) 

Ninety-nine children have died this year in Indonesia due to acute kidney injury. The deaths are linked to paracetamol syrups used to treat fevers. (Reuters) 

A court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia sentences opposition figure Sam Rainsy to life in prison for “attempting to concede territory to a foreign entity”. The sentence was delivered in absentia because Rainsy has been exiled in France since 2015. (AFP via The Bangkok Post) 

Suella Braverman resigns as Home Secretary of the United Kingdom and is replaced by Grant Shapps. (The Guardian) 

Wendy Morton resigns as Chief Whip of the Conservative Party. (Bloomberg) 

Tuesday,  October 18th, 2022 

Ukraine accuses Russia of kidnapping two senior employees of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. (Agence France Presse via Barron’s) 

Three people are killed and critical infrastructure is destroyed by Russian missiles in Kyiv, causing fires, explosions, and power outages. Several other cities across Ukraine are also hit in targeted attacks against water supplies and energy facilities, with power outages being reported in 1,162 towns and villages. (Reuters)  

Iran agrees to provide Russia with medium-range missiles, surface-to-surface missiles and combat drones for the war in Ukraine. (The Guardian) 

Two people are killed and three others are injured when a hot air balloon carrying tourists crashes in Nevşehir, Turkey. (AP) 

The U. S. Department of Agriculture announces that more than 47 million chickens and turkeys have died this year of H5N1 bird flu or related culling in the United States, amid the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the country since 2015. (Reuters) 

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirms that Australia will no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel until peace negotiations are finalised. (The Guardian) 

The United Kingdom announces visa-free entry for ordinary citizens of Colombia, Guyana, and Peru. (El Espectador)  

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passes a resolution recognising Chechnya as “temporarily occupied” by Russia, as well as condemning war crimes committed by Russia during the First and Second Chechen Wars. (Reuters) 

A court in Moscow fines Amazon, Inc. four million rubles (US$65,000) for failing to delete content on drug use and for “propagandizing suicide”. (Reuters) 

Two people are killed and another person is injured in a stabbing in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The suspect, a 25-year-old Somali man, is shot and injured by police before being arrested. (AP) 

A nationwide strike begins in France with workers demanding higher salaries amid increasing inflation in the country. (Euronews) 

Monday,  October 17th, 2022 

Russian forces attack the Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv, and an energy facility in the city of Sumy with HESA Shahed 136 suicide drones, killing eight people. (BBC News)  

The European Union establishes EUMAM Ukraine, a special military mission that will provide training for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in EU member states. (Council of the EU/the European Council) 

After killing hundreds of civilians and forcing thousands to flee, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara is reported to have captured the town of Ansongo in eastern Mali. (Reuters) 

Four Chadian United Nations peacekeepers are killed and two others are injured in a roadside bombing near Tessalit, Kidal Region. (Reuters) 

Ethiopian government forces capture the city of Shire from the Tigray Defense Forces. (Reuters via MSN) 

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for “armed action” to establish a humanitarian corridor in Haiti, saying Haitians face a “nightmarish situation”, especially in the capital, Port-au-Prince. (Al Jazeera) 

Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka wins the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. (CNN) 

A Sukhoi Su-34 crashes into an apartment building in Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, killing at least 15 people and wounding 19 more. (The Moscow Times) 

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni places the capital city of Kampala under high Ebola response alert after two people who travelled from Mubende tested positive, with one of them later dying, amid an outbreak of the disease in the country. (Xinhua) 

The European Union sanctions Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Basij paramilitary military, and its morality police in response to the repression of the Mahsa Amini protests. (i24 News) 

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida orders an investigation into the ties between the Unification Church and members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party amid heavy scrutiny of the claims of Abe’s assassin. (Al Jazeera) 

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