Portal:Current events/2022 December 10

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
      • 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)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • One person is killed and six others are injured by a bombing in a bakery in Awaran District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 St Helier explosion
  • Nine people are killed, and three others are injured, after an explosion at a three-story apartment building in St Helier, Jersey. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament
  • 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)

Sports

• 2022 FIFA World Cup
  • 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)