Portal:Current events/2022 December 15

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2017–present Peruvian political crisis
  • December 2022 Peruvian protests
    • Ayacucho massacre
      • Seven people are killed and 52 others are injured by the Peruvian Army in the city of Ayacucho following a crackdown in recent protests. (RPP)
• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Shelling by Russian forces kills two people and leaves the entire city of Kherson without power. (BBC News)
• 2022 North Kosovo crisis
  • Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announces that the Serbian government will send a request to KFOR for the return of a certain number, "from hundreds to a thousand", of police and army personnel to Kosovo, in accordance with UN Resolution 1244. (RFE/RL)

Business and economy

• 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
  • The Royal College of Nursing begins the largest strike action in the history of the National Health Service amid a dispute with the government over a pay increase for nurses. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • The United States Senate passes a defense bill that rescinds the vaccine mandate for the U.S. military. (Los Angeles Times)

International relations

• Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union
  • The European Council formally grants candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Sarajevo Times)

Law and crime

• Assassination of John F. Kennedy
  • The Biden administration orders the release of thousands of documents on the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy for the first time. With 13,173 files now published online, more than 97% of records are now publicly available, according to the White House. (BBC News)
• Police in Zambia arrest a truck driver alleged to have transported 27 Ethiopian migrants who were found dead at a farm on the outskirts of Lusaka on Sunday. (Xinhua)

Politics and elections

• Political status of Puerto Rico
  • In a 233–191 bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passes a bill that would allow Puerto Rico to have its first ever binding referendum to decide whether the unincorporated territory should become a state, an independent nation or an independent nation with free association. (The New York Times)

Science and technology

• Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk
  • December 15, 2022 Twitter suspensions
    • Twitter suspends the accounts of several journalists who reported on negative news relating to Elon Musk and Twitter. Musk accuses these journalists of posting links to real-time location data. The suspensions follow an incident in Los Angeles involving the safety of Elon Musk's son. (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera) (Yahoo!)