December 1, 2022, Canada accuses China of operating "illegal" police stations on Canadian territory. (The Guardian)
December 2, 2022, Release of Emancipation
December 2, 2022, Release of Violent Night
December 2, 2022,
December 2, 2022,
December 2, 2022, The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom adds Cuba, Nicaragua, and the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group to its blacklist of countries and organizations violating international religious freedom, signalling possible sanctions by the U.S. government. (AFP via France 24)
December 2, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a decree that bans religious organizations with links to Russia and imposes personal sanctions against their representatives. Zelenskyy also announces that the Ukrainian government will draft a law banning churches affiliated with Russia, which he says is necessary in order to counter Russian government efforts to "weaken Ukraine from within." (AP)
December 2, 2022, The Indonesian parliament announces that it will pass a new Criminal Code to replace the current one, which dates back from its colonial era. (Reuters)
December 2, 2022, The United States Department of Justice announces that the Swedish-Swiss corporation ABB has acceded to a US$315-million fine for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by extorting the South African state-owned public utility Eskom to secure government contracts from 2014 to 2017. (AFP via RFI)
December 3, 2022, Series Premiere of Three Pines
December 3, 2022, Internal documents released by Twitter CEO Elon Musk show that staff at the company suppressed posts discussing the October 2020 New York Post article on the Hunter Biden laptop story ahead of the 2020 United States presidential election. (Forbes)
December 3, 2022,
December 3, 2022, Donald Trump claims in his social media platform Truth Social that the alleged fraud during the 2020 American presidential elections justifies the "termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution". (BBC News)
December 4, 2022, Series Premiere of George and Tammy
December 5, 2022,
December 5, 2022,
December 5, 2022, Swiss multinational mining company Glencore agrees to pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo $180 million to settle corruption claims dating from 2007 to 2018. Glencore has admitted to bribing African officials in order to secure "improper business advantages", including in the DRC. (BBC News)
December 6, 2022, Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is sentenced to six years in prison on corruption charges, with Kirchner also receiving a lifetime ban on holding public office. (Reuters)
December 6, 2022, The 1,574th and final Boeing 747, an Atlas Air 747-8 Freighter, is rolled out from the Boeing Everett Factory. (CNBC)
December 6, 2022, 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia
-Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia go to the polls to elect their next Senator in a runoff election between the Democratic incumbent candidate Raphael Warnock and Republican candidate Herschel Walker. (The Guardian)
-Warnock wins re-election, bringing the Democratic majority in the Senate up to 51–49. (AP)
December 6, 2022, The People's Representative Council of Indonesia replaces the country's colonial-era criminal code with a new code that criminalizes premarital and extramarital sex and cohabitation, among other changes. (AFP via New Straits Times)
December 7, 2022, The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities approves the first new coal mine in the United Kingdom in 30 years at the Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria, England. The mine is expected to remain operational for up to 50 years. It will create 500 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs in the region, and will take two years to build at a cost estimated at around £165 million ($201 million). (Reuters)
December 7, 2022, President Pedro Castillo announces the dissolution of Congress, the imposition of a curfew, the creation of an "emergency" government, and early parliamentary elections hours before facing his third impeachment vote. The impeachment is successful and Castillo is later arrested after leaving the Government Palace in Lima. First Vice President Dina Boluarte is sworn in as President of the Republic after Castillo's arrest. (Reuters)
December 8, 2022, Series Premiere of Harry and Meghan
December 8, 2022, Basketball player Brittney Griner is released in a prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout. (CBS News)
December 8, 2022, At this year's Game Awards, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year while God of War Ragnarök wins the most awards with six. (Washington Post)
December 8, 2022, The United States Federal Trade Commission announces that they will sue in an attempt to block Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard, citing concerns that the deal would give Microsoft too much control over certain parts of the gaming industry. (The Verge)
December 8, 2022, Egypt joins the BRICS-led New Development Bank after the Egyptian government ratifies its accession into the multilateral development bank. (Egypt Independent)
December 8, 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron announces that condoms will be free at pharmacies for all adults between the ages of 18 and 24 years beginning on January 1, as part of an effort to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases in the country. (Reuters)
December 8, 2022, The trial of three executives of the now insolvent German financial services provider Wirecard, including its former chief executive officer Markus Braun, opens in Munich. Braun and two others have been charged with accounting fraud, breach of trust, commercial gang fraud, and market manipulation. (AFP via France 24)
December 8, 2022, The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Respect for Marriage Act, which enshrines same-sex marriage and interracial marriage into federal law, in a 258–169–1 vote. (CNBC)
December 8, 2022, Protests break out across Peru, including the capital Lima, in response to ousting and detainment of former President of Peru Pedro Castillo. (Euronews)
December 8, 2022, The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, which grants the cabinet of the Canadian province of Alberta the ability to nullify national laws, passes the Albertan legislature by a party line vote of 27–7, following significant opposition by the Alberta New Democratic Party and Indigenous chiefs. (CBC News)
December 9, 2022, Release of Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
December 9, 2022, Release of The Whale
December 9, 2022, A Japanese research team from Yamagata University announces the discovery of 168 new big figures near the Nazca Lines in Peru. (EFE via El Mundo)
December 9, 2022, The Ironman Triathlon cancels the 2023 and 2024 triathlons to be held in Juneau, Alaska, United States, citing economic concerns. (Juneau Empire)
December 10, 2022, 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)
December 11, 2022, Federal authorities in the United States announce the arrest of a Libyan man charged in relation with the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, which killed 270 people. (CNN)
December 11, 2022, The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, the first of the NASA's Artemis program, ends with a splashdown of the Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 17:40 UTC. (CBC News)
December 12, 2022, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested in the Bahamas on request of the U.S. government on undisclosed charges. (Reuters)
December 12, 2022,
December 13, 2022, Series Premiere of Kindred
December 13, 2022, The United States Department of Energy announces the achievement of fusion ignition by the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (Energy.gov)
December 13, 2022, Ghana and the International Monetary Fund agree on a three-year loan agreement worth US$3 billion. (AFP via WION)
December 13, 2022, Argentina defeats Croatia 3–0 and advances to the final, where they will play against France. It is Argentina's sixth appearance at the World Cup finals, and their first appearance since 2014. (CNN)
December 14, 2022, Series Premiere of National Treasure: Edge of History
December 14, 2022, The government declares a nationwide state of emergency for 30 days following mass protests in support of Pedro Castillo, which have killed seven people. (SwissInfo)
December 14, 2022, The defending champions France defeats Morocco 2–0, advancing to their second consecutive World Cup final, which will be against Argentina. (CNN)
December 15, 2022, Series Premiere of Sonic Prime
December 15, 2022, 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)
December 15, 2022, 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)
December 15, 2022, The United States Senate passes a defense bill that rescinds the vaccine mandate for the U.S. military. (Los Angeles Times)
December 15, 2022, 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)
December 15, 2022, 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)
December 16, 2022, Release of Avatar: Way of Water
December 16, 2022, Series Premiere of The Recruit
December 16, 2022, The AquaDom aquarium in Berlin, Germany, home to 1,500 tropical fish of more than 100 different species, bursts, flooding local streets. The majority of the fish die during the incident, and two people are injured. (BBC News)
December 17, 2022, Uzbekistan announces a nearly $1 billion loan from the two main World Bank lending institutions, aimed at supporting the country's transition to a private sector-led economy. (Xinhua)
December 17, 2022, German authorities recover 31 royal jewellery items that were stolen from the Green Vault museum at Dresden Castle in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, in 2019. (AFP via South China Morning Post)
December 17, 2022, Croatia defeats Morocco 2–1 in the third place play-off. This is Croatia's second third-place finish, and Morocco's best ever result at a World Cup, which is also the best ever result by both an African and Arab team at the tournament. (CNN)
December 17, 2022, The Minnesota Vikings complete the largest comeback in NFL history against the Indianapolis Colts, winning 39–36 after a 0–33 deficit. The previous largest comeback occurred in January 1993 when the Buffalo Bills won 41–38 against the Houston Oilers after a 35–3 deficit. (CBS Sports)
December 18, 2022, Series Premiere of 1923
December 18, 2022, Argentina defeats the reigning champions France 4–2 on penalties after a 3–3 draw to win their third World Cup title, and first since 1986. (CNN)
December 18, 2022, Five people are killed and one other person is injured in a mass shooting at a condominium tower in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. The gunman is killed by police. (Global News)
December 19, 2022, The U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack issues a report in its final meeting declaring that former President Donald Trump was the "central cause" of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, and recommends that he be referred to the Justice Department for prosecution on at least four criminal charges. (ABC News)
December 19, 2022, American film producer Harvey Weinstein is convicted on 3 of 7 sexual assault charges against him. The jury found Weinstein either not guilty, or was hung, on four other charges. (CNN)
December 20, 2022,
December 20, 2022,
December 20, 2022, A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Humboldt County, California, United States, killing at least two people, injuring eleven others and causing minor damage. (NBC News)
December 20, 2022, Mexico confirms that it has granted asylum to the family of former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo, with Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard saying that a safe exit from Peru is currently being discussed. (Reuters)
December 20, 2022, The Taliban ban university education for women in Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Ministry of Higher Education says that the decree was issued by the Cabinet today and is effective immediately. (CNN)
December 20, 2022, Argentine footballer Lionel Messi's Instagram post containing photos of him lifting the FIFA World Cup Trophy and celebrating with the Argentina team after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup two days prior becomes the social networking service's most-liked post after reaching over 56 million likes, surpassing the previous record held by the Instagram egg. (BBC News)
December 20, 2022, Augusta National Golf Club chairperson Fred Ridley announces that professional golfers who are signed under the LIV Golf tour, which began this year as a competitor to the PGA Tour, will be permitted to play in the 2023 Masters Tournament, the first of four men's major golf championships held next year. Human rights groups and various personalities have criticized LIV Golf, which is financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, as a sportswashing project by the country to improve its repressive global image. (The Independent)
December 21, 2022, Release of Puss in Boots: The Last Witch
December 21, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in the United States on his first official trip abroad after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (The New York Times)
December 22, 2022, The Scottish Parliament passes the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill by 86–39 votes, amending the Gender Recognition Act 2004 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to simplify the legal gender change process in Scotland. The bill now awaits royal assent. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
December 22, 2022, The Spanish Congress of Deputies passes a bill by 188–150 votes allowing anyone over the age of 16 to legally change their gender on their national identity card. The bill will now head to the Senate for final approval. (BBC News)
December 22, 2022, The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York releases FTX co-founder and former chief executive officer Sam Bankman-Fried on a $250 million bail on the condition that he resides at his parents' home in Palo Alto, California, while he awaits trial on criminal fraud charges over the bankruptcy of his cryptocurrency exchange. (AFP via Deccan Herald)
December 23, 2022, Release of Babylon
December 23, 2022, Release of I Wanna Dance With Somebody
December 23, 2022, Release of Pale Blue Eye
December 23, 2022,
December 23, 2022, Three people are killed and four others are injured during a mass shooting at a Kurdish community center in Paris, France. The perpetrator, a 69-year-old French man, is arrested. (BBC News)
December 23, 2022, Japan's internal affairs ministry reports that the country had experienced its highest level of inflation since 1981 last month after core consumer prices increased by 3.7 percent from November 2021. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
December 23, 2022, At least 200 million people, two-thirds of the population of the United States, are under weather warning advisories, with the state of New York issuing a travel ban due to extreme temperatures. 1.5 million people across the country are left without power and at least 28 people are killed as a result of the storm. (The New York Times)
December 23, 2022, French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who received a life sentence in Nepal for murdering 12 tourists between 1963 and 1976, and suspected of murdering also 18 other people, is released from prison due to his old age and good behaviour in accordance with a Supreme Court order. He is deported to France and barred from Nepal for ten years. (AFP via NDTV)
December 24, 2022,
December 24, 2022, The Nara District Public Prosecutors Office in Nara Prefecture, Japan, says that the accused assassin of former prime minister Shinzo Abe is competent to stand trial for the killing. Prosecutors say that Tetsuya Yamagami "does not suffer from any mental illness that could greatly affect his ability to judge right from wrong". According to sources, prosecutors plan to indict Yamagami on murder charges. (Yomiuri)
December 25, 2022, Series Premiere of Witcher Blood Origin
December 25, 2022, Catalonia in Spain registers the highest December temperature ever for the autonomous community in Anglès, which reached 26.3 °C (79.3 °F). Several other stations, including in the regional capital of Barcelona, also break records. (Catalan News)
December 25, 2022, An attack on an electrical substation in Pierce County, Washington, United States, cuts off power to 14,000 people. The perpetrators and motive of the attack are unknown. (Seattle Times)
December 26, 2022, Five North Korean drones cross the DMZ into South Korea, which assembles aircraft to intercept the drones. One of the South Korean FA-1 light attack aircraft crashes during takeoff and a North Korean drone crashes near the South Korean capital of Seoul. It is believed that North Korea launched the drones in response to criticism of the quality of North Korean satellite images. (AFP via MSN)
December 26, 2022, The National Health Commission announces that China will suspend their COVID-19 quarantine requirements for passengers arriving from abroad beginning on January 8. (ABC News)
December 26, 2022, A French judge indicts a 69-year-old man with murder, attempted murder due to race, and the unlawful procurement and possession of a weapon for killing three people and injuring three others in the 10th arrondissement of Paris on December 23. The suspect had confessed to having been motivated by racism. (AFP via Deccan Herald)
December 27, 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin issues a decree to prohibit the exports of Russian oil and petroleum products to countries and organizations that adhere to the US$60-per-barrel price cap that Australia, the European Union, and the G7 member states agreed upon earlier this month. The decree will be in effect from February 1 to July 1. (AFP via NDTV)
December 27, 2022, A federal judge in Michigan, United States, sentences a man to 16 years in prison for plotting to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. The man was also convicted of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. (CNN)
December 27, 2022, The Supreme Court of the United States rules 5–4 to maintain Title 42 of the U.S. Code, allowing the government to remove persons who have recently been in a country where an infectious disease was present. (AFP via RFI)
December 27, 2022, South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol pardons former president Lee Myung-bak as part of a mass pardon aimed at "national unity". Lee had been serving a 17-year sentence for corruption. (Al Jazeera)
December 27, 2022, Slovenian point guard Luka Dončić of the Dallas Mavericks scores the first 60-point triple-double in the National Basketball Association, the premier men's professional basketball league in the world, after recording 60 points, 21 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Mavericks' 126–121 overtime win against the New York Knicks in Dallas. (BBC Sport)
December 28, 2022, Italy and the United States announce that they will require travelers from China to present a negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test in order to enter their countries. (AFP via New Straits Times)
December 29, 2022,
December 29, 2022,
December 29, 2022,
December 29, 2022, Benjamin Netanyahu is sworn in as the prime minister of Israel for the third time in his political career. (CNN)
December 30, 2022, Release of A Man Called Otto
December 30, 2022,
December 30, 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)
December 30, 2022, 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)
December 31, 2022, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, who served from 2005 until his resignation in 2013, dies at the age of 95, with the funeral scheduled for January 5. (BBC News)
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