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- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Three Palestinians are killed and two others are injured during a raid by Israeli soldiers at a refugee camp in Jenin, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 North Kosovo crisis
- The Kosovo special forces, accompanied by armored vehicles, head to the north of the country and block the city of Kosovska Mitrovica. This comes after the Kosovo Police announced that they would increase their presence in North Kosovo. (Srbija Danas)
Health and environment
- French President Emmanuel Macron announces that condoms will be free at pharmacies for all 18-24-year-olds starting from January 1, 2023, in an effort to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the country. (Reuters)
International relations
- Schengen Area
- The European Union accepts Croatia's accession to the Schengen Area. The change comes into effect on 1 January 2023. (DW)
- Austria announces that it will veto Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the Schengen Area, citing the fear of increasing illegal immigration. (AFP via Times of Malta)
- Russia–United States relations
- Basketball player Brittney Griner is released in a prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout. (CBS News)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Iran
- Wirecard scandal
- 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)
- LGBT rights in the United States
- The U.S. House of Representatives pass the the Respect for Marriage Act, which enshrines same-sex marriage and interracial marriage into federal law, in a 258–169–1 vote, with 39 Republicans joining all Democrats voting in favor. (CNBC) (Axios)
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