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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 78115" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" target="_blank">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bannu_counterterrorism_centre_siege" target="_blank">Bannu counterterrorism centre siege</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Security forces storm a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterterrorism" target="_blank">counterterrorism</a> office in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bannu" target="_blank">Bannu</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" target="_blank">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>, which was seized two days ago by 33 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_Taliban" target="_blank">Pakistani Taliban</a> members, killing all the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgent" target="_blank">insurgents</a>. Two officers were killed during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege" target="_blank">siege</a> and 10 to 15 injured; all the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostage" target="_blank">hostages</a> are freed. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64041270" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_border_dispute" target="_blank">Sino-Indian border dispute</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">India reports that it has increased its troop presence along the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_border" target="_blank">Sino-Indian border</a> in response to the skirmish that occured between Indian and Chinese troops in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawang_district" target="_blank">Tawang district</a> earlier this month. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/india-claims-to-maintain-troop-deployment-like-never-before-on-china-border/ar-AA15uhVw?ocid=entnewsntp&amp;cvid=5322bc56b4064d97919459b9627226db" target="_blank">(MSN)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Ferndale_earthquake" target="_blank">2022 Ferndale earthquake</a> A magnitude 6.4 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_California" target="_blank">earthquake</a> kills at least two people, injured eleven and causes minor damage in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_County%2C_California" target="_blank">Humboldt County, California</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna62522" target="_blank">(NBC News)</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Urengoy%E2%80%93Pomary%E2%80%93Uzhhorod_pipeline_explosion" target="_blank">2022 Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline explosion</a> An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion" target="_blank">explosion</a> occurred on an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urengoy%E2%80%93Pomary%E2%80%93Uzhhorod_pipeline" target="_blank">Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod export gas pipeline</a> during maintenance work in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuvashia" target="_blank">Chuvashia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>, killing three workers and causing a halt in pumping gas through the pipeline. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/blast-west-kazan-shuts-russia-ukraine-gas-export-pipeline-2022-12-20/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> </li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Law and crime <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2022_Peruvian_protests" target="_blank">December 2022 Peruvian protests</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" target="_blank">Mexico</a> confirms that it has granted asylum to the family of former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_president" target="_blank">Peruvian president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Castillo" target="_blank">Pedro Castillo</a>. Foreign Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Ebrard" target="_blank">Marcelo Ebrard</a> says that a safe exit from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" target="_blank">Peru</a> is being discussed. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-says-has-granted-asylum-family-perus-castillo-2022-12-20/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" target="_blank">Taliban</a> ban university education for women in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a>. A spokesman for the Taliban says the decree was issued today and effective immediately. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/20/asia/taliban-bans-women-university-education-intl/index.html" target="_blank">(CNN)</a> </li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_PGA_Tour" target="_blank">2022–23 PGA Tour</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_National_Golf_Club" target="_blank">Augusta National Golf Club</a> chairperson <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ridley" target="_blank">Fred Ridley</a> announces that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_golfer" target="_blank">professional golfers</a> signed under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIV_Golf" target="_blank">LIV Golf</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_golf_tours" target="_blank">tour</a>, which commenced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_LIV_Golf_Invitational_Series" target="_blank">this year</a> as a competitor to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Tour" target="_blank">PGA Tour</a>, will be permitted to play in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Masters_Tournament" target="_blank">2023 Masters Tournament</a>, the first of four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships" target="_blank">men's major golf championships</a> held next year. Human rights groups and various personalities have criticized LIV Golf, which is financed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" target="_blank">Saudi Arabia</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Investment_Fund" target="_blank">Public Investment Fund</a>, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportswashing" target="_blank">sportswashing</a> project by the country to cleanse its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia" target="_blank">repressive</a> global image. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/masters-liv-golf-2023-entry-criteria-b2248746.html" target="_blank">(The Independent)</a></li>
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[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 78115, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bannu_counterterrorism_centre_siege']Bannu counterterrorism centre siege[/URL] [LIST] [*]Security forces storm a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterterrorism']counterterrorism[/URL] office in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bannu']Bannu[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL], which was seized two days ago by 33 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_Taliban']Pakistani Taliban[/URL] members, killing all the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgent']insurgents[/URL]. Two officers were killed during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege']siege[/URL] and 10 to 15 injured; all the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostage']hostages[/URL] are freed. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64041270'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_border_dispute']Sino-Indian border dispute[/URL] [LIST] [*]India reports that it has increased its troop presence along the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_border']Sino-Indian border[/URL] in response to the skirmish that occured between Indian and Chinese troops in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawang_district']Tawang district[/URL] earlier this month. [URL='https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/india-claims-to-maintain-troop-deployment-like-never-before-on-china-border/ar-AA15uhVw?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=5322bc56b4064d97919459b9627226db'](MSN)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Ferndale_earthquake']2022 Ferndale earthquake[/URL][B] A magnitude 6.4 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_California']earthquake[/URL] kills at least two people, injured eleven and causes minor damage in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_County%2C_California']Humboldt County, California[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna62522'](NBC News)[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Urengoy%E2%80%93Pomary%E2%80%93Uzhhorod_pipeline_explosion']2022 Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline explosion[/URL] An [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion']explosion[/URL] occurred on an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urengoy%E2%80%93Pomary%E2%80%93Uzhhorod_pipeline']Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod export gas pipeline[/URL] during maintenance work in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuvashia']Chuvashia[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL], killing three workers and causing a halt in pumping gas through the pipeline. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/blast-west-kazan-shuts-russia-ukraine-gas-export-pipeline-2022-12-20/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/B] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][LIST] [*][LIST] [*][LIST] [*][LIST] [*]Law and crime[B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2022_Peruvian_protests']December 2022 Peruvian protests[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico']Mexico[/URL] confirms that it has granted asylum to the family of former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_president']Peruvian president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Castillo']Pedro Castillo[/URL]. Foreign Minister [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Ebrard']Marcelo Ebrard[/URL] says that a safe exit from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru']Peru[/URL] is being discussed. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-says-has-granted-asylum-family-perus-castillo-2022-12-20/'](Reuters)[/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban']Taliban[/URL] ban university education for women in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL]. A spokesman for the Taliban says the decree was issued today and effective immediately. [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/20/asia/taliban-bans-women-university-education-intl/index.html'](CNN)[/URL] [/B] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][LIST] [*][LIST] [*][LIST] [*]Sports''' [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_PGA_Tour']2022–23 PGA Tour[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_National_Golf_Club']Augusta National Golf Club[/URL] chairperson [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ridley']Fred Ridley[/URL] announces that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_golfer']professional golfers[/URL] signed under the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIV_Golf']LIV Golf[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_golf_tours']tour[/URL], which commenced [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_LIV_Golf_Invitational_Series']this year[/URL] as a competitor to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Tour']PGA Tour[/URL], will be permitted to play in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Masters_Tournament']2023 Masters Tournament[/URL], the first of four [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships']men's major golf championships[/URL] held next year. Human rights groups and various personalities have criticized LIV Golf, which is financed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia']Saudi Arabia[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Investment_Fund']Public Investment Fund[/URL], as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportswashing']sportswashing[/URL] project by the country to cleanse its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia']repressive[/URL] global image. [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/masters-liv-golf-2023-entry-criteria-b2248746.html']([I]The Independent[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2022_December_20"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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