Wikipedia Current Events Real Joined Dec 7, 2022 Messages 993 Reaction score 0 BC ฿2 Dividends 0 Dec 27, 2022 #1 Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive Ukrainian forces claim they are closing in on the city of Kreminna in Luhansk Oblast. According to governor Serhiy Haidai, Russian fighters in some parts of the city were forced to retreat to neighboring Rubizhne. (The Guardian) Disasters and accidents 2022 Northern Mindanao floods The Philippine national disaster agency reports that the death toll from monsoon floods in Northern Mindanao has increased to 13, with 23 others still missing. (Al Jazeera) 2022 Omdurman bus crash Sixteen people are killed when a bus collides with a dump truck on the outskirts of Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan. (Reuters) Law and crime Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot 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) 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) Continue reading...
Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive Ukrainian forces claim they are closing in on the city of Kreminna in Luhansk Oblast. According to governor Serhiy Haidai, Russian fighters in some parts of the city were forced to retreat to neighboring Rubizhne. (The Guardian) Disasters and accidents 2022 Northern Mindanao floods The Philippine national disaster agency reports that the death toll from monsoon floods in Northern Mindanao has increased to 13, with 23 others still missing. (Al Jazeera) 2022 Omdurman bus crash Sixteen people are killed when a bus collides with a dump truck on the outskirts of Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan. (Reuters) Law and crime Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot 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) 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) Continue reading...