Current events: 2022-12-30

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Ten people are killed and two others are injured after Islamic State gunmen open fire on a bus carrying oil workers in Deir ez-Zor. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Aftermath of the Boksburg tanker explosion
  • The death toll from the fuel tanker explosion in Boksburg, South Africa, six days ago, rises to 34. (Al Jazeera)
• A gas cylinder explosion in a restaurant in Aydın, Turkey, kills seven people and injures four others. (Daily Sabah)

Law and crime

• A court in Myanmar delivers its final verdict in regards to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's cases, sentencing her to seven years in prison. Her overall sentence is of 33 years' imprisonment. (CNN)
• A judge in Bolivia sentences opposition figure Luis Fernando Camacho to four months of pre-trial detention on "terrorism charges," as the opposition call for a national strike. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Venezuelan presidential crisis
  • The National Opposition Assembly votes to terminate Juan Guaidó's interim government and opposition leadership. His disputed acting presidency is expected to finish on 4 January 2023. (The New York Times)

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