Portal:Current events/2022 December 8
December 8, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Three Palestinians are killed and two more injured during a raid by Israeli soldiers at a refugee camp in Jenin, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Schengen Area
- 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)
- The EU accepts Croatia's accession to the visa-free zone. The change comes into effect on 1 January 2023. (DW)
- 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)
- Respect for Marriage Act
- The United States House of Representatives pass the bill protecting same-sex marriage and interracial marriage in a vote of 258-169-1, with 39 Republicans joining all Democrats voting in favor. (CNBC) (Axios)