Portal:Current events/2022 December 9
December 9, 2022 (Friday)
Disasters and accidents
- Ten people are killed and four others are injured after a coal mine exploded in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP)
- At least one person is killed after a large explosion destroys a burning shopping mall in Moscow. (Al-Jazeera)
Law and crime
- A court in Moscow sentences prominent opposition figure Ilya Yashin to eight and a half years in prison on charges related to his criticism of the ongoing war in Ukraine. (ABC News)