2022-12-8 f5daaff76b9b8bfeb142db6a2888327c11bbbaf9 23 Alberta 70 /wiki/alberta Alberta New Democratic Party 171 /wiki/alberta%20new%20democratic%20party Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act 1 /wiki/alberta%20sovereignty%20within%20a%20united%20canada%20act Albertan legislature 115 /wiki/legislative%20assembly%20of%20alberta Canadian province 36 /wiki/provinces%20and%20territories%20of%20canada cabinet 13 /wiki/executive%20council%20of%20alberta Alberta Alberta New Democratic Party Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act Albertan legislature Canadian province cabinet Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act /feed/2022/12/8/the-alberta-sovereignty-within-a-united-canada-act-which-grants-the-cabinet-of-the-canadian-province-of-alberta-the-a CBC News 8 e3c10a58ad24c40f3463f22a4e62d4ee522a548f 12 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-sovereignty-act-1.6678407 2022 The "Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act", which grants the cabinet of the Canadian province of Alberta the ability to nullify national laws, passes the Albertan legislature by a party line vote of 27–7, following significant opposition by the Alberta New Democratic Party and Indigenous chiefs. 2022-12-8 ca4e51cb3e2ae7c1ddd543b7a81cc39e31bd3d36 22 2017–present Peruvian political crisis 1 /wiki/2017-present%20peruvian%20political%20crisis Lima 2 /wiki/lima Pedro Castillo 37 /wiki/pedro%20castillo President of Peru 14 /wiki/president%20of%20peru 2017–present Peruvian political crisis Lima Pedro Castillo President of Peru 2017–present Peruvian political crisis /feed/2022/12/8/protests-break-out-across-peru-including-the-capital-lima-in-response-to-ousting-and-detainment-of-former-president-of Euronews 8 1b8dcd14280cf5f6f8eb4dcd53cbdac058f5f085 12 https://www.euronews.com/video/2022/12/09/watch-peruvians-protest-the-removal-of-president-pedro-castillo 2022 Protests break out across Peru, including the capital Lima, in response to ousting and detainment of former President of Peru Pedro Castillo. 2022-12-8 83f3f4165d50ac0a6ccd9f3f2a4852bd02fdb39c 19 LGBT rights in the United States 1 /wiki/lgbt%20rights%20in%20the%20united%20states Respect for Marriage Act 14 /wiki/respect%20for%20marriage%20act U.S. House of Representatives 2 /wiki/united%20states%20house%20of%20representatives interracial marriage 71 /wiki/interracial%20marriage%20in%20the%20united%20states same-sex marriage 37 /wiki/same-sex%20marriage%20in%20the%20united%20states LGBT rights in the United States Respect for Marriage Act U.S. House of Representatives interracial marriage same-sex marriage LGBT rights in the United States /feed/2022/12/8/the-us-house-of-representatives-passes-the-respect-for-marriage-act-which-enshrines-same-sex-marriage-and-interracial Axios 8 b9abbc739b38f8ef8d54f4e0b470ac9e2428f4a1 12 https://www.axios.com/2022/12/08/respect-for-marriage-act-house-vote 2022 CNBC 8 3a7f25916a3792ab0a8a4122d8f004756e4a1a47 12 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/08/house-passes-respect-for-marriage-act-same-sex-marriage-bill.html 2022 The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Respect for Marriage Act, which enshrines same-sex marriage and interracial marriage into federal law, in a 258–169–1 vote. 2022-12-8 67791b6c44d3f2cb195d19c6d97a8950d5c29420 https://s.france24.com/media/display/d71acb68-c752-11eb-9f7f-005056a917b9/w:1280/p:16x9/095169ceade889b9c30d786c1b9d50eea884c823.jpg https://s.france24.com/media/display/d71acb68-c752-11eb-9f7f-005056a917b9/w:1280/p:16x9/095169ceade889b9c30d786c1b9d50eea884c823.jpg 18 Markus Braun 116 /wiki/markus%20braun Munich 172 /wiki/munich Wirecard 37 /wiki/wirecard Wirecard scandal 1 /wiki/wirecard%20scandal accounting fraud 239 /wiki/accounting%20scandals breach of trust 317 /wiki/trust%20law chief executive officer 71 /wiki/chief%20executive%20officer financial services 14 /wiki/financial%20services gang 406 /wiki/gang insolvent 2 /wiki/insolvency market manipulation 506 /wiki/market%20manipulation Markus Braun Munich Wirecard Wirecard scandal accounting fraud breach of trust chief executive officer financial services gang insolvent market manipulation Wirecard scandal /feed/2022/12/8/the-trial-of-three-executives-of-the-now-insolvent-german-financial-services-provider-wirecard-including-its-former-chi AFP via France 24 8 be1ef50cf1f70936702c81df7efdab055359f76a 12 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221208-huge-wirecard-fraud-trial-opens-in-germany 2022 Germany's mammoth Wirecard fraud trial opens on Thursday, with ex-CEO Markus Braun and two former executives in the dock over their roles in the country's biggest-ever accounting 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. 2022-12-8 dbe9374ab9c6fdc07833c64c4f7af1fa28e52a4a https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1244143316.jpg?quality=85&w=1024&h=628&crop=1 <6decf4ae9e1265142e8f84fed38beccf219ba1bc>https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1244143316.jpg?quality=85&w=1024&h=628&crop=1 17 Capital punishment in Iran 1 /wiki/capital%20punishment%20in%20iran Iran 2 /wiki/iran execution 14 /wiki/execution machete 37 /wiki/machete Capital punishment in Iran Iran execution machete Capital punishment in Iran /feed/2022/12/8/iran-announces-the-first-known-execution-of-a-prisoner-arrested-in-connection-with-the-protests-the-man-was-found-guilt Time 8 6decf4ae9e1265142e8f84fed38beccf219ba1bc 12 https://time.com/6239633/iran-executes-protests-prisoner/ 2022 Iran said Thursday it executed Mohsen Shekari in the first known death penalty for a protest-related conviction Iran announces the first known execution of a prisoner arrested in connection with the protests. The man was found guilty of "waging war against God" after being accused of blocking a street and attacking a security forces member with a machete. 2022-12-8 d94cbba2def45da7a07f0ff271ab2100873639f8 15 Austria 2 /wiki/austria Bulgaria 37 /wiki/bulgaria Romania 71 /wiki/romania Schengen Area 1 /wiki/schengen%20area illegal immigration 116 /wiki/illegal%20immigration veto 14 /wiki/veto Austria Bulgaria Romania Schengen Area illegal immigration veto Schengen Area /feed/2022/12/8/austria-announces-that-it-will-veto-bulgaria-and-romania-s-accession-to-the-schengen-area-citing-fears-of-increased-ill AFP via ''Times of Malta 8 1650d141e1e4d2a2c208c81d96ba9a3d51776bf8 12 https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/austria-veto-bulgaria-romania-joining-schengen-area.1000264 2022 Austria announces that it will veto Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the Schengen Area, citing fears of increased illegal immigration. 2022-12-8 af352f75b0bca1b072a122ddf88d4029f5397c9f https://static.dw.com/image/63681147_6.jpg <8be7d9c92ddb24fbe77c85f5fc104b7846b8e612>https://static.dw.com/image/63681147_6.jpg 14 Croatia 14 /wiki/croatia European Union 2 /wiki/european%20union Schengen Area 1 /wiki/schengen%20area Croatia European Union Schengen Area Schengen Area /feed/2022/12/8/the-european-union-accepts-croatia-s-accession-to-the-schengen-area-effective-january-1 DW 8 8be7d9c92ddb24fbe77c85f5fc104b7846b8e612 12 https://www.dw.com/en/croatia-to-join-schengen-visa-free-zone-in-2023/a-64028685 2022 Croatia will join the unrestricted movement arrangement from January 1. However, an EU official confirmed the bids from Bulgaria and Romania to join the Schengen Area have been blocked. The European Union accepts Croatia's accession to the Schengen Area, effective January 1. 2022-12-8 49b58c3acb3fcd799d8f8ce022c53ea90c8cb3b2 13 Basketball 2 /wiki/basketball Brittney Griner 14 /wiki/brittney%20griner Russia–United States relations 1 /wiki/russia-united%20states%20relations Viktor Bout 116 /wiki/viktor%20bout arms dealer 71 /wiki/arms%20dealer prisoner swap 37 /wiki/prisoner%20swap Basketball Brittney Griner Russia–United States relations Viktor Bout arms dealer prisoner swap Russia–United States relations /feed/2022/12/8/basketball-player-brittney-griner-is-released-in-a-prisoner-swap-for-arms-dealer-viktor-bout CBS News 8 ac410842007a69783093e7a1d06e8fab0989e7f2 12 https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/brittney-griner-release-russia-prisoner-swap-viktor-bout/ 2022 Basketball player Brittney Griner is released in a prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout. 2022-12-8 9baad72b579414b46ae1a91434fa2c984aa6404f 11 Bobbie Cheema-Grubb 14 /wiki/bobbie%20cheema-grubb High Court of Justice of England and Wales 37 /wiki/high%20court%20of%20justice%20of%20england%20and%20wales Judge 2 /wiki/high%20court%20judge%20(england%20and%20wales) United Kingdom–United States relations 1 /wiki/united%20kingdom-united%20states%20relations probation 116 /wiki/probation suspends 71 /wiki/suspended%20sentence traffic collision 172 /wiki/traffic%20collision Bobbie Cheema-Grubb High Court of Justice of England and Wales Judge United Kingdom–United States relations probation suspends traffic collision United Kingdom–United States relations /feed/2022/12/8/judge-bobbie-cheema-grubb-of-the-high-court-of-justice-of-england-and-wales-suspends-american-national-anne-sacoolas-ei AFP via ''Bangkok Post 8 414aaa609c6f9d8ef9e2e392c2c3e278ee40d5aa 12 https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2456204/us-diplomats-wife-gets-suspended-sentence-for-fatal-uk-crash 2022 Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales suspends American national Anne Sacoolas' eight-month prison sentence for a 12-month period, during which she is under probation unless she commits another offence, over the death of British man Harry Dunn in a 2019 traffic collision. 2022-12-8 60e5096ae03f6830e53fa372aec98ba476f7ad93 9 Emmanuel Macron 13 /wiki/emmanuel%20macron French President 1 /wiki/president%20of%20france condom 36 /wiki/condom pharmacies 70 /wiki/pharmacy%20(shop) sexually transmitted diseases 115 /wiki/sexually%20transmitted%20infection Emmanuel Macron French President condom pharmacies sexually transmitted diseases French President /feed/2022/12/8/french-president-emmanuel-macron-announces-that-condoms-will-be-free-at-pharmacies-for-all-adults-between-the-ages-of-18 Reuters 8 b14bdf249030d8caefd77a2bd79dd8f32f529aee 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/condoms-be-free-young-people-france-macron-says-2022-12-08/ 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron announces that condoms will be free at pharmacies for all adults between the ages of 18 and 24 years beginning on January 1, as part of an effort to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases in the country. 2022-12-8 ea4b25e872b49ef8aec06e0e4d058b0f08a39f26 8 BRICS 13 /wiki/brics Egypt 1 /wiki/egypt Egyptian government 70 /wiki/cabinet%20of%20egypt New Development Bank 36 /wiki/new%20development%20bank multilateral development bank 115 /wiki/international%20financial%20institutions BRICS Egypt Egyptian government New Development Bank multilateral development bank Egypt /feed/2022/12/8/egypt-joins-the-brics-led-new-development-bank-after-the-egyptian-government-ratifies-its-accession-into-the-multilatera Egypt Independent 8 8b2599f9f5c31fa7a7070e959ce200c5eb088981 12 https://www.egyptindependent.com/cabinet-approves-draft-resolution-to-establish-the-new-development-bank/ 2022 Egypt joins the BRICS-led New Development Bank after the Egyptian government ratifies its accession into the multilateral development bank. 2022-12-8 dd8b11dd0933ebdace21b98fa085f81b2e5b03c8 7 Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft 1 /wiki/acquisition%20of%20activision%20blizzard%20by%20microsoft Activision Blizzard 37 /wiki/activision%20blizzard Federal Trade Commission 2 /wiki/federal%20trade%20commission Microsoft 14 /wiki/microsoft Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft Activision Blizzard Federal Trade Commission Microsoft Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft /feed/2022/12/8/the-united-states-federal-trade-commission-announces-that-they-will-sue-in-an-attempt-to-block-microsoft-s-pending-acqui The Verge 8 7f2ecd4ea5a92909ca44a2e8b8498c2c319cd192 12 https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/8/23498224/ftc-microsoft-activision-blizzard-legal-challenge-sues-block 2022 The United States Federal Trade Commission announces that they will sue in an attempt to block Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard, citing concerns that the deal would give Microsoft too much control over certain parts of the gaming industry. 2022-12-8 5ef39d122cbf74dc4bf1fd41146c68d8ecbba8f7 6 Elden Ring 14 /wiki/elden%20ring Game Awards 2 /wiki/the%20game%20awards Game of the Year 37 /wiki/the%20game%20award%20for%20game%20of%20the%20year God of War Ragnarök 71 /wiki/god%20of%20war%20ragnarok The Game Awards 2022 1 /wiki/the%20game%20awards%202022 Elden Ring Game Awards Game of the Year God of War Ragnarök The Game Awards 2022 The Game Awards 2022 /feed/2022/12/8/at-this-year-s-game-awards-elden-ring-wins-game-of-the-year-while-god-of-war-ragnarok-wins-the-most-awards-with-six Washington Post 8 44999bf2a17032877d010462405cf42395ee4140 12 https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/12/08/game-awards 2022 At this year's Game Awards, "Elden Ring" wins Game of the Year while "God of War Ragnarök" wins the most awards with six. 2022-12-8 881df9576f9b4957919a8fec23d7e5c72888c058 5 2022 North Kosovo crisis 1 /wiki/2022%20north%20kosovo%20crisis Kosovo special forces 2 /wiki/kosovo%20security%20force Kosovska Mitrovica 14 /wiki/kosovska%20mitrovica North Kosovo 71 /wiki/north%20kosovo police 37 /wiki/kosovo%20police 2022 North Kosovo crisis Kosovo special forces Kosovska Mitrovica North Kosovo police 2022 North Kosovo crisis /feed/2022/12/8/the-kosovo-special-forces-block-the-city-of-kosovska-mitrovica-after-the-kosovo-police-announced-that-they-will-increase Srbija Danas 8 8c283c6d70112e459f65ac60a8c7acfdea761fdc 12 https://www.sd.rs/vesti/kosovo/dramaticni-snimci-sa-kosova-i-metohije-pogledajte-kako-je-kurtijeva-policija-umarsirala-na-sever-2022-12-08 2022 The Kosovo special forces block the city of Kosovska Mitrovica after the Kosovo Police announced that they will increase their presence in North Kosovo. 2022-12-8 7c9aa8b71c6d187ff44732f3f4dd49ab1f88f82d https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/000_32ZT9FH.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440 <69f4d643987c979e2a3829dafb9a311d2851a879>https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/000_32ZT9FH.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440 4 Israeli soldiers 14 /wiki/israeli%20defense%20forces Israeli–Palestinian conflict 1 /wiki/israeli-palestinian%20conflict Jenin 71 /wiki/jenin Palestinian Islamic Jihad 2 /wiki/palestinian%20islamic%20jihad West Bank 116 /wiki/west%20bank refugee camp 37 /wiki/refugee%20camp Israeli soldiers Israeli–Palestinian conflict Jenin Palestinian Islamic Jihad West Bank refugee camp Israeli–Palestinian conflict /feed/2022/12/8/three-palestinian-islamic-jihad-gunmen-are-killed-and-two-others-are-injured-during-an-arrest-raid-by-israeli-soldiers Al Jazeera 8 69f4d643987c979e2a3829dafb9a311d2851a879 12 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/8/israel-kills-three-west-bank-jenin-general-strike-called 2022 Times of Israel 8 aba94da6e371b1eefb2e81fc113f144d20c41706 12 https://www.timesofisrael.com/three-palestinians-killed-in-clash-between-gunmen-and-idf-in-jenin/ 2022 Israeli forces kill three Palestinian men in a raid on Jenin and its refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank. Three Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen are killed, and two others are injured during an arrest raid by Israeli soldiers at a refugee camp in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. 2022-12-8 a88449d8ba5c02497f4465ba3e2a9eba7492e6e6 3 Boala 37 /wiki/boala%20department Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso 1 /wiki/jihadist%20insurgency%20in%20burkina%20faso Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland 2 /wiki/volunteers%20for%20the%20defense%20of%20the%20homeland jihadist 14 /wiki/islamic%20extremism Boala Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland jihadist Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso /feed/2022/12/8/ten-volunteers-for-the-defense-of-the-homeland-members-are-killed-during-a-shooting-attack-by-jihadist-insurgents-in-boa VOA 8 bc90539418c3a03b4e4cfd0ba08b6a342d136d45 12 https://www.voanews.com/a/attack-in-northern-burkina-faso-kills-at-least-10-people-/6868345.html 2022 Ten Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland members are killed during a shooting attack by jihadist insurgents in Boala. 2022-12-8 6f01a3b94a8ef53f43cc3980b004e91cdffc6743 2 Donetsk region 2 /wiki/donetsk%20oblast Russo-Ukrainian War 1 /wiki/russo-ukrainian%20war Toretsk 14 /wiki/toretsk Donetsk region Russo-Ukrainian War Toretsk Russo-Ukrainian War /feed/2022/12/8/russian-forces-shell-the-front-line-in-the-donetsk-region-killing-one-civilian-and-damaging-buildings-in-toretsk Reuters 8 14dc368d4963191608944b16a1126031e731845a 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-acknowledges-russias-war-ukraine-could-be-long-one-2022-12-07/ 2022 Russian forces shell the front line in the Donetsk region, killing one civilian and damaging buildings in Toretsk.