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*[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
*[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
**[[Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
**[[Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
***At least seven [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] drones strike [[Kazan]], [[Russia]], six of which reportedly hit residential areas including a 32-story [[Apartment|apartment building]]. [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/21/7490106/ (''Ukrainska Pravda'')] [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-kazan-airport-temporarily-halts-operations-aviation-watchdog-says-2024-12-21/ (Reuters)]
***At least seven [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] drones strike [[Kazan]], [[Russia]], six of which reportedly hit residential areas, including a 32-story [[Apartment|apartment building]]. [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/21/7490106/ (''Ukrainska Pravda'')] [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-kazan-airport-temporarily-halts-operations-aviation-watchdog-says-2024-12-21/ (Reuters)]
*[[Haitian crisis (2018–present)|Haitian crisis]]
*[[2024 Magdeburg car attack]]
**The [[Government of Haiti|Haitian government]] declares a one-month state of emergency amid the escalating gang violence and the deepening security crisis. [https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/haiti-declares-one-month-state-of-emergency-amid-escalating-gang-violence/ (Caribbean National Weekly)]
**German authorities identify the perpetrator of yesterday's [[vehicle-ramming attack]] at a [[Christmas]] market in [[Magdeburg]], [[Germany]], which killed five people and injured over 200, as [[Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen]], a [[psychiatrist]] from [[Saudi Arabia]] known for extreme [[Criticism of Islam|anti-Islam]] and [[Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present)|far-right]] activism. [https://www.blick.ch/ausland/amokfahrt-in-magdeburg-mehrere-tote-80-verletzte-hier-rast-ein-dunkler-bmw-in-weihnachtsmarkt-id20431562.html (Blick)]
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*[[Red Sea crisis]]
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**Sixteen people are injured in a [[Houthi]] missile attack on the [[Tel Aviv]]-[[Jaffa]] area in [[Israel]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/20/middleeast/tel-aviv-hit-by-projectile-from-yemen-intl-hnk/index.html (CNN)]
*[[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
*[[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
**Sixteen [[Pakistan]]i [[Pakistan Armed Forces|soldiers]] are killed and five are critically injured after militants launch an overnight raid on an army post in [[Makeen]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], near the [[Durand Line|Afghan border]]. [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/12/21/pakistan-militant-raid-kills-16-soldiers-intelligence-officials- (Al Arabiya)]
**Sixteen [[Pakistan Army]] soldiers are killed and five others are critically injured when [[Pakistani Taliban]] militants launch an overnight raid on an army post in [[Makeen]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]]. [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/12/21/pakistan-militant-raid-kills-16-soldiers-intelligence-officials- (Al Arabiya)]
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*[[Red Sea crisis]]
*Several bombs explode outside banks and post offices between [[Moscow]] and [[Saint Petersburg]], in [[Russia]]. [https://112.ua/en/u-moskvi-ta-sankt-peterburzi-progrimili-vibuhi-pid-udarom-posta-ta-banki-49959 (112.ua)]
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**Sixteen people are injured in a [[Houthi movement|Houthi]] missile attack on the [[Tel Aviv]]-[[Jaffa]] area in [[Israel]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/20/middleeast/tel-aviv-hit-by-projectile-from-yemen-intl-hnk/index.html (CNN)]


'''Business and economy'''
'''Business and economy'''
*[[Constitutional crisis in Somalia]], [[Economy of Somalia]]
*[[Constitutional crisis in Somalia]]
**[[Puntland]] announces the introduction of its own new regional currency in [[2025]]. The region had previously shifted to use of the [[United States dollar]] in 2021, due to severe [[Inflation (economics)|inflation]] of the [[Somali shilling]]. [https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/puntland-to-introduce-own-currency-deepening-rift-with-somalia-s-government (Garowe Online)] [https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2024/Dec/199465/puntland_state_president_announces_plan_to_introduce_regional_currency_by_2025.aspx (Hiiraan Online)] [https://horseedmedia.net/puntland-to-launch-own-currency-by-2025-amid-somalias-monetary-challenges/397646/ (Jorseed Media)]
**The [[Puntland]] region of [[Somalia]] announces that it will introduce a new regional currency in 2025. The region had previously shifted to use of the [[United States dollar]] in 2021, due to severe [[inflation]] of the [[Somali shilling]]. [https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/puntland-to-introduce-own-currency-deepening-rift-with-somalia-s-government (Garowe Online)] [https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2024/Dec/199465/puntland_state_president_announces_plan_to_introduce_regional_currency_by_2025.aspx (Hiiraan Online)] [https://horseedmedia.net/puntland-to-launch-own-currency-by-2025-amid-somalias-monetary-challenges/397646/ (Horseed Media)]


'''Disasters and accidents'''
'''Disasters and accidents'''
*[[Minas Gerais road crash]]
*Thirty-eight people are killed and 13 more are injured when a bus departing from [[São Paulo]] collides with a truck on a [[highway]] in [[Minas Gerais]], [[Brazil]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/21/at-least-22-people-killed-in-tragic-bus-crash-in-brazil (''The Guardian'')] [https://g1.globo.com/mg/vales-mg/noticia/2024/12/21/acidente-em-mg-e-a-maior-tragedia-em-rodovias-federais-pelo-menos-desde-2007-inicio-da-serie-historica-da-prf.ghtml (G1)]
**Forty-one people are killed when a bus collides with a [[granite]] block that fell from a truck on a highway in [[Minas Gerais]], [[Brazil]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/21/at-least-22-people-killed-in-tragic-bus-crash-in-brazil (''The Guardian'')] [https://g1.globo.com/mg/vales-mg/noticia/2024/12/21/acidente-em-mg-e-a-maior-tragedia-em-rodovias-federais-pelo-menos-desde-2007-inicio-da-serie-historica-da-prf.ghtml (G1)] [https://oglobo.globo.com/google/amp/brasil/minas-gerais/noticia/2024/12/22/tragedia-em-minas-sobe-para-41-o-numero-de-mortos-em-acidente-em-teofilo-otoni.ghtml (''O Globo'')]
*Ten people are killed and others are injured after a [[Human stampede|stampede]] at a church in [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]], amid distribution of food and clothes. [https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-stampede-christmas-406a2e4839c579ed07462a7780de9c42 (AP)]
*Ten people are killed and many others are injured in a [[Human stampede|stampede]] during a distribution of food and clothes at a church in [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]]. [https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-stampede-christmas-406a2e4839c579ed07462a7780de9c42 (AP)]
*At least ten people killed when a bus plunges into a [[ravine]] in [[Lorestan province|Lorestan]], [[Iran]]. [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/12/21/at-least-10-killed-in-iran-as-bus-falls-into-ravine- (Al Arabiya)]
*Nine people are killed and 13 more injured when a bus plunges into a [[ravine]] in [[Pa Alam]], [[Lorestan province|Lorestan]], [[Iran]]. [https://apnews.com/article/iran-road-accident-nine-dead-1455692cf7a901073fa7e2e089e49e42 (AP)]
*Two people are killed and three others are missing when an under-construction six-story building collapses in [[Sohana|Sohana village]], [[Mohali district]], [[India]]. [https://zeenews.india.com/india/mohali-building-collapse-himachal-woman-dies-rescue-ops-underway-top-updates-2834513.html (Zee News)]


'''International relations'''
'''Law and crime'''
*[[Censorship of TikTok]]
*[[Syria–United States relations]]
**The [[Albanian government]] announces a one-year ban on the [[social media]] platform [[TikTok]] beginning in 2025, following a fatal [[stabbing]] of a teenager in November in connection to a confrontation on the platform. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/21/albania-bans-tiktok-for-one-year-following-school-stabbing (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/albania-to-ban-tiktok-for-one-year-starting-in-2025-95830/ (Türkiye Today)]
**The [[Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act]] expires due to its [[sunset clause]] that said the Act will cease to be effective 5 years after its enactment. The [[Syrian transitional government]] has repeatedly called for the removal of all [[economic sanctions]] against Syria so that the country can start reconstruction on its infrastructure after [[Syrian civil war|13 years of civil war]] left the country in ruins. [https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/31/text (U.S. Congress)]


'''Politics and elections'''
'''Politics and elections'''
*[[2024 Icelandic parliamentary election]]
*[[2025 United States federal budget]]
**The [[Social Democratic Alliance]], led by [[Kristrún Frostadóttir]], forms a [[coalition government]] in [[Iceland]]'s [[Althing]] with the [[Viðreisn|Liberal Reform Party]] and the [[People's Party (Iceland)|People's Party]]. Kristrún becomes Iceland's youngest [[Prime Minister of Iceland|prime minister]] at 36 years old. [https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/iceland-social-democrats-present-new-coalition-government-4821056 (CNA)]
**[[Government shutdowns in the United States]]
***The [[United States Senate]] passes a funding bill, and [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]] signs the bill into law, averting a prolonged government shutdown. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-musk/ (CBS News)]
*[[2025 United States federal budget]], [[Government shutdowns in the United States]]
**The [[United States Senate]] passes a funding bill, with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]] subsequently signing the bill into law, thereby averting a government shutdown. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-musk/ (CBS News)]
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December 21, 2024 (2024-12-21) (Saturday)

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