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Revision as of 13:16, 20 December 2024
December 20, 2024 (2024-12-20) (Friday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kryvyi Rih strikes, Kyiv strikes
- At least one person is killed and eight people are injured in Russian missile strikes on civilian infrastructure in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Kyiv, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)
- Kryvyi Rih strikes, Kyiv strikes
Disasters and accidents
International relations
- Australia–Solomon Islands relations
- Australia agrees to provide Solomon Islands with a package of financing, training, and infrastructure support worth AU$190 million (US$118 million) over four years to strengthen its police force, as part of a renewed security partnership between the two nations. (France 24)
Law and crime
- December 2024 Zagreb school stabbing
- A child is killed and seven people are wounded during a mass stabbing at a primary school in Zagreb, Croatia. The 19-year-old perpetrator is arrested. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Government shutdowns in the United States
- A congressional bill supported by President-elect Donald Trump to enforce a two-year suspension of the federal debt limit to maintain the full operation of the U.S. federal government service is vetoed in the Republican majority U.S. House of Representatives. (BBC)
- Politics of Macau
- Sam Hou Fai is sworn in as the new Chief Executive of Macau Special Administrative Region, China, suceeding Ho Iat Seng. (RTHK)