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Revision as of 01:09, 22 December 2024
December 21, 2024 (2024-12-21) (Saturday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- At least seven Ukrainian drones strike Kazan, Russia, six of which reportedly hit residential areas, including a 32-story apartment building. (Ukrainska Pravda) (Reuters)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Sixteen Pakistani soldiers are killed and five others are critically injured when militants launch an overnight raid on an army post in Makeen, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Arabiya)
- Red Sea crisis
Business and economy
- Constitutional crisis in Somalia
- 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. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online) (Horseed Media)
Disasters and accidents
- Thirty-eight people are killed and 13 others are injured when a bus collides with a truck on a highway in Minas Gerais, Brazil. (The Guardian) (G1)
- At least ten people are killed when a bus plunges into a ravine in Lorestan, Iran. (Al Arabiya)
- Ten people are killed and many others are injured in a stampede during a distribution of food and clothes at a church in Abuja, Nigeria. (AP)
Law and crime
- 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 that resulted from a confrontation on the platform. (Al Jazeera) (Türkiye Today)
Politics and elections
- 2025 United States federal budget, Government shutdowns in the United States
- The United States Senate passes a funding bill, with President Joe Biden subsequently signing the bill into law, thereby averting a government shutdown. (CBS News)