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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153047" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryvyi_Rih_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Kryvyi Rih strikes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Kyiv strikes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least one person is killed and eight people are injured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile" target="_blank">missile</a> strikes on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian" target="_blank">civilian</a> infrastructure in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryvyi_Rih" target="_blank">Kryvyi Rih</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast" target="_blank">Dnipropetrovsk Oblast</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv" target="_blank">Kyiv</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>. <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/kryvyi-rih-residential-building-hit-in-russian-rocket-attack-victims-excavated/" target="_blank">(The Kyiv Independent)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russian-missile-attack-kyiv-injures-two-damages-buildings-officials-say-2024-12-20/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kursk_offensive" target="_blank">2024 Kursk offensive</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Ukrainian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile" target="_blank">missile</a> strike kills six people and injures 10 others in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rylsk%2C_Russia" target="_blank">Rylsk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Oblast" target="_blank">Kursk Oblast</a>, according to the region's governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Khinshtein" target="_blank">Alexander Khinshtein</a>. Russia says it will raise the issue of the missile strike at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" target="_blank">United Nations Security Council</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-people-were-killed-wounded-ukrainian-missile-attack-kursk-region-2024-12-20/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Magdeburg_car_attack" target="_blank">2024 Magdeburg car attack</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two people are killed and 68 more wounded during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-ramming_attack" target="_blank">vehicle-ramming attack</a> at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" target="_blank">Christmas</a> market in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg" target="_blank">Magdeburg</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank">Germany</a>. The suspected perpetrator is arrested. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/20/two-dead-as-car-ploughs-into-christmas-market-crowd-in-germany" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a> <a href="https://www.blick.ch/breaking-news/anschlag-in-magdeburg-auto-rast-ueber-weihnachtsmarkt-11-tote-60-verletzte-id20431562.html" target="_blank">(Blick)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" target="_blank">Syrian civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" target="_blank">US intervention in the Syrian civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">US forces kill regional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISIS" target="_blank">ISIS</a> leader Abu Yusif, also known as Mahmud, in an airstrike in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_Governorate" target="_blank">Deir ez-Zor Governorate</a>. <a href="https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4014610/centcom-forces-kill-isis-leader-during-precision-strike-in-syria/" target="_blank">(US CENTCOM)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370" target="_blank">Malaysia Airlines Flight 370</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370" target="_blank">Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Transport_%28Malaysia%29" target="_blank">Malaysian Minister of Transport</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Loke" target="_blank">Anthony Loke</a> announces a new search effort for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went missing in March 2014, to be conducted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Infinity" target="_blank">Ocean Infinity</a>. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/malaysia-to-resume-search-for-missing-mh370-plane/a-71115876" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_European_migrant_crisis" target="_blank">European migrant crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eight people are killed and 18 more are rescued after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorboat" target="_blank">speedboat</a> carrying migrants capsized off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes" target="_blank">Rhodes</a>' coast in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" target="_blank">Greece</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/greece-migrations-migration-turkey-smuggling-deaths-fe8a791935f8eab2303aa16038939a5f" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Twenty people are killed after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipwreck" target="_blank">shipwreck</a> off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia" target="_blank">Tunisia</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/tunisia-migration-shipwreck-sfax-mediterranean-border-europe-a9ba74391a7e14b98b11f7767fe5dcff" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Solomon_Islands_relations" target="_blank">Australia–Solomon Islands relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" target="_blank">Australia</a> agrees to provide <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands" target="_blank">Solomon Islands</a> with a package of financing, training, and infrastructure support worth <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_dollar" target="_blank">AU$</a>190 million (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" target="_blank">US$</a>118 million) over four years to strengthen its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Solomon_Islands_Police_Force" target="_blank">police force</a>, as part of a renewed security partnership between the two nations. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241220-australia-agrees-deal-to-finance-train-solomons-police" target="_blank">(France 24)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary%E2%80%93Poland_relations" target="_blank">Hungary–Poland relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland" target="_blank">Poland</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_%28Poland%29" target="_blank">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a> summons <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" target="_blank">Hungary</a>'s ambassador to protest the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_government" target="_blank">Hungarian government</a>'s decision to grant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_asylum" target="_blank">asylum</a> to former Polish deputy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_%28Poland%29" target="_blank">justice minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcin_Romanowski" target="_blank">Marcin Romanowski</a>, who is wanted for alleged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Poland" target="_blank">corruption</a>. Poland also recalls its ambassador to Hungary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_K%C4%99ciek" target="_blank">Sebastian Kęciek</a> for consultations. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/poland-hungary-asylum-politician-dispute-6c528154f2ca2a67ef45fad333aa1984" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Zagreb_school_stabbing" target="_blank">2024 Zagreb school stabbing</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A child is killed and seven people are wounded during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_stabbing" target="_blank">mass stabbing</a> at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school" target="_blank">primary school</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb" target="_blank">Zagreb</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia" target="_blank">Croatia</a>. The 19-year-old perpetrator is arrested. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6znexl7ljo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> drops the $10m reward for the arrest of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_al-Sharaa" target="_blank">Ahmed al-Sharaa</a>, leader of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syrian</a> group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay%27at_Tahrir_al-Sham" target="_blank">Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/20/us-officials-on-first-diplomatic-trip-to-syria-since-al-assads-removal" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a> Politics and elections</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Italy" target="_blank">Politics of Italy</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meloni_government" target="_blank">Government of Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgia_Meloni" target="_blank">Giorgia Meloni</a> wins a lower house confidence vote on the 2025 budget <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/italy-govt-calls-confidence-vote-over-deficit-cutting-2025-budget-2024-12-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Macau" target="_blank">Politics of Macau</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hou_Fai" target="_blank">Sam Hou Fai</a> is sworn in as the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Executive_of_Macau" target="_blank">Chief Executive</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau_Special_Administrative_Region" target="_blank">Macau Special Administrative Region</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>, suceeding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Iat_Seng" target="_blank">Ho Iat Seng</a>. <a href="https://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1784304-20241220.htm" target="_blank">(RTHK)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_budget" target="_blank">2025 United States federal budget</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">An amended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%28United_States_Congress%29" target="_blank">congressional bill</a> supported by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">US President-elect</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> to enforce a two-year suspension of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_debt_ceiling" target="_blank">the federal debt ceiling</a> to an existing funding bill ensuring full operation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">the U.S. federal government service</a> is rejected in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">Republican majority</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" target="_blank">U.S. House of Representatives</a>, with multiple House Republicans and nearly all House Democrats opposing. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">government shutdown</a> is set to occur if no bill is passed by midnight. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6l9e3jq7xo" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" target="_blank">House Speaker</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johnson" target="_blank">Mike Johnson</a> asserts that &quot;[w]e will not have a government shutdown&quot; as he prepares to reintroduce a funding bill without Donald Trump's debt ceiling repeal. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/20/government-shutdown-bill-house-trump-musk/" target="_blank">(Washington Post)</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The funding bill, which does not include Trump's debt ceiling repeal and will fund the government until March 2025, passes a House vote 336–34. The bill now goes before the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" target="_blank">Senate</a>. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/20/government-shutdown-bill-house-trump-musk/" target="_blank">(Washington Post)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Belarusian_presidential_election" target="_blank">2025 Belarusian presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia" target="_blank">Estonia</a> says it will not recognize the results of the upcoming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Belarus" target="_blank">presidential election</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" target="_blank">Belarus</a>, which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko" target="_blank">Alexander Lukashenko</a> is expected to win due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud" target="_blank">rigging</a> in advance. <a href="https://news.err.ee/1609556065/estonia-will-not-recognize-belarusian-presidential-elections-charade" target="_blank">(ERR)</a></li>
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[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153047, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryvyi_Rih_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Kryvyi Rih strikes[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Kyiv strikes[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least one person is killed and eight people are injured in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile']missile[/URL] strikes on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian']civilian[/URL] infrastructure in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryvyi_Rih']Kryvyi Rih[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast']Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv']Kyiv[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL]. [URL='https://kyivindependent.com/kryvyi-rih-residential-building-hit-in-russian-rocket-attack-victims-excavated/']([I]The Kyiv Independent[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russian-missile-attack-kyiv-injures-two-damages-buildings-officials-say-2024-12-20/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kursk_offensive']2024 Kursk offensive[/URL] [LIST] [*]A Ukrainian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile']missile[/URL] strike kills six people and injures 10 others in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rylsk%2C_Russia']Rylsk[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Oblast']Kursk Oblast[/URL], according to the region's governor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Khinshtein']Alexander Khinshtein[/URL]. Russia says it will raise the issue of the missile strike at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council']United Nations Security Council[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-people-were-killed-wounded-ukrainian-missile-attack-kursk-region-2024-12-20/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Magdeburg_car_attack']2024 Magdeburg car attack[/URL] [LIST] [*]Two people are killed and 68 more wounded during a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-ramming_attack']vehicle-ramming attack[/URL] at a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas']Christmas[/URL] market in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg']Magdeburg[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany']Germany[/URL]. The suspected perpetrator is arrested. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/20/two-dead-as-car-ploughs-into-christmas-market-crowd-in-germany'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [URL='https://www.blick.ch/breaking-news/anschlag-in-magdeburg-auto-rast-ueber-weihnachtsmarkt-11-tote-60-verletzte-id20431562.html'](Blick)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war']Syrian civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war']US intervention in the Syrian civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*]US forces kill regional [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISIS']ISIS[/URL] leader Abu Yusif, also known as Mahmud, in an airstrike in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_Governorate']Deir ez-Zor Governorate[/URL]. [URL='https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4014610/centcom-forces-kill-isis-leader-during-precision-strike-in-syria/'](US CENTCOM)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370']Malaysia Airlines Flight 370[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370']Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Transport_%28Malaysia%29']Malaysian Minister of Transport[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Loke']Anthony Loke[/URL] announces a new search effort for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went missing in March 2014, to be conducted by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Infinity']Ocean Infinity[/URL]. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/malaysia-to-resume-search-for-missing-mh370-plane/a-71115876'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_European_migrant_crisis']European migrant crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*]Eight people are killed and 18 more are rescued after a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorboat']speedboat[/URL] carrying migrants capsized off [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes']Rhodes[/URL]' coast in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece']Greece[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/greece-migrations-migration-turkey-smuggling-deaths-fe8a791935f8eab2303aa16038939a5f'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Twenty people are killed after a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipwreck']shipwreck[/URL] off the coast of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia']Tunisia[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/tunisia-migration-shipwreck-sfax-mediterranean-border-europe-a9ba74391a7e14b98b11f7767fe5dcff'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Solomon_Islands_relations']Australia–Solomon Islands relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia']Australia[/URL] agrees to provide [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands']Solomon Islands[/URL] with a package of financing, training, and infrastructure support worth [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_dollar']AU$[/URL]190 million ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar']US$[/URL]118 million) over four years to strengthen its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Solomon_Islands_Police_Force']police force[/URL], as part of a renewed security partnership between the two nations. [URL='https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241220-australia-agrees-deal-to-finance-train-solomons-police'](France 24)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary%E2%80%93Poland_relations']Hungary–Poland relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland']Poland[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_%28Poland%29']Ministry of Foreign Affairs[/URL] summons [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary']Hungary[/URL]'s ambassador to protest the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_government']Hungarian government[/URL]'s decision to grant [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_asylum']asylum[/URL] to former Polish deputy [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_%28Poland%29']justice minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcin_Romanowski']Marcin Romanowski[/URL], who is wanted for alleged [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Poland']corruption[/URL]. Poland also recalls its ambassador to Hungary [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_K%C4%99ciek']Sebastian Kęciek[/URL] for consultations. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/poland-hungary-asylum-politician-dispute-6c528154f2ca2a67ef45fad333aa1984'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Zagreb_school_stabbing']2024 Zagreb school stabbing[/URL] [LIST] [*]A child is killed and seven people are wounded during a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_stabbing']mass stabbing[/URL] at a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school']primary school[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb']Zagreb[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia']Croatia[/URL]. The 19-year-old perpetrator is arrested. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6znexl7ljo'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] drops the $10m reward for the arrest of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_al-Sharaa']Ahmed al-Sharaa[/URL], leader of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria']Syrian[/URL] group [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay%27at_Tahrir_al-Sham']Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/20/us-officials-on-first-diplomatic-trip-to-syria-since-al-assads-removal'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Italy']Politics of Italy[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meloni_government']Government of Prime Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgia_Meloni']Giorgia Meloni[/URL] wins a lower house confidence vote on the 2025 budget [URL='https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/italy-govt-calls-confidence-vote-over-deficit-cutting-2025-budget-2024-12-19/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Macau']Politics of Macau[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hou_Fai']Sam Hou Fai[/URL] is sworn in as the new [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Executive_of_Macau']Chief Executive[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau_Special_Administrative_Region']Macau Special Administrative Region[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL], suceeding [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Iat_Seng']Ho Iat Seng[/URL]. [URL='https://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1784304-20241220.htm'](RTHK)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_budget']2025 United States federal budget[/URL] [LIST] [*]An amended [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%28United_States_Congress%29']congressional bill[/URL] supported by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States']US President-elect[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL] to enforce a two-year suspension of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_debt_ceiling']the federal debt ceiling[/URL] to an existing funding bill ensuring full operation of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States']the U.S. federal government service[/URL] is rejected in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29']Republican majority[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives']U.S. House of Representatives[/URL], with multiple House Republicans and nearly all House Democrats opposing. A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States']government shutdown[/URL] is set to occur if no bill is passed by midnight. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6l9e3jq7xo'](BBC)[/URL] [*]Republican [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives']House Speaker[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johnson']Mike Johnson[/URL] asserts that "[w]e will not have a government shutdown" as he prepares to reintroduce a funding bill without Donald Trump's debt ceiling repeal. [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/20/government-shutdown-bill-house-trump-musk/'](Washington Post)[/URL] [LIST] [*]The funding bill, which does not include Trump's debt ceiling repeal and will fund the government until March 2025, passes a House vote 336–34. The bill now goes before the US [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate']Senate[/URL]. [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/20/government-shutdown-bill-house-trump-musk/'](Washington Post)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Belarusian_presidential_election']2025 Belarusian presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia']Estonia[/URL] says it will not recognize the results of the upcoming [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Belarus']presidential election[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus']Belarus[/URL], which [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko']Alexander Lukashenko[/URL] is expected to win due to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud']rigging[/URL] in advance. [URL='https://news.err.ee/1609556065/estonia-will-not-recognize-belarusian-presidential-elections-charade'](ERR)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_December_20"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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