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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153056" 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/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least seven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian</a> drones strike <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazan" target="_blank">Kazan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>, six of which reportedly hit residential areas including a 32-story <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment" target="_blank">apartment building</a>. <a href="https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/21/7490106/" target="_blank">(Ukrainska Pravda)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-kazan-airport-temporarily-halts-operations-aviation-watchdog-says-2024-12-21/" 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">German authorities identify the perpetrator of yesterday's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-ramming_attack" target="_blank">vehicle-ramming attack</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg_Christmas_market" target="_blank">Magdeburg Christmas market</a> 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>, which killed five people and injured over 200. <a href="https://www.blick.ch/ausland/amokfahrt-in-magdeburg-mehrere-tote-80-verletzte-hier-rast-ein-dunkler-bmw-in-weihnachtsmarkt-id20431562.html" target="_blank">(Blick)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis" target="_blank">Red Sea crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sixteen people are injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi" target="_blank">Houthi</a> missile attack on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv" target="_blank">Tel Aviv</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa" target="_blank">Jaffa</a> area in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/20/middleeast/tel-aviv-hit-by-projectile-from-yemen-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank">(CNN)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" target="_blank">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sixteen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistani</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">soldiers</a> are killed and five are critically injured after militants launch an overnight raid on an army post in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makeen" target="_blank">Makeen</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" target="_blank">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>, near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand_Line" target="_blank">Afghan border</a>. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/12/21/pakistan-militant-raid-kills-16-soldiers-intelligence-officials-" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
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</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_crisis_in_Somalia" target="_blank">Constitutional crisis in Somalia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Somalia" target="_blank">Economy of Somalia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland" target="_blank">Puntland</a> region of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" target="_blank">Somalia</a> announces that it will introduce its own new regional currency in 2025. The region had previously shifted to use of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" target="_blank">United States dollar</a> in 2021, due to severe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation" target="_blank">inflation</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_shilling" target="_blank">Somali shilling</a>. <a href="https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/puntland-to-introduce-own-currency-deepening-rift-with-somalia-s-government" target="_blank">(Garowe Online)</a> <a href="https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2024/Dec/199465/puntland_state_president_announces_plan_to_introduce_regional_currency_by_2025.aspx" target="_blank"> (Hiiraan Online)</a> <a href="https://horseedmedia.net/puntland-to-launch-own-currency-by-2025-amid-somalias-monetary-challenges/397646/" target="_blank">(Horseed Media)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thirty-eight people are killed and 13 more are injured when a bus departing from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" target="_blank">São Paulo</a> collides with a truck on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway" target="_blank">highway</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minas_Gerais" target="_blank">Minas Gerais</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" target="_blank">Brazil</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/21/at-least-22-people-killed-in-tragic-bus-crash-in-brazil" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a> <a href="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" target="_blank">(G1)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ten people are killed and others are injured after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_stampede" target="_blank">stampede</a> at a church in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja" target="_blank">Abuja</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria" target="_blank">Nigeria</a>, amid distribution of food and clothes. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-stampede-christmas-406a2e4839c579ed07462a7780de9c42" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least ten people are killed when a bus plunges into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravine" target="_blank">ravine</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorestan_province" target="_blank">Lorestan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iran</a>. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/12/21/at-least-10-killed-in-iran-as-bus-falls-into-ravine-" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93United_States_relations" target="_blank">Syria–United States relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Syria_Civilian_Protection_Act" target="_blank">Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act</a> expires due to its five-year <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_clause" target="_blank">sunset clause</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_transitional_government" target="_blank">Syrian transitional government</a> has repeatedly called for the removal of all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_sanctions" target="_blank">economic sanctions</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syria</a> so that the country can start reconstruction on its infrastructure after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" target="_blank">13 years of civil war</a> left the country in ruins. <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/31/text" target="_blank">(U.S. Congress)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_government" target="_blank">Albanian government</a> announces a one-year ban on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media" target="_blank">social media</a> platform <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok" target="_blank">TikTok</a> starting in 2025, following a fatal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing" target="_blank">stabbing</a> of a teenager in November that resulted from a confrontation on the platform. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/21/albania-bans-tiktok-for-one-year-following-school-stabbing" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a> <a href="https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/albania-to-ban-tiktok-for-one-year-starting-in-2025-95830/" target="_blank">(Türkiye Today)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<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"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">Government shutdowns in the United States</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" target="_blank">United States Senate</a> passes a funding bill, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a> signs the bill into law, averting a government shutdown. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-musk/" target="_blank">(CBS News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_December_21" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153056, 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/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least seven [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukrainian[/URL] drones strike [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazan']Kazan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL], six of which reportedly hit residential areas including a 32-story [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment']apartment building[/URL]. [URL='https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/21/7490106/']([I]Ukrainska Pravda[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-kazan-airport-temporarily-halts-operations-aviation-watchdog-says-2024-12-21/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Magdeburg_car_attack']2024 Magdeburg car attack[/URL] [LIST] [*]German authorities identify the perpetrator of yesterday's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-ramming_attack']vehicle-ramming attack[/URL] at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg_Christmas_market']Magdeburg Christmas market[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg']Magdeburg[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany']Germany[/URL], which killed five people and injured over 200. [URL='https://www.blick.ch/ausland/amokfahrt-in-magdeburg-mehrere-tote-80-verletzte-hier-rast-ein-dunkler-bmw-in-weihnachtsmarkt-id20431562.html'](Blick)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis']Red Sea crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*]Sixteen people are injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi']Houthi[/URL] missile attack on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv']Tel Aviv[/URL]-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa']Jaffa[/URL] area in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL]. [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/20/middleeast/tel-aviv-hit-by-projectile-from-yemen-intl-hnk/index.html'](CNN)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL] [LIST] [*]Sixteen [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistani[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces']soldiers[/URL] are killed and five are critically injured after militants launch an overnight raid on an army post in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makeen']Makeen[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL], near the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand_Line']Afghan border[/URL]. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/12/21/pakistan-militant-raid-kills-16-soldiers-intelligence-officials-'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_crisis_in_Somalia']Constitutional crisis in Somalia[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Somalia']Economy of Somalia[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland']Puntland[/URL] region of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia']Somalia[/URL] announces that it will introduce its own new regional currency in 2025. The region had previously shifted to use of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar']United States dollar[/URL] in 2021, due to severe [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation']inflation[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_shilling']Somali shilling[/URL]. [URL='https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/puntland-to-introduce-own-currency-deepening-rift-with-somalia-s-government'](Garowe Online)[/URL] [URL='https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2024/Dec/199465/puntland_state_president_announces_plan_to_introduce_regional_currency_by_2025.aspx'] (Hiiraan Online)[/URL] [URL='https://horseedmedia.net/puntland-to-launch-own-currency-by-2025-amid-somalias-monetary-challenges/397646/'](Horseed Media)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]Thirty-eight people are killed and 13 more are injured when a bus departing from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo']São Paulo[/URL] collides with a truck on a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway']highway[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minas_Gerais']Minas Gerais[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil']Brazil[/URL]. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/21/at-least-22-people-killed-in-tragic-bus-crash-in-brazil']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [URL='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)[/URL] [*]Ten people are killed and others are injured after a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_stampede']stampede[/URL] at a church in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja']Abuja[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria']Nigeria[/URL], amid distribution of food and clothes. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-stampede-christmas-406a2e4839c579ed07462a7780de9c42'](AP)[/URL] [*]At least ten people are killed when a bus plunges into a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravine']ravine[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorestan_province']Lorestan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iran[/URL]. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/12/21/at-least-10-killed-in-iran-as-bus-falls-into-ravine-'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93United_States_relations']Syria–United States relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Syria_Civilian_Protection_Act']Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act[/URL] expires due to its five-year [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_clause']sunset clause[/URL]. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_transitional_government']Syrian transitional government[/URL] has repeatedly called for the removal of all [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_sanctions']economic sanctions[/URL] against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria']Syria[/URL] so that the country can start reconstruction on its infrastructure after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war']13 years of civil war[/URL] left the country in ruins. [URL='https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/31/text'](U.S. Congress)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_government']Albanian government[/URL] announces a one-year ban on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media']social media[/URL] platform [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok']TikTok[/URL] starting in 2025, following a fatal [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing']stabbing[/URL] of a teenager in November that resulted from a confrontation on the platform. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/21/albania-bans-tiktok-for-one-year-following-school-stabbing'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [URL='https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/albania-to-ban-tiktok-for-one-year-starting-in-2025-95830/']([I]Türkiye Today[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_budget']2025 United States federal budget[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States']Government shutdowns in the United States[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate']United States Senate[/URL] passes a funding bill, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden']Joe Biden[/URL] signs the bill into law, averting a government shutdown. [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-musk/'](CBS News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_December_21"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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