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December 21, 2024 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least seven Ukrainian drones strike Kazan, Russia, six of which reportedly hit residential areas, including a 32-story apartment building.
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.
The Haitian Government declares a one-month state of emergency amid the escalating gang violence and the deepening security crisis.
Business and economy
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.
Disasters and accidents
Two people are killed and three others are missing when an under-construction six-story building collapses in Sohana village, Mohali district, India.
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.
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 in connection to a confrontation on the platform.
Politics and elections
The United States Senate passes a funding bill, with President Joe Biden subsequently signing the bill into law, thereby averting a government shutdown.
The Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, forms a coalition government in Iceland's Althing with the Liberal Reform Party and the People's Party. Kristrún becomes Iceland's youngest prime minister at 36 years old.
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