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Business and economy Russia ’s Gazprom and Ukraine ’s Naftogaz Ukrainy have agreed to set up two joint ventures, the Russian company said after a meeting between its CEO Alexei Miller and Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuri Boiko. (ITAR) [permanent dead link ] Disasters 21 people are killed and several states declare a state of emergency after torrential rains in Venezuela. (El ...
Business and economy Brunei and Malaysia sign a deal to jointly explore and produce oil and gas off the coast of northern Borneo. (Malaysia Star) Major British supermarkets and online stores stop taking orders in Scotland in the run up to Christmas, because of a backlog of deliveries caused by the recent adverse weather conditions. (BBC) Disasters A South Korean deep sea trawler sinks in the ...
Disasters The United States "loses track" of 119,000 private planes, with uncertainty over who has access to them. (Al Jazeera) (The Hindu) (CNN) A new archive of the genocide in Rwanda is unveiled in the capital Kigali. (Rwanda News Agency) (BBC) International relations A group of 26 ex-EU leaders has urged the union to impose sanctions on Israel for continuing to build settlements on ...
Business and economics Thousands of students march peacefully through Rome as part of nationwide demonstrations in Italy prior to a Senate vote which threatens education funds. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) The World Bank stops financing Côte d'Ivoire. (Al Jazeera) Disasters A UN Development Programme report concludes that Aceh's recovery from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami is "beyond ...
Pages in category "December 2010 events" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
It is the first in a series of earthquakes between 2010 and 2012 that resulted in the deaths of 187 people and over $40 billion worth of damage. [70] [71] Seismologists noted that the earthquake sequence was highly unusual, and likely to never happen again anywhere else in the world. [72] September 7 – Israel becomes the 33rd member of the ...
Business and economy Estonia, one of the Baltic republics of the former Soviet Union, adopts the euro as its official currency, becoming the 17th country to do so. (Reuters) Disasters Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas ; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours of ...
Disasters and accidents At least seven people are killed and fifteen injured in a 100-vehicle pile up in southwest China. (CNN) (NDTV) (People's Daily) A Seoul -based radio station targeting North Koreans reports that a train carrying birthday gifts for North Korean future leader Kim Jong-un derailed, in what it describes as a possible act of revolt by opponents. South Korea's National ...