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Armed conflicts and attacks. 2021 Afghanistan–Iran clashes. Clashes occur between the Taliban and Iran on the Afghanistan–Iran border after Iranian farmers crossed the border.
2021 New Caledonian independence referendum. Citizens in New Caledonia vote against independence and choose to remain part of France. Pro-independence parties boycotted the referendum in order to protest the alleged lack of time to campaign. Sports. 2021 Formula One World Championship. 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2021 Russo-Ukrainian crisis. Russian president Vladimir Putin demands that NATO guarantee that it will not move its forces into Ukraine, accusing NATO and the U.S. of "trying to send Ukraine and Russia into direct armed conflict." (The Irish Independent) Iran–Israel proxy conflict
2018–2021 Turkish currency and debt crisis. The Turkish lira plunges to an all-time low of 17.0705 to the U.S. dollar, triggering a direct central bank intervention in the stock market. The lira has lost 55% of its value this year, including 37% in just the last 30 days. President Recep Erdoğan announces a 50% rise in the minimum wage from ...
Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021. The death toll from the tornado outbreak in Kentucky, United States, increases to 70 and will likely continue to increase as more bodies are counted, according to a statement from Governor Andy Beshear. 2021 Ravanusa explosion
Armed conflicts and attacks. Allied Democratic Forces insurgency; 2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks. A suicide bomber blows himself up at a restaurant during Christmas celebrations in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing five people and injuring 13 others.
The Aleutian Islands and island communities in West Alaska have seen abnormally high temperatures since mid-December, including eight straight days of over 10 °C (50 °F) in Unalaska, including 13.3 °C (55.9 °F) on Christmas Day, the warmest Christmas temperature on record for the state. Temperature anomalies for late December reach 10–15 ...
A 16-year-old boy is stabbed to death in Hillingdon, west London, making him the 30th teenage homicide in the British capital in 2021. It is now the deadliest year on record for killings of teenagers, surpassing a previous peak of 29 homicides in 2008.