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Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year ... in the Gregorian calendar; two days remain until the end of the year ...
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Business and economy The United States sells 84 F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. (Reuters) Disasters At least 15 people are killed and dozens injured in an explosion in the Burmese city of Rangoon. (BBC) At least 14 people die in a multi-vehicle accident on the Pan American Highway on the outskirts of the Venezuelan capital Caracas. (El Universal) Mount Cleveland, a volcano in the U.S. state ...
December 22: December solstice (03:28 UTC, 2023); Yule begins; Dongzhi Festival in China (2023) Aerial view of the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill 856 – An earthquake registering an estimated 7.9 M s struck the eastern Alborz mountains in Persia, causing an estimated 200,000 deaths.
Business and economics Citizenship Amendment Act protests The Indian tourism industry reports that, as a result of protests, December visits to the Taj Mahal and the state of Assam declined by 60% and 90% respectively compared to the same period last year. These declines are also occurring in the midst of general economic slowdown in the country. (Reuters) Over 19 flights are cancelled as a ...
The patient is a man in his 20s who is in isolation in Elbert County and has no travel history. (The Washington Post) COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky. Governor Andy Beshear announces that the state will extend its mask mandate for another 30 days after reporting 2,990 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
Business and economy The Bank of Italy says in a statement that the country's treasury will have to put up around 6.6 billion euros to rescue Monte dei Paschi given the European Central Bank's estimate of Monte dei Paschi's capital shortfall. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents At least 50 people drown and thousands are left homeless due to flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
New Zealand reports its first community exposure of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully-vaccinated man who travelled from the United Kingdom to Auckland on December 16. COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia. The Tunisian Health Ministry authorizes the use of the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine as a booster dose.