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Armed conflicts and attacks
Somali forces launch a failed attack on Jubaland regional forces, with Jubaland capturing hundreds of Somali soldiers and claiming to have fully taken over Ras Kamboni, Lower Juba, Somalia. (Reuters) (Idil News) (Garowe Online)
- https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/fighting-erupts-between-somalias-jubbaland-region-federal-government-officials-2024-12-11/
- https://www.idilnews.com/somali-federal-government-lost-and-jubaland-forces-secured-full-control-of-ras-kamboni/
- https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-sna-soldiers-lose-raskamboni-battle-to-jubaland-troops-surrender-to-kdf
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Armed conflicts and attacks
An Israeli boy is killed and three others are injured by a Palestinian gunman attack on a bus in Al-Khader, West Bank. (The Times of Israel)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The United States Department of State approves a $266.4 million sale of F-16 maintenance equipment to Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda) (DSCA) (Newsweek)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Parliament of Canada approves the allocation of CA$764 million (US$587 million) in military aid to Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda)
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Business and economy
American grocery store company Albertsons of Boise, Idaho backs out of a $24.6 billion merger deal between Cincinnati-based grocer Kroger and files a lawsuit against them that includes a $600 million termination fee. (ABC News)
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Law and crime
Two United States foreign nationals from California are killed in a shooting by unidentified gunmen in Michoacán, Mexico. (ABC News)
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Politics and elections
Hundreds of tractors block Whitehall in protest of Labour government changes to agricultural inheritance tax. (The Independent)
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Politics and elections
The Swiss Federal Assembly elects Karin Keller-Sutter, currently Finance minister, as President of Switzerland for 2025. (Swissinfo)