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December 8
Arts and culture
- The bones of over 100 Indigenous Australian Kaurna people are repatriated from the South Australian Museum and buried in a ceremony in Adelaide. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in India COVID-19 vaccination in India
- India's Serum Institute will halve the production of its Covid-19 vaccine because it has no fresh orders, its top-ranking executive has said. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in India COVID-19 vaccination in India
- The Bundestag elects Olaf Scholz as the new Chancellor of Germany, replacing Angela Merkel after 16 years in the office. (BBC News)
- Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Australia joins a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Beijing citing China's human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region and Beijing's ongoing freeze on ministerial contact with Canberra. (Yahoo! News)
December 7
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Israeli Air Force warplanes bomb the Port of Latakia, Syria's main seaport. At least five explosions are reported, with a Syrian military official stating that several missiles struck the container area of the port. It is the first Israeli attack on the civilian facility. (The Times of Israel) (Reuters)
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
- Four civilians are killed and four more are injured in an ISIL motorcycle bombing near a hospital in Basra, Iraq. (The New Arab)
- Nigerian bandit conflict
- Bandits ambush and set fire to a passenger bus in Sokoto State, Nigeria, killing 30 people, including children. (Reuters)
- Evergrande liquidity crisis
- Chinese property developer Evergrande Group misses a deadline for the payment of debt for the first time at the end of a 30-day grace period, pushing the property developer closer to formal default. (Reuters)
- The United Arab Emirates says that weekends in the country will occur from Friday afternoon to Sunday, effective January 1. (CNBC)
- 2021 Semeru eruption
- Gitega prison fire
- At least 38 people are killed and 69 more are injured during a fire at an overcrowded prison in Gitega, Burundi. (BBC News)
- 2021–22 European windstorm season
- European Windstorm Barra causes at least 56,000 power outages across the United Kingdom and Ireland. (BBC News)
- Thirteen people are killed in a collision between a minibus and a truck in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. (RFE/RL)
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two people from the same household in the greater Belfast area and a third unrelated person. (The Independent)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland
- COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
- Norway restricts the number of visitors in private homes to 10 people and reduces the hours that bars and restaurants can serve alcohol until midnight due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. (The Irish Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, COVID-19 vaccination in Spain
- The Spanish Public Health Commission approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. Vaccination rollout for this age group will begin on December 15. (El Pais)
- European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- The EMA and the ECDC approves the mixing and matching of two different COVID-19 vaccines for both initial and booster doses. (France 24)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Martinique
- The French overseas territory of Martinique orders a nightly 8 p.m. curfew beginning tomorrow amid a worsening situation of the COVID-19 epidemic in the territory. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, COVID-19 vaccination in Mexico
- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his cabinet ministers receive COVID-19 vaccine booster doses as the government begins administering booster doses for people over the age of 60. (Yahoo! News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Martinique
- COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
- President Alberto Fernández receives a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose. (Buenos Aires Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
- Uganda reports its first seven cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in travellers from four countries. (Anadolu Agency)
- A trial of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine conducted by GSK and Medicago shows 71% efficacy against all variants of SARS-CoV-2 except Omicron and 75% efficacy against COVID-19. (The Hill)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Chile is approved by both chambers of the National Congress. (The New York Times)
- A policeman kills six people, including his wife, and injures two others during a killing spree in Kabete, Kenya, before committing suicide. (Al Jazeera English)
- A bill to criminalize the widely discredited practice of conversion therapy passes the Senate in Canada without opposition, one week after it passed the House of Commons without opposition; the bill now awaits royal assent to become law. (CTV News)