Portal:Current events/2019 December 30: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

**[[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]], an ally of [[Al-Qaeda]], claims responsibility for the [[suicide bombing]] in [[Mogadishu]], [[Somalia]], that killed nearly 90 people. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast/al-qaeda-ally-claims-responsibility-for-somalia-blast-that-killed-90-people-idUSKBN1YY16C (Reuters)]

*[[Allied Democratic Forces insurgency]]

**[[Allied Democratic Forces|ADF]] militants kill 22 people in eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. They were all hacked with machetes and many also went missing in the attack. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/rebels-hack-civilians-death-eastern-drc-attack-191230182423732.html (Al Jazeera)]

;Disasters and accidents

*[[2019–20 Australian bushfire season]]

**Thousands of people are reported stranded on a local beach awaiting evacuation near [[Mallacoota, Victoria]], [[Australia]], as [[bushfires in Australia|bushfires]] enter the coastal town. Four people are reported missing. Elsewhere, a volunteer [[Fire and Rescue NSW]] [[firefighter]] died battling a bushfire near the town of [[Jingellic]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/31/mallacoota-fire-mayhem-armageddon-bushfires-rage-victoria-east-gippsland (''The Guardian'')]

;International relations

*[[Bolivia–Spain relations]], [[Bolivia–Mexico relations]]

**In a tit-for-tat move, [[Spain]] expels three [[Bolivia]]n [[diplomat]]ic staff from [[Madrid]] after interim [[President of Bolivia|Bolivian President]] [[Jeanine Áñez]] forced two [[Spaniards|Spanish]] diplomats and the [[Mexicans|Mexican]] ambassador to leave. Their expulsions are related to the Mexican embassy in [[La Paz]]'s decision to shelter at least nine officials connected to [[Presidency of Evo Morales|the government]] of deposed [[President of Bolivia|President]] [[Evo Morales]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/bolivia-spat-spain-mexico-deepens-morales-allies-191230153945637.html (Al Jazeera)]

;Law and crime

*[[Lulu and Nana controversy]]

**[[China|Chinese]] state news agency [[Xinhua News Agency|Xinhua]] reports that [[He Jiankui]], who last year announced the birth of babies with modified [[DNA]], iswas sentenced to three years imprisonment and a fine of 3 million [[Renminbi|yuan]], for "[[~~medical~~Medical malpractice|illegal medical practice]]". Two other defendants are ~~sentenced to a~~given lesser ~~degree~~sentences. [https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/30/china/gene-scientist-china-intl-hnk/index.html (CNN)]

**The court in [[Shenzhen]] confirms his claim that a second woman was impregnated, and reveals that three [[genome editing|gene-edited]] babies were born instead of the previously believed two. [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2228710-scientist-behind-worlds-first-gene-edited-babies-sentenced-to-prison/ (''New Scientist'')]

*A [[Sudan|Sudanese]] court sentences 29 people to be hanged for the killing of a teacher in detention in February during protests that led to the overthrow of former president [[Omar al-Bashir]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50945224 (BBC News)]

*A [[Yemenis|Yemeni]] man, suspected to be an [[Al-Qaeda]] militant, is sentenced to death in [[Saudi Arabia]] for a November 11 [[terror attack]] ~~that he carried out nearly two months ago~~ against a group of [[Spanish ~~people|Spanish]]~~ theatre actors in [[Riyadh]], wounding three of them. An [[accomplice]] is sentenced to 12 years of jail. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50947324 (BBC News)]

*Former CEO of the [[Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance]] [[Carlos Ghosn]] escapes house arrest in [[Tokyo]] and flees to [[Lebanon]]. He was under arrest for money laundering and underreporting his income, though he denies the charges. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-renault-nissan-ghosn-lebanon/ousted-renault-nissan-boss-ghosn-leaves-japan-for-lebanon-idUSKBN1YY1FM (Reuters)]

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