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*A court in [[Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]], sentences two [[Facebook]] users to lengthy jail sentences for "conducting propaganda against the state". One man was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five of house arrest while another man was given a six years' imprisonment term and three of house arrest. [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-hands-down-long-jail-terms-anti-state-facebook-users-2021-12-15/ (Reuters)] |
*A court in [[Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]], sentences two [[Facebook]] users to lengthy jail sentences for "conducting propaganda against the state". One man was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five of house arrest while another man was given a six years' imprisonment term and three of house arrest. [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-hands-down-long-jail-terms-anti-state-facebook-users-2021-12-15/ (Reuters)] |
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*[[David Fuller]], a double murderer who [[necrophilia|sexually abused]] more than 100 female corpses is sentenced to a [[whole life tariff]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-59601656 BBC News] |
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Revision as of 16:04, 15 December 2021
December 15, 2021 (Wednesday)
Disasters and accidents
- A fire breaks out at the World Trade Centre Hong Kong, wounding 13 people and leaving 300 more trapped within the building. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
- The Philippines reports its first two imported cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a overseas Filipino who travelled from Japan on December 1 and a Nigerian national who arrived the country on November 30. (Rappler)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea reports a record 7,850 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 536,495. (Yonhap News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
- Kenya reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant that was first detected in South Africa in three travellers. (Anadolu Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
- Rwanda reports its first six cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant among a group of travellers and their contacts, prompting the government to close nightclubs and extending the quarantine to three days for international travellers. (MedicalXpress)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- COVID-19 vaccination in New Zealand
- The number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in New Zealand surpasses 90%. (Stuff)
- Auckland reopens its domestic borders to travellers who are vaccinated or tested negative in the previous 72 hours that allowed them to leave and enter the city without the exemption after being closed for four months due to the Delta variant outbreak. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 vaccination in New Zealand
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- Australia reopens its border to vaccinated skilled migrants and foreign students without an exemption after more than 18 month closure due to the pandemic despite the spread of the Omicron variant worldwide. (ABC News Australia)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
Law and crime
- A court in Hanoi, Vietnam, sentences two Facebook users to lengthy jail sentences for "conducting propaganda against the state". One man was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five of house arrest while another man was given a six years' imprisonment term and three of house arrest. (Reuters)
- David Fuller, a double murderer who sexually abused more than 100 female corpses is sentenced to a whole life tariff. BBC News