Portal:Current events/2014 December 23

December 23, 2014 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Insurgency in Northeast India:
- December 2014 Assam violence
  - Attacks on villages in the Indian state of Assam kill dozens of people. Suspicion falls on the insurgents of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland. (NDTV)(Euronews)(Al Jazeera)
  - As a result, India imposes curfew on parts of Assam. (NBC News)
The internet in North Korea becomes functional again after nine hours without access. (CNN)
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power says that its computer systems have been hacked. (Sydney Morning Herald)
The death toll from the bombings in the Nigerian cities of Gombe and Bauchi reaches at least 37. (Bloomberg)
Sony Pictures Entertainment hack
- Sony schedules the film The Interview for release to small theaters on Christmas Day despite canceling its debut. (Florida Times-Union)

Businesses and economy

Keurig recalls 6.6 million coffee making machines after ninety reports of burn-related injuries. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

A tornado outbreak hits the southern United States, producing five tornadoes with at least four people dead and leaving fifty others injured. (The Weather Network)

Health

The FDA says that in regards to the 31-year-old policy against gay men making blood donations it will recommend lifting the lifetime ban early next year, replacing it with a policy barring donations from men who have had sex with another man in the previous 12 months. (AP)

International relations

The Parliament of Ukraine removes the country’s legislative block on forming military alliances, allowing the government to push forward with plans to accede to NATO. (BBC)
Russia and Pakistan sign their first energy deal for the Karachi–Lahore gas pipeline worth US$1.7 billion. (Jagran)

Politics and elections