## [2021-12-5](/feed/2021/12/5/index.md)

##### 2021 Bathurst 1000
### [Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth win the 2021 Bathurst 1000 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ](/feed/2021/12/5/chaz-mostert-and-lee-holdsworth-win-the-2021-bathurst-1000-in-bathurst-new-south-wales-australia.md)
##### COVID-19 pandemic
### [Senegal reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 58-year-old man who attended an international meeting in Dakar with 300 people from different countries on November 24 and 25. ](/feed/2021/12/5/senegal-reports-its-first-case-of-the-sars-cov-2-omicron-variant-in-a-58-year-old-man-who-attended-an-international-meet.md)
### [Saudi Arabia grants the approval for people vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to enter the country beginning from January 1, 2022 in a move that will enable Muslims to take part in religious pilgrimage. ](/feed/2021/12/5/saudi-arabia-grants-the-approval-for-people-vaccinated-with-russia-s-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-to-enter-the-country-beg.md)
### [Maldives reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a tourist that arrived in the country. ](/feed/2021/12/5/maldives-reports-its-first-case-of-the-sars-cov-2-omicron-variant-in-a-tourist-that-arrived-in-the-country.md)
### [The Therapeutic Goods Administration provisionally 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 January 10, once ATAGI gives its recommendation. ](/feed/2021/12/5/the-therapeutic-goods-administration-provisionally-approves-the-usage-of-the-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-for-childr.md)
##### 2021 Semeru eruption
### [The death toll from yesterday's eruption of the Semeru volcano in East Java, Indonesia, increases to 14, with 56 others injured. ](/feed/2021/12/5/the-death-toll-from-yesterday-s-eruption-of-the-semeru-volcano-in-east-java-indonesia-increases-to-14-with-56-others.md)
##### 2021 Nagaland killings
### [Indian soldiers of the Assam Rifles mistakenly open fire on a group of miners returning home from work in Nagaland, believing them to be militants. Thirteen miners and a soldier are killed, with the soldier and seven miners being killed in a subsequent confrontation with angry locals. ](/feed/2021/12/5/indian-soldiers-of-the-assam-rifles-mistakenly-open-fire-on-a-group-of-miners-returning-home-from-work-in-nagaland-beli.md)
##### 2021 Niger attacks
### [Hundreds of insurgents on motorcycles attack an international military base in Tillabéri. Seventy-nine of the rebels and 29 soldiers are killed during the battle. ](/feed/2021/12/5/hundreds-of-insurgents-on-motorcycles-attack-an-international-military-base-in-tillaberi-seventy-nine-of-the-rebels-and.md)
##### Mali War
### [ Militants bomb two UN camps in Gao, with no fatalities. ](/feed/2021/12/5/militants-bomb-two-un-camps-in-gao-with-no-fatalities.md)
##### 2021 Apure clashes
### [Venezuelan intelligence officials announce the death of Hernán Darío Hernández, the leader of a FARC dissident group, after an ambush carried out by a commando of the Venezuelan Armed Forces. Hernández was responsible for the 2003 El Nogal Club bombing that killed 36 people and injured over 200 others. ](/feed/2021/12/5/venezuelan-intelligence-officials-announce-the-death-of-hernan-dario-hernandez-the-leader-of-a-farc-dissident-group-af.md)
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