2024 French political crisis French President Emmanuel Macron appoints François Bayrou as Prime Minister.
Chinese footballer Former Chinese footballer and coach Li Tie is sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery and match-fixing.
Umphang District Three people are killed and 48 are injured in a bombing during a festival in Umphang District, Tak Province, Thailand. Two suspects are arrested.
Israel–Hamas war A court in The Hague, Netherlands, rejects a request by 10 pro-Palestinian NGOs for the Netherlands to stop arms exports to Israel.
Syria–Ukraine relations The Ukrainian government says that it is ready to supply food to Syria after Russia suspended wheat supplies to Syria amid uncertainty about the new government and payment delays.
British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey reports that A23a, the world's largest iceberg, has exited the Taylor column and is beginning to drift further north through the Southern Ocean.
Opioid epidemic in the United States McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650 million and enter a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges related to its advisory work for Purdue Pharma on increasing OxyContin sales, including conspiracy to misbrand a drug and obstruction of justice.
Nursing home Six people are killed and 66 others are injured in a fire at a nursing home in Amman, Jordan.
Sudanese civil war Nine people are killed and 20 others are injured in a Rapid Support Forces airstrike on a hospital in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan.
Israel–Hamas war The number of Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp yesterday increases to 33, most of whom are from the same family. 84 others are reported to be either injured or missing.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Russia launches one of its largest attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure since the conflict began, with about 290 missiles fired and drones striking multiple regions. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that the attack was in response to a recent Ukrainian ATACMS attack on Taganrog-Central air base in Rostov Oblast, Russia.
The Parliament of Moldova votes in favor of declaring a 60-day national state of emergency beginning on December 16 due to Ukraine not renewing its transit contract with Gazprom to deliver Russian gas to Moldova.
Syrian civil war The U.S. military evacuates American citizen Travis Timmerman out of Syria after Timmerman had previously been reported missing in the country.
Syrian sources report that Israeli forces met with village dignitaries in the Yarmouk Basin area of Daraa Governorate, instructing them to surrender all weapons in the villages and for villagers to comply with home searches.