A Dec. 6 International Monetary Fund statement said Zambia will need to undergo comprehensive debt restructuring under the Group of 20 common framework before the IMF’s executive board can consider a new staff-level agreement on a three-year Extended Credit Facility arrangement for $1.4 billion.
A motorcycle rigged with explosives detonated across from a hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, killing several people and wounding at least two dozen more, Alsumaria reported Dec. 7.
Rohingya refugees filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook for $150 billion over the company’s alleged failure to curb social media hate speech that led to physical violence against the Myanmar ethnic minority, Reuters reported Dec 7.
Opposition Cabinet member Julio Borges announced that he would step down from his position as foreign minister for Venezuela’s interim government, arguing that the government is not serving its purpose and should dissolve itself, Reuters reported Dec. 7.
China’s foreign ministry announced that China would retaliate against the United Stated for its diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics in February 2022, Reuters reported Dec. 7.
Israeli military aircraft launched airstrikes on the port of Latakia, Syria, and targeted containers allegedly containing arms for Iranian-backed militias operating in Syria, The Times of Israel reported Dec. 7.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government to develop proposals by March 1, 2022, for energy giant Rosneft to supply 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas exports to Europe, Interfax reported Dec. 7.
Over the last year, malaria-related deaths increased by 69,000 in Africa, and two-thirds of these additional cases are attributed to disrupted prevention, diagnosis and treatment due to COVID-19 restrictions, The WHO reported in its annual malaria publication on Nov. 30.
Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) acknowledged that it used “foreign cyber operations” to “impose a cost” against threat actors, Global News reported Dec. 6.
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit seized 42 domains used by the China-linked Nickel – also called APT15 and Vixen Panda – advanced persistent threat (APT) actor, the company announced on its security blog Dec. 6.
