Hundreds of vials of deadly viruses missing after lab breach
Over 300 live samples of deadly viruses—including hantavirus, lyssavirus and Hendra virus—went unaccounted for after a freezer broke.
https://www.newsweek.com/deadly-virus-missing-laboratory-australia-hantavirus-lyssavirus-hendravirus-1997610
Europa
Romania and Bulgaria granted full Schengen membership, with one caveat
Romania and Bulgaria will become full-time members of the Schengen Area as of 1 January 2025, completing a process that dates back to 2011, when the European Commission declared both countries ready to join. #EuropeNews
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/12/romania-and-bulgaria-are-granted-full-schengen-membership-with-one-caveat
Georgia’s foreign minister says protests not ‘necessarily peaceful’
In an exclusive interview with Euronews in Budapest, Georgia’s new Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili questioned whether the protests by pro-EU groups in her country could truly be described as “peaceful”. #EuropeNews
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/11/exclusive-georgias-foreign-minister-says-pro-eu-protests-not-necessarily-peaceful
Guerra
@DD_Geopolitics on X
🇺🇸🇸🇾 LOLOLOLOL! “Do you support the ICC?” Reporters laugh at Matt Miller as he says that the U.S. supports a possible ICC case against Bashar al-Assad.
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1866849573001629997
Russia to retaliate to Kiev’s ATACMS missile attack on Taganrog airfield — top brass
The ATACMS missile fragments that fell on the Taganrog military airfield caused injuries among the personnel and no destruction on the ground, the Russian Defense Ministry said
https://tass.com/politics/1886029
France tells Israel to halt Golan Heights incursion
Paris calls military deployment in buffer zone “a violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement” between Damascus and Tel Aviv.
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-israel-middle-east-golan-heights-syria-un-war-defense-idf-buffer-zone/
