Portal:Current events/2012 December 31

December 31, 2012 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

Tribune Co., the publishing and broadcasting giant that declared bankruptcy in December 2008, emerges from that status with new controlling shareholders including Oaktree Capital and JPMorgan Chase. (Thomson Reuters)

Politics and elections

United States "fiscal cliff" debate:
- The White House reaches an agreement with congressional Republicans on a "fiscal cliff" deal. (Associated Press)
- The U.S. will miss the midnight deadline and head over the "fiscal cliff", after the House of Representatives announces it will not vote on the deal on Monday night. (BBC) (Reuters)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton making "excellent progress" at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital after a blood clot in a vein was found in a sinus between her brain and skull. (BBC) (Reuters)
Venezuelan Cabinet ministers get together to pray for the recovery of President Hugo Chávez, who is in Cuba recovering from a cancer operation. (BBC) (Reuters)

Science and technology

Research by study author Kerry O'Banion, of the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, announces that a particularly harmful type of space radiation may accelerate the development of Alzheimer's disease. (Space.com)

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