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December 30, 2016 (Friday)

Six people die in a fire in a bakery in the Indian city of Pune. (Firstpost)
At least seven people are killed and 30 trapped after a pile of waste collapses in a Coal India mine in Jharkhand. (Reuters) (CNN)
A Cessna 525 carrying six passengers goes missing shortly after takeoff from Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport in the United States. (USA Today)

Russia–United States relations
- After 35 Russian diplomats are expelled from the United States, Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov recommends expelling 35 American diplomats. Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects Lavrov's recommendation and expresses a desire to restore relations between the two countries. (The New York Times) (Newshub)
Mali returns two people France deported on the same planes they arrived on. (BBC)

A body found in a burnt-out vehicle north of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro is confirmed to be that of missing Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis. A military police officer who had an affair with the ambassador's wife confesses to the murder. The wife and a second man are also detained. (BBC)
Sahaj International opens in Kochi in the South Indian state of Kerala. The country's first school for transgender pupils, it caters for adults who left school early. (BBC)

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis designates social-democrat Sorin Grindeanu as the country's new prime minister, after the landslide victory of the centre-left PSD earlier this month. (AFP by The Indian Express)
China's State Council announces details of its intention to ban all ivory trade and processing activities by the end of 2017. (BBC)

A volcanic eruption continues on Bogoslof Island near Unalaska, in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The eruption has impacted air transportation routes, and has dramatically changed the island's shape. (Alaska Public Radio Network) (Tech Times) (CDA News)

Mo Farah and world tennis number one Andy Murray are among those knighted by Elizabeth II in her 2017 New Year Honours list. (The Guardian)

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 *[[Russia–United States relations]]
 **After 35 Russian diplomats are expelled from the [[United States]], Russia's foreign minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] recommends expelling 35 American diplomats. Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] rejects Lavrov's recommendation and expresses a desire to restore relations between the two countries. [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/world/europe/russia-diplomats-us-hacking.html (''The New York Times'')]  [http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2016/12/no-tit-for-tat-from-russia-after-diplomat-expulsion.html (''Newshub'')]
-*[[Mali]] returns on the same planes they arrived on two people [[France]] deported. [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38467244 (BBC)]
+*[[Mali]] returns two people [[France]] deported on the same planes they arrived on. [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38467244 (BBC)]
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