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There will be 227 participants from 24 nations at the 2024 Quiz Olympiad. Some notable participants include Issa Schultz of Australia; Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, and Tom Trogh of Belgium; Dean Kotiga of Croatia; Pat Gibson and Paul Sinha of England; Tero Kalliolevo of Finland; Sebastian Jacoby and Sebastian Klussmann of Germany; Anne Hegerty and Barry Simmons of Scotland; and Victoria Groce ...
Joe Biden is known to express frustration over constant questions about his age, but he recently turned 80. The oldest sitting president, he is supposed to be a transition figure, ushering in a ...
2024 Summer Olympics. Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault. Sweden's Armand Duplantis wins his second consecutive gold medal, breaking his own world record with a jump of 6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in). Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
2023–2024 Senegalese protests. Violent protests occur in Senegal following an announcement by President Macky Sall that presidential elections have been delayed from February 25 to December 15. 2024 Pakistani general election. Despite Imran Khan's lead, Nawaz Sharif claims victory amid allegations of military-led rigging of the election.
The 96th Academy Awards were a really good ceremony, with tons of deserving winners and nominees gathering to honor the best movies of 2023. This was one of the tightest Oscars races ever, in ...
2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions. The Sundhnúkur volcanic eruption occurs on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland after weeks of earthquakes prompting the evacuation of 4,000 people. The Icelandic Meteorological Office says that the risk of lava flowing toward the town of Grindavík is high. 2023 Jishishan earthquake
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)Business and economy. The United States Army Corps of Engineers begins dredging the San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico to open space for a new natural gas terminal that is expected to add $400 million to the local economy.
2023–2024 mpox epidemic. Pakistan reports a case of mpox in Kashmir, bringing the total number of cases in the country to four. In response to the rapid increase of cases in the country, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announces that the country will begin screening people at entry points. (Hindustan Times)