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2024–2025 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia. At least 31 people have been killed by flooding in Thailand and Malaysia in the past five days. Health and environment. 2024 Kwango province disease outbreak
2024 Kwango province malaria outbreak. The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Ministry announces that the mystery illness that has left at least 143 people dead in Kwango is actually a severe form of malaria. The World Health Organization says more malaria vaccines are being sent to its health centres in the region. (The Guardian) Law ...
2024 Formula One World Championship. In auto racing, McLaren wins the World Constructors' Championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, its first title since 1998. In professional baseball, the New York Mets sign Dominican outfielder Juan Soto to a $765 million, 15-year contract, the largest contract in Major League Baseball history.
The World Today, styled also as The World Today with Maryam Moshiri is a news programme that premiered on both UK feed and international feed of BBC News channel on 21 February 2024. The programme is mainly hosted by Maryam Moshiri. The show, dedicated to international news is said to "bring the best of the BBC's global journalism to audiences ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. Siege of North Gaza, Gaza famine, Israeli generals' plan. The United Nations declares the situation in northern Gaza as "apocalyptic", with the entire Palestinian population there at "imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence" due to Israeli bombardments and aid blockage.
June 20–July 14: The United States will host the 2024 Copa América, the world's oldest international soccer tournament. July 16: The 2024 MLB All-Star Game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Tropical Storm Helene forms in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to become a major hurricane before making landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast on September 26. (National Hurricane Center) 2024 Pacific hurricane season. Three people are killed in flooding caused by remnants of Hurricane John in Mexico.
November 2024 Amsterdam attacks, Antisemitism in Europe Pro-Palestinian locals attack supporters of Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. after a match with AFC Ajax in Amsterdam , Netherlands , following instances of anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab chants and vandalism by Maccabi ultras .