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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 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.
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.
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.
2024 Jubaland presidential election The Jubaland House of Representatives re-elects incumbent President Ahmed Madobe for the third time amid tensions with the Somali federal government that resulted in armed forces being deployed to Kamboni , Badhadhe District , Lower Juba , Somalia .
12 December – Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju defeats former world champion Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess Championship, breaking the previous age record of 22 set by Garry Kasparov by becoming champion at 18 years, 195 days old. [31] 14 December 2024 Georgian presidential election: Mikheil Kavelashvili of People's Power is elected ...
2024 Liechtenstein referendums. Citizens of Liechtenstein vote in a referendum to form a state pension fund. The vote passes with a 52.6% majority. (Liechtensteiner Vaterland) 2024 Romanian parliamentary election. Romanians vote for the 330 seats of the Chamber of Deputies and the 136 seats of the Senate. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
The European Union and Mercosur trade bloc finalize a free trade deal in Montevideo, Uruguay, after 25 years of negotiations. Disasters and accidents. 2024–25 European windstorm season. Millions of people receive emergency alerts in the United Kingdom as Storm Darragh prepares to make landfall over the British Isles.