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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. [68] 14 December 2024 Georgian presidential election: Mikheil Kavelashvili of People's Power is elected ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis. Hamas says that 33 hostages have been killed in the 14 months since the war started. (The Israel Defense Forces say that Israeli-American soldier Omer Maxim Neutra, previously believed to be a living hostage, was killed during the October 7 attacks last year and his body was kept in Gaza.
2024 United Kingdom farmers' protests. Hundreds of tractors block Whitehall, City of Westminster, England in protest of Labour government changes to the agricultural inheritance tax. (The Independent) The Swiss Federal Assembly elects Karin Keller-Sutter, currently a Federal Councillor, as President for 2025. Sports. 2034 FIFA World Cup
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.
(Türkiye Today) Politics and elections. 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election. The Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, forms a coalition government in Iceland's Althing with the Liberal Reform Party and the People's Party. Frostadóttir becomes Iceland's youngest prime minister at 36 years old.
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 .