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The Albanian government announces a one-year ban on the social media platform TikTok beginning in 2025, following a fatal stabbing of a teenager in November in connection to a confrontation on the platform. (Türkiye Today) Politics and elections. 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election
2024 Lobitos oil spill. The Government of Peru declares a 90-day environmental emergency for parts of Talara province due to an oil spill caused by state-owned oil company Petroperú. International relations. 2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions, Finland–Russia relations. 2024 Estlink 2 incident
Disasters and accidents. 2024 California wildfires. In Malibu, California, United States, the Franklin Fire spreads to more than 2,800 acres, prompting over 20,000 people to evacuate. A six-story apartment building collapses in Waili, Cairo, Egypt killing eight people and injuring three others. (U..S. News & World Report) International relations
Disasters and accidents In Pakistan , ten people are killed and seven are injured in a bus crash on a highway in Fateh Jang , Punjab . Separately, eight people are killed during a van–truck collision in Naushahro Feroze , Sindh .
2024 Bamako attacks. JNIM gunmen open fire on a military camp in Bamako, Mali, killing a number of soldiers. The perpetrators tried to infiltrate the camp, and also opened fire on the Modibo Keita International Airport. At least 15 suspects are arrested. Disasters and accidents. 2024 European floods. 2024 Central European floods
Residents of Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, win the world's biggest lottery, the Spanish Christmas Lottery's El Gordo €2.7 billion prize. Disasters and accidents. 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. The death toll from Cyclone Chido in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, increases to 94. Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira bridge collapse
The 10 costliest climate disasters in 2024 racked up damage totalling more than 200 billion US dollars, Christian Aid has warned. A report from the charity on hurricanes, floods, typhoons and ...
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.