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From top left, clockwise: COVID-19 became a global pandemic in 2020 and dominated the early part of the decade, as the disease and the virus that causes it were deemed an international public health emergency until 2023; A Ukrainian tank driving in the Donetsk region during the Russo-Ukrainian War; A U.S. plane carries passengers out of Afghanistan during the 2021 fall of Kabul at the end of ...
Austin, Travis County and Williamson County have been the site of human habitation since at least 9200 BC. The area's earliest known inhabitants lived during the late Pleistocene (Ice Age) and are linked to the Clovis culture around 9200 BC (over 11,200 years ago), based on evidence found throughout the area and documented at the much-studied Gault Site, midway between Georgetown and Fort Cavazos.
The Federal Reserve hikes interest rates by 0.75% to 3.75-4%, their highest levels since 2008. [483] Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to thirty-four life sentences for committing the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting back in 2018. [484] November 5 The Houston Astros win the 118th World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. [485]
Data from the Office for National Statistics shows a 3.4% increase in retail sales during January 2024, largely fuelled by food shopping and the January sales. [184] Amina Noor, who took a three-year-old British girl to Kenya for female genital mutilation in 2005, is sentenced to seven years in prison following a trial at the Old Bailey. She ...