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Section: March (2): March 7 – As the final Nordic country to join the alliance, Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member after Finland a year earlier. March 10 – 2024 Portuguese legislative election: The Democratic Alliance wins a plurality of seats and forms a minority government amid losses by the incum...
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Section: April (2): April 1 – Israel attacks the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing 16 people. April 3 – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 strikes off the eastern coast of Taiwan, with small tsunamis reaching heights of 20–30 cm (8–12 in) hitting Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. April 4 – 2024 Kuwaiti general e...
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Section: May (2): May 5 – 2024 Panamanian general election: José Raúl Mulino is elected president. May 6 – 2024 Chadian presidential election: Mahamat Déby wins election to a full term as president, succeeding his father Idriss Déby. May 7–11 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is held in Malmö, Sweden. Swiss contestant...
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Section: June (2): June 1 The 2024 Indian general election, which began on April 19, concludes. In the Lok Sabha, the BJP party loses its outright majority, but its electoral alliance, the National Democratic Alliance, retains its majority. The 2024 Icelandic presidential election is held, with Halla Tómasdóttir electe...
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Section: July (2): July 1 – Hurricane Beryl becomes the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record after devastating the island of Carriacou, Grenada. July 4 – 2024 United Kingdom general election: Sir Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory, returning the party to government for the first time in 14 ye...
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Section: August (2): August 1 – 2024 American–Russian prisoner exchange: Twenty-six individuals are released from Ankara Esenboğa Airport in the largest prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia since the Cold War. August 5 – Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina announces her resignation and flees to...
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Section: September (2): September 2 – The Brazilian Supreme Court upholds a decision to block the social media platform X (also known as Twitter) over what the Brazilian government determined to be rampant disinformation and Elon Musk's failure to name a legal representative to the country. September 7 – 2024 Algerian ...