Events pertaining to world affairs in 2024, national politics, public policy, government, world economics, and international business, that took place in various nations, regions, organizations, around the world in 2024.

January

* January 1 **All works published in 1928 (except for sound recordings, from 1923), entered the public domain in the United States. **The Republic of Artsakh officially ceases to exist. ** Ethiopia announces an agreement with

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...

to use 20 km of coastline in exchange for eventual recognition of Somaliland's Declaration of Independence. ** BRICS: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates join the BRICS group, doubling the size of the group. **

2023 Israeli judicial reform The 2023 Israeli judicial reform is a set of five changes to the Judiciary of Israel, judicial system and the Israeli system of government, balance of powers in Israel that was proposed in January 2023. The intent of the measures is to curb th ...

: The

Supreme Court of Israel The Supreme Court (, ''Beit HaMishpat HaElyon''; ar, المحكمة العليا) is the Supreme court, highest court in Israel. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all other courts, and in some cases original jurisdiction. The Supreme C ...

strikes down the "reasonableness" bill passed by the Knesset in July 2023. ** Same-sex marriage is legalized in Estonia. *January 2 ** Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung: South Korean opposition leader

Lee Jae-myung Lee Jae-myung (; born 22 December 1964) is a South Korean politician serving as a member of the National Assembly and the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea. Lee was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2022 South Korean presiden ...

is stabbed in the neck in

Gadeokdo Gadeokdo is an island of Busan, South Korea. Gadeokdo is the largest island of Busan. It is connected to the mainland by the Gadeok Bridge and Nulchagyo Bridge. It is connected to Geojedo by the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link. The new airport is being ...

, Busan. *January 3 **

2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt On 26 November 2023, a group of militants attacked several locations in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. The country was subsequently placed under a nationwide curfew, with a manhunt being called to find the militants. President Julius Maa ...

: A court in Freetown, Sierra Leone, charges former president Ernest Bai Koroma with four offences, including treason for his alleged role in the November 2023 coup attempt. **A court in the U.S. state of

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

releases unsealed documents containing the associates list of Jeffrey Epstein to the public. ** Hilda Heine is sworn in as President of the Marshall Islands. *January 4 ** Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah is appointed as Prime Minister of Kuwait. *January 6 **

2024 Salvadoran general election General elections will be held in El Salvador in February and March 2024. In the first round on 4 February 2024, Salvadorans will elect the president, vice president, and all 84 deputies of the Legislative Assembly. In the second round on 3 M ...

: Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins. *January 7 **

2024 Bangladeshi general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Bangladesh in January 2024. Background The current Sangsad ( 11th) is scheduled to expire on 29 January 2024, as the first session of this parliament sat on 30 January 2019 and the tenure of a parli ...

: Citizens of Bangladesh vote in a

general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

with opposition parties

boycotting A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons. The purpose of a boycott is to inflict som ...

the election. ** Philippine President

Bongbong Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senat ...

signs a law that permits electronic tax filing in the country. *January 8 **

Farmers A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mi ...

block highway access roads in parts of Germany, launching a week of protests against a government plan to remove tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture. **

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

prime minister Élisabeth Borne resigns at the request of French president

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...

amid political turmoil over immigration reform.French prime minister resigns following recent political turmoil over immigration
/ref> *January 13 ** Taiwan, 2024 Taiwanese general election (

Presidential President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese fu ...

and Parliamentary) *January 25 **Kenneth Eugene Smith, an American convicted murderer, is executed by means of

nitrogen hypoxia Inert gas asphyxiation is a form of asphyxiation which results from breathing a physiologically inert gas in the absence of oxygen, or a low amount of oxygen, rather than atmospheric air (which is composed largely of nitrogen and oxygen). Example ...

. He was the first person in the world to be executed by this particular method. *January 26 **

2024 Tuvaluan general election General elections were held in Tuvalu on 26 January 2024. There are no political parties in Tuvalu and all candidates run as independents. Two major issues in the election were the Falepili Union treaty, which requiries both Tuvalu and ...

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