WORLD AGENDA
JANUARY 2024

1 Jan 15, U.S.: The Republican presidential nomination contest begins. Despite his many legal challenges former President Donald Trump is favoured to win the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary a week later

2 Jan 13, Taiwan: More than 23 million voters go to the polls. A win for Lai Ching-te’s ruling, independence-leaning DPP would further obstruct China’s goal of bringing Taiwan under Beijing’s control

3 Jan 1, China: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE join the BRICS group of emerging economies, but Argentina declined the invitation after the election of President Javier Milei

4 Jan 28, Finland: Voters choose a new president as relations with Moscow hit a new low following Helsinki’s decision to grant the U.S. military unrestricted access to bases close to the Finnish-Russian border

5 Jan 7, Bangladesh: The ruling Awami League is set to clinch a fourth consecutive election victory, extending the rule of the country’s longest serving prime minister, Sheikh Hasina

6 Jan 22, India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the long-awaited Ram temple in Ayodhya – on the site of the Babri mosque that was razed in 1992, triggering riots that claimed 2,000 lives

7 Jan 27, U.S.: The world’s largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas, makes its maiden voyage, sailing from Miami to the Caribbean

8 Jan 1, U.S.: The earliest version of Mickey Mouse, seen in Steamboat Willie in 1928, enters the public domain, but Disney retains the rights to all later versions


Sources: NewsAhead, Julie Mullins
Pictures: Getty Images, Newscom, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, Royal Caribbean
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