2024: Global Key Announcements
Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed
New Zealanders were among the first in the world to celebrate the arrival of 2024 with a fireworks display in Auckland on Monday.
Sydney hailed 2024 with a dazzling fireworks display featuring silver and gold pyrotechnics to mark the 50th anniversary of its famous Opera House.
People in Gaza had little hope that 2024 will bring much relief after 12 weeks of Israel’s war to eliminate Hamas.
President Vladimir Putin praised the Russian army in his New Year’s Eve address Sunday, calling for “unity” in a scaled-back speech that did not explicitly mention the conflict in Ukraine.
North Korea vowed to launch three new spy satellites, build military drones, and boost its nuclear arsenal in 2024 as leader Kim Jong Un said US policy is making war inevitable, state media reported on Sunday.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address ahead of New Year celebrations that 2024 would be “the year of our French pride” marked by the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games and the re-opening of Notre-Dame cathedral after a devastating fire.
