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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
2018 Malaysia charges former prime minister Najib Razak with three counts of money laundering. 
2018 Australia's most populous state New South Wales declared 100% in drought.
2018 Academy of Motion Pictures reveals new "Popular Film" category for the Oscars.
2018 EPL club Chelsea sign Kepa Arrizabalaga from Spain's Athletic Bilbao for £72 million; world-record fee for a goalkeeper.
2019 Nyonoksa radiation accident: Reports indicate that there may have been a nuclear explosion at the Nyonoksa weapons-testing site in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. At least five people were killed and three others injured in the blast, with radiation levels in Severodvinsk, 29 miles (47 km) away from the site, being 20 times above normal levels temporarily
2020 Music mogul Simon Cowell breaks his back riding an electric bike
2023 Canadian rapper Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot several times during an argument [1].
2023 Hawaii wildfires: 17000 acres of land are burned and at least 100 people are killed, with four others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
2024 Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus assumes office as Chief Adviser of an interim government formed after Sheikh Hasina's resignation in Bangladesh.
2025 magnitude 7.5 earthquake off of Japan's northeast coast leads to building damage and triggers a brief tsunami warning
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