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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
2017 Chinaââ¬â¢s president, Xi Jinping begins 3 day trip to Hong Kong to mark 20 years since the territory handed back to China. 
2017 "Spider-man: Homecoming" directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr . premieres in Los Angeles
2018 Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine.
2018 Power company uncovers Neolithic wooden trackway 2300 years old in Suffolk, England. One of the largest archaeological digs in Europe at 16000 square meters
2018 Employee charged with attempted poisoning of colleague's sandwich in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany, leading authorities to investigate 21 other suspicious deaths
2018 Amsterdam elects its inaugural-ever woman mayor Femke Halsema since its inaugural mayor in 1343.
2018 In this year, Fire starts on Winter Hill on Lancashire moorland, England, lit by arson
2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared "largely contained" by World Health Organisation, inaugural outbreak to use new Merck vaccine
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 10 million worldwide
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 500000.
2021 Tigray War: The Tigray Defense Force seizes the Tigrayan capital Mekelle shortly after the Ethiopian government declares a ceasefire.
2023 The Sierra Leonean general election is held; Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party is re-elected president
2024 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Dua Lipa , Coldplay , and SZA headline; other performers include Arlo Parks, Burna Boy, Cyndi Lauper , Shania Twain , Squeeze, and Tanita Tikaram.
2024 In this year, Mongolian parliamentary election: The Mongolian People's Party claims a reduced majority of seats in the State Great Khural amid gains by the Democratic Party.
2025 Mexican passenger train derails near Nizanda, Oaxaca, and partially plummets down an embankment, killing at least 13, and injuring 100 of the 250 passengers and crew members aboard
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