2024

目录

• 01

  • 2023 was slowest year for US home sales in nearly 30 years as high mortgage rates frustrated buyers
  • Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used
  • Cameroon starts world’s first malaria vaccine program for children
  • China: At least 11 dead, dozens missing in Yunnan landslide
  • Dog with six legs has operation to remove extra limbs
  • Elon Musk Says Neuralink Has Implanted Brain Chip in Human
  • Every year spent in school or university improves life expectancy, study says
  • Famous "male" giant panda He Ye turns out to be female
  • Icon of the Seas: World's largest cruise ship sets sail from Miami
  • Italy's Jannik Sinner wins Australian Open with 5-set victory over Russia's Daniil Medvedev
  • Japan: Man sentenced to death for Japan anime fire which killed 36
  • Nicole Kidman lied about height to secure auditions early in career
  • No joke: Feds are banning humorous electronic messages on highways
  • Oscars nominations 2024: Ryan Gosling "disappointed" after Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig snub
  • Palworld: Pokémon Company to investigate copying claims
  • South Korea crowd crush: Seoul police chief charged over Halloween disaster in which 159 died
  • Tutu skirt takes centre stage in Paris as Chanel channels ballet trend
  • US and UK strike Houthis in latest attempt to stop group targeting Red Sea ships
  • World’s first IVF rhino pregnancy "could save northern white species"

• 02

  • "Nemo" clownfish drive away species with same stripes, study suggests
  • A Russian cosmonaut sets a new record for the most time in space
  • China’s wild giant panda population reaches nearly 1,900
  • Chita Rivera, quintessential Broadway musical star, dies at 91
  • Decades of research destroyed after freezer fails at Swedish university
  • Don’t shoot for it: shrinking moon sees hours-long quakes and landslides
  • Elmo asks, "How is everybody doing?" and the responses were unexpected
  • Gen Z boys and men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll
  • Grammys 2024: Taylor Swift makes history with best album award
  • King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says
  • Lionel Messi match organiser declines to address demands for ticket refunds in Hong Kong
  • Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg issues dramatic apology at Senate hearing on child safety
  • New Zealand set to scrap world-first tobacco ban
  • Scientists found a major clue why 4 of 5 autoimmune patients are women
  • Spring Festival Travelers Fret as Extreme Weather Arrives
  • Toyota warns 50,000 US vehicle owners to stop driving, get immediate repairs
  • Universal Music to pull songs from TikTok

• 03