"2024: A Defining Year for Democracy, Global Sports, and Climate Action"

The year 2024 is set to be filled with significant global events including the expansion of the BRICS group with new members, Taiwan's presidential election with implications for US-China relations, the Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Ivory Coast, Putin's likely re-election in Russia, India's general elections with Modi seeking a third term, the 80th anniversary of D-Day, contentious European Parliament elections, Paris hosting the Olympics and Paralympics, a potential Biden-Trump rematch in the US presidential election, Azerbaijan hosting the COP 29 climate summit, and the reopening of Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral after restoration from the 2019 fire.