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- From royal pageantry to global sporting events, from festivals to film, here's what 2023 has to offer. This year will see the coronation of King Charles, the women's World Cup and Eurovision being hosted in Liverpool, plus plenty of major sports and cultural events that you don't want to miss out on.
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- Global temperatures shatter records. Climate change is no longer a future threat. It is the world’s new reality. Two thousand twenty-three is likely the hottest year on record.
- Hamas attacks Israel. The Middle East looked promising in late September 2023. The Abraham Accords were deepening ties between Israel and Arab countries.
- Ukraine’s counteroffensive gains little ground at a heavy cost. Hopes were high early in 2023 that a Ukrainian counteroffensive might break Russia’s hold on eastern Ukraine and possibly Crimea.
- U.S.- China tensions continue to simmer. As 2023 began, U.S.- China tensions seemed to be easing. The prior November, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping had a productive meeting on the margins of the G-20 summit in Bali.
- Ukraine: Will There Be A Real Ceasefire?
- Iran's Clerical Regime in A Corner
- Climate: 'It's Going to Get A Lot Hotter, and Wetter'
- Tigray: An Uncertain Road to Peace in Ethiopia
- China vs. Taiwan: Combat Or Just Drills?
- Threats to Democracy: Key 2023 Votes
- The List of Global Conflicts Is Long and Winding
There appears to be no end in sight to a war that was started by Russia, has displaced millions of Ukrainians across Europeand led the West to supply ever-more-heavy weapons to Kyiv. "The fighting is likely to be at least as intense in 2023 as it was in 2022," said Daniel DePetris, a fellow at Defense Priorities, a Washington-based think tank. "Put...
Nationwide protests about women's rightsand a litany of social and economic grievances rocked the Islamic Republic in 2022. Meanwhile, Iran's nuclear capabilities appear to be increasing, it is supplying weapons to Russia for the war in Ukraine and the regime's leaders show no signs of willingness to nurture diplomatic channels to the West. "For th...
United Nations scientists believe there's a 50% chance global temperatures will rise, at least temporarily, to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels between now and 2026. Staying below 1.5C is the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement, an international treaty adopted by a majority of the world's countries in 2015. "The climate story of 2023 is going to ...
A fragile peace has been established in one of last year's deadliest conflict zones, a civil war in Ethiopia's Tigray region. An estimated 383,000 to 600,000 people died in Tigray between November 2020 and August 2022, according to Professor Jan Nyssen and a team of researchers at Ghent University, in Belgium. "The durability of the peace agreement...
China is unlikely to invade the self-governing island of Taiwan that Beijing considers part of its territory, according to analysts at the International Crisis Group, a Belgium-headquartered think tank. But tensions have been rising as China has launched a series of increasingly aggressive war games in the Taiwan Strait and Taipei has bolstered its...
There are international elections of consequence every year. Two to keep an eye on in 2023 are in Pakistan and Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dominated that country's politics for two decades. "Once a pillar of the Western alliance, the country has embarked on a militaristic foreign policy," Dmitar Bechev wrote in a recent analy...
Other stories to watch in 2023: 1. Israel's military reservistshave transformed a political crisis into a security one. 2. Armenia and Azerbaijan. The South Caucasus nations appear headed toward another confrontation over Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region. 3. China and COVID. What will China's decision to relax its coronavirus restrictions mean f...
- World Affairs Correspondent, London
- Kim Hjelmgaard
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Amid an uncertain economy, international political tension and leadership shake-ups, 2023 delivered big moments in business that shaped our year. They'll set the stage for the months to come.
Jan 4, 2023 · The forces of Russian President Vladimir Putin have faced major defeats in recent months, and they have retaliated by targeting key Ukrainian infrastructure as winter sets in. But while this...
Dec 28, 2023 · Visualizing the Major Events of 2023. Looking back at 2023, the year was defined by various international geopolitical events while the tech and business world kept a close eye on artificial intelligence’s advances in the first full year of the technology hitting its stride.
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Dec 12, 2023 · 2023 marked the midway point for three major agreements led by the UN in 2015: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on development finance.
Dec 14, 2023 · 1. A huge boost for clean energy. In the US, the green energy transition has received a massive boost from the Inflation Reduction Act. Passed in 2022, the bill includes $369bn (£294bn) for ...
