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Ongoing events

Disasters

• European floods
• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• Haitian crisis
• Nepal floods
• Rwanda Marburg virus disease outbreak
• Sudanese famine
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Argentine monetary crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• South African energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Mass media and entertainment

• Blocking of Twitter in Brazil

Politics

• Mexico–United States border crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes
• Venezuelan political crisis

Protests and strikes

• French anti-government protests
• Israel–Hamas war protests

• University campus protests

• New Caledonia social unrest
• United States port strike
• Venezuelan protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• September

• 20–21: Czechia, Senate (1st)
• 21: Sri Lanka, President
• 22: Liechtenstein, Referendum
• 22: Switzerland, Referendums
• 27–28: Czechia, Senate (2nd)
• 29: Austria, National Council

Upcoming

• October

• 06: Kazakhstan, Referendum
• 06: Tunisia, President
• 09: Mozambique, President, Assembly of the Republic
• 13: Macau, Chief Executive (indirect)
• 13: Lithuania, Seimas (1st)

Trials

Recently concluded

• United States:0Thomas Girardi

Ongoing

• France:0Dominique Pélicot
• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• United States:0YSL Records
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• American football

• 2024 NFL season
• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024 Copa Libertadores
• 2024 Copa Sudamericana
• 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 Premier League
• 2024–25 Serie A
• 2024–25 La Liga
• 2024–25 Bundesliga
• 2024–25 Ligue 1
• 2024 Major League Soccer season
• 2024 National Women's Soccer League season

• Baseball

• 2024 MLB season

• Basketball

• 2024 WNBA season
• 2024–25 EuroLeague

• Canadian football

• 2024 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
• 2024 MotoGP World Championship
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series

• Rugby league

• 2024 NRL season

• Tennis

• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

October / September

• 04: Billy Shaw
• 03: Pierre Christin
• 03: Mary O'Rourke
• 02: Susie Berning
• 30: Gavin Creel
• 30: Dikembe Mutombo
• 30: Humberto Ortega
• 30: Ken Page
• 30: Pete Rose
• 29: Ozzie Virgil Sr.
• 28: Winfield Dunn
• 28: Drake Hogestyn
• 28: Kris Kristofferson
• 27: Hassan Nasrallah
• 27: Maggie Smith
• 26: John Ashton
• 22: Fredric Jameson
• 21: Benny Golson
• 21: Eddie Low
• 21: Al McCoy
• 21: Mercury Morris
• 20: Ibrahim Aqil
• 20: Daniel J. Evans
• 20: David Graham
• 20: Sayuri
• 20: Eduardo Xol
• 18: Kesaria Abramidze
• 18: Nick Gravenites
• 18: Salvatore Schillaci
• 17: Nelson DeMille
• 17: JD Souther
• 16: Song Binbin
• 15: Elias Khoury
• 15: Tito Jackson
• 14: Otis Davis
• 14: Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah
• 13: Michaela DePrince
• 13: Pravin Gordhan
• 13: Mary McFadden
• 12: Stephen Peat
• 12: Sitaram Yechury
• 11: Kenneth Cope
• 11: Alberto Fujimori
• 11: Chad McQueen
• 11: Joe Schmidt
• 10: Frankie Beverly
• 10: Jim Sasser
• 09: John Cassaday
• 09: James Earl Jones
• 09: Friedrich Schorlemmer
• 09: Caterina Valente
• 08: Mauricio Arriaza Chicas
• 08: Ed Kranepool
• 08: Zoot Money
• 08: Emi Shinohara
• 07: Diondre Overton
• 06: Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi
• 06: Rebecca Horn
• 06: Will Jennings
• 06: Cathy Merrick
• 06: Ron Yeats

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraq

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict

• Israel–Hamas war

• Syria

• Iran–Israel conflict

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemen

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
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• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
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Environment

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• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
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Establishments and disestablishments categories

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Works and introductions categories

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• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain

Documentation

See also

• Wikipedia:How the Current events page works