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An earthquake struck this Japanese peninsula in early January
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Noto Peninsula
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This South Korean leader was stabbed in an attempted assassination attempt
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Lee Jae-myung
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A commercial flight collided with a coast gaurd plane at Haneda Airport in this city
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Tokyo
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91 people were killed by bombings planned by this terrorist group at a ceremony commemorating Qasem Soleimani
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Islamic State
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This man won the World Darts Championship
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Luke Humphries
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This footballer, nicknamed Der Kaiser, passed away
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Franz Beckenbauer
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A lunar lander named after this bird malfunctioned after launch
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Peregrine
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Gabriel Attal becomes the youngest and first openly gay Prime Minister of this country
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France
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On January 9, the president of this South American country declared an internal state of war on criminal groups.
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Ecuador
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Archeologists found complex human structures in this rainforest, which predate known societies from this rainforest by more than a millennium.
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Amazon Rainforest
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The United States led a coalition to perform airstrikes against this movement in Yemen
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Houthis
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This man was elected the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Lai Ching-te
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Queen Margrethe II abdicated and has succeeded by this son of hers as the King of Denmark
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Frederik X
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Bernardo Arévalo was able to perform this action in Guatemala after multiple attempts at obstruction
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Inauguration
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These events break out in Russia after the imprisonment of Fail Alsynov
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Protests
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Iran launches missile strikes at this country, to which then retaliates also with missile strikes
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Pakistan
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Azali Assoumani is re-elected president of this African nation
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Comoros
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This Japanese lunar module lands on the Moon
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SLIM
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The Ram Mandir, a temple built to this Hindu god, is consecrated amidst controversy
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Rama
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NASA ends this three-year long mission on Mars involving a helicopter
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Ingenuity
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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger withdraw from this political and economic union
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ECOWAS
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Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor is sworn in as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, which roughly translates to this English word, of Malaysia
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King
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Wildfires break out in this region of Chile
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Valparaíso Region
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Former president of Pakistan, Imran Khan, is sent to prison due to illegal marriage and leaking state secrets as a part of this political scandal
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Lettergate
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In Senegal, this event is postponed, leading the massive protests
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Presidential election
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This man is re-elected president of El Salvador
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Nayib Bukele
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Hage Geingob, president of this African country, dies
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Namibia
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Sebastián Piñera, the former president of Chile, dies in this type of event
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Helicopter crash
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The day before the Pakistani general election, the Islamic State carries out two instances of this kind of attack
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Bombing
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This man becomes prime minister of Georgia
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Irakli Kobakhidze
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Kelvin Kiptum, who holds the world record in this sporting event, dies in a car crash
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Marathon
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Alexander Stubb is elected president of this European nation
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Finland
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This team wins the African Cup of Nations
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Ivory Coast
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This team wins the Super Bowl
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Kansas City Chiefs
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Prabowo Subianto, a prominent supporter of this political ideology, wins the Indonesian presidential election
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Right-wing populism
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This Russian opposition leader dies at a forced labor camp
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Alexei Navalny
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This film wins best film at the BAFTAs
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Oppenheimer
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The first commercial soft landing on the Moon is carried out, named after this Greek mythological hero
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Odysseus
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This film wins the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival
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Dahomey
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Feleti Teo is appointed to this position in Tuvalu
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Prime minister
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Brian Mulroney, a former prime minister of this country, passes away
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Canada
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A building fire occurs in this large, Bangladeshi city
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Dhaka
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Akira Toriyama, artist for this famous media franchise, passes away
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Dragon Ball
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In Haiti, gangs storm two of these institutions in order to demand the resignation of the prime minister
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Prisons
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This man is appointed prime minister of Pakistan
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Shehbaz Sharif
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This country joins NATO
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Sweden
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This director of Oppenheimer wins best director at the Academy Awards
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Christopher Nolan
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In Portugal, the Democratic Alliance gains a majority after one of these elections is called
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Snap election
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Vladimir Putin secures another term as President of Russia, making this his _____ term
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Fifth
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A mass shooting and bombing occurs at this building in Krasnogorsk, Russia
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Crocus City Hall
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This man is elected president of Senegal
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye
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The Francis Scott Key Bridge in this American city collapses
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Baltimore
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A bus falls from a bridge in this South African province
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Limpopo
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