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2023 News Stories - Name the Country

Can you name the countries described in these news stories from the year 2023?
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Last updated: December 21, 2023
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First submittedDecember 21, 2023
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Country
Passes China to become the most populous country in the world
India
Crowns Charles III as king
United Kingdom
Joins NATO
Finland
Declares its intention to annex most of Guyana
Venezuela
Launches a counteroffensive in an attempt to reclaim territory lost the previous year
Ukraine
Brings Neymar to its professional football league with a €150 million yearly salary
Saudi Arabia
Opens a new prison to house 40,000 tattooed gang members arrested
en masse the previous year
El Salvador
Sees its fertility rate plummet to around 0.7 children per woman,
the lowest any country has ever recorded
South Korea
Seizes the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, forcing Armenian residents to flee
Azerbaijan
Suffers over 1,000 deaths from a Hamas terrorist attack
Israel
Suffers over 50,000 deaths from a 7.8 earthquake near the city of Gaziantep
Turkey
Allegedly sends spy balloons over U.S. airspace
China
Wins its sixth Cricket World Cup title
Australia
Libertarian candidate Javier Milei is elected President
Argentina
Former President Lula da Silva takes office once again
Brazil
A military junta overthrows the President and demands the withdrawal of French troops
Niger
Houthi forces launch missiles against ships in the Red Sea
Yemen
Geert Wilders' Freedom Party wins the most seats in Parliamentary elections
Netherlands
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