2024 United States presidential election Cornel West names Melina Abdullah as his VP pick as part of his presidential campaign.
2024 South Korean legislative election South Koreans vote for members of the National Assembly. The opposition, primarily consisting of the Democratic Party, its alliance and the Rebuilding Korea Party, wins the election in a landslide, increasing their legislative majority but falling short of the two-thirds supermajority needed to pass constitutional amendments or override the veto of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Flood A person is killed by flooding in Mississippi, United States, as severe weather hits the Southern United States.
New Lucky House Five people are killed and 35 others are injured in a fire at the New Lucky House in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Bus A bus carrying Eid Al-Fitr pilgrims collides and plunges into a ditch in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing seventeen people and injuring 16 others.
2023–2024 video game industry layoffs American video game company Epic Games announces that it will lay-off around 870 employees, roughly one-sixth of its workforce, due to slower growth than expected.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Four people are killed and seven others are injured in a Russian missile strike in Odesa.