Iran,officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI),also known as Persia,is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west,Azerbaijan,Armenia,the Caspian Sea,and Turkmenistan to the north,Afghanistan to the east,Pakistan to the southeast,the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a mostly Persian-ethnic population of almost 90 million in an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi),Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population. It is the sixth-largest country entirely in Asia and one of the world's most mountainous countries. Officially an Islamic republic,Iran has a Muslim-majority population. The country is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's capital,largest city and financial center.
Pakistan,officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country,with a population of over 241.5 million,having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital,while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south,the Gulf of Oman on the southwest,and the Sir Creek on the southeast,it shares land borders with India to the east;Afghanistan to the west;Iran to the southwest;and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman,and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor.
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. The New York Times covers domestic,national,and international news,and publishes opinion pieces,investigative reports,and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States,the Times serves as one of the country's newspapers of record. As of 2023,The New York Times is the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States,with 296,330 print subscribers. The Times has a 8.83 million online subscribers,the most of any newspaper in the United States. The New York Times is published by The New York Times Company;since 1896,the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family,whose current chairman and the paper's publisher is A. G. Sulzberger. The Times is headquartered at The New York Times Building in Midtown Manhattan.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa,Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The club joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team,along with the Seattle Seahawks,and played its first season in the American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
2024 (MMXXIV) is the current year,and is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the founding father and first president of Bangladesh. Having served for a combined total of over 20 years,she is the longest serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh. She was the world's longest-serving female head of government. Her dictatorship ended in self-imposed exile following a series of violent protests in 2024.
New York,often called New York City or NYC,is the most populous city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors,the city comprises five boroughs,each coextensive with a respective county. New York is a global center of finance and commerce,culture,technology,entertainment and media,academics and scientific output,the arts and fashion,and,as home to the headquarters of the United Nations,international diplomacy.
Rights affecting lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality.
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021,serving with President Joe Biden. She is the first female vice president,making her the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history,as well as both the first African American and the first Asian American vice president. She served as a U.S. senator from California from 2017 to 2021,and earlier as the attorney general of California. Harris is the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 2024 United States presidential election.
Australia,officially the Commonwealth of Australia,is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent,the island of Tasmania,and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest,flattest,and driest inhabited continent,with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country,and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates including deserts and tropical rainforests.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic reinventions,Swift is a leading figure in popular culture and the subject of widespread public interest.
The 2024 Summer Olympics,officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and branded as Paris 2024,were an international multi-sport event that occurred from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France,with the opening ceremony having taken place on 26 July. Paris was the host city,with events held in 16 additional cities spread across metropolitan France,including the sailing centre in the second-largest city of France,Marseille on the Mediterranean Sea,as well as one subsite for surfing in Tahiti,French Polynesia.
The 2028 Summer Olympics,officially the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 2028 or LA28,is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from July 14–30,2028,in the United States. Los Angeles will be the host city,with various events also scheduled to be held at other cities spread across the Greater Los Angeles area,plus two subsites in Oklahoma City.
The 2032 Summer Olympics,officially the Games of the XXXV Olympiad and also known as Brisbane 2032,is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 23 July to 8 August 2032,in Brisbane,Queensland,Australia.
The 2024 United States Senate elections are scheduled to be held on November 5,2024,as part of the 2024 United States elections. 33 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested in regular elections. Senators are divided into three classes whose six-year terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years. Class 1 senators will face election in 2024.
The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election,set to be held on Tuesday,November 5,2024. Voters in each state and the District of Columbia will choose electors to the Electoral College,who will then elect a president and vice president for a term of four years.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections will be held on November 5,2024,as part of the 2024 United States elections,to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states,as well as 6 non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories to the United States House of Representatives. Special elections have also been held on various dates in 2024. Numerous other federal,state,and local elections,including the U.S. presidential election and elections to the Senate,will also be held on this date. The winners of this election will serve in the 119th United States Congress,with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2020 United States census.
