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24 August 2023 – Chess World Cup 2023
Norway's Magnus Carlsen wins his first Chess World Cup title after defeating India's R Praggnanandhaa in a tiebreak. (CNN)
22 August 2023 – Women's Chess World Cup 2023
Aleksandra Goryachkina wins her first Women's Chess World Cup title after defeating Bulgaria's Nurgyul Salimova in a tiebreak. (The Free Press Journal)
14 August 2023 – Transgender people in sports
FIDE requires trans women to provide proof of gender transition to compete in official women's chess events and states that titles held by those who transition to male will be abolished, but may be reinstated if they revert to female. (AP)
22 July 2023 – Women's World Chess Championship 2023
In chess, Ju Wenjun wins her fourth Women's World Chess Championship title after a victory in the 12th game of the match against challenger Lei Tingjie. (FIDE)
9 June 2024 – 2024 Swiss referendums
Voters in Switzerland reject limits on healthcare spending and an initiative against compulsory vaccination, while approving the initiative of a new law on electricity. (Swissinfo)
6 June 2024 – Georgia–United States relations
The United States Department of State sanctions several Georgian Dream politicians with travel bans for passing the "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence", threatening further penalties if Georgia continues "anti-democratic activity". (AP)
3 June 2024 – 2023–2024 Georgian protests
Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili signs the foreign agent bill into law amid mass protests and warnings from Western countries against signing the bill. (RFE/RL)
31 May 2024 – 2024 Mannheim stabbing
A man with a knife stabs several people at an anti-Muslim rally in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany including two policemen, including one in the neck, before being injured by a bullet. (Reuters)
30 May 2024 –
Hong Kong convicts fourteen activists and politicians guilty of subversion under its national security law. (Al Jazeera)
28 May 2024 – 2023–2024 Georgian protests
The Georgian parliament overrides a presidential veto of the foreign agents law, thereby requiring president Salome Zourabichvili to endorse the bill within five days. (DW)