User:Khronicle I

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Lists are the best thing since sliced bread, even though lists are older than sliced bread. Anyway pretty much the only thing I edit is lists and typos here and there


Khronicle I
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PronounsThey/them
LanguagesEnglish
Raceim not a fan of exercise
Hairyes
Eyesprobably
Handednessblue
Blood typefriendly
Sexualityreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
IQi am an intelligent
Personality typethe letter 3 wrapped in a pancake
Family and friends
Petsgot a cat
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
Religionjust kinda sitting here
PoliticsVery
Music
Interests

Leaders of first-level administrative divisions
Elections
Governance of Christian denominations and high control groups
Space exploration, colonisation and governance

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JoinedMarch 2020





todo list

  • add proper lists to the lists of Ukrainian oblast governors
  • add proper lists to the lists of Afghan province governors (Balkh done)

Pages I've created

it ain't much, but it's honest work


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14 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
2024 Kharkiv offensive, Kharkiv strikes
At least 20 people are injured when Russian airstrikes hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Ukraine pulls back from positions near Lukyantsi and Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast. (Reuters)
14 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Rafah offensive
Israeli tanks enter residential areas of Rafah as they attempt to capture the city. Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades says that it destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a Al-Yassin 105 anti-tank missile, killing several troops and injuring several others, while the Israel Defense Forces claim to have "eliminated" several terrorists in the city. (Reuters)
14 May 2024 –
The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival opens in Cannes, France, with Meryl Streep receiving an honorary Palme d'Or award. (AP)
14 May 2024 – China–United States trade war
U.S. President Joe Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including electric vehicles and batteries, computer chips, and medical products. (Reuters)
14 May 2024 – GameStop short squeeze
The share price of GameStop increases by a further 61%. (Quartz) (Yahoo! News)
14 May 2024 –
The death toll from a building collapse in George, South Africa, last week, increases to 33. (Reuters)
Thirteen people are killed in a bus crash in Vinchos, Huamanga Province, Peru. (Reuters) (Infobae)
Eight people are killed and 40 others are injured when a bus carrying farmworkers collides with a truck and overturns in Marion County, Florida, United States (AP)
14 May 2024 – Corruption in Russia
Russian police arrest former head of personnel of the Ministry of Defence Yuri Kuznetsov for bribery of over 1 million ($15,000). Kuznetsov's charges carry up to 15 years of jail time. (Al Jazeera)
14 May 2024 –
Two prison guards are killed and three others are critically injured in an ambush against a prison van near Rouen, Normandy, France, which also caused an inmate to escape. (BBC News)
Tunisian police raid the headquarters of the Tunisian Order of Lawyers in Tunis and arrest Mahdi Zagrouba, who is known for his opposition to President Kais Saied. (Al Jazeera)
The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentences former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for torturing and murdering his wife. (Al Jazeera)
Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza loses his appeal against 25-year prison sentence. (Reuters)
14 May 2024 – 2023–2024 Georgian protests
Riot police clash with protesters on the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, after the parliament approves a controversial "foreign agent" law that requires media organizations to declare foreign funding. (BBC News)
The United States warns Georgia that $390 million in planned economic support will be "under review" if the Georgian government considers the U.S. as an "adversary", and not as a strategic partner. (The Guardian)
14 May 2024 – 2024 New Caledonia unrest
A curfew is imposed in Nouméa, New Caledonia, after violent protests and riots occur in response to planned changes to the constitution. (The Guardian)
14 May 2024 –
Russia places its nuclear capable submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile into service. (Reuters)
13 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Rafah offensive
The Israeli military advances into northern and southern Gaza. (Reuters)
A staff member of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security is killed and another is injured in Rafah. (United Nations)
Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
Hamas says that it has "lost contact" with the militants holding four Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin. (Reuters)
13 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
2024 Kharkiv offensive
Russia claims that its troops have entered the town of Vovchansk, 74 kilometres (46 mi) from Kharkiv. (BBC News)
13 May 2024 –
Judge Judy Sheindlin sues A360media, the parent company of the National Enquirer and In Touch Weekly, for defamation in the Menéndez brothers case. (AP)
13 May 2024 – GameStop short squeeze
Three years after the previous GameStop stock squeeze, Redditors return to artificially inflate GameStop's share price by 75%, reaching an 18-month high. The share price of AMC Theatres also increases by more than 70%. (Reuters) (CNBC)
13 May 2024 – Russia–United States relations
U.S. President Joe Biden signs a bill banning imports of uranium from Russia. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
13 May 2024 – 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 147 people, with 127 people still missing. (Reuters)
13 May 2024 – Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
The final remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, which killed six workers, are demolished with explosives. (East Bay Times)
13 May 2024 –
The death toll from the flash flood and lahar in West Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 43, with 15 others still missing. (Reuters)
At least 14 people are killed, 75 are injured, and others are trapped after a billboard collapses during heavy rains in Mumbai, India. (Reuters)
The Airlines for America trade association and several major American airlines file a lawsuit against the United States Department of Transportation over a rule requiring upfront disclosure of airline fees. (Reuters)
Indonesian police conducts a major drug raid on a lab hidden in a villa in Bali, Indonesia. They arrested one Indonesian, two Ukrainians, and one Russian. (AP)
13 May 2024 – 2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum
A referendum to allow dual citizenship in Lithuania fails to pass. (LRT)
13 May 2024 – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election
Gitanas Nausėda and Ingrida Šimonytė advance to the run-off election, which will be held on 26 May. (The Guardian)
13 May 2024 –
An administrative court in Münster, Germany, rules that the Alternative for Germany political party could threaten democracy and can be spied on. (The Washington Post)
13 May 2024 – 2024 New Caledonia unrest
The High Commissioner of New Caledonia imposes a curfew and mobilizes security forces after a general strike and violent protests over proposed constitutional changes in the capital city Nouméa. (Al Jazeera)
13 May 2024 –
OpenAI announces a new model of their generative pretrained transformer (GPT) named GPT-4o, capable of visual and video speech recognition and translation. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
2024 Kharkiv offensive
The Russian Defence Ministry states that its forces have captured several villages in Kharkiv Oblast. (CNN)
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
At least thirteen civilians are killed and 20 others are injured when pieces of a downed Ukrainian Tochka missile hit an apartment block in Belgorod, Russia. (AP) (Reuters)
President of Russia Vladimir Putin reassigns Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to the National Security Council and replaces him with Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov. (The Washington Post)
12 May 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israel–Hamas war
Rafah offensive
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns Israel lacks a credible plan to protect Rafah civilians. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 – War in Sudan
Battle of El Fasher
Fighting during RSF attacks on eastern El Fasher, over the weekend, kill at least 38 civilians and injure 189 others amid fears of an all out RSF assault on the city. (The Washington Post)
12 May 2024 – 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
The death toll from the ongoing flooding in northern Afghanistan increases to 315, with more than 1,600 people injured, and more than 1,000 houses destroyed. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 – 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
The death toll from the ongoing flooding in southern Brazil increases to 143, with 125 people still missing. The Brazilian government has announced R$12.1 billion in emergency spending in response to the crisis. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 –
The Marywilska 44 shopping mall in Białołęka district, Warsaw, Poland, is destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Many of the venues were Vietnamese-owned. (The Times of India) (Puls Biznesu)
Wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, force thousands to evacuate. (CNN)
12 May 2024 – Egypt–Israel relations, Rafah offensive
Egypt announces it will intervene on South Africa's side in the South Africa v Israel case in response to Israel's growing assault on Rafah. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 – 2024 Catalan regional election
The Socialists' Party of Catalonia wins the regional election with its best result since 2003. Pro-independence parties lose their absolute majority in the Parliament. (Reuters)
12 May 2024 – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election, 2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum
Lithuanians elect the President of Lithuania and vote on a constitutional amendment that would allow dual citizenship. (ABC News) (lnk.lt)
12 May 2024 – 2024 North Macedonian presidential election
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is sworn in as the first female President of North Macedonia. (Bloomberg Macedonia)
12 May 2024 –
Forty-nine Vatican Museums employees start an unprecedented labor dispute over unfair and poor working conditions against the Vatican's Pontifical Commission. (Reuters)
Hundreds of protesters march in Tunis, Tunisia, to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists, and opposition figures. (Reuters)
Bayer Leverkusen extend their record unbeaten streak in European association football to fifty matches. (Bundesliga)
11 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Three people are killed in a Ukrainian strike in Donetsk. Separately, two people are killed in Ukrainian strikes in Belgorod and Kursk. (Reuters)
11 May 2024 – Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Switzerland's entry, "The Code" by Nemo, wins this year's Eurovision contest. (DW)
Dutch musician Joost Klein is disqualified from the Eurovision final over reported verbal threats, which are under investigation by Swedish authorities. This is the first time that a performer has been disqualified during the festival. (Aftonbladet)
The Norwegian announcer for Eurovision, Alessandra Mele, announces that she will withdraw from announcing votes while declaring support for Palestine in the ongoing war. (Times of Israel)
11 May 2024 – 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
The death toll from the ongoing flooding in northern Afghanistan increases to 300, with more than 1,000 houses destroyed. (AP)
11 May 2024 – 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 136, with 125 still missing, and more than 300,000 people displaced. (Reuters)
11 May 2024 –
At least 28 people are killed after heavy rains in the Agam and Tanah Datar districts in West Sumatra, Indonesia, which triggered a flash flood and cold lava flow from Mount Marapi. (Al Jazeera)
Eleven people are killed and 53 others are injured when a bus crashes in West Java, Indonesia. (AP)
11 May 2024 – 2023–2024 Georgian protests
Fifty thousand people march in Tbilisi, in protest of the proposed Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence. (Reuters)