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- Four people are killed and five more injured in a stampede at a delivery of food and money amid Lunar New Year celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2024 Southport stabbing
- A court in Liverpool, England, sentences the man who was found guilty of killing three children and injuring 10 others in a mass stabbing in Southport, Merseyside, to life imprisonment with a minimum of 52 years in prison. (DW)
- LGBTQ rights in Thailand
- Thailand becomes the 38th country and the first in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. (Reuters)
- The International Criminal Court prosecutor requests arrest warrants against Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Taliban chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, accusing them of crimes against humanity. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Irish general election, Government of the 34th Dáil
- Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael form a coalition government with the backing of several independent TDs. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is elected as Taoiseach, with Fine Gael leader Simon Harris as Tánaiste. (Politico)
- Second presidency of Donald Trump
- Chief Judge of the United States District Court in Washington State, U.S., John C. Coughenour blocks President Donald Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional". (Reuters) (The New York Times)
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