COUNTRIES AROUND THE world have begun ushering in 2024 and bidding farewell to a turbulent 12 months marked by conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, climate crises and clever chatbots.

The world’s population – now over eight billion – will see out the old and usher in the new, with many hoping to shake the weight of high living costs and global tumult.…

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