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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)

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)

21 May 2024 – Censorship in Israel

The Israeli Ministry of Communications seizes broadcasting equipment from the Associated Press and suspends their live feed of Gaza, accusing them of breaking the new media law by supplying images to Al Jazeera. (AP)

19 May 2024 – 2024 New Caledonia unrest

France deploys law enforcement to New Caledonia to regain control of the road to La Tontouta International Airport, which is currently controlled by protesters. (Reuters)

18 May 2024 – 2023–2024 Georgian protests

President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili vetoes the proposed "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence". (The Guardian)

18 May 2024 – LGBT rights in Peru

Hundreds of protesters march in Lima, Peru, to demand the reversal of a new law that describes transgender people as having a mental illness. (Reuters)