Explanation

According the the United Nations World Metrological Organization (WMO), 2024 was the hottest year on record, with global temperatures reaching 1.55 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

This was the first time the global average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average.

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Explanation

Pakistan needs 12 votes out of 39 to exit the 'grey' list and move to the 'white' list.

To avoid the 'black' list, it needs the support of three countries. China, Turkey, and Malaysia are its consistent supporters.

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Pakistan has been on the grey list of FATF since June 2007

Pakistan will stay on the FATF grey list till  February 2021

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Now Pakistan removes from FATF grey list in France meeting from 20-21 October 2022.

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Explanation

Angola withdrew its membership from OPEC on January 1, 2024: 

Angola: Joined OPEC in 2007 and announced its withdrawal in 2023 

Other countries that have withdrawn from OPEC:

Qatar: Terminated its membership in January 2019 to focus on natural gas production 

Ecuador: Suspended its membership in 1992, reactivated it in 2007, and withdrew in 2020 

Indonesia: Suspended its membership in 2009, reactivated it in 2016, and suspended it again that year

Explanation

Shino Abe: former PM of Japan (longest-serving leader)

Shinzo Abe killed: 8 July 2022

Shinzo Abe became Japanese PM first time: 2006

Shinzo Abe served Japanese PM second time: 2012 to 2022

Explanation

As per the OPEC + deal, Azerbaijan is obligated to decrease its daily oil production by 131,000 barrels from August and December

Additional information 

Multiple OPEC+ countries have recently announced additional voluntary cuts to their oil production, including:

• Saudi Arabia: 1,000 barrels per day
• Iraq: 220 barrels per day
• United Arab Emirates: 163 barrels per day
• Kuwait: 135 barrels per day
• Kazakhstan: 82 barrels per day
• Algeria: 51 barrels per day
• Oman: 42 barrels per day 

These cuts are in addition to the voluntary cuts that were previously announced in April 2023 and extended until the end of 2024.

The total cut is 5.86 million barrels per day, or about 5.7% of global demand. 

OPEC+ members agreed to extend these cuts until the end of 2025

Explanation

 The United Kingdom voted to leave the EU in a national referendum in June 2016,

and left in 2020.

The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020, at midnight (Dutch time).

Theresa May was prime minister at the Time of Brexit

Brexit is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC) .

The UK is to date the first and only country to formally leave the EU after 47 years of membership

Explanation

Denmark is set to impose the world's first carbon tax on livestock emissions: 

Purpose

The tax is intended to help Denmark achieve its goal of carbon neutrality by 2045. 

Tax rate

Farmers will pay $43 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2030.

Explanation

The first known infections from SARS-CoV-2 were discovered in Wuhan, China in 2019

Explanation

Brexit (“British” and “exit”) is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).

The UK left the EU at 11 p.m. GMT on 31 January 2020.

Theresa May was prime minister at the Time of Brexit

The UK is to date the first and only country to formally leave the EU after 47 years of membership

Explanation

 The hottest day ever registered globally for 2024  is "July 21" with a daily average temperature of 17.16°C

The C3S also predicts that 2024 will be the warmest year on record and the first year with a temperature above 1.5°C.

The C3S's ERA5 reanalysis dataset, which began in 1940