Burj Khalifa News

Iran and Israel both sign (or publicly accept) a written cease-fire or peace agreement, and no lethal exchange of fire between their regular forces occurs for the following 30 consecutive days

A cease-fire or peace deal is violated by Israel

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resigns

Government official from Mexico attends the 2025 BRICS Summit

Iran - Israel War ends in 2025 (ceasefire last at least 90 days (September 22, 2025) or peace deal is signed)

A new non-majority Muslim (according to CIA Factbook) state becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

≥ 25 fatalities in Cambodia-Thailand border clashes

DRC & Rwanda sign USA-brokered peace agreement

≥ 1,500 Palestinians killed near Gaza aid hubs

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash ends in ceasefire in 2025

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash ends in ceasefire before October 1, 2025

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash ceasefire is broken

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash reignites (fighting resumes)

Indonesia becomes a member of BRICS

World leader of 20m+ population country is assassinated

United States government arrests president Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela

India's 2026-2027 Defence Budget exceeds ₹7.5 lakh crore

Russia remains a permanent member of UN Security Council

Kim Jong Un remains General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (or equivalent title)

Xi Jinping remains General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

Benjamin Netanyahu alive as of April 31, 2026

Vladimir Putin remains President of Russia

Claudia Sheinbaum remains President of Mexico

United States troops enter Iran

Donald Trump remains President of USA

A new cease-fire between Iran and United States OR Israel is declared post Feb 28, 2026

An armed non-state group captures and holds the capital city of a UN-recognised state for ≥72 hours

Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains President of Ukraine

China declares an air- or maritime-exclusion zone covering any part of Taiwan’s territorial sea or airspace

Ukraine - Russia War halted by Ceasefire

Confirmed overflight of US Military aircraft over Cuba

Algeria becomes a member of BRICS

A cyber-attack officially attributed to a foreign state actor causes ≥US $1 billion in insured losses to a single country

At any point more than 5,000 USA National Guard Troops domestically deployed

Saudi Arabia prices oil exports to China in Yuan (CNY)

Autonomous lethal drones (no human on the kill-decision loop) are acknowledged by any state to have been used in combat

Min Aung Hlaing ceases to serve as either (a) Chairman of the State Administration Council or (b) Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces

Donald Trump and Iran work out a "deal" to cease hostilities (even temporarily)

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The U.S. suffers ≥50 combat fatalities in a single new overseas operation—defined as a country where no U.S. combat deaths occurred in 2024

North Korea conducts a nuclear weapons test

A 5th-generation fighter jet is confirmed to have been destroyed in air/shot down (not including being damaged from an airfield bombing)

A drone attacks a head of state (hits or lands within 30 meters)

A cease-fire or peace deal is violated by Iran

A country declares war on Israel

At least 5,000 uniformed personnel belonging to a UN-Security-Council-authorized security or peace-keeping mission are physically deployed in Haiti

Russia sells or scraps it's only aircraft carrier; the Admiral Kuznetsov

Nigeria becomes a member of BRICS

USA performs military action (troops/special forces deployed or airstrike/missile strike) in Mexico resulting in confirmed deaths

Hostile military action by United States against Cuba

Ukraine - Russia War ends with a peace treaty

Iran undergoes a regime change

Benjamin Netanyahu remains Prime Minister of Israel

A new ceasefire between Israel and Gaza is announced by Donald Trump

Russian armed forces intentionally attack uniformed personnel or sovereign assets of any NATO member state, or vice-versa

A peace treaty ending the Ethiopia–Tigray conflict is signed and remains unbroken for 90 days

Azerbaijan becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Turkey invokes NATO Article 4 consultations

A head of state from a G20 country is assassinated

North Korea provides missile(s) to Iran

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in Europe

Kazakhstan becomes a member of BRICS

Izz al-Din al-Haddad remains leader of Hamas

Non-PSUV candidate inaugurated as next President of Venezuela

1+ deaths attributed to a rogue AI

Trump, Putin, & Zelensky meet together in the same room

An armed clash between India and Pakistan results in ≥100 military fatalities in a 7-day period

Vladimir Putin is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

Any NATO country formally declares war on another country

Uniformed armed forces in any G20 member state attempt to seize executive power from the constitutional head of government

Saudi Arabia becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

160 UN Nations simultaneously officially regonize Palestine's statehood.

Any signatory of the CTBT tests a nuclear weapon

The IAEA publicly reports that Iran possesses uranium enriched to ≥90 % U-235

Syria becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in United States

A country declares war on United States

A state shoot-down of a spacecraft or satellite in orbit is publicly confirmed

At least three sovereign states outside NATO, EU, ANZUS, or the Quad sign a formal mutual-defence treaty deposited with the UN Treaty Series

Any EU member invokes Article 42 (7) of the Treaty on European Union in response to an armed attack

Any country leaves NATO

Successful military coup in Venezuela

Japan launches a domestically-built intermediate-range ballistic missile (>3 000 km advertised range) test

Mexico becomes a member of BRICS

Bangladesh becomes a member of BRICS

China invades Taiwan

United States formally declares war on Iran

Sudanese Civil War ends

Iraq becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

A vessel larger than 50,000 deadweight tons is damaged or sunk by a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz

A leader of a country is tried and executed by a UN recognized state.

Libya becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

North Korea - South Korea results in any civilian deaths

China formally declares war on another country

Egypt formally declares war on another country

Iran loses territory

Azerbaijani troops enter Iran

A nation officially announces AGI has been achieved

The Arctic Council is formally suspended or dissolved by unanimous vote

Venezuela becomes a member of BRICS

China becomes militarily involved in Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash

An armed clash in the Shaksgam Valley between India & China resulting in ≥10 fatalities in a 7-day period

A country announces magnetic-fusion net-positive energy

Benjamin Netanyahu is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

Armenia undergoes a regime change as the result of a military coup

Ukraine ceases to exist as a sovereign state

Israel loses territory

Iranian troops enter Israel

United Kingdom formally states intention to begin process to reverse "Brexit"

United Nations Security Council adopts (i.e., passes without veto) a formal resolution that explicitly condemns Israel’s use of lethal force against civilians seeking humanitarian aid in Gaza or demands Israel cease such force

Any hostile military forces are deployed on Israeli soil

USA leaves NATO

India's Prime Minister Modi steps down or announces a successor

Burj Khalifa destroyed via hostile action

Jordan becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in Canada

Palestine is granted full United Nations Membership

Bashar Al-Assad is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

World Health Organization (WHO) declares a Chikungunya virus pandemic

United States formally declares war on another country

United States Military personnel deaths greater than or equal to 15 in Israel borders during 2026

Argentina becomes a member of BRICS

The Government of Denmark publicly acknowledges receipt of a formal written offer from Donald J. Trump or his officially empowered representatives to transfer sovereignty over Greenland to the United States

Any current G-20 member state ceases to be listed as a United Nations Member State

Qatar becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

At least one nuclear explosive device is detonated with the intent to harm a state’s armed forces or civilian population

Ukraine becomes a formal NATO member

Israel annexes 100% of Gaza

Donald Trump is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

Saudi Arabia signs a written, mutual-defence pact with China or Russia

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in United Kingdom

Israel conducts military operation in Cyprus

Lebanon becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Major News sources consistently identify a conflict as WWIII

Kim Jong Un is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

Iran becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Two states engage in a nuclear exchange (both attempt to deliver a nuclear device within the borders of the other)

Israel annexes any portion of Iran

Any United States of America state formally states intent to begin process to secede

Any Canadian territory becomes part of US territory

Whole of Greenland becomes USA territory

Alberta begins process of becoming a USA state

Any US territory comes under Canadian administration

Extraterrestrials making contact with earth is widely acknowledged

Humans will extinct

Crewed mission to Phobos

USA adds 52nd state

24th Doctor Who regenerates into the 25th

President with Green Eyes elected

UK has a queen again

Olympics hosted in Japan again

ChatGPT 10 releases

RSA-2048 cracked

African company or country lands on moon

Harlem Globetrotters lose again

2000 Pokemon Released or franchise ceases

Batman enters the public domain

Room temperature superconductor discovered

The Beatles music enters the public domain

Japan Bans Whaling

Human walks on mars

Hershey's reintroduces the Gold bar

Tom Scott's This Video Has X Views hits 1B

human dies on the moon

Tom Scott's This Video Has X Views hits 500M

Pokemon Card sells for $10M

Olympics hosted in Africa

Pickleball in the Olympics

Norway Bans Whaling

First hispanic USA president

Longest suspension bridge record broken

Team Fortress 3 releases

Country claims the Bir Tawil triangle

End support date for Windows 12

Grand Theft Auto 7 releases

USA Adds 51st state

The first $10T market cap company

USA fully ends embargo on Cuba

The next 9.0 magnitude earthquake

Iceland Bans Whaling

The version after Windows 12 releases

EU reaches 30 member states

Centennial Lightbulb burns out

Underwater hold breath world record broken

Bugs Bunny enters public domain

Superman enters the public domain

Grimace Shake returns to McDonalds

Sitting USA president visits Belize for the first time

Peppa Pig ends

First asian USA president (as judged by self ID & manifold opinion after inauguration)

19th Doctor Who regenerates into 20th

Destiny retires from regular streaming

Bitcoin reaches $200K USD

Windows 11 end support date

Taika Waititi's Star Wars film releases

India hosts the Olympics

China invades Taiwan or resolves conflict

1500 Pokemon Released

Star Citizen releases or company ceases

Family Guy ends

Civilization 8 releases

Kingdom Hearts 4 releases

First female USA president

Two grand slams in one MLB game by one player again

South Park ends

Manifold reaches 20K MAU

ChatGPT 7 releases

Simpsons ends

Xi no longer in power in China

Human walks on moon again

Blood Meridian movie release

Trump Dies

Chicago ends on Broadway

Uber OR Lyft bankrupt / acquired / ceases

Half Life 3 releases

Manifold reaches 40K MAU

USA's Doris Miller aircraft carrier launched

1300 Pokemon Released

Another MLB perfect game pitched

James Cameron's Avatar 4 releases

Book of Mormon ends on Broadway

One piece manga ends

Human runs official marathon under 2h

Skibidi Toilet ends

Another Five Nights at Freddy's movie comes out

a USA president impeached again

Putin no longer in power in Russia

Burj Khalifa record for tallest building broken

Bitcoin reaches $150K USD

Grand Theft Auto 6 releases

First Trillionaire (USD)

marijuana no longer federally a schedule 1 drug in the USA

ChatGPT 6 releases

Russia / Ukraine conflict ceasefire

Shrek 5 releases

Sagrada Familia Church completed

Twitter gets a new CEO after Linda Yaccarino (or ceases operations)

Price of gold hits $5000/oz

The first $5T market cap company

USA discontinues or changes penny coin

Death Stranding 2 releases

First $100B revenue media franchise

New Pope after Francis

Civilization 7 releases

Bitcoin reaches $100K USD

Mario 64 120star speedrun WR 1h36m00s or less

Dallas Mavericks play in the NBA championship

2030

2029

Other

2031

Demolished

2028

YES

Tokyo Tower, Tokyo

Abeno Harukas, Osaka

Tsūtenkaku, Osaka

22 Bishopsgate, London

Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo

Sunshine 60, Tokyo

Eiffel Tower, Paris

The Shard, London

Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building, Osaka

Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Tokyo

Bunkyo Civic Center, Tokyo

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Tokyo

Vilnius TV Tower, Vilnius

YES

YES