Dictatorship
Form of government
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| 2025 |
Rule by decree
Donald Trump continued his extensive use of executive orders, with legal scholars suggesting this amounts to rule by decree by bypassing United States Congress for budgetary and personnel changes.
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| 2025 | Expected year for resolving the debt-servicing crisis initiated during the Marcos era, highlighting the long-term economic consequences of his administration's financial mismanagement. |
| 2024 | Kento Yamazaki won the Elle Men Award at the Elle Cinema Awards for his performance in Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General. |
| 2024 | Kento Yamazaki won the Best from the East Award at the 23rd New York Asian Film Festival. |
| 2024 | Takao Osawa won Best Supporting Actor at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize. |
| 2024 | Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General, a Japanese historical war film directed by Shinsuke Sato, was released. The film is an adaptation of the manga by Yasuhisa Hara and serves as a sequel to Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny (2023). |
| 2024 | The film was nominated for Best Film at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize. |
| 2024 |
Megatron
D-16 discovers Sentinel Prime's betrayal of the Primes and his secret alliance with the Quintessons, receiving his transformation cog to become a silver tank.
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| 2024 |
Megatron
D-16 defeats Starscream and seizes command of the High Guard, creating a new fusion cannon during the confrontation.
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| 2024 |
Megatron
In Transformers One, Megatron (initially known as D-16) appears as an Energon mining robot who secretly enters a race organized by Sentinel Prime with his best friend Orion Pax, but loses.
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| 2024 |
Megatron
After being tortured by Sentinel, D-16 is branded with Megatronus Prime's symbol and learns about his idol's cog.
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| 2024 |
Megatron
D-16 betrays Orion Pax by dropping him into Cybertron's core after Orion prevents his execution of Sentinel.
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| 2024 |
Megatron
D-16 renames himself 'Megatron' after killing Sentinel, takes Megatronus' cog, and commands the High Guard to destroy Iacon.
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| 2024 |
Spider-Bitch
Doja Cat name-drops the character Ashley Barton in her song 'HEADHIGH' from the album Scarlet.
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| December 30 2024 |
State of emergency
President of Trinidad and Tobago Christine Kangaloo issued a state of emergency on the advice of Prime Minister Keith Rowley over surging violence and weapons from the United States fueling a Caribbean crime wave.
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| December 30 2024 |
State of emergency
A state of emergency was declared following a spike in gang violence that resulted in 6 deaths in the previous two days.
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| August 23 2024 |
State of emergency
Governor Jim Justice extended the West Virginia drought state of emergency for an additional 30 days.
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| July 26 2024 |
State of emergency
The Governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, declared a state of emergency due to drought, initially for 30 days.
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| May 15 2024 |
State of emergency
France declares a state of emergency in New Caledonia following deadly riots.
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| April 2024 |
Deep state
Trump concludes series of posts detailing his plan to dismantle the deep state, including proposals like reinstating Schedule F and creating the Department of Government Efficiency.
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| April 2024 |
Deep state
By this point, Trump had posted about the deep state 56 times on Truth Social, with nine posts detailing specific plans to destroy it.
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| March 26 2024 |
State of emergency
The Governor of Maryland, Wes Moore, declared a state of emergency due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
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| February 2024 |
Deep state
Former Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss claimed she was forced out of office by the 'deep state' during her appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the US, sparking criticism from her own party and the opposition as a 'conspiracy theory'.
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| January 14 2024 |
State of emergency
The Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, declared a state of emergency due to severe winter storms.
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| January 11 2024 |
State of emergency
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape declared a state of emergency due to the 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest.
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| January 9 2024 |
State of emergency
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency following the escape of José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the Los Choneros drug cartel, from prison.
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| 2023 |
Mileena
In Mortal Kombat 1's reboot, Mileena's character is significantly reimagined as the older twin sister of Kitana and daughter of Sindel, with her Tarkat disease giving her distinctive Tarkatan facial features that she hides behind a mask.
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| 2023 |
Thanos
The Global Repatriation Council (GRC) begins working to reintegrate the population that was returned after the Blip, leading to significant socioeconomic conflicts.
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| 2023 |
Thanos
Thanos arrives in his warship and destroys the Avengers Compound. He engages in a multi-hero battle with Stark, Rogers, and Thor, declaring his intent to destroy all life and repopulate it.
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| 2023 |
Thanos
The surviving Avengers reverse the Blip, bringing back those who were previously eliminated, which subsequently triggers delayed cosmic events like the Emergence.
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| November 2023 |
Spider-Bitch
Actor Dax ExclamationPoint publicly expressed interest in portraying Spider-Bitch in a potential Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) solo film.
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| November 10 2023 |
State of emergency
Icelandic authorities declared a state of emergency after powerful earthquakes in the Reykjanes peninsula, with the village of Grindavík ordered to evacuate due to the imminent volcanic eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano.
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| September 8 2023 |
State of emergency
United States President Joe Biden extended the state of emergency originally declared by George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks.
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| August 4 2023 |
State of emergency
Ethiopia's Council of ministers declared a state of emergency in the Amhara region following clashes between regional armed forces and the military.
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| May 2023 |
Spider-Bitch
Appeared in the animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as a member of Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society.
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| February 2023 |
Thanos
James Cameron publicly admitted to having a personal connection with Thanos, stating that he could 'relate' to the character's environmental solution.
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| February 14 2023 |
State of emergency
Minister for Civil Defense Kieran McAnulty declared a state of national emergency in response to Cyclone Gabrielle, which caused flooding and evacuations in New Zealand.
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| February 7 2023 |
State of emergency
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared a three-month long state of emergency in 10 cities due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.
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| January 2023 |
Deep state
Donald Trump began developing a multi-step plan to 'demolish the deep state', starting a campaign to dismantle government bureaucracy.
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| 2022 |
Thanos
Eric Kripke confirmed that a character in The Boys (Termite) was a parody of Ant-Man, partially inspired by the internet 'Thanus' meme about Ant-Man defeating Thanos.
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| 2022 |
Daenerys Targaryen
123 newborn American girls were given the name Daenerys.
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| 2022 |
Thanos
Additional alternate Thanos versions appear in the film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, expanding his multiverse presence.
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| 2022 |
Ra's al Ghul
Ra's meets Bruce Wayne and Minkhoa Khan during Bruce's pre-Batman training, initially presenting himself as someone trying to save the world, but later revealing plans to bomb multiple cities globally.
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| 2022 |
Doctor Doom
Newsarama ranked Doctor Doom 2nd in their 'Best Marvel supervillains' list, affirming his continued significance in the comic book world.
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| 2022 |
Doctor Doom
Screen Rant and CBR.com included Doctor Doom in multiple prestigious lists, including 'MCU: 10 Most Desired Fan Favorite Debuts Expected In The Multiverse Saga', '15 Most Powerful Black Panther Villains', '10 Best Black Panther Comics Characters Not In The MCU', '10 Coolest Avengers Villains', '13 Most Important Marvel Villains', and '5th Most Iconic Black Panther Villains'.
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| December 2022 |
Deep state
German authorities disrupted a coup plot by the Reichsbürger movement and QAnon-aligned group, which aimed to overthrow the German government and install Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss as a new leader. The plot involved recruiting military personnel, stockpiling weapons, and planning a forced regime change.
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| August 2022 |
Doctor Doom
Release of 'Doctor Doom: The Book of Doom Omnibus', a comprehensive collection of Doctor Doom appearances across multiple Marvel comic series.
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| August 25 2022 |
State of emergency
Pakistan declared a state of emergency because of flooding.
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| July 28 2022 |
State of emergency
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency due to historic flooding in Eastern Kentucky.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Rule by decree, Spider-Bitch (Ashley Barton), Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, Ra's al Ghul, State of emergency, Anti-urbanism, Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Megatron, Daenerys Targaryen, Doctor Doom, Deep state, Mileena & Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.