Abbey Carper

In 2026, The Grammys Will See Historic Firsts: Ketanji Jackson Is The 1st SCOTUS Justice & The Dalai Lama Is The 1st Tibetan Leader Nominated For Spoken Word Album. Huntr/X Is The 1st Girl Group In 20 Years Up For SOTY; Jack Antonoff Earns All Major Category Nominations; And Rosé Is The 1st K-Pop Female Soloist Nominated In Top Categories.

Zohran Mamdani, 34, Will Become NYC’s First Muslim, First South Asian, And 2nd-Youngest Mayor (After Hugh J. Grant, 30, In 1889), Leading The Most Populous & Highly Diverse U.S. City. In Virginia, Democrat Ghazala Hashmi, 61, Is Elected Lt. Gov., Becoming The First Muslim Woman, First Indian American, & First South Asian To Win Statewide Office.

The Dodgers Became The First MLB Team In 25 Years To Win Back-To-Back World Series Titles, A Feat Last Achieved By The N.Y Yankees From 1998–2000. They Beat The Yankees 4–1 In 2024 And The Toronto Blue Jays In A 2025 Game 7. L.A Celebrated With A Massive Parade Led By Ohtani, MVP Yamamoto, Rookie Sasaki, And Retiring Legend Clayton Kershaw.

Rob Jetten’s Centrist D66 Party Won The Dutch Election, Positioning Him To Be The Netherlands’ Youngest & First Openly Gay PM. D66 Secured ~18% Of Votes & Tripled Its Seats To 26 In The Lower 150-Member Parliament. Lacking A Majority, They Must Form A Coalition To Govern. The PVV Lost Ground By ~15k Votes; Final Results Await Overseas Ballots.

Egypt Opens The $1B Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Near Cairo; It Will Be The World’s Largest Museum Devoted To One Civilization. Just 2km From The Giza Pyramids, It Displays 100,000+ Artifacts, Including For The First Time King Tut’s Full 5,000-Piece Collection; Ramses II’s Statue; & The Khufu Solar Boat. GEM Opens Nov 4, 2025, To Boost Tourism.

Barcelona’s Sagrada Família In Spain Is Now The World’s Tallest Church At 162.91m, Surpassing Germany’s Ulm Minster (161.53m). The Milestone Came After A Cross Was Added Atop Its Central Tower Of Jesus Christ. When The Cross Is Completed In 2026, The Church Will Reach 172m, 100yrs After Its Designer, Antoni Gaudí’s Death. Construction Began In 1882.

Cameroon’s 92-Year-Old President Paul Biya, The World’s Oldest President, Has Won A Disputed 8th Term With 53.66% Of Votes Amid Deadly Protests & Fraud Claims. Biya Has Ruled For 43 Years, Sparking Youth Unrest In A Country Where Over 70% Are Under 35. Security & Protesters Clashes Leave Deaths, With Critics Warning Of Rising Instability.

Tanzania’s First Female President Samia Suluhu Hassan, In Power Since 2021 After John Magufuli’s Death, Is Set To Become This African Nation’s First Elected Female President In A Vote Widely Seen As A Formality Amid Opposition Bans And Arrests. Critics Cite Rising Repression. Despite Frustration, Samia Remains Popular, Especially Among Rural Women.

The Guangwushan Nuoshuihe Glass-Bottomed Water Slide In Sichuan, China, Holds The Guinness World Record As The Longest Of Its Kind, Stretching 2.66 Miles. Made Of High-Strength Transparent Glass, It Gives Riders A Thrilling Several-Minute Ride As They Glide Through Mountainous Terrain With Dramatic Views, Blending Nature, Beauty, And Innovation.

Japan, The World’s 4th Largest Economy And Lowest G7 Nation In Gender Equality (118/148), Has Elected Its First Female PM, Sanae Takaichi. A Staunch Conservative & Pro Abe, She Admires Thatcher, Loves Heavy Metal, Is Hawkish On China, WWII And Immigration, Seeks To Revise The Pacifist Constitution, And Opposes Same-Sex Marriage And Gender Reforms.