"current events" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-current events.wav [Canada] Forms: current event [singular]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=current event}} current events pl (normally plural, singular current event)
  1. Current affairs; those events and issues of interest currently found in the news. Tags: plural, plural-normally Related terms: current affairs Translations (news items): 時事 (Chinese Cantonese), 时事 (si⁴ si⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 時事 (Chinese Mandarin), 时事 (shíshì) (Chinese Mandarin), aktuelle begivenheder (Danish), actualiteiten (Dutch), ajankohtaiset uutiset (Finnish), actualités (French), მიმდინარე მოვლენები (mimdinare movlenebi) (Georgian), ახლანდელი მოვლენები (axlandeli movlenebi) (Georgian), დღევანდელი მოვლენები (dɣevandeli movlenebi) (Georgian), aktuelles Tagesgeschehen [neuter] (German), אֲקְטוּאַלְיָה (aqtuálya) [feminine] (Hebrew), 時事 (jiji) (Japanese), ádahooníłígíí (Navajo), aktuelle hendelser (Norwegian), aktualia [neuter, plural] (Polish), eventos atuais [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), acontecimentos recentes [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), atualidades [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), но́вости (nóvosti) [feminine, plural] (Russian), теку́щие собы́тия (tekúščije sobýtija) [neuter, plural] (Russian), actualidad [feminine] (Spanish), aktualiteter (Swedish), aktuella händelser (Swedish), ప్రస్తుత ఘటనలు (prastuta ghaṭanalu) (Telugu), aktüalite (Turkish), пото́чні поді́ї (potóčni podíji) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian), thời sự (Vietnamese)

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