feat: Remove Node 18 support; add Node 24 support

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Issue Description

Related issue: #279

Updates Node.js version support to align with active LTS versions by dropping Node 18 (EOL) and adding Node 24.

Approach

• Updated package.json engines.node from 18 || 20 || 22 to 20 || 22 || 24
• Updated .github/workflows/ci.yml test matrix to replace Node 18 with Node 24

TODOs before merging

• Add entry to changelog

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• Fixes Remove Node 18 support; add Node 24 support #475

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