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Topics in the news
- Michael Smith (pictured) wins the PDC World Darts Championship.
- Croatia adopts the euro and joins the Schengen Area.
- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at the age of 95.
- Brazilian footballer Pelé dies at the age of 82.
- A winter storm causes record-breaking low temperatures and leaves more than 100 people dead across North America.
January 8, 2023
(Sunday)
January 7, 2023
(Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are killed and 23 others are injured in a bus crash in Diyarbakır, Turkey. (Armenpress)
- Five people are killed and ten others are missing after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Tunisia. (Al Jazeera)
- One person is killed and ten others are injured when two trains crash on Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro in Mexico City, Mexico. (Mirror) (Excélsior)
- Two people are killed and another person is injured when a roof collapses in Alexandria, Egypt. (The Washington Post)
Law and crime
- One person is killed and 60 others are injured in a prison riot in Pathein, Myanmar. (Hindustan Times)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
- Kevin McCarthy is elected speaker of the United States House of Representatives after fifteen rounds of voting, the most rounds since 1860. (BBC News)
January 6, 2023
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- Russian forces shell the city of Kramatorsk, damaging at least fourteen homes, according to the city's mayor. This is despite a Russian truce proposal for Orthodox Christmas. There are no reports of casualties. (Reuters via The Straits Times)
- Donetsk People's Republic officials accuse Ukraine of shelling Donetsk with artillery. (Reuters via The Straits Times)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- A Russian missile strike near a fire station in Kherson, kills one person and injures four others, according to regional official Yaroslav Yanushevych. (Ukrinform)
- Battle of Donbas
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Somali Civil War
- Al-Shabaab gunmen storm a village in Hirshabelle State that was captured from the jihadist group last week, killing at least six people. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 2021–2023 inflation surge
- 2022–2023 food crises
- The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization reports that international food prices reached a record high in 2022 amid ongoing concerns of food shortages. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 food crises
Disasters and accidents
- At least 16 people are killed and 21 others are injured when a bus crashes while travelling from Kampala to Gulu in northern Uganda. (Daily Monitor via The East African)
- One person is killed and two others are injured when a crane collapses in Melhus, Trøndelag, Norway. (DW)
International relations
- Afghanistan–China relations
- The Taliban and the Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company of China agree to a 25-year deal to allow the Chinese firm to drill for oil in the Amu Darya basin. It is Afghanistan's first major energy extraction agreement with a foreign firm since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Censorship in Saudi Arabia, Censorship of Wikipedia
- Saudi Arabia sentences two Wikipedia administrators to 32 and 8 years in prison, respectively, in relation to their activities on the website. (AFP via The Guardian)
- Toxic cough syrup
- State security police in Uzbekistan arrest four people over the deaths of 19 children who consumed a cough syrup product manufactured by Indian drug manufacturer Marion Biotech last week. (RFE/RL)
- Mali War
- Interim president Assimi Goïta pardons 49 Ivorian soldiers who were arrested in July and convicted of "undermining state security". (AFP via Voice of America)
January 5, 2023
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Russian Christmas truce proposal
- Following the suggestion of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a unilateral ceasefire on January 6–7 in connection with Orthodox Christmas. However, Ukraine rejects an offer to respond with a mutual ceasefire, citing lack of trust. (Reuters)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United States and Germany agree to send Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Germany will also supply the Ukrainian military with a MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system. (The Guardian) (AFP via The Times of Israel)
- 2023 Russian Christmas truce proposal
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Mexican drug war
- 2023 Sinaloa unrest
- The army arrests Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of incarcerated drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, in Culiacán, Sinaloa. The arrest is followed by state-wide unrest, with many schools and airports closed. Ten soldiers and 19 gang members are killed during the unrest. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
- 2023 Sinaloa unrest
- Afghanistan conflict
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- The Taliban says that its forces have killed eight Islamic State insurgents, including foreign nationals, and arrested seven others in a series of raids in Kabul and the western Nimruz Province, following recent attacks by the jihadist group. (Al Jazeera)
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Aegean dispute
- A Turkish coast guard vessel exchanges warning shots with a Greek coast guard vessel near the Greek island of Farmakonisi. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Three people are killed and nine others are injured after a building collapses in Mosul, Iraq. (NewsToday)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Greece announces that travelers from China will require a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter the country. (Reuters)
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
Politics and elections
- Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI
- The funeral for Pope emeritus Benedict XVI takes place in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, with at least 50,000 attendees. (AP)
- The government of Chad reports that an "attempted destabilization" plot led by military and human rights activists has failed. The statement says that the arrests of the 11 people involved took place later than 8 December 2022. (AFP via France 24)
January 4, 2023
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- Mahas bombings
- Al-Shabaab jihadists kill 35 people in a double car bombing outside a politician's home and a market in Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia. (BBC News)
- Mahas bombings
- Terrorism in Pakistan
- Two intelligence officers, including the director of the provincial counterterrorism department, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan, by suspected Pakistani Taliban gunmen. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- #MeToo movement
- Actors Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, who starred in the 1968 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, file a lawsuit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against Paramount Pictures for US$500 million, alleging sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and fraud, and for being filmed in the nude without their knowledge. (AFP) (Variety)
Business and economy
- Meta Platforms is fined €390 million by the European Union, claiming that the company's collection of personal data from Facebook and Instagram accounts for personalized ads was in violation of EU privacy laws. (Reuters)
- The Competition Commission of India rejects an appeal from Google over its ruling in October that Google's dominant position in the search engine market and control of the Android app store violated India's antitrust laws. (Reuters)
International relations
- Equatorial Guinea–Spain relations
- The Supreme Court of Spain says that it will investigate two sons of Equatorial Guinean president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo over the kidnapping and torture of two Spanish citizens who oppose Obiang's rule. (VOA)
Law and crime
- 2023 Enoch, Utah shooting
- Three adults and five children are found dead inside a home in Enoch, Utah, United States, after police conduct a welfare check. (The New York Times)
Science and technology
- Hurricane Katrina
- The National Hurricane Center publishes a new Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Katrina, lowering the death toll from over 1,800 to 1,392. (National Hurricane Center via Twitter)(National Hurricane Center)
January 3, 2023
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Makiivka military quarters shelling
- The Russian defense ministry increases the death toll of soldiers from a December 31 Ukrainian missile attack in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, to 89. The ministry attributes the casualties to the soldiers' use of mobile phones with tracking systems. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
- Makiivka military quarters shelling
- Mexican drug war
- Aftermath of the 2023 Ciudad Juárez prison attack
- Five gunmen and two members of the security forces are killed during a shootout while searching for 30 inmates who escaped two days ago during an armed attack on a prison in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Ten prison guards and seven inmates were killed during the attack. (BBC News)
- Aftermath of the 2023 Ciudad Juárez prison attack
- Yemeni Civil War
- Five people are killed and many more wounded during a gunfight between Houthi militants and Yemeni soldiers in Taiz. (Xinhua)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- The visit of the Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem results in protests by Palestinians as well as condemnation of the visit by several Arab countries, who consider the site to be part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Twenty-eight civilians are found dead in the town of Nouna, in northwest Burkina Faso. Burkinabé human rights groups say that the killings were perpetrated by pro-government militia VDP on December 15, 18, and 22. (Atlas) (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021–2023 global energy crisis
- 2022–2023 Pakistan economic crisis
- The government orders the closure of all shopping malls and retail markets by 8:30 p.m. (PKT) daily as part of an energy conservation plan to offset increasing energy prices. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 Pakistan economic crisis
Politics and elections
- 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
- The 118th United States Congress begins, with the House Speaker election heading to multiple ballots for the first time in 100 years after Kevin McCarthy fails to receive the required number of votes on the first three ballots. (ABC News)
Sports
- 2022–23 snooker season
- The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association suspends Chinese players Zhang Jiankang and Zhao Xintong from the World Snooker Tour as part of a match-fixing investigation involving ten Chinese players. (AFP via France 24)
January 2, 2023
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kashmir conflict
- 2023 Rajouri attacks
- Two children are killed and four other people are injured by an explosion outside the home of one of the four Hindus who were killed yesterday in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (The Hindu)
- 2023 Rajouri attacks
- Mali War
- Two firefighters and three civilians are killed in an armed attack by Islamist insurgents along a highway between Bamako and Ségou. (AFP via Barron's)
- Protests continue for a fifth day in Las Anod, Somaliland, with protesters demanding that the city be governed by Puntland instead of by Somaliland. Twenty people are killed in clashes between protestors and security forces. (Africanews)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Gold Coast helicopter crash
- Four people are killed and eight others are injured when two helicopters collide near the Sea World theme park in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. (ABC News Australia)
Health and environment
- Malawi suspends the opening of schools in Lilongwe and Blantyre due to an outbreak of cholera, which has killed 595 people so far, including 19 people on New Year's Eve. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation
- The Supreme Court of India upholds the legality of the government's decision to demonetise all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series in 2016. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament
- President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola initiates a formal procedure to revoke parliamentary immunity from two MEPs allegedly involved in the scandal. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
Sports
- 2022 NFL season
- Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffers from a cardiac arrest during a Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals and is taken to the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center by ambulance. The NFL subsequently suspends the game and cancels it three days later. (CBS Sports)
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