Portal:Current events/2014 January 20

January 20, 2014 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in North-West Pakistan
- A
  suicide bomber blows himself up near Pakistan's military headquarters in Rawalpindi killing at least 13 people. (AP via MyFoxAL)

December 2013 Volgograd bombings
- An
  2014 Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi. (Reuters)

Euromaidan
- Violence spreads in
  Kiev as protesters clash with police. (ABC News)

Syrian Civil War
:
Two car bombs hit a rebel-held post on the Syrian border with Turkey, killing at least 16 people amidst continuing fighting between Turkey-supported rebels and Saudi-supported rebels. (Reuters)

Business and economy

More than 20 million South Koreans' credit cards are hacked. (BBC News)
Trial begins in
JPMorgan that the public transit provider of the city of Berlin owes it more than $204 million. (Reuters)

World leaders are meeting in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. (ABC News)
China's 2013 economy figures show the slowest rate of growth since 1999. However, the 7.8% growth figure was higher than the predicted number of 7.5%. (The Australian)

Disasters

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurs on the lower North Island of New Zealand near the capital Wellington. (New Zealand Herald)
Monsoon rains cause flooding in the Indonesian capital Jakarta causing the evacuation of more than 30,000 people. (Reuters via Trust)
A small plane carrying medics makes a forced landing in a remote mountain area in Transylvania, Romania, and is found after a four and a half hour massive search. The accident leaves the pilot and a passenger dead with several others being injured. (News Daily) (Romania-Insider.com) (ABC News)

International relations

The United States rejects the invitation of Iran by the United Nations in peace talks involving Syria. (The New York Times)
Certain sanctions against Iran are lifted by the European Union and the United States through a nuclear deal. (The Washington Post)
Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)
- Mike Rogers accuses Edward Snowden of collaborating with Russia. (BBC News)
Kenneth Bae, an American prisoner in North Korea, releases a message to the United States for help. (HuffPost)

Law and crime

migrant workers from Indonesia and the Philippines in the Chinese territory. (Fox News)

Revenge porn becomes illegal in Israel. (SBS Australia)
Police in India are investigating the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Shashi Tharoor, after she had accused her husband of committing adultery with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar. (NBC)
30 people are to be executed in Vietnam for smuggling drugs. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

Bridgegate scandal
- Kim Guadagno denies accusations that she withheld funds for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. (CBS News)
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe makes his first public appearance in several weeks. (Reuters)

Science and technology

India launches the Agni-IV missile today. (The Hindu)
The Rosetta begins to 'wake up' from hibernation on its mission to rendezvous and land a probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. (BBC News)
Dolphin hunting in the Japanese town of Taiji is criticized by US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy after protests by environmental groups. (Japan Daily Press)

Sport

Jérôme Champagne, a former French diplomat and advisor to multiple football federations, announces his candidacy to become FIFA President in 2015. (The Guardian)
The
Philippine national football team in 2013. (Goal.com)