Portal:Current events/2017 January 11
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- At least 11 people are killed in a bombing in Kandahar, including five UAE diplomats. (Al Jazeera)
- Taiwan scrambles navy ships and jets as Chinese warships, led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning, sail through the Taiwan Strait following exercises in the South China Sea. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- The Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. (The New York Times)
Business and economy
- Environmentalists and netizens protest the planned construction of a marine resources conservation. (CNN Money) (CNN Philippines)
- yuan. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Crime in El Salvador
- As the homicide rate in El Salvador declines, the country records its first day in the last two years without a homicide. (CNN)
- As the
Politics and elections
- President-elect of the United States Donald Trump holds his first post-election press conference in New York City. (CBS News)
- The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction releases a report on Afghanistan, saying that the Afghan Armed Forces are not capable of securing the country and have lost more territory to the Taliban, the most since the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Science and technology
- Radio in Norway
- digital audio broadcasting, is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Some, such as the Norwegian Local Radio Association, are concerned about the impact on motorists and the elderly. (New Scientist) (BBC)