Portal:Current events/2021 January 13
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
- Syria missile strikes (January 2021)
- U.S. intelligence official says that the air raids were carried out with "intelligence provided by the U.S." (Daily Sabah)
- Syria missile strikes (January 2021)
- Central African Republic Civil War
- Pro-François Bozizé forces attack the Central African Republic capital of Bangui, with fighting reported on multiple fronts, according to Prime Minister Firmin Ngrébada. A Reuters witness reports explosions and helicopters circling over the city. The attack is successfully repelled by the Central African Armed Forces. (Reuters)
- A MINUSCA officials. (Xinhuanet)
- Mali War
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Business and economy
- Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol
- Mayor President Donald Trump's incitement of "an insurrection against the U.S. government clearly constitutes criminal activity." (The New York Times)
- Mayor
- George Floyd protests in Australia, List of name changes due to the George Floyd protests
- Dairy company racial slur. The new branding will be released in July. (AFP via Manila Standard)
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- Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica announces that it will sell its cell sites in Europe and Latin America, which are owned by its subsidiary Telxius, to American company American Tower for an estimated €7.7 billion (US$9.4 billion). (Buenos Aires Times)
Disasters and accidents
- A Al Qadarif state, near the border with Ethiopia, with the three-person crew surviving the crash, according to officials. (TRT World)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia
- President Joko Widodo receives the first dose of the vaccine candidate developed by Sinovac Biotech. (CNA)
- Indonesia reports a record 11,278 new cases and 306 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 858,043 confirmed cases and 24,951 deaths. (CNN Indonesia)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq
- SARS-CoV-2. (Xinhua)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- The COVID-19. (ABC News)
- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces the suspension of business travel agreements with 11 countries and regions and also restricts entry for all non-resident foreign nationals beginning tomorrow in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. (Nikkei Asia)
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- COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
- Jordan begins a vaccination campaign, with priority given to healthcare workers, people with chronic illnesses, and those over the age of 60. (Arab News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- China reports 115 new cases in the past 24 hours, the largest single-day total in more than five months, bringing the nationwide number of confirmed cases to 87,706. (The Straits Times)
- Variant of Concern 202012/01
- The Philippines reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a person who travelled from the United Arab Emirates to Quezon City on January 7 and later tested positive. (ABS-CBN News)
- 501.V2 variant
- Taiwan reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from South Africa in a Swazi man in his 30s who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on January 1. (Taiwan News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates
- The United Arab Emirates reports a record 3,362 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 239,587. (The National)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
- COVID-19 vaccination in Norway
- Sonja and Princess Astrid receives the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (People)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Norway
- COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
- COVID-19 vaccination in Turkey
- Turkey approves the emergency use of the vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech. (AP)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Turkey
- 501.V2 variant
- Belgium reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from South Africa in a person from West Flanders with no travel history. (VRT)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
- Portugal reports records for both daily counts of new cases and deaths, with 10,556 new cases and 156 deaths, bringing the nationwide cumulative totals to 507,108 confirmed cases and 8,236 deaths. (DGS)
- Prime Minister António Costa announces that stricter lockdown measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 will begin on January 15. There will be more exceptions to the new restrictions than there were during the first national lockdown in March and April 2020. (Expresso)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
- Spain reports a record 38,869 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,176,089. (El Mundo)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom reports a record 1,564 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 84,767. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vatican City
- Benedict XVI receive their firsts doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on the first day of the vaccination campaign in the Vatican City. (Fox News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi
- Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves receives his first dose of the vaccine live on Facebook. (AP)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi
- Variant of Concern 202012/01
- New Mexico reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a man in his 60s who traveled to the United Kingdom in December and later tested positive for COVID-19. (KUTV-TV)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin, Variant of Concern 202012/01
- Wisconsin reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated in the United Kingdom. (WDJT-TV)
- The U.S. surpasses 23 million cases of COVID-19, just four days after surpassing 22 million cases. (CNN)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, criticizes South Korea over their tracking of a military parade that will be held in Pyongyang during the weekend, defining South Korean officials as a "weird group, hard to understand" and the "idiot and top of the world's list in misbehaviour". South Korean President Moon Jae-in says his position to establish talks with North Korea remains unchanged. (NDTV)
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Law and crime
- Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Criminal charges brought in the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol
- American Olympic gold-medal swimmer storming of the United States Capitol. (CBS News)
- Robert Keith Packer, a Virginian known for wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt, is arrested for storming the Capitol. Additionally, former Rocky Mount, Virginia police officers Thomas Robertson and Jacob Fracker are also arrested. (The Washington Post)
- Proud Boys supporter Eduard Florea is arrested in New York for threatening to lead an armed caravan to Washington, D.C. Additionally, Florea also threatened the life of Senator-elect Raphael Warnock. (WNBC-TV) (Fox News) (The New York Daily News)
- American Olympic gold-medal swimmer
- Criminal charges brought in the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol
- Capital punishment in the United States
- Shortly after midnight, the federal government executes Lisa Marie Montgomery by lethal injection for the 2004 murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett, after the Supreme Court vacated the last stay on her execution. Montgomery is the first woman to be executed by the federal government since 1953. (Reuters)
- Aftermath of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny
- Opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny announces that he will return to Russia on Sunday, despite risks of being incarcerated upon his return. Navalny says that the charges against him are "fabricated". (Reuters)
- Flint water crisis
- Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty in connection with the Flint water crisis, which left residents with contaminated water and a Legionnaires outbreak. (AP) (Business Insider)
- Rioting erupts overnight in the Belgian capital Brussels following the death of a 23-year-old black man in police custody, who was reportedly arrested for violating local COVID-19 restrictions. A police station was set on fire in north of the city, and King Philippe's vehicle was attacked while travelling through the area. (BBC News) (Euronews)
Politics and elections
- Second impeachment of Donald Trump
- The U.S. House of Representatives impeaches President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection". (BBC News)
- After being impeached, Trump releases a video statement from the stormed the United States Capitol. (Bloomberg)
- Corruption in Estonia
- Prime Minister Jüri Ratas announces his resignation after the Prosecutor General suspected his Estonian Centre Party of "criminal involvement" in an influence peddling scandal involving businessman Hillar Teder. (Daily Sabah)
Science and technology
- Donald Trump on social media, Censorship by Google
- incitement to violence. (BBC News)
Sports
- Variant of Concern 202012/01
- SARS-CoV-2, which makes this the first case of the UK variant in Sri Lanka. (The Times of India)