Portal:Current events/2023 January 24
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Battle of Soledar
- Two British aid workers are killed during a humanitarian evacuation from Soledar in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (BBC News)
- Battle of Soledar
- Germany–Ukraine relations
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announces that Germany will send Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, and will also allow other operators of the tanks, such as Poland, to send them to Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
- Two Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. (Al Arabiya)
- Two
Disasters and accidents
- List of earthquakes in 2023
- At least one person is killed and two others are injured by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Bajura and Bajhang Districts, Nepal. (MyRepublica)
- Three people are killed, twelve are missing and twelve are rescued after a building collapses in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, due to the earthquake in Nepal. (Reuters)
- 2023 Afghanistan cold snap
- The death toll from two weeks of cold is 124 people and about 70,000 livestock, according to the government, the majority of whom lived in rural areas. (BBC News)
- Tornado outbreak of January 24–25, 2023
- A tornado outbreak strikes the Gulf Coast of the United States, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a rare tornado emergency for areas east of Houston, Texas. (The New York Times)
- A Cessna 206 with six people on board goes missing in Isabela, Philippines. Rescue operations are being conducted. (Global China Daily)
Law and crime
- Three people are killed in a shooting at a Circle K store in Yakima, Washington, United States. The gunman later commits suicide in another location. (KNDO-TV) (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Corruption in Ukraine
- Several senior Ukrainian officials, including deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko, four deputy ministers, and five regional governors, resign as a nationwide anti-corruption campaign is launched in Ukraine. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- Doomsday Clock
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