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)
  • 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)
• Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
  • Two police officers are killed and a third is injured in an attack in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. (Al Arabiya)

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
  • The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announces that the Doomsday Clock has been moved up to 90 seconds before midnight, largely due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. (NPR) (CNN)