January 23, 2024 (Tuesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 18 civilians are killed and at least 130 others are injured by Russian missile strikes in Kyiv and Kharkiv. Ukraine says that it shot down 21 of 41 missiles.

(AP), (BBC News)

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Germany announces that it will donate six SH-3 Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force to help it patrol the Black Sea.

(Reuters)

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Twenty-one Israeli soldiers are killed in an explosion and subsequent building collapse in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, making it the deadliest day for the Israel Defense Forces since the ground invasion began.

(Sky News)

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Nineteen people are killed and 26 more injured during explosions of mortar bombs in Mweso in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The March 23 Movement is blamed for the attack.

(AP)

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Arts and culture

North Korea demolishes the Arch of Reunification in Pyongyang after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ruled out peaceful reunification with South Korea.

(NDTV)

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Disasters and accidents

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Uqturpan County, Xinjiang, China, killing three people and injuring five others. Tremors are felt in nearby Kazakhstan, where 67 people are injured in Almaty.

(AP), (Nur.kz)

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Three people are killed and 11 are injured when a gas truck collides with a car in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

(ABC)

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A small passenger plane carrying workers to Rio Tinto Alcan's Diavik Diamond Mine, in Canada's Northwest Territories, crashes in the town of Fort Smith, killing six people and wounding another.

(CBS News)

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International relations

Turkey's Grand National Assembly approves Sweden's NATO membership bid.

(CNN)

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Law and crime

The National Telecommunications Commission of the Philippines orders the indefinite suspension of the broadcast operations of Sonshine Media Network International citing the network's failure to comply with an earlier suspension order.

(Rappler)

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Germany's Federal Constitutional Court rules that the National Democratic Party of Germany will be prohibited from receiving funding as an extremist organisation, the first time the constitutional provision has been enforced since its establishment in 2017.

(Politico)

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A woman is killed and her husband and daughter are injured when a car crashes into a roadblock at a protest in Pamiers, Occitania, France.

(AP)

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The Senate of the Philippines' committee on women conducts a public hearing regarding alleged abuses within the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Three women, including two Ukrainian nationals, accuse church leader Apollo Quiboloy of sexually abusing them.

(CNN Philippines)

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Politics and elections

The 2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary is held. Joe Biden's name does not appear on the ballot due to a scheduling dispute between the Democratic National Committee and the state government.

(CBS News)

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The 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary is held. Donald Trump is projected to win the primary by the Associated Press, NBC News, and The New York Times.

(CNN), (Fox News), (AP), (NBC News), (The New York Times)

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January 23, 2024 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Law and crime

Politics and elections