Portal:Current events/2013 January 24
January 24, 2013 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus:
- Russian police announces that 13 rebels, including Khuseyn Gakayev and his brother, are killed in fighting in the Vedeno District, Chechnya. (Reuters)
- Senkaku Islands dispute:
- A Japan Coast Guard ship engages a Taiwanese ship carrying activists bound for the Senkaku Islands. (CNN) (China Daily) (The Asahi Shimbun)
- Northern Mali conflict:
- The Malian army says it is investigating allegations that soldiers have carried out summary executions in the Islamist-controlled north of Mali. (BBC)
- Libyan factional fighting:
- The Foreign and Commonwealth Office urges British nationals to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi immediately due to a "specific and imminent" threat to Westerners. (BBC) (Sky News)
Business and economy
- The government of Ukraine signs a major $10 billion shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its dependency on Russian gas imports. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Seventeen people are killed and 34 others are injured in a bus crash near the town of Taperas, Bolivia, along a newly built highway to Brazil. (AP via Washington Post) (EFE via La Prensa)
Law and crime
- David Headley is sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. (BBC) (AP via ABC News) (NDTV) (Chicago Tribune)
Politics and elections
- North Korea authorities announce a new nuclear weapon and long range missile test, threatening their publicly manifested arch-enemy, the United States, as their primary target. (BBC) (The New York Times) (AP via CBS News)
- Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk is hospitalized with an acute infection of the respiratory tract. (AP via Washington Post)
Science and technology
- Scientists from the European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, England, successfully use DNA as a means of data storage. (Nature) (The Wall Street Journal)
Sport
- French football is reported to be stunned at yesterday evening's red card for Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard, who violently kicked a ball boy in the midriff during the 2012–13 Football League Cup game in Wales. The Belgian midfielder, who previously played in Ligue 1, was thought to have had an exemplary disciplinary record before the assault. (The Guardian)
- El Clásico: Barcelona are to play Real Madrid in the 2012–13 Copa del Rey semifinal after the Catalan club defeated Málaga CF 4–2. (CNN) (ESPN)
- In tennis, Li Na will face Victoria Azarenka in the women's final at the 2013 Australian Open after her straight-set victory over Maria Sharapova in the semifinal. (BBC) (ESPN)
- NBA team New Orleans Hornets announce it will change its name to the Pelicans after the current season, the new team logo is officially released. (USA Today) (ESPN) (Bleacher Report)