Portal:Current events/2014 January 30
January 30, 2014 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Six suicide bombers take over the Iraqi Ministry of Transportation in Baghdad and kill at least 24 hostages before security forces take control. (Reuters via NDTV)
Business and economy
- Exxon Mobil posts lower than expected profit figures largely due to the fall in its oil and natural gas production. (Reuters)
- The Philippine economy grows by about 7.2% in 2013 despite being affected by Typhoon Haiyan. (BBC News) (Financial Times)
- Chinese technology company Lenovo buys Motorola Mobility from Google for $3 billion to create its own mobile device unit. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2013–14 Australian region cyclone season:
- Tropical Cyclone Dylan forms off the North Queensland coast and is expected to make landfall between Lucinda and Proserpine. (ABC Australia via Weatherzone)
- A man whose boat was adrift for sixteen months is rescued at the Marshall Islands. The journey began with a companion as part of a venture from Mexico for El Salvador in September 2012. (Fox News)
International relations
- The Philippines refuses to apologize to Hong Kong for the Manila hostage crisis a day after visa-free access was revoked by the territory. (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Law and crime
- 182 inmates escape from a provincial jail in Leyte, Philippines, which was previously affected by Typhoon Haiyan, citing squalid conditions and a lack of food. 148 are recaptured hours later. (Fox News)
- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces that federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. (CNN)
- American Amanda Knox is found guilty of the murder of Meredith Kercher together with Knox's former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. (News Limited)
Politics and elections
- The Danish coalition government breaks up as widespread turmoil over the partial sale of the state-owned DONG Energy to Goldman Sachs leads to the withdrawal of the Socialist People's Party. (Copenhagen Post)
- 2013–14 Thai political crisis:
- The Thai Army announces plans to deploy more troops in the streets of Bangkok ahead of Sunday's general election. (Reuters)
- Mohammad-Ali Najafi resigns as Head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, marking the first change in President Rouhani's cabinet. (Tehran Times) (Trend)
- In the Netherlands, State Secretary of Finance Frans Weekers resigns after opposition parties give fierce criticism about his performance. (NOS)
Science and technology
- Scientists warn that penguin populations may be declining due to extreme environmental conditions related to climate change. (The Guardian)