Current events: 2023-01-11

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Order of battle for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov is appointed commander of the Joint Group of Forces participating in the war with Ukraine. Generals Oleg Salyukov, {{ill|Alexei Kim|ru|Ким, Алексей Ростиславович}}, and Sergei Surovikin, who previously held this position, become his deputies. (Fontanka.ru)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan bombing
    • An Islamic State suicide bomber blows himself up at the entrance of the foreign ministry offices in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• 2022 Uganda Ebola outbreak
  • Ugandan Health Minister Jane Aceng declares an end to the outbreak of Sudan ebolavirus in the country that has killed 77 people since September. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Six people are injured during a mass stabbing at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris, France. The attacker is shot by off-duty police, arrested and taken to hospital. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• 2023 FAA system outage in the United States
  • For the first time since 9/11, the FAA issues a nationwide ground stop in the United States following the failure of the FAA's NOTAM system. (CNBC)
• Launch of an unmanned ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket fails at Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, United States. The rocket crashed, damaging the launch platform and destroying the rocket and its cargo. (KTOO-TV)
• The United Kingdom's postal service Royal Mail tells people to stop sending mail abroad due to a "cyber incident" that is causing severe disruption. There is also "minor delays" to mail coming into the UK. (BBC News)

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