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- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Canadian National Defence Minister Anita Anand announces that Canada will send 200 Roshel-made armoured fighting vehicles to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv. (CBC News)
- Ituri conflict
- The United Nations reports the discovery of mass graves in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, containing the bodies of 49 civilians. CODECO militants are suspected of being behind the killings. (AP)
Business and economy
- 2021–2023 inflation surge
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
- Despite a small drop in overall inflation at the end of last year, food prices in the United Kingdom increase by 16.9%, the highest rate since September 1977, according to the Office for National Statistics. (Evening Standard)
- Microsoft announces that it will cut 10,000 jobs, around 5% of its global workforce, amid a slowdown in consumer spending. (BBC News)
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Brovary helicopter crash
- Fourteen people are killed and 25 others injured in a helicopter crash in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, including interior minister Denys Monastyrsky, deputy minister of internal affairs Yevhen Yenin and state secretary of internal affairs Yurii Lubkovych. (Al Jazeera)
- List of earthquakes in 2023
- At least 150 people are injured by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Khoy, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan, Iran. (MehrNews)
Law and crime
- Stop Cop City
- A protester is killed during a clearing operation against demonstrators attempting to prevent the construction of a police training facility at a forest in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- The Court of Tax Appeals of the Philippines acquits journalist Maria Ressa and her online news website Rappler of charges of tax evasion filed against them by the government in 2018. (AFP via RFI)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Antiguan general election
- Citizens in Antigua and Barbuda head to the polls to elect members of the House of Representatives. (Jamaica Gleaner)
- 2023 invasion of the Brazilian Congress
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva dismisses 13 more military personnel from the presidential cabinet, whom he blames for the January 8 attack in Brasília. (Reuters)
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