Current events: 2023-01-19

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson announces that Sweden will send its self-propelled Archer Artillery System, 50 Combat Vehicle 90 IVFs, and NLAW anti-tank missiles to Ukraine in its latest military support package for the Ukrainian military. (Politco)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A Palestinian teacher and a member of the Jenin Brigades are killed, and three more are injured, in a raid by Israeli soldiers at a refugee camp in Jenin, in the West Bank. A medic who was also giving treatment escaped unharmed. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Three people are killed by a suicide bombing at a police outpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis
  • The United States reaches its debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion, requiring the Treasury Department to suspend issuance of new Treasury securities and take extraordinary measures to prevent a default. (CNN)
• Retail apocalypse
  • British catalog retailer Argos says it will close all of its stores in the Republic of Ireland by June, with the loss of 580 jobs, saying the investment needed to modernise its operations in the country was "not viable". (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 25th Arabian Gulf Cup
  • Four people are killed and about 80 others injured during a stampede at a stadium in Basra, Iraq. It is suspected that the incident occurred when some people tried to push into the stadium. (Al Jazeera)
• Fifteen servicemen are killed and seven others are injured after a fire breaks out at barracks in Azat, Armenia. (AP)

International relations

• Iran–South Korea relations
  • Iran and South Korea summon each other's ambassadors in a deepening dispute between the countries, after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called Iran "the enemy of the United Arab Emirates" while addressing South Korean troops stationed there. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2022–2023 Peruvian political protests
  • Thousands of protesters march in Lima demanding the resignation of president Dina Boluarte as the number of fatalities from clashes between demonstrators and police exceeds 50. (Reuters)
• A judge in Bolivia rules that opposition figure Luis Fernando Camacho must remain in prison ahead of his trial. Camacho was arrested in December 2022 on charges of "terrorism". (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Politics of New Zealand
  • Jacinda Ardern announces her intention to resign as prime minister of New Zealand no later than 7 February. (The Guardian)
• Protests against Emmanuel Macron
  • A day of strikes and demonstrations takes place throughout France against the government's pension reform project, which proposes to raise the retirement age to 64. (Le Point)

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