Current events: 2023-01-20

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia claims it captured the village of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast, south of Bakhmut, and the village of Lobkove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • A bomb blast derails a passenger train in Peshi village, Kachhi District, Balochistan, Pakistan, injuring 13 people. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2021–2023 inflation surge
  • Inflation in Japan increases by 4.0% in December, the highest recorded since 1981, according to the Bank of Japan. (CNN) (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Twenty people are killed, eight others are missing and 53 others are rescued during an avalanche at a tunnel in Tibet, China. (Al Jazeera)
• A Dominican man who was lost in the Caribbean Sea for 24 days is rescued by the Colombian Navy. (AP)
• Seven people are killed and dozens of others are injured in a school bus collision in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Xinhua)

Law and crime

• Sagarejo shooting
  • A man opens fire from a balcony in Sagarejo, Kakheti, Georgia, killing five people and injuring five others. The gunman later commits suicide. (Global News)
• UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is fined £100 by Lancashire Constabulary for failing to wear a seat belt while recording a video for social media in the back of a moving car. (BBC News)

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