Current events: 2023-01-22

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Germany–Russia relations, Germany–Poland relations
    • German Foreign Affairs Minister Annalena Baerbock says Germany will not block Poland from sending Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine which Ukrainian officials say are pivotal to defeating Russian forces on the battlefield. (Reuters)
• Arab–Israeli conflict
  • The Lebanese Army declares a "state of alert" after stopping Israeli bulldozers and accompanying soldiers from approaching a border fence in Southern Lebanon. Peacekeeping forces from UNIFIL have also been deployed to the area. (Anadolu Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• Four people are killed and three others are feared dead in an apartment fire in Kobe, Japan. (The Japan Times)
• At least 13 people are killed when a five-story building collapses in Aleppo, Syria, due to a leaking of water in the structure's foundations. (Reuters)
• Four people are killed and six others are injured in a fire at a two-story cottage in Qusar, Azerbaijan. (Xinhua)

Law and crime

• Police in Cameroon find the mutilated body of prominent journalist Martinez Zogo who had been kidnapped by unknown assailants five days ago, amid increasing violence against reporters in the country. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2023 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
  • The ruling Labour Party unanimously elects education and public service minister Chris Hipkins to succeed Jacinda Ardern as the party's leader following Ardern's resignation three days prior. Governor-General Cindy Kiro is expected to appoint Hipkins as the 41st prime minister of New Zealand on January 25. (AP via KXAS-TV)

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