Current events: 2024-01-01

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • At least 20 rockets are fired by Hamas at central and southern Israel. (Ynet) (Al Jazeera)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • The Republic of Artsakh officially ceases to exist, in accordance with a decree signed by former president Samvel Shahramanyan. (Interfax)

Arts and culture

• Public Domain Day
  • 2024 in American public domain
    • Steamboat Willie, the German language version of All Quiet on the Western Front, and other works published in 1928 enter the public domain in the United States. (Mashable)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Sea of Japan earthquake
  • A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Japan, with the epicenter located in the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture, killing six people. A tsunami warning was also issued across multiple prefectures along the Sea of Japan. (Reuters)
• One person is killed and 21 others are injured during a fire at a bar in Graz, Austria, during a New Year's party. (AP)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Ethiopia, Foreign relations of Somaliland
  • Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use the port of Berbera. Ethiopia said that it would be the first country to recognize Somaliland's independence in due course. (Reuters)
• Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates formally join the BRICS group as new members. (Tehran Times)

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