Current events: 2024-01-19

Wikipedia Current Events · Jan 19, 2024

Business and economy

American sports publication Sports Illustrated lays off the majority of its staff after its publishing license is revoked by the Authentic Brands Group, the owner of the SI brand. (ABC News) International relations
Korean conflict
- North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  - North Korea announces that it has tested a nuclear weapon delivered by an unmanned underwater drone system in the Sea of Japan. (Reuters)
The European Court of Human Rights announces that the Republic of Ireland launched legal action against the United Kingdom on January 17, over a law that gives amnesty to soldiers and militants involved in decades of violence in Northern Ireland. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Pork barrel scam
- Philippine Senator Jinggoy Estrada is found guilty on charges of bribery, but acquitted on charges of plunder over the use of the Priority Development Assistance Fund. He is sentenced to eight to nine years for direct bribery, two to three years for indirect bribery and ordered to pay a fine of almost US$54,000. (Rappler)
2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal
- Several Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers are indicted, including incumbent lawmakers Yasutada Ōno and Yaichi Tanigawa, who both resign from the party following their indictments. (Kyodo News)
- The Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai, Kōchikai, and Shisuikai factions of the Liberal Democratic Party all announce their intention to dissolve. (Nikkei Asia)
Mexican drug war
- José Alberto García Vilano, a leader within the Gulf Cartel is arrested in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (BBC News)
2024 Ecuadorian conflict
- Argentina deports eight Ecuadorians who were arrested yesterday in relation with the ongoing conflict in Ecuador. Some of them are relatives of gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar. (Reuters)

Science and technology

JAXA lunar probe SLIM achieves the first-ever lunar soft landing for a Japanese spacecraft. (BBC News)

Privacy & Transparency