Current events: 2024-01-22

Wikipedia Current Events · Jan 22, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Red Sea crisis
- 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
  - The United States and United Kingdom launch fresh airstrikes on Houthi military infrastructure in Yemen, including an underground storage site, anti-ship missiles and radars. The UK confirms four RAF Typhoons took part in the strikes. (BBC News)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a decree recognizing some Russian territories, including parts of Bryansk Oblast and Krasnodar Krai, as historically inhabited by Ukrainians. (The Kyiv Independent) Arts and culture
Ayodhya dispute
- Ram Mandir Prana Pratishtha
  - The controversial Ram Mandir temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, is inaugurated by India's prime minister, Narendra Modi. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

At least 18 people are killed after a truck plunged into a ravine in Kasangulu, Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
A landslide in Zhaotong, Yunnan, China, kills at least eight people and buries 47 others. Over 200 people are evacuated. (CNA)

Politics and elections

Joseph Boakai is inaugurated President of Liberia, succeeding outgoing President George Weah, whom he defeated in the 2023 runoff election. (BBC News)