Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
Politics and elections
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- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Kyiv strikes
- One person is killed and another is injured in Russian drone strikes on Dniprovskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)
- Kyiv strikes
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian is killed and another is injured when Israeli forces open fire on stone-throwers near Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Nablus, West Bank. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- AI boom, Economy of South Korea
- South Korea records its highest annual export value of more than US$700 billion in 2025 after semiconductor shipments reach a record $173.4 billion driven by demand for artificial intelligence. (AFP via France 24)
- Enlargement of the eurozone, Bulgaria and the euro
- Economics of bitcoin
- Turkmenistan legalizes the mining and exchange of cryptocurrency as digital assets, but maintains that digital currency cannot be used as legal tender. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 Crans-Montana bar fire
- At least 46 people are killed and around 100 others are injured in an explosion and fire suspected to be caused by pyrotechnics at a bar in Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
- At least 17 people are killed and eleven others are injured in flash floods caused by heavy rains and snowfall across Afghanistan. (AP)
- Seven people are killed, 96 others are rescued and at least 97 are reported missing when a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes in The Gambia. (Reuters)
- The Vondelkerk church in Amsterdam, Netherlands, catches fire, collapsing the tower and leaving only the exterior walls standing before being extinguished. (NOS in Dutch)
Law and crime
- Two people are killed and 14 others are injured, including 10 minors, in a string of violence across the Netherlands. (Euronews)
Politics and elections
- Guy Parmelin is sworn in as President of Switzerland, succeeding Karin Keller-Sutter. (Swiss Info)
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