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Michael Smith
- Michael Smith (pictured) wins the PDC World Darts Championship.
- Croatia adopts the euro and joins the Schengen Area.
- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at the age of 95.
- Brazilian footballer Pelé dies at the age of 82.
- A winter storm causes record-breaking low temperatures and leaves more than 100 people dead across North America.
January 6, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Russian Christmas truce proposal
- Russian forces shell the city of Kramatorsk, damaging at least fourteen homes, according to the city's mayor. There are no reports of casualties. This is despite Russia declaring a unilateral ceasefire. (The Straits Times)
- Battle of Donbas
- Donetsk People's Republic officials accuse Ukraine of shelling Donetsk with artillery. (The Straits Times)
- 2023 Russian Christmas truce proposal
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Somali Civil War
- Al-Shabaab gunmen storm a village in Hirshabelle State, killing at least six people. The village was captured from al-Shabaab last week. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 2021–2023 inflation surge
- 2022–2023 food crises
- The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) confirms that international food prices hit a record high in 2022 amid concerns of shortages. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 food crises
Disasters and accidents
- At least 16 people are killed and 21 others are injured in a bus crash en route to the city of Gulu from Kampala, in northern Uganda. (The East African)
International relations
- Afghanistan–China relations
- The Taliban and the Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company of China agree to a 25-year deal to allow the Chinese firm to drill for oil in the Amu Darya basin. It is the first major energy extraction agreement with a foreign firm since the Taliban returned to power. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Censorship in Saudi Arabia, Censorship of Wikipedia
- Saudi Arabia sentences two Wikipedia administrators to 32 and 8 years of prison in relation to their activities on the website. (The Guardian)
- State security police in Uzbekistan arrest four over the deaths of 19 children who consumed deadly cough syrup from the Marion Biotech laboratory this week. (RFE/RL)
January 5, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Russian Christmas truce proposal
- Following the suggestion of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a unilateral ceasefire on January 6–7 in connection with Orthodox Christmas. However, Ukraine rejects an offer to respond with a mutual ceasefire, citing lack of trust. (Reuters)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United States and Germany agree to send Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Germany will also supply the Ukrainian military with a MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system. (The Guardian) (AFP via The Times of Israel)
- 2023 Russian Christmas truce proposal
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghanistan conflict
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- The Taliban says that its forces have killed eight Islamic State insurgents, including foreign nationals, and arrested seven others in a series of raids in Kabul and the western Nimruz Province, following recent attacks by the jihadist group. (Al Jazeera)
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Mexican drug war
- The army arrests Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of incarcerated drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, in Culiacán, Sinaloa. The arrest is followed by state-wide unrest, with many schools and airports closed. Ten soldiers and 19 gang members are killed during the unrest. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
- Aegean dispute
- A Turkish coast guard vessel exchanges warning shots with a Greek coast guard vessel near the Greek island of Farmakonisi. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Greece announces that travelers from China will require a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter the country. (Reuters)
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
Politics and elections
- Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI
- The funeral for Pope emeritus Benedict XVI takes place in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, with at least 50,000 attendees. (AP)
- The government of Chad reports that an "attempted destabilization" plot led by military and human rights activists has failed. The statement says that the arrests of the 11 people involved took place later than 8 December 2022. (France 24)
January 4, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- Mahas bombings
- Al-Shabaab jihadists kill 35 people in a double car bombing outside a politician's home and a market in Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia. (BBC News)
- Mahas bombings
- Terrorism in Pakistan
- Two intelligence officers, including the director of the provincial counterterrorism department, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan, by suspected Pakistani Taliban gunmen. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- #MeToo movement
- Actors Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, who starred in the 1968 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, file a lawsuit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against Paramount Pictures for US$500 million, alleging sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and fraud, and for being filmed in the nude without their knowledge. (AFP) (Variety)
Business and economy
- Meta Platforms is fined €390 million by the European Union, claiming that the company's collection of personal data from Facebook and Instagram accounts for personalized ads was in violation of EU privacy laws. (Reuters)
- The Competition Commission of India rejects an appeal from Google over its ruling in October that Google's dominant position in the search engine market and control of the Android app store violated India's antitrust laws. (Reuters)
International relations
- Equatorial Guinea–Spain relations
- The Supreme Court of Spain says that it will investigate two sons of Equatorial Guinean president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo over the kidnapping and torture of two Spanish citizens who oppose Obiang's rule. (VOA)
Law and crime
- 2023 Enoch, Utah shooting
- Three adults and five children are found dead inside a home in Enoch, Utah, United States, after police conduct a welfare check. (The New York Times)
Science and technology
- Hurricane Katrina
- The National Hurricane Center publishes a new Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Katrina, lowering the death toll from over 1,800 to 1,392. (National Hurricane Center via Twitter)(National Hurricane Center)
January 3, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Makiivka military quarters shelling
- The Russian defense ministry increases the death toll of soldiers from a December 31 Ukrainian missile attack in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, to 89. The ministry attributes the casualties to the soldiers' use of mobile phones with tracking systems. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
- Makiivka military quarters shelling
- Mexican drug war
- Aftermath of the 2023 Ciudad Juárez prison attack
- Five gunmen and two members of the security forces are killed during a shootout while searching for 30 inmates who escaped two days ago during an armed attack on a prison in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Ten prison guards and seven inmates were killed during the attack. (BBC News)
- Aftermath of the 2023 Ciudad Juárez prison attack
- Yemeni Civil War
- Five people are killed and many more wounded during a gunfight between Houthi militants and Yemeni soldiers in Taiz. (Xinhua)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- The visit of the Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem results in protests by Palestinians as well as condemnation of the visit by several Arab countries, who consider the site to be part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Twenty-eight civilians are found dead in the town of Nouna, in northwest Burkina Faso. Burkinabé human rights groups say that the killings were perpetrated by pro-government militia VDP on December 15, 18, and 22. (Atlas) (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021–2023 global energy crisis
- 2022–2023 Pakistan economic crisis
- The government orders the closure of all shopping malls and retail markets by 8:30 p.m. (PKT) daily as part of an energy conservation plan to offset increasing energy prices. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 Pakistan economic crisis
Politics and elections
- 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
- The 118th United States Congress begins, with the House Speaker election heading to multiple ballots for the first time in 100 years after Kevin McCarthy fails to receive the required number of votes on the first three ballots. (ABC News)
Sports
- 2022–23 snooker season
- The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association suspends Chinese players Zhang Jiankang and Zhao Xintong from the World Snooker Tour as part of a match-fixing investigation involving ten Chinese players. (AFP via France 24)
January 2, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kashmir conflict
- 2023 Rajouri attacks
- Two children are killed and four other people are injured by an explosion outside the home of one of the four Hindus who were killed yesterday in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (The Hindu)
- 2023 Rajouri attacks
- Mali War
- Two firefighters and three civilians are killed in an armed attack by Islamist insurgents along a highway between Bamako and Ségou. (AFP via Barron's)
- Protests continue for a fifth day in Las Anod, Somaliland, with protesters demanding that the city be governed by Puntland instead of by Somaliland. Twenty people are killed in clashes between protestors and security forces. (Africanews)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Gold Coast helicopter crash
- Four people are killed and eight others are injured when two helicopters collide near the Sea World theme park in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. (ABC News Australia)
Health and environment
- Malawi suspends the opening of schools in Lilongwe and Blantyre due to an outbreak of cholera, which has killed 595 people so far, including 19 people on New Year's Eve. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation
- The Supreme Court of India upholds the legality of the government's decision to demonetise all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series in 2016. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament
- President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola initiates a formal procedure to revoke parliamentary immunity from two MEPs allegedly involved in the scandal. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
Sports
- 2022 NFL season
- Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffers from a cardiac arrest during a Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals and is taken to the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center by ambulance. The NFL subsequently suspends the game and cancels it three days later. (CBS Sports)
January 1, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- 2023 Kabul airport bombing
- Several people are killed by an Islamic State bombing at a checkpoint outside the military airport in Kabul. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Kabul airport bombing
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Syrian civil war
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- Two soldiers are killed during a series of Israeli airstrikes at Damascus International Airport. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- Kashmir conflict
- 2023 Rajouri attacks
- Four civilians are killed and six others injured when two gunmen open fire against Hindu people's homes in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir. (India Today)
- 2023 Rajouri attacks
- Mexican drug war
- 2023 Ciudad Juárez prison attack
- Ten prison officers and four inmates are killed in an armed attack on a prison in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, in which 24 prisoners escaped. (AFP via Deccan Herald)
- 2023 Ciudad Juárez prison attack
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two Palestinians are killed and three more injured during confrontations with Israeli soldiers who stormed Kafr Dan to demolish the homes of two Palestinians killed in a shootout at a checkpoint in Jenin several months ago. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 2021–2023 inflation surge
- Canadian property bubble
- Canada enacts a law prohibiting foreigners, except for immigrants and permanent residents, from acquiring residential areas in the country for two years in response to a real-estate bubble. (CNN Business)
- Canadian property bubble
Disasters and accidents
- At least nine people are killed and many others are injured during a stampede at a concert in Kampala, Uganda. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Australia and Canada announce that they will require travelers from China to present a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter their countries beginning on January 5. (CTV News) (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Climate change in the United Kingdom
- The British arm of climate protest group Extinction Rebellion announces it will "temporarily" shift away from using public disruption as a primary tactic. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Enlargement of the eurozone
- Croatia and the euro
- Croatia changes its national currency from the kuna to the euro to become 20th member state of the Eurozone, and joins the European passport-free zone, the Schengen Area. (AFP via Macau Business)
- Croatia and the euro
- Third inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as President of Brazil for the third time in his political career. (Télam)
Science and technology
- 2023 Philippine airspace closure
- The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines closes the country's airspace for nearly six hours due to a power outage in its air traffic management center, affecting more than 280 commercial flights and more than 56,000 passengers. (Bloomberg)
December 31, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Makiivka military quarters shelling
- Hundreds of Russian mobilized soldiers are claimed by Ukraine to be killed and injured as a result of an Ukrainian missile attack on a vocational school building serving as military barracks. Russian authorities acknowledge several casualties, but suggest lower figures. (Reuters) (BBC News)
- Makiivka military quarters shelling
- Colombian conflict
- The Colombian government reaches a bilateral ceasefire agreement with the major armed groups involved in the conflict, including the National Liberation Army, FARC dissidents, and the Clan del Golfo. The ceasefire will be in effect from January 1 to at least June 30. (AFP via Gulf News)
Disasters and accidents
- Eight people are killed and nine others are injured by a landslide in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- The Lebanese Navy and United Nations forces rescue a capsizing boat of 232 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. Two people perish in the overnight incident. (ABC News)
- Fifteen people are killed and 47 others are injured after a bus crashed and flipped in Nayarit, Mexico. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI
- Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, who served from 2005 until his resignation in 2013, dies at the age of 95, with the funeral scheduled for January 5. (BBC News)
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