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January 22, 2023
(
2023-01-22
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Germany–Russia relations
,
Germany–Poland relations
German
Foreign Affairs Minister
Annalena Baerbock
says that
Germany
will not prevent
Poland
from sending
Leopard 2
main battle tanks
to
Ukraine
which Ukrainian officials say are pivotal to defeating
Russian forces
.
(Reuters)
Arab–Israeli conflict
The
Lebanese Army
declares a "state of alert" after stopping
Israeli
bulldozers
and accompanying
soldiers
from approaching a border fence in
Southern Lebanon
.
Peacekeeping
forces from
UNIFIL
have also been deployed to the area.
(AA)
Disasters and accidents
Four people are killed and three others are feared dead in an apartment fire in
Kobe
,
Japan
.
(
The Japan Times
)
At least 13 people are killed when a five-story
building collapses
in
Aleppo
,
Syria
, due to a leaking of water in the building's foundation.
(Reuters)
Four people are killed and six others are injured in a fire at a two-story
cottage
in
Qusar
,
Azerbaijan
.
(Xinhua)
Law and crime
Police
in
Cameroon
find the
mutilated
body of prominent journalist
Martinez Zogo
, who had been
kidnapped
by unknown assailants five days ago, amid increasing violence against reporters in the country.
(Reuters)
Politics and elections
2023 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
The ruling
Labour Party
unanimously elects
education
and
public service minister
Chris Hipkins
to succeed
Jacinda Ardern
as
the party's leader
following Ardern's
resignation
three days ago.
Governor-General
Cindy Kiro
is expected to appoint Hipkins as the 41st
prime minister of New Zealand
on January 25.
(AP)
Israeli prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
dismisses
health
and
interior minister
Aryeh Deri
from
his cabinet
after the
Supreme Court
ruled that Deri was barred from holding a position as a
cabinet
minister due to his conviction for
tax offenses
.
(AFP via France 24)
Sports
In
surfing
, American
lifeguard
Luke Shepardson wins the 2023 edition of
The Eddie
at
Waimea Bay
on the north shore of
Oahu
,
Hawaii
, United States, after finishing with 89.1 points out of 90, defeating defending champion
John John Florence
.
(AP)
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