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January 28, 2024
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2024-01-28
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
Tower 22 drone attack
Three
American soldiers
are killed and 47 others are injured in a
drone attack
upon a
U.S.
base in
Rukban
,
Mafraq Governorate
,
Jordan
, near the
border
with
Syria
, by
Islamic Resistance in Iraq
militants
.
(CNBC)
Turkey–Islamic State conflict
2024 Istanbul church shooting
A Turkish man is shot dead by two masked gunmen at an
Italian
Roman Catholic
church
in
Sarıyer
,
Istanbul
,
Turkey
. The
Islamic State
claims responsibility.
(AP)
Insurgency in the Maghreb
Twenty-two people are killed during a
mass shooting
at the village of Motogatta in the
Tillabéri Region
, in
Niger
.
(Barron's)
Disasters and accidents
In
Afghanistan
, ten
vehicles crash
on the main highway linking
Kabul
and the eastern
Nangarhar Province
, killing 17 people and wounding ten others. Separately, 15 people are killed during four collisions in
Laghman Province
, near the end of the same highway.
(AP)
A
Piper PA-46
crashes
in the
rural area
of
Itapeva
,
Minas Gerais
,
Brazil
, killing all seven people on board.
(O Globo)
Six hundred
hectares
of forest are destroyed by fire in
Los Alerces National Park
, a
UNESCO
World Heritage Site
in
Patagonia
,
Argentina
.
(NOS)
A local official in
South Kivu
,
Democratic Republic of Congo
, reports that an overloaded wooden boat, on board 50 people, has capsized on
Lake Kivu
on Sunday. Three people died, while
search
is ongoing for about 37 others.
(AP via Africanews)
Law and crime
Environmental protesters
throw
pumpkin soup
at the
Mona Lisa
in the
Louvre
in
Paris
,
France
. The painting is protected by
bulletproof glass
and was not damaged.
(BBC News)
Sports
2024 ATP Tour
2024 Australian Open
In
tennis
,
Jannik Sinner
defeats
Daniil Medvedev
in
the final
, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3, to win
the men's singles title
at the 2024
Australian Open
. It is Sinner's first
major
singles title and the first for an
Italian
player at the tournament.
(CNN)
2023 NFL season
In
American football
, the
Kansas City Chiefs
defeat the
Baltimore Ravens
and the
San Francisco 49ers
defeat the
Detroit Lions
to advance to
Super Bowl LVIII
.
(
USA Today
)
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