Portal:Current events/2024 January 22

January 22, 2024 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Red Sea crisis
- 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
  - The United States and United Kingdom launch new airstrikes on Houthi military infrastructure in Yemen, including an underground storage site, anti-ship missiles, and radars. The UK confirms that 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

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)
A helicopter carrying seven people crashes in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, leaving 3 dead and 4 others injured. (Reuters)

Law and crime

2024 Joliet shootings
- Seven people are killed in two separate shootings at two homes in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Later the same day, the suspect fatally shoots himself in Texas. An eighth person was also killed by the same gunman a day before. (BBC News)
Standoff at Eagle Pass
- Governor of Texas Greg Abbott refuses to follow a court order allowing Border Patrol agents to enter Shelby Park, an area in the town of Eagle Pass which the Texas National Guard had seized control over earlier this month. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

Joseph Boakai is inaugurated as President of Liberia, succeeding outgoing president George Weah. (BBC News)