User:Khronicle I
Lists are the best thing since sliced bread, even though lists are older than sliced bread. Anyway pretty much the only thing I edit is lists and typos here and there
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| Pronouns | They/them |
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| Languages | English |
| Race | im not a fan of exercise |
| Hair | yes |
| Eyes | probably |
| Handedness | blue |
| Blood type | friendly |
| Sexuality | reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
| IQ | i am an intelligent |
| Personality type | the letter 3 wrapped in a pancake |
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| Pets | got a cat |
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| Religion | just kinda sitting here |
| Politics | Very |
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| Joined | March 2020 |
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todo list
- add proper lists to the lists of Ukrainian oblast governors
- add proper lists to the lists of Afghan province governors (Balkh done)
Pages I've created
it ain't much, but it's honest work
- Russ Kun
the Russ Kun page was originally a redirect to another politician called Russell Kun, ends up Russ is a separate person - 2023 Sudanese Armed Forces-Rapid Support Forces confrontation
- Seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly
Newsfeed
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- 28 January 2025 – Kivu conflict
- M23 offensive
- Battle of Goma
- M23 rebels take full control of Goma International Airport, according to senior diplomatic and Congolese security officials. (Reuters)
- Four more South African peacekeepers are killed after M23 forces launched a mortar attack on their position at Goma Airport, bringing the total number of foreign peacekeepers killed in recent clashes to 17 with several others wounded. (Anadolu Ajansi)
- Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe says Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi "will have to accept talks with M23 to end the situation once and for all". (The Hill)
- 2025 Kinshasa riots
- Mass rioting takes place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid public outrage over the loss of Goma to Rwandan-backed rebels. Multiple embassies are stormed and attacked by anti-government protesters, including the embassies of France, Rwanda and Uganda. Widespread looting is also reported in the capital. (Reuters)
- 28 January 2025 – Insurgency in Balochistan
- Two Pakistan Army soldiers and five insurgents are killed in a shootout in Killa Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
- 28 January 2025 – Kyoto Animation arson attack
- The Kyoto District Court finalizes the death sentence for Shinji Aoba, the perpetrator of the arson attack on a Kyoto Animation studio in 2019, after he withdrew his appeal to the court's ruling. (The Japan Times)
- 28 January 2025 –
- Three people, including the perpetrator, are killed and two police officers are injured in a mass shooting at a Martin's Supermarket in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. (AP News)
- 28 January 2025 – 2024–2025 Serbian anti-corruption protests
- Serbian prime minister Miloš Vučević resigns following protests prompted by the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse. (BBC)
- 28 January 2025 – Doomsday Clock
- The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announces that the Doomsday Clock has been moved up to 89 seconds before midnight. (Reuters)
- 27 January 2025 – Colombian conflict
- Catatumbo campaign
- 2025 Catatumbo clashes
- Local authorities of Teorama, Norte de Santander, Colombia, find the bodies of thirteen FARC combatants. (El Espectador)
- 27 January 2025 – Kivu conflict, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions
- M23 offensive
- Battle of Goma
- M23 rebels claim to have captured the city of Goma in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The government says its troops still hold the Goma International Airport and other key locations, and that Rwandan army soldiers are present in Goma. Congolese and Rwandan forces exchange fire along the border. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (DW)
- 27 January 2025 –
- A global technology stocks selloff on the Nasdaq Stock Market, prompted by the release of the Chinese DeepSeek-R1 model, leads to record losses in the market capitalizations of AI and computer hardware companies. (Reuters)
- 27 January 2025 – China–India relations
- Following the meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, China and India agree to resume direct air travel between the two countries after a five-year hiatus. (CNA).
- 27 January 2025 – Interpol Terrorism Watch List
- A joint INTERPOL and AFRIPOL operation including eight East African nations leads to the arrest of 37 people and the seizure of small and heavy weapons in Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Tanzania. (INTERPOL)
- 27 January 2025 – Second presidency of Donald Trump
- Second cabinet of Donald Trump
- The United States Senate votes to confirm Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury Secretary, making him the highest rank LGBTQ official to run the U.S. Treasury and the highest-ranking LGBTQ person in the United States. (TIME)
- United States Office of Management and Budget acting director Matthew Vaeth orders federal government agencies to temporarily pause all federal financial assistance programs, with the exception of Medicare and Social Security, that could be implicated by select executive orders from President Donald Trump. (Politico)
- President Trump signs an executive order eliminating "gender radicalism in the military", targeting transgender personnel in the military, and another executive order that mandates a process to develop an American Iron Dome. (France 24)
- 26 January 2025 – Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
- January 2025 southern Lebanon attack
- Israeli soldiers open fire against the Lebanese Army and civilians in two villages in southern Lebanon, killing 22 people and wounding at least 124 more. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
- The United States announces that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended to February 18. (Axios)
- 26 January 2025 – Kivu conflict
- M23 offensive
- Battle of Goma
- March 23 Movement rebels begin their advance into the city of Goma. (Al Jazeera)
- 26 January 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Velyka Novosilka offensive
- The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that Russian forces have captured the village of Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast. (Mathrubhumi)
- 26 January 2025 – Boko Haram insurgency
- At least 27 Nigerian soldiers, including the commanding officer of the 149th Battalion, are killed and dozens of others wounded in a suicide bombing carried out by an Islamic State fighter in Malam-Fatori, Borno State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera) (AFP via Inquirer)
- 26 January 2025 –
- The Syrian newspaper Enab Baladi announces it will return to Syria after a decade in exile following the beginning of the Syrian civil war. (The New Arab)
- 26 January 2025 – Colombia–United States relations, Mass deportation of immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro blocks two U.S. military aircrafts carrying deported Colombians as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown from landing in his country. (The Guardian)
- In response to President Gustavo Petro's refusal, U.S. President Donald Trump enacts a 25% tariff on all goods traded to the U.S. from Colombia, which will be raised to 50% in one week. Hours after Trump's announcement, President Petro orders the commerce ministry to raise tariffs on U.S. imports by 25%. (CNN)
- The dispute is settled with an agreement to use the Colombian presidential plane to fly the deportees from the U.S. to Colombia. (AP) (The Hill)
- 26 January 2025 – Belarus–United States relations
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces the release of American citizen Anastasia Nufer from a prison in Belarus. (RFE/RL)
- 26 January 2025 – Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions
- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges Rwanda to end its support for rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and withdraw Rwandan soldiers from Congolese territory. (Al Jazeera)
- Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner calls Rwanda's military support for M23 rebels a "declaration of war". (DW)
- 26 January 2025 – 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is formally indicted on insurrection charges over his declaration of martial law in December 2024. (The Washington Post)
- 26 January 2025 –
- Two people, including the perpetrator, are killed and six others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Tampa, Florida, United States. (NPR)
- 26 January 2025 – 2025 Belarusian presidential election
- A vote is held in Belarus for president, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to extend his rule in an election that the Belarusian opposition, the United States, and the European Parliament have called a sham election. (Al Jazeera)
- A protest in Warsaw, Poland, is organized by Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya after Lukashenko's rule was extended to a 7th term. (Balkan Insight)
- 26 January 2025 – 2025 ATP Tour
- 2025 Australian Open
- In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats Alexander Zverev 6–3, 7–6 (7–4), 6–3, in the men's singles final to win his second Australian Open title and his third Grand Slam overall. (The Guardian) (ATP News)
- 26 January 2025 – 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship
- 2025 24 Hours of Daytona
- In motor racing, the Porsche Penske Motorsport team wins the 63rd 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race with drivers Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, and Laurens Vanthoor. (The Daytona Beach News-Journal)
- 26 January 2025 – 2024–25 NFL playoffs
- In American football, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs win their respective conference championship games to reach Super Bowl LIX, a rematch of two years prior. (Fox Sports)
- 26 January 2025 –
- In association football, Chelsea F.C. Women sign American defender Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave for a world-record fee of US$1.1 million (£881,540), making her the most expensive woman player and the first million-dollar transfer in women's soccer. (CBS Sports)
- 25 January 2025 – Colombian conflict
- Catatumbo campaign
- 2025 Catatumbo clashes
- Eighty-four National Liberation Army (ELN) combatants surrender to Colombian authorities as offensive operations resume in the Catatumbo region. Colombian authorities also rescue 20 child soldiers from the ELN's 33rd Front. (El Colombiano)
- A police officer is shot dead by an ELN sniper in Río Iró, Chocó Department, Colombia. (El Tiempo)
- 25 January 2025 – Israel–Hamas war
- 2025 Israel–Hamas war ceasefire, Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- Israeli forces open fire on a crowd of displaced Palestinians waiting at the Netzarim Corridor, killing two people and wounding seven others, including a child. Israeli authorities allege that the shooting was due to the delayed release of Israeli hostage Arbel Yahud. (Anadolu Ajansi) (Al Jazeera)
- Hamas frees four Israeli hostages, including Naama Levy, in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners, including 121 people serving life sentences after being convicted of carrying out deadly attacks against Israelis, as part of the ceasefire deal. (AP)
- Israel accuses Hamas of violating the deal by failing to release female civilians, including Arbel Yehud, before female soldiers. As a result, Israel blocks Palestinians from returning to North Gaza through the Netzarim Corridor. (AP) (The Times of Israel) (BBC News)
- 25 January 2025 – Sudanese civil war
- Siege of El Fasher
- At least 70 people are killed in a drone attack on the Saudi Hospital, one of the last functioning hospitals in El Fasher, Sudan. (AP)
- 25 January 2025 – Kivu conflict
- M23 offensive (2022–present)
- Thirteen peacekeepers, including nine from South Africa, three from Malawi and one from Uruguay, are killed as fighting intensifies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between government forces and M23 rebels, the latter backed by the Rwandan military. (Le Monde)
- 25 January 2025 –
- Eighteen people are killed and ten more injured in a gasoline tank truck explosion along an expressway in Enugu State, Nigeria. (AP)
- 25 January 2025 – Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions (2022–present)
- DR Congo severs its diplomatic relations with Rwanda as Rwandan-backed rebels advance on the city of Goma, the capital of the DRC's North Kivu province. (The Guardian)
- 25 January 2025 – Islam and blasphemy, Capital punishment in Pakistan
- A Pakistani court sentences four people to death for blasphemy, after they allegedly posted sacrilegious material on social media about Islamic religious figures and the Quran. (Al Arabiya)
- 25 January 2025 –
- A heist at the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands, results in the loss of valuable Dacian gold and silver artifacts, including the Helmet of Coțofenești. (Dutch News) (Romania Insider)
- 25 January 2025 – 2025 Greek presidential election
- The Hellenic Parliament fail to elect the new President of Greece. A second round is called between the candidates Konstantinos Tasoulas and Louka Katseli. (Reuters)
- 25 January 2025 – 2025 Australian Open
- In tennis, Madison Keys wins her first major title after defeating the two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5, to win the women's singles title at the Australian Open. (CNN)
- Henry Patten and Harri Heliövaara defeat Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 6–7 (16–18), 7–6 (7–5), 6–3, in the men's doubles final to win their first Australian Open title and their second joint Grand Slam title. (BBC News) (AO)
- Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend defeats Hsieh Su-wei and Jeļena Ostapenko 6–2, 6–7 (4–7), 6–3, to win the women's doubles final title.
- 24 January 2025 – Colombian conflict
- Catatumbo campaign
- 2025 Catatumbo clashes
- The Colombian National Army and National Police begin offensive operations across eleven municipios of the Catatumbo region. (El Tiempo)
- 24 January 2025 – War against the Islamic State
- Somali Civil War
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- At least thirteen Islamic State militants are allegedly killed in heavy fighting as Puntland forces claim they successfully took over the towns of Turmasaale and Janno-Jiifta in the Bari region, Puntland, Somalia. (The Somali Digest) (Idil News)
- 24 January 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Ukrainian drone strike targets an oil refinery in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, in one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia of the conflict to date. The Russian military says it shot down at least 121 drones over 13 regions overnight. (BBC News)
- Kyiv strikes
- A Russian drone strikes a ten-storey apartment building in Fastiv, Kyiv Oblast, killing at least three people. (Euronews)
- Mobilization in Ukraine
- Ukraine finalizes military reforms aimed at recruiting 18- to 25-year-olds to the armed forces, penalizing draft dodgers, and lowering the minimum compulsory military service age to 25 from 27. (The Kyiv Independent)
- The Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War announces that, with assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the bodies of 757 Ukrainian soldiers have been returned to Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)
- 24 January 2025 – Israel–Hamas war
- Hamas confirms that an Israeli airstrike last summer killed Rawhi Mushtaha, according to Israel "head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip", along with Sameh al-Siraj, who held the security portfolio in Hamas's political bureau, and Sami Odeh, the head of Hamas's "general security mechanism". (Al Sharq AlAwsat)
- 24 January 2025 – 97th Academy Awards
- I'm Still Here becomes the first Brazilian film to be nominated for Best Picture. (The Washington Post) (Reuters)
- 24 January 2025 – Canadian economic crisis
- The Canadian Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship department announces a limit of 437,000 study permits for 2025, a 10% reduction from 2024, as part of efforts to address pressures on housing, healthcare, and other public services caused by the country's rapid population growth. (Reuters)
- 24 January 2025 – Saudi Arabia–United States relations
- Saudi Arabia announces that it will invest US$600 billion in the United States economy. (Al Arabiya)
- 24 January 2025 –
- Spirit Airlines announces a ban on passengers who wear "lewd" clothing or have "offensive" tattoos. (The Hill)
- 24 January 2025 – 2024–25 European windstorm season
- Storm Éowyn
- A wind gust provisionally measured at 183 km/h (114 mph) was recorded in Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, and a mean wind speed measured at 135 km/h (84 mph), would surpass Ireland's previous records. (The Irish Times)
- A man is killed in County Donegal, Ireland, after high winds cause a tree to fall on his car. (BBC News)
- 24 January 2025 – Environmental issues in Somalia
- At least 140 dolphins are found stranded on the shores of Mareero Beach near Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia, with 60 confirmed dead and 30 returned to the sea. (Idil News) (Reuters) (Horn Observer)
- 24 January 2025 – Mexico–United States border crisis
- Mass deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump
- Mexico denies a request from the United States to allow a military aircraft deporting migrants from the U.S. to land in Mexico. (Reuters)
- 24 January 2025 –
- The U.S. State Department freezes nearly all foreign aid except military aid to Israel and Egypt, as well as emergency food programs. (Global News)
- The Cabinet of Hun Manet approves a bill that strengthens penalties for Cambodian genocide denial, proposing prison terms of one to five years and fines of US$2,500 to $125,000. (AP)
- 24 January 2025 – 2025 Slovak protests
- Over 60,000 people demonstrate across Slovakia in protest of Prime Minister Robert Fico's anti-Ukrainian, pro-Russian, and Eurosceptic policies. (AP)
- 24 January 2025 – 2024–2025 Serbian anti-corruption protests
- Mass protests and a general strike are held across Serbia, in an escalation of months of anti-government protests. (France24)
- 24 January 2025 – Second cabinet of Donald Trump
- Pete Hegseth is confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Defense in a 51–50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. (NBC News)