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Portal:Current events/2015 January 8

January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08) (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
  • Dunkin' Donuts signs a franchise agreement for 1,400 new cafes in China by the year 2035. (Reuters)
  • Coca-Cola announces that it plans to cut 1,800 jobs worldwide. (CNBC)
  • Subaru recalls 199,000 vehicles (2008-2014), citing brake line rust issues. (NBC Bay Area)
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
  • An unknown gunman shoots dead Nerlita Ledesma, a journalist from the Philippine tabloid Abante in the province of Bataan; her death is the 172nd murder of a journalist since the return of democracy in 1986 and the 31st during the presidency of Benigno Aquino III. (Rappler)
  • The Obama administration fines Honda $70 million for failing to report deaths and injury complaints from 2003 to 2014. (KNTV)
  • Brunei officially bans all future public celebrations of Christmas, in accordance with its conservative Islamic law Shariah. (International Business Times)
Politics and elections
Sports
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