Portal:Current events/2018 January 26

January 26, 2018 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the Afrin offensive, as announced, is now to turn east, towards Manbij and the border with Iraq. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Protests against Donald Trump
- Celebrities Alyssa Milano, Michael Moore and Mark Ruffalo organize a "People's State of the Union"-themed concert on Monday in New York City. Common and Andra Day are scheduled to perform. (USA Today)

Business and economy

CSeries dumping petition by Boeing
- The United States International Trade Commission votes 4–0 in favor of dismissing the Boeing Company's petition against Bombardier Inc. over alleged price dumping. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2018 Miryang hospital fire
- A fire breaks out in a hospital in Miryang, South Korea, killing at least 37 people and injuring over 130 others. (Reuters via ABC News) (BBC)
Paris Zoological Park, France, is evacuated and closed after dozens of baboons escape their enclosure. (The Guardian)
Rescuers, including the Royal New Zealand Air Force, search for the Kiribati ferry MV Butiraoi with around 50 people on board after it is declared missing. (BBC) (The New Zealand Herald)
Cape Town water crisis
- Cape Town announces that they will reach their "zero day", when they run out of all available water reserves, on April 12, 2018. (CNN) (BBC)
Aftermath of the Oroville Dam crisis
- The cost of the Oroville Dam spill rises to US$870 million. The U.S. state of California continues to hope for federal aid for the project. (KQED)

Law and crime

Crime in Guatemala
- Former Defense Minister of Guatemala Williams Mansilla is arrested for a possible corruption case associated with a bond to President Jimmy Morales. The Attorney General asked the Supreme Court to consider again the impeachment against President Morales. (Reuters)
- José Arturo Sierra, former President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala, is shot and killed while driving to Guatemala City. (AP via The New Zealand Herald)
Cryptocurrency and security
- Hackers steal $535 million worth of the NEM cryptocurrency from Japanese exchange Coincheck. (CNBC)

Politics and elections

Political appointments by Donald Trump
- U.S. President Donald Trump names former NASA astronaut James F. Reilly as leader of the U.S. Geological Survey. (The Hill)

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