Portal:Current events/2024 January 19

Business and economy

• American sports publication Sports Illustrated lays off the majority of its staff after its publishing license is revoked by the Authentic Brands Group, the owner of the SI brand. (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

• More than 70 people are killed during the collapse of a gold mine in Kangaba, Mali. (Al Jazeera)
• Six people are killed and many more injured after traffic collisions across Guinea during celebrations over the national football team's victory against Gambia during a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations match. (AP)

International relations

• Korean conflict, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea announces that it has tested a nuclear weapon delivered by an unmanned underwater drone system in the Sea of Japan. (Reuters)
• The European Court of Human Rights announces that the Republic of Ireland has launched legal action against the United Kingdom over a law that gives amnesty to soldiers and militants involved in decades of violence in Northern Ireland. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal
  • Several Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers are indicted in a scandal involving misuse of campaign funds, including incumbent lawmakers Yasutada Ōno and Yaichi Tanigawa, both of whom resign from the party following their indictments. (Kyodo News)
  • The Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai, Kōchikai, and Shisuikai factions of the Liberal Democratic Party all announce their intention to dissolve as a result of the scandal. (Nikkei Asia)
• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • Argentina deports eight Ecuadorians, including relatives of gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, who were arrested yesterday amid the ongoing conflict in Ecuador. (Reuters)
• Mexican drug war
  • José Alberto García Vilano, a leader within the Gulf Cartel, is arrested in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (BBC News)
• Pork barrel scam
  • Philippine Senator Jinggoy Estrada is found guilty on charges of bribery, but acquitted on charges of plunder, over the use of the Priority Development Assistance Fund. Estrada is sentenced to eight to nine years for direct bribery and two to three years for indirect bribery, and is also ordered to pay a fine of more than US$50,000. (Rappler)
• Four people are found dead at a residential property in Costessey, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Norfolk Constabulary confirms they received an emergency call from the property, which they ignored, and has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• The JAXA lunar probe SLIM achieves the first-ever lunar soft landing of a Japanese spacecraft. (BBC News)