Portal:Current events/2014 January 21
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January 21, 2014 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Euromaidan:
- Violent clashes occur for a second day between protesters and police in Kiev, Ukraine. (BBC News)
- Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon:
- A bomb detonates at a Hezbollah building in Beirut, Lebanon killing four people and wounding 35. (AP via USA Today)
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- Pakistani military aircraft bomb suspected Taliban hideouts killing 25 militants in North Waziristan. (India Today)
- A bomb rips through a bus full of Shi'ite pilgrims in western Pakistan killing at least 22 people. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- For the first time in the history of digital currency, two Las Vegas casinos begin to accept Bitcoin. (Forbes)
Disasters and accidents
- A polar vortex bears down on the east coast of the United States cancelling thousands of flights and creating dangerously cold conditions. (USA Today) (USA Today²)
Law and crime
- Twenty-six people convicted of terrorism charges are hanged in Iraq. (AP via USA Today)
- A man is killed in a shooting at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. A suspect is in custody. (CNN)
- One of the founders of Los Zetas drug cartel, Rogelio González Pizaña, is sentenced to 16 years in prison. (La Jornada)
- Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife are indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly receiving various financial benefits from a businessman seeking favors from the state government. (Fox News)
Politics and elections
- The Government of Thailand declares 60-day state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding provinces from tomorrow as anti-government protests continue. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- The US National Academy of Sciences found that pollution from China’s manufacturing industry drifts across the Pacific Ocean and affects US cities. (ABC Online)