Portal:Current events/2023 January 18

January 18, 2023 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- During a visit to Kyiv, Canadian National Defence Minister Anita Anand announces that Canada will send 200 Roshel Senator armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine. (CBC News)
Spillover of the Somali Civil War
- Ten Al-Shabaab militants are killed during a raid by security forces in the village of Galmagala, Garissa County, Kenya, after the group killed five civilians in the region last week. Rocket-propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices are recovered. (Al Jazeera)
Ituri conflict
- The United Nations reports the discovery of mass graves in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, containing the bodies of 49 civilians. CODECO militants are suspected of being behind the killings. (AP)

Business and economy

2021–2023 inflation surge
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
  - Despite a slight decrease in overall inflation at the end of last year, food prices in the United Kingdom increased by 16.9% in the twelve months to December, the highest rate since September 1977, according to the Office for National Statistics. (Evening Standard)
- Microsoft announces that it will cut 10,000 jobs, around 5% of its global workforce, amid a slowdown in consumer spending. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Brovary helicopter crash
- Fourteen people are killed and 25 others are injured in a helicopter crash in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Interior minister Denys Monastyrsky, deputy minister of internal affairs Yevhen Yenin, and state secretary of internal affairs Yurii Lubkovych are among those killed. (Al Jazeera)
List of earthquakes in 2023
- At least 150 people are injured by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Khoy, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan, Iran. (MehrNews)
At least 70 people and 70,000 cattle are killed due to freezing temperatures across Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Stop Cop City
- A protester is killed and a Georgia State Patrol trooper is injured after they exchange fire during a clearing operation against demonstrators attempting to prevent the construction of a police training facility at a forest in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Court of Tax Appeals of the Philippines acquits journalist Maria Ressa and her online news website Rappler of charges of tax evasion filed against them by the government in 2018. (AFP via RFI)

Politics and elections