Friday,  January 20th, 2023 

Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson announces that Sweden will send its self-propelled Archer Artillery System, 50 Combat Vehicle 90 IFVs, and NLAW anti-tank missiles to Ukraine as part of its latest military support package for the Ukrainian military. (Politico) 

Five Iraqis from Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, are shot and killed by gunmen on a road in Mardin Province, Turkey. Two of the victims were prominent imams in Duhok. (The National News) 

The United States reaches its debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion, requiring the Treasury Department to suspend the issuance of new Treasury securities and take extraordinary measures to prevent a default. (CNN) 

British catalog retailer Argos says that it will close all of its stores in the Republic of Ireland by June, with the loss of 580 jobs, saying that the investment needed to modernize its operations in the country was “not viable”. (BBC News) 

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO, having served in the position since its founding in 1997. Greg Peters is selected to succeed him. (BBC News) 

A judge in Bolivia rules that opposition figure Luis Fernando Camacho must remain in prison ahead of his trial. Camacho was arrested in December on charges of terrorism. (Reuters) 

Thursday, January 19th, 2023 

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) 

French Catholic nun Lucile Randon, who had been the world’s oldest verified living person since April 2022 and the fourth verified oldest woman, dies at the age of 118. (AFP via Manila Bulletin) 

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) 

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Mark Milley meet for the first time in person. (AFP via The Times of Israel) 

Fifteen servicemen are killed and seven others are injured after a fire breaks out at barracks in Azat, Armenia. (AP) 

At least one football fan has been killed and 60 others injured in a crowd crush outside a stadium in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, local media report.(BBC News) 

Iran and South Korea summon each other ambassadors in a deepening spat between the countries, after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called Iran “the enemy of the United Arab Emirates” while addressing South Korean troops stationed there. (Reuters) 

Jacinda Ardern announces her intention to resign as prime minister of New Zealand no later than 7 February. (The Guardian) 

A day of strikes and demonstrations is taking place throughout France against the government’s pension reform project, which plans to raise the retirement age to 64. (Le Point) 

Thousands of protesters march in Lima demanding the resignation of president Dina Boluarte as the number of fatalities from clashes between demonstrators and police exceeds 50. (Reuters) 

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) 

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) 

At least 70 people and 70,000 cattle are killed due to freezing temperatures across Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera) 

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva dismisses 13 more military personnel from the presidential cabinet whom he blames for the January 8 attack in Brasília. (Reuters) 

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