Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists declares an announcement that there is an announcement later this day about the Doomsday Clock which is a clock that is supposed to measure the figurative seconds until a apocalyptic global catastrophe. The announcement was that the Doomsday Clock has moved up to 90 seconds till midnight (midnight being a metaphor for the global catastrophe). The science and security board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists stated that a large part for this decision to move it was from the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. (NPR)

A new study by seismologists at Peking University in Beijing claims that Earth’s inner core stopped rotating faster than the rest of the planet in 2009. (Nature) (New Scientist) 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announces that Germany will send Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, and will also allow other operators of the tanks, such as Poland, to send them to Ukraine. (Reuters) 

Several senior Ukrainian officials, including deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko, four deputy ministers, and five regional governors, resign as a nationwide anti-corruption campaign is launched in Ukraine. (BBC News) 

A DRC Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 is hit by anti-aircraft fire over the Rwandan border. The Rwandan government says its forces took “defensive measures” against a plane that had “violated its airspace”. (BBC News) 

A Philippine Air Force SF.260 training flight from Sangley Point Airport in Cavite City, Philippines, crashes on a paddy field in Bataan, killing two people on board. (AP) 

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins is sworn in as the 41st prime minister of New Zealand by Governor-General Cindy Kiro. (AFP via RFI) 

Tuesday,  January 24th, 2023 

Two British aid workers are killed during a humanitarian evacuation from Soledar in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (BBC News) 

An ongoing tornado outbreak strikes the Gulf Coast of the United States, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a rare tornado emergency for areas east of Houston, Texas. (The New York Times) 

A Cessna 206 with 6 people on board goes missing in Isabela, Philippines. Rescue operations are being conducted. (Global China Daily) 

The death toll from the freezing temperatures across Afghanistan increases to 124. The majority of the victims are shepherds and people living in rural areas. (BBC) 

Monday,  January 23rd, 2023 

An Algerian Air Force Mi-171 helicopter crashes during a military exercise, killing three crew onboard. (MEHR) 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rules out Turkish support for Sweden’s bid for NATO membership following the burning of a Quran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm by Rasmus Paludan and a series of pro-Kurdish demonstrations where protestors waved PKK flags. (AP) 

Latvia asks Russian ambassador Mikhail Vanin [ru] to leave the country by February 24 in “full solidarity” with Estonia. (Politico) 

Seven people are killed and one other person is injured in a shooting spree in Half Moon Bay, California, United States. A suspect is taken into custody afterwards. (San Francisco Chronicle) 

Judge Tarek Bitar resumes his investigation into the explosion, 13 months after Hezbollah officials filed complaints against Bitar that prompted him to suspend the investigation. (AFP via Zawya) 

The Kumamoto district court orders the government to compensate two plaintiffs ¥22 million (US$170,000) worth of damages for their compulsory sterilization under the now-obsolete Eugenic Protection Act of 1948. (Kyodo News) 

A major power outage in Pakistan leaves nearly 220 million people without electricity after a failure at the national power grid. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had ordered a reduction of energy consumption as the country faces a severe energy crisis. (Reuters) 

the expulsion of the Russian ambassador in Tallinn to reciprocate Russia’s expulsion of the Estonian ambassador in Moscow due to a “downgrade” of relations. Both envoys will depart their respective assignments on February 7. (AFP via A News) 

The End