Portal:Current events/2014 January 16
January 16, 2014 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza–Israel conflict:
- Five people are injured on the Gaza Strip in an Israel Air Force raid following Palestinian militants firing a rocket towards Ashkelon. (BBC News) (The Times of Israel)
- Syrian Civil War:
- Post-Iraq War
- TMZ reveals photos of United States Marines burning bodies of Iraqis prompting an investigation from the Department of Defense. (CNN)
Arts and culture
- Gravity and American Hustle lead the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards. (Los Angeles Times)
- The Last of Us leads the nominations for the 17th DICE Awards. (Variety) (Polygon)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 13 people are dead and 40,000 are displaced in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province after severe floods. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- 2014 Australian heat wave:
- Melbourne reaches 43.9 degrees Celsius (110 degrees Fahrenheit) with Australian Open matches postponed. (Reuters)
- Emergency services authorities warn of high bushfire dangers in southeastern Australia. (New Zealand Stuff)
International relations
- The Guardian reports that the National Security Agency collects data from hundreds of millions of text messages each day. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signs into law a bill aimed at curbing anti-government protests. (BBC News)
- A German court in Munich rules that Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone should face bribery charges. (BBC News)
- A child trafficking ring is smashed in the Philippines through the efforts of British, American, and Australian authorities. (USA Today)
- Two people are arrested in Delhi after a Danish woman was gang-raped. (Voice of America)
- According to a search warrant unsealed by a court in Bristol, Connecticut, former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, awaiting trial for a 2013 murder, is under investigation by Boston police as a suspect in a 2012 double homicide. (AP via ESPN)
Politics and elections
- 2013-14 Thai political crisis
- Yingluck Shinawatra is being implicated in a controversial rice subsidy scheme. (BBC News)
Technology
- A British photographer designs and builds a drone as a low cost alternative for shooting nature documentaries. (Reuters)