Portal:Current events/2014 January 23
January 23, 2014 (Thursday)
Business and economy
- A prominent currency trading platform launched by and for banks, ParFX, opens its doors to hedge fund participation. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- A fire breaks out in a L'Isle Verte, Quebec elderly home, killing five people and 30 are still missing. (The Toronto Sun)
Law and crime
- Pop star Justin Bieber is arrested for drunken driving and resisting arrest. (CNN)
- Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos visits the detained ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and criticizes the current President Benigno Aquino III as "cruel, unjust". (Inquirer)
- Swedish sex club owner Mille Markovic is shot dead in Stockholm. (Aftonbladet)(Daily Mail)
- Supreme Court of Russia releases Platon Lebedev, a business partner of Russian magnate and former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky, after he spent more than 10 years in jail. (BBC News)
Science
- A bright type-Ia supernova SN 2014J is discovered in the starburst galaxy Messier 82. (AAVSO)