Portal:Current events/2015 January 22

January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Donbass:
  • An explosion near a civilian trolleybus in the city of Donetsk kills at least thirteen people. Separatists and pro-government forces blame each other for the incident. (BBC)
• Shia insurgency in Yemen:
  • Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, Prime Minister Khaled Bahah, and the Yemeni cabinet resign. (CNN)

Business and economy

• The European Central Bank announces an aggressive money-creation program, printing more than one trillion new euros. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Edgewater Police Chief William Skidmore says that workers doing plumbing work accidentally started the January 21 fire in The Avalon at Edgewater apartments in Edgewater, New Jersey that caused the destruction of 240 units and displaced 1,000 residents. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Zambian presidential election, 2015:
  • Heavy rains in Zambia cause delays in voting and counting in the presidential election with announcements to resume today. (AP via Mediacom)

Sports

• Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon announces that the upcoming 2015 season will be his last as a full-time driver. (ESPN)

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