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*[[2019–20 Croatian presidential election]] |
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**The [[runoff election]] for the [[President of Croatia|Croatian Presidency]] is held today, with incumbent [[Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović]] facing former [[Prime Minister of Croatia|Prime Minister]] [[Zoran Milanović]]. [https://www.euronews.com/2020/01/04/croatia-presidential-election-voters-choose-head-of-state-days-after-starting-six-month-eu (Euronews)] |
**The [[runoff election]] for the [[President of Croatia|Croatian Presidency]] is held today, with incumbent [[Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović]] facing former [[Prime Minister of Croatia|Prime Minister]] [[Zoran Milanović]]. [https://www.euronews.com/2020/01/04/croatia-presidential-election-voters-choose-head-of-state-days-after-starting-six-month-eu (Euronews)] |
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**Milanović is elected. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/06/croatia-elects-leftist-zoran-milanovic-to-be-next-president (''The Guardian'')] |
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Revision as of 00:40, 6 January 2020
January 5, 2020 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War (2009–present)
- An attack by Al-Shabaab militants on an airfield used by Kenyan and U.S. troops in Lamu County, Kenya, is repelled, leaving four militants dead and five arrested. (AP via Fox News)
- Three Americans are confirmed to have been killed in the attack, including a serviceman and two contractors. (CNN) (BBC)
- Terrorism in France
- In Metz, France, an assailant shouting "Allahu Akbar" attempts to stab police officers with a knife before being shot and injured. (Reuters)
- American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
- United States Central Command releases a CJTF-OIR statement announcing that it "has paused" operations against ISIL in order to concentrate on protecting their troops at bases in Iraq. (The Guardian) (US CentCom)
Disasters and accidents
- 2019–20 Australian bushfire season
- A bushfire leads to the residents of Eden, New South Wales, to evacuate. (ABC)
- In the early hours of the morning, a car crashes into a group of German tourists in Luttach, Italy, killing six people and injuring 11 others. The driver was reportedly drunk and is charged with murder. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
- Thirty six people are killed and others injured after a building under construction collapses in Kep, Cambodia. (Reuters)
- A vehicle pile-up involving multiple semi-trucks and a tour bus on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S. leaves five dead and 60 injured. (Fox News)
Law and crime
- Japan says it will tighten immigration measures after the escape of former Chairman of Nissan Carlos Ghosn from the country. The Japanese government condemns Ghosn's escape as "unjustifiable". (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
- Thousands of protesters march in the Sheung Shui neighborhood, dozens are arrested. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election
- Elected deputies in Venezuela vote for a President of the National Assembly, who may be able to claim the nation's Presidency. (Miami Herald)
- In the early hours of the morning, explosive devices are found in a hotel where opposition deputies are staying while in Caracas to vote. (El Nacional)
- Despite trying to enter and vote, self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó is denied entry to the Assembly. Dissident opposition politician Luis Parra is sworn in as National Assembly president after an impromtpu vote. Opposition supporters call it a "parliamentary coup", the United States denounce a "farce". State broadcasters label Parra as the new speaker of parliament. (BBC) (Reuters)
- 2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis
- In a session boycotted by most Sunni and Kurd representatives, the Council of Representatives of Iraq accepts a resolution to expel U.S. troops from Iraq. (Reuters)
- After the United States kills Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in the 2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike, Iran’s parliament votes to exit the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal with world powers. This comes after the United States left in 2018. (MSN)
- 2019–20 Croatian presidential election
- The runoff election for the Croatian Presidency is held today, with incumbent Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović facing former Prime Minister Zoran Milanović. (Euronews)
- Milanović is elected. (The Guardian)