Portal:Current events/2020 January 21

January 21, 2020 (2020-01-21) (Tuesday)

Arts and culture

• The United Kingdom and United States governments announce they have agreed to protect the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. The agreement, signed by the British government in 2003, has come into effect after being ratified by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. An official also says the UK will work with Canada and France to bring even "more protection" to the wreckage. (BBC)

Business and economy

• Gold Fields Ltd, a South African mining company, has hired an investment bank, RBC Capital Markets, to help it sell 30% of its gold project in northern Chile. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2019–20 outbreak of coronavirus
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the first U.S. case of novel coronavirus in Snohomish County, Washington. (The Washington Post)
  • Taiwan's Centers_for_Disease_Control announces the first Taiwan case of novel coronavirus has been identified at the Taoyuan International Airport. (The Wall Street Journal)

Law and crime

• Two judicial sources announce that the trial of seven Cameroonian soldiers has begun for the killing of two women and two children in July 2018, in a case that sparked international outcry. Six of the soldiers admit to the charges, but say they were given the order to open fire. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2020 Labour Party leadership election
  • Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips drops out of the UK Labour Party leadership race. (BBC)

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