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**[[Lebanon]] forms a new government with former [[American University of Beirut]] professor [[Hassan Diab (politician)|Hassan Diab]] as its [[Prime Minister of Lebanon|Prime Minister]], ending a three-month deadlock. Protestors subsequently march on [[Parliament of Lebanon|Parliament]] to protest the new government. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/lebanon-announces-formation-government-200121200947113.html (Al Jazeera)] |
**[[Lebanon]] forms a new government with former [[American University of Beirut]] professor [[Hassan Diab (politician)|Hassan Diab]] as its [[Prime Minister of Lebanon|Prime Minister]], ending a three-month deadlock. Protestors subsequently march on [[Parliament of Lebanon|Parliament]] to protest the new government. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/lebanon-announces-formation-government-200121200947113.html (Al Jazeera)] |
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*The [[2020 United States Census]] begins, with [[United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau]] director [[Steven Dillingham]] visiting [[Toksook Bay, Alaska|Toksook Bay]], [[Alaska]] to meet with [[Alaska Natives|indigenous]] leaders and distribute census materials to residents. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51200808 (BBC)] |
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Revision as of 05:32, 22 January 2020
January 21, 2020 (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. (Washington Post)
- The Centers for Disease Control announces the first Taiwan case of novel coronavirus has been identified at the Taoyuan International Airport. (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)
- 2019–20 Lebanese protests
- Lebanon forms a new government with former American University of Beirut professor Hassan Diab as its Prime Minister, ending a three-month deadlock. Protestors subsequently march on Parliament to protest the new government. (Al Jazeera)
- The 2020 United States Census begins, with Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham visiting Toksook Bay, Alaska to meet with indigenous leaders and distribute census materials to residents. (BBC)