Thursday, January 23, 2025

Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to declassify files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

State of Washington v. Trump (2025)

U.S. District Judge for Washington John C. Coughenour temporarily blocks President Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional".

Second presidency of Donald Trump

The U.S. Department of State bans consular posts from flying any flags other than the U.S. flag as part of the Trump administration targeting several instances during the Biden administration when LGBTQ pride and Black Lives Matter flags were flown at embassies abroad.

2024 Irish general election

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael form a coalition government with the backing of several independent TDs. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is elected as Taoiseach, with Fine Gael leader Simon Harris as Tánaiste.

2024 Southport stabbing

A court in Liverpool, England, sentences the man who was found guilty of killing three children and injuring 10 others in a mass stabbing in Southport, Merseyside, to life imprisonment with a minimum of 52 years in prison.

LGBTQ rights in Thailand

Thailand becomes the 38th country and the first in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.

Justice

The International Criminal Court prosecutor requests arrest warrants against Afghanistan's Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Taliban chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, accusing them of crimes against humanity.

Justice

United States federal law enforcement and ICE agents arrest nearly 500 undocumented migrants with arrest warrants in sanctuary cities, including in New Jersey and New York.

Disasters

Twenty-five people are killed and 14 injured after a bus overturned in Dawunt District, Ethiopia.

Disasters

Four people are killed and five more injured in a stampede at Cambodian businessman Sok Kong's home in Phnom Penh as he was giving away food and money amid Lunar New Year celebrations.

Disasters

Nineteen vehicles figured in a pileup along the Yekaterinburg-Almaty highway near Aksu-Ayuly, Kazakhstan, Karaganda Region, injuring six.

2025 Australian Open

In tennis, John Peers and Olivia Gadecki, both from Australia, defeats Kimberly Birrell and John-Patrick Smith 3-6, 6-4, 10-6, in the mixed doubles final to win their first Australian Open title.