Portal:Current events/2018 January 26

January 26, 2018 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

2018 Miryang hospital fire
- A fire breaks out in a hospital in Miryang, South Korea, killing at least 37 people and injuring over 130 others. (Reuters via ABC News) (BBC)
Paris Zoological Park, France, is evacuated and closed after dozens of baboons escape their enclosure. (The Guardian)
Rescuers, including the Royal New Zealand Air Force, search for the Kiribati ferry MV Butiraoi with around 50 people on board after it is declared missing. (BBC) (The New Zealand Herald)
Cape Town water crisis
- Cape Town announces that they will reach their "zero day", when they run out of all available water reserves, on April 12, 2018. (CNN) (BBC)
Aftermath of the Oroville Dam crisis
- The cost of the Oroville Dam spill rises to US$870 million. The U.S. state of California continues to hope for federal aid for the project. (KQED)

Law and crime

Crime in Guatemala
- Former Defense Minister of Guatemala Williams Mansilla is arrested for a possible corruption case associated with a bond to President Jimmy Morales. The Attorney General asked the Supreme Court to consider again the impeachment against President Morales. (Reuters)
- José Arturo Sierra, former President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala, is shot and killed while driving to Guatemala City. (AP via The New Zealand Herald)
Cryptocurrency and security
- Hackers steal $535 million worth of the NEM cryptocurrency from Japanese exchange Coincheck. (CNBC)

Politics and elections