Portal:Current events/2023 January 10
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January 10, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Soledar
- The UK Defence Ministry says that Russian forces are in control of most of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast. Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, however, claims the city had been taken in its entirety. (The Guardian)
- Battle of Soledar
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
International relations
- China–Japan relations, China–South Korea relations
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- China suspends the issuance of short-term travel visas to Japanese and South Korean citizens in order to reciprocate the two countries' imposition of travel restrictions on Chinese citizens in response to China's recent COVID-19 surge. (AFP via Channels TV) (AFP via The Manila Times)
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- Armenia–Russia relations
- Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan announces the postponement of joint military exercises with the Russian Armed Forces under the Collective Security Treaty Organization this year, citing the organization's refusal to condemn Azerbaijan over the disputes. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
- Armenia–Russia relations
Law and crime
- 2022–2023 Peruvian political protests
- Aftermath of the Juliaca massacre
- Prime Minister Alberto Otárola imposes a three-day curfew in the Puno region from 8 pm to 4 am (PET) the following day in an effort to repress the protests. (AFP via France 24)
- Aftermath of the Juliaca massacre
- Government and intergovernmental reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy denaturalizes pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk and three others for high treason. (AFP via Hindustan Times)
- New York investigations of The Trump Organization
- The New York City Criminal Court sentences former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg to five months in the infirmary unit of Rikers Island for tax fraud and tax evasion. (AFP via NDTV)
- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- The Supreme Court of the Philippines nullifies the country's Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking agreement with the China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Petrovietnam to conduct joint oil and gas exploration activities within the Philippine exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea since 2005, citing the unconstitutionality of permitting foreign corporations and governments to exploit the country's natural resources. (Reuters via CNN)
- Corruption in Indonesia
- The Corruption Eradication Commission arrests Governor of Papua Lukas Enembe as part of an investigation into corruption in the region's infrastructure development. (Detik)
- A Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Iran, sentences Olivier Vandecasteele, a Belgian aid worker to a minimum of 12 and a half years in prison and 74 lashes on espionage charges. (AP via VOA)
Science and technology
- Microsoft ends support for Windows 8.1 and security updates for Windows 7. (Tech Crunch)