Portal:Current events/2015 January 9

Current events of January 9, 2015 (2015-01-09) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Charlie Hebdo shooting
  • Gunshots are reported in the French town of Dammartin-en-Goele as a manhunt continues for two suspects nearby. (AAP via SBS)

Law and crime

• Former Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra appears to face impeachment charges over a failed rice subsidy scheme. (BBC)
• Russia lists transsexual and transgender individuals among those with "personality and behavioural disorders" who will be banned from obtaining driving licenses. (BBC) (The Moscow Times)

Politics and elections

• Sri Lankan presidential election, 2015
  • Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat to Maithripala Sirisena. (The Guardian)
• Barack Obama proposes a new program to waive tuition at community colleges in the United States for the first two years. (The New York Times)

Science and technology

• The Lovejoy Comet enters its brightest phase to roughly magnitude 4 or 5. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Sports

• 2015 AFC Asian Cup
  • The opening ceremony for the AFC Asian Cup is held, followed by the first game in Group A between Australia and Kuwait in Melbourne Rectangular Stadium. (afcasiancup)