Portal:Current events/2018 January 29
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;Disasters and accidents
- Bus plunge
- A bus plunges into the Bhairab River after falling off a bridge in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, killing at least 36 people. The late response by rescuers to save passengers leads to violence between local residents and police. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42855962 (BBC)]
;Law and crime
- Crime in Toronto
- Toronto Police charge landscaper Bruce McArthur with a total of five counts of first-degree murder, after garden planters containing the remains of three additional people are found on a property linked to him. [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bruce-mcarthur-update-1.4508413?utm_content=buffer796b3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer (CBC News)]
- Mass shootings in the United States, Crime in Pennsylvania
- The gunman who fatally shot four people at a car wash in the Melcroft suburb of Saltlick Township in Pennsylvania the previous day dies at a hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/us/pennsylvania-car-wash-shooting/index.html (CNN)]
;Politics and elections
- Politics of Egypt
- Minutes before the registration deadline, a second candidate, Moussa Mostafa Moussa, fulfills paperwork to participate in the 2018 presidential election. Leading opposition members called for a boycott, saying that a wave of repression has cleared the field of challengers to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-politics/egypts-elections-find-last-minute-challenger-to-sisi-idUSKBN1FI1BB (Reuters)]
- Politics of Romania
- Viorica Dăncilă (PSD) is confirmed as Romania's first female Prime Minister. She is Romania's third premier in less than 13 months. [https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/romania-s-first-female-premier-to-face-eu-scrutiny-and-street-protests-1.3372565 (Irish Times)]
- Presidency of Donald Trump
- Andrew McCabe resigns as Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation amid a dispute with President Donald Trump. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/andrew-mccabe-trump-deputy-fbi-director-resigns-steps-down-row-oval-office-a8184126.html (The Independent)]
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