Portal:Current events/2020 January 6
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;Armed conflicts and attacks
- Second Libyan Civil War
- The Libyan National Army says it has captured Sirte and the Al-Qardabiya airbase. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/06/libyan-general-khalifa-haftars-forces-seize-key-city-of-sirte (The Guardian)]
- 2020 Gamboru bombing
- At least 30 people are killed in Gamboru, Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria after an improvised explosive device detonates at a market on a bridge. No group immediately took responsibility. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security/thirty-killed-in-northeast-nigeria-bomb-blast-on-crowded-bridge-idUSKBN1Z526J (Reuters)]
- Mali War
- Five soldiers are killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb while traveling in the Alatona region. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/malian-soldiers-killed-roadside-attack-200106143333076.html (Al Jazeera)]
;Arts and culture
- Funerals of Qasem Soleimani
- A funeral service for Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian Quds Force commander who was slain in a targeted killing in Baghdad last week, is attended by hundreds of thousands of people in Tehran, Iran. [https://www.npr.org/2020/01/06/794044616/iran-mourns-slain-gen-qassem-soleimani-and-vows-revenge (NPR)] [https://www.axios.com/qasem-soleimani-iran-funeral-photos-f83662b9-dce3-4a7c-9e92-e0a24843e8ba.html (Axios)]
;Business and economy
- American retailer Pier 1 Imports announces it will close 450 stores and some distribution centers, and may soon file for bankruptcy. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/business/pier-1-imports-bankruptcy/index.html (CNN Business)]
;Disasters and accidents
- A 5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Puerto Rico, causing small landslides, power outages, and severely cracking some homes. [https://nbc25news.com/news/nation-world/57-magnitude-quake-strikes-puerto-rico-damage-reported (Associated Press)]
- A German tourist critically injured in the crash yesterday in Luttach, Italy, dies from her injuries, bringing the death toll to seven. [https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/01/06/news/young-german-woman-is-7th-victim-of-drunken-driver-in-italy/ (The Garden Island)]
;Law and crime
- A court in the United Kingdom sentences 36-year-old Indonesian national Reynhard Sinaga to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting at least 48 young men in Manchester. Sinaga was convicted of a total of 159 sex offences, and is said to be Britain's most prolific serial rapist. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50987823 (BBC News)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-rapist/indonesian-student-jailed-as-britains-worst-rapist-idUSKBN1Z519D (Reuters)]
- Police shoot dead a Turkish man who tried to attack officers with a knife in the city of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Police say a search of the man's flat later did not suggest a terrorist motive and that he was mentally ill. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51003868 (BBC News)]
;Politics and elections
- Politics of the Marshall Islands
- David Kabua is elected President of the Marshall Islands by the national legislature. He succeeds Hilda Heine, who was seeking a second term, but lost in the first session vote. [https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/406763/new-president-for-marshall-islands (Radio New Zealand)]
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