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In surfing, American lifeguard Luke Shepardson wins the 2023 edition of The Eddie at Waimea Bay on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, United States, after finishing with 89.1 points out of 90, defeating defending champion John John Florence.
2023 Kabul airport bombing. Several people are killed by an Islamic State bombing at a checkpoint outside the military airport in Kabul. Syrian civil war. Israel's role in the Syrian civil war. Two soldiers are killed during a series of Israeli airstrikes at Damascus International Airport. Kashmir conflict. 2023 Rajouri attacks
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin were inaugurated as 39th president of Brazil and 26th vice president, respectively, on 1 January 2023, in a ceremony held in the National Congress in Brasília, beginning the third Lula administration. At the age of 77, Lula became the oldest president-elect to assume office and the only president ...
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The world population on January 1, 2023 was estimated at 7.943 billion people, [294] and was expected to increase to 8.119 billion on January 1, 2024. [295] An estimated 134.3 million births and 60.8 million deaths were expected to take place in 2023.
Date Events Photos/Videos Monday, January 9 President Biden declares an emergency in California after a bomb cyclone. [13]The White House Counsels Office comments, after a news report, that President Biden is cooperating with an inquiry in to classified documents found in an office of the Penn Biden Center in November 2022.
January 19 – Trade union membership hits an all-time low in US dropping from 10.3% to 10.1%. [60] [61] January 21 – A mass shooting occurs at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, after a Lunar New Year celebration. Eleven people are killed, and nine more are injured; the perpetrator commits suicide the following day. [62]
Andrew Bridgen was suspended by the Conservative Party in January 2023, and would later join the Reclaim Party. 1 January – The Baroness Stedman-Scott steps down from the post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. [1] 5 January – The UK government confirms it will not go ahead with a plan to privatise Channel 4. [2]