US National Academy of Sciences The US National Academy of Sciences found that pollution from China’s manufacturing industry drifts across the Pacific Ocean and affects US cities.
Thai The Government of Thailand declares 60-day state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding provinces from tomorrow as anti-government protests continue.
Virginia Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife are indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly receiving various financial benefits from a businessman seeking favors from the state government.
Zetas One of the founders of Los Zetas drug cartel, Rogelio González Pizaña, is sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Purdue University A man is killed in a shooting at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. A suspect is in custody.
Polar vortex A polar vortex bears down on the east coast of the United States cancelling thousands of flights and creating dangerously cold conditions.
Digital currency For the first time in the history of digital currency, two Las Vegas casinos begin to accept Bitcoin.
War in North-West Pakistan A bomb rips through a bus full of Shi'ite pilgrims in western Pakistan killing at least 22 people.
Pakistani military aircraft bomb suspected Taliban hideouts killing 25 militants in North Waziristan.
Hezbollah A bomb detonates at a Hezbollah building in Beirut, Lebanon killing four people and wounding 35.