Western Australia A 4.4-billion-year-old crystal from Western Australia has been confirmed as the oldest fragment of Earth's crust.
Goblin spider Two species of goblin spider are discovered by the Queensland Museum in Australia's Darling Downs region.
California Public health officials in the U.S. state of California are preparing a report of a polio-like disease whose cause is unknown.
Russia In Russia, police arrested over 400 people in Manege Square hours after picking up some 200 people outside the court where the Bolotnaya square case defendants were being tried.
U.S. Defense Department The Pentagon announces plans to reduce the size of the United States Army to pre-World War II levels.
Oheka Castle Gary Melius, owner of Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York, the second largest private residence in the United States, is shot in the head in the castle parking lot. The gunman is still at large.
Vietnam At least seven mourners are killed and 37 are injured as a bridge collapses as they are transporting a coffin in Vietnam's Lai Chau Province.
Papua province The death toll in the Papua province of Indonesia reaches 11 as torrential rain continues to cause floods and landslides, occurring since Saturday.
Mt Gox Mt Gox, an exchange of central importance in the history of the crypto currency bitcoin, closes down for an indefinite period under pressure from hackers.
Pope Francis Pope Francis, in the most significant reform of the Roman Curia in 25 years, creates a second Secretariat, for Economic Affairs, headed by a Cardinal (which will work with the Vatican Secretariat of State, the reformed Vatican bank, or IOR, and the other economic departments of the Roman Curia), which will have an office with the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time.
Israeli Israeli Air Force planes reportedly bomb a weapons shipment of SS-21 missiles destined for Hezbollah near a Hezbollah stronghold on the Lebanon-Syria border.
Post-civil war violence in Libya Libyan police found the bodies of seven Egyptian Christians shot dead execution-style on a beach near the city of Benghazi.
Chinese Chinese vessels reportedly harassed Filipino fishermen off the coast of the Philippines last January 27, according to the Philippine military.
2014 Ukrainian revolution An arrest warrant is issued for the former President Viktor Yanukovych and other officials for their alleged role in killing protesters.
Ukrainian economist and banker Stepan Kubiv, who worked as one of the commandants for the EuroMaidan demonstrations, is selected as governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.