Rugby Australia Rugby Australia suspends Waratahs full-back Kurtley Beale from all rugby union games following his arrest on sexual assault charges.
2022–23 Serie A The Italian Football Federation sanctions Juventus F.C. with a 15-point deduction in the league table for capital gain violations.
Rishi Sunak seatbelt incident UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is fined £100 by Lancashire Constabulary for failing to wear a seat belt while recording a video for social media in the back of a moving car.
Sagarejo shooting A man opens fire from a balcony in Sagarejo, Kakheti, Georgia, killing five people and injuring five others. The gunman later commits suicide.
COVID-19 pandemic Prime Minister Han Duck-soo announces the termination of the country's indoor mask mandate, with the exception of public transport and medical facilities, effective January 30.
Radella Seven people are killed and over 50 are injured in a collision between a bus carrying students and a van in Radella, near Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.
Dominican A Dominican man who was lost in the Caribbean Sea for 24 days is rescued by the Colombian Navy.
2023 Nyingchi avalanche Twenty-eight people are killed and 53 others are rescued during an avalanche at a tunnel in Nyingchi, Tibet, China.
2021–2023 inflation surge The Bank of Japan reports that inflation in Japan increased by 4.0% in December, the highest recorded increase since 1981.
United States Department of the Treasury The United States Department of the Treasury designates the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization, allowing provisions for international sanctions.
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso The Burkina Faso Armed Forces rescue 62 women and four babies kidnapped by jihadists in Arbinda, Sahel Region, on January 15.
Insurgency in Balochistan A bomb blast derails a passenger train in Peshi village, Kachhi District, Balochistan, Pakistan, injuring 13 people.
Russo-Ukrainian War Russia claims that it captured the village of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast, south of Bakhmut, and the village of Lobkove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.