## [2025-01-2](/feed/2025/01/2/index.md)

##### 2025 in paleontology
### [The largest site of dinosaur footprints of the "Cetiosaurus" and "Megalosaurus" dating back to the Middle Jurassic Bathonian stage 166 million years ago is discovered at a quarry in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. ](/feed/2025/01/2/the-largest-site-of-dinosaur-footprints-of-the-cetiosaurus-and-megalosaurus-dating-back-to-the-middle-jurassic-batho.md)
##### Jenniffer González Colón
### [Jenniffer González Colón takes office as Governor of Puerto Rico. ](/feed/2025/01/2/jenniffer-gonzalez-colon-takes-office-as-governor-of-puerto-rico.md)
##### Chilean president
### [The Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, begins a historic three-day trip to Antarctica along with civil, scientific and military authorities. According to the Chilean Government, the codenamed "Operación Estrella Polar III" seeks to strengthen the country's presence in the territory. ](/feed/2025/01/2/the-chilean-president-gabriel-boric-begins-a-historic-three-day-trip-to-antarctica-along-with-civil-scientific-and-mi.md)
##### Constitutional Court of Indonesia
### [The Constitutional Court of Indonesia rules that the 20% electoral threshold for political parties to nominate a presidential candidate is not legally binding, potentially enabling smaller parties to participate in future presidential elections without the need to form coalition with larger parties. ](/feed/2025/01/2/the-constitutional-court-of-indonesia-rules-that-the-20-electoral-threshold-for-political-parties-to-nominate-a-preside.md)
##### Parliament of Ghana
### [The Parliament of Ghana prevents a potential government shutdown by approving a provisional budget of ₵68.1 billion ($4.65 billion) to fund government operations through March, amid a transition to John Mahama's presidency. ](/feed/2025/01/2/the-parliament-of-ghana-prevents-a-potential-government-shutdown-by-approving-a-provisional-budget-of-681-billion.md)
##### Ecuadorian president
### [Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa decrees the suspension of his vice president Verónica Abad accusing her of contempt, and the handover of her functions to national planning secretary Sariha Moya. Noboa already appointed Moya to replace Abad in November 2024, but a constitutional judge reversed the decree in December. ](/feed/2025/01/2/ecuadorian-president-daniel-noboa-decrees-the-suspension-of-his-vice-president-veronica-abad-accusing-her-of-contempt-a.md)
##### 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
### [The government of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro offers a US$100,000 reward for the capture of exiled opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, who claims that he is ready to take office as the legitimate president on January 10. ](/feed/2025/01/2/the-government-of-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-offers-a-us-100000-reward-for-the-capture-of-exiled-opposition-le.md)
##### Syria–Ukraine relations
### [Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine will pledge support to the Syrian transitional government. ](/feed/2025/01/2/ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-says-that-ukraine-will-pledge-support-to-the-syrian-transitional-government.md)
##### Iran–Italy relations
### [Italy summons Iran's ambassador to demand the release of "Il Foglio" reporter Cecilia Sala, detained in Tehran for alleged legal violations. ](/feed/2025/01/2/italy-summons-iran-s-ambassador-to-demand-the-release-of-il-foglio-reporter-cecilia-sala-detained-in-tehran-for-alleg.md)
##### Berlin-Wittenau
### [ Two officers were injured in an explosion of an unknown object at a police fence in Berlin-Wittenau; the reasons for this are still unclear. ](/feed/2025/01/2/two-officers-were-injured-in-an-explosion-of-an-unknown-object-at-a-police-fence-in-berlin-wittenau-the-reasons-for-th.md)
##### 2025 Fullerton plane crash
### [A small plane crashes through the roof of a commercial warehouse in Fullerton, California, United States, causing a fire, killing two people and injuring at least 18 others. ](/feed/2025/01/2/a-small-plane-crashes-through-the-roof-of-a-commercial-warehouse-in-fullerton-california-united-states-causing-a-fire.md)
##### German economic crisis
### [The Handelsblatt Research Institute reports that the German economy is in its "greatest crisis in post-war history" after projecting that the economy will enter its third year of recession in 2025 with a 0.1% contraction, following a 0.3% contraction in both 2023 and 2024. ](/feed/2025/01/2/the-handelsblatt-research-institute-reports-that-the-german-economy-is-in-its-greatest-crisis-in-post-war-history-afte.md)
##### 2025 New Orleans truck attack
### [Christopher Raia, the deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterterrorism division, says he believes that there is "no definitive link" between the two alleged U.S. Army servicemen perpetrators of the attacks, Shamsud-Din Jabbar in New Orleans and Matthew Alan Livelsberger in Las Vegas. ](/feed/2025/01/2/christopher-raia-the-deputy-assistant-director-of-the-fbi-s-counterterrorism-division-says-he-believes-that-there-is.md)
##### Somali Civil War
### [Puntland forces conduct airstrikes on ISIL hideouts in Bari, Puntland, Somalia, after they announced a military offensive against ISIL and Al-Shabaab. ](/feed/2025/01/2/puntland-forces-conduct-airstrikes-on-isil-hideouts-in-bari-puntland-somalia-after-they-announced-a-military-offensiv.md)
##### Israel–Hamas war
### [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announces that it has approved a delegation to Doha, Qatar for ceasefire talks. ](/feed/2025/01/2/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-s-office-announces-that-it-has-approved-a-delegation-to-doha-qatar-for-ceasef.md)
### [Eleven people are killed, including a Hamas police chief, in an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in al-Mawasi in the Gaza Strip. ](/feed/2025/01/2/eleven-people-are-killed-including-a-hamas-police-chief-in-an-israeli-airstrike-on-a-refugee-camp-in-al-mawasi-in-the.md)
##### Syrian civil war
### [According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, U.S. forces are deploying a new convoy to areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces in Kobani, Aleppo Governorate, as part of operations to establish a new US military base in north-eastern Syria. ](/feed/2025/01/2/according-to-the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-us-forces-are-deploying-a-new-convoy-to-areas-controlled-by-the.md)
### [Israeli warplanes carry out airstrikes on defense factories and a research center in Al-Safira, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. ](/feed/2025/01/2/israeli-warplanes-carry-out-airstrikes-on-defense-factories-and-a-research-center-in-al-safira-aleppo-governorate-syri.md)
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