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Revision as of 01:02, 2 January 2025
January 1, 2025 (2025-01-01) (Wednesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 26 Palestinians, including four children. At least ten others are missing and believed to be under the rubble. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 2025 New Orleans truck attack
- A Texas man kills 15 people and injures 35 others, including two police officers, in a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, before being shot dead. The FBI says it found an Islamic State flag in the suspect's vehicle. (Reuters)
- Somali Civil War
- The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission (AUSSOM) replaces the African Union Transition Mission (ATMIS) as the African Union's new peacekeeping mission in Somalia. (Voice of Nigeria)
Business and economy
- 2022–2023 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Russia's gas firm Gazprom halts exports of Russian natural gas through Ukrainian pipelines after Ukraine refuses to renew a transit agreement. Hungary will continue receiving Russian gas via the TurkStream pipeline. (Reuters)
- Foreign relations of Mexico
- Mexico's Tax Administration Service implements new tariffs, including a 19% duty on goods from countries without international trade agreements with Mexico and a 17% duty on items from Canada and the United States under certain value thresholds. (Reuters)
- Energy in Moldova
- Moldova declares a 60-day energy emergency after Gazprom halts the transport of gas to the country, citing frequent non-payment by their breakaway region Transnistria. Moldova does not recognize Transnistria's debt. (Ukrayinska Pravda via Yahoo! News)
Law and crime
- LGBTQ rights in Liechtenstein
- Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Liechtenstein after the 2024 law went into effect January 1, 2025. It is the 39th country to permit marriage for same-sex couples. (GCN)
- 2025 Cetinje shootings
- Ten people are killed and four injured during a shooting spree in Cetinje, Montenegro. The perpetrator commits suicide. (Reuters) (France24)
- Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Tesla Cybertruck explosion
- A Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, United States, killing the driver and inflicting minor injuries on seven bystanders. The police investigate whether the truck's load of fireworks was an element of a terrorist plot. (ABC News)
- Al Jazeera controversies and criticism
- The Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera's broadcast and freezes its operations in Palestine, accusing it of interfering in internal affairs and spreading incitement and misinformation. (Reuters)
- 2024–2025 German New Year's Eve pyrotechnics incidents
- Five people are killed, several are injured, and at least 330 are arrested due to mishandling of pyrotechnics during New Year's celebrations in Germany. (RNZ) (DW)
- A police officer is killed and four other people are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack during a patrol in Nelson, New Zealand. A 32-year-old suspect is arrested. (AP)
- FBI agents announce the seizure of over 150 homemade pipe bombs and other explosive devices from a Norfolk, Virginia residence. (AP)
- Public domain
- Tintin, Popeye, and Hemingway Among US Copyrights Expired on January 1, 2025, and it has entered the public domain. (Asharq Al-Awsat) (Duke Law School)
Politics and elections
- Schengen Area
- Bulgaria and Romania finalize the process of joining the Schengen Area, lifting land border controls. (AP)
- Karin Keller-Sutter is sworn in as President of Switzerland. (Le News)