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Current events of January 24, 2015 (2015-01-24) (Saturday)

War in Donbass
- A rocket attack on an open-air market in Mariupol, Ukraine leaves at least 27 people killed and more than 90 injured. The pro-Russian rebel leader, Alexander Zakharchenko, announces an offensive on Mariupol. (AP via ABC News) (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- The Islamic State kills eight Lebanese soldiers in the northeastern Lebanese village of Ras Baalbek. (AP)
- Japan states that it is seeking to verify a video that claims the killing of Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa by Islamic State militants. (BBC)

Subsequent to the January 15 announcement that Target Canada would close all 133 stores, today they announce the layoff of 17,000 employees. (CBC)

A measles outbreak, believed to have originated from Disneyland (Anaheim), spreads from California to four other states and Mexico. (AJC)
- At least eighty-five cases are confirmed in two additional states, including Nebraska. Forty-eight are linked to Disneyland. (CBS)