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Current events of January 28, 2016 (2016-01-28) (Thursday)

Health

The World Health Organization forms an emergency committee to tackle the spread of the Zika virus in the Americas. (Washington Post)

International relations

The President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou visits Taiping Island, Taiwan's largest island in the South China Sea, despite the United States warning it could provoke diplomatic tensions with the People's Republic of China and other nations in the area. (AP via US News and World Report)

Law and crime

The trial of former President of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo for crimes against humanity begins at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. (BBC)

Politics

Residents of Brussels, Belgium, respond with outrage after U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump refers to the city as a "hellhole". (Newsweek via MSN)(New York Times)

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