Portal:Current events/2018 January 26

• Syrian Civil War
  • President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the Afrin offensive, as announced, is now to turn east, towards Manbij and the border with Iraq. (Reuters)

• Protests against Donald Trump
  • Celebrities Alyssa Milano, Michael Moore and Mark Ruffalo organize a "People's State of the Union"-themed concert on Monday in New York City. Common and Andra Day are scheduled to perform. (USA Today)

• CSeries dumping petition by Boeing
  • The United States International Trade Commission votes 4–0 in favor of dismissing the Boeing Company's petition against Bombardier Inc. over alleged price dumping. (Reuters)

• 2018 Miryang hospital fire
  • A fire breaks out in a hospital in Miryang, South Korea, killing at least 37 people and injuring over 130 others. (Reuters via ABC News) (BBC)
• Paris Zoological Park, France, is evacuated and closed after dozens of baboons escape their enclosure. (The Guardian)
• Rescuers, including the Royal New Zealand Air Force, search for the Kiribati ferry MV Butiraoi with around 50 people on board after it is declared missing. (BBC) (The New Zealand Herald)
• Cape Town water crisis
  • Cape Town announces that they will reach their "zero day", when they run out of all available water reserves, on April 12, 2018. (CNN) (BBC)
• Aftermath of the Oroville Dam crisis
  • The cost of the Oroville Dam spill rises to US$870 million. The U.S. state of California continues to hope for federal aid for the project. (KQED)

• Crime in Guatemala
  • Former Defense Minister of Guatemala Williams Mansilla is arrested for a possible corruption case associated with a bond to President Jimmy Morales. The Attorney General asked the Supreme Court to consider again the impeachment against President Morales. (Reuters)
  • José Arturo Sierra, former President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala, is shot and killed while driving to Guatemala City. (AP via The New Zealand Herald)
• Cryptocurrency and security
  • Hackers steal $535 million worth of the NEM cryptocurrency from Japanese exchange Coincheck. (CNBC)

• Political appointments by Donald Trump
  • U.S. President Donald Trump names former NASA astronaut James F. Reilly as leader of the U.S. Geological Survey. (The Hill)