Wikinews:2023/January

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January 2

• "National treasure": Former Brazilian footballer Pelé dies at age 82
• Pope Benedict XVI dies at age 95

January 4

• Two helicopters collide in Gold Coast, Australia

January 5

• France to be first nation to donate Western armored vehicles to Ukraine

January 6

• 118th United States Congress convenes; House of Representatives adjourns without electing Speaker for first time in 100 years

January 8

• "One-in-100-year flood event" devastates Western Australia
• Kevin McCarthy elected US House Speaker on 15th ballot

January 9

• Supporters of ex-President Bolsonaro storm Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court

January 10

• Troops freed by Mali return to Ivory Coast

January 13

• Powerful earthquake rocks Vanuatu archipelago

January 16

• UK Treasury considering plans for digital pound, economic secretary says

January 30

• Actor Alan Cumming returns OBE for British Empire's 'toxicity'

January 31

• "Energized and excited": Chris Hipkins becomes 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand