Portal:Current events/2017 January 11

January 11, 2017 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- At least 11 people are killed in a bombing in Kandahar, including five UAE diplomats. (Al Jazeera)
Taiwan scrambles navy ships and jets as Chinese warships, led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning, sail through the Taiwan Strait following exercises in the South China Sea. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

The Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany is officially inaugurated with light shows and concerts of the Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. (The New York Times)

Business and economy

Environmentalists and netizens protest the planned construction of a Nickelodeon-themed underwater amusement park and resort by Viacom International Media Networks in Coron, Palawan, Philippines, despite claims by Viacom that the project would advocate marine resources conservation. (CNN Money) (CNN Philippines)
Reuters reports, on the basis of anonymous Chinese bankers, that the State Administration of Foreign Exchange is instructing them to keep quiet about any negative analysis of prospects for the yuan. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Crime in El Salvador
- As the homicide rate in El Salvador declines, the country records its first day in the last two years without a homicide. (CNN)

Politics and elections

President-elect of the United States Donald Trump holds his first post-election press conference in New York City. (CBS News)
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction releases a report on Afghanistan, saying that the Afghan Armed Forces are not capable of securing the country and have lost more territory to the Taliban, the most since the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Science and technology

Radio in Norway
- Norway becomes the first country to start a complete switch-off of national FM radio stations. The change, from the analogue FM system to digital audio broadcasting, is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Some, such as the Norwegian Local Radio Association, are concerned about the impact on motorists and the elderly. (New Scientist) (BBC)