Patrick Cristiano

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Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.
Just keep going. No feeling is final.

— Rainer Maria Rilke, "Go to the Limits of Your Longing", The Book of Hours

The editor formerly known as PatTag2659.

About me

This user lives in the Philippines.

This user is of Spanish ancestry.

OCD

This user suffers from OCD (Obsessive–compulsive disorder)

DYP

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ADMU

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Atenista 'to! OBF!

IB

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This user is active in simulating the United Nations.

This user was born during the Erap presidential administration.

This user lives in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila.

This user is owned by one or more cats.

A, B, and C

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its & it's

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Wikipedian life

This user has been on Wikipedia for 13 years, 2 months and 9 days.

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Tambayan Philippines.

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This user listens to music when editing Wikipedia.

This user thinks you can learn a lot by editing an Encyclopedia.

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en

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fil-5

Propesyonal na nagsasalita ng wikang Filipino ang user na ito.

tl-5

Ang tagagamit na ito ay nakakapag-ambag ng Tagalog sa propesyonal na antas.

zh-1

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该用户能以基本的中文进行交流。

ja-1

この利用者は初級の日本語ができます。

de-1

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Hobbies and interests

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This user plays association football.

This user plays futsal.

This user plays badminton.

This user plays chess.

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Geography.

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This user enjoys travelling.

This user is interested in geopolitics.

This user enjoys films.

This user enjoys film scores.

This user loves alternative rock.

This user enjoys indie rock.

This user enjoys British rock.

This user enjoys tropical house.

This user is interested in the Philippines.

This user is interested in Germany.

This user is interested in New Zealand.

This user is interested in Singapore.

This user is interested in the United States of America.

Pop culture fandom

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first-person shooters.

This user enjoys playing FIFA Career mode or any other FIFA offline modes.

FBM

Thinks that Football Manager is far better than Championship Manager.

This user plays Rocket League

This user once loved Grand Theft Auto.

This user plays Minecraft.

"There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'good job'."

- J. K. Simmons, Whiplash

This user thinks Steven Spielberg is the greatest director of all time.

This user is a Nazi-fighting archaeologist in his spare time.

B M

This user, like all other
users, has a BLACK MIRROR.

Community

This user watches Troy and Abed in the Morning.

This user's with Coco.

FG

This user thinks Family Guy is freakin' sweet.

This user knows that "Democracy is so overrated".

This user loves the TV series Mayday.

SNL

This user would like to give some important advice on surviving a flaming...live from New York, it's Saturday Night!!

This user is a fan of AC/DC.

am	Contrary to popular belief, this user does not look good on the dance floor.

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CHVRCHΞS

This user turn the music up and got his records on.

GD

This user is an American Idiot.

This user doesn't look a thing like Jesus.

Queen

This user loves Queen!

30STM

This user is a fan of Thirty Seconds to Mars. Provehito in Altum.

This user has scaled these city walls.

VW

This user does not give a fuck about an oxford comma.

Sports fandom

This user supports the Azkals.

This user supports the Filipinas.

This user supports
Gilas Pilipinas

CN
FC

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CERES-NEGROS

CERES
NEGROS

This user supports Real Madrid.

This user is a fan of
FC Bayern Munich

This user supports
Liverpool Football Club
You'll Never Walk Alone

ASR

This user supports
AS Roma
DAJE ROMA DAJE!

OL

This user supports Olympique Lyonnais.

This user is a fan of Die Mannschaft.

RBR

This user is a fan of Red Bull Racing.

This user is a Sebastian Vettel fan

MV33

This user is a fan of Max Verstappen

This user thinks Rafael Nadal is the King of Clay!

BGSM

This user is a fan of the
Barangay Ginebra.

CHI

This user is a fan of the
Chicago Bulls.

This user strongly believes that Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete of all time.

CHC

This user is a fan of the
Chicago Cubs

Others

This user is a Boeing 777 fan.

This user is a Airbus A380 fan.

SQ

This user's favorite airline is Singapore Airlines.

This user's favorite airport is Singapore Changi Airport.

MR

This user enjoys their steak Medium rare.

This user eats the balut.

This user prefers eating pizza with pineapple.

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This user's favorite punctuation is commas, guys, not exclamation points or whatever.

This user has stayed at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.

Too many userboxes

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Newsfeed

Wikipedia newsfeed

11 January 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: Eastern Ukraine campaign; The Russian Army says it has gained control of the settlement of Shevchenko south of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Anadolu Ajansi); Kursk offensive, North Korean involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that Ukraine has captured two live North Korean soldiers in Kursk Oblast, Russia, the first time since North Korea entered the war. (Reuters)
11 January 2025 – Israel–Hamas war: Israel–United States relations, Calls for a ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war; Incoming U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a effort to secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza before January 20th. (Sky News)
11 January 2025 – Sudanese civil war: Battle of Wad Madani; The Sudanese Armed Forces say that they liberated Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State, from the Rapid Support Forces. (Al Arabiya)
11 January 2025 – 2025 California wildfires: January 2025 Southern California wildfires; At least 939 CDCR inmates are deployed to firefight the wildfires in southern California, United States. (BBC News)
11 January 2025 –: France puts the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte on red alert due to approaching Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi, roughly one month after the overseas department experienced the destructive passage of Cyclone Chido. (Reuters); Two people are killed and eleven others are injured when a bus crashes on its side on an exit of the A11 Highway in Berlin, Germany. (CTV News); At least fifty people are injured when two trams collide in a tunnel in Strasbourg, Grand Est, France. (DW)
11 January 2025 – Ethiopia–Somalia relations: The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed Ali, and the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, meet in Addis Ababa as part of a Turkey-brokered rapprochement to restore bilateral relations after a yearlong dispute due to the 2024 Ethiopia–Somaliland memorandum of understanding. (Bloomberg)
11 January 2025 – Lebanon–Syria relations: The Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, and the Syrian de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, hold a meeting in Damascus, the first meeting of such nature since before civil war started in 2011. (24 Digital) (MTV)
11 January 2025 –: At least 12,000 people gather in Riesa, Saxony, Germany, to protest an Alternative for Germany convention and the party's far-right views. (Al Jazeera)
10 January 2025 – Somali Civil War, War against the Islamic State: Islamic State insurgency in Puntland; Puntland forces fight against ISIS in the IL-Ameira mountains, stopping seven drones loaded with bombs and removing ten landmines. The forces also destroy five ISIS bases. They capture military bases, including a water well in Jeceel Valley near Cal Miskaad mountains of Balidhidhin District, Bari, Puntland. (Horseed Media) (Hiiraan Online)
10 January 2025 – Red Sea crisis: The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes on a power station and two ports in Houthi-controlled Yemen in retaliation for Houthi drone and missile attacks on Israel, with pro-Houthi media reporting that at least three people were injured. (Al Arabiya)
10 January 2025 – 2025 California wildfires: January 2025 Southern California wildfires; Amid ongoing wildfires, authorities in Los Angeles County, California, United States, impose a curfew and announce the deployment of the California National Guard in order to protect homes in evacuated areas from looting. (KNBC-TV); The United States Department of Health and Human Services issues a public health emergency for California in response to injuries and mental health impacts caused by the ongoing wildfires. (CNN)
10 January 2025 –: Three of the twelve miners that were reported missing yesterday in an explosion at a coal mine in Singidi, Balochistan, Pakistan, are found dead by rescue workers. (CTV News); Three women are killed and five children are injured in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. (Reuters); Three people on the ground are killed and three others are injured when a Cessna 172 aircraft crashes into a road near Malindi, Kenya. (AP)
10 January 2025 – 2024 in climate change: The Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms that 2024 was the warmest calendar year since records began in 1850, with the average global temperature reaching 1.6 °C above pre-industrial levels, surpassing the 1.5 °C warming benchmark set in 2016 by the Paris Agreement for the first time. (C3S) (Politico) (BBC News)
10 January 2025 – 2025 Moldovan energy crisis: Moldova's unrecognized breakaway region of Transnistria extends its state of emergency for another month due to an energy crisis following the suspension of Russian gas supplies. (Reuters)
10 January 2025 – Colombia–Venezuela relations: The government of Venezuela closes the border with Colombia ahead of the swearing-in of Nicolás Maduro for a third term as President of Venezuela. (Le Monde)
10 January 2025 – International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–United States relations: The United States government imposes a new series of sanctions targeting Russia's energy sector, including the Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas oil companies. (CNN)
10 January 2025 – Denmark–United States relations, Proposals for the United States to purchase Greenland: The Prime Minister of Greenland, Mute Bourup Egede, says that his country "has a a desire for independence" and he, in particular, is ready to speak with US President-elect Donald Trump. (Bloomberg)
10 January 2025 – Italy-Syria relations: The Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, meets in Damascus with Ahmed al-Sharaa, de facto leader of Syria. (Euronews)
10 January 2025 – Indictments against Donald Trump: Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York; U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is sentenced for falsifying business records, with judge Juan Merchan ordering an unconditional discharge, stating that imprisonment or fines could cause Trump to eventually have his convictions overturned. (AP)
10 January 2025 – International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, United States–Venezuela relations, Sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis: U.S. authorities announce an increased $25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. (BBC News)
10 January 2025 – Vince McMahon sex trafficking scandal: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announces that former WWE CEO Vince McMahon has agreed to pay a $400,000 fine and reimburse $1.3 million to WWE as part of a settlement to drop accounting fraud charges. (CNN)
10 January 2025 – Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny: Russia financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring rejects requests to remove former opposition leader Alexei Navalny from their state sponsor of terrorism list despite his death a year ago. (Reuters)
10 January 2025 – 2024 Austrian legislative election: Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen appoints foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg as acting chancellor to succeed Karl Nehammer, who resigned six days ago. (Reuters)
10 January 2025 – 2024 Venezuelan political crisis: Third inauguration of Nicolás Maduro; Nicolás Maduro is sworn in for a third six-year term as President of Venezuela in Caracas. The ceremony takes place under heavy security measures with the opposition boycotting and protesting the ceremony while continuing to insist that the legitimate president-elect is Edmundo González Urrutia. Many countries and international organizations also consider the election to be fraudulent. (CNN)
9 January 2025 – Somali Civil War, War against the Islamic State: Islamic State insurgency in Puntland; Puntland forces carry out drone strikes on Islamic State targets in the Cal Miskaad mountains near Balidhidhin District, Bari, Puntland, Somalia, killing several militants. (Idil News) (VOA); Puntland counterterrorism forces capture four foreign Islamic State fighters from Ethiopia, Yemen, and Tanzania, while intercepting and destroying multiple explosive-carrying drones in Bari, Puntland. (Idil News) (VOA) (Garowe Online)
9 January 2025 – Israel–Hamas war: Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip; Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 22 people. (Al Jazeera); A study published in The Lancet claims that around 3% of the Gaza Strip population has died due to the conflict with Israel. (CNN)
9 January 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russian artillery strikes kill two people in Siversk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, according to the region's governor. In the Russian-controlled area of Kamianka-Dniprovska, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, the region's Russia-appointed governor says that two people were killed by Ukrainian artillery strikes. (Reuters)
9 January 2025 – 2025 California wildfires: January 2025 Southern California wildfires; At least six people are killed due to spreading wildfires in Los Angeles County, United States.; The Kenneth Fire ignites in Woodland Hills, adding to the 179,000 people placed under evacuation orders. (NBC News)
9 January 2025 – 2024–25 European winter: Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a snowstorm in northern France. (AP)
9 January 2025 –: Twelve miners are trapped in a collapsed coal mine in Balochistan, Pakistan, following a methane gas explosion. (AP)
9 January 2025 – Armenia–European Union relations: The Armenian government approves a bill to launch a bid for the country to join the European Union. (Reuters)
9 January 2025 – Azerbaijan–Russia relations: Russia declines to confirm whether Russian forces accidentally shot down Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, despite calls by Azerbaijan to do so. (The Straits Times)
9 January 2025 – Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute: Guyana says that it will resort to the United Nations to deter Venezuela from unilaterally appointing a governor for the Essequibo, a region under Guyanese control but claimed by Venezuela. (AP)
9 January 2025 – International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders: Poland's government confirms that it will not comply with an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes if he chooses to attend a ceremony at Auschwitz concentration camp later this month. (Times of Israel) (Notes from Poland); The U.S. House of Representatives votes 243 to 140 to sanction the ICC for issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. (Reuters) (Middle East Eye) (Haaretz); U.S. Senate majority leader John Thune promises swift consideration of the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act so President-elect Donald Trump can sign it into law shortly after taking office. Under the act, any foreigner who investigates, arrests, detains or prosecutes U.S. citizens or those of an allied country, including Israel, not under ICC jurisdiction would be sanctioned along with their family members. (Reuters) (The New York Times)
9 January 2025 – 2024 Venezuelan political crisis: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado makes her first public appearance in 133 days and is briefly arrested when her convoy is intercepted by security forces as it departs an anti-government protest in Caracas. The incident occurs the day before the ruling party-controlled National Assembly is scheduled to swear in Nicolás Maduro for a third term as president. (AP) (The Guardian)
9 January 2025 –: The Democratic Republic of the Congo bans Al Jazeera from operating in the country and revokes its press credentials, citing the network's interview with M23 rebel leader Bertrand Bisimwa as an endorsement of terrorism. Authorities warn against reporting on the group, with the justice minister threatening to invoke the death penalty, although no formal law bans such coverage. (AP); The Kuwaiti public prosecution detains media personality Fajer Al-Saeed for 21 days and after investigating charges related to "calling for normalization with the Israeli occupation and harming the state's interests". (Al Jazeera)
9 January 2025 – 2024 Mozambican general election: 2024 Mozambican protests; PODEMOS presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who alleges that the October election was rigged, returns to Mozambique from exile in South Africa amid protests. (Reuters)
9 January 2025 – 2022–2025 Lebanese presidential election: Military commander Joseph Aoun is elected as President of Lebanon, ending the power vacuum that began in October 2022. (AP)
9 January 2025 – Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter: The state funeral for former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. All five living presidents, including incumbent president Joe Biden and president-elect Donald Trump, attend the funeral. (CBS News)
9 January 2025 –: President of São Tomé and Príncipe Carlos Vila Nova rejects a proposal by his Independent Democratic Action party to elect Hélio Vaz de Almeida as prime minister. Vila Nova instead appoints Ilza Amado Vaz. (RFI), (Xinhua)
8 January 2025 – Boko Haram insurgency: 2025 N'Djamena attack; Gunfire and military vehicles are reported near the Presidential Palace in N'Djamena, Chad, with the Chadian government accusing Boko Haram of being behind the attack. The Chad National Army has reportedly regained stable control of the capital, with 18 insurgents and one security force member being killed in the attack. (Devdiscourse) (Deutsche Welle)
8 January 2025 – Israel–Hamas war: Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip; Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 27 people. (Arab News)
8 January 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russian forces attack an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing 13 people and injuring 18 others. Further strikes on Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs kill 13 more people and injure 32 others. (Ukrainska Pravda) (Ukrainska Pravda 2)
8 January 2025 – Insurgency in the Maghreb: Twenty-eight soldiers are killed during a mass shooting in northern Benin near the border with Burkina Faso. (Punch)
8 January 2025 – 2025 California wildfires: January 2025 Southern California wildfires; Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Hurst Fire; More than 100,000 people are evacuated from approaching wildfires in the Pacific Palisades and Hollywood neighborhoods of Los Angeles and Altadena, California, United States, that have burnt more than 3,000 acres, aggravated by an ongoing extreme windstorm and drought conditions. Five people are killed, dozens of others are injured, and around 1,000 structures are destroyed. (AP) (The Independent) (NBC News) (Reuters); The CALNEV Pipeline connecting oil refineries in southern California to Clark County, Nevada, shuts down due to power outages, temporarily cutting off the gasoline supply to Las Vegas and Nellis Air Force Base. The Kinder Morgan SFPP Pipeline connecting southern California to Phoenix, Arizona, also shuts down. (KTNV) (Reuters)
8 January 2025 – Deadly human stampedes in Hindu temples: Six people are killed and over forty others are injured in a stampede at the Hindu Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. (AP) (Business Today)
8 January 2025 – Iran–Italy relations: The Iranian government releases Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from prison, with Sala arriving back in Rome later that day. (Euronews) (Yahoo! News)
8 January 2025 – Lithuania–Russia relations: Lithuanian prime minister Gintautas Paluckas deploys the police to secure the country's electricity link with Poland in response to reported attempts to disrupt the planned decoupling of the Baltic states' power systems from the grid shared with Belarus and Russia. (Reuters)
8 January 2025 –: Azerbaijan protests Eritrea's detention of three Azerbaijani-flagged vessels and 18 crew members since November 2024, stating the ships entered Eritrean waters due to adverse weather en route to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Reuters); The British government freezes the assets of neo-Nazi music network Blood & Honour, becoming the first far-right group in the UK to be sanctioned by the government. (BBC News)
8 January 2025 – Politics of New Caledonia: Alcide Ponga [fr] of the pro-France The Rally party is elected President of New Caledonia by six of the eleven government ministers. (Radio New Zealand)
8 January 2025 –: The ruling party in São Tomé and Príncipe, Independent Democratic Action, proposes Hélio Vaz de Almeida as Prime Minister to replace Patrice Trovoada, who was fired by President Carlos Vila Nova two days ago. (RFI)
7 January 2025 – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Three Pakistani soldiers and 19 Taliban insurgents are killed in shootouts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
7 January 2025 – Argentine debt restructuring: Argentina's country risk index, measured by the JPMorgan GBI-EM Index, briefly drops to 444 points, its lowest level since 2018, before closing at 561 points due to technical adjustments linked to upcoming bond payment amid improved market sentiment driven by cooling inflation and signs of economic recovery. (Reuters)
7 January 2025 –: International flights resume from Damascus International Airport in Syria for the first time since the fall of the Assad regime. (France 24); The merger of the providers of stock photography Getty Images and Shutterstock, by the acquisition of the latter by the former, is announced. (AP News)
7 January 2025 – 2025 California wildfires: January 2025 Southern California wildfires; An exceptional Santa Ana wind event reaching hurricane-force in some locations in southern California, United States, cause multiple power outages and wildfire outbreaks, including a rapidly-spreading >2,900 acre wildfire in Los Angeles County which causes several burn injuries and forces 30,000 people to evacuate. (CNN) (NBC News)
7 January 2025 – 2025 Tibet earthquake: At least 126 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when a magnitude M_w 7.1 (M_s 6.8) earthquake strikes Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
7 January 2025 – 2025 Swan River Seaplanes Cessna 208 crash: A light aircraft crashes near Rottnest Island, Western Australia, killing the pilot and two tourists from Denmark and Switzerland while injuring three other passengers. (Reuters)
7 January 2025 –: Thirteen Cuban soldiers go missing after explosions at an arms and ammunition depot in Holguín Province. (CNN)
7 January 2025 – HMPV outbreak in East Asia: India confirms their first cases of the human metapneumovirus disease. (CBS News)
7 January 2025 – Denmark–United States relations, Proposals for the United States to purchase Greenland, Panama–United States relations: U.S. president-elect Donald Trump refuses to rule out using military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, declaring U.S. control of both to be "vital to American national security". (AP); Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. makes a personal visit to Greenland weeks after Trump announced that "ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity". In response to the visit, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen states that "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders". (BBC News); Panamanian foreign minister Javier Martínez-Acha asserts that only Panamanians operate the Panama Canal and that its sovereignty is non-negotiable, dismissing Trump's claims that China operates the canal and his suggestion of potential U.S. military action to regain control. (DW)
7 January 2025 – Hungary–United States relations: The U.S. Treasury imposes sanctions on Hungarian cabinet minister Antal Rogán for alleged corruption, accusing him of using his position to secure financial benefits for himself and political allies. (Reuters)
7 January 2025 – Sudan–United States relations: The United States accuses the Rapid Support Forces of committing genocide in Sudan during the ongoing civil war and imposes sanctions on the group's leader Hemedti. (AP)
7 January 2025 – 2024 Venezuelan political crisis: Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González reports the kidnapping of his son-in-law Rafael Tudares by masked men in Caracas, as political tensions persist following González's contested claim of victory in the country's July presidential election. (Al Jazeera)
7 January 2025 –: Former Cambodian opposition lawmaker Lim Kimya is shot dead by a gunman on a motorcycle in Bangkok, Thailand. Cambodian officials deny allegations of involvement in Lim's death. (The Guardian); Lebanon approves the extradition of Abdul Rahman Yusuf, the son of late Egyptian ulama Yusuf al-Qaradawi, to the United Arab Emirates following his detention on December 28 after returning from Syria. (Reuters); Mauritius issues an arrest warrant for former finance minister Renganaden Padayachy over alleged embezzlement involving the disbursement of Rs. 45 million (US$1 million) from the Mauritius Investment Corporation. (Reuters); Two people are killed and one is injured in a mass shooting at Zahnradfabrik Hanel in Bad Friedrichshall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The perpetrator is arrested. (DW)
7 January 2025 – 2024 Venezuelan political crisis: Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro announces the arrest of seven foreign individuals, whom he accuses of planning terrorist acts to disrupt his upcoming inauguration, with security forces conducting a nationwide deployment. (Al Jazeera)
7 January 2025 – Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter: The body of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter arrives in Washington, D.C. for a three-day mourning period, including a lying in state at the Capitol. (Reuters)
7 January 2025 – Libyan crisis: The House of Representatives of Libya approves a national reconciliation and transitional justice law aimed at unifying the country after over a decade of conflict. (Reuters)
7 January 2025 –: John Mahama is sworn in for a second term as President of Ghana, having previously served as president from 2012 to 2017. (Reuters); Meta Platforms announces an end to its third-party fact-checking program and a transition to a crowd-sourced model similar to X's Community Notes. (AP)