A list of ten events from the past week
- Lunar New Year was declared an official state holiday by the state of California.
- Dozens of people were killed after a plane crashed near an airport in Nepal on Sunday, Jan. 15.
- Consol’s boys varsity basketball team won 76-52 against Magnolia West on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
- Yakutsk, Russia experienced record low temperatures of -80 F on Wednesday, Jan. 18, just two days after the city set its previous all-time record low of -58 F.
- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern resigned from her post on Thursday, Jan. 19.
- President Biden promised that the federal government would assist California in the recovery effort after traveling to Northern California on Thursday, Jan. 19 to survey the damage left by winter storms.
- Over one million workers in France protested against the government’s plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 on Thursday, Jan. 19.
- New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the opening of a fifth relief center for asylum-seekers on Saturday, Jan 21.
- Machu Picchu–Peru’s famous tourist destination–was closed indefinitely by the Peruvian government over ongoing protests on Saturday, Jan. 21.
- Canada agreed to pay $2.9 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit seeking compensation for the loss of First Nation language and culture caused by its residential school system on Saturday, Jan 21.
