Editing 2023 (section)

=== January ===

* [[January 1]]
** [[Croatia]] adopts the [[euro]] and joins the [[Schengen Area]], becoming the 20th member state of the [[Eurozone]] and the 27th member of the Schengen Area. This is the first enlargement of the Eurozone since [[Lithuania]]'s entry in [[2015]], and the first enlargement of the Schengen Area since [[Liechtenstein]]'s entry in [[2011]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2022 |title=Croatia set to join the euro area on 1 January 2023: Council adopts final required legal acts |url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/12/croatia-set-to-join-the-euro-area-on-1-january-2023-council-adopts-final-required-legal-acts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725212627/https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/12/croatia-set-to-join-the-euro-area-on-1-january-2023-council-adopts-final-required-legal-acts/ |archive-date=July 25, 2022 |access-date=July 16, 2022 |website=European Council/Council of the European Union}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Buckley |first=Julia |date=January 2, 2023 |title=This popular European country just got a new currency |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/croatia-joins-euro-zone-schengen/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103001950/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/croatia-joins-euro-zone-schengen/index.html |archive-date=January 3, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=CNN}}</ref>
** Following the [[2022 Brazilian general election]] in October that year, [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|Lula da Silva]] becomes [[President of Brazil|President]] of [[Brazil]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Análise das Eleições 2022: Veja Detalhes dos Resultados da Votação |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/analise/presidente-1-turno/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030225737/https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/analise/presidente-1-turno/ |archive-date=30 October 2022 |access-date=31 October 2022 |website=noticias.uol.com.br |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Resultados – TSE |url=https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/eleicao/resultados |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102121453/https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/eleicao/resultados |archive-date=2 November 2022 |access-date=31 October 2022 |website=resultados.tse.jus.br}}</ref> One week later, supporters of former Brazilian president [[Jair Bolsonaro]] [[2023 invasion of the Brazilian Congress|storm]] the Brazilian [[National Congress of Brazil|National Congress]], the [[Supreme Federal Court]] and the [[Palácio do Planalto|Presidential Palace of Planalto]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gortázar |first=Naiara Galarraga |date=8 January 2023 |title=Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil's Congress |url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-01-08/bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-congress.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108231244/https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-01-08/bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-congress.html |archive-date=8 January 2023 |access-date=9 January 2023 |website=EL PAÍS English Edition}}</ref><ref name="decree">{{Cite web |date=10 January 2023 |title=Federal forces to intervene in Brasília after pro-coup riot |url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2023-01/senate-confirms-federal-intervention-public-safety-df |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111134007/https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2023-01/senate-confirms-federal-intervention-public-safety-df |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=11 January 2023 |website=Agência Brasil}}</ref>

* [[January 3]] – Starting from this date, many countries impose travel restrictions on travel from China due to the relaxation of [[Chinese government response to COVID-19|the country's zero-COVID policy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-12 |title=COVID restrictions ramp up as international travel from China resumes |url=https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/01/12/china-resumes-international-travel-which-countries-are-introducing-new-covid-restrictions |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=euronews  |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116223816/https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/01/12/china-resumes-international-travel-which-countries-are-introducing-new-covid-restrictions |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – The [[Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI|funeral]] of [[Pope Benedict XVI]] is held at [[St. Peter's Square|Saint Peter's Square]] within the [[Vatican City]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=Pope Francis to lead funeral for Benedict XVI, a first in modern history |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221231-pope-francis-to-lead-funeral-for-benedict-xvi-a-first-in-modern-history |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=France 24  |archive-date=December 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231164708/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221231-pope-francis-to-lead-funeral-for-benedict-xvi-a-first-in-modern-history |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 8]] 
** The [[2023 Beninese parliamentary election]] is held, with the [[Progressive Union for Renewal]] party winning a plurality of seats.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-01-13 |title=Benin's ruling coalition won election, constitutional court says |url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230113-benin-s-ruling-coalition-won-election-constitutional-court-says |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129191049/https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230113-benin-s-ruling-coalition-won-election-constitutional-court-says |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: [[China]] reopens its borders to international visitors, marking the end of travel restrictions that began in March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2023 |title=China reopens borders as lunar new year travel kicks off amid Covid surge |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/08/china-drops-quarantine-for-visitors-as-lunar-new-year-travel-kicks-off-amid-covid-surge |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=The Guardian  |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108112815/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/08/china-drops-quarantine-for-visitors-as-lunar-new-year-travel-kicks-off-amid-covid-surge |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2023 |title=Zero-Covid over, Chinese travellers swing into overseas holiday mode |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3206017/zero-covid-over-chinese-travellers-swing-overseas-holiday-mode |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=South China Morning Post |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108112822/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3206017/zero-covid-over-chinese-travellers-swing-overseas-holiday-mode |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[January 17|17]] – A [[2023 Afghanistan cold snap|deadly cold snap in Afghanistan]] kills 166 people and nearly 80,000 livestock.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Afghanistan cold snap kills over 160, Taliban officials say – DW – 01/28/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-cold-snap-kills-over-160-taliban-officials-say/a-64546879 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=dw.com |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208172714/https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-cold-snap-kills-over-160-taliban-officials-say/a-64546879 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[January 15]] – [[Yeti Airlines Flight 691]] crashes during final approach into [[Pokhara]], [[Nepal]], killing all 72 people on board.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-15 |title=Nepal crash: Dozens killed as plane crashes near Pokhara airport |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64280480 |access-date=2023-01-20 |archive-date=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120130951/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64280480 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[Tigray War]]: [[Amhara Region|Amharan]] Special Forces withdraw from the [[Tigray Region]] in line with an [[African Union]]-backed [[Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement|peace agreement]] between the [[Government of Ethiopia|Ethiopian government]] and the [[Tigray People's Liberation Front]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amhara forces withdraw from northern Ethiopia's Tigray region |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/13/amhara-forces-leave-northern-ethiopias-tigray-region |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025172622/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/13/amhara-forces-leave-northern-ethiopias-tigray-region |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[January 17]] – [[Nguyễn Xuân Phúc]] resigns as [[President of Vietnam]] amid several recent scandals in [[Government of Vietnam|the government]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-legislature-approves-presidents-resignation-amid-graft-crackdown-2023-01-18/ | title=Vietnam legislature approves president's resignation amid graft crackdown | newspaper=Reuters | date=January 18, 2023 | access-date=January 25, 2023 | archive-date=January 25, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125152143/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-legislature-approves-presidents-resignation-amid-graft-crackdown-2023-01-18/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – [[2023 Brovary helicopter crash|A helicopter crash]] in [[Brovary]] near [[Kyiv|Kiev]], [[Ukraine]] kills 14 people including [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)#Ministers of Internal Affairs|Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs]] [[Denys Monastyrsky]].<ref name="2023-01-18 BBC">{{cite news |last1=Waterhouse |first1=James |last2=Kirby |first2=Paul |date=2023-01-18 |title=Ukraine's interior ministry leadership killed in helicopter crash |language=en |publisher=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64315594 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125020952/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64315594 |archive-date=2023-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Koshiv |first1=Isobel |last2=Beaumont |first2=Peter |date=18 January 2023 |title=Ukraine's interior minister killed in helicopter crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/18/ukraine-interior-minister-killed-in-helicopter-crash-brovary-kyiv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119145105/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/18/ukraine-interior-minister-killed-in-helicopter-crash-brovary-kyiv |archive-date=19 January 2023 |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fornusek |first=Martin |date=3 August 2023 |title=Emergency service employees charged over helicopter crash that killed interior minister |url=https://kyivindependent.com/state-emergency-workers-charged-over-death-of-interior-minister/ |access-date=3 August 2023 |work=[[The Kyiv Independent]] |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804185125/https://kyivindependent.com/state-emergency-workers-charged-over-death-of-interior-minister/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[January 20]] – The [[Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago]] [[2023 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election|elects]] former [[Senate (Trinidad and Tobago)|senate]] president, minister and lawyer [[Christine Kangaloo]] as [[president of Trinidad and Tobago|president]] in a 48–22 vote.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Gail |title=Kangaloo is President-elect |url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/kangaloo-is-presidentelect-6.2.1614391.6ddaed2070 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Guardian.co.tt  |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121064341/https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/kangaloo-is-presidentelect-6.2.1614391.6ddaed2070 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 21]]
** [[Burkina Faso]] requests [[French Armed Forces|French forces]] to withdraw from its territory after suspending a military accord that allowed the presence of French troops in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2023-01-22 |title=Burkina Faso military government demands departure of French troops |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/burkina-military-govt-demands-departure-french-troops-national-television-2023-01-21/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619132147/http://www.reuters.com/world/africa/burkina-military-govt-demands-departure-french-troops-national-television-2023-01-21/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Tigray War]]: [[Eritrean Defence Forces|Eritrean forces]] withdraw from [[Shire (Tigray)|Shire]] and other major towns in the [[Tigray Region]] of [[Ethiopia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Endeshaw |first=Dawit |date=2023-01-22 |title=Eritrean troops seen leaving Ethiopian town of Shire |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eritrean-troops-seen-leaving-ethiopian-town-shire-2023-01-21/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519153218/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eritrean-troops-seen-leaving-ethiopian-town-shire-2023-01-21/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 25]] – [[Chris Hipkins]] succeeds [[Jacinda Ardern]] as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]],<ref name="January25">{{Cite news |last=McClure |first=Tess |date=22 January 2023 |title=New Zealand: Chris Hipkins taking over from Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/new-zealand-labour-caucus-votes-in-chris-hipkins-to-succeed-jacinda-ardern |url-status=live |access-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122020907/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/new-zealand-labour-caucus-votes-in-chris-hipkins-to-succeed-jacinda-ardern |archive-date=22 January 2023}}</ref> six days after she announced [[Resignation of Jacinda Ardern|her resignation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-19 |title=Jacinda Ardern resigns: Reactions from around the world |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/482729/jacinda-ardern-resigns-reactions-from-around-the-world |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=RNZ |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125005754/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/482729/jacinda-ardern-resigns-reactions-from-around-the-world |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – Widespread unrest erupts in [[Israel]] following an [[Israeli military]] [[January 2023 Jenin incursion|raid]] in [[Jenin]] which left nine Palestinians dead. Incendiary air balloons are launched into Israeli-populated areas following it. Israel responds with targeted airstrikes. Later the same day, seven Jewish civilians [[2023 Neve Yaakov shooting|are murdered]] in a synagogue in [[Neve Yaakov]] in a terrorist attack.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-57492745 | title=Israel strikes in Gaza after fire balloons launched | work=BBC News | date=June 15, 2021 | access-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127201132/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-57492745 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64430491 | title=Jerusalem synagogue shooting: Israel arrests 42 after deadly attack | work=BBC News | date=January 27, 2023 | access-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127201054/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64430491 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – [[January 28|28]] – The second round of the [[2023 Czech presidential election]] is held, with [[Petr Pavel]] declared winner.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=Česká televize|title=Prezidentské volby 2023 |url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/volby2023 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=ČT24|language=cs |archive-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114070350/https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/volby2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 30]] 
** A [[Jamaat-ul-Ahrar]] [[2023 Peshawar mosque bombing|suicide bombing]] inside a mosque in [[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Pakistan, kills 84 people and injures over 220 others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blast at mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar kills at least 28 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/30/peshawar-pakistan-mosque-explosion-casualties |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Aljazeera.com  |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130102529/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/30/peshawar-pakistan-mosque-explosion-casualties |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=46 killed, over 100 injured in Taliban suicide attack at mosque in high-security zone in Pakistan's Peshawar |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/blast-in-mosque-in-pakistans-peshawar-70-injured/articleshow/97439643.cms |access-date=2023-01-30 |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130150235/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/blast-in-mosque-in-pakistans-peshawar-70-injured/articleshow/97439643.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64451936|title=Pakistan mosque blast: Police targeted in attack that kills 47|work=BBC News|date=30 January 2023|access-date=January 30, 2023|archive-date=January 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130104225/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64451936|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] confirms that [[Kiribati]] will rejoin the [[Pacific Islands Forum]] after leaving the organization the previous year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lyons |first=Kate |date=2023-01-30 |title=Kiribati to return to Pacific Islands Forum at vital moment for regional diplomacy |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/30/kiribati-to-return-to-pacific-islands-forum-at-vital-moment-for-regional-diplomacy |access-date=2023-07-29 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311054038/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/30/kiribati-to-return-to-pacific-islands-forum-at-vital-moment-for-regional-diplomacy |url-status=live }}</ref>