Portal:Current events/2014 January 23

January 23, 2014 (Thursday)

Business and economy

A prominent currency trading platform launched by and for banks, ParFX, opens its doors to hedge fund participation. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A fire breaks out in a L'Isle Verte, Quebec elderly home, killing five people and 30 are still missing. (The Toronto Sun)

Law and crime

Pop star Justin Bieber is arrested for drunken driving and resisting arrest. (CNN)
Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos visits the detained ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and criticizes the current President Benigno Aquino III as "cruel, unjust". (Inquirer)
Swedish sex club owner Mille Markovic is shot dead in Stockholm. (Aftonbladet)(Daily Mail)
Supreme Court of Russia releases Platon Lebedev, a business partner of Russian magnate and former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky, after he spent more than 10 years in jail. (BBC News)

Science