The people of 23 January

A majority of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council votes to remove acting prime minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, two weeks before the council is set to dissolve. Council members Edgard Leblanc Fils and Leslie Voltaire announce that a replacement will be found within 30 days.

Politics · 23 Jan · with Edgard Leblanc Fils, Leslie Voltaire

Vietnam's top leader, Tô Lâm, is re-elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the most powerful position in the one-party state.

Politics · 23 Jan

Iliana Iotova becomes the first female president of Bulgaria following the resignation of Rumen Radev.

Politics · 23 Jan · with Rumen Radev

California Governor Gavin Newsom announces that California will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, becoming the first U.S. state to do so. The move comes after the United States' formal withdrawal from the World Health Organization took effect.

World · 23 Jan