On Saturday, January 10, the family of American musician and songwriter Bob Weir announced that he had died surrounded by loved ones. The former guitarist and vocalist of the rock band Grateful Dead was 78. His family announced his death via Instagram, noting that he had recently fought a cancer diagnosis but died due to "underlying lung issues". The announcement did not specify the date of Weir's death.
Belgium – In early January, international media reported that Quinten Delaere, an 18-year-old, had been officially recognized by Guinness World Records after exposing cheating on the Roblox platform. Delaere, known online as 'kannotlogin', used data analysis to demonstrate that the top times on the global leaderboard were achieved using illegal scripts.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported January 7 that a woman shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis has died. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin stated that the shooting occurred when ICE officers fired "defensive shots" in response to the woman "attempting to run over our law enforcement officers" with her vehicle.
On Monday, January 5, Manchester United football team fired its coach Ruben Amorim after fourteen months in the role. Amorim had met with Omar Berrada, chief executive officer of the team, and Jason Wilcox, the team's director of football, on Friday morning. In context of several disagreements in that discussion and the club performance this season, Manchester United announced the dismissal at around 10 a.m. on Monday.
A street in Kyiv will be named after the former Speaker of the Parliament Andriy Parubiy, killed in Lviv. The initiative to commemorate the prominent Ukrainian politician was supported by 57% of participants in a public poll on "Kyiv Digital" application. On January 1, Maryna Poroshenko, the leader of “European Solidarity”, announced the street name in the Kyiv City Council and on Facebook. As the result, a section along Mariinsky Park – from Hrushevskoho Street to Parkova Road – will bear the politician's name, named "Andrei Parubia Street".
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