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*[[Chinese property sector crisis (2020–present)|Chinese property sector crisis]]
**The [[High Court of Hong Kong]] orders [[Evergrande Group]] into [[liquidation]] after the [[real estate developer]] fails to [[debt restructuring|restructure a debt]] amount in excess of {{US$|300}} billion. [https://apnews.com/article/china-evergrande-property-liquidation-order-7965ab1ec2f0208c53f9298daf8b9fd0 (AP)]
*[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] terminates its proposed {{US$|1.7}} billion acquisition of consumer robot manufacturer [[iRobot|iRobot Corporation]] after facing [[antitrust]] scrutiny from the [[European Commission]]. [https://apnews.com/article/amazon-roomba-european-union-antitrust-decision-53bc9fdc780fa312cf6d83e2fdc96351 (AP)]
* [[CNN Philippines]] announces cessation of operations starting January 31, after broadcasting for nine years, due to financial losses by its [[parent company]] [[Nine Media Corporation]]. [https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/CNN-Philippines-to-stop-broadcasting-after-9-year-run (''Nikkei Asia'')]
 
'''Law and crime'''
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**Four men are [[Capital punishment|executed]] in [[Iran]] after being [[convicted]] of planning a [[bomb]] attack ordered by [[Israel]]'s [[Mossad]] on a [[military equipment]] factory. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/29/iran-executes-four-men-convicted-of-spying-for-israel-state-media (Al Jazeera)]
*[[1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing]]
**The man who claimed that he is the fugitive Satoshi Kirishima, a former member of the [[East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front]] who was wanted for his role in a series of bombings in the 1970s and who was arrested by [[Japanese police]] on January 25, dies of terminal [[cancer]] in a hospital in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. However, it has not been confirmed if the man was actually Kirishima. [https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240129_12/ (NHK World)]
*Police arrest five people for the deaths of six people found in the desert near [[El Mirage, California|El Mirage]], [[California]], [[United States]], over an illegal [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] trade. The victims were shot dead, with the bodies of four of them being burned. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/29/police-arrests-bodies-desert-california (''The Guardian'')]