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At the Grammy Awards, "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar wins Record of the Year and Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter wins Album of the Year.
- The 67th Annual Grammy Awards honored the best recordings, compositions, and artists from September 16, 2023, to August 30, 2024, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy, on February 2, 2025. In its 22nd year at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the main ceremony was broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+. It was preceded by the premiere ceremony at the Peacock Theater, starting at 12:30 p.m. PT. Nominations were announced through a YouTube livestream on November 8, 2024. The South African comedian Trevor Noah hosted the ceremony for the fifth consecutive time.
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The 49th imam of Nizari Isma'ilism, Aga Khan IV , dies at the age of 88 and is succeeded by his son, Aga Khan V.
- Prince Karim Al-Husseini Aga Khan (Arabic: شاه كريم الحسيني, romanized: Shāh Karīm al-Ḥusaynī; 13 December 1936 – 4 February 2025), known as the Aga Khan IV (Persian: آقا خان چهارم, romanized: Āqā Khān Chārom), was a religious leader, businessman, and socialite best known as the 49th imam of Isma'ilism from 1957 until his death in 2025. He inherited the Nizari imamate and the title of Aga Khan at the age of 20 upon the death of his grandfather, the Aga Khan III. He was also known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his Isma'ili followers.
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- Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan (Persian: رحیم آقا خان; born 12 October 1971), known as the Aga Khan V (Persian: آقاخان پنجم), is the 50th Imam, or Hazar Imam, of the Shia Nizari Isma'ili Muslims. He is the second of the Aga Khan IV's four children, and succeeded his father upon his death in February 2025. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, he has been actively involved for many years in the governance of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).
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Eleven people are killed in a mass shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden.
- On 4 February 2025, a school shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden. Eleven people were killed, including the perpetrator, and six others injured. The shooter was identified as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson, but his motives for the attack are still under investigation by the Swedish Police Authority and the Swedish Security Service. Six people were hospitalised, with authorities warning there may be more casualties. According to Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson, it is the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history.
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A Learjet 55 crashes into multiple buildings in Philadelphia, United States, killing at least 7 people and injuring 24 others.
- On January 31, 2025, Med Jets Flight 056, a Learjet 55 operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, crashed in the Castor Gardens neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shortly after takeoff, killing everyone on board. The aircraft was on a medevac flight from Northeast Philadelphia Airport to Tijuana International Airport, with a planned refueling stop at Springfield–Branson National Airport.
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A Beechcraft 1900 crashes in Unity State, South Sudan, killing 20 of the 21 people onboard.
- On 29 January 2025, a Beechcraft 1900D operated by Eagle Air on behalf of Light Air Services crashed in Unity State, located in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. The aircraft was on a routine scheduled charter flight from GPOC Unity Airstrip to Juba International Airport when it crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 20 out of 21 on board. The aircraft was transporting oil workers to the South Sudanese capital Juba.
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Miloš Vučević announces his resignation as prime minister of Serbia following anti-corruption protests over the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse.
- Miloš Vučević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Вучевић, pronounced [mǐloʃ ʋûːtʃeʋitɕ]; born 10 December 1974) is a Serbian lawyer and politician who has served as prime minister of Serbia since 2024. He is also the current president of the Serbian Progressive Party. He previously served as deputy prime minister of Serbia and minister of defence 2022 to 2024 and as mayor of Novi Sad from 2012 to 2022.
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- In November 2024, a series of mass protests began in Novi Sad following the railway station canopy collapse in the city, which left 15 people dead and two severely injured. As of 2 February 2025, the protests have spread to 200 cities and towns in Serbia and are ongoing. The protest are being led by university students who demand accountability for the canopy collapse.
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Following the approval of a constitutional reform, Rosario Murillo becomes co-president of Nicaragua alongside her husband Daniel Ortega.
- Rosario María Murillo Zambrana (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo muˈɾiʝo]; born 22 June 1951) is a Nicaraguan politician and poet who is serving as co-president of Nicaragua along with her husband, President Daniel Ortega, since January 2025.
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Russian invasion of Ukraine (ongoing)
- On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which had started in 2014. The invasion, the largest and deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II, has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties. As of 2025, Russian troops occupy about 20% of Ukraine. From a population of 41 million, about 8 million Ukrainians had been internally displaced and more than 8.2 million had fled the country by April 2023, creating Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II.
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Sudanese civil war (ongoing)
- A civil war between two major rival factions of the military government of Sudan began during Ramadan on 15 April 2023. The two opponent factions consist of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies (collectively the Janjaweed coalition) under the Janjaweed leader Hemedti. Three minor (neutral) factions have also participated in the fighting: the Darfur Joint Protection Force; the SLM (al-Nur) under Abdul Wahid al-Nur; and the SPLM-N under Abdelaziz al-Hilu. Fighting has been concentrated around the capital city of Khartoum (the largest and initial battle of the war) and the Darfur region. As of 14 November 2024, at least 61,000 people had been killed in Khartoum State alone, of which 26,000 were a direct result of the violence. As of 21 January 2025, over 8.8 million were internally displaced and more than 3.4 million others had fled the country as refugees, and many civilians in Darfur have been reported dead as part of the Masalit massacres.
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