Completion Date: 01 Feb 2023
Medium: Paint & ink on acid-free mount-board
Dimensions: 51 x 76cm (20 x 30 inches)
News headlines (and random thoughts) spanning the month of January 2023.
01 January
S&P500: 3,839
Bitcoin: 16,556
CO2: 419.23
FTSE100: 7,451
USD/GBP: 1.21
Fed Funds Rate: 4.33
Biden: 43.3%
31 January
S&P500: 4,017.77
Bitcoin: 22,824
CO2: 420.14
FTSE100: 7,784
USD/GBP: 1.23
Fed Funds Rate: 4.33
Biden: 42.3%
01 Jan
Lula sworn in as Brazil president
02 Jan
Russia attacks Kyiv with drones
03 Jan
Palestinian rage at Israel minister holy site visit
04 Jan
WHO: China under-reporting COVID deaths
05 Jan
McCarthy loses 8th US House Speaker vote
06 Jan
Deadly riots grip Mexican state after drug arrest
07 Jan
McCarthy wins House speakership after historic battle
08 Jan
China reopens borders to tourists after three years of Covid closure
09 Jan
Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazilian Congress
10 Jan
Brazilians stage mass rallies to condemn rioters
11 Jan
Russia showing more caution in Ukraine
12 Jan
Second batch of classified Biden documents found
13 Jan
Russia claims victory in battle for Ukraine salt mine town
14 Jan
Widespread outrage after British-Iranian executed
15 Jan
California battles deadly storms & more flooding
16 Jan
Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss arrested in Sicily
17 Jan
China’s population falls for the first time since 1961
18 Jan
Microsoft lays off 10,000
19 Jan
NZ PM Ardern to step down next month
20 Jan
Macron plans large rise in France defence budget
21 Jan
Chris Hipkins to be new NZ PM
22 Jan
More classified documents seized at Biden home
23 Jan
Germany to allow tank exports to Ukraine
24 Jan
7 die in another California mass shooting
25 Jan
US joins Germany in sending battle tanks to Ukraine
26 Jan
Israel-Palestinian violence flares
27 Jan
5 officers charged with murder in Memphis killing
28 Jan
Footage shows Memphis police brutally beating Tyre Nichols
29 Jan
Police unit is disbanded after Tyre Nichols death
30 Jan
Erdogan says Turkey may block Sweden’s Nato bid
31 Jan
Biden rules out sending F-16 jets to Ukraine
