Editing 2018 (section)

=== January === 
* [[January 1]] – [[Bulgaria]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]], after the [[2017 Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Estonian presidency]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-08 |title=Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU - Ecommerce Europe |url=https://ecommerce-europe.eu/news-item/bulgaria-takes-presidency-council-eu/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[January 4]] – [[SPLM-IO]] rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start [[2018 Juba raid|a raid against]] [[Juba]], capital of [[South Sudan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=imprimable&id_article=64434 |title=South Sudan rebels disown Juba attack after claiming responsibility |work=Sudan Tribune |date=7 January 2018 |access-date=2 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111110527/https://sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=imprimable&id_article=64434 |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 12]]–[[January 13|13]] – The first round of voting in the [[2018 Czech presidential election]] is held.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doubek |first=James |date=2018-01-14 |title=Pro-Russian Incumbent Wins First Round In Czech Presidential Election |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/14/577967002/pro-russian-incumbent-wins-first-round-in-czech-presidential-election |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311203140/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/14/577967002/pro-russian-incumbent-wins-first-round-in-czech-presidential-election |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 20]] – [[Turkey]], led by President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], announces the beginning of a [[Turkish military intervention in Afrin|military offensive]] to capture a portion of [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|northern Syria]] from [[People's Protection Units|Kurdish forces]], amidst the ongoing [[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey/turkey-shells-syrias-afrin-region-minister-says-operation-has-begun-idUSKBN1F80XX|title=Turkey shells Syria's Afrin region, minister says operation has begun|website=Reuters|last=Ozkan|first=Mert|date=January 19, 2018|access-date=2018-01-28|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724183643/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey/turkey-shells-syrias-afrin-region-minister-says-operation-has-begun-idUSKBN1F80XX|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/turkish-afrin-operation-erdogan-vows-push-ypg-180127092429280.html|title=Turkish Afrin operation: Erdogan vows to push out YPG|publisher=Al Jazeera|last=Dekker|first=Stephanie|date=January 27, 2018|access-date=2018-01-28|archive-date=January 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128093721/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/turkish-afrin-operation-erdogan-vows-push-ypg-180127092429280.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 20]]–[[January 22|22]] – The [[Federal government of the United States|US government]] enters a [[United States federal government shutdown of January 2018|federal government shutdown]] as a result of a dispute over [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Government shuts down on one-year anniversary of Trump presidency|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-2018-01-20-senate-vote-deal-latest-news-live-updates/|access-date=January 20, 2018|work=CBS News|date=January 20, 2018|archive-date=January 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120161558/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-2018-01-20-senate-vote-deal-latest-news-live-updates/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] – [[Science in China|Scientists in China]] report in the journal ''[[Cell (journal)|Cell]]'' the creation of the first [[monkey]] [[Clone (cell biology)|clones]] using [[somatic cell nuclear transfer]], named [[Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua]].<ref name="CELL-20180124">{{cite journal |author=Liu, Zhen |display-authors=et al |title=Cloning of Macaque Monkeys by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer |date=January 24, 2018 |journal=[[Cell (journal)|Cell]] |volume=172 |issue=4 |pages=881–887.e7 |doi=10.1016/j.cell.2018.01.020 |pmid=29395327 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="SCI-20180124">{{cite journal |last=Normile |first=Dennis |title=These monkey twins are the first primate clones made by the method that developed Dolly |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/these-monkey-twins-are-first-primate-clones-made-method-developed-dolly |date=January 24, 2018 |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |doi=10.1126/science.aat1066 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=January 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127202402/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/these-monkey-twins-are-first-primate-clones-made-method-developed-dolly |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="BBC-2018124">{{cite news |last=Briggs |first=Helen |title=First monkey clones created in Chinese laboratory |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-42809445 |date=January 24, 2018 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124203208/http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42809445 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT-20180124">{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Scientists Successfully Clone Monkeys; Are Humans Up Next? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/01/24/science/ap-us-sci-cloned-monkeys.html |date=January 24, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=January 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134442/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/01/24/science/ap-us-sci-cloned-monkeys.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 26]]–[[January 27|27]] – The second round of voting of the [[2018 Czech presidential election]] is held and [[incumbent]] [[President of the Czech Republic|president]] [[Miloš Zeman]] is reelected.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-01-27 |title=Czech election: Zeman beats Drahos to win second term |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42832720 |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311203755/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42832720 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 28]] 
** [[2018 Finnish presidential election]]: [[Incumbent]] [[President of Finland|president]] [[Sauli Niinistö]] is reelected on the first round of voting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whole country, votes cast for candidates |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2018_1/en/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223154817/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2018_1/en/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-01-29 |title=Finland's President Sauli Niinisto comfortably re-elected |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42854542 |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311205933/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42854542 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-01-28 |title=Rival concedes to incumbent Niinisto in Finnish presidential race |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-elections-president-rival-idUSKBN1FH0VC |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311205933/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-elections-president-rival-idUSKBN1FH0VC |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The first round of voting of the [[2018 Cypriot presidential election]] is held.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election result: Cyprus Presidency 2018, first round – European Polling Report |date=January 28, 2018 |url=https://europeanpolling.com/election-result-cyprus-presidency-2018-first-round |access-date=2022-03-11 |language=en-GB |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327014409/https://europeanpolling.com/election-result-cyprus-presidency-2018-first-round |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-01-27 |title=Cyprus presidential poll heads for runoff, frontrunners to seek allies |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyprus-election-idUSKBN1FG0XH |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225655/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyprus-election-idUSKBN1FG0XH |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – A [[January 2018 lunar eclipse|total lunar eclipse]] takes place, the 49th eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 124]]. This was referred to by the media as a 'super [[Blue moon|blue blood moon]]' as it was close to a [[supermoon]], with perigee being on January 30, and a [[blue moon]] eclipse, the first since [[December 1982 lunar eclipse|1982]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=EclipseWise - Eclipses During 2018 |url=https://www.eclipsewise.com/oh/ec2018.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=www.eclipsewise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=roshanp |date=2018-01-26 |title=Super blue blood moon and lunar eclipse a rare sighting |url=https://www.yorku.ca/news/2018/01/26/super-blue-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-rare-sighting/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=News@York |language=en-CA}}</ref>