January 3, 2017 (Tuesday)
Business and economy
- Ford announces that it has cancelled plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico, long criticized by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and will invest $700 million in its Michigan plant in Flat Rock, potentially creating 700 new jobs from the investment and expansion of the plant. (CNN) (Fox News)
- The U.S. Commerce Department announces that construction spending increased 0.9 percent to $1.18 trillion in November 2016, the highest level since April 2006. (CNBC)
Law and crime
- Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, who is on trial for corruption, pleads not guilty to three charges of bribery and misconduct relating to a penthouse he leased in Shenzhen. (AFP, Reuters via The Straits Times) (BBC News) (South China Morning Post)
- 2017 Kidapawan jail siege
- More than 100 prisoners escape in the Philippines after armed suspected Muslim rebels storm a prison in Kidapawan. A prison guard dies. (ABC Australia) (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Presidential transition of Donald Trump
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says that Robert Lighthizer will be the country's chief trade negotiator. (Reuters)
- 115th United States Congress
- The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives cancels plans approved on Monday, following widespread criticism, including a tweet by President-elect Trump, that would have weakened the House's independent ethics watchdog, the Office of Congressional Ethics. (CNN) (Washington Post)
- The House GOP caucus overwhelmingly re-elects Paul Ryan to another term as House Speaker. (AP via KYTV) (Politico)
- The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes to extend a state of emergency imposed after last year's attempted coup for another three months. (AP)
Sports
- The English rugby league club the Bradford Bulls goes into liquidation after years of financial problems. (BBC)