2026-01-22 7f8a8a1950af4ddff658faf013d8c2c6ac4424aa 24 AI boom 1 /wiki/ai%20boom South Korea 2 /wiki/south%20korea US$ 116 /wiki/united%20states%20dollar artificial intelligence 37 /wiki/artificial%20intelligence law 14 /wiki/law%20of%20south%20korea ₩ 71 /wiki/south%20korean%20won AI boom South Korea US$ artificial intelligence law ₩ AI boom /feed/2026/01/22/south-korea-enacts-a-law-that-requires-human-oversight-of-high-impact-artificial-intelligence-ai-systems-mandates-dis Reuters 22 52c5000b13543257ab69bcdc2423730e5a3bd5bc 1 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-launches-landmark-laws-regulate-ai-startups-warn-compliance-burdens-2026-01-22/ 2026 South Korea enacts a law that requires human oversight of high-impact artificial intelligence (AI) systems, mandates disclosure and labeling of certain AI uses, and institutes fines of up to ₩30 million (around US$20,400) for violations. 2026-01-22 c7399a1cde0653966a2d113c9b43bb977d79b648 22 Canadian 1 /wiki/canada FBI Most Wanted List 36 /wiki/fbi%20most%20wanted%20list Mexico 70 /wiki/mexico Ryan Wedding 13 /wiki/ryan%20wedding Canadian FBI Most Wanted List Mexico Ryan Wedding Canadian /feed/2026/01/22/canadian-drug-trafficker-and-fugitive-ryan-wedding-who-is-on-the-fbi-most-wanted-list-is-arrested-in-mexico PBS 22 0ab96097022fa048ed64168716c5b0edb55567ab 1 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ap-report-ryan-wedding-elite-snowboarder-turned-most-wanted-drug-trafficking-fugitive-arrested-in-mexico 2026 Canadian drug trafficker and fugitive Ryan Wedding, who is on the FBI Most Wanted List, is arrested in Mexico. 2026-01-22 01a4179773ac297d7c63c0f00d18997aa1a57601 21 Antwerp 36 /wiki/antwerp Belgium 115 /wiki/belgium Flanders 70 /wiki/flanders Kurdish 13 /wiki/kurds mass stabbing 1 /wiki/mass%20stabbing Antwerp Belgium Flanders Kurdish mass stabbing Mass stabbing /feed/2026/01/22/six-people-are-injured-including-two-critically-in-a-mass-stabbing-during-a-kurdish-demonstration-in-antwerp-flanders The Guardian 22 d924b4161bb8cfea42735b7a951fce6791028a17 1 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/22/six-injured-after-knife-attack-at-kurdish-demonstration-in-antwerp-belgium 2026 Six people are injured, including two critically, in a mass stabbing during a Kurdish demonstration in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. 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Press freedom and rights groups condemn the verdict. 2026-01-22 c0880f00dfeffccef944ebb924f23e7eb0c8ab37 19 Eastern Cape 71 /wiki/eastern%20cape Ntabankulu 37 /wiki/ntabankulu%20local%20municipality Ntabankulu Primary School shooting 1 /wiki/ntabankulu%20primary%20school%20shooting South Africa 116 /wiki/south%20africa primary school 14 /wiki/primary%20school school shooting 2 /wiki/school%20shooting Eastern Cape Ntabankulu Ntabankulu Primary School shooting South Africa primary school school shooting Ntabankulu Primary School shooting /feed/2026/01/22/three-people-are-killed-including-the-perpetrator-and-another-is-critically-injured-in-a-school-shooting-at-a-primary Independent Online 22 665890f45ccc448af465e5435a01d20e135d35fd 1 https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-01-22-update-former-teachers-attack-leaves-two-dead-after-shooting-at-ntabankulu-primary-school/ 2026 Three people are killed, including the perpetrator, and another is critically injured in a school shooting at a primary school in Ntabankulu, Eastern Cape, South Africa. 2026-01-22 8d0d3a39da25f396c7cca716ccf37639bde6a242 18 2026 Lake Cargelligo shootings 1 /wiki/2026%20lake%20cargelligo%20shootings Australia 71 /wiki/australia Lake Cargelligo 14 /wiki/lake%20cargelligo,%20new%20south%20wales New South Wales 37 /wiki/new%20south%20wales shooting spree 2 /wiki/spree%20killer 2026 Lake Cargelligo shootings Australia Lake Cargelligo New South Wales shooting spree 2026 Lake Cargelligo shootings /feed/2026/01/22/three-people-are-killed-and-another-is-critically-injured-in-shooting-spree-against-two-vehicles-in-lake-cargelligo-new BBC News 22 32a18b1ade7e2345eab99d3fe3420f7eb44c72e7 1 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g00mv29j5o 2026 The Guardian 22 371b496465a825c2ca25d78f5de9adf0b2e8b06e 1 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/22/three-people-dead-after-shooting-in-nsw-town-lake-cargelligo-as-police-urge-locals-to-stay-inside-ntwnfb 2026 Three people are killed and another is critically injured in shooting spree against two vehicles in Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, Australia. The shooter is at large. 2026-01-22 6d892198b13eb5ef33e58fbe3e970b21e2777815 17 Proposals for the United States to withdraw from the United Nations 1 /wiki/proposals%20for%20the%20united%20states%20to%20withdraw%20from%20the%20united%20nations United States 2 /wiki/united%20states World Health Organization 37 /wiki/world%20health%20organization formal withdrawal 14 /wiki/executive%20order%2014155 Proposals for the United States to withdraw from the United Nations United States World Health Organization formal withdrawal Proposals for the United States to withdraw from the United Nations /feed/2026/01/22/the-united-states-s-withdrawal-from-the-world-health-organization-who-takes-effect-becoming-the-first-member-state-to Reuters 22 68e19b8d7cd606144d0726494ba7a653c71411b0 1 https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-set-quit-world-health-organization-2026-01-22/ 2026 The United States's withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) takes effect, becoming the first member state to leave the WHO. 2026-01-22 085e1ae82591edddf6f227e9b8b5b45dccd13ade 16 France 2 /wiki/france France–Russia relations 1 /wiki/france-russia%20relations French Navy 14 /wiki/french%20navy Mediterranean Sea 172 /wiki/mediterranean%20sea Russia 37 /wiki/russia breaching sanctions 71 /wiki/russian%20shadow%20fleet oil tanker 116 /wiki/oil%20tanker France France–Russia relations French Navy Mediterranean Sea Russia breaching sanctions oil tanker France–Russia relations /feed/2026/01/22/the-french-navy-boards-and-seizes-a-russian-shadow-fleet-oil-tanker-subject-to-international-sanctions-in-the-mediterran Al Jazeera 22 05e7c8e73b5bf32dd8c9b03e657058c25476fb92 1 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/22/france-seizes-oil-tanker-in-mediterranean-sailing-from-russia-macron 2026 The French Navy boards and seizes a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker subject to international sanctions in the Mediterranean Sea. 2026-01-22 25ff8e428ce29294d74af8363a414aae83c3233a 15 Colombia 2 /wiki/colombia Colombian imports 239 /wiki/economy%20of%20colombia Colombia–Ecuador relations 1 /wiki/colombia-ecuador%20relations Daniel Noboa 406 /wiki/daniel%20noboa Ecuador 37 /wiki/ecuador Ecuadorian goods 116 /wiki/economy%20of%20ecuador War on drugs 617 /wiki/war%20on%20drugs electricity exports 14 /wiki/electricity%20sector%20in%20colombia presidential 317 /wiki/president%20of%20ecuador reciprocate 172 /wiki/reciprocity%20(international%20relations) tariff 71 /wiki/tariff trade deficit 506 /wiki/trade%20deficit Colombia Colombian imports Colombia–Ecuador relations Daniel Noboa Ecuador Ecuadorian goods War on drugs electricity exports presidential reciprocate tariff trade deficit Colombia–Ecuador relations /feed/2026/01/22/colombia-suspends-electricity-exports-to-ecuador-and-announces-a-30-tariff-on-selected-ecuadorian-goods-to-reciprocate Reuters 22 4ed191764194290d2de7adba44ab7e29db36308b 1 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South Africa. 2026-01-22 852858017922971253c4e887e1f259f445d65d0e 11 Cartagena 1 /wiki/cartagena%20(spain) Murcia 13 /wiki/region%20of%20murcia Spain 36 /wiki/spain Cartagena Murcia Spain Cartagena /feed/2026/01/22/six-people-are-lightly-injured-when-a-passenger-train-collides-with-a-crane-arm-in-cartagena-murcia-spain-in-the-four Reuters 22 cc41785be07e6d057a2ebddb95c44e8a6049345c 1 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/train-crashes-against-crane-southeastern-spain-tve-reports-2026-01-22/ 2026 Six people are lightly injured when a passenger train collides with a crane arm in Cartagena, Murcia, Spain, in the fourth railway incident in the country within a week. 2026-01-22 9e31bd493a180c02205200f0f91f4dac30fcf4ad 10 Colombia 70 /wiki/colombia Nariño Department 36 /wiki/narino%20department Tumaco 13 /wiki/tumaco gas explosion 1 /wiki/gas%20explosion Colombia Nariño Department Tumaco gas explosion Gas explosion 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off a road and falls into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir, India. 2026-01-22 0815dfc409e75d2f7dcff5744558087bf3552f43 8 Mozambique 1 /wiki/mozambique Mozambique Mozambique /feed/2026/01/22/mozambique-authorities-report-at-least-13-deaths-from-flooding-caused-by-heavy-rains-which-has-affected-more-than-5000 Reuters 22 820d284f89bd7648c82ab2ceba322ec64d4a0c39 1 https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/mozambique-counts-13-dead-floods-so-far-toll-expected-rise-2026-01-22/ 2026 Mozambique authorities report at least 13 deaths from flooding caused by heavy rains, which has affected more than 500,000 people. 2026-01-22 02fd8fec5d0dbe133bd01fbadfb74d7e04713ddd 7 Gauteng 37 /wiki/gauteng South Africa 71 /wiki/south%20africa Vanderbijlpark 14 /wiki/vanderbijlpark Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash 1 /wiki/vanderbijlpark%20scholar%20transport%20crash murder 116 /wiki/murder school bus 2 /wiki/school%20bus Gauteng South Africa Vanderbijlpark Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash 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71 /wiki/winter%20storm Atlantic Canada Eastern United States January 2026 North American winter storm Northern Mexico United States southern state state of emergency winter storm January 2026 North American winter storm /feed/2026/01/22/a-state-of-emergency-is-declared-in-several-us-states-in-anticipation-for-a-potentially-severe-winter-storm-affecting CBC 22 c7456dc0151f11a697c3078e769c67bd916390e3 1 https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/us-winter-storm-explained-9.7054574 2026 A state of emergency is declared in several U.S. states in anticipation for a potentially severe winter storm affecting the South and Eastern United States, Atlantic Canada, and Northern Mexico. 2026-01-22 57c419a94bed4c12041e535d2dd9cf35b53d70c9 5 January 2026 New Zealand storms 1 /wiki/january%202026%20new%20zealand%20storms Mount Maunganui 14 /wiki/mount%20maunganui New Zealand 116 /wiki/new%20zealand Tauranga 71 /wiki/tauranga Warkworth 239 /wiki/warkworth,%20new%20zealand Welcome Bay 37 /wiki/welcome%20bay 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