2026-01-23 5141054c25866f0613d78c6cde8f8b733aaca584 20 Bulgaria 36 /wiki/bulgaria Iliana Iotova 1 /wiki/iliana%20iotova Rumen Radev 115 /wiki/rumen%20radev president 13 /wiki/president%20of%20bulgaria resignation 70 /wiki/resignation Bulgaria Iliana Iotova Rumen Radev president resignation Iliana Iotova /feed/2026/01/23/iliana-iotova-becomes-the-first-female-president-of-bulgaria-following-the-resignation-of-rumen-radev Reuters 23 084618a49487eff8a9cea2a511cf57a2399ea2d1 1 https://www.reuters.com/world/bulgarian-court-approves-president-radevs-resignation-2026-01-23/ 2026 Iliana Iotova becomes the first female president of Bulgaria following the resignation of Rumen Radev.  2026-01-23 55959d9eb1c3a0ba98a4d6e60d643d956b2c67e1 19 Alix Didier Fils-Aimé 71 /wiki/alix%20didier%20fils-aime Edgard Leblanc Fils 116 /wiki/edgard%20leblanc%20fils Haiti 2 /wiki/haiti Haitian conflict 1 /wiki/haitian%20conflict Leslie Voltaire 172 /wiki/leslie%20voltaire Transitional Presidential Council 14 /wiki/transitional%20presidential%20council prime minister 37 /wiki/prime%20minister%20of%20haiti Alix Didier Fils-Aimé Edgard Leblanc Fils Haiti Haitian conflict Leslie Voltaire Transitional Presidential Council prime minister Haitian conflict /feed/2026/01/23/a-majority-of-haiti-s-transitional-presidential-council-votes-to-remove-acting-prime-minister-alix-didier-fils-aime-two AP 23 823f409c31d8deaf76c5354d20f5f951a2a9e13e 1 https://apnews.com/article/haiti-transitional-council-ousts-prime-minister-filsaime-5ed3d85bdf798b13171ce894ebeca66a 2026 Miami Herald 23 c6ab40afcbee1dd520af922e8b0834aaf92270a1 1 https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article314423783.html 2026 A majority of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council votes to remove acting prime minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, two weeks before the council is set to dissolve. Council members Edgard Leblanc Fils and Leslie Voltaire announce that a replacement will be found within 30 days. 2026-01-23 37b1e6c3caa50c7f66fdb08539c93d51d56d01a6 18 December 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election 1 /wiki/december%202025%20kosovan%20parliamentary%20election Kosovan 2 /wiki/kosovo election commission 14 /wiki/election%20commission government 172 /wiki/government%20of%20kosovo parliamentary 71 /wiki/assembly%20of%20the%20republic%20of%20kosovo recount 116 /wiki/election%20recount vote manipulation 37 /wiki/electoral%20fraud December 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election Kosovan election commission government parliamentary recount vote manipulation December 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election /feed/2026/01/23/kosovan-prosecutors-detain-109-election-commissioners-over-alleged-vote-manipulation-in-the-recent-parliamentary-electio Reuters 23 1ac85a759be33b901244b4da3921773414e196b0 1 https://www.reuters.com/world/kosovo-detains-109-after-vote-tampering-probe-forces-recount-2026-01-23/ 2026 Kosovan prosecutors detain 109 election commissioners over alleged vote manipulation in the recent parliamentary election, prompting a nationwide recount that could delay government formation. 2026-01-23 32961d4d991a9f596a9310b4f9cc8120378d807f 17 2026 Japanese general election 1 /wiki/2026%20japanese%20general%20election House of Representatives 14 /wiki/house%20of%20representatives%20(japan) Japan 2 /wiki/japan dissolved 37 /wiki/dissolution%20of%20parliament 2026 Japanese general election House of Representatives Japan dissolved 2026 Japanese general election /feed/2026/01/23/the-japanese-house-of-representatives-is-dissolved-on-the-first-day-of-the-plenary-session-ahead-of-the-general-election Yomiuri Shimbun 23 617950a1ad8451bffe69482d3e9eb30beb6ad53e 1 https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/election/20260123-306042/ 2026 The Japanese House of Representatives is dissolved on the first day of the plenary session ahead of the general election. 2026-01-23 fc233329b12df9599ebb11895c5047407d5b6805 16 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam 1 /wiki/14th%20national%20congress%20of%20the%20communist%20party%20of%20vietnam General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam 37 /wiki/general%20secretary%20of%20the%20communist%20party%20of%20vietnam Tô Lâm 14 /wiki/to%20lam Vietnam 2 /wiki/vietnam one-party state 116 /wiki/one-party%20state powerful position 71 /wiki/five%20pillars%20(vietnam) 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm Vietnam one-party state powerful position 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam /feed/2026/01/23/vietnam-s-top-leader-to-lam-is-re-elected-as-the-general-secretary-of-the-communist-party-of-vietnam-the-most-powerfu AP 23 78e46a4e0d94249665953a9377c3a11d1da07c1d 1 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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/minnesota-economic-blackout-ice-protests 2026 Thousands of workers and hundreds of businesses go on general strike in Minnesota, United States, to protest the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's deployment in the state. 2026-01-23 09cde8b866038ab3e1e68c67f777b51bc907b99b 12 Uganda 14 /wiki/uganda election 1 /wiki/2026%20ugandan%20general%20election opposition 2 /wiki/national%20unity%20platform Uganda election opposition Election /feed/2026/01/23/at-least-30-people-from-the-opposition-national-unity-platform-are-killed-and-2000-other-people-are-arrested-in-protest Hallmark News 23 7caa39ad5f701416415705778cb7620691a1de01 1 https://hallmarknews.com/ugandas-army-chief-says-30-opposition-supporters-killed-2000-detained-after-election/ 2026 At least 30 people from the opposition National Unity Platform are killed and 2,000 other people are arrested in protests disputing the results of the general election in Uganda last week. 2026-01-23 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will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, becoming the first U.S. state to do so. The move comes after the United States' formal withdrawal from the World Health Organization took effect. 2026-01-23 8fae8784dc4487683cac4a33eab7f944ec2d23c9 9 Cambodia 116 /wiki/cambodia Scam centers in Cambodia 1 /wiki/scam%20centers%20in%20cambodia South Korea 2 /wiki/south%20korea fraud 37 /wiki/internet%20fraud repatriate 14 /wiki/repatriate scam center 71 /wiki/scam%20center Cambodia Scam centers in Cambodia South Korea fraud repatriate scam center Scam centers in Cambodia /feed/2026/01/23/south-korea-repatriates-73-nationals-suspected-of-participating-in-fraud-operations-in-scam-centers-in-cambodia DW 23 0d935bf0671676439fb09e33dbf079193c9a3b09 1 https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-brings-home-73-scam-suspects-from-cambodia/a-75616542 2026 South Korea repatriates 73 nationals suspected of participating in fraud operations in scam centers in Cambodia. 2026-01-23 3ff05487b1ba0408a24944154baa1bcf497cfe54 7 China Coast Guard 238 /wiki/china%20coast%20guard Filipinos 70 /wiki/filipinos MV ''Devon Bay'' 36 /wiki/mv%20devon%20bay Search and rescue 316 /wiki/search%20and%20rescue Singapore 1 /wiki/singapore South China Sea 171 /wiki/south%20china%20sea capsizes 115 /wiki/capsizing cargo ship 13 /wiki/cargo%20ship China Coast Guard Filipinos MV ''Devon Bay'' Search and rescue Singapore South China Sea capsizes cargo ship Singapore /feed/2026/01/23/the-singapore-flagged-cargo-ship-mv-devon-bay-crewed-by-21-filipinos-capsizes-in-the-south-china-sea-leaving-two-dead AP via ABC News 23 d8396236aadafc26b76423f883b0575d3122d9a3 1 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/china-2-people-dead-4-missing-after-boat-129482178 2026 RTHK 23 ca5659b048b71543bb3eb5694fff8dfbdac02111 1 https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1841122-20260123.htm?spTabChangeable=0 2026 The Singapore-flagged cargo ship MV "Devon Bay" crewed by 21 Filipinos capsizes in the South China Sea, leaving two dead and two others missing. 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