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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 154196" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Southern_Spear" target="_blank">Operation Southern Spear</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_oil_blockade_during_Operation_Southern_Spear" target="_blank">United States oil blockade during Operation Southern Spear</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" target="_blank">United States Coast Guard</a> boards and seizes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana" target="_blank">Guyanese</a>-flagged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanker_%28ship%29" target="_blank">tanker</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" target="_blank">Caribbean Sea</a> that had been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_during_the_Venezuelan_crisis" target="_blank">sanctioned by the US</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/venezuela-oil-tanker-trump-us-seized" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 19 people are killed and hundreds are evacuated across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa</a> in flooding caused by torrential rains in several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_South_Africa" target="_blank">provinces</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" target="_blank">Limpopo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpumalanga" target="_blank">Mpumalanga</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-floods-weather-kruger-national-park-rains-4611db4d92141aa5f071a1efea626424" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least four people are injured and several buildings collapse following an explosion in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht" target="_blank">Utrecht</a> city centre in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" target="_blank">Netherlands</a>. <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2598303-vier-gewonden-bij-brand-in-centrum-utrecht-na-explosies-meerdere-panden-ingestort" target="_blank">(NOS in Dutch)</a> <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2026/01/15/-gigantic-explosion-fire-in-dutch-city-of-utrecht-one-hurt-authorities" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93France_relations" target="_blank">Denmark–France relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">French</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_France" target="_blank">president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" target="_blank">Emmanuel Macron</a> announces the deployment of additional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">military forces</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland" target="_blank">Greenland</a> after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat-General_for_National_Defence_and_Security_%28France%29" target="_blank">Defense Council</a> meeting. <a href="https://www.france24.com/fr/europe/20260115-groenland-en-direct-macron-conseil-d%C3%A9fense-menaces-trump-danemark" target="_blank">(France 24)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Philippines_relations" target="_blank">Japan–Philippines relations</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea" target="_blank">Territorial disputes in the South China Sea</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" target="_blank">Japan</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" target="_blank">Philippines</a> sign a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_pact" target="_blank">defense pact</a> to mutually allow tax-free provision of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammunition" target="_blank">ammunition</a>, fuel, food, and other forms of aid. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/philippines-japan-defense-pact-china-7835402a0a3b9b108cd4e1edf0051bcf" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates%E2%80%93Yemen_relations" target="_blank">United Arab Emirates–Yemen relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraj_Al-Bahsani" target="_blank">Faraj Al-Bahsani</a> is dismissed from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" target="_blank">Yemen</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Leadership_Council" target="_blank">Presidential Leadership Council</a>, becoming the last <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" target="_blank">United Arab Emirates</a>-backed member to leave the body. <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/yemen-presidential-body-sacks-last-uae-backed-member" target="_blank">(The New Arab)</a> Law and crime</li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_%28chatbot%29%23Sexual_deepfake_and_illegal_content_generation_on_X" target="_blank">Sexual deepfake and illegal content generation on X</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The &quot;Get Grok Gone&quot; campaign delivers letters to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple" target="_blank">Apple</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" target="_blank">Google</a> demanding they remove Grok from their app stores because of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_porn" target="_blank">non-consensual intimate images</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" target="_blank">child sexual abuse</a> material being generated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_%28chatbot%29" target="_blank">Grok</a>. <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/apple_google_pulled_into_grok/" target="_blank">(The Register)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ugandan_general_election" target="_blank">2026 Ugandan general election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugandans" target="_blank">Ugandans</a> vote to elect the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Uganda" target="_blank">President</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda" target="_blank">Uganda</a> and 529 members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Uganda" target="_blank">Parliament</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/uganda-election-museveni-kyagulanyi-bobi-wine-8231b6ec57cf93cc67bcfd0ea4a46136" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" target="_blank">Singaporean</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Singapore" target="_blank">prime minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Wong" target="_blank">Lawrence Wong</a> rescinds <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_Party_%28Singapore%29" target="_blank">Workers' Party</a> MP <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritam_Singh" target="_blank">Pritam Singh</a>'s position as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_jure" target="_blank">de jure</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_%28Singapore%29" target="_blank">Leader of the Opposition</a>. <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/wp-chief-pritam-singh-removed-leader-opposition-5858676" target="_blank">(CNA)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Saleh_bin_Braik" target="_blank">Salem Saleh bin Braik</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Yemen" target="_blank">prime minister</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" target="_blank">Yemen</a>, resigns. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Yemen" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashad_al-Alimi" target="_blank">Rashad al-Alimi</a> appoints <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaea_Muhssin" target="_blank">Shaea Muhssin</a> as the next prime minister. <a href="https://www.jpost.com/international/article-883573" target="_blank">(Jerusalem Post)</a></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" target="_blank">NASA</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Program" target="_blank">commercial</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-11" target="_blank">Crew-11</a>, who were docked at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" target="_blank">International Space Station</a> since August 2025, land on Earth one month early following the first ever <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_evacuation" target="_blank">medical evacuation</a> from the ISS. <a href="https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/spacex-crew-11-astronauts-return-to-earth-after-1st-ever-medical-evacuation-of-iss" target="_blank">(Space)</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/01/15/nx-s1-5677647/nasa-spacex-crew-11-splashdown-return" target="_blank">(NPR)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigidaire" target="_blank">Frigidaire</a> issues a recall for 330,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator" target="_blank">mini-fridges</a> for fire risks, after previously recalling 634,000 last year. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/minifridge-recall-frigidaire-fire-hazards-a45ebfd94631a55eb0707976025f0cad" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_January_15" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 154196, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Southern_Spear']Operation Southern Spear[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_oil_blockade_during_Operation_Southern_Spear']United States oil blockade during Operation Southern Spear[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard']United States Coast Guard[/URL] boards and seizes a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana']Guyanese[/URL]-flagged [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanker_%28ship%29']tanker[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea']Caribbean Sea[/URL] that had been [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_during_the_Venezuelan_crisis']sanctioned by the US[/URL]. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/venezuela-oil-tanker-trump-us-seized']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]At least 19 people are killed and hundreds are evacuated across [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa']South Africa[/URL] in flooding caused by torrential rains in several [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_South_Africa']provinces[/URL], including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo']Limpopo[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpumalanga']Mpumalanga[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-floods-weather-kruger-national-park-rains-4611db4d92141aa5f071a1efea626424'](AP)[/URL] [*]At least four people are injured and several buildings collapse following an explosion in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht']Utrecht[/URL] city centre in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands']Netherlands[/URL]. [URL='https://nos.nl/artikel/2598303-vier-gewonden-bij-brand-in-centrum-utrecht-na-explosies-meerdere-panden-ingestort'](NOS in Dutch)[/URL] [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2026/01/15/-gigantic-explosion-fire-in-dutch-city-of-utrecht-one-hurt-authorities'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93France_relations']Denmark–France relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']French[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_France']president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron']Emmanuel Macron[/URL] announces the deployment of additional [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Armed_Forces']military forces[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland']Greenland[/URL] after a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat-General_for_National_Defence_and_Security_%28France%29']Defense Council[/URL] meeting. [URL='https://www.france24.com/fr/europe/20260115-groenland-en-direct-macron-conseil-d%C3%A9fense-menaces-trump-danemark'](France 24)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Philippines_relations']Japan–Philippines relations[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea']Territorial disputes in the South China Sea[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan']Japan[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines']Philippines[/URL] sign a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_pact']defense pact[/URL] to mutually allow tax-free provision of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammunition']ammunition[/URL], fuel, food, and other forms of aid. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/philippines-japan-defense-pact-china-7835402a0a3b9b108cd4e1edf0051bcf'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates%E2%80%93Yemen_relations']United Arab Emirates–Yemen relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraj_Al-Bahsani']Faraj Al-Bahsani[/URL] is dismissed from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen']Yemen[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Leadership_Council']Presidential Leadership Council[/URL], becoming the last [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates']United Arab Emirates[/URL]-backed member to leave the body. [URL='https://www.newarab.com/news/yemen-presidential-body-sacks-last-uae-backed-member']([I]The New Arab[/I])[/URL] [B]Law and crime[/B] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_%28chatbot%29%23Sexual_deepfake_and_illegal_content_generation_on_X']Sexual deepfake and illegal content generation on X[/URL] [LIST] [*]The "Get Grok Gone" campaign delivers letters to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple']Apple[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google']Google[/URL] demanding they remove Grok from their app stores because of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_porn']non-consensual intimate images[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse']child sexual abuse[/URL] material being generated by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_%28chatbot%29']Grok[/URL]. [URL='https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/apple_google_pulled_into_grok/']([I]The Register[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ugandan_general_election']2026 Ugandan general election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugandans']Ugandans[/URL] vote to elect the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Uganda']President[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda']Uganda[/URL] and 529 members of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Uganda']Parliament[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/uganda-election-museveni-kyagulanyi-bobi-wine-8231b6ec57cf93cc67bcfd0ea4a46136'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore']Singaporean[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Singapore']prime minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Wong']Lawrence Wong[/URL] rescinds [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_Party_%28Singapore%29']Workers' Party[/URL] MP [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritam_Singh']Pritam Singh[/URL]'s position as the [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_jure']de jure[/URL][/I] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_%28Singapore%29']Leader of the Opposition[/URL]. [URL='https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/wp-chief-pritam-singh-removed-leader-opposition-5858676'](CNA)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Saleh_bin_Braik']Salem Saleh bin Braik[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Yemen']prime minister[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen']Yemen[/URL], resigns. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Yemen']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashad_al-Alimi']Rashad al-Alimi[/URL] appoints [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaea_Muhssin']Shaea Muhssin[/URL] as the next prime minister. [URL='https://www.jpost.com/international/article-883573']([I]Jerusalem Post[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*]The members of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA']NASA[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Program']commercial[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-11']Crew-11[/URL], who were docked at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station']International Space Station[/URL] since August 2025, land on Earth one month early following the first ever [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_evacuation']medical evacuation[/URL] from the ISS. [URL='https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/spacex-crew-11-astronauts-return-to-earth-after-1st-ever-medical-evacuation-of-iss'](Space)[/URL] [URL='https://www.npr.org/2026/01/15/nx-s1-5677647/nasa-spacex-crew-11-splashdown-return'](NPR)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigidaire']Frigidaire[/URL] issues a recall for 330,000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator']mini-fridges[/URL] for fire risks, after previously recalling 634,000 last year. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/minifridge-recall-frigidaire-fire-hazards-a45ebfd94631a55eb0707976025f0cad'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_January_15"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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