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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 154211" data-attributes="member: 524">Arts and culture<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_Academy_Awards" target="_blank">98th Academy Awards</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nominations for the 2025 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards" target="_blank">Academy Awards</a> are released, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinners_%282025_film%29" target="_blank">Sinners</a> receiving 16 overall nominations, breaking the record for most nominations for a film that was previously held by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_Eve" target="_blank">All About Eve</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_%281997_film%29" target="_blank">Titanic</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land" target="_blank">La La Land</a>. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2026-01-22/oscar-nominations-2026-list-nominees" target="_blank">(Los Angeles Times)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Gul_Plaza_Shopping_Mall_fire" target="_blank">2026 Gul Plaza Shopping Mall fire</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from a massive fire five days ago at a multi-story <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall" target="_blank">shopping mall</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi" target="_blank">Karachi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh" target="_blank">Sindh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>, increases to 67 people. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/death-toll-in-pakistan-shopping-plaza-fire-rises-to-67-officials-say/" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2026_New_Zealand_storms" target="_blank">January 2026 New Zealand storms</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two people are killed and several others are reported missing with no sign of life detected, including children, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide" target="_blank">landslides</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Maunganui" target="_blank">Mount Maunganui</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Bay" target="_blank">Welcome Bay</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauranga" target="_blank">Tauranga</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" target="_blank">New Zealand</a>. Further north, a man is swept away by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood" target="_blank">flood</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warkworth%2C_New_Zealand" target="_blank">Warkworth</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c0erdp8q1qyt" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a> <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/several-missing-after-new-zealand-campsite-landslide-with-no-sign-of-life-detected-for-hours-official-says-13497417" target="_blank">(Sky News)</a> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/new-zealand-floods-mount-maunganui-landslide-latest-updates-b2905363.html" target="_blank">(The Independent)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2026_United_States_winter_storm" target="_blank">January 2026 United States winter storm</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency" target="_blank">state of emergency</a> is declared in several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">U.S.</a> states in anticipation for a potentially severe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_storm" target="_blank">winter storm</a> affecting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States" target="_blank">South</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_United_States" target="_blank">Eastern United States</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Canada" target="_blank">Atlantic Canada</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mexico" target="_blank">Northern Mexico</a>. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/us-winter-storm-explained-9.7054574" target="_blank">(CBC)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbijlpark_scholar_transport_crash" target="_blank">Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_bus" target="_blank">school bus</a> collision with a truck near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbijlpark" target="_blank">Vanderbijlpark</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauteng" target="_blank">Gauteng</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa</a>, increases to 14 children killed, while the bus driver is charged with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder" target="_blank">murder</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-school-bus-crash-accident-912ab2141d19b13d8f02ae38994f55a6" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six people are lightly injured when a passenger train collides with a crane arm in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartagena_%28Spain%29" target="_blank">Cartagena</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_of_Murcia" target="_blank">Murcia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" target="_blank">Spain</a>, in the fourth railway incident in the country within a week. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/train-crashes-against-crane-southeastern-spain-tve-reports-2026-01-22/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">One person is killed and 109 schoolchildren are injured in a head-on traffic collision between a pick-up truck and a school bus on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R510_%28South_Africa%29" target="_blank">R510</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabazimbi_Local_Municipality" target="_blank">Thabazimbi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" target="_blank">Limpopo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa</a>. <a href="https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-01-22-one-dead-109-pupils-injured-in-limpopo-school-bus-crash/" target="_blank">(IOL)</a></li>
</ul>Health and environment<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" target="_blank">Guinea-Bissau</a> suspends a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump" target="_blank">Trump</a> backed study of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_B_vaccine" target="_blank">hepatitis B vaccine</a> on newborns pending an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_review_board" target="_blank">ethics review</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/guinea-bissau-suspends-us-hepatitis-b-study-9d172d68afb36c62a85d1236f639ddcf" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_Philippines" target="_blank">Terrorism in the Philippines</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Trial_Court" target="_blank">regional court</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacloban" target="_blank">Tacloban</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyte" target="_blank">Leyte</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" target="_blank">Philippines</a>, sentences journalist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchie_Mae_Cumpio" target="_blank">Frenchie Mae Cumpio</a> and her accomplice to up to 18 years in prison for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_financing" target="_blank">financing terrorism</a> following their arrest in 2020, but acquits them on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_possession_of_a_weapon" target="_blank">a weapons possession charge</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media_in_the_Philippines" target="_blank">Press freedom</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Philippines" target="_blank">rights groups</a> condemn the verdict. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/22/frenchie-mae-cumpio-philippine-journalist-found-guilty" target="_blank">(AFP via The Guardian)</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7jjnl49nro" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed and another is critically injured in a suspected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence" target="_blank">domestic violence</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting" target="_blank">mass shooting</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Cargelligo%2C_New_South_Wales" target="_blank">Lake Cargelligo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales" target="_blank">New South Wales</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" target="_blank">Australia</a>. The shooter fled the scene by vehicle and is at large. <a href="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" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g00mv29j5o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed, including the perpetrator, and another is critically injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting" target="_blank">school shooting</a> at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school" target="_blank">primary school</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntabankulu_Local_Municipality" target="_blank">Ntabankulu Local Municipality</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" target="_blank">Eastern Cape</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa</a>. <a href="https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-01-22-update-former-teachers-attack-leaves-two-dead-after-shooting-at-ntabankulu-primary-school/" target="_blank">(Independent Online)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six people are injured, including two critically, in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_stabbing" target="_blank">mass stabbing</a> during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds" target="_blank">Kurdish</a> demonstration in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp" target="_blank">Antwerp</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders" target="_blank">Flanders</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" target="_blank">Belgium</a>. Two suspects are arrested. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/22/six-injured-after-knife-attack-at-kurdish-demonstration-in-antwerp-belgium" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_January_22" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 154211, member: 524"] [B]Arts and culture[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_Academy_Awards']98th Academy Awards[/URL] [LIST] [*]Nominations for the 2025 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards']Academy Awards[/URL] are released, with [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinners_%282025_film%29']Sinners[/URL][/I] receiving 16 overall nominations, breaking the record for most nominations for a film that was previously held by [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_Eve']All About Eve[/URL][/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_%281997_film%29']Titanic[/URL][/I], and [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land']La La Land[/URL][/I]. [URL='https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2026-01-22/oscar-nominations-2026-list-nominees']([I]Los Angeles Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Gul_Plaza_Shopping_Mall_fire']2026 Gul Plaza Shopping Mall fire[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from a massive fire five days ago at a multi-story [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall']shopping mall[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi']Karachi[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh']Sindh[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL], increases to 67 people. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/death-toll-in-pakistan-shopping-plaza-fire-rises-to-67-officials-say/'](CTV News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2026_New_Zealand_storms']January 2026 New Zealand storms[/URL] [LIST] [*]Two people are killed and several others are reported missing with no sign of life detected, including children, in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide']landslides[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Maunganui']Mount Maunganui[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Bay']Welcome Bay[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauranga']Tauranga[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand']New Zealand[/URL]. Further north, a man is swept away by a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood']flood[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warkworth%2C_New_Zealand']Warkworth[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c0erdp8q1qyt'](BBC News)[/URL] [URL='https://news.sky.com/story/several-missing-after-new-zealand-campsite-landslide-with-no-sign-of-life-detected-for-hours-official-says-13497417'](Sky News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/new-zealand-floods-mount-maunganui-landslide-latest-updates-b2905363.html']([I]The Independent[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2026_United_States_winter_storm']January 2026 United States winter storm[/URL] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency']state of emergency[/URL] is declared in several [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']U.S.[/URL] states in anticipation for a potentially severe [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_storm']winter storm[/URL] affecting the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States']South[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_United_States']Eastern United States[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Canada']Atlantic Canada[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mexico']Northern Mexico[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/us-winter-storm-explained-9.7054574'](CBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbijlpark_scholar_transport_crash']Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_bus']school bus[/URL] collision with a truck near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbijlpark']Vanderbijlpark[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauteng']Gauteng[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa']South Africa[/URL], increases to 14 children killed, while the bus driver is charged with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder']murder[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-school-bus-crash-accident-912ab2141d19b13d8f02ae38994f55a6'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Six people are lightly injured when a passenger train collides with a crane arm in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartagena_%28Spain%29']Cartagena[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_of_Murcia']Murcia[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain']Spain[/URL], in the fourth railway incident in the country within a week. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/train-crashes-against-crane-southeastern-spain-tve-reports-2026-01-22/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]One person is killed and 109 schoolchildren are injured in a head-on traffic collision between a pick-up truck and a school bus on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R510_%28South_Africa%29']R510[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabazimbi_Local_Municipality']Thabazimbi[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo']Limpopo[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa']South Africa[/URL]. [URL='https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-01-22-one-dead-109-pupils-injured-in-limpopo-school-bus-crash/'](IOL)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Health and environment[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau']Guinea-Bissau[/URL] suspends a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump']Trump[/URL] backed study of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_B_vaccine']hepatitis B vaccine[/URL] on newborns pending an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_review_board']ethics review[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/guinea-bissau-suspends-us-hepatitis-b-study-9d172d68afb36c62a85d1236f639ddcf'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_Philippines']Terrorism in the Philippines[/URL] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Trial_Court']regional court[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacloban']Tacloban[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyte']Leyte[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines']Philippines[/URL], sentences journalist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchie_Mae_Cumpio']Frenchie Mae Cumpio[/URL] and her accomplice to up to 18 years in prison for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_financing']financing terrorism[/URL] following their arrest in 2020, but acquits them on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_possession_of_a_weapon']a weapons possession charge[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media_in_the_Philippines']Press freedom[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Philippines']rights groups[/URL] condemn the verdict. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/22/frenchie-mae-cumpio-philippine-journalist-found-guilty'](AFP via [I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7jjnl49nro'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Three people are killed and another is critically injured in a suspected [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence']domestic violence[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting']mass shooting[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Cargelligo%2C_New_South_Wales']Lake Cargelligo[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales']New South Wales[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia']Australia[/URL]. The shooter fled the scene by vehicle and is at large. [URL='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']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g00mv29j5o'](BBC News)[/URL] [*]Three people are killed, including the perpetrator, and another is critically injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting']school shooting[/URL] at a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school']primary school[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntabankulu_Local_Municipality']Ntabankulu Local Municipality[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape']Eastern Cape[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa']South Africa[/URL]. [URL='https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-01-22-update-former-teachers-attack-leaves-two-dead-after-shooting-at-ntabankulu-primary-school/'](Independent Online)[/URL] [*]Six people are injured, including two critically, in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_stabbing']mass stabbing[/URL] during a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds']Kurdish[/URL] demonstration in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp']Antwerp[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders']Flanders[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium']Belgium[/URL]. Two suspects are arrested. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/22/six-injured-after-knife-attack-at-kurdish-demonstration-in-antwerp-belgium']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_January_22"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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