January 12, 2026

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World’s most vital oil chokepoint back in focus amid possible U.S. action against Iran -

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What Trump’s Venezuela intervention means for Guyana’s vast oil wealth -

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European markets set to start the week on a somber note -

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What a U.S. intervention in Iran could look like as Trump weighs options -

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Railroads and their regulators thwart safety fixes, costing lives – ABC News -

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China’s AI and robotics push isn’t enough to kickstart its economy, leaving growth more exposed to trade risks -

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1 dead after a motorcycle crash involving an SUV in NW OKC – News 9 -

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Fairport community raises thousands for teen after traumatic ski accident – RochesterFirst -

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Injuries reported in eastbound I-290 crash – CBS News -

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Malaysia and Indonesia block Elon Musk’s Grok due to nonconsensual sexual content -

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Alabama man killed in deadly motorcycle crash in Beauregard Parish – KPLC 7 News -

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Japan plans to dissolve parliament with possible snap election in February: NHK -

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Sacramento police investigate deadly vehicle crash near Arden Fair Mall – FOX40 -

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Community honors Toledo man killed in bicycle accident – WTOL -

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Crash shuts down eastbound lanes of Eisenhower Expressway; injuries reported – CBS News -

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Police respond to collision in Boardman plaza parking lot – WKBN.com -

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CNBC Daily Open: Trump has Iran in his sights — watch for oil prices -

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At least one killed in northwest Wichita crash – KSN-TV -

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Fed Chair Powell says he’s under criminal investigation, won’t bow to Trump intimidation -

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Major accident on southbound Highway 281 causes lane closures near Stone Oak Parkway – WOAI -

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Hamas says it’s responsible for tunnel under Gaza-Israel border

GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip claimed responsibility on Sunday for a tunnel that Israel said was found beneath the heavily fortified Israel-Gaza frontier.

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Hurricane Raymond strengthens, seen missing Mexican coast

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The first major hurricane of the Eastern Pacific season strengthened as it came to a halt off Mexico early on Monday but forecasters expected it to head out to sea later in the week and miss the coast.

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China to announce decision on Bo Xilai appeal on Friday

BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in eastern China said it would announce a decision on Friday on whether to accept an appeal by ousted former senior politician Bo Xilai over his guilty verdict and life sentence on charges of bribery, corruption and abuse of…

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Australian wildfires put heat on climate change skeptic Abbott

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A long, hot summer looms for Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott as devastating wildfires near Sydney fuel opposition to his plans to repeal a carbon emissions tax, one of his basic campaign pledges in the election he won a month a…

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China smog emergency shuts city of 11 million people

BEIJING (Reuters) – Choking smog all but shut down one of northeastern China’s largest cities on Monday, forcing schools to suspended classes, snarling traffic and closing the airport, in the country’s first major air pollution crisis of the winter.

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China punishes eight in railway corruption case

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s anti-graft authorities have punished eight people at a state-owned rail construction firm for spending more than $100 million on hospitality last year, a disciplinary body of the Communist Party said on Monday.

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Baghdad cafe bombing kills at least 38

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a minibus blew himself up outside a cafe in a mainly Shi’ite Muslim district of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 38 people, police and medics said.

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Bangladesh poised to hike garment wages, but may not end strikes

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s garment factory owners are penciling in a minimum wage increase of about 50 to 80 percent and will ask retailers to pay more to defray the cost, as the government tries to end a wave of strikes that hit nearly a fifth of …

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Malaysia’s Najib entrenches power as reform drive fades

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Internal voting for top posts in Malaysia’s ruling party at the weekend has proved Prime Minister Najib Razak to be a canny survivor – five months after a poor showing at national elections – but at a cost to his reform agenda….

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Radioactive water leaks at Fukushima as operator underestimates rainfall

TOKYO (Reuters) – Highly radioactive water overflowed barriers into Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operating utility said on Monday, after it underestimated how much rain would fall at the plant and failed to pump it out quickly eno…

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