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Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in past winters, but this year intensified its attacks as temperatures in Ukraine plunged well below freezing. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/europe/ukraine-blackouts-kyiv-school-closure.html

“There is massive disappointment and disillusionment,” one Tehran resident said. A human rights group acknowledged that demonstrations had been subdued since Sunday, with thousands of people detained. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/middleeast/iran-pr…

Technical failures at polling places have caused disruptions, and the opposition has warned of government vote rigging amid an internet blackout. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/africa/uganda-election-museveni.html

Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/middleeast/israel-i…

A crane collapsed on an expressway on the outskirts of Bangkok on Thursday, killing at least two people, an official said. It was the second fatal accident involving cranes in the country in two days. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000010646667/a-…

Iran denied sentencing protester Erfan Soltani, 26, to death. Soltani’s case had drawn intense international attention after his relatives and rights groups had said he would be executed imminently. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/10000001064673…

He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/africa/renfrew-christie-dead.html

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/science/toby-kiers-fungus-tyler-prize.html

The Canadian authorities have identified 10 people in connection with the theft of about $14.4 million in gold bars from Toronto Pearson International Airport in 2023. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/world/canada/canada-gold-heist-arrest.html

The city’s homicide rate is lower than that of New York, Paris or Toronto, contradicting a narrative promoted by President Trump and others on the populist right. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/world/europe/trump-london-crime-homicide.html

If President Trump succeeds in gaining control of the Federal Reserve, it could have ripple effects beyond U.S. borders. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/world/federal-reserve-global-costs-iran-gaza.html

Venezuela’s new leaders and President Trump have alluded to a major release of political prisoners, but the liberations have been slow to come. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/world/americas/venezuela-political-prisoners-amnesty.html

The unexpected discovery of a well-preserved and fortified villa in Margam Park in South Wales sheds new light on the Roman occupation there, an expert said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/world/europe/archaeologists-roman-villa-park-wales.html

For several nights in a row, antigovernment protests have rocked Iran, as a government crackdown intensifies. This weekend, protesters around the world showed their solidarity for the people of Iran and demanded world leaders take action. source https://www.nytimes.c…

A question now hangs over the country: Is Iran the next target of an emboldened U.S. president? source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/world/mass-protests-iran-trump-venezuela.html

A simmering dispute between the neighbors, who share one of the largest land borders in the world, has escalated with diplomatic protests and a sports boycott. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/world/asia/india-bangladesh-tensions.html

Antigovernment unrest that began two weeks ago has intensified in recent days, as has violence. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/world/middleeast/iran-protests-death-toll.html

The recall affects passports issued between Dec. 23 and Jan. 6, Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/world/europe/irish-passport-recalled.html

The request came after hours of questioning of the bar’s co-owners. Some 40 people died in the fire that broke out during a New Year’s celebration. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/europe/switzerland-fire-bar-owner-arrested.html

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that it had struck western Ukraine with a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile, an ominous warning by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as U.S.-led negotiations to end the war have gained steam. source h…