Issue 2026-01-18
Stories
- Trump Demands Regime Change After Khamenei Admits 3,000-Plus Protest Deaths
- Trump & Rodriguez Hold First Post-Maduro Call, Signal U.S.–Venezuela Oil Partnership
- Iran’s January 2026 Uprising Quelled After 3,400-Plus Deaths and U.S. Strike Stand-Down
- EU–Mercosur Ink World’s Largest Tariff-Free Zone After 25-Year Stalemate
- Seoul Invokes “No-Less-Favorable” Clause as U.S. Ties Chip Tariff Relief to Local Investment
- Google Appeals Search Monopoly Verdict, Seeks Stay on Court-Ordered Data Sharing
- White House–Governor Bloc Pressures PJM for 15-Year ‘Data-Center Pays’ Auction, PJM Counters With Backstop Reliability Plan
- California AG Orders xAI to Halt Grok’s Sexual Deepfake Output
- OpenAI Starts U.S. Ad Pilot and Unveils $8 Global ‘ChatGPT Go’ Tier
At a Glance
- On 17 Jan 2026, Ayatollah Khamenei publicly acknowledged “several thousand” protesters killed since 28 Dec unrest and...
- On 14 Jan 2026, Donald Trump and interim Venezuelan president Delcy Rodriguez spoke for the first time since U.S. for...
- By 17 Jan 2026 the largest anti-regime protests since 1979 vanished from Iran’s streets after security forces killed...
- On 17 Jan 2026 the EU and Mercosur finally signed their long-negotiated trade pact in Asunción, formally creating a 7...
- On 18 Jan 2026 Seoul opened emergency negotiations with Washington, citing a 2025 joint fact sheet guaranteeing equal...
- On 17-18 Jan 2026, Google formally appealed the 2024 U.S. antitrust judgment and asked Judge Amit Mehta to suspend hi...