- The Philippines is more inclined to purchase military equipment from Israel and South Korea rather than its longtime traditional ally United States, according to President Rodrigo Duterte.
- President Duterte ordered the military and police to ensure free, peaceful and credible January 21 plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law as well as May 13 midterm elections.
- 70 young Filipinos are set to attend this year's World Youth Day in Panama from the 22nd to the 27th of January.
- Australia's foreign minister has lauded Thailand for handling a young Saudi woman who fled her family to seek asylum but reminded of a continuing concern about a Bahrainin soccer player granted asylum in Australia who remains in Thai detention.
- US lawmakers, friends of murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi and press freedom groups marked 100 days since the Saudi dissident's assassination. Featuring a portrait of Khashoggi against a backdrop of American flags, the ceremony began with a moment of silence.
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel heaped praise on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a show of post-austerity solidarity during a visit to Athens, lending diplomatic support for a name change for Greece’s neighbor Macedonia.
- An Israel opposition leader slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public criticism of authorities investigating him on graft allegations, saying such behavior was not “normal”. “In a normal country the prime minister does not attack the justice authorities,” Labour party leader Avi Gabbay told a party convention for the first time since the start of campaigning for April’s general election.
- Toyota will bid the Mark X farewell with a final special edition model; the Mark X GRMN. Limited to 350 units, the final special model will be mated with a 6-speed manual gearbox and will be based on the 3.5L V6 350RDS variant with numerous upgrades in store.
2019 Toyota Mark X GRMN |
Toyota GR Supra Super GT Concept |
- Maho Yamaguchi of NGT48 apologizes for speaking out after alleged assault.
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