Your daily round-up of today's news...
- US Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden were among the attendees at the state funeral of the late Jimmy Carter.
- The death toll from the Los Angeles wildfires is now at ten as the fires continue to engulf Hollywood. Meanwhile, over 20 were arrested over the looting of abandoned homes.
- The procession of Jesus Christ of Nazareth reached the Quiapo Church at around 0126 hours Manila time. It took 20 hours and 45 minutes before the image was returned to the church since it was released from the Quirino Grandstand at 0441 hours on Thursday.
- Manchester Airport closes runways due to "significant levels of snow" as warnings remain in place for snow and ice in the United Kingdom.
- Franco Colapinto was named reserve driver for the Alpine F1 team.
- All ten Pioneer 25 hydrogen-powered offroaders to be used in the inaugural Extreme H championship have been produced.
- General Motors named Russ O'Blenes as the boss of its new company that oversees its future Formula 1 power unit for the Cadillac F1 team. Cadillac will join the F1 grid in the 2026 season and will be powered by Ferrari race engines for the time being until its own power unit is ready to race.
- The Mazda Spirit Racing Roadster lineup made its premiere at the Tokyo Auto Salon. For the first time in this configuration since the ND Roadster's 2015 release, it's been fitted with a 2.0L engine producing 184PS of power while mated to a 6-speed manual. The limited-to-200-unit MSR Roadster 12R has 200PS of power from the said engine.
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| 2026 Mazda Spirit Racing Roadster |
- Subaru unveiled the STi S210 Prototype at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Based on the VB WRX S4, it features aero and dynamics tweaks inspired by its Nurburgring-winning race car while the FA24 DIT 2.4L boxer-4 engine gained 25PS of power compared to the normal WRX S4 while mated to the Subaru Performance Transmission, a first for an STi S model. Sales will begin this Spring and will be limited to 500 units.
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| 2026 Subaru WRX S4 STi S210 |
- Hyundai showcased its IONIQ 5 N DK Edition at the Tokyo Auto Salon.
- The Skoda Enyaq range's minor change was unveiled.
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| 2025 Skoda Enyaq |
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| 2025 Skoda Enyaq Coupe |
- The next XBOX Developer_Direct presentation will be this January 23rd.
- Rugby player Stuart Hogg was sentenced after admitting domestic abuse charge.
- WWE Raw's Netflix debut averaged an audience of 2.6 million households, a 116% increase compared to the average on the USA Network last year. Meanwhile, WWE SmackDown returns to its 2-hour format in June.
- The Neri Naig syndicated estafa case arraignment was postponed.
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