Jake Kwon,Seoul correspondentand
Lee Jae Myung took a selfie with Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing
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South Korea's Lee Jae Myung snapped selfies with China's Xi Jinping as he pursues better ties with China in a four-day visit.

BBC News

South Korea's Lee Jae Myung seeks 'new phase' in ties with China at Xi Jinping meeting - BBC

A series of earthquakes rocked Shimane and Tottori prefectures on Tuesday morning, beginning with a magnitude 6.2 shake at 10:18 a.m. measuring a strong 5 on Japans seismic intensity scale.
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The initial jolt was a magnitude 6.2 quake that measured strong 5 on Japan's seismic intensity scale. There was no threat of a tsunami.

The Japan Times

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Shimane Prefecture - The Japan Times

<ul><li>Trump told NBC that Venezuela will not hold an election within the next 30 days.</li><li>He said there's "no way" Venezuelans could vote until the U.S. helps "fix the country" and that "it's … [+2844 chars]

Trump is signaling a longer-term U.S. presence in Venezuela after Maduro's capture.

Axios

Trump suggests extended U.S. stay in Venezuela for oil operations - Axios

Police in Ohio on Monday released footage of a person of interest who was seen walking near the home of Spencer and Monique Tepe around the time the dentist and his wife were killed on Dec. 30, 2025.… [+1985 chars]

Investigators believe Spencer and Monique Tepe were fatally shot between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. last Tuesday in their home located in the Near East Side neighborhood of downtown Columbus.

CBS News

Ohio police release video of person of interest in killing of dentist and his wife - CBS News

The Raiders, as expected, fired coach Pete Carroll on Monday. Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby addressed the move during the latest episode of the Lets Go! podcast.
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The Raiders, as expected, fired coach Pete Carroll on Monday.

NBCSports.com

Maxx Crosby addresses Pete Carroll’s firing - NBC Sports

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed new details Monday about the U.S. operation to capture and arrest Nicolás Maduro, describing a meticulously planned raid that caught the Venezuelan leader comp… [+2383 chars]

Months of planning led to a covert operation that caught the Venezuelan leader completely off guard.

U.S. officials reveal new details on the covert operation to capture Maduro - CBS News

Tony Dokoupil’s debut as the anchor of the “CBS Evening News” came widely heralded — by Tony Dokoupil.
The broadcast journalist, who since 2019 had been CBS’ morning show co-anchor, came into the se… [+5444 chars]

Tony Dokoupil tripped up over transitions and bulldozed a health expert over vaccines

Variety

Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Debut Is an Inauspicious Sign of Where CBS News Is Headed - Variety

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Doubling the standard refresh rate wont come cheap, and we dont know yet how much Xreal is going to charge.
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Xreal and Asus announced the ROG Xreal R1 AR glasses at CES 2026. These gamer-focused glasses support USB-C video and include a dock with HDMI and DisplayPort.

The Verge

Asus ROG’s next ally is Xreal, with 240Hz AR glasses coming in 2026 - The Verge

Lily JamaliNorth America Technology correspondent
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang on Monday announced Alpamayo, a tech platform the company says will help self-driving cars think like humans.
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Nvidia is partnering with Mercedes-Benz to launch a driverless car powered by its 'Alpamayo' tech

Nvidia unveils 'reasoning' AI technology for self-driving cars - BBC

Two days after the U.S. struck Venezuela and captured its dictator, Nicolás Maduro, much remains unclear about what Washington plans for the aftermath. The White House argues that Maduros ouster was … [+6735 chars]

Delcy Rodriguez appears to be the linchpin in any US strategy that may emerge.

Politico

Trump has a list of demands for Venezuela’s new leader - Politico

Doctors visits for flu-like symptoms fevers, sore throat, extreme fatigue and body aches have hit the highest level in nearly 30 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an… [+3313 chars]

Doctor visits for flu-like symptoms — fevers, sore throat, extreme fatigue and body aches — have hit the highest level in nearly 30 years, the CDC reported.

NBC News

What are flu rates in your state? Cases surge in 45 states, breaking records - NBC News

For one prediction market trader, the Trump administration's weekend capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro was a nearly half-million-dollar payday.
On Polymarket, a popular site for making bet… [+4477 chars]

Online sleuths have tried to uncover who placed a winning bet on the Venezuelan leader's arrest to no avail. Still, prediction market watchers say the bet appears suspicious.

A $400,000 profit on Maduro's capture raises insider trading questions on Polymarket - NPR

When the researchers first arrived at their field camp at Prudhoe Dome, atop the Greenland ice sheet, they felt they had been swallowed by a monster.
The mountain of ice in northwest Greenland was m… [+384 chars]

Rock samples collected from the Greenland ice sheet’s Prudhoe Dome show it completely melted in the past 10,000 years — and could vanish again amid climate change.

The Washington Post

Scientists just got some ancient clues about future sea-level rise — and it’s bad news - The Washington Post

Three years after his conviction, much of the evidence used against Williams began to fall apart.
In 1998, his appellate lawyer requested testing of Guevaras .22 Derringer. Prosecutors asked the sam… [+4632 chars]

Nanon Williams was sent to death row for a murder he says he didn't commit. Decades later, through daily emails and prison calls, Rob and Michele Reiner became family.

He was sentenced to death. Rob and Michele Reiner loved him like a son. - NBC News

President Donald Trump may have made a major miscalculation about Venezuelas oil.
Trump has expressed excitement over the prospect of US oil companies getting their hands on Venezuelas vast oil reso… [+6576 chars]

President Donald Trump may have made a major miscalculation about Venezuela’s oil.

Big Oil doesn’t share Trump’s dream of making Venezuelan oil great again - CNN

Three children have died from the flu in Massachusetts so far this season, the Department of Public Health said Monday.
The deaths occurred in recent weeks as peak flu season gets underway. The depa… [+2145 chars]

Three children have died from the flu in Massachusetts so far this season, the Department of Public Health said Monday.

3 child flu deaths reported in Massachusetts: "We are seeing children who are seriously ill" - CBS News

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois officials announced the first influenza death in a child this season. The influenza activity in the state has moved to "very high."
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There have been at least 120,0000 hospitalizations so far, the CDC says.

WLS-TV

Illinois influenza death: Flu-like illness activity at highest rate, linked to new Subclade K variant, IDPH, CDC say - ABC7 Chicago

It sounds like a scene from a science fiction movie: Hyundai Motor Group plans to mass-produce humanoid robots in Georgia, and put them to work helping real humans build cars in the same factory.
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The company plans to mass-produce Atlas humanoids in Georgia, and put them to work alongside real humans to build cars.

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