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The Houston Rockets snapped the San Antonio Spurs' three-game winning streak on Tuesday, overturning a 16-point deficit to score a 111-106 over their in-form Texas rivals.

The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty and jailed for life Wednesday, more than three years after the broad-daylight assassination shocked the world.

Aryna Sabalenka Wednesday said she "didn't want to talk politics" after Ukraine's Oleksandra Oliynykova called for Belarusian and Russian players to be banned from tennis.

US President Donald Trump's plane was forced to return to an air base late Tuesday due to a "minor electrical issue" shortly after departing for Switzerland, the White House said.

A commuter train near Barcelona ploughed into the rubble of a collapsed wall on Tuesday, killing one and injuring dozens in Spain's second deadly rail accident in days.

North Korea is producing enough nuclear material a year for up to 20 weapons, the South's President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday, warning that Pyongyang's ambitions could pose a global danger.

The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe faces a verdict Wednesday, more than three years after the broad-daylight assassination shocked the world.

Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path?

Asian equities stabilised Wednesday after a rough start to the week fuelled by Donald Trump's Greenland-linked tariff threats, though uncertainty rattling through trading floors saw safe-haven precious metals hit fresh record highs.

Taiwan's economy soared last year on skyrocketing exports of AI hardware and semiconductors, but companies in more traditional manufacturing sectors could only look on with envy as they were clobbered by US tariffs and a strong local currency.

A "super-happy" Aryna Sabalenka surged past China's Bai Zhuoxuan into the Australian Open third round on Wednesday ahead of fellow world number one Carlos Alcaraz resuming his quest for tennis history.

With pollution in Pakistan hitting record highs in recent years, citizens clutching air monitors and legal papers are taking the fight for clean air into their own hands.

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka set up a potential third-round showdown with Emma Raducanu at the Australian Open after a straight-sets win Wednesday over Chinese qualifier Bai Zhuoxuan.

Chile's right-wing president-elect Jose Antonio Kast on Tuesday named two ex-lawyers of former dictator Augusto Pinochet to lead the ministries of defense and human rights when he takes office in March.

Naomi Osaka says she is "a little strange" but doesn't care after an audacious jellyfish-inspired fashion statement at the Australian Open went viral.

The world is entering an era of "global water bankruptcy" with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can replenish them, a United Nations research institute said on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump descends on Davos for a showdown with European leaders Wednesday as his bid to seize Greenland threatens to tear the transatlantic alliance apart.

Ukraine's Oleksandra Oliynykova has called for world number one Aryna Sabalenka and other Belarusian and Russian players to be banned from tennis, saying their presence was "very wrong" with the conflict ongoing.

Russia-born Daria Kasatkina said she can't wait to return to the Australian Open next year after her debut at the Grand Slam as a home player fell flat in the face of excitement, nerves and cramp.

Residents of southern Chile, ravaged by four days of deadly wildfires, pleaded for help Tuesday from communities reduced to rubble, as smoke lingered and firefighters braced for the return of hot weather.

Venezuela said Tuesday it would start using revenues from a US-brokered oil sale to shore up its battered currency, as families waited in anguish for more prisoners to be released.

Russia's interior minister began a visit to ally Cuba on Tuesday, a show of solidarity after US President Donald Trump warned that the island's longtime communist government "is ready to fall."

KUALA LUMPUR, MY / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2026 / Guan Huat Seng Holdings Berhad ("GHS Holdings" or the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group"), a distributor and retailer of food products and manufacturer of flavouring products based in Melaka, made its debut today on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad ("Bursa Securities"). Guan Huat Seng Holdings Berhad shares opened at RM0.24 per share, close to its Initial Public Offering ("IPO") price of RM0.25. The Company views its listing as an important milestone that strengthens its distribution network and supports the next phase of its growth.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2026 / Onco-Innovations Limited (CBOE CA:ONCO)(OTCQB:ONNVF)(Frankfurt:W1H, WKN: A3EKSZ) ("Onco" or the "Company") announces that it has engaged i2i Marketing Group, LLC (1107 Key Plaza, Suite 222, Key West, FL 33040, USA; email: [email protected]; telephone: (240) 315-4665; Contact: Joe Grubb) to provide market awareness and corporate communications services, including through content creation, project management, third-party media distribution, and digital market awareness initiatives.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2026 / FutureGen Industries Corp. (formerly Right Season Investments Corp.) (TSXV:LITT) ("FutureGen Industries" or the "Company") is providing an update to its shareholders regarding the Company's expanded investment mandate focused on innovation-driven, high-growth technology sectors. The Company reports that, further to its press release dated June 19, 2025, it intends to advance its strategy by pursuing investment exposure through investments in companies operating within targeted industries, including defense systems, quantum computing, artificial intelligence ("AI"), robotics and biotechnology.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2026 / Galway Metals Inc. (TSXV:GWM)(OTCQB:GAYMF) (the "Company" or "Galway") is pleased to announce the results of an independent Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for the development of the company's 100% owned Estrades Project located in the Abitibi region of northwestern Québec. This PEA has been completed on a Toll Milling scenario; no toll‑milling agreement is currently in place, and no discussions have been held with the mill owner The PEA has been prepared by BBA E&C Inc. and SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd. ("SLR") in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"). The NI 43-101 Technical Report for the PEA will be filed within the next 45 days and will be made available under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ and on the Company's website.

ROSH HA'AYIN, ISRAEL / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2026 / Brenmiller Energy Ltd. ("Brenmiller", "Brenmiller Energy" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:BNRG), a leading global provider of Thermal Energy Storage ("TES") solutions for industrial and utility customers, today announced that a reverse share split of its issued and outstanding ordinary shares, no par value per share (the "Ordinary Shares") at a ratio of 7-for-1 is expected to be implemented after market close on January 23, 2026. The Company's Ordinary Shares will begin trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on a post-split basis at the market open on January 26, 2026 under the Company's existing trading symbol "BNRG".

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2026 / Sekur Private Data Ltd. (OTCQB:SWISF)(CSE:SKUR)(FRA:GDT0) ("Sekur" or the "Company"), a leading Swiss hosted cybersecurity and privacy communications platform, is pleased to announce that further to its press release dated January 9, 2026, the Company has closed its non-brokered private placement. The Company issued 33,755,706 units (the "Units") at a price of CA$0.05 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of CA$1,687,785 (US$1,205,560). Each Unit is comprised of one common share ("Share") and one transferable common share purchase warrant of the Company ("Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the Subscriber to purchase one Warrant Share for a 48-month period after the Closing Date at an exercise price of CA$0.10 per share.

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2026 / ThinkEquity, an investment bank and brokerage firm created by experienced professionals that have worked together for over a decade collectively financing more than $100 billion of public and private capital raises, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions, today announced the addition of Leon Montana as Managing Director, Global Equity Sales & Trading, Mike Conlon, Senior Vice President NYSE Trading, John Conlon, Senior Vice President NYSE Trading, and John Romolo, Senior Vice President, NYSE Trading, as we continue to grow the NYSE Floor operation, direct access and sales trading operations.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2026 / Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:CDRpB)(NYSE:CDRpC) (the "Company") today announced the federal income tax treatment of its 2025 distributions to the holders of its preferred shares.

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