ISRAEL’S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS RESULTED IN A TIGHT RACE BETWEEN NETANYAHU AND EISENKOT BLOCS WITH NO CLEAR WINNER. SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI CROSSED PARTY LINES TO ENDORSE A DEMOCRAT IN ALASKA’S GUBERNATORIAL RACE. KING CHARLES BEGAN A CARIBBEAN TOUR AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE SUFFERING OF THE COLONIAL PAST WITH COMMONWEALTH LEADERS.

FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FLáVIO BOLSONARO FLED BRAZIL AND ARRIVED IN THE US AFTER HIS PASSPORTS WERE CANCELLED. TRUMP ANNOUNCED PROPOSALS TO LOOSEN METHANE EMISSIONS RULES FOR OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION. KYLIAN MBAPPé FACED BACKLASH IN CHINA FOLLOWING A SOCIAL MEDIA MEME CONTROVERSY.

A FEDERAL GRAND JURY DECLINED TO INDICT CASSIDY HUTCHINSON, A KEY JANUARY 6TH WITNESS, REGARDING HER TESTIMONY. STREAMER HASAN PIKER FILED A $72.5 MILLION DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR SCOTT JENNINGS. GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS ROSE AS INVESTORS CONTINUED TO BET ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECTOR GROWTH.