CHINA Twitter is blocked but fake tweets by @realdonaldtrump look set to become the latest internet sensation. Users are flocking to websites that let them generate images of fake tweets that look just like those sent from Donald Trump’s distinctive personal Twitter account.
SOUTH KOREA A lawyer for the jailed woman at the center of the biggest South Korean political scandal in decades says prosecutors threatened to “annihilate” her family and used other abusive language during questioning. Prosecutors denied the accusations.
AUSTRALIA Thousands of protesters mar celebrations of the national day by cranking up pressure on the government to acknowledge indigenous suffering. Australia Day celebrates the arrival of the first British colonists in Sydney Harbor on Jan. 26, 1788.
NEW ZEALAND Former prime minister Helen Clark says she’s stepping down from her senior role at the United Nations when her term expires in April. The move comes three months after Clark failed in her bid to land the U.N.’s top job.
INDONESIA Police on the resort island of Bali detain five Indonesians returning from Turkey on suspicion they traveled abroad to join the Islamic State group.
THAILAND Police say they are seeking two suspects, a South African and a Briton, in the killing of a British man in the Thai resort town of Pattaya.
HIMALAYAS Ten Indian army soldiers are killed when avalanches hit a military post and a patrol along the highly militarized Line of Control that separates the Indian and Pakistani-held portions of the Himalayan region of Kashmir, the army says.
NETHERLANDS A Dutch satirical show’s video introducing the Netherlands to the new Trump administration now has the ministerial seal of approval. State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment Jetta Klijnsma, who is featured in the video, has called it the “greatest video ever,” her spokesman said.
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