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January 25, 2026
January 25, 2026 drew together a 48-hour evacuation order in South Sudan, a mass shooting in central Mexico, and a winter storm that disrupted travel across the United States. South Sudan's army ordered civilians, aid workers, and United Nations personnel out of Akobo, Nyirol, and Uror counties ahead of an offensive, while gunmen killed 11 people and wounded 12 after a football match in Salamanca, Guanajuato. In the United States, a winter storm left more than 1 million customers without power and forced 11,400 flight cancellations. Hard Boiled led the exact-date movie releases, Memory of a Killer opened the television slate, and the market view reused the January 23 closes of SPY at $689.23, QQQ at $622.72, and DIA at $490.93 because January 25 fell on a Sunday. The surrounding collections window added new Marvel comics, LEGO SMART Play Star Wars sets, late-January Magic and Pokemon card releases, and research updates from MIT and Stanford.
Key developments
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South Sudan's army ordered civilians, aid groups, and United Nations personnel to leave Akobo, Nyirol, and Uror counties within 48 hours before a planned operation.
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Gunmen opened fire after a football match in Salamanca, Guanajuato, killing 11 people and wounding 12 others.
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A winter storm left more than 1 million customers without power across the southern United States and canceled more than 11,400 flights.