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18 January 2026

Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, also known as Balen, gestures after arriving at the party office of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 18, 2026, formally joining the party to contest the March election. The rapper-turned-mayor is presented as the next Prime Minister by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The former rapper, who wins the local election of 2022 from the Nepali capital, also assumes the charge of senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). On December 28, Balen strikes a deal with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) where it is agreed that he will be the next Prime Ministerial candidate from the party. As per the 7-point agreement, RSP chair Rabi Lamichhane continues as the party's central chairman, while Shah is presented as the party's parliamentary leader after the elections and its prime ministerial candidate. The RSP emerges as the fourth largest political force, winning 21 seats in the dissolved House of Representatives within a year of its establishment. With candidacy filing scheduled for January 20, Shah prepares to contest from the Jhapa-5 constituency in the March 5 elections, with the declared aim of beating four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency. Balen promises to institutionalize the agenda raised by September's Gen-Z movement. The electoral battle in Jhapa-5 shapes up to be an intriguing contest this time.

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#13213195

18 January 2026

Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, also known as Balen, arrives at the party office of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 18, 2026, formally joining the party to contest the March election. The rapper-turned-mayor is presented as the next Prime Minister by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The former rapper, who won the local election of 2022 from the Nepali capital, also assumes the role of senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). On December 28, Balen strikes a deal with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) where it is agreed that he will be the next Prime Ministerial candidate from the party. As per the 7-point agreement, RSP chair Rabi Lamichhane continues as the party's central chairman, while Shah is presented as the party's parliamentary leader after the elections and its prime ministerial candidate. The RSP emerges as the fourth largest political force, winning 21 seats in the dissolved House of Representatives within a year of its establishment. With candidacy filing scheduled for January 20, Shah prepares to contest from the Jhapa-5 constituency in the March 5 elections, with the declared aim of beating four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency. Balen promises to institutionalize the agenda raised by September's Gen-Z movement. The electoral battle in Jhapa-5 shapes up to be an intriguing contest this time.

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#13213290

18 January 2026

Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, also known as Balen, rings a traditional bell after arriving at the party office of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 18, 2026, formally joining the party to contest the March election. The rapper turned mayor is presented as the next Prime Minister by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The former rapper, who wins the local election of 2022 from the Nepali capital, also assumes the charge of senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). On December 28, Balen strikes a deal with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) where it is agreed that he will be the next Prime Ministerial candidate from the party. As per the 7-point agreement, RSP chair Rabi Lamichhane continues as the party's central chairman, while Shah is presented as the party's parliamentary leader after the elections and its prime ministerial candidate. The RSP emerges as the fourth largest political force, winning 21 seats in the dissolved House of Representatives within a year of its establishment. With candidacy filing scheduled for January 20, Shah prepares to contest from the Jhapa-5 constituency in the March 5 elections, with the declared aim of beating four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency. Balen promises to institutionalize the agenda raised by September's Gen-Z movement. The electoral battle in Jhapa-5 shapes up to be an intriguing contest this time.

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#13212767

18 January 2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the crowd during a public meeting ahead of polls in Singur, 50 kilometers from Kolkata, India, on January 18, 2026.

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#13212768

18 January 2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the crowd during a public meeting ahead of polls in Singur, 50 kilometers from Kolkata, India, on January 18, 2026.

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#13211444

18 January 2026

Mexico's Health Minister, David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, speaks during the inaugural ceremony of the General Regional Hospital No. 25 ''General Ignacio Zaragoza'' of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 17, 2026.

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#13211449

18 January 2026

Mexico's Health Minister, David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, and Mexico's President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, attend the inaugural ceremony of the General Regional Hospital No. 25 ''General Ignacio Zaragoza'' of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 17, 2026.

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#13211451

18 January 2026

Mexico's Health Minister, David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, speaks during the inaugural ceremony of the General Regional Hospital No. 25 ''General Ignacio Zaragoza'' of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 17, 2026.

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#13211441

18 January 2026

(Left to right) Head of Government of Mexico City, Clara Brugada Molina; Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo; and Mexico's Health Minister, David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz attend the inaugural ceremony of the General Regional Hospital No. 25 ''General Ignacio Zaragoza'' of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 17, 2026.

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#13209521

18 January 2026

Minister for Taxation Ane Halsboe-Jorgensen speaks during a demonstration under the slogans 'hands off Greenland' and 'Greenland for Greenlanders' at City Hall Square in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 17, 2026. The demonstration intends to show solidarity with Greenland, the Greenlandic people, and 'Rigsfaellesskabet'.

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#13209600

17 January 2026

A sign reads, "Politically speaking, we are the aggressors and the Arabs are only defending themselves. The land belongs to them because they inhabit it." (David Ben-Gurion, 1st Israeli Prime Minister) at a Pro-Palestine demonstration in Leipzig, Saxony, on January 17, 2026. Pro-Palestine groups call for a demonstration in Leipzig Connewitz to protest against the Pro-Israel left-wing scene. Pro-Israel activists call to block and protest against the Pro-Palestine demonstration. The police deploy on a large scale. In the end, 3000 persons demonstrate.

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#13206276

17 January 2026

Yulia Tymoshenko, Chair of the parliamentary faction of the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party and former Prime Minister of Ukraine, attends a court hearing on the selection of a preventive measure against her at the High Anti-Corruption Court in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 16, 2026, accompanied by her husband.

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#13206277

17 January 2026

Yulia Tymoshenko, Chair of the parliamentary faction of the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party and former Prime Minister of Ukraine, attends a court hearing on the selection of a preventive measure against her at the High Anti-Corruption Court in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 16, 2026, accompanied by her husband.

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#13206278

17 January 2026

Yulia Tymoshenko, the chair of the parliamentary faction of the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party and former Prime Minister of Ukraine, attends a court hearing on the selection of a preventive measure against her at the High Anti-Corruption Court in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 16, 2026.

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#13206279

17 January 2026

Yulia Tymoshenko, Chair of the parliamentary faction of the Batkivshchyna party and former Prime Minister of Ukraine, speaks with journalists after a court hearing at the High Anti-Corruption Court in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 16, 2026.

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#13206280

17 January 2026

Yulia Tymoshenko, Chair of the parliamentary faction of the Batkivshchyna party and former Prime Minister of Ukraine, speaks with journalists after a court hearing at the High Anti-Corruption Court in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 16, 2026.

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