As a cold clear Tuesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, a cultural exchange event between Oita, Japan and Wuhan, China is postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
From the Borneo Post, due to the coronavirus outbreak, Malaysian entry points and health facilities go on high alert.
From Free Malaysia Today, so far, no trace of the Wuhan, China coronavirus has been found in Malaysia.
From The Straits Times, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam goes to Davos, Switzerland.
From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian government advises fishermen to stay out of waters near the Malaysian state of Sabah.
From the Daily Mirror, a chained elephant "suffers in silence" at a temple in Sri Lanka.
From the Colombo Page, a Sri Lankan high court judge is suspended over a controversial phone conversation.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina looks for ways of cooperation with Kosovo.
From The Hans India, the Indian state of Telangana is ready for municipal elections tomorrow.
From the Hindustan Times, according to Indian Home Minister Amit Shah, protest the Citizenship Act all you want, but it's here to stay.
From ANI, about 200 houses occupied by "illegal Bangladeshis" are demolished in Bengaluru, India.
From India Today, hundreds of students protest against the Citizenship Act on the campus of Aligarh Muslim University.
From Khaama Press, police in Kabul, Afghanistan arrest a "notorious" criminal gang leader.
From Dawn, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood apprises U.S. diplomat Alice Wells of the human rights situation in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
From The Express Tribune, in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump tells Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan that the U.S. is ready to "help" in the dispute over Kashmir.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan nominates a new chief election commissioner.
From Radio Farda, Tehran's stock exchange will list businesses controlled by Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei. (Apparently, the ayatollah is allowed to serve both God and mammon.)
From IranWire, the continued detention of an Iranian women's rights worker, her brother, and his friend.
From StepFeed, domestic workers are exploited globally and in the Arab world.
From The New Arab, Lebanon names a new "technocratic" government, which is quickly spurned by protesters.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey's domestic agenda is dominated by a debate on investigating FETÖ.
From Turkish Minute, nine people injured in a terror attack in Somalia are flown to Turkey for treatment.
From Rûdaw, U.S. forces reportedly prevent a Russian convoy from crossing between Syria and the Kurdistan Region.
From In-Cyprus, the Kato Paphos archaeological park is a big hit.
From The Syrian Observer, Russian warplanes kill civilians near Aleppo, Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, after throwing an explosive at IDF soldiers, three Gaza terrorists are quickly sent to their virgins.
From The Times Of Israel, the immunity hearings for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will start on January 30th.
From The Jerusalem Post, talks between Russia and Israel over the possible release of Naama Issachar continue.
From YNetNews, Sweden welcomes world leaders to a Holocaust forum.
From the Egypt Independent, a Russian delegation assigned to inspect Egypt's Hurghada International Airport praises its beefed-up security measures.
From Egypt Today, 70 animal species in Egypt are threatened with extinction.
From Morocco World News, in his last official act as a British royal, Prince Harry meets with Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddine Othmani at an investment summit in London.
From the Greek City Times, very few ethnic Greeks are left in Turkey.
And from Gatestone Institute, BDS supporters decry a Jordanian Arab singing to an Arab audience in Israel.
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