Ryan Routh was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in September 2024 at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to BBC World. Routh, 59, was found guilty last year. Judge Aileen Cannon stated in a sentencing memorandum that Routh was taken into custody shortly after a Secret Service agent spotted a rifle barrel poking out of bushes and fired at Routh, who then fled the scene, BBC World reported.
In other news, the baseball world mourned the loss of Mickey Lolich, the Detroit Tigers hero in the 1968 World Series, who died at the age of 85, Fox News reported. The Tigers announced Lolich's death, noting that his wife informed the franchise he was recently in hospice care. The cause of death was not released. Lolich remains the last MLB pitcher to win three games in a single World Series, earning him the World Series MVP award that year, according to Fox News.
Meanwhile, in Nigeria, the death of 26-year-old singer Ifunanya Nwangene after a snakebite has highlighted a crisis of preventable fatalities, The Guardian reported. Nwangene, a former contestant on The Voice Nigeria, was bitten by a snake in her flat in Abuja and died in hospital while awaiting treatment. In a last message to her friends, Nwangene wrote: "Please come," according to The Guardian. The incident has raised questions about the availability of effective antivenoms in the country.
Mozambique is facing a rebuilding effort after severe flooding displaced many residents in January 2026. According to Al Jazeera, Emilia Machel, 30, and her three children were among those who rushed to the Chiaquelane site for displaced people on January 17 after the Limpopo River reached dangerously high levels due to heavy rain in the Southern Africa region. The Limpopo River, which begins in neighboring South Africa and flows into Mozambique, had reached dangerously high levels after heavy rain fell on the Southern Africa region from late December to mid-January, Al Jazeera reported.
Finally, the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy are facing controversy as hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Milan to protest the deployment of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staff at the Games, Sky News reported. According to Sky News, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) boss urged people to show respect rather than jeer the Americans. ICE agents are in Milan for the expected opening ceremony visits by Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State, Sky News reported.
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