News Headlines - 13 January 2021

▽Japan expands coronavirus emergency to 7 more prefectures - The Mainichi

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in seven additional prefectures, including Osaka and Aichi, expanding the measure as Japan's cumulative total of coronavirus cases topped 300,000 amid a recent spike in infections.

▽Oldest son of Oman’s sultan becomes country’s first crown prince | Al Jazeera

The oldest son of Oman’s sultan became the first crown prince in the country’s history on Tuesday as the Gulf state published a new “fundamental law” stipulating the line of succession.
On Monday, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said issued a decree setting a “specific and stable mechanism” for succession, providing for the appointment of a crown prince for the first time.

▽Aaron Mostofsky, son of Brooklyn judge, spotted at Capitol riot is arrested

The son of a prominent Brooklyn judge who was part of the mob that stormed the US Capitol building last week has been arrested, a law enforcement source told The Post.
Aaron Mostofsky was busted Tuesday at his brother’s house in Brooklyn by federal agents on multiple charges, including theft of government property for allegedly stealing a police riot shield and bulletproof vest, the source said.
Mostofsky, who is the son of Shlomo Mostofsky, a Supreme Court judge and a prominent figure in the Orthodox Jewish community, was photographed with both items.

▽'Ndrangheta: Major Italian mafia 'maxi-trial' kicks off with over 350 defendants - The Local

More than 350 alleged members of the mafia and the politicians, lawyers, businessmen and others accused of enabling them face a judge in a huge, specially converted courtroom in the southern Calabrian town of Lamezia Terme, in the heart of 'Ndrangheta territory.
With over 900 prosecution witnesses and 400 lawyers, the trial also features an unprecedented 58 state witnesses ready to break their code of silence and expose the clan's long-buried secrets.

▽Cyberpunk 2077 studio co-founder explains what went wrong - CNET

CD Projekt Red co-founder Marcin Iwinski shared an apology and an explanation Wednesday for what went wrong with Cyberpunk 2077's launch last month. The game debuted with many unfixed bugs, leading to dramatic performance problems on Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One. It also struggled on new devices like Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Sony's PlayStation 5.