News Headlines - 16 January 2021

▽Nepali team first to top K2, world’s 2nd tallest peak, in winter | Al Jazeera

A team of Nepalese climbers made history by scaling the world’s second-highest peak - Pakistan’s K2 - in the winter season, a local Alpine Club official said, on the same afternoon a Spanish mountaineer fell and died lower down the perilous mountain.
The secretary of Pakistan’s Alpine Club, Karrar Haideri, said 10 Nepali sherpas reached the summit about 5pm (12:00 GMT) on Saturday.

▽North Korea shows off new submarine-launched missiles after rare party congress | Reuters

North Korea displayed what appeared to be a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at a parade on Thursday night, state media reported, capping more than a week of political meetings with a show of military might.

▽Shueisha Releases Official Statement on Recent Twitter Copyright Takedowns

Shueisha has released an official statement regarding the controversy surrounding a recent slate of copyright infringement take downs on Twitter. Last weekend, anime fans were taken by surprise when many of them had received take down requests for infringing copyright on Shueisha properties such as Dragon Ball, One Piece and more. What seemed to surprise many is the fact that these take downs seemed to note everything from images, gifs, to even some fan-art (one of which belonging to an actual Dragon Ball staff member). Through an update on MangaPlus, Shueisha has now released an official statement on the matter.
Denying involvement with what they refer as a "Copyright Infringement Scam," Shueisha's official statement reads as such, "It has come to our attention, Shueisha has been falsely misrepresented by an individual sending copyright and removal requests on Twitter and other social media platforms. Shueisha is currently consulting with the various platforms to investigate what measures can be taken to address this issue."

▽Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni re-elected for sixth term | Africanews

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term with 58.64% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Saturday, as rival opponent Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud a day earlier and said citizens should reject the result.
Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, won 34.83% of the vote, according to the commission.

▽Bitcoin: Newport man's plea to find ￡210m hard drive in tip - BBC News

A man who threw away a laptop hard drive containing bitcoin he believes is now worth about ￡210m wants his council to let him search for it in landfill.
James Howells had 7,500 bitcoins, a virtual currency, on the hard drive, which he mistakenly threw away in 2013.
He said he was willing to donate 25% of the value of the bitcoins to his home city of Newport in south Wales - about ￡52.5m - if he found the hard drive.