Luke Vargas

Josh, I think Tatya there has given us a what to watch for in 2026.

What do you be paying attention to in the coming months?

Josh Chin is The Wall Street Journal's senior global correspondent based in Seoul.

Josh, thank you so much.

Always a pleasure.

Thanks, Luke.

And Tatja Bokvadze is a technology analyst at Oxford Analytica.

Tatja, thank you.

And that's it for What's News Sunday for January 18th.

Today's show was produced by Daniel Bach with supervising producers Sandra Kilhoff and Melanie Roy.

I'm Luke Vargas, and we'll be back Tuesday morning with a brand new show.

Until then, thanks for listening.

Here is your Morning Brief for Friday, January 16th.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

The Trump administration is set to propose that America's largest grid operator, PJM, hold an emergency auction in which tech companies would bid on 15-year contracts for new power plants.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has presented President Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize.

And Norway's Equinor has been given the green light to resume work on its massive Empire Wind project off of Long Island.

Tehran offers nuclear talks with Washington, but President Trump leans towards strikes ahead of a briefing on U.S.

options for Iran.

Plus, Minnesota sues the Trump administration over its immigration tactics, and data centers push power grids to their limit with no end to construction in sight.