Our daily morning walk around the world

🇵🇹🐕 Guinness World Records suspended a Portuguese mastiff’s title of the world’s oldest dog. Bobi, who lived in Portugal, was reportedly 31 years and 5 months old (aka 170+ human years) when he died last October, breaking the previous record by two years. But Guinness took paws after a recent Wired investigation discovered there’s no evidence to confirm or deny Bobi’s registered birthday, and that genetic testing can’t provide Bobi’s precise age. Bobi’s title is temporarily suspended pending an ongoing Guinness investigation.

🇺🇸🇾🇪 The US is reportedly re-designating the Iranian-backed Houthi militant group as a terrorist organization. The placement, which will be formally announced today, reverses an earlier decision by President Biden to remove the Houthis from US terrorist lists over concerns it hurt prospects for peace talks and damaged Yemen’s economy. Yesterday’s report came hours after the US military launched its second airstrike against the Houthis in the past week, and a Houthi missile struck a commercial vessel in the Red Sea for a second straight day. Separately, two US Navy SEALs are missing off the coast of Somalia after participating in a mission to seize missile components headed for Houthi militants.

🇨🇳 Apple is offering a rare discount on its products sold in China. The deal, which runs from January 18-21, will offer discounts as high as $70 off the iPhone 15 and other Apple products. The announcement comes as Apple saw a 3% annual decline in iPhone sales in China last year, which analysts largely attribute to two reasons: 1) rising competition from local players like Huawei and 2) new laws banning foreign devices in many state-backed agencies and companies.