Saudi Arabia put six Iranian nationals to death in Dammam for smuggling hashish, prompting Iran to summon the Saudi ambassador and accuse Riyadh of violating consular law.

Josh Stein took the oath as North Carolina’s 76th governor — and its first Jewish governor — in a small Raleigh ceremony, pledging to put the state’s people over its politics.

A 31-year-old man died in hospital after falling from his bicycle and striking a parked vehicle on rue Dépôt in downtown Sherbrooke on New Year’s Eve. Police say the death is not considered criminal.

Colorado has begun licensing healing centres and facilitators for regulated psilocybin therapy, becoming the second U.S. state after Oregon to let adults use the psychedelic under supervision.