What’s Different About The Next Batman? » 3 Amazing Facts for Today

January 2021’s Future State: The Next Batman miniseries, penned by Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), introduces Tim Fox as the first Black character to wear the Batsuit.

Gina Haspel is the former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) between 2018 and 2021. She is the first woman to hold the post permanently. The CIA launched a new website Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, to find candidates who will ensure the US premier intelligence agency workforce reflects its national demographics. 

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Julian Assange is the Australian founder of WikiLeaks. A British judge blocked Assange’s extradition to the United States, where he was to face criminal charges, including breaking a spying law, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Assange is ‘free to return home’ to Australia. Mexico offered Assange political asylum.