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US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on January 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Thursday backed a Senate deal that funds much of the federal government through the remainder of the fiscal year.President Trump’s support is likely to make it much easier to pass the six-bill funding package the Senate is considering with just over a day left before a partial government shutdown. Senators reached a deal shortly before Trump’s announcement, agreeing to remove funding for the Department of Homeland Security from the package, pass the…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed several new trade deals and pledged to further diversify Ottawa’s partners, saying he “hopes” the United States will respect his country’s sovereignty.Mr. Carney discussed the trade deal during a meeting with state and territory leaders Thursday.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”Our country is more united, more ambitious and more determined than we have been in decades, and it’s incumbent upon all of us to seize this moment and build something bigger together,” Carney said, praising the 12 new economic and security agreements agreed in the past six months.His comments come amid continued…

At least five people were killed in a Russian drone attack on a civilian train in northeastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, calling the attack an “act of terrorism.” On Tuesday, emergency workers were confronted by a scene of carnage at the scene of the attack in the Kharkiv region. Body parts of the victims were scattered around the burnt ruins, making it impossible to immediately determine the number of casualties. Nearly 300 people are on board the train, which is used by Ukrainians to visit soldiers on the front lines. “A drone attack on a civilian train in any…

Aston Villa came from two points behind to beat RB Salzburg 3-2 and finish in the top two of the Europa League, but their victory was marred by an injury to Ollie Watkins.Villa, who are already certain to advance to the last 16, struggled but managed to score their seventh win out of eight group stage games, but Watkins was forced to leave the game with what appeared to be a hamstring injury. Villa manager Unai Emery said the club would know more about the extent of the injury on Friday. “He felt something, but not much,” Emery said. “We’re…

Three of Elon Musk’s companies are considering a possible merger: SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla. Negotiations appear to be in the early stages, but at least one company could end up being acquired by SpaceX, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. Two scenarios are considered. According to Bloomberg, citing unnamed insiders, SpaceX and Tesla may merge. In another case, SpaceX and aXI (which already owns Musk’s social media platform X) would merge. According to a report from Reuters, a merger between SpaceX and xAI could occur ahead of SpaceX’s IPO, which is scheduled for this year. This will bring together…

Let’s check out the companies that are becoming a hot topic for after-hours trading. Apple — Shares rose less than 1% after the company announced strong first-quarter results, with particularly strong earnings from the iPhone 17 model launched in September. Apple earned $2.84 per share for the quarter, beating the $2.67 per share expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. Sales totaled $143.76 billion, significantly exceeding analysts’ expectations of $138.48 billion. Overall iPhone sales increased 23% on an annual basis to $85.27 billion. A sharp rise in sales in China during the quarter also eased investor concerns about competition and consumer…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026.CNBCAmazon It is in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, CNBC confirmed Thursday in a key vote of confidence from a major e-commerce company that invested in one of the startup’s biggest rivals.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy are in direct discussions, said a person familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity because the details are confidential. Amazon has poured billions of dollars into OpenAI competitor Anthropic since 2023.The details of Amazon’s talks with OpenAI are still…

Iran on Thursday threatened “dangerous consequences” after the European Union formally designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization amid rising tensions between Iran and the West. EU foreign ministers approved the designation at a meeting in Brussels, describing it as a response to Iran’s violent crackdown on anti-government protests. “Repression cannot go unanswered,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Karas wrote in announcing the decision, referring to X. “A regime that kills thousands of its own citizens is working towards its own demise.” The designation would put the Revolutionary Guards on the same terrorist list as al-Qaeda,…

Microsoft released a solid earnings report on Wednesday, with revenue of $81.3 billion (up 17%) and net income of $38.3 billion (up 21%) for the quarter, with record Microsoft cloud revenue of more than $50 billion. But the stock was soaring on Thursday as investors worried about how much the tech giant was spending building its cloud and questioned whether the investment would pay off. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the answer to that question is “yes,” and he spent considerable time on the earnings call making that point. Microsoft spent about the same amount on capital expenditures in the…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gestures while speaking at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 20, 2026.Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Imagesmicrosoft Shares fell about 10% on Thursday following an earnings report that disappointed some investors, causing the company’s biggest single-day decline since March 2020. The move slashed the company’s market capitalization by $357 billion, to $3.22 trillion as of Thursday’s close.of iShares expands technology software division Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) fell 5% on Thursday, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index ended the day down 0.7%. However, not all technology has declined. Meta Shares soared 10% after…