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US President Donald Trump is visiting Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), where the Greenland issue will be at the center of attention.President Trump’s long-standing obsession with acquiring Greenland, an autonomous territory from NATO member Denmark, has escalated to a transatlantic imbroglio, with threats to impose sweeping new tariffs and possibly seize Greenland by military force, rattling stock markets.Greenland is “essential to our national and global security,” he said Tuesday at a White House press conference marking the one-year anniversary of his second term in office.He warned Britain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany,…
‘Chocolate fration’ is causing bitterness to chocolate lovers all over the world. Big-name brands like Lindt and Hershey’s increased their prices by double-digit percentages last year. The main cause of inflation is the rise in cocoa prices, which hit a record high in 2024 when the crop in West Africa, which accounts for 80% of the world’s cocoa production, was hit by a drought exacerbated by climate change. Since then, prices have fallen dramatically but are still well above where they were five years ago, and experts say market volatility is likely to continue. Singapore-based startup Prefer is trying to…
Luke Littler is just 19 years old, and despite having achieved so much in his short career, he remains hungry for more challenges after his previous ‘overachievement’.On the eve of his 19th birthday, Littler became the first Saudi Darts Masters champion with an 8-5 victory over Michael van Gerwen in Riyadh. This is his first win since defeating Jan van Veen 7-1 at Alexandra Palace earlier this month to become back-to-back world champions for the first time in 10 years. Littler has accomplished a lot in a short amount of time since making his World Championship debut just a few…
There’s so much energy stored in the ground beneath our feet that experts at the Department of Energy believe geothermal power could generate 60 gigawatts, or nearly 10% of the nation’s electricity, by 2050. Karl Hoyland, co-founder and CEO of Zanskar, believes this high figure is too low, mainly because it discounts the potential of conventional geothermal. DOE’s numbers assume advances in enhanced geothermal, which uses hydraulic fracturing technology to access hot rocks deep underground. Companies like Fervo and Sage Geosystems are pursuing that angle, and experts agree it has tremendous potential. By contrast, traditional geothermal power generation, which harnesses…
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Inter needed more points. Arsenal took them anyway. Despite making seven changes to Mikel Arteta’s starting XI, they still managed to win seven games and seven. With a home match against Kairat Almaty remaining, a top-two finish, let alone a top-eight finish, is assured.Arteta smiled as he admitted that if he had been the one writing the script for Arsenal’s 3-1 win over last season’s Champions League runners-up Inter, with Gabriel Jesus scoring twice at San Siro, it probably would have gone something like this. The Brazilian was substituted to a standing ovation from Arsenal supporters in the three tiers…
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference at the White House on January 20, 2026, in Washington, DC, marking the end of his second term in office. Nathan Howard | Reuters Markets on Tuesday showed classic signs of a “Sell America” trade as investors balked at rising risks related to Washington’s foreign policy. Greenland Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen emphasized this point late on Tuesday, saying that the “other side” – seemingly alluding to the US – had not ruled out using military force to take control of the island.Major U.S. indexes fell on Tuesday for their worst day…
The startup widely known as “ChatGPT for doctors” has raised a new round of funding that values the company at $12 billion. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based OpenEvidence has closed on $250 million in funding led by Thrive Capital and DST, the company told CNBC. The startup raised its first external capital in February, raising $75 million from Sequoia at a $1 billion valuation, but the valuation jumped to $6 billion in October. In less than a year, OpenEvidence has raised $700 million from investors including: Google venture arm, NvidiaKleiner Perkins, David Sachs’ Craft Ventures, and Mayo Clinic.The company was founded in 2022…
US Federal Reserve Board Member Lisa Cook and US President Donald Trump.Ting Sheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images | Jonathan Ernst | ReutersThe Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Wednesday morning in a case over whether President Donald Trump has the authority to fire Governor Lisa Cook of the Federal Reserve on uncontested charges of committing mortgage fraud.At stake is not only the fate of Mr. Cook, who denies any wrongdoing, but also potentially the Fed’s future independence in determining monetary policy without the risk that the president could easily fire a governor who disobeys his orders in…
The US president resumed his journey to Europe on a Boeing 757, departing just after midnight on Wednesday.Published January 21, 2026January 21, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareUS President Donald Trump’s passenger plane was forced to make a U-turn about an hour after departing from its base in Davos, Switzerland, bound for the World Economic Forum.White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said Air Force One, carrying the president, his aides and reporters, returned to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland shortly after 11pm on Tuesday night due to a “minor electrical issue.”Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listPresident…