Gold and Silver Hit Record Highs Amid Escalation Risks Around Venezuela and Expectations of U.S. Rate Cuts
Investors Turn to Precious Metals as a Hedge Against Geopolitical and Currency Risks
A Russian General Staff General, Fanil Sarvarov, Was Killed in Moscow in a Car Bombing
Investigators Are Considering Possible Involvement by Ukrainian Intelligence Services
Trump Appoints a Special Envoy for Greenland and Again Speaks of Control Over the Island
Washington’s Pressure Heightens Anxiety in Copenhagen and Draws Greenland Closer to Denmark
The UN Says Gaza Is No Longer in Famine
However, a Large Share of the Population Still Lives Under Conditions of Acute Food Insecurity
“Loyalty Proved More Important Than Competence, and Institutions Were Devalued.”
Alexander Rodnyansky on How the Personalization of Power Led Ukraine Into a Systemic Governance Crisis
Peace Talks on Ukraine and Gaza Have Shifted From Capitals to a Private Club in Florida
Trump’s Team Is Holding Parallel Consultations With Ukraine, Europe, and Russia at the Private Venue of Its Key Negotiator
Another Mass Shooting Has Occurred at a Tavern in South Africa
Nine People Were Killed Near Johannesburg, With the Motive Still Unclear
The Release of the Epstein Archive Shifted Attention From Trump to Clinton
The Sexual Crimes Case Is Being Used as a Tool of Partisan Warfare in the United States
The First Batch of Epstein Case Files Has Been Released—13,000 Documents. What Have We Learned?
Trump Discussed a 14-Year-Old Girl With the Financier, and the First Complaint Reached the FBI as Early as 1996—but the Bureau Took No Action
A Russian Missile Strike on the Port of Odesa Killed at Least Eight People and Wounded 27
A Passenger Bus Was at the Epicenter of the Ballistic Missile Attack
Yermak Is Still With Us
Ukraine’s Power Vertical Remains Intact
EU Taxpayers Will Pay About €3 Billion a Year in Interest to Finance Ukraine
The Bloc Is Issuing Joint Debt While Deferring a Decision on Using Frozen Russian Assets
Britain’s Largest Companies Are Sharply Cutting Public Support for Pride
Social Media Mentions Have Fallen by 92% in Two Years Amid a Review of DEI Policies
Xi Jinping Forced Trump to Ease Trade Pressure
China’s Export Strength Is Growing, but the Domestic Slowdown Is Undermining Beijing’s Negotiating Position
Julian Assange Challenges the Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado
He Says the Decision Violates Nobel’s Will and Demands the Prize Payment Be Frozen
The United States Approved an $11.1 Billion Arms Sale to Taiwan—the Largest Package in Years
The Delivery Strengthens the Island’s Defenses and Complicates Washington’s Efforts to Stabilize Relations With Beijing
“It’s Time for Me to Go to My Dacha Near St. Petersburg, to My Neighbors Gérard Depardieu and Bashar al-Assad.”
Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever Responded Ironically to a Politico Article
Starmer Demands That Abramovich Transfer £2.5 Billion From the Sale of Chelsea to Ukraine
London Warns It Is Prepared to Seek the Funds Through the Courts
“President Biden Told Me: No, You Will Not Be in NATO.”
Zelensky Said the Former U.S. President Ruled Out Ukraine’s Admission to the Alliance Even Before the War
The Premier of New South Wales Proposes a Temporary Ban on Street Protests
Authorities Link the Initiative to the Bondi Attack and Are Preparing to Expand Police Counterterrorism Powers
It Is Becoming Harder for Democrats to Criticize the Economy Under Trump
Inflation Is Slowing, and Tariffs Have Not Led to Higher Prices
The Senate Demands That the Pentagon Release Video of a Strike Off Venezuela’s Coast
Congress Is Reviewing Whether the Operation Complied With the Laws of War
The White House Chief of Staff Called Trump Impulsive, Vance a Conspiracy Theorist, and Musk Uncontrollable
A Vanity Fair Interview Details Conflicts and Decision-Making Inside the Administration
Trump Prepares to Move to the Second Phase of the Gaza Plan
Hamas Disarmament, International Forces, and the Future Governance of the Strip Remain Unclear
Europe Is Expected to Show Strength and Act
Why It Should Respond to External Criticism With Decisions, Not Resentment
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Board Rejects Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Acquisition Offer
The Company Urges Shareholders to Keep the Current Netflix Deal and Points to the Risks of an Alternative Scenario
The United States Threatens Retaliatory Measures Against Europe’s Largest Companies Over EU Digital Regulation
The European Commission Says It Will Not Revisit Its Rules
Meta Introduces a Unified Age Verification System Based on AgeKey
The Company Aims to Simplify Compliance as Child Protection Requirements Expand
Hackers Claim to Have Stolen Up to 86 Million Spotify Tracks and Plan to Release Them on Torrent Networks
The Company Confirms a Metadata Breach and Access to Part of Its Audio Files
TikTok Agreed to Transfer Its U.S. Business to a Joint Venture Controlled by American Investors
Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX Will Take Control of Data and Operations Under a Deal Set to Close on February 22
Disney Becomes the First Major Media Company to License Its Content to OpenAI
The Agreement Grants Access to Characters and Strengthens the Company’s Control Over the Use of Its Intellectual Property
Amazon Uses the AI Hype to Justify Rising Workloads
Engineers Say the Technology Remains Underdeveloped but Is Used to Tighten Demands on Employees
Megaconstellations of Satellites Could Ruin Up to 40% of Hubble Images and More Than 90% of Frames From New Telescopes
Astronomers Call for International Rules to Preserve Low Orbit as a Shared Space for Science
