Not a Gift That Can Be Passed On

By Handing the Nobel Prize to Trump, Machado Showed That Principles Can Be Traded for Favor

Donald Trump Says He Is Ready To Send US Troops To Minnesota To Quell Protests

The Statement Was Made A Week After The Death Of A Protest Participant In A Shooting By An ICE Agent

Zelensky Accuses Klitschko of Failing to Prepare Kyiv’s Energy Defences

Yet Recent Corruption Allegations in the Energy Sector Targeted the President’s Own Circle

Trump Told His National Security Team He Was Considering a “Quick and Decisive” US Strike on Iran

His Advisers Could Not Guarantee the Iranian Regime Would Collapse After an Attack

Germany’s Federal Supreme Court Said Ukraine Was Involved in the Nord Stream Blasts

Ukrainian Citizen Serhii Kuznetsov Kept in Custody, Immunity Denied

The US Senate Rejected a Resolution to Limit Trump’s Military Action Against Venezuela Without Congress

The Vote Split 50–50, With Vice President Vance Casting the Deciding Ballot

A Bill to Create a $2.5bn Critical Minerals Reserve to Be Introduced in the US Congress

The Reserve Would Be Run by a Seven-Member Board Appointed by the President and Confirmed by the Senate

TSMC Reports Record Profit for the Fourth Quarter

The Company Plans to Invest $52–56 Billion in Manufacturing Expansion in 2026

Ukraine’s Interception Rate of Russian Missiles Fell to 36% in Early 2026

In the First 14 Days of January, 26 of 73 Missiles Were Shot Down

Trump Is Everywhere in Global Politics

But the US Is Increasingly Seen as an Unreliable Ally

Kyiv Has Been Without Electricity and Heating for Several Days

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At Least 2,500 Civilians Were Killed in Ukraine in 2025 and Around 12,000 Were Injured

This Is Stated in a Published Report by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission

According to a Workday Study, AI Saves Employees One to Seven Hours a Week

About 37% of That Time Is Spent Correcting and Verifying Its Output

Emergency Power Outages Introduced in Kyiv

More Than 500 Apartment Buildings Left Without Heating

Germany and the Netherlands Are Pushing for Ukraine to Buy US Weapons Using a €90 Billion EU Loan

France Insists the Funds Be Spent Only on Purchases From EU Defense Companies

Germany, France, and the UK Enter 2026 With Weak and Unpopular Governments

This Raises the Risk of European Paralysis Amid Pressure From Russia and China, as Well as a More Transactional US Approach

The US Announces the Start of the Second Phase of the Gaza Ceasefire and the Creation of a Temporary Palestinian Governing Committee

The Committee’s Composition and Operating Details Have Not Been Officially Disclosed

A Construction Crane Collapses Onto a Passenger Train in Thailand, Killing at Least 22 People

The Train Was Carrying 195 Passengers, With Around 80 Injured

European Countries Propose Appointing an EU Special Envoy for Talks With Russia

No Agreement Yet on the Scope of the Negotiator’s Mandate

Bill and Hillary Clinton Refuse to Testify Before a US Congressional Committee in the Jeffrey Epstein Case

The House Committee Says It May Move to Hold Them in Contempt of Congress

Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Will Be Connected to Pentagon Computer Networks and Granted Access to Intelligence by the End of January

The Pentagon Plans to Use Grok in Parallel With Google’s Already-Deployed Military Chatbot Gemini

BBC Asked a Florida Court to Dismiss Donald Trump’s $10 Billion Defamation Lawsuit

The Corporation Says the Panorama Film Was Not Available in the United States

Germany Investigates Harassment, Far-Right Extremism, and Drugs in the Elite 26th Airborne Regiment

The Scandal Coincides With the Launch of Voluntary Service for 18-Year-Olds, a Key Pillar of Berlin’s Army Expansion Plans

“F*ck Trump”

Protests Erupt Across the US After the Killing of a Woman in Minneapolis. Photo Report

Berlin Is Growing Accustomed to Speaking of War as an Inevitability

Those Who Place Human Life Above the “Right Side of History” Increasingly Feel Like a Minority

Gold Hits a Record High Amid an Investigation Into the Fed Chair and a Weaker Dollar

Markets Are Pricing in the Risk of Political Pressure on the Regulator and a More Accommodative US Monetary Policy

NATO Did Not Issue Public Support for Denmark After Trump’s Statements on Control Over Greenland

European Allies Demand That the Alliance and Rutte Intervene in the Dispute Between the US and Copenhagen

Germany’s New Arrow-3 Missile Defense System Is Not Yet Capable of Intercepting the “Oreshnik.”

With a Range of Up to 5,500 km, the Missile Can Reach Almost Any Point in Europe

The Head of the British Armed Forces Said the UK Army Is Not Ready for a Full-Scale War

According to Him, the Current Budget Lacks the Funds to Sustain Ongoing Programs and Modernization Plans at the Same Time

Trump Said Greenland’s Defense Amounts to “Two Dog Sleds.”

He Added That the US Must “Take” the Island—or Russia or China Will Prevail There

Paramount Is Preparing for a Proxy Battle Over Warner Bros. Discovery’s Board

The Company Is Seeking to Derail a Deal With Netflix and Bring the Studio Back to Its $108 Billion Offer

An App to Check Whether You’re Still Alive Became the Top Paid Service in China’s App Store

Its Success Reflects the Rising Number of People Living Alone

Fifteen “Shadow Fleet” Tankers Switched to the Russian Flag in Two Weeks

Sanctioned Vessels Are Trying to Evade US Enforcement

UK Regulator Launched an Investigation Into X Over Sexualized Deepfakes Created Using Grok

Ofcom Is Examining Whether the Platform Breached Laws Protecting Women and Children From Illegal Content

A Consortium Linked to Trump’s Inner Circle Won a Tender to Develop a Lithium Deposit in Ukraine

The Commission Has Already Selected the Winner, Leaving the Cabinet to Formally Approve the Outcome