Trump set to meet Zelensky in Davos as his envoys head to Moscow
Trump and his envoy Witkoff have said a deal to resolve nearly four years of war between Russia and Ukraine is close.
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Guinea-Bissau coup leaders set December election date
Regional powers Ecowas had previously warned junta head Horta N'Tam against such a long wait for elections.
Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt to open next week, Palestinian official says
DAVOS, Jan 22 - Gaza's border crossing with Egypt will reopen next week after largely being shut during the Israel-Hamas war, the Palestinian technocrat leader backed by Washington to administer the enclave announced on Thursday.
WoW's pre-patch stat squish has caused several low-level potions and food items to do literally nothing, with some even restoring '-0 health', whatever that means
Potion seller, I require your weakest potions.
The Mediapro Studio, Infinity Hill and IP4 Co-Produce Spanish-Language Thriller ‘The Blue Box’
The Mediapro Studio, Infinity Hill and IP4 have banded together to co-produce “The Blue Box” (“La Caja Azul”), a Spanish-language thriller set against the world of dating apps. They are joined by MoJo Global Arts and Sepia Films, Film Suez, Salta Violeta, Tronito, Life Is One,
In populist split, Trump’s fans in Europe broke with him on Greenland
The European far right’s pushback showed the limits of the president’s with-me-or-against-me politics, a key obstacle to cooperation among nationalist parties.
How to Get Into the Whitney Biennial
Queens Museum leader quits, Gabrielle Goliath sues, vintage gay porn as political art, and more.
A bid to clean up shipping industry intensified a coral bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef, study says
The removal of sulphur from shipping fuels caused ‘a lot of extra sunlight’ to get through atmosphere and hit reef in 2022 Steps to clean up the shipping industry by removing sulphur from fuels intensified a major coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef by allowing more
In response to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney waging war on Steam, Larian's publishing lead says, 'Giving everyone everything for free might bump numbers but doesn't create a viable storefront'
"This altruistic pro-developer talk doesn't sit well".
Iran Guards chief says 'finger on trigger', warns US against 'miscalculations'
The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned Israel and the US against "miscalculations" in the wake of mass protests, saying the force had its "finger on the trigger". US President Donald Trump has repeatedly left open the option of new military action
Netflix new anime movie Cosmic Princess Kaguya! is missing one key thing
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! revives the Japanese folktale that powered Studio Ghibli's Tale of the Princess Kaguya, through a pop-idol Vtuber lens.
What Margaret Atwood Would Like You to Know
“Success is never so interesting as struggle,” Willa Cather wrote. “Not even to the successful.” Would Margaret Atwood agree? She once told The New Yorker she had no plans to write a memoir, since “the parts of writers’ lives that are interesting are usually the part before
Trump's bet on Syria's new leader faces pivotal point
President Trump’s bet on Syria’s new leader is facing a pivotal moment, as Kurdish forces are under attack from President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s forces in the northeast and facing growing pressure to fold into the central government. Al-Sharaa’s government and the Kurdish-led
Trump walks back Greenland threats, but Congress fears long-term NATO damage
President Trump on Wednesday de-escalated his threats to seize Greenland and hammer Europe with new tariffs, but some lawmakers in both parties fear the damage to NATO and the trans-Atlantic alliance has already been done. "It's hard to un-ring the bell,” said Rep. Adam Smith
Trump Has Made Pregnancy in America Harder Than Ever
Only a few days into the new year, the Heritage Foundation released its nearly 170-page plan to incentivize higher birth rates, at least within the families it would like to see reproduce. Over the past few months, we’ve also seen officials, and the panelists they invite, in
The Supreme Court Isn’t Joining Trump’s War on the Fed
The Supreme Court appeared likely to reject President Donald Trump’s bid to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook during oral arguments on Wednesday, finally marking an outer limit of what the court’s conservative members would stomach from Trump’s authoritarian second term.
The Key to Minneapolis’s Successful ICE Resistance
Don’t let the made-for-Fox News spectacle of the Minnesota Occupation distract you. The most important lesson the rest of us can learn from that state’s wide and deeply spread resistance is that Minnesotans’ solidarity didn’t just spring up when Trump’s goons came to town. It
She built an AI bot of her mother to help her grieve
In his new book, “Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our Relationships,” writer James Muldoon profiles people who use AI companion bots to grieve and love.
Powell favored by voters over Noem, Hegseth and other officials: Poll
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has higher favorability than a slate of top Trump administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Kristi Noem, new polling shows. An Emerson College Polling national survey finds Powell with a positive
Minor highway crash in Malayia turns fatal after Mercedes ploughs into crash site, killing two
In the initial collision, a Honda rear-ended a Proton, prompting the drivers to exit their vehicles to inspect the damage.
Democrats hold 6-point lead over GOP on generic ballot: Poll
Democrats are ahead of Republicans by 6 percentage points on a generic congressional ballot, according to a new poll. In the poll from Emerson College, 48.1 percent of respondents backed a Democratic candidate in a hypothetical 2026 matchup. The Republican candidate garnered
As Minneapolis grapples with ICE, schools try to balance learning with student safety
Schools in Minneapolis have set up remote learning and increased their transportation options, facing falling attendance and ongoing protests as the community grapples with the fallout from the death of Renee Good. The city is shrouded in chaos after a U.S. Immigration and
In Indonesia, faith and fun collide after sexy dangdut show at Islamic event
After the sermons and prayer, a dangdut singer in a skin-tight tube dress took the stage.
Africa: From Aid to Absence - Africa After America's Retreat
[New Times] The United States' withdrawal from dozens of UN-affiliated bodies and multilateral groups, following the shutdown of USAID, barely registered in Rwanda, or across much of Africa.
Africa: Loc Inaugurated for 15th Africa Armwrestling Championship
[Ghanaian Times] A seven-member Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the hosting of the 2026 Africa Armwrestling Championship has been inaugurated in Accra.
Trump launches 'Board of Peace' at Davos signing ceremony
The board originated in the US president's 20-point Gaza ceasefire plan endorsed by the UN Security Council, but has expanded far beyond its initial mandate.
Indian woman arrested after suicide of man she accused of sexual misconduct
Deepak U's family alleged that he faced online harassment after the woman posted a video that went viral.
Trump’s new order and Germany’s comeback opportunity
Donald Trump is changing the world. Foreign policy is no longer hiding behind legal masquerade, it is becoming real. It is no longer based on “values”, be they left-liberal-woke or neo-con, and it no longer acts universalistically in multilateral structures, but through
Shoppers in Denmark turn to apps to boycott US products amid Greenland tensions
Mobile apps designed to help consumers identify and avoid American-made products have climbed to the top of Denmark's app store charts following President Donald Trump's recent comments about acquiring Greenland
Restart of world's biggest nuclear plant paused after alert, Japan's TEPCO says
The restart, initially scheduled for Tuesday, had been pushed back after another technical issue related to the control rods' removal was detected last weekend.
Pact with Trump calls for allies to step up fast on Arctic security, says NATO's Rutte
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - The framework deal on Greenland agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump would require NATO allies to step up on Arctic security and the first results of this will be seen this year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday.
Oscar Nominations 2026 (Updating Live)
The countdown to the 98th Academy Awards has begun, and Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks are announcing the 2026 Oscar nominations Thursday morning. Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is expected to be the major frontrunner after it won four Golden Globes
Europe mulls over an uneasy truce with the US over Greenland
Europe is taking stock after several days of US sabre-rattling which risked the end of transatlantic relations, and potentially the end of NATO. While the threat of a takeover of Greenland seems to be over, trust among the US's allies has been badly eroded – perhaps permanently.
Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Among 700 Industry Backers of New Anti-AI Campaign: ‘Stealing Our Work Is Not Innovation’
More than 700 artists, writers and creators, including Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, have united behind a new anti-AI campaign calling out the tech companies exploiting copyrighted work without permission. While lawmakers on both sides of the
2 immigration officers in Malaysia nabbed for masterminding online passport renewal syndicate
The syndicate allegedly offered passport renewal service online to Malaysians residing overseas.
Rutte says Greenland framework deal means NATO allies must step up on Arctic security
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - The framework deal on Greenland agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump would require NATO allies to step up on Arctic security and the first results of this will be seen this year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday.
Zelensky and Trump to meet as US envoy says ending war with Russia down to one issue
US envoy Steve Witkoff said he was optimistic about a deal ahead of talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Trump to meet Zelensky as US envoy says ending war with Russia down to one issue
US envoy Steve Witkoff said he was optimistic about a deal ahead of talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
South Korean law to regulate AI takes effect
The law requires companies to give users advance notice when services or products use generative AI and requires them to clearly label content, including deepfakes, that cannot readily be differentiated from reality.
Trump's Board of Peace is Israel's new frontline in Gaza
As Trump divides the world to those with him and those against him, it is enough to look at his disagreements with European countries to get the impression that Gaza and Palestine are marginal issues for the U.S. president, and that Israel's influence is limited
The big splash
42 years ago, Apple’s 1984 ad ran on the Super Bowl. Once. It’s generally considered the most effective ad of its kind, creating a legend and also a trap. Was this ad the reason the Mac is still around? Or was it Regis McKenna’s work in getting Steve on the cover of more than
China defends wind power strategy, says Trump is wrong
China’s installed capacity of wind power has ranked first in the world for 15 consecutive years.
Blind, slow and 500 years old – or are they? How scientists are unravelling the secrets of Greenland sharks
Described by one researcher as looking ‘already dead’, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet It looks more like a worn sock than a fearsome predator. It moves slower than an escalator. By most accounts, it is a clumsy and near-sightless
U.S. seeks to be ‘friends’ with Bangladesh’s once-banned Islamist party
In obtained audio recordings, a U.S. diplomat in Dhaka described how Washington wants to engage with Jamaat-e-Islami, potentially straining U.S-India ties.