Global events and international developments affecting markets.
Reporting on international affairs, geopolitical developments, and global economic trends. This category connects world events to their potential impact on financial markets, trade flows, and investor risk perception.
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TikTok has reached an agreement in principle to settle a lawsuit brought by a 19-year-old California plaintiff who says she became addicted to social media platforms and suffered depression and suicidal thoughts as a result. The case, one of three bellwether trials selected from hundreds of related suits, named YouTube, Meta, Snap and TikTok as def…
Residents of Qamishli, the main Kurdish-majority enclave in northeast Syria, have taken to nighttime volunteer patrols as government forces press to integrate remaining Kurdish-run areas with the state. The U.S.-backed ceasefire was extended for 15 days, but locals expressed little confidence in its durability given recent violence elsewhere in the…
U.N. human rights experts have formally protested to Swiss authorities after students who joined pro-Palestinian sit-ins at a Swiss-funded institution were convicted of trespassing. The experts say the actions taken against the demonstrators risk criminalising peaceful expression and assembly. Five students have received suspended fines and legal c…
Dubai has outlined plans to invest over 100 billion dirhams (about $27 billion) to expand the Dubai International Financial Center. The project, named DIFC Zabeel District, will add 17.7 million square feet to the existing financial hub in a six-phase development scheduled for completion in 2040 as the center works to absorb strong demand from inte…
The White House moved to replace a senior Border Patrol official overseeing a high-profile immigration operation in Minneapolis as the administration responded to national anger over the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by federal agents. The change, which names Tom Homan to lead the effort in place of Gregory Bovino, accompanies a broader reassess…
Federal officials this month directed the removal or editing of dozens of interpretive signs and displays in national parks that address the mistreatment of Native Americans, climate change and environmental protection. Documents show the orders affect at least 17 parks, and follow the recent removal of a slavery exhibit at a Philadelphia historic …
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its symbolic Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds before midnight, the closest setting yet. The Chicago-based group cited rising tensions among nuclear-armed states, erosion of arms control frameworks, active conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, and growing concerns about unregulated military uses of arti…
Relatives of two Trinidadian men killed in an October missile strike have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court in Boston, alleging the U.S. campaign of maritime missile strikes amounts to unlawful killings of civilians. The suit, brought under the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute, seeks damages for the deaths of Chad…
A U.S. embassy source confirmed that personnel from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) will provide security support for U.S. delegations at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, running February 6-22. The source said the HSI agents will not undertake immigration enforcement while in Italy and that opera…
A federal judge in Minnesota has directed the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear in court to explain why the agency failed to follow multiple recent court orders, including missing a deadline to provide a detainee with a bond hearing. The judge said the court’s patience has run out and signaled contempt proceedings un…
Nigerian military forces conducted a late-night operation that freed 11 people abducted in October from a Kaduna community. Troops from forward operating base Doka located the group on Jan. 26 using long-range surveillance and moved in after sighting the captors escorting the hostages along a bush track near the Kaduna-Abuja highway, a vital transp…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday denied that he had recanted remarks he made at Davos after a reported U.S. reaction. Carney confirmed a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump and directly told reporters he did not walk back his earlier comments, saying he told Trump he "meant what I said in Davos." He also said the call …
A Chilean diving operation is submerging wine bottles in metal cages on the sea floor around the small island of Locos to harness the ocean’s stable temperature, pressure and light for wine aging. The initiative, led by Cava Indus 8 and the ODC diving center in the Coquimbo region, places wines 10-20 meters deep for eight months to a year in calcar…
Spain will allocate 20 million euros in compensation to those affected by the high-speed train crash near Adamuz that killed 45 people and injured more than 150. The government has outlined a structured, expedited payment plan for bereaved families and injured passengers amid heightened public scrutiny of transport safety and ministerial accountabi…
Flight and hotel reservations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America have risen sharply since the tournament match schedule was released in December, according to travel technology firm Amadeus. British travellers made 18% of the North America bookings, and 37% of reservations for the tournament period were placed in the month after the draw.…
At Britain’s premier film awards, the action-tinged dark comedy One Battle After Another led the field with 14 BAFTA nominations. Vampire thriller Sinners and literary adaptation Hamnet also earned significant recognition, with high-profile acting and directing nods spread across a diverse slate of films.
South Sudan's government has called on opposition forces to stop fighting after a rebel advance and continued clashes in Jonglei state displaced hundreds of thousands and raised fears of a return to large-scale civil conflict. The United Nations says the fighting is at a level not seen since 2017, while the government says its forces have repelled …
Nazry Asfura, 67, is scheduled to be sworn in as Honduras' president on Tuesday after securing a narrow electoral win. His four-year mandate, running until January 2030, follows a fraught vote-counting process, a last-minute endorsement from U.S. President Donald Trump and allegations of fraud from rival parties. Asfura has pledged to tackle povert…
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has initiated a formal review into how advanced artificial intelligence could reshape retail financial markets and affect consumers. Led by FCA Executive Director Sheldon Mills, the review will probe potential changes to competition and market structure as AI technologies develop, and will consider these shifts al…
China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun told his Russian counterpart Andrei Belousov in a video call that Beijing wants to strengthen strategic coordination, implement top-level consensus, expand cooperation substance and improve exchange mechanisms. Dong said China is prepared to work with Russia to boost their joint capacity to respond to unspecified r…
North Korea fired several ballistic missiles toward waters off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korean and Japanese authorities reported. The projectiles, assessed as likely short-range, were launched from near Pyongyang in the mid-afternoon and travelled roughly 350 km. The episode occurred as senior U.S. and South Korean officials meet to discuss…
One year after the executive order creating the Golden Dome missile-defense initiative, the program has spent little of the $25 billion appropriated and remains stalled while officials and industry stakeholders debate classified elements of its space-based architecture. Small prototype contracts have been awarded, but major procurement and broad fu…
Hamas is pushing to integrate its roughly 10,000-strong police force and more than 40,000 civil and security employees into a U.S.-backed transitional administration for Gaza, even as international plans link further Israeli withdrawals to the militant group's disarmament. The proposal highlights deep divisions between Hamas and Israel over governa…
A countdown clock in a Tel Aviv square that has marked the days since hostages were seized in the October 2023 Hamas attack will be turned off after 844 days, following the Israeli military’s announcement that the body of the final hostage was recovered in Gaza. The return of the last captive, identified as 24-year-old off-duty police officer Ran G…
U.S. President Donald Trump announced raised tariffs on South Korean autos and other imports on Jan. 26, 2026, citing delays in implementing a $350 billion investment package. The latest move is the most recent episode in a year-long sequence of negotiations, partial agreements and disruptive events between Washington and Seoul that began with Trum…
