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- Europe is preparing a robust trade response to the U.S., led by President Trump’s escalating threats regarding Greenland, with EU leaders calling for decisive measures if diplomacy fails.
- The U.S. Supreme Court appears to lean against Trump's efforts to dismiss Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook, indicating potential limits to presidential authority over independent financial institutions.
- BlackRock's Larry Fink raised concerns at Davos about artificial intelligence's role in exacerbating inequality, warning that unchecked AI advancements could lead to severe economic and social repercussions.
- Significant geopolitical discussions are unfolding at Davos, where leaders are exploring alliances and countering U.S. dominance in light of Trump's controversial policies aimed at territories like Greenland.
- Amid internal political turmoil, the global economy is bracing for uncertainties, particularly with heightened security concerns in Taiwan and unstable energy markets contributing to broader economic vulnerabilities.
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ZeroHedge
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Europe Prepares To Unleash Anti-Coercion "Trade Bazooka" Against Trump: Here's What's In It
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
Europe Prepares To Unleash Anti-Coercion "Trade Bazooka" Against Trump: Here's What's In It While president Trump took military force over Greenland off the table (for now at least) during his Davos speech, this makes a bruising diplomatic showdown virtually assured. And ahead of whatever trade escalation the Trump admin may announce next, EU leaders toughened their position and want the European Commission to ready its most powerful trade weapon against the US if Donald Trump doesn't walk back his Greenland threats. According to Politico, which cites five diplomats with knowledge of the situation, Germany joined France in saying it will ask the Commission
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Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Over Lisa Cook Firing
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Over Lisa Cook Firing Update (1238ET): The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to reject President Trump's request to fire Fed member Lisa Cook as litigation over the issue proceeds in lower courts. Lisa Cook, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, attends a Federal Reserve Board open meeting discussing proposed revisions to the board's supplementary leverage ratio standards at the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington on June 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The case, Trump v. Cook, stems from the president's attempt to halt a lower court ruling reinstating Cook after he fired her
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"It's Going To Get Really Serious": Liberal Influencers Discuss Public Trials, Court Expansion After Democratic Takeover
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
"It's Going To Get Really Serious": Liberal Influencers Discuss Public Trials, Court Expansion After Democratic Takeover Authored by Jonathan Turley, Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta spoke with popular podcaster Jennifer Welch, discussing the plans for radical changes after a Democratic takeover this year. Like many Democratic figures, they said that the expansion of the Supreme Court is obvious. The expansion is essential to clear away any restraints on a radical agenda that will include the trial of a host of conservatives, from Trump to the young former DOGE employee who was injured when he came to the rescue of a woman in a
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Blackrock's Fink Issues Stark Warning Over AI In Davos Opening Remarks
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Blackrock's Fink Issues Stark Warning Over AI In Davos Opening Remarks BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink - the new "mayor of Davos" after founder Klaus Schwab resigned last April - used the opening of the World Economic Forum this week to deliver an unusually stark warning to the global elite: Artificial intelligence, if left on its current trajectory, risks deepening inequality, hollowing out the professional class and becoming the next great failure of modern capitalism. Speaking Tuesday to thousands of executives, policymakers and financiers gathered in Davos, Fink - who spearheaded the ESG scam - argued that the extraordinary wealth created since
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Walz, Ellison, Frey's Offices Served Grand Jury Subpoenas
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Walz, Ellison, Frey's Offices Served Grand Jury Subpoenas Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, The Department of Justice on Tuesday served grand jury subpoenas to five Democrat-controlled government offices in Minnesota, including Gov. Tim Walz’s office, Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s office, according to Fox News. The subpoenas are part of a federal investigation into alleged conspiracy to obstruct or impede federal law enforcement in the state. The FBI is seeking records and communications related to Democrat officials’ responses to federal immigration enforcement actions. Approximately 3,000 federal agents are currently deployed in Minnesota, as part of an immigration operation dubbed
The Guardian
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Head of US Africa bureau urges staff to highlight US ‘generosity’ despite aid cuts
a day ago
by Aisha Down
US foreign policy, Africa, USAID, Trump administration, Aid, US news, World news, US politicsEmail sent to diplomats by state department office’s new boss is labelled ‘racist’ after dismissing Africa as a priority US diplomats have been encouraged to “unabashedly and aggressively” remind African governments about the “generosity” of the American people, according to a leaked email sent to staff in the US state department’s Bureau of African Affairs this January and obtained by the Guardian. “It’s not gauche to remind these countries of the American people’s generosity in containing HIV/Aids or alleviating famine,” says the email. Continue reading...
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‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam
3 days ago
by Kaamil Ahmed
Global development, Inequality, Inequality and development, Oxfam, Protest, World news, Global economy, Economics, Business, Social exclusion, Rich lists, Kenya, Nepal, US political lobbying, Africa, US news, South and central Asia, SocietyGovernments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report says The world saw a record number of billionaires created last year, with a collective wealth of $18.3tn (£13.7tn), while global efforts stalled in the fight against poverty and hunger. Oxfam’s annual survey of global inequality has revealed that the number of billionaires surpassed 3,000 for the first time during 2025. Since 2020, their collective wealth grew by 81%, or $8.2tn, which the charity claims would be enough to eradicate global poverty 26 times over. Continue reading...
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Uganda’s president calls opponents 'terrorists' in victory speech
3 days ago
by Agence France-Presse
Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, Bobi Wine, Africa, World newsYoweri Museveni wins seventh term but poll criticised by observers and rights groups over repression of opposition and internet blackout Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term in office at 81, said on Sunday that the opposition were “terrorists” who had tried to use violence to overturn the election results. Official results showed Museveni winning a landslide with 72% of the vote, but the poll was criticised by African election observers and rights groups due to the heavy repression of the opposition and an internet blackout. Continue reading...
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Yoweri Museveni wins Ugandan election as opponent condemns ‘fake result’
4 days ago
by William Christou
Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, Africa, World newsMuseveni’s opponent, Bobi Wine, alleges that members of polling staff were kidnapped and called for peaceful protests Yoweri Museveni, has won the Ugandan election and his seventh term with more than 70% of the vote, state election authorities have said, amid an internet shutdown and claims of fraud by his opponent. His opponent, a youthful musician known as Bobi Wine, condemned what he called “fake results” and alleged that members of polling staff were kidnapped, among other election irregularities. He called for peaceful protests to pressure the authorities to release what he called the “rightful results”. Continue reading...
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Confidence runs high in London’s Little Morocco as Afcon glory beckons
4 days ago
by Matthew Weaver
London, Morocco, Africa Cup of Nations 2025, Senegal, Football, Africa, Sport, UK news, Africa Cup of Nations, Middle East and north AfricaAtlas Lions face Senegal in final of Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday and Moroccan diaspora scents victory London’s Little Morocco is brimming with pride and anticipation. The Moroccan diaspora in North Kensington is in no doubt that on Sunday the Atlas Lions will triumph against Senegal in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. “There’s not just an excitement, it has completely taken over everything else,” said Souad Talsi, who runs the Al-Hasaniya Moroccan women’s centre at the base of 31-storey Trellick Tower, at the north end of Golborne Road. Continue reading...
South China Morning Post
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Duel in Davos: Macron’s ‘Top Gun’ shades charm internet, get mocked by Trump
an hour ago
by Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses have caught the eye, with social media users debating his choice of a Top Gun look as he criticised US President Donald Trump over Greenland during his speech in Davos. As he spoke at the annual World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos on Tuesday, the French president wore dark, reflective sunglasses. Memes, comments and speculation over his appearance surged on social media, with some supporters praising him for his Top...
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Huge lines, laughs and gasps as Trump addresses Davos
3 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
It looked like a rock concert: hundreds of the world’s rich and powerful stood in a massive line for a precious seat to hear US President Donald Trump deliver his speech in the Swiss ski resort of Davos. After a two-hour wait, the doors to the World Economic Forum’s congress hall closed to the disappointment of many who had to scramble for spots in four overflow rooms to watch him on television screens. The exclusive crowd included executives of top companies, academics and politicians – even...
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Probe into Spain train crash turns to missing ‘bogie’ found in stream
5 hours ago
by Reuters
A large piece of metal found near the site of a high-speed train crash in Spain may be the missing chunk of undercarriage that investigators have been searching for to find the cause of the accident, a source and experts said on Wednesday. The crash, one of Europe’s biggest, happened on Sunday night near the southern town of Adamuz in a remote hilly area, killing at least 42 people. Inaki Barron, the head of Spain’s railway accident investigating body CIAF, said on Monday that the...
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US envoy Witkoff to meet Putin in Moscow for pivotal peace talks Thursday
6 hours ago
by Bloomberg
US envoy Steve Witkoff said he and Jared Kushner will travel to Russia on Thursday for talks with President Vladimir Putin on the latest proposals for a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. “The Russians have invited us to come and that’s a significant statement from them,” Witkoff said in an interview with Bloomberg Television at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. “Jared and I will leave Thursday night and arrive in Moscow late at night.” US President Donald Trump remains “focused...
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After Spain train crash, search for missing dog grips the nation: ‘he is family’
7 hours ago
by Associated Press
Blanket draped over her shoulders and a bandage on her cheek, Ana Garcia issued a desperate plea: she needed help finding her dog, Boro. Hours earlier, 26-year-old Garcia and her pregnant sister had been travelling with Boro by high-speed train from Malaga, their hometown in southern Spain, to capital Madrid. The tail of their train car jumped the rails for reasons that remain unclear, then was smashed into by a train coming in the opposite direction that tumbled down an adjacent slope. At least...
New York Times
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Carney Speech on U.S. ‘Rupture’ and Canada’s Survival Draws Standing Ovation at Davos
2 hours ago
by Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ian Austen
Canada, Carney, Mark J, International Relations, Politics and Government, International Trade and World Market, Customs (Tariff), North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Europe, China, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, United States International Relations, Trump, Donald JPrime Minister Mark Carney got a standing ovation in Davos for starkly describing the end of Pax Americana. He is looking for new allies to help his country survive it.
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What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars.
9 hours ago
by Maxine Joselow
Environmental Protection Agency, Trump, Donald J, Graham, John D, United States Politics and Government, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Air Pollution, Ozone, Deaths (Fatalities), Respiratory Diseases, Environment, Economics (Theory and Philosophy), Clean Air Act, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (US)The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.
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Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education
5 hours ago
by Michael C. Bender, Alan Blinder and Michael S. Schmidt
Colleges and Universities, United States Politics and Government, Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests (2023- ), Presidential Power (US), Academic Freedom, Harvard University, Justice Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Trump, Donald J, Brown University, Miller, Stephen (1985- ), Mailman, May (1988- )Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results.
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Halligan Leaves as U.S. Attorney After Mounting Pressure From Judges
5 hours ago
by Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush
United States Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, Courts and the Judiciary, Federal Courts (US), United States Attorneys, Halligan, Lindsey, Trump, Donald J, VirginiaFor weeks, judges have pressed Ms. Halligan to explain why she continues to identify herself in court filings as the U.S. attorney, despite a ruling in November that she was unlawfully appointed to the job.
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Court Denies Lawmakers Seeking Independent Monitor of Epstein Files
an hour ago
by Benjamin Weiser
Decisions and Verdicts, United States Politics and Government, Courts and the Judiciary, Federal Courts (US)A federal judge said he did not have the authority to supervise the Justice Department’s release of the documents.