- Five key challenges for the Russian economy in 2025 Reuters
- Exclusive: Putin growing concerned by Russia’s economy, as Trump pushes for Ukraine deal Reuters
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 22, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- Putin Believes Key Ukraine War Goals Achieved – Reuters The Moscow Times
- Russia's Huge Overspending As War Rumbles On Newsweek
Vietnam police announce dismantling of $1.2bn money laundering ring
Police in Da Nang say bust is biggest money laundering case ever exposed in the central coastal city.
Trump to remotely address business, political leaders at Davos forum, topics unclear – Reuters
- Trump to remotely address business, political leaders at Davos forum, topics unclear Reuters
- ‘Let sense prevail’: European CEOs still hope to avoid a U.S. trade war CNBC
- Davos 2025 live: Trump to deliver first key speech at World Economic Forum Al Jazeera English
- One by One, World Leaders in Davos Fall in Line in Trump Era Bloomberg
- Column | A new age of global competition rises in Trump’s shadow The Washington Post
Syrians returning home face deadly threat of landmines
Landmines are hindering the safe return of Syrians after the fall of the Assad regime.
China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar – Reuters
- China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar Reuters
- China Pushes Neighboring Countries to Rein In Scams After Rare Public Outcry The Wall Street Journal
- Electric shocks, physical assault: inside Southeast Asia’s forced labour camps South China Morning Post
- China, Southeast Asian Nations Pledge to Deal With Scam Centers Bloomberg
- GT investigates: Why is eradicating telecom fraud in eastern Myanmar so difficult? Global Times
New rapidly growing wildfire breaks out north of Los Angeles
A rapidly growing wildfire broke out north of Los Angeles, evacuations ordered for 31,000 people.
Watch: ‘I do’, say Thai couples as country legalises same-sex marriage
The BBC spoke to couples who married at a Bangkok mall to ask what the legalisation means to them.
Watch: ‘I do’, say Thai couples as country legalises same-sex marriage
The BBC spoke to couples who married at a Bangkok mall to ask what the legalisation means to them.
Watch: ‘I do’, say Thai couples as country legalises same-sex marriage
The BBC spoke to couples who married at a Bangkok mall to ask what the legalisation means to them.
Bloomberg to fund UN climate body after Donald Trump’s Paris exit
Bloomberg pledges financial support to UN climate body following Trump's exit from the Paris Agreement.
Real Madrid first club to generate billion-euro revenue in a season
LaLiga giants top the Football Money League ahead of Manchester City and PSG, as Manchester United climb up to fourth.
Thursday briefing: With a new wave of violence, the West Bank is on edge
In today’s newsletter: As Israeli security forces launch an operation in the city of Jenin and violence by settlers escalates, Emma Graham-Harrison explains what happens next
Good morning.
A few days after a ceasefire brought at least temporary relief to Gaza, violence erupted in the occupied West Bank. On Tuesday, the Israeli military launched what was described as an extensive raid in the city of Jenin, a day after Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians, setting vehicles and property ablaze in a violent rampage. Two Israeli were arrested even though dozens of armed settlers were involved in the rioting. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, condemned the attacks, but it is evident that extremist settlers feel emboldened by government policies and ministers who back their agenda.
Media | The Duke of Sussex has settled his high court legal action against the publisher of the Sun, News Group Newspapers. NGN offered “a full and unequivocal apology” to Prince Harry “for the phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators instructed by them” at the News of the World. It will also pay “substantial damages”.
US politics | Donald Trump has threatened Russia with taxes, tariffs and sanctions if a deal to end the war in Ukraine is not struck soon, as the new US president tries to increase pressure on Moscow to start negotiations with Kyiv.
Social media | TikTok’s power to deliver “exhilaration” and the UK’s relationship with China are shaping the UK government’s acceptance of the short video app despite “genuine concerns” about how the data of millions of Britons may be used, the technology secretary has said.
Politics | Campaigners will be blocked from “excessive” legal challenges to planning decisions for major infrastructure projects including airports, railways and nuclear power stations as part of the government’s drive for economic growth.
UK news | A former soldier has pleaded guilty to murdering three women with a crossbow at their home in Hertfordshire last year. Kyle Clifford admitted killing Carol Hunt and her daughters Hannah and Louise in Bushey on 9 July.
Continue reading...U.N. chief warns gangs could overrun Haiti’s capital without additional support – NPR
- U.N. chief warns gangs could overrun Haiti's capital without additional support NPR
- Support for Haiti needed now ‘more than ever’, Security Council hears UN News
- Haiti’s goal to elect new president by 2026 endangered by political setbacks, UN says Miami Herald
- Almost one in eight children internally displaced in Haiti as armed violence continues UNICEF
- UN warns Haiti in need of urgent international support amid gang violence rise JURIST
China Pushes Neighboring Countries to Rein In Scams After Rare Public Outcry – The Wall Street Journal
- China Pushes Neighboring Countries to Rein In Scams After Rare Public Outcry The Wall Street Journal
- China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar Reuters
- A Chinese actor's kidnapping ordeal raises fears over traveling to Southeast Asia Fortune
- Electric shocks, physical assault: inside Southeast Asia’s forced labour camps South China Morning Post
- Is China Really Powerless to Stop the ‘Scamdemic’? Yahoo! Voices
As Trump vows to end war, Ukraine’s deep strikes weaken Russia
Ukraine attacks Russian oil refineries and war production with increasing success.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,064
Here are the key developments on the 1,064th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The Cold War Putin Wants: Why Russia Seeks to Change, Not End, the Conflict in Ukraine – Foreign Affairs Magazine
- The Cold War Putin Wants: Why Russia Seeks to Change, Not End, the Conflict in Ukraine Foreign Affairs Magazine
- Putin Is Not Yet Desperate: Economic Pain Won’t Turn the Tide in Ukraine Foreign Affairs Magazine
- Trump just gave Putin a wake-up call The Telegraph
- Opinion - What part of Putin’s capitulation demands don’t you understand? Yahoo! Voices
- Ukraine-Russia latest: Moscow responds to Trump ultimatum as 1,000 North Koreans killed in Kursk The Independent
‘We Watch The Flower’: Thousands await corpse plant’s rare bloom – BBC.com
- 'We Watch The Flower': Thousands await corpse plant's rare bloom BBC.com
- A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff The Associated Press
- Corpse flower: Plant with 'deadly' stench pulls huge crowds for rare bloom in Sydney Sky News
- The waiting stinks, but Sydney may soon enjoy the aroma of its 'corpse flower' NPR
- ‘Putricia for president’: Sydney’s blooming corpse flower becomes a cult hero – to those who can’t smell her The Guardian
Minister says Israel applying ‘lessons’ from Gaza in West Bank operation
Israel's defence minister says military applying 'method' from Gaza war in major raid on occupied West Bank's Jenin.
Mount Everest: Nepal hits climbers with higher permit fees – BBC.com
- Mount Everest: Nepal hits climbers with higher permit fees BBC.com
- Nepal sharply increases permit fee for Everest climbers NBC News
- Nepal hikes fees to climb Mount Everest from $11,000 to $15,000 TODAY
- Nepal gears up to set Everest climbing fee at $15,000 per foreign climber The Himalayan Times
- Climb to Mount Everest gets costlier as Nepal hikes trek fee to Rs 13 lakhs: 9 things to know Indiatimes.com