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The ocean floor is turning into the world’s biggest plastic dump site killing hundreds of underwater species — 24 January 2026 (LINK)
WEF Davos 2026: Special address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine: full transcript — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
— Zelenskyy spoke about Russian aggression against Ukraine, the international justice system and security guarantees for the post war scenario. The Ukrainian President mentioned the need for a European "coalition of action" and said "no security guarantees work without the US". He also called for a united armed forces for Europe and questioned NATO's readiness to respond to aggression.
US Friends of Press Freedom: Rümeysa Öztürk has been facing deportation for 304 days solely for co-writing an op-ed the government didn't like, despite officials being fully aware that she has no known ties to antisemitism or terrorism. Meanwhile, journalist Ya'akub Vijandre remains locked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over social media posts about issues he reported on — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
ECOSOC marks 80th anniversary with call to 'deliver better' for people and planet — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
Guterres urges swift UN Economic and Social Council reform: "Inequalities grow, while development funding is in free fall" — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
UN: Eighty years at the heart of global development — (LINK)
— From humanitarian crises and youth unemployment, to climate resilience and development financing, many of today's global challenges pass through a single United Nations body that is quietly turning 80 this year: "Seldom in the headlines".
US supreme court likely to reject limits on concealed carry but uphold bans on gun possession by drug users — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
Race looms large in gun-rights arguments at Supreme Court: The justices debated post-Civil War "Black codes" as they mulled a Hawaii law limiting guns in public places. — (LINK)
UN experts issue statement of alarm at reports of forced labour of Uyghur, Tibetan and other minorities across China — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— "Forced labour in China is enabled through the State-mandated 'poverty alleviation through labour transfer' programme, which coerces Uyghurs and members of other minority groups into jobs in Xinjiang and other regions. [...] Tibetans are also subject to forced labour through similar schemes such as the Training and Labour Transfer Action Plan, with calls for systematic training and transfer of 'rural surplus labourers'. The number of Tibetans affected by labour transfers in 2024 are estimated to be close to 650’000. Tibetans are also reportedly displaced through the 'whole-village relocation' programme which applies coercion to manufacture consent, such as repeated home visits, implicit threats of punishment, banning of criticism, or threats of cutting essential home services. “Between 2000 and 2025 some 3.36 million Tibetans have been affected by government programmes requiring them to rebuild their house for nomads to become sedentary, whilst official statistics say that around 930,000 rural Tibetans have been relocated through either whole village relocation or individual household relocations."
— They also expressed serious concern over goods produced through forced labour which enter global supply chains indirectly via third countries, raising broader questions about the overall effectiveness of targeted trade restrictions and human rights due diligence in the regulation of supply chains.
Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,428 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— Ukraine's Ukrinform news agency said Russian forces dropped 768 guided missiles and high-explosive aerial bombs over the past 10 days in areas of Ukraine's Donetsk region still controlled by Ukrainian authorities, destroying almost all remaining infrastructure, according to the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Vadym Filashkin.
— Ukrainian forces attacked a port in the village of Volna in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, killing three people and injuring eight, the regional emergency services task force reported, according to Russia's TASS state news agency. Veniamin Kondratyev, Krasnodar regional governor, said earlier on Telegram that the attack caused four oil storage tanks to become "engulfed in flames".
— A military court in Moscow sentenced an Uzbek man to life in prison after finding him guilty of killing top Russian general Igor Kirillov and his assistant in a Ukraine-backed bomb attack in 2024.
'Dangerous nostalgia' is a threat to multilateralism, UN deputy chief tells Danish MPs: "stand up for a rules-based order" — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
WEF: Full transcript of a special address by Trump — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte defends Trump at World Economic Forum, Davos: — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— "For the United States to stay safe, you need a safe Arctic, a safe Atlantic, and a safe Europe. My predecessors always took the view that they should not comment on [tensions] in public. So, sorry, no comments from me on Greenland. Statements from me will not add anything here."
— When it comes to the Arctic, I think President Trump is right, other leaders in NATO are right: we need to defend the Arctic. We know that the sea lanes are opening up. We know that China and Russia are increasingly active in the Arctic. There's only one country bordering on the Arctic outside NATO, that's Russia. There is a ninth country, which is China, which is increasingly active in the Arctic region.
— "Do you really think that without Donald Trump, eight big economies in Europe, including Spain and Italy and Belgium, Canada, by the way, also outside Europe, would have come to 2% [of GDP on defence] in 2025 when they were only on 1.5% at the beginning of the year? No way. Without Donald Trump, this would never have happened. He has forced us in Europe to step up, to face the consequences that we have to take care more of our own defence."
— Trump "said last night in his presser that he was doubtful whether the Europeans would come to the rescue if Article 5 would be triggered. I tell him: yes, they will. And they did on the 11th of September — 9/11 — in 2001 when, for the first and only time, Article 5 was triggered."
— "In the 1980s in Afghanistan, the Soviets lost 20,000 in 10 years. Now they lose 30,000 in one month [in Ukraine]. Ukraine should be our number one priority, and then we can discuss on all the issues, including Greenland. But it should be Ukraine first because it is crucial for our European and US security. [...] Russia is on a war economy footing. They spend 40% of the state budget on defence."
WEF: Davos 2026: What to know on Day 3 (LINK) 21 January 2026
Business leaders react to Trump's Davos speech: Europe "bluntly, needs to do better". "Trump basically admitted there is a housing bubble in the US." "Last two times Trump spoke at Davos he stuck extremely close to the teleprompter. Not this time." "You have to look at Europe and say their choices on energy policy have put them in the position they're in right now which is fairly weak economically and in a global position. And I thought he made a very good case for that" — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
Business Insider: I was in the room for Trump's Davos speech. The crowd was eerily silent until he mentioned Greenland. — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— I was sitting among the 1,000 or so people in the Davos hall, some of whom were standing in packed aisles. If Trump wanted a raucous applause for his laundry list of accomplishments that he sees as crowning achievements over his first year, he didn't get it [...] — without the applause he is more used to on home soil. The only noise from the audience here was muted, nervous laughter. The biggest laughter came when Trump brought up French President Emmanuel Macron wearing aviator sunglasses at Davos a day earlier: "Those beautiful sunglasses. What the hell happened?" After Greenland, Trump abruptly pivoted to his greatest hits: "rigged elections" and the "crooked media." That left the crowd more confused. Some started looking at their phones. When Trump criticized the fiery Tuesday address of Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, he delivered perhaps his boldest line: That Canada only exists because of US defense. "Oh wow," someone behind me blurted out. A minute later, a few people started heading for the exits. Later, when Trump started attacking the country [they were in] in, Switzerland, more people streamed out. After Trump said [the Swiss President] "rubbed me the wrong way," there were audible gasps. More audience members left or looked at their phones. At the end, [after he returned to his script] there was applause, with about a third of the audience giving a standing ovation.
Trump says China doesn't use wind power — but the world's largest wind farm is there: in 2025, China hit a new milestone in its energy transition, with wind and solar power together generating more than a quarter (26 per cent) of the country's electricity in April. This surpassed the previous record of 23.7 per cent set a month earlier in March 2025 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Buzzfeed: 12 really, really awkward moments from Donald Trump's Davos speech. George Conway: "Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States. At least until tomorrow." — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— He told people in Switzerland (a mainly German-speaking country) that they would all "be speaking German" if the US hadn't been there during World War II.
— He told the crowd Switzerland was "only good because of us."
— He said that the people in "Iceland" called him "daddy."
The story beind Macron's $770 sunglasses: His office told Reuters he wore the sunglasses because of a burst blood vessel in his eye, and he was indeed spotted last week with one bloodshot eye — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump withdraws invitation for Canada to join his global ‘board of peace’ — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Philip Nitschke, Australian inventor of the 'suicide pod', says AI could one day decide mental capacity of those who want to end their life — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— Sarco's first and only use in Switzerland in September 2024 triggered an international outcry. Police arrested several people, including Florian Willet, CEO of the assisted dying organisation The Last Resort, and opened criminal proceedings for aiding and abetting suicide. Swiss authorities later said the pod was incompatible with Swiss law. Willet was released from custody in December. Soon after, in May 2025, he died by assisted suicide in Germany. Swiss prosecutors have yet to determine whether charges will be laid over the Sarco case. The original device remains seized, though Nitschke says a new version — including a so-called "Double Dutch" pod designed for two people to die together — is already being built.
IUCN launches group to conserve at-risk microbes vital to life on Earth: "For the first time, we have an official recognition that microbes need to be included in the conservation agenda" — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
— "We cannot talk about either climate change or biodiversity loss without talking about microbes, because we need them to keep the ecosystems healthy and working, and we need them to keep the organisms working." These tiny organisms produce as much as 20% of the oxygen in global seas.
— Previously unknown microbial communities growing on Australian tree bark uptake significant sums of methane (a greenhouse gas at least 20 times as powerful as carbon dioxide), along with carbon monoxide and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), pollutants harmful to human health.
AI at Davos 2026: From work impact to Europe's place. Here's what the tech leaders hope and fear — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
— Artificial intelligence (AI) has infiltrated nearly every conversation at Davos 2026, rivalling the prominence of traditional hot-button issues such as trade tariffs, international competition, and geopolitical tensions. 'Once in a lifetime opportunity for Europe' — Jensen Huang, Nvidia. "We as a global community have to get to a point where we are using [AI] to do something useful that changes the outcomes of people and communities and countries and industries" — Satya Nadella, Microsoft. The most intelligent entities on the planet can also be the most deluded' — Yuval Harari. 'Not selling chips to China is one of the biggest things we can do' — Dario Amodei, Anthropic. ' More meaningful jobs created' — Demis Hassibis, Google DeepMind. "Many people interact with them with the false belief that they [AI] are like us." — Yoshua Bengio.
5 Top ICE 'corporate collaborators' saved $19 billion in taxes under Trump — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
World Investment Forum 9 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
International AIDS Society announces Geneva as host city for IAS 2027: 11 to 15 July: Around 5,000 people from more than 130 countries are expected to attend. Registration for IAS 2027 will open in November 2026 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Breaking news
US winter storm begins, bringing ice, heavy snow to much of the US — 24 January 2026 (LINK)
US joins Russia and Ukraine in first known trilateral talks of war — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
Oil prices rise nearly 3% as U.S. sends armada to Iran, slaps new sanctions — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
— Warships, including an aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyers, will arrive in the Middle East in the coming days, a U.S. official said. The U.S. on Friday also imposed sanctions on nine vessels and eight related firms involved in transporting Iranian oil and petroleum products.
UN rights council steps up scrutiny of Iran crackdown as NGO puts death toll past 5,000 — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
WHO: Countries progress negotiations in support of WHO Pandemic Agreement — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
California becomes first state to join WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network after US exit — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
WEF: Live from Davos 2026: What to know on Day 5 — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
— Global Economic Outlook. Mental Health When Everything Shifts. Ideas on the Move: climate scientist Johan Rockstrom. Can we Protect Science? How High Can Unicorns Fly? Closing Remarks with Børge Brende
US set to quit World Health Organization today after Trump decision: The WHO said that the U.S. has not yet paid the fees it owes for 2024 and 2025 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
UNEP: For every $1 spent protecting nature, $30 goes to destroying it: State of Finance for Nature 2026 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump unveils his vision to rebuild Gaza into a seaside metropolis — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Zelensky publicly rebukes Europe, urges leaders to 'act now' in withering Davos address — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— "President Trump is needed," said Zelensky, arguing that a cease-fire with Russia will rely on the support of the U.S. "No security guarantees work without the U.S."
Elon Musk a surprise addition to the Davos schedule for 22 January — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
WEF: Live from Davos 2026: What to know on Day 4 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— Elon Musk on space, robots, energy and optimism. Music and conversation with Yo-Yo Ma. Lessons from Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. IMF: Want growth? Prepare for dilemmas. How can we prevent wildfires? Board of Peace announcement and Gaza reconstruction plan. The WTO is 'far from dead'. Special Address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine. "The hardest advances in robotics are behind us". Here's what's next. Special Address by Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia. What's next for Venezuela? Davos Kick-off for FIFA World Cup 2026. Parenting in the digital age. Defying cognitive atrophy. What's next for the US economy — and American workers? Dilemmas around Ethics in AI. "Change in mindset" needed to end plastic pollution. Where are we on stablecoins? Ideas on the Move: Sabrina Dhowre Elba, UN Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). "The burden of disease is too high": How to prevent NCDs. Open Forum: Beyond Earth — The Next Space Race. Friedrich Merz, Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: 'Our fate is in our hands — it's our responsibility to shape it'. Conversation with Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel. Conversation with Gavin Newsom, Governor of California.
Major news
The ocean floor is turning into the world’s biggest plastic dump site killing hundreds of underwater species — 24 January 2026 (LINK)
WEF Davos 2026: Special address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine: full transcript — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
— Zelenskyy spoke about Russian aggression against Ukraine, the international justice system and security guarantees for the post war scenario. The Ukrainian President mentioned the need for a European "coalition of action" and said "no security guarantees work without the US". He also called for a united armed forces for Europe and questioned NATO's readiness to respond to aggression.
US Friends of Press Freedom: Rümeysa Öztürk has been facing deportation for 304 days solely for co-writing an op-ed the government didn't like, despite officials being fully aware that she has no known ties to antisemitism or terrorism. Meanwhile, journalist Ya'akub Vijandre remains locked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over social media posts about issues he reported on — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
ECOSOC marks 80th anniversary with call to 'deliver better' for people and planet — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
Guterres urges swift UN Economic and Social Council reform: "Inequalities grow, while development funding is in free fall" — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
UN: Eighty years at the heart of global development — (LINK)
— From humanitarian crises and youth unemployment, to climate resilience and development financing, many of today's global challenges pass through a single United Nations body that is quietly turning 80 this year: "Seldom in the headlines".
US supreme court likely to reject limits on concealed carry but uphold bans on gun possession by drug users — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
Race looms large in gun-rights arguments at Supreme Court: The justices debated post-Civil War "Black codes" as they mulled a Hawaii law limiting guns in public places. — (LINK)
UN experts issue statement of alarm at reports of forced labour of Uyghur, Tibetan and other minorities across China — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— "Forced labour in China is enabled through the State-mandated 'poverty alleviation through labour transfer' programme, which coerces Uyghurs and members of other minority groups into jobs in Xinjiang and other regions. [...] Tibetans are also subject to forced labour through similar schemes such as the Training and Labour Transfer Action Plan, with calls for systematic training and transfer of 'rural surplus labourers'. The number of Tibetans affected by labour transfers in 2024 are estimated to be close to 650’000. Tibetans are also reportedly displaced through the 'whole-village relocation' programme which applies coercion to manufacture consent, such as repeated home visits, implicit threats of punishment, banning of criticism, or threats of cutting essential home services. “Between 2000 and 2025 some 3.36 million Tibetans have been affected by government programmes requiring them to rebuild their house for nomads to become sedentary, whilst official statistics say that around 930,000 rural Tibetans have been relocated through either whole village relocation or individual household relocations."
— They also expressed serious concern over goods produced through forced labour which enter global supply chains indirectly via third countries, raising broader questions about the overall effectiveness of targeted trade restrictions and human rights due diligence in the regulation of supply chains.
Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,428 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— Ukraine's Ukrinform news agency said Russian forces dropped 768 guided missiles and high-explosive aerial bombs over the past 10 days in areas of Ukraine's Donetsk region still controlled by Ukrainian authorities, destroying almost all remaining infrastructure, according to the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Vadym Filashkin.
— Ukrainian forces attacked a port in the village of Volna in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, killing three people and injuring eight, the regional emergency services task force reported, according to Russia's TASS state news agency. Veniamin Kondratyev, Krasnodar regional governor, said earlier on Telegram that the attack caused four oil storage tanks to become "engulfed in flames".
— A military court in Moscow sentenced an Uzbek man to life in prison after finding him guilty of killing top Russian general Igor Kirillov and his assistant in a Ukraine-backed bomb attack in 2024.
'Dangerous nostalgia' is a threat to multilateralism, UN deputy chief tells Danish MPs: "stand up for a rules-based order" — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
WEF: Full transcript of a special address by Trump — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte defends Trump at World Economic Forum, Davos: — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— "For the United States to stay safe, you need a safe Arctic, a safe Atlantic, and a safe Europe. My predecessors always took the view that they should not comment on [tensions] in public. So, sorry, no comments from me on Greenland. Statements from me will not add anything here."
— When it comes to the Arctic, I think President Trump is right, other leaders in NATO are right: we need to defend the Arctic. We know that the sea lanes are opening up. We know that China and Russia are increasingly active in the Arctic. There's only one country bordering on the Arctic outside NATO, that's Russia. There is a ninth country, which is China, which is increasingly active in the Arctic region.
— "Do you really think that without Donald Trump, eight big economies in Europe, including Spain and Italy and Belgium, Canada, by the way, also outside Europe, would have come to 2% [of GDP on defence] in 2025 when they were only on 1.5% at the beginning of the year? No way. Without Donald Trump, this would never have happened. He has forced us in Europe to step up, to face the consequences that we have to take care more of our own defence."
— Trump "said last night in his presser that he was doubtful whether the Europeans would come to the rescue if Article 5 would be triggered. I tell him: yes, they will. And they did on the 11th of September — 9/11 — in 2001 when, for the first and only time, Article 5 was triggered."
— "In the 1980s in Afghanistan, the Soviets lost 20,000 in 10 years. Now they lose 30,000 in one month [in Ukraine]. Ukraine should be our number one priority, and then we can discuss on all the issues, including Greenland. But it should be Ukraine first because it is crucial for our European and US security. [...] Russia is on a war economy footing. They spend 40% of the state budget on defence."
WEF: Davos 2026: What to know on Day 3 (LINK) 21 January 2026
Business leaders react to Trump's Davos speech: Europe "bluntly, needs to do better". "Trump basically admitted there is a housing bubble in the US." "Last two times Trump spoke at Davos he stuck extremely close to the teleprompter. Not this time." "You have to look at Europe and say their choices on energy policy have put them in the position they're in right now which is fairly weak economically and in a global position. And I thought he made a very good case for that" — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
Business Insider: I was in the room for Trump's Davos speech. The crowd was eerily silent until he mentioned Greenland. — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— I was sitting among the 1,000 or so people in the Davos hall, some of whom were standing in packed aisles. If Trump wanted a raucous applause for his laundry list of accomplishments that he sees as crowning achievements over his first year, he didn't get it [...] — without the applause he is more used to on home soil. The only noise from the audience here was muted, nervous laughter. The biggest laughter came when Trump brought up French President Emmanuel Macron wearing aviator sunglasses at Davos a day earlier: "Those beautiful sunglasses. What the hell happened?" After Greenland, Trump abruptly pivoted to his greatest hits: "rigged elections" and the "crooked media." That left the crowd more confused. Some started looking at their phones. When Trump criticized the fiery Tuesday address of Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, he delivered perhaps his boldest line: That Canada only exists because of US defense. "Oh wow," someone behind me blurted out. A minute later, a few people started heading for the exits. Later, when Trump started attacking the country [they were in] in, Switzerland, more people streamed out. After Trump said [the Swiss President] "rubbed me the wrong way," there were audible gasps. More audience members left or looked at their phones. At the end, [after he returned to his script] there was applause, with about a third of the audience giving a standing ovation.
Trump says China doesn't use wind power — but the world's largest wind farm is there: in 2025, China hit a new milestone in its energy transition, with wind and solar power together generating more than a quarter (26 per cent) of the country's electricity in April. This surpassed the previous record of 23.7 per cent set a month earlier in March 2025 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Buzzfeed: 12 really, really awkward moments from Donald Trump's Davos speech. George Conway: "Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States. At least until tomorrow." — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— He told people in Switzerland (a mainly German-speaking country) that they would all "be speaking German" if the US hadn't been there during World War II.
— He told the crowd Switzerland was "only good because of us."
— He said that the people in "Iceland" called him "daddy."
The story beind Macron's $770 sunglasses: His office told Reuters he wore the sunglasses because of a burst blood vessel in his eye, and he was indeed spotted last week with one bloodshot eye — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump withdraws invitation for Canada to join his global ‘board of peace’ — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Philip Nitschke, Australian inventor of the 'suicide pod', says AI could one day decide mental capacity of those who want to end their life — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— Sarco's first and only use in Switzerland in September 2024 triggered an international outcry. Police arrested several people, including Florian Willet, CEO of the assisted dying organisation The Last Resort, and opened criminal proceedings for aiding and abetting suicide. Swiss authorities later said the pod was incompatible with Swiss law. Willet was released from custody in December. Soon after, in May 2025, he died by assisted suicide in Germany. Swiss prosecutors have yet to determine whether charges will be laid over the Sarco case. The original device remains seized, though Nitschke says a new version — including a so-called "Double Dutch" pod designed for two people to die together — is already being built.
IUCN launches group to conserve at-risk microbes vital to life on Earth: "For the first time, we have an official recognition that microbes need to be included in the conservation agenda" — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
— "We cannot talk about either climate change or biodiversity loss without talking about microbes, because we need them to keep the ecosystems healthy and working, and we need them to keep the organisms working." These tiny organisms produce as much as 20% of the oxygen in global seas.
— Previously unknown microbial communities growing on Australian tree bark uptake significant sums of methane (a greenhouse gas at least 20 times as powerful as carbon dioxide), along with carbon monoxide and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), pollutants harmful to human health.
AI at Davos 2026: From work impact to Europe's place. Here's what the tech leaders hope and fear — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
— Artificial intelligence (AI) has infiltrated nearly every conversation at Davos 2026, rivalling the prominence of traditional hot-button issues such as trade tariffs, international competition, and geopolitical tensions. 'Once in a lifetime opportunity for Europe' — Jensen Huang, Nvidia. "We as a global community have to get to a point where we are using [AI] to do something useful that changes the outcomes of people and communities and countries and industries" — Satya Nadella, Microsoft. The most intelligent entities on the planet can also be the most deluded' — Yuval Harari. 'Not selling chips to China is one of the biggest things we can do' — Dario Amodei, Anthropic. ' More meaningful jobs created' — Demis Hassibis, Google DeepMind. "Many people interact with them with the false belief that they [AI] are like us." — Yoshua Bengio.
5 Top ICE 'corporate collaborators' saved $19 billion in taxes under Trump — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
World Investment Forum 9 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
International AIDS Society announces Geneva as host city for IAS 2027: 11 to 15 July: Around 5,000 people from more than 130 countries are expected to attend. Registration for IAS 2027 will open in November 2026 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Miscellaneous
Swiss motorists warned over electronic motorway-vignette scams — 24 January 2026 (LINK)
Is OpenAI's decision to begin selling ads on ChatGPT a desperate cry for help? OpenAI's CEO once essentially said that it was a bad idea for businesses to incorporate advertising and a "last resort". But OpenAI has over $1.4 trillion in outstanding data center commitments over the next eight years, raising the question of how the company will fund all of this — 24 January 2026 (LINK)
ChatGPT has a hidden set of creativity switches — 24 January 2026 (LINK)
Heather Cox Richardson: Tens of thousands of Minnesotans took to the streets today in bitter cold temperatures with wind chills of -20°F (–28°C) to protest the occupation of Minneapolis and St. Paul by federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
'Jobs, Jobs, Jobs': Davos leaders pitch AI as a workforce growth engine — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
Elon Musk makes joke about Trump's Board of Peace/Piece, saying he misinterpreted Trump's peace efforts as "piece" efforts. Prompts confused silence from Davos audience: "You know, a little piece of Greenland, a little piece of Venezuela", prompting the host to join him with a brief laugh — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
Macron's shades at Davos sent shares of a tiny Italian sunglasses company iVision Tech, owner of Maison Henry Jullien, soaring 65% this week — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
TikTok finalizes deal to form new American version of the app — (LINK) ground.news: 570 media reports — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
Burger chain Steak 'n Shake is handing out Bitcoin bonuses to its workers — 23 January 2026 (LINK)
— The chain's announcement comes on the heels of a May decision to accept Bitcoin as a payment option through the Lightning Network. On January 16, it said it had upped its dollar value of Bitcoin holdings by $10 million. The move solidifies cryptocurrency as central to the brand's identity.
FTX exec Caroline Ellison is now a free woman after federal custody for roughly 14 months. She was sentenced to two years in prison for her involvement in a crypto fraud with Sam Bankman-Fried — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
White House adds AI-produced tears to image of arrested protestor — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Fox pretends Trump and his tariffs have revived manufacturing, but reports show the US has lost 72,000 manufacturing jobs since April — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Daily Beast: Trump goes on manic 50-post rampage after world leaders humiliate him — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— Subjects covered in the posting barrage include a video of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller bashing Trump's enemies, a court victory that will allow ICE to use force against protestors in Minnesota, 2020 election fraud conspiracies, threats to sue the New York Times for publishing polls that displease him, and rants against Special Counsel Jack Smith.
MIT Dispatch from Davos: hot air, big egos and cold flexes — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Daily Beast opinion: lonely Trump humiliated as major allies refuse to be bullied — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
— During his first trip to Davos since 2020, the president flopped by nearly every metric. His official remarks were rambling and low-energy, his attempts to bully Europe into handing over Greenland failed spectacularly, and his humiliating "Board of Peace" launch showed that other leaders are no longer willing to suck up and placate him in hopes of avoiding the fallout from his worst impulses.
Want to earn $2 million in the stock market? What you'll need to invest each month: at 10% a year $3K over 20 years, $400 over 40 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Ohio restaurant owners take staff of dozens on 3-day paid Bahamas cruise ship vacation — 22 January 2026 (LINK)
Bank of America warns investors unprepared for stock-market correction: Stock exposure is high, protection is low, and complacency is the biggest risk. Ray Dalio recommends allocating more to gold, citing geopolitical risk and central bank demand — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
Longevity isn't just about healthy lifestyle choices, but also a good draw in the genetic lottery — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
World's oldest-known rock art found in Indonesian cave: The claw-like drawing of a human hand is roughly 67,800-years-old — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
Neanderthals took reusable toolkits with them on high-altitude treks through the Alps — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
— "These findings offer fresh insights into the lives of Neanderthals. While much of our knowledge comes from permanent settlements in valleys, this study suggests they were also skilled at planning trips. They knew how to prepare for long journeys, what gear they would need and when to move."
The 'most viewed photo ever' — of field in Sonoma Valley, California, used for Windows XP screen, is now rows and rows of vines — 21 January 2026 (LINK)
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