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UK-China latest: Trump blasts Starmer's Xi meeting. UK Trade Minister says 'bonkers' not to deal with Beijing after that — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
Senate panel advances key crypto bill without Democratic support — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
'It's not too late to fix it': web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a 'battle for the soul' of the internet: "commercialization means the net has been 'optimised for nastiness', but collaboration and compassion can prevail" — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Breaking news
UN: Choose peace over chaos, Guterres urges as he sets out final-year priorities — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump, Schumer reach government funding deal, sacrifice DHS spending bill in the process — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump threatens tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba, declaring national emergency: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had said her country is still sending oil to Cuba — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump and co sue IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leaked tax information between 2018 and 2020 — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia: State media — (LINK) ground.news: 40 media reports — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
UN: Choose peace over chaos, Guterres urges as he sets out final-year priorities — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump, Schumer reach government funding deal, sacrifice DHS spending bill in the process — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump threatens tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba, declaring national emergency: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had said her country is still sending oil to Cuba — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump and co sue IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leaked tax information between 2018 and 2020 — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia: State media — (LINK) ground.news: 40 media reports — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
— Among the executed were members of the 'Ming family criminal group', whose activities had contributed to the deaths of 14 Chinese citizens and injuries to 'many others', reported Xinhua.
Pakistan becomes latest Asian country to introduce checks for deadly Nipah virus — (LINK) ground.news: 13 media reports — 28 January 2026 (LINK)
Border agents involved in fatal shooting of Alex Pretti placed on leave — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Internal review contradicts White House narrative of Pretti's death — (LINK)
Major news
UK-China latest: Trump blasts Starmer's Xi meeting. UK Trade Minister says 'bonkers' not to deal with Beijing after that — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
Senate panel advances key crypto bill without Democratic support — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
'It's not too late to fix it': web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a 'battle for the soul' of the internet: "commercialization means the net has been 'optimised for nastiness', but collaboration and compassion can prevail" — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Miscellaneous
DOJ concludes Epstein files review with release of 3.5 million records: Members of Congress can request to review un-redacted portions of the files — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
Gold price tumbles as Trump's Fed chair pick eases central bank independence fear — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
Bitcoin pulls back to as low as $81,000 as horrendous day continues: sheds nearly $10,000 over 24 hours, now threatening to take out its recent November low of just under $81,000 — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
Brutal selloff! Gold, silver prices crash in exceptionally volatile session: traders lock in profits following Thursday's record-breaking rally — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
DOJ concludes Epstein files review with release of 3.5 million records: Members of Congress can request to review un-redacted portions of the files — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
Gold price tumbles as Trump's Fed chair pick eases central bank independence fear — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
Bitcoin pulls back to as low as $81,000 as horrendous day continues: sheds nearly $10,000 over 24 hours, now threatening to take out its recent November low of just under $81,000 — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
Brutal selloff! Gold, silver prices crash in exceptionally volatile session: traders lock in profits following Thursday's record-breaking rally — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
— On the MCX, silver futures fell by 3.04% while gold dropped 1.28%, influenced by bearish global markets and a stronger US dollar.
Microsoft loses $357b in market cap (10%) after stock drop — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
US dollar falls again as debasement fears outweigh Bessent's boost — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Fed holds interest rates steady for first time since July — (LINK)
Swissport pioneers Switzerland’s first fully electric aircraft turnaround at Geneva Airport: decarbonizing its ground operations on its pathway to net-zero emissions by 2050, including the objective to electrify 55% of its worldwide ground support equipment fleet by 2032 — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Amazon blocks mainstream press from watching 'Melania' documentary at Kennedy Center — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Zelensky condemns Russian drone strike that killed five on passenger train — 28 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump-appointed Kennedy Center programming head resigns just days into job — 28 January 2026 (LINK limited)
Filmogaz — (LINK)
US: National Symphony Orchestra's music director says it will not leave Trump Admin-run Kennedy Center — 28 January 2026 (LINK)
Around 300 people evacuated after fire at Courcheval hotels in French Alps, officials say — 27 January 2026 (LINK)
Gladys Mae West, the pioneering black mathematician who helped lay the foundation for GPS, die in January 2026 at 95 — 28 January 2026 (LINK)
The 'Doomsday Clock' is now 85 seconds to midnight — the closest it's ever been: 4 seconds closer to midnight than it was in 2025 — 27 January 2026 (LINK)
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