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Trump and NATO chief agree to Greenland meeting at Davos

President Donald Trump revealed a productive phone call with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday, focusing on Greenland and setting the stage for talks involving key stakeholders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. This development intensifies a brewing transatlantic rift, as Trump underscored the territory's vital......

Silver surges to record high amid Trump's Greenland tariff threats

Silver prices soared to a fresh all-time peak of $94.73 per ounce on Monday, fueled by surging safe-haven demand as investors grappled with escalating trade tensions sparked by President Donald Trump's tariff threats over Greenland. The metal has rocketed more than 32% in January alone and around 143% over the past year, outpacing even......

Trump's Greenland tariff threats trigger sharp US futures drop

US stock futures plunged sharply on Tuesday as President Donald Trump escalated trade tensions with European NATO allies by threatening new tariffs linked to his push to acquire Greenland. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures tumbled 600 to 750 points, reflecting a drop of 1.3% to 1.5%, while S&P 500 futures fell 1.4% to 1.6% and Nasdaq......

Scientists uncover hidden magnetic order in pseudogap phase

Physicists have identified a hidden magnetic order within the enigmatic pseudogap phase a peculiar state emerging in quantum materials just above superconducting temperatures unveiling insights that could advance the pursuit of room-temperature superconductivity. An international collaboration between experimentalists at Germany's Max......

China confirms US invitation to Trump's peace council

China confirmed Tuesday it received a U.S. invitation to join President Donald Trump's Peace Council, an international body initially designed to oversee Gaza reconstruction but now poised for a broader mandate in resolving global conflicts. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun acknowledged the invitation during a regular briefing......

Trump calls UK Chagos deal great stupidity

President Donald Trump sharply criticized the United Kingdom on Tuesday, labeling its agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius an act of total weakness and great stupidity, linking the rebuke to his push for U.S. acquisition of Greenland. The attack on a key NATO ally came one day after British Prime Minister Keir......

Natural gas prices surge on polar vortex forecasts in US and Asia

Natural gas prices climbed sharply on global markets January 19, 2026, driven by shifting weather forecasts predicting a severe polar vortex sweeping the United States, China, and Europe by late January, sparking a rush of demand-fueled trades. U.S. Henry Hub futures surged up to 18% intraday, rising from a 13-week low near $3.10 per million......

Trump invites Putin to join proposed Gaza peace council despite ongoing Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to take part in a proposed international peace council, an initiative aimed at addressing major global crises, including the future governance and reconstruction of Gaza. The proposal comes at a time when the war in Ukraine continues with no comprehensive settlement in......

Trump announces plan to impose 200% tariffs on French wines and champagne

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday his intention to impose tariffs of up to 200% on French wines and champagnes, escalating trade tensions with Europe amid growing geopolitical disputes. Speaking to American journalists, Trump said the measure would target French wine exports specifically, linking the threat to France’s......

Trump threatens tariffs amid reports France may reject Gaza peace board

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose sharply increased tariffs on French wines and champagnes following reports that France may decline to join a U.S.-led international Board of Peace focused on the Gaza conflict. Speaking to reporters on Monday after attending a college football championship event in Miami, Trump dismissed......

HM King Mohammed VI accepts Trump’s invitation to become founding member of peace council

HM King Mohammed VI of Morocco has accepted an invitation from former U.S. President Donald J. Trump to join, as a founding member, a newly proposed Peace Council aimed at supporting international efforts to resolve conflicts, particularly in the Middle East, according to an official statement from Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The......

Micron warns memory chip shortage will extend beyond 2026

Micron Technology has issued a stark warning that a global memory chip shortage has reached unprecedented levels and will persist beyond 2026. Surging demand for AI infrastructure is overwhelming production capacity, sidelining consumer electronics in the process. Manish Bhatia, Micron's executive vice president of operations, described......

Excitons outperform light in quantum materials engineering

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in Floquet engineering, revealing that excitons quasiparticles formed within semiconductors can alter material properties far more effectively than light alone. This discovery paves the way for on-demand creation of exotic quantum materials. Scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology......

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