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1. Spain’s royals visit deadly train crash site as country mourns

   Spain’s king and queen visited the site of the collision of two high-speed trains that killed at least 42 people on Tuesday, as the country began three days of national mourning. The country’s deadliest rail accident in more than a decade took place late on Sunday when a train operated by rail company Iryo, travelling from Malaga to Madrid, derailed near Adamuz in the southern Andalusia...

2. Syria gives Kurds 4 days to accept integration, as US signals end of support

   Syria on Tuesday announced a ceasefire with Kurdish forces it ‌has seized swathes of territory from in the northeast and gave them four days to agree on integrating into the central state, which their main ally, the US, urged them to accept. The lightning government advances in recent days and the apparent withdrawal of US support for the continued holding of territory by the Syrian Democratic...

3. Greenland PM warns islanders to prepare for possible US invasion

   Greenland’s prime minister said the Arctic island’s population and its authorities need to start preparing for a possible military invasion, even as it remains an unlikely scenario, as US President Donald Trump continues to threaten taking over the territory. “It’s not likely there will be a military conflict, but it can’t be ruled out,” Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said at a press...

4. Macron urges EU to hit back against Trump’s threats: ‘brutalisation of the world’

   Europe must respond to US threats over Greenland and China’s industrial excesses, or else “passively accept … vassalisation and bloc politics”, French President Emmanuel Macron warned in a speech at Davos on Tuesday. Macron warned of the “brutalisation of the world”, as he urged the use of the EU’s most powerful trade weapon in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on...

5. Canada plans for US invasion scenario as Trump posts ‘takeover’ map: report

   The Canadian military has developed a model response to a US invasion, the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump again muses online about a takeover of Canada. Citing two unnamed senior government officials, the paper said the Canadian response model centres on insurgency-style tactics, like those used in Afghanistan by fighters who resisted Soviet and later US...

6. Hong Kong motor trade sees red over tightened vehicle inspection rules

   Hong Kong’s car trade has reacted with frustration to a sudden tightening of annual vehicle inspection rules, with leaders warning that owners of failed vehicles could face thousands of dollars in extra costs and significant delays. The backlash on Tuesday follows what they described as a “rushed” roll-out by the Transport Department, with the measures announced just days before they went into...

7. EU moves to force Huawei out of networks, opening door to wider Chinese tech bans

   The European Commission wants to force EU member states to remove Chinese companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE from its mobile networks, as part of a sweeping new cybersecurity act unveiled on Tuesday. While the bloc’s executive arm has recommended that capitals weed equipment from those providers from their 5G networks since 2020, citing cybersecurity risks, only 13 of 27 have so far acted on...

8. Hong Kong police arrest 2 women as child abuse allegation goes viral online

   Hong Kong police have arrested two women on suspicion of child abuse, as a father took to social media to accuse a domestic helper of shaking his four-month-old son, causing a brain haemorrhage and bodily harm. The force on Tuesday night confirmed that it had arrested two women, aged 28 and 45, suspected of ill-treating a baby boy at a flat in Sheung Shui on Sunday. The suspects were being held...

9. Bessent cites trade progress after meeting China’s He Lifeng in Davos

   US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he met with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng a day earlier on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in advance of US President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated speech to the global body on Wednesday. Bessent’s account of the sit-down between the main interlocutors over the past tumultuous year between Beijing and...

10. China sends emergency food aid to Cuba as US sanctions worsen shortages

    A new Chinese emergency aid programme has delivered its first shipment of rice to Cuba, which faces worsening food and fuel shortages amid a tightened US blockade that has halted Venezuelan oil shipments. Under the programme, China will send 30,000 tonnes of rice to the island nation, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. The first shipment was handed over on Monday, while a second...