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1. At the table or on the menu? Europe wakes up to a world without order

   If there was a sense of panic gripping European leaders at last week’s conclave of elites at the World Economic Forum, they could be forgiven a moment of relief as they departed the snowy peaks of Davos. That was not only because US President Donald Trump used a long, rambling speech to rule out taking the Danish territory of Greenland by force. Nor was it just the meeting on the sidelines with...

2. Kanye West denies being a Nazi, blames bipolar disorder for antisemitic rants

   Rapper Kanye West on Monday denied being a Nazi and expressed regret over his antisemitic rants, blaming such behaviour – which included recording a song that celebrates Hitler – on his bipolar disorder. The disgraced 48-year-old music star, who has lost fans and business deals in recent years because of his racist or antisemitic outbursts, released his song Heil Hitler last May to mark the 80th...

3. Xi to meet Uruguay’s Orsi in first Latin America-China visit since US capture of Maduro

   Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi will travel to China next week, in what is expected to be the first visit by a Latin American leader to Beijing since the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an early January operation. Beijing says the trip will focus on strengthening political dialogue and expanding economic cooperation. The state visit will run from February 1 to 7,...

4. Canada’s Carney charts a ‘third path’ for middle powers

   Historians may mark January 20, 2026, as a landmark moment. That day, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, during his speech at Davos, declared the terminal decay of the US-led international order and charted a principled, pragmatic path for middle powers caught in the crossfire of great power rivalry. The significance lies in the fact that this bold critique came from Canada – a nation deeply...

5. At least 6 dead after private plane crashes in Maine as US hit by winter storm

   At least six people have died after a private plane crashed while taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine on Sunday evening, local authorities said. There were six people on the plane according to the flight manifest, the statement from Bangor police said. “No one from the incident was transported to the hospital, and all on the flight are presumed to be deceased.” The US Federal...

6. Trump does not want people killed in US but won’t back down on deportations: White House

   The White House said on Monday that US President Donald Trump does not ‌want to see people getting hurt or killed on the streets ‍of the United States but will not back down from efforts to deport “violent criminal illegal aliens” from Minnesota. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt briefed journalists after the killing of 37-year-old nurse Alex ⁠Pretti on Saturday by federal officers...

7. China’s Sinochem says it has proposed a ‘solution’ to end governance dispute over Pirelli

   Pirelli’s Chinese shareholder Sinochem said on Monday it had put forward a “structured solution” ‌to end a governance dispute with the tyre maker’s ‍Italian investor Camfin. The announcement was made as the Italian government assesses options to limit Sinochem’s influence over Pirelli, or even turn it into a passive shareholder, in ⁠a bid to ease the tyre maker’s US expansion. Beijing-controlled...

8. EU lawmakers divided over resuming work on US trade deal after Greenland crisis

   The European Parliament has put ‍off until next week a decision on whether to resume work on the EU’s trade deal with the United States, which it had suspended in protest against US President Donald Trump’s demands to acquire Greenland and threats of tariffs. The parliament’s trade committee ⁠had been expected to set its position in votes on Monday and Tuesday, and the assembly’s president,...

9. Carney links Trump’s new tariff threat to North America trade deal review

   Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday downplayed US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat against Canada, saying the comments should be viewed with an eye towards a coming trade deal review. Asked about Trump’s threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports should Ottawa finalise a new trade deal with China, Carney told reporters that the North American free trade deal...

10. Amid US-Iran tensions, US aircraft carrier enters Middle East region, officials say

    A US aircraft carrier and supporting warships have arrived ‍in the Middle East, two US officials told Reuters on Monday, expanding US President Donald Trump’s capabilities to defend US forces, or potentially take military action against Iran. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile destroyers have crossed ⁠into the Middle East region, which comes under the US...