- Trilateral Peace Talks in Abu Dhabi: Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States have convened in the UAE for the first trilateral meetings since the 2022 invasion to discuss potential peace deal frameworks.
- TikTok Forms U.S. Joint Venture: Following a 2025 Executive Order, TikTok has established “TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC” to allow its American operations to continue as a separate entity from its global business.
- U.S. Push for Greenland Resources: Tensions have escalated between the U.S. and Denmark as President Trump seeks to establish more military bases and secure rights to Greenland’s rare earth mineral deposits.
- Controversial Gaza Development Plan: At a Davos “Board of Peace” ceremony, Jared Kushner unveiled a “glittering” proposal for Gaza that includes skyscrapers and coastal tourism infrastructure.
- U.S.-Canada Diplomatic Rift: President Trump withdrew Canada’s invitation to the “Board of Peace” after Canadian PM Mark Carney warned of a “rupture” in the U.S.-led global order.
- Backlash Over Afghanistan Comments: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prince Harry condemned remarks by the U.S. President suggesting NATO troops stayed off the front lines during the conflict in Afghanistan.
- Extreme Winter Storm and Polar Vortex: A life-threatening winter blast and polar vortex are expected to impact 160 million people across the southern and eastern United States, posing severe risks of hypothermia.
- Ex-Olympian Arrested in Drug Sting: Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, was arrested in Mexico for allegedly running a multibillion-dollar transnational cocaine trafficking operation.
- Spain High-Speed Train Disaster: A preliminary report into a train crash that left 45 people dead found that the track had been fractured more than two hours before the disaster occurred.
- Critical Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities: CISA has added four actively exploited flaws to its KEV catalog, while Fortinet confirmed a new SSO authentication bypass vulnerability affecting even fully patched firewalls.