- Zelenskyy Meets Europeans In Next Round Of Fitful Peace Process
on January 4, 2026 at 11:58 pmAfter months of uncertain progress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his government will this week focus on European allies in two meetings in hopes of "hastening the end" of Russia's war on his country.
- US operation in Venezuela: Trump's 'America First' now runs through Caracas
on January 5, 2026The strikes against drug trafficking vessels concealed a broader offensive: Oil and Russian and Chinese influence in Caracas took precedence over the actual flows of fentanyl or cocaine, which were negligible from Venezuela.
- The political economy of Clarkson’s Farm
on January 3, 2026Clarkson’s Farm is an amusing TV show that proves to be an insightful portrayal of political and economic life, says […]
- Venezuelans Say They Will Continue to Resist in the Face of Trump’s Aggression
by Amy Goodman on January 4, 2026 at 3:53 pm“It sounded like an earthquake, like the sky was falling down,” a journalist in Caracas said of the US strikes.
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
As 2025 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and videos, sensitive words, censored articles and essays, “People [...]
Snow Dragon Peaks and Walkways, by Slices of Light (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) [...]
As 2025 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and videos, sensitive words, censored articles and essays, “People [...]
Ongoing Sino-Japanese diplomatic tensions—touched off last month by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Japan’s willingness to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack—continue to result in cancellations of flights, tours, concerts, and people-to-people exchanges between the two nations. The most recent [...]
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”) from Chinese platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Douyin [...]
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”) from Chinese platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Douyin [...]
The New York Times’ Chris Buckley reports on the recent emergence of footage from the trial of General Xu Qinxian, who refused to lead the PLA’s 38th Group Army into Beijing to confront protesters in late May, 1989, and was subsequently imprisoned for five years [...]
One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an international research team. The famous “Little Foot” skeleton from South Africa has long been debated, but new analysis suggests it doesn’t truly match any known [...]
Scientists have found a way to see ultrafast molecular interactions inside liquids using an extreme laser technique once thought impossible for fluids. When they mixed nearly identical chemicals, one combination behaved strangely—producing less light and erasing a single harmonic signal altogether. Simulations revealed that a [...]
Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field. Rather than blocking particles, the magnetic field can funnel them along invisible lines that sometimes stretch all the way to the moon. This explains mysterious [...]
Inside high-energy proton collisions, quarks and gluons briefly form a dense, boiling state before cooling into ordinary particles. Researchers expected this transition to change how disordered the system is, but LHC data tell a different story. A newly improved collision model matches experiments better than [...]
UK experts are warning that access to new weight-loss drugs could depend more on wealth than medical need. Strict NHS criteria mean only a limited number of patients will receive Mounjaro, while many others must pay privately. Researchers say this risks worsening existing health inequalities, [...]
Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural polymers don’t. By mimicking tiny structural features used in DNA and proteins, researchers designed plastics that remain durable but can be triggered to fall apart naturally. The [...]
A groundbreaking study shows that breast cancer screening works better when it’s personalized. Instead of annual mammograms for all, women were screened based on genetics, health history, and lifestyle factors. This approach reduced advanced cancers without increasing risk for those screened less often. Most women [...]
Type 2 diabetes doesn’t just raise the risk of heart disease—it physically reshapes the heart itself. Researchers studying donated human hearts found that diabetes disrupts how heart cells produce energy, weakens the muscle’s structure, and triggers a buildup of stiff, fibrous tissue that makes it [...]
The US president earlier said if peaceful protesters are killed, Washington "will come to their rescue". [...]
RAF Typhoon jets joined French aircraft in a strike on an Islamic State group arms store in Syria, UK officials say. [...]
The family who survived the Hamas attack in 2023 call the incident an “intrusion”. [...]
The US president says "we will come to their rescue" after days of demonstrations and clashes. [...]
It comes after clashes and an independence bid in southern Yemen bring Saudi and UAE-backed forces into confrontation. [...]
Israel's move is criticised by 10 countries, which say the new registration rules for international NGOs are "restrictive" and "unacceptable". [...]
The UAE and Saudi have been allies in the war against the Houthis, but infighting between the rival factions they support has caused a rift between them. [...]
The US president also warns Hamas will have "hell to pay" if it does not disarm, after talks with Netanyahu. [...]
In the wake of Maduro’s capture, governments across the continent are facing uncomfortable questions about deterrence and autonomy. [...]
Some praised Washington’s attack, while others called the capture of Maduro a violation of international law. [...]
Will Russia and China now assume they can do the same in Europe and Asia? [...]
A dramatic operation in Caracas leads to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro with the country’s fate uncertain. [...]
FP Live looks at the year ahead in U.S. politics—and how that will impact the world. [...]
[CAF] Cassablanca -- Battered for half an hour, the Indomitable Lions bent but did not break before striking with clinical precision. Tchamadeu and then Kofane turned the Round of 16 match, despite a lively and dominant South Africa. Reduced to defending late in the game, [...]
[Premium Times] Mr Pate said beyond measles and yellow fever, five million children had received the pentavalent vaccine. [...]
[Dabanga] Zarga, North Darfur / Amsterdam -- The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) accused the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) forces of launching an attack with an Akanji drone on the Zarq area hospital and the Ghurair market in North Darfur State on Saturday, which resulted in [...]
[RFI] Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved "super tusker" elephant whose 54 years in the wild came to symbolise the country's increasingly successful efforts to protect the mammals from ivory poachers. [...]
[The Conversation Africa] Uganda's police have long faced criticism for politically charged interventions. These include episodes in which lethal force has been used in ways that observers describe as excessive or indiscriminate. The main targets of restrictive or coercive tactics are supporters of the political [...]
[Vanguard] No fewer than 25 persons died while 14 others are still missing after a boat capsized along the Yobe River in Garbi town, Nguru Local Government Area of the state. [...]
[Dabanga] El Obeid -- The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a drone attack at dawn today targeting a power station in El Obeid and Kenana Airport in White Nile state. The Media Coordination Council of the Sudan Electricity Company issued a press statement revealing that [...]
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Morocco laboured to a 1-0 win over Tanzania in a last 16 tie of the Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat on Sunday night. [...]