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Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, is accused by U.S. prosecutors of drug trafficking and is linked to repression at home, yet remains a powerful figure. Source link

Greenland residents and political leaders have publicly rejected suggestions by U.S. President Donald Trump that the Arctic island could become part of the United States.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesSeveral NATO members are deploying small numbers of troops to Greenland, seeking to shore up the Arctic island’s security in the wake of tense talks with the White House about the U.S. desire to annex it.Denmark, which is responsible for Greenland’s defense, Germany, France, Sweden, and Norway have all confirmed plans to send military personnel to the sparsely populated island this week.Trump has renewed his sights on taking the island following…

This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse. Subscribe here.Millions of techies and engineers who have built India’s multi-billion-dollar IT services industry have a new teammate: artificial intelligence. And embracing this partnership is no longer optional — resistance could mean the end of one’s career.On Monday, during its earnings call, India’s largest IT company, Tata Consultancy Services, which wants to achieve “AI fluency at scale,” told analysts it now has 217,000 employees that have “higher order AI skills,” up from 180,000 barely a month ago.TCS is…

EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockA British diplomat has been ordered to leave Russia, with officials accusing the man of being an intelligence agent working undercover at the embassy in Moscow.The man has been stripped of his accreditation and must leave the country within two weeks, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.In a statement, the ministry added that it had summoned British charge d’affaires Danae Dholakia over the matter.The BBC has asked the Foreign Office for a response to the allegations. Source link

Daniel Bush Washington correspondent, at the White HouseWatch: “Fundamental disagreement” with US over Greenland remains, says Danish foreign ministerDenmark’s foreign minister has said there is a “fundamental disagreement” with the US over Greenland after talks at the White House.Lars Lokke Rasmussen said the meeting with Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday had been “frank but constructive”. But he added that US President Trump was insisting on “conquering” Greenland which was “totally unacceptable”. “We made it very, very clear that this is not in the interest of [Denmark],” he said.Trump afterwards reiterated his interest in acquiring…

Ukraine has declared a state of emergency in the country’s energy sector, with a particular focus on Kyiv, as ongoing Russian strikes continue to leave thousands of residents without power. President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of deliberately exploiting the harsh winter conditions as part of its war strategy, with overnight temperatures in Kyiv recently dropping to around -20C.The declaration comes as Zelensky’s US counterpart Donald Trump said he was holding up efforts to secure a peace deal to end nearly four years of war with Russia.He told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday that Ukraine “is less ready to make…

People walk past the logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at its exhibitor stall at the India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi, a convention and expo center in New Delhi, India, October 8, 2025. Anushree Fadnavis | ReutersAmazon launched its “sovereign cloud” offering in Europe on Thursday in a move designed to keep it among the leading players in the region even as more stringent regulations for tech giants are enforced.The term sovereign cloud broadly relates to cloud computing services where the data is stored, handled and not moved out of a specific jurisdiction. The European Union (EU) has pushed…

Bank of America analysts see significant upside potential in Siemens Healthineers ahead of its full-year results on Feb. 5, as one healthcare investor pointed to the German medical technology group’s “compelling” product portfolio. BofA reiterated its Buy rating in a note this week, setting a 65 euro price target for the stock — a 38.4% upside from the current level of 46.97 euros per share. “We continue to like Siemens Healthineers,” analysts Julien Ouaddour and Anna Ratcliffe said Tuesday, pointing to what they described as an “unprecedent” product cycle across advanced therapies, photon-counting CT, and the company’s radiation oncology subsidiary,…

The deadly episode came a day after a crane fell on a moving train in northeastern Thailand, killing at least 32 people. Source link

(L/R) US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio depart the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus after a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt in Washington, DC, on Jan. 14, 2026.Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty ImagesAny U.S. attempt to seize Greenland by force would trigger “monumental consequences” for the Western alliance and the global order, Iceland’s former President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson said, as President Donald Trump sharpens rhetoric on controlling the Arctic territory. Grimsson warned on CNBC’s “Access Middle East” that “the fallout would be…

James Luckey-Lange, 28, was released this week with several other U.S. citizens from the country’s notorious prison system after going missing in December, his family said. Source link

The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for about 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants, part of a broader effort to curb avenues for immigrants to remain in the United States. Source link

Signage at the Trip.com Group Ltd. headquarters building in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Chinese online travel services provider Trip.com plunged nearly 22% in Hong Kong on Thursday after Beijing opened an antitrust probe into the company.China’s State Administration for Market Regulation late Wednesday said it was investigating Trip.com due to “suspected abuse of its dominant market position and monopolistic practices,” according to a CNBC translation of the statement in Mandarin.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconTrip.com is the largest online travel provider in Asia by market cap, and one of the biggest globally. The…

The Toyota Industries Corp. logo at the company’s Nagakusa plant in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of forklift producer Toyota Industries jumped Thursday, a day after Toyota Moto sweetened the tender offer price for buying out the carmaker by more than 15% to over $35 billion.Shares of Toyota Industries rose 6.3% to 19,160 yen — more than the revised tender offer. Toyota Motor said late Wednesday it had raised the buyout offer for the group company to 18,800 yen ($118.11) per share, from 16,300 yen apiece announced in June last year, advancing plans to take the…

The three-year pilot program did not deliver the results hoped for, the health minister said. It had allowed drug users to avoid criminal charges for possessing small amounts of illegal substances. Source link

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Kermanshah, Iran on January 8, 2026. Kamran | Afp | Getty ImagesIran temporarily closed its airspace late Wednesday to most incoming and outgoing flights amid escalating tensions with the U.S., according to a notice posted by the Federal Aviation Administration. The restriction was scheduled to be in place from 10:15 p.m. UTC Wednesday to 12:30 a.m. UTC Thursday, the notice said. It was later extended from 1:14 a.m. to 3:30 a.m UTC.Live data provided by flight tracker FlightRadar showed aircraft skirting around Iranian airspace, as of 8:30 a.m. ET. The order exempted…

The Grok AI tool on Elon Musk’s X will no longer be able to undress pictures of real people, the company has announced.”We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis,” said a statement. “This restriction applies to all users, including paid subscribers.”It comes amid mounting condemnation in the UK and US of the chatbot’s image editing capabilities, with British government ministers threatening the platform with action.Sir Keir Starmer has described nonconsensual sex images produced by Grok as “disgusting” and “shameful”, and media regulator…

Sunset scene of light trails traffic speeds through an intersection in Gangnam center business district of Seoul at Seoul city, South KoreaMongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were set to trade mixed Thursday as investors awaited a policy decision from the Bank of Korea.South Korea’s central bank is expected to hold its benchmark interest rate at 2.50%, as the recent slide in the won has narrowed room for policy easing, according to economists polled by Reuters.In Japan, futures pointed to a lower open after the Nikkei 225 hit another record high on Wednesday. The futures contract in Chicago…

Four astronauts are buckling up for an unexpected return from the International Space Station (ISS) after one of them suffered a “serious medical condition”. It’s the first time in its 25-year history that a mission is being cut short due to such an incident. NASA will not say which of the four astronauts is affected due to confidentiality, nor will it state what the problem is.The person’s condition is said to be stable and the space agency’s medical chief, Dr. James Polk, said last week they were “erring on the side of caution”. Image: (L-R) Oleg Platonov, Mike Fincke, Zena…

While several of the Gulf Arab countries harbor little love for Iran, they worry that the consequences of rising tensions could blow back on them. Source link

Briefing ambassadors, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said recent political and security developments – particularly in the south – underscored how quickly stability could unravel without a credible, inclusive political process.“Absent a comprehensive approach that addresses Yemen’s many challenges in an integrated manner, rather than in isolation, the risk of recurrent and destabilising cycles will remain,” Mr. Grundberg said.Tensions in the south  While military de-escalation has been achieved in recent days, he cautioned that the security situation remains fragile, especially following rival deployments in southern governorates.In December, forces affiliated with the separatist Southern Transitional Council sought to expand…

Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA-operated health centre on Monday and ordered it to close for 30 days.  They also demanded the removal of UN signage. Furthermore, water and electricity supply to multiple UNRWA facilities are scheduled to be cut off in the coming weeks, affecting schools, health centres and other critical buildings.Legislative campaign The development marks “a new step in a pattern of deliberate disregard for international law and the United Nations,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini tweeted. “This is a direct result of legislation passed by the Israeli parliament in December, which stepped up existing anti-UNRWA laws adopted in 2024,” he added. The UNRWA Jerusalem Health Centre serves hundreds of Palestine refugee patients every day, agency spokesperson Jonathan Fowler told UN News. “For most of them, it’s their only…

U.S. officials brokered the sale of hundreds of millions dollars worth of Venezuelan oil to stabilize the country’s economy after capturing its president. Source link

new video loaded: What are Trump’s Options in Iran?President Trump has said that “help is on the way” for Iranian protesters. Amid reports that thousands of the protesters have been killed, our national security correspondent David E. Sanger describes what some of Mr. Trump’s options might be.By David E. Sanger, Coleman Lowndes, Nikolay Nikolov, Edward Vega and June KimJanuary 14, 2026 Source link