Bond sell-off accelerates as Trump ramps up tariff threats

Bond sell-off accelerates as Trump ramps up tariff threats

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One to depart for Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., Jan. 16, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters U.S. Treasurys and other countries’ government bonds continued to sell off on Tuesday, as the White House’s rhetoric on tariffs fueled fresh fears of a trade war…

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Netflix makes amended all cash offer for Warner Bros

Netflix makes amended all cash offer for Warner Bros

An aerial view of the Paramount logo displayed on the water tower at Paramount Studios on December 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Netflix submitted an amended all-cash ⁠offer for Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming businesses, winning the unanimous support from the HBO owner’s board without increasing the $82.7…

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Stock market today: Live updates

Stock market today: Live updates

Stock futures pointed to a downbeat session on Wall Street on Tuesday as President Donald Trump intensified his rhetoric on Greenland, threatening to impose new tariffs on countries opposing the sale of the Danish territory to the United States. Futures data last pointed to a drop of 718 points for the Dow Jones Industrial Average….

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Trump confirms Putin invited to Board of Peace for supervision of Gaza peace plan

Trump confirms Putin invited to Board of Peace for supervision of Gaza peace plan

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin received an invitation to join his new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan. Trump confirmed Putin’s invitation while speaking to reporters at the College Football National Championship…

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After mass exodus, limbo: Rohingya refugees test international resolve

After mass exodus, limbo: Rohingya refugees test international resolve

The stakes for the conference, part of the UN General Assemby’s annual week of high-level discussions, could hardly be higher: shrinking aid budgets and intensifying conflict inside Myanmar leave one of the world’s most persecuted minorities in limbo. Delegates are expected to address human rights and minority protections of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, while…

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Bold, diverse and unstoppable: Girls speak out amid a world in crisis

Bold, diverse and unstoppable: Girls speak out amid a world in crisis

Alongside senior officials from the UN community, they commemorated the International Day of the Girl Child through declarations, dialogue and a show of solidarity for their peers in Afghanistan and elsewhere, whose voices have been silenced. Nafisa from Ghana, 16, spoke up for girls “whose dreams are shaken by crisis”, such as a friend in…

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Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violence

Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violence

The classrooms at Anténor Firmin school in Hinche in central Haiti are no longer studiously quiet. Once a place of learning, it now echoes with the sounds of babies crying, water containers clanking, and voices murmuring through the night. Over 700 people displaced by violence are crammed into the crumbling compound, sleeping on floors where…

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‘Alarming’ increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition

‘Alarming’ increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition

The UN advocates for the universal abolition of the death penalty. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by 175 countries, protects the right to life and stipulates that, for countries that have not abolished capital punishment, it be imposed only for the ‘most serious crimes’ in exceptional cases.  OHCHR said the sharp increase in capital…

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UN moves to close dangerous void in AI governance

UN moves to close dangerous void in AI governance

Investment, optimism and anxiety: these are three of the big drivers of interest in artificial intelligence and its implications.  Because the challenges and opportunities are global, the responses also need to be far more comprehensive than the fragmented and siloed solutions that have been enacted thus far: A UN report from 2024 found that 118 countries…

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Sudan: Atrocities ‘repeated town by town’, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council

Sudan: Atrocities ‘repeated town by town’, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council

Briefing ambassadors, ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan said the situation in Darfur had “darkened even further,” with civilians subjected to what she described as collective torture amid a widening war between Sudan’s rival military forces. “The picture that is emerging is appalling: organised, widespread, mass criminality including mass executions,” Ms. Khan said. “Atrocities are…

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