On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Donald Trump is the only person who can stop Vladimir Putin remaining a “threat” to the whole of Europe, Poland’s president has said. Karol Nawrocki urged European leaders to […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Parliament President Roberta Metsola called on EU leaders to increase the pressure on the Iranian regime as it cracks down on protesters, saying the days of “dictators will come to an end in 2026” in an interview with Euronews. Metsola has expressed some of the harshest condemnation aimed at the Iranian regime among the […]
Continue ReadingLisa Murkowski wants to ban Trump from attacking Greenland by law.Image: keystone A bill in the US Senate would prohibit President Donald Trump’s administration from annexing, occupying or otherwise controlling the territory of a NATO country without the consent of the affected ally. 01/14/2026, 06:3801/14/2026, 06:38 The bill was introduced by Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski […]
Continue ReadingMark PoyntingClimate researcher Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The California fires of January 2025 were one of the most expensive weather-related disasters in US history Global temperatures in 2025 did not quite reach the heights of 2024, thanks to the cooling influence of the natural La Niña weather pattern in the Pacific, new data from […]
Continue ReadingExperts in England are using tiny cameras to monitor the development of the tree kangaroo cub. A name for the rare animal is still being sought. 01/14/2026, 04:2701/14/2026, 04:27 An article by The little animal with its big eyes looks out of its mother Kitawa’s pouch curiously and still a little uncertainly: In a zoo […]
Continue ReadingThe threats from climate change, such as more intense heat waves and rising sea levels, increase with every tenth of a degree of warming. Scientists also warn that passing 1.5C risks triggering so-called tipping points, from rainforest diebacks to ocean circulation collapse, that bring about irreversible and extreme climatic changes. In theory, the world could […]
Continue ReadingAccording to Allianz, artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the biggest global business risks for companies. 01/14/2026, 03:5101/14/2026, 03:51 According to the insurer, AI is a double-edged sword for companies, helpful and dangerous at the same time. In the new “risk barometer” from corporate insurer Allianz Commercial, AI has shot up from tenth to […]
Continue ReadingAPP/NurPhoto via Getty Images Across North Africa, the Amazigh people have been coming together to usher in the year 2976. They have, unfortunately, not cracked time travel. Rather, they are almost a thousand years ahead of much of the world because they follow a calendar that starts at 950 BC, when King Sheshonq ascended the […]
Continue ReadingCanada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is en route to China for a pivotal visit aimed at resetting ties with Beijing and finding new economic opportunities for his country outside the US. It will not be an easy task, with pressure on Canada to balance its goal of diversifying trade without risking damage to its relationship […]
Continue ReadingThe US Vice President JD Vance is hosting the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers, as well as their US counterpart, Marco Rubio in the White House on Wednesday. The focus of the talks: the future status of the world’s biggest island, Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark in the Arctic. Donald Trump says he wants […]
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