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President Trump told the World Economic Forum in Davos that the United States has staged a rapid economic turnaround since his return to office, claiming falling inflation, accelerating growth, surging investment, and a sharply tightened border. He credited tariffs, deregulation, tax cuts, and expanded domestic energy production for the shift, while criticising Europe’s energy and migration policies. He also raised Greenland, NATO…

The US president has said he would meet Vladimir Zelensky and send envoys to Moscow later this week · RT: US President Donald Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21, 2026. ©  Global Look Press / Lian Yi · Moscow and Kiev are close to reaching an agreement on ending the Ukraine conflict, US President Donald Trump told the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on…

Trump might claim that building “Golden Dome” infrastructure there, possibly with the partial purpose of serving as a cover for deploying new offensive weapons systems in the Arctic for targeting Russia and China, is required for plugging the gap between the world’s largest island and Alaska. · Andrew Korybko · Trump framed his desired acquisition of Greenland as indispensable to his “Golden Dome” missile defense megaproject and hinted at…

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Tuesday that he rejected a “ridiculous” proposal from the Clintons to conduct an unofficial, off-the-record meeting as Congress begins contempt proceedings against the former first couple in its Jeffrey Epstein investigation. · In a post on X, the Kentucky Republican said lawyers for Bill and Hillary Clinton offered an arrangement that would have required him to travel to New…

The contribution would come from the Russian assets frozen in the US · Moscow is ready to contribute to US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ initiative, President Vladimir Putin told the Russian Security Council on Wednesday. He suggested donating $1 billion to the body out of the Russian assets frozen in the US to support the recovery of the Palestinian enclave. · The initiative envisages an…

The globalist world order ‘left American workers behind’, Howard Lutnick has said · RT: Howard Lutnick speaks during an event at the White House in Washington DC, December 19, 2025 © Getty Images / Alex Wong · Globalization is a “failed policy” that has “left America behind,” US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick declared in Davos on Tuesday, accusing the World Economic Forum (WEF) of pushing a globalist agenda that…

Business as usual is ‘impossible’ while the US is attempting to seize Greenland, the European Parliament has said · RT: Ursula von der Leyen meets with Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, July 27, 2025 © Getty Images / Andrew Harnik · The European Parliament has halted approval of the EU’s landmark trade and tariff deal with the US, citing US President Donald Trump’s “continued and…

Countries that long participated in the system knew it was “partially false,” Mark Carney told the Davos forum · RT: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. © Getty Images / Harun Ozalp;  Anadolu · Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has admitted that the “rules-based international order” was always a partially false narrative that countries knowingly upheld for…

Alex Krainer · I was hoping to round up President Trump’s speech in Davos, Switzerland in this report today, but as I write this, Trump is still speaking and it looks like he’s gone off script: he’s not looking at teleprompters but at the audience and he’s clearly ad-libbing which could go on a while. · The prepared remarks - the part Trump appears to have read off the teleprompters - was interesting but not surprising in substance.…

“New Zealand should learn from the problems emerging in Australia's new anti-hate legislation, not seek to replicate them, says the Free Speech Union. "Australia's Parliament passed sweeping new laws in an emergency late-night session with barely three days of public consultation," said Jillaine Heather, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union. · The Bondi tragedy was horrific and antisemitism is a genuine problem. But when legal experts,…