The World Bank says the global economy is showing greater resilience than expected despite trade tensions and policy uncertainty, with its latest Global Economic Prospects report projecting global growth to remain broadly stable, easing to 2.6 per cent in 2026 before rising to 2.7 per cent in 2027—both upward revisions driven largely by stronger-than-expected performance…
The Trump administration has said it will send “hundreds more” federal officers to Minneapolis after protests broke out when a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the officers would arrive “today and tomorrow” to make sure ICE and Border Patrol agents…
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has urged oil executives to commit at least $100bn (£75bn) in investment to revive Venezuela’s oil industry following a 3 January raid in which US forces seized leader Nicolas Maduro, but received a cautious response at a White House meeting where industry leaders described the country as currently “uninvestable,”…
Source: BBC News A US immigration officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, which led to protests. Federal officials said Good tried to run over ICE agents with her car, and the mayor of the city called the shooting careless. Videos show ICE agents getting close to Good’s SUV. When it tried…
OpenAI has released a new ChatGPT Health feature in the US that lets people share medical records and data from health apps like Apple Health, Peloton, and MyFitnessPal to get more personalized health-related answers. OpenAI says that the feature has improved privacy protections by keeping health conversations separate and not using them to train its…
Prices of precious metals went up after the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. This was because investors were looking for “safe-haven” assets as geopolitical worries grew. Gold went up about 1.8% to about $4,408 an ounce on Monday morning in Asia, and silver went up almost 3.5%. In 2025, both metals hit record highs,…
The government of Ghana has strongly condemned what it calls a one-sided and illegal military invasion of Venezuela by the United States. Reports say that this invasion led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on January 4, 2026, that Ghana…
Source: BBC World leaders have had very different reactions to the US’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife after a major strike. This shows how divided the world is. Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the UK, said that Britain would “shed no tears” over the fall of what it sees as…
Source: Graphiconline Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has confirmed that Ghana has started diplomatic talks with Ukraine to get a Ghanaian citizen who is currently being held as a prisoner of war released. The Ukrainian government officially told Ghana about the person’s arrest and gave identifying information that has been confirmed by…
BBC, Reuters Donald Trump, the President of the United States, said that the U.S. had carried out a “large-scale strike” against Venezuela. He also said that Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown out of the country during the operation. Trump’s statement, which was shared on social…
