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Polish Central Bank approves plan to buy 150 tons of gold, lifting reserves to 700 tonnes

Warsaw: The National Bank of Poland approved a plan to buy as much as 150 tons of gold, which would increase the country’s holdings...

In stunning U-turn, Trump slams UK for Chagos handover, calls it an ‘act of great stupidity’

The US President linked this UK decision among reasons for his push to acquire Greenland. The UK had agreed to hand over sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius.

South Korea kicks off AI Squid Game to find the best & compete with US, China

The format, like the Netflix show that became a symbol of Korea’s cultural soft power, is ruthless: the teams’ AI foundation models face evaluation and elimination every six months by a panel of judges

Trump wants his Board of Peace signed in Davos. Macron declines

Much of the concern centres on the wording of the peace board’s charter, which appears to place its ultimate decision-making power with Trump.

Cement is hitting a wall. There’s no coming back

After decades of growth, cement consumption is bottoming out. We may never return to the peak 4.4 billion metric tons produced in 2021, even as India, Southeast Asia and Africa continue to urbanise.

Americans buyers bear almost all the cost of Trump’s tariffs

A study found that only about 4% of the tariff burden is shouldered by foreign firms, with a ‘near-complete’ pass-through of 96% to US buyers.

Why does Trump want Greenland? Can he seize it, & is it normal to ‘buy’ another country?

Denmark’s government once saw Trump’s designs on Greenland as a fantasy. But his escalating rhetoric has forced the Danes to take the matter more seriously.

Starmer’s ‘Love Actually’ moment with Trump may never come

Despite Starmer’s appeal for a ‘pragmatic, sensible’ approach, his strategy for handling Trump is being tested to breaking point by the US’s aggressive stance on Greenland.

Trump’s Greenland tariff war: It’s time for Europe to fight fire with fire, & it already has the ‘bazooka’

The bloc’s Anti-Coercion Instrument is explicitly designed to defend member states put under tariff pressure by foreign powers.

For Iran’s exiled Prince to be in focus of unrest shows just how desperate the nation is for change

‘There are others who don’t support him but mostly we’ve reached one understanding in Iran: now is not the time to argue about this issue.’

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Europe’s limited options to counter Trump’s Greenland tariff threat look grim

From tariffs to defence shifts, Europe’s possible responses to US pressure on Greenland all carry significant risks and costs.

Investors eye Union Budget to unlock gains in state companies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government may ramp up share sales in the fiscal year starting April 1 to offset a slowdown in revenue growth.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.