- A Minnesota man says he felt fear, shame and desperation after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow in his shorts and Crocs. Maria Alejandra Cardona tells the Reuters World News podcast how she captured a video of the incident.
- Britain will consider tightening rules on children's use of social media with no option "off the table," Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, warning that they risked being pulled into "a world of endless scrolling, anxiety and comparison."
- Britain's government gave approval for China to build its largest embassy in Europe in London, hoping to improve ties with Beijing despite warnings that it could be used as a base for spying.
- Emergency services in Spain used cranes to gain access to the worst-hit carriages in a high-speed train crash as they sought to recover the remains of people still missing in a disaster that has killed at least 41. This comes as experts probing the cause of the derailment found a broken joint on the rails.
- Russia launched a combined drone and missile attack on Ukraine, knocking out power and heating supplies to thousands of apartment buildings in Kyiv amid freezing temperatures, Ukrainian officials said.
- Israeli forces have ordered dozens of Palestinian families in the southern Gaza Strip to leave their homes in the first forced evacuation since October's ceasefire, as residents and Hamas said the military was expanding the area under its control.
- Dozens of beaches along Australia's east coast, including in Sydney, closed after four shark attacks in two days, as heavy rains left waters murky and more likely to attract the animals.
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Flags flutter during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting, in Davos, Switzerland, January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse |
- Donald Trump is expected to meet global business leaders in Davos, sources familiar with the matter said, as the US President's presence looms large over the annual gathering of the global elite in Switzerland.
- Pakistan's defence manufacturing industry is running red hot since its jets, drones and missiles earned the coveted 'combat tested' tag in a conflict with India last year, attracting a slew of interested buyers.
- Only three in 10 chief executives are confident in their companies' revenue growth prospects over the next year, the lowest level in five years, according to a global survey by professional services group PwC.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to foster a new global trading order by working more closely with China and inking smaller trade deals, but faces constraints from Canada's still overwhelming economic dependency on the US.
- Corporate agitators who patiently prodded companies for changes last year will not be as nice in 2026. Activist investors are planning to push more companies to sell or break up this year as deal activity heats up and opens a faster way to realize gains, according to a dozen bankers, lawyers and investors who spoke to Reuters.
- Abivax Chief Executive Marc de Garidel dismissed as "noise" reports in the French press that pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly may take over his company, and said market speculation about an ongoing review by French authorities was inconsistent with how French foreign-investment oversight works.
- The US has long been interested in Venezuela's resources. Abducting its president opens a new and turbulent chapter. In this episode of The Big View podcast Peter Thal Larsen talks to Ed Crooks, vice chair of energy research firm Wood Mackenzie, about what happens next.
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As US orders fade, Chinese salespeople face tough grind in new markets |
Gantry cranes stand near shipping containers as a container ship, OOCL Daffodil, is docked at Yangshan Port outside of Shanghai, China, June 17, 2025. REUTERS/Go Nakamura |
China sold more goods to the world than ever in 2025, but export saleswoman Aimee Chen says it was the hardest of her roughly two-decade career. After Trump's tariff hikes led to US orders plunging by a third, Chen's pet products company moved to diversify geographies, chasing new and often lower-income markets like South America. The response mirrored China's official trade policy, which led to a record $1.2 trillion surplus for 2025 despite new trade barriers. Reuters interviews with 14 salespeople working on the frontlines of China's export diversification push, however, reveal the costs and caveats behind the rosy headline trade figures. |
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A horseman rides through a bonfire during the annual "Luminarias" celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony's day. San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila. REUTERS/Ana Beltran |
Our photographers captured revelers riding their horses through smoke and flames to purify their animals during the Luminarias celebration in the Spanish village of San Bartolome de Pinares. |
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