Asia-Pacific markets mostly slip as investors assess Greenland developments and key China data

Asia-Pacific markets mostly slip as investors assess Greenland developments and key China data

People celebrate the New Year at a ceremony at the Juyongguan Great Wall section, also known as Juyong Pass, in Beijing, China, January 1, 2026. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Asia-Pacific markets mostly slipped Monday, as investors assessed threats from the Trump administration toward Greenland over the weekend, as well as key economic data from China … Read more

Democrat Khanna refloats bill to block investors from buying up homes after Trump proposal

Democrat Khanna refloats bill to block investors from buying up homes after Trump proposal

U.S. Representative Ro Khanna speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna on Friday reintroduced a bill that would curb institutional investors from buying up housing,  leveraging a similar call made recently by President Donald Trump. Trump said … Read more

Trump wants nations to pay $1 billion for permanent Board of Peace seats

Trump wants nations to pay  billion for permanent Board of Peace seats

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images The Trump administration wants nations to pay $1 billion to remain on the Board of Peace, Bloomberg first reported on Saturday night, citing … Read more

At least 5,000 dead in Iran unrest, official says, as judiciary hints at executions

At least 5,000 dead in Iran unrest, official says, as judiciary hints at executions

Protesters carry a large “Lion and Sun” pre-Iranian Revolution national flag of Iran, during the ‘March for a Free Iran’, held by Britain’s Iranian Committee for Freedom and Stop The Hate, in London, Britain, on Jan. 18, 2026. Toby Melville | Reuters At least 5,000 people have been killed in protests in Iran, including about … Read more

Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, U.S. officials say

Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, U.S. officials say

Federal Agents stand guard outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest against ICE following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman by a U.S. immigration agent, in Minneapolis, United States, on Jan. 8, 2026. Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu | Getty Images The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in … Read more

Bessent: Unlikely Supreme Court will overrule tariffs, Trump’s ‘signature economic policy’

Bessent: Unlikely Supreme Court will overrule tariffs, Trump’s ‘signature economic policy’

Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during an Economic Club of Minnesota event in Golden Valley, Minnesota, US, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. Ben Brewer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said it’s “very unlikely” that the Supreme Court will overturn President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs, … Read more

Global week ahead: Hopes that cooler heads can prevail in Davos

Global week ahead: Hopes that cooler heads can prevail in Davos

World Economic Forum security badges Leonie Kidd | CNBC Davos Season I have been going to the World Economic Forum since 2009, when I was a young news assistant on “Squawk Box Europe” and had no idea what I was getting into. Back then, and still now, it is CNBC International’s biggest outside broadcast of … Read more

Trump threatens to sue JPMorgan Chase for ‘debanking’ him

Trump threatens to sue JPMorgan Chase for ‘debanking’ him

Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorganChase, speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, U.S. December 6, 2025. Jonathan Alcorn | Reuters President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to sue JPMorgan Chase over allegedly “debanking” him following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. … Read more

Trump: NATO members to face tariffs increasing to 25% until a Greenland purchase deal is struck

Trump: NATO members to face tariffs increasing to 25% until a Greenland purchase deal is struck

U.S.President Donald Trump arrives at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, in Michigan, U.S., January 13, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Eight NATO members’ goods sent to the U.S. will face escalating tariffs “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland,” President Donald Trump announced Saturday. The tariffs … Read more

Unshaken: Why Brazilian stocks have looked past the Venezuela attack

Unshaken: Why Brazilian stocks have looked past the Venezuela attack

While the U.S. military operation in Venezuela has spurred concerns around the world over international law violations, global financial markets have appeared unaffected by the developments , even stocks right next door in Latin America’s largest economy. Earlier this month, the U.S. conducted a large-scale attack on Venezuela, during which Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and … Read more