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#news - Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 22, 2025: Democracy Now

22 January 2025

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The Inauguration of President-Elect Donald Trump | WSJ

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#movies - New Trailers This Week | Week 3 (2025): Rotten Tomatoes

21 January 2025

Here are the new movies trailers from this week! What are you excited to see?

#USA #AI #Stargate - What's behind Donald Trump's $500 bn 'Stargate' AI announcement? | DW News

22 January 2025

Among Trump's other announcements is a massive investment in artificial intelligence. The new president said cloud giant Oracle, ChatGPT-the maker OpenAI, and Japanese technology company Softbank will form a new joint venture.

What's behind the so-called 'Stargate' initiative? #Stargate #TrumpAI #TrumpEconomy

#USA #Trump #Politics #DEI - Trump orders all federal DEI employees to be placed on paid leave starting today: MSNBC

22 January 2025

The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

#Ukraine #economy #europe - Davos 2025: Ukraine's economy in the spotlight at World Economic Forum • FRANCE 24 English

22 January 2025

With global business and finance leaders gathered in Davos, the focus on day three of the World Economic Forum turns to Ukraine's economy and its unexpected resilience.

FRANCE 24 Business Editor Charles Pellegrin speaks to Beata Javorcik, Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Read more about this story in our article: https://f24.my/AtHV.y

#WestBank #Israel #Jenin - After Gaza ceasefire, why is Israel shifting focus to West Bank? • FRANCE 24 English

22 January 2025

Israeli security forces backed by helicopters raided the volatile West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, killing at least nine Palestinians in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a "large-scale and significant military operation". It comes only two days after the start of a ceasefire in Gaza.

#WestBank #Israel #Jenin

#USA - Musk's gesture "very much a fascist salute" driven by attention-grabbing, expert says • FRANCE 24

22 January 2025

Right-wing extremists are celebrating Elon Musk’s straight-arm gesture during a speech Monday following Donald Trump's inauguration.

FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Paul Jackson, Professor of History of Radicalism and Extremism at the University of Northampton, who says that Musk's gesture was "very much a fascist salute and it is quite clear what the intention was to symbolize", largely driven by "attention-grabbing".

#Musk #Nazism #Trump

#finance #investment - Donald Trump's 10% China Tariff Threat & AI Optimism | Daybreak: Europe 01/22/2025

22 January 2025

Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia.

And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. On today's show, Donald Trump says his threat to hit China with 10% tariffs could come as soon as next month in response to the flow of fentanyl from the country to Mexico and Canada. Softbank, OpenAI and Oracle will invest an initial $100 billion in an AI infrastructure project.

Trump made the announcement with Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman & Larry Ellison.

Today's guests: Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing CEO Bonnie Chan, Germany's Finance Minister, Jörg Kukies & Klaas Knot, the Dutch Central Bank Governor and Chair of the Financial Stability Board.

#F1 #lewishamilton #ferrari #f1 - Lewis Hamilton's FIRST LAP in a Ferrari: Sky Sports F1

22 January 2025

Watch as Lewis Hamilton takes to the track for the first time in a Ferrari as a Scuderia driver, at the team's test track in Fiorano.

#lewishamilton #ferrari #f1