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People protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York City. January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis |
- The fatal shooting of a 37-year-old Minnesota mother by a US immigration agent has put the city and much of the United States on edge, with the potential of becoming another flashpoint in a polarized country. Reporter Renee Hickman spoke to the Reuters World News podcast about the incident.
- US President Donald Trump said that the US would withdraw from dozens of international and U.N. entities, including a key climate treaty and a U.N. body that promotes gender equality and women's empowerment, because they "operate contrary to US national interests."
- The US could oversee Venezuela and control its oil revenue for years Trump said in an interview. He also appeared to lift a threat to take military action against Venezuela's neighbor Colombia.
- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticized current US foreign policy and urged countries not to let the world order disintegrate into a "den of robbers" where the unscrupulous take what they want.
- Mark Rubio said he would meet leaders of Denmark next week but signalled no retreat from Trump's aim to take over Greenland as alarmed allies, including France and Germany, were working on a response. This is why everyone's talking about Greenland.
- Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are in talks to convert about $2 billion of Saudi loans into a JF-17 fighter jet deal, two Pakistani sources said, deepening military cooperation months after the two nations signed a mutual defence pact.
- The last US-Russia nuclear treaty, New START, is just weeks away from expiring on February 5, and what comes next is uncertain. The two countries, preoccupied by the war in Ukraine, have not held any talks on a successor treaty.
- When patients stop taking weight-loss medications, the beneficial effects of the drugs on weight and other health issues disappear within two years, a large analysis of earlier research has found.
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Unveiling of the new F-35 during a rollout ceremony of F-35 fighter jets at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics facility in Fort Worth, Texas. December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jeremy Lock |
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A handbook found during a police raid on a compound used by a cyberfraud gang in the Philippines offers detailed instructions in Chinese for conducting scams.
A second handbook, seized during another law enforcement operation in the country and reviewed by Reuters, also gives tips in English and Chinese about how to run romance scams.
Together, they provide a window into the psychological techniques criminal gangs use to beguile a victim into believing they are in a romantic relationship, before duping them into fraudulent investments.
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People walk under umbrellas in the snow near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. January 5. REUTERS/Abdul Saboo |
Snow and ice continue to disrupt Northern Europe, with Britain, France and the Netherlands badly affected. See some of our best images of the extreme weather. |
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