China’s Xi hosts summit with business leaders, including Alibaba’s Jack Ma

Chinese leader meets corporate leaders amid economic challenges including slowing down and high youth unemployment.

Source: Al Jazeera

Irish figures show €6bn drop in trade with Great Britain

Value of imports and exports is now about €32bn, with chemical sector among those hit by Brexit red tape

Trade between Great Britain and Ireland dropped more than €6bn in …

Source: The Guardian

Top Russian and U.S. officials to meet in Riyadh over Ukraine war

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Saudi Arabia to address the two big international crises of the moment, the war in Gaza and the war in Ukraine.

Source: Washington Post

Ukraine will not accept a Saudi-talks peace deal, says Zelenskyy

EU and Ukraine have been excluded from high-stakes negotiations between top Russian and US officials

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated that Ukraine would not recognise any peace …

Source: The Guardian

Top Fed official plays down inflation risks from Trump tariffs

Governor Christopher Waller says levies would only cause temporary increase in prices

Source: Financial Times

Archaeologists push to restore Syria's war-ravaged heritage sites

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving tourism, which they say could provide a much-needed boost to the country’s …

Source: France 24

Reeves faces bigger UK budget threat as OBR attacked for bullish forecasts

Chancellor may need to look at deeper spending cuts if fiscal watchdog revises productivity expectations

Source: Financial Times

Live: Ahead of Paris talks, Sweden says 'not ruling out' peacekeepers in Ukraine

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would deploy troops to Ukraine if needed, a pledge reiterated by Sweden on Monday just hours before European leaders meet in Paris to …

Source: France 24

Delta plane flips upside down after crash landing in Toronto

Multiple people are injured after a Delta Air Lines plane flipped upside down while landing amid wintry conditions Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Source: CBS News

Vatican calls pope’s illness ‘complex’ and says he will remain in hospital

The Vatican indicated that the pope was fighting a multiple-pronged infection requiring “adequate hospitalization.”

Source: Washington Post

Tesla braces for delay in securing China self-driving licence amid trade war

Chinese authorities said to be weighing approval as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with Trump

Source: Financial Times

A look at Trump's first month in office. And, how to beat parental burnout

Trump was sworn into his second term four weeks ago. Here's a look at what he's done since then. And, Marco Rubio takes his first trip to the Middle East …

Source: NPR