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Leaks on 23 Jan 2026 show Amazon will issue pink slips next week for roughly 14-16 k corporate staff, completing a plan to shed about 30 k white-collar roles after the first cuts last October.
On 22 Jan 2026, Venezuela’s National Assembly approved the first reading of a bill that scraps Chávez-era state control and lets foreign firms fully operate and market crude, a shift pushed by Washington two weeks after U.S. forces abducted ex-president Nicolás Maduro.
On 19 Jan 2026 the Kremlin disclosed that Vladimir Putin has been formally asked to sit on President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace, a self-styled panel meant to police the Gaza cease-fire and, eventually, other conflicts.
Hours before a Jan 23 2026 ban deadline, ByteDance transferred control of TikTok’s U.S. business to a new LLC that is 80.1 % owned by American investors, keeping the app live for 200 million U.S. users.
On 22 Jan 2026 Washington confirmed that interim president Delcy Rodríguez accepted an invitation to travel to the U.S., signalling a rapid post-Maduro thaw after decades of hostility.
On 21 Jan 2026, the European Parliament halted ratification of the July 2025 Turnberry trade pact and signalled possible use of the EU’s 2023 anti-coercion instrument after President Trump threatened 10–25 % tariffs unless Denmark cedes Greenland.
Between 19-21 Jan 2026, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s snap-election tax-cut pledge sent Japan’s 40-year bond yield to a record 4.215%, and the shock propagated abroad, lifting the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury to 4.30% and pushing euro-zone and African Eurobond yields higher within 48 hours.
On 20 Jan 2026 Netflix scrapped stock consideration and switched its $82 billion pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery to a 100% cash offer, aiming to lock in WBD shareholders and blunt Paramount-Skydance’s higher but shakier hostile bid.
20–21 Jan 2026 saw spot gold blow past $4,700 an ounce for the first time, transforming a long-running rally into a full-scale scramble across physical, ETF and blockchain markets.
On 20 Jan 2026, President Trump publicly threatened a punitive 200 % duty on all French wine and champagne imports unless President Macron reverses course and signs France onto Trump’s fledgling, U.S.–chaired Board of Peace for Gaza and other conflicts.
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