Trade: Ruling out force, Trump pushes for Greenland acquisition (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
United States President Donald Trump assured European nations that he would not seize Greenland by force but insisted on "immediate negotiations" to purchase the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, while removing the threat of imposing a 10% tariff on eight European countries, in a wide- ranging speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on 21 January.

Rights: MSF sounds alarm on catastrophic impact of US aid cuts (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
One year on, the harmful consequences of the Trump administration's drive to reshape United States foreign assistance have only just started to unfold, the medical humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned on 21 January.

UN: 600,000 affected by Mozambique floods, urgent aid needed (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The number of people affected by the devastating floods in Mozambique has climbed to 600,000, with more than 60,000 of these people sheltering in temporary centers, many of which are overcrowded and in need of humanitarian support, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).