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TikTok to roll out enhanced age checks as social media ban pressure grows

The platform said new technology will be able to use ‘on-platform behaviour’ to ‘predict’ whether a user is under 13

The Independent UK · Jan 19

Why Keir Starmer had to speak out against Trump over Greenland after staying quiet on Venezuela

The Labour government came into office promising to “use realist means to pursue progressive ends”. US president Donald Trump’s recent actions over Venezuela and Greenland have tested Keir Starmer’s ability to deliver on that promise.

The Conversation · Jan 19

Markets stay calm amid Trump’s gambit, but long-term risks are huge

Traders have learned to live with the US president’s rhetoric, but the EU’s measures could go beyond tariffs and into capital markets

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19

How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now

There’s nothing new about calling George Orwell’s most influential novel prescient. But the focus has usually been on his portrayal of the oppressive aspects of life in Oceania, the superstate in which Nineteen Eighty-Four is set.

The Conversation · Jan 19

Trump Shares Post Of Fox Contributor Predicting He Will Visit a 'Free Havana' Before He Leaves Office

President Donald Trump shared a social media post featuring a Fox News interview in which a contributor predicted that he would visit a "Free Iran, free Havana and free Caracas" before he leaves office in 2028.

Latin Times · Jan 19

Starmer tells Trump to back off over threat of Greenland trade war

PM pleads for ‘calm’ as furious France and Germany hint at retaliation

The Independent UK · Jan 19

Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order

Make Denmark angry. Make Norway angry. Make NATO’s leaders angry.

The Conversation · Jan 19

The US political climate spurs efforts to reclaim the MLK holiday

As communities across the country prepare Monday to host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th anniversary of when the federal government officially began observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the current political climate has left some feeling more fraught than festive when it comes to how to honor…

The Independent UK · Jan 19

Trump's Board of Peace has several invited leaders trying to figure out how it'll work

The EU's executive arm, Russia, Belarus and Thailand say they've been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan

The Independent UK · Jan 19

Mother of murdered teenager backs social media ban for under-16s

16-year-old Brianna Ghey was murdered by two other teenagers in 2023.

Evening Standard · Jan 19