Politics
- 'This is sell America' — U.S. dollar, Treasury prices tumble and gold spikes as globe flees U.S. assets - The "Sell America" trade is in full swing Tuesday morning.
- Tech stocks lead Wall Street sell-off as tensions over Greenland escalate - Tech stocks led declines on Tuesday as renewed trade rhetoric tied to Greenland fueled a risk-off move across U.S. markets.
- Trump is showing the world the U.S. is 'back,' Scott Bessent tells CNBC as Greenland tensions ratchet up - President Donald Trump's bid to acquire Greenland is 'not something new,' said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking to CNBC.
- IMF boss has a blunt message for Europe: 'Get your act together' - European leaders are reportedly weighing up potential responses to fresh tariff threats from the White House.
- Greenland's freshwater reserves seen as ‘frozen capital’ as water becomes a national security issue - "Water is increasingly treated like a strategic asset," one analyst told CNBC.
- 'Act of great stupidity': Trump launches another tirade against a NATO ally. This time it's the UK - The White House voiced its support for the deal last year, but on Tuesday, Trump said it was "an act of great stupidity."
- Japan's snap elections: a reckless risk or calculated gamble? - Takaichi may be trying to capitalize on her high approval ratings to shore up the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's coalition in parliament.
- Japan's 40-year bond yield hits 4% record on fiscal jitters following election call - Japan's government 40-year government bond yields notched a record high on Tuesday amid a broader selloff in Japanese government bonds.
- Trump is going to Davos — here are the big names who aren't - A who's who of heads of state, top CEOs and tech pioneers are landing in Davos for the 2026 World Economic Forum meeting. But some big names aren't going.
- Greenland PM issues defiant rebuke over Trump's tariff threats: 'We will not be pressured' - Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Monday that the Arctic island would not be pressured over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats.