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Jan 22, 2026 - World

Development charity’s new co-chief executives signal shift from controversial sponsor a child scheme launched in 1972 to long-term grassroots fundingChild sponsorship schemes that allow donors to handpick children to support in poor countries can carry racialised, paternalistic undertones and need to be transformed, the newly appointed co-chief executives of ActionAid UK said as they set out to “decolonise” the organisation’s work.ActionAid began in 1972 by finding sponsors for schoolchildren in India and Kenya, but Taahra Ghazi and Hannah Bond have launched their co-leadership this month with the goal of shifting narratives around aid from sympathy towards solidarity and partnership with global movements. Continue reading...

Jan 21, 2026 - World

New details emerged Wednesday afternoon in President Donald Trump's mysterious Greenland deal. The deal reportedly involves the United States having "small pockets of land" on the Arctic island, according to The New York Times. Trump said that he had reached a framework of an agreement with Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, following major pushback from European leaders and backlash in the stock market over the president's demands to seize the country — and his comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that he had taken military action off the table. The U.S. currently has its Space Force military base on the island. The details of the agreement were not immediately released. Trump posted the following on his Truth Social platform: "Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations. Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st. Additional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome as it pertains to Greenland. Further information will be made available as discussions progress. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and various others, as needed, will be responsible for the negotiations — They will report directly to me. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

Jan 21, 2026 - World

The internet mocked President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he backed down on his demands to seize Greenland. Trump reversed his plot to seize the Arctic island country and Danish territory — after major pushback from NATO allies, world leaders and a plummeting stock market — claiming that a deal was in the works following his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. People were ready to criticize the president's comments and major shift away from owning the country in comments online, calling Trump "TACO" — an acronym for Trump Always Chickens Out. "Trump walks back tariff and military threats over Greenland. Markets have a name for this: TACO," Nandita Bose, Reuters White House correspondent, wrote on X."TACO Strikes Again: Trump Postpones Tariff Threat, Has 'Framework' For Greenland Deal," the libertarian finance-focused blog and news aggregator Zero Hedge wrote on X."The most consistent them[e] in Trump's second term has been that every time he leans into his tariff agenda, markets tank, and every time he backs off, they rise. And here's the latest round of uppy-downy to prove the point. Markets clearly believe that Trump's tariff agenda hurts American businesses," economist and professor Justin Wolfers wrote on X."TACO Tuesdays are back. And in true Trump fashion, a day late," anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project wrote on X."Trump just TACO'd. He isn't getting Greenland," U.S. Navy service member Christopher David wrote on X."The TACO cycle: The markets want to price in TACO, but TACO needs Trump to see stocks tank. So we get these cycles where Trump does stuff and nothing happens (because the market has priced in TACO) ... which encourages him to do more stuff until the markets actually thinks he may not TACO and prices start to fall ... which restores TACO," Arin Dube, Provost Prof. of Economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst, wrote on X.

Jan 21, 2026 - World

Reactions were rolling in Wednesday after President Donald Trump appeared to change direction on his demands for the United States to own Greenland. Trump had threatened to impose tariffs on European nations on Feb. 1 and told reporters after his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that a deal was apparently in the works with NATO, appearing to waffle on whether it would include ownership of the Arctic island and Danish territory. CNN's Kristen Holmes described the reactions among the Trump administration and how the reality of Trump's attacks on European leaders had shifted developments around the Greenland talks. "We know Republicans were looking for an off-ramp. And certainly this would seem like an off-ramp," Holmes said. "There are absolutely no details in this, but it does turn down the heat. We had this idea of looming tariffs on countries. Any country that opposed President Trump and the U.S. takeover of Greenland, things were not going well. It was becoming increasingly tense with our European allies. And everybody at one point was looking for some kind of off-ramp — our European allies, Republicans — some administration officials, how could they get out of this?"Trump had reportedly raised major concerns among the world leaders. "Because President Trump obviously had pushed this all the way to the brink," she added. "Now, they clearly had toned down the rhetoric a little bit. President Trump was still scathing in his speech earlier today. But we know he said he wasn't going to use military force. Then he said that he supported our European allies. Again, all of this was sprinkled in between attacks on European leaders and scathing remarks towards our allies and NATO as a whole. But those were different points than we had heard him make before. It was a clear softening of rhetoric when it comes to what he was going to do with Greenland." Criticism mounted online after Trump's apparent reversal on his demands. "There were no other options left with Greenland than either backing down or going to war. And he never had the guts to go to war. So he backs down and pretends he got a great deal so his followers can shriek about how this is what they voted for," author and conspiracy theory expert Mike Rothschild wrote on X."They're just running out the clock on him. Hilarious," trader Gaeten Dugas wrote on X."Unprecedented levels of vagueness," user Ivy AC wrote on X."Key words.. 'for now,'" attorney and former judge Tracey Gallagher wrote on X."The is not a new deal - this is Trump surrendering. For now. They have always said that the US & NATO is free to do what it wants in Greenland from a military perspective. Trump said that wasn’t good enough because he needs the US to 'own' it. So this is simply Trump backing down," Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of MediasTouch, wrote on X.

Jan 21, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump made a major shift in direction in his first remarks on Wednesday after demanding a deal to own Greenland.Trump appeared to change his mind about military action to acquire the Arctic Island and Danish territory, and his comments were a notable change in development over the situation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump said that a deal was in the works and expected "to be put out pretty soon," he told reporters. When CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked if the deal would potentially include U.S. ownership of Greenland, Trump wavered."It's a long-term deal. It's the ultimate long-term deal," Trump said. "Infinite. There is no time limit. It's a deal that's forever" he said, when asked the length of the deal.Collins asked why he would invite Russia to join his Board of Peace — which he has suggested might replace the United Nations — if he was concerned about security regarding Greenland after his mention of concerns over Russia and China interfering with the country. "Because we want all nations. These are people that get the job done," Trump said. Trump has reportedly backed off a tariff deal that would have targeted European nations.