🤖 AI could reshape jobs globally by 2030, asserts WEF white paper

A World Economic Forum (WEF) white paper forecasts AI's profound impact on global labor markets by 2030, presenting four scenarios from productivity booms to widespread job displacement. Survey data cited in the paper highlighted deep uncertainty among business leaders. Around 54 per cent of executives globally expect AI to displace existing jobs, while only 24 per cent believe it will create new ones. Nearly 45 per cent anticipate rising profit margins from AI adoption, but just 12 per cent expect higher wages, suggesting productivity gains may not translate evenly into higher wages for workers.

"The future of workplaces and value chains will not be defined by the technologies alone. Human capital strategies and investments prioritised today will determine how well societies and individual businesses can adapt to - and lead in - the new economy," the report read.

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🇻🇪 Venezuela eyes 2026 oil boost, interim leader calls for opposition talks

Venezuela wants to boost oil production by at least 18 percent this year through reforms that will fully open the sector to private investors, the head of the state oil giant PDVSA said Saturday. The country's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, proposed the legislative reforms last week and it passed a first reading Thursday in parliament.

The proposed Hydrocarbons Law reforms would update the legal framework in the oil industry "to ensure that private investors can have legal certainty," PDVSA chief Hector Obregon said from the Puerto La Cruz refinery in eastern Venezuela. "We had a law... that was not up to date with what we needed as an industry," - added Obregon.

US President Donald Trump has made no secret of his interest in Venezuela's oil. His administration has stated bluntly that it is taking over sales of the country's crude petroleum. Rodriguez this week announced that the country had received an initial transfer of $300 million after the sale of its oil by the US. She also spoke Saturday about starting a dialogue with the opposition party in Venezuela to reach a "common good."

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⚡️18 dead as RORO vessel sinks off Basilan; rescue ops ongoing for survivors

Eighteen people were confirmed dead and 24 were missing after a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry vessel sank in the waters offshore Pilas Island, Basilan early Monday. Basilan Governor Mujiv Hataman said 317 people have been rescued. 🙏🏻 According to survivors, the sea was calm when the incident happened. 

Commander Romel Duwa, Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao operations officer, said the RORO vessel M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 was not overloaded when the incident happened. The cause of the destruction is not yet clear, an investigation will be conducted.

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🤖 ChatGPT’s latest model is quietly pulling information from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia

Tests show that the latest model, GPT-5.2, has begun citing Grokipedia, an AI-written online encyclopedia linked to Elon Musk, as a source for a range of factual questions. In trials carried out by The Guardian, ChatGPT referenced Grokipedia nine times while answering just over a dozen questions. Some of these were about how Iran’s political system works, including details about the Basij paramilitary force and the ownership of powerful foundations. Others focused on Sir Richard Evans, a British historian who testified as an expert witness against Holocaust denier David Irving in a high-profile libel case.

An OpenAI spokesperson told that it “aims to draw from a broad range of publicly available sources and viewpoints. Grokipedia was launched in October as a rival to Wikipedia, but it works very differently. Unlike Wikipedia, it cannot be edited directly by humans.

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🇺🇦 Zelenskiy says security guarantees document from US is 100% ready.

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💻 Windows 11’s Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse — Microsoft says some PCs might not boot

Microsoft has confirmed that some users might find their PC unable to boot after installing the January 2026 security update released on January 13. This is on top of the plethora of other issues that have been reported since Microsoft's disastrous Patch Tuesday updates arrived.

“For those experiencing issues with boot failures, we had to put together a whole new guide on how to fix it. While we wanted this out earlier, it takes a few hours to research and write it all up to make sure it's versus just getting the news out, so we appreicate you patience, especially since it's a Sunday and most of our staff are off.“ — said Daniel Rubino, Editor-in-Chief

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⚡️Israel retrieves remains of last hostage in Gaza

Israel has retrieved the remains ​of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, the military said on Monday, fulfilling a key condition of the initial phase of US President Donald ‌Trump’s plan ‌to end ‌the ⁠Gaza ​war. The ‌remains of police officer Ran Gvili’s have been identified and will be returned for burial, the military said in a statement.

Israel has said ⁠that it will reopen Gaza’s ‌Rafah border crossing with Egypt, ‍the enclave’s ‍main gateway to the ‍world, once Gvili’s remains are returned or the search operation for his body concludes. Gvili had been ​held in Gaza since he was killed at ⁠Kibbutz Alumim during Hamas’ attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Hamas and Israel agreed to a ceasefire in October. Trump called the deal a first step toward a “strong, ‌durable and everlasting peace.”

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💸 World’s biggest TikToker from Senegal sells company in $900m deal

Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-born TikTok star with the largest following on the platform has entered into a $900 million acquisition and strategic partnership deal with US-listed Rich Sparkle Holdings.

The transaction grants Rich Sparkle exclusive global commercial rights to Lame’s brand for an initial 36-month period. Lame will become a controlling shareholder, marking a shift from influencer marketing to equity-driven creator commerce. The deal signals a new phase in how global digital influence is translated into large-scale business revenue.

Our congratulations! 👏🏻

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🇮🇷 13TV announced the arrival of the US aircraft carrier in the Middle East

The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln arrived this evening and is located near Iran. The arrival of significant naval forces puts the U.S. before deciding on a possible strike, as part of the US military's promise to strengthen Israel's defense systems. A THAAD missile defense battery is expected to arrive in the region in the coming days. It is noted that tensions in the region are growing, and the U.S. has already deployed forces in strategic locations in the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea.

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❗️ The price of gold exceeded $5,000 per ounce for the first time

The price of gold reached a record high above $5,000 per troy ounce amid strong investor demand for safe assets. In this year’s first 26 days, the price of gold has jumped 15%, building on a record-breaking year in 2025, when prices skyrocketed 65% – the largest annual gain since 1979.

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🎬 White House Holding VIP ‘Melania’ Screening

Sources say nobody outside of Melania Trump, director Brett Ratner and a very small group of their associates has yet seen the movie, including the president and his advisors, who are seeing it Saturday night for the first time. The official premiere of the Amazon-backed Melania movie isn’t until Thursday night at the Kennedy Center, but with a snowstorm about to bear down on Washington, D.C., First Lady Melania Trump is opening the White House for a special dinner and screening for 70 of her friends, family members and assorted VIPs. Guests include director Brett Ratner; Queen Rania of Jordan; Zoom CEO Eric Yuan; Apple CEO Tim Cook; New York Stock Exchange CEO Lynn Martin; AMD CEO Lisa Su; Mike Tyson and others.

Are you ready for the premiere? ❤️

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🤯 Violent anti-ICE protesters swarm Minnesota hotel they believe is housing fed agents — one officer left bloodied

The chaos unfolded outside of the Home Suites by Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis on Sunday night. Rioters tried to bust through the front door but were unsuccessful and continued their commotion in the street. Authorities eventually stepped in to control the crowd and dispersed the far-left protesters.

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🇺🇸 Trump's administration criticizes Europe over India deal

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Europe is financing a war against itself by buying Russian oil through India.

"The US has made much bigger sacrifices than the European has Europeans have. We have put 25% tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. Guess what happened last week? The Europeans signed a trade deal with India," he said.

In addition, oil exports from Russia fell to their lowest level since August, as imports to India dropped to a minimum over the past 3 years. This put pressure on the price of Urals oil, for which China remains the only available market.

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🔑Meta is accused of reading WhatsApp messages despite its encryption promises.

A lawsuit has been filed against Meta, alleging that the company has access to WhatsApp users' private messages despite claims of end-to-end encryption. The plaintiffs argue that Meta is technically capable of reading chat content, which violates public privacy guarantees.

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👫The state-sponsored COVID-19 frenzy contributed to a sharp surge in "transgenderism" among adolescents. This surge subsided after the pandemic.

A Swiss newspaper found that the number of visits to the gender counseling center at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Zurich (KJPP) had been increasing since 2016 and peaked in 2021, when 134 visits were recorded. This peak coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, by 2024, the number of visits had more than halved, to 60.

In the United States, according to representative surveys, the proportion of young people aged 18-22 who identify as transgender or non-binary has also declined sharply. In 2024, compared to 2022, the number of young Americans identifying as transgender has roughly halved.

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✈The US threatened Canada with sending fighter jets into its airspace due to the collapse of the F-35 deal.

Washington warned Ottawa that if Canada refuses to purchase American F-35 fighter jets, the US will patrol Canadian skies with its own forces. Formally, the talk is about joint air defense for North America through NORAD, but the tone is harsh: either buy our aircraft, or we will ensure security over your territory ourselves.

Canada delayed making a decision for a long time: either the budget didn't allow it, or left-wing politicians criticized the high cost of the contract. Now Washington has tired of waiting and reminded everyone that defense sovereignty without its own modern fighter jets is a fiction.

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🇨🇳China Starts World’s Largest Compressed-Air Power Storage Plant

The world’s largest compressed-air power storage plant has begun operating in central China’s Jiangsu province, marking a major step in the country’s efforts to expand energy storage to support its green transition. The plant, with 2,400 megawatt hours of capacity, can generate 600 megawatts of power and meet the annual demand of 600,000 households, according to a statement from Harbin Electric Corp.

Such facilities represent the most cost‑effective, long-duration solution to storing energy. They work by pumping compressed air into underground caverns at night, for release during the day to spin turbines and produce electricity. China’s energy storage sector has seen explosive growth, driven by the country’s rapid deployment of renewable energy. The government has set a target of over 180 gigawatts of new capacity by 2027, fostering a boom in battery storage and alternative technologies such as compressed air. #BRICS

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