California Governor Gavin Newsom told European leaders to "stop being complicit" in dealings with Donald Trump and called Trump's approach "a T‑Rex; you mate with him, or he devours you." He criticized private-public inconsistencies among leaders and raised concerns about current diplomatic responses.
Vancouver-based Jetson raised US$50 million in a Series A led by Eclipse Capital to scale sales of its Jetson Air heat pump, and the company reports more than CAD 4 million in monthly revenue after its September launch.
An Oxfam Canada report says the 40 richest people in Canada saw their combined wealth rise by about C$95 billion between 2024 and 2025 and now exceeds the GDPs of several countries. The report also states the top one per cent hold nearly a quarter of Canada’s wealth while the bottom 40 per cent hold about three per cent.
A decade-long Journal of Animal Ecology study found Antarctic Gentoo, Adélie and chinstrap penguins have shifted their breeding earlier by about 10–13 days, based on observations from 77 time-lapse cameras across 37 colonies.
Guards from the Kurdish-led SDF withdrew from the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, and the Syrian military announced a new four-day ceasefire after two weeks of clashes.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the United States has sharply reduced its troop presence in Greenland under the 1951 defence agreement and urged negotiations this year to renew the pact and consider a larger NATO presence.
At Davos, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada stands with Greenland and opposes the use of tariffs as leverage; he also urged middle powers to diversify to reduce vulnerability.
Officials announced a Memorandum of Understanding between NASA and the Department of Energy to pursue a lunar fission reactor with a target date of 2030, and agencies have awarded three $5 million contracts to industry teams. The next formal procedural step under the MoU was not specified.
Billie Eilish used an award acceptance speech to publicly criticize the Donald Trump administration and U.S. immigration enforcement. She also posted on social media about recent incidents involving ICE, including the reported death of Renee Nicole Good.
A preprint led by NASA research biologist Niki Parenteau lists data priorities to collect before analyzing Habitable Worlds Observatory observations, highlighting gaps in gas spectroscopy, visible/near-infrared measurements of industrial and surface materials, and more precise stellar composition and age estimates.
