Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany will pursue closer security cooperation with India to reduce India's reliance on Russia; the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding and additional agreements on critical minerals, health and an AI innovation centre.
Officials say they have closed unpermitted dredging sites and strengthened monitoring; dredging continues and is reshaping the Lagos lagoon while fishermen report shrinking catches.
Plus500 said 2025 revenues were $792 million and earnings were $348 million, an 8% year-on-year increase, and that it returned about $380 million to shareholders.
U.S. equity futures and the dollar slipped after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Trump administration threatened him with a criminal indictment and served grand jury subpoenas over his Congressional testimony, prompting investor concern about central bank independence.
A man identified as cattle farmer Maxwell Hobson, in his early 80s, was found deceased near his vehicle following bushfires in central Victoria; officials said conditions eased on Monday and some blazes were being contained.
Activists report at least 538 people killed in Iran and more than 10,600 detained, and thousands demonstrated in London calling for the IRGC to be proscribed while the UK Home Secretary reviews the matter.
A round-up of community events and weekly activities across Wirral, noting a Neston Civic Society talk by photographer Roger Ellison on January 15 and a Wirral Hospice St John's Christmas tree recycling starting January 16.
In December 1963 a great white shark attacked 23-year-old diver Rodney Fox at Aldinga Beach; he survived serious injuries and later became a prominent figure in shark research and conservation.
Doctors who examined Chris Benoit's brain after the 2007 deaths reported severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The case prompted wrestling organisations to review concussion protocols and in-ring practices.
Uniper has signed a binding agreement to buy up to 500,000 tons of green ammonia per year from India's AM Green, with first shipments possible as early as 2028; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the deal.
