Increased risk of recession in the USA and great uncertainty surrounding what applies with Donald Trump in the White House lies behind the strong downward pressure on Wall Street, according to Lars Söderfjell, stock market manager at Ålandsbanken. He sees great spread risk.
BusinessThe USA stops sharing military information with Ukraine, claims CIA chief John Ratcliffe. But the signals are mixed. President Trump's security adviser says that the previously discontinued arms support may soon be resumed, and sources in Kyiv say that intelligence is still coming from the USA.
ConflictsOn Tuesday, it is intended that the USA's tariffs against Canada/Mexico will come into effect. The question is, however, how extensive they will be? This is still unclear, according to the USA's trade minister.
BusinessMexico is threatening to sue Google after the company changed the name of the Mexican Gulf for all users in the USA.
World politicsDonald Trump is warning California that federal support after the fires in Los Angeles may be withheld if the state does not change its water policy. Pending a clear message, the state parliament has approved a large economic support to the affected.
World politicsThe Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede wants to see increased cooperation with the USA. But the main issue for him is Greenland's independence from Denmark.
WorldThe USA's incoming president Donald Trump has had dinner with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at Trump's residence Mar-a-Lago, reports American media.
BusinessUkraine will lose the war against Russia if the USA were to withdraw its support to Kyiv, says the country's president Volodymyr Zelenskyj.
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