Big tech is reporting record-breaking profits, yet cutting tens of thousands of jobs. In 2025 alone, more than 112,000 tech employees were laid off across 218 companies. This is not a story of collapsing demand or falling revenues. Companies like amazon, meta, google, Microsoft, and apple continue to post strong earnings and healthy cash flows.

Big Tech Profits Rise as Headcount Falls

Soft January emerges as 2026's wellness revolution, embracing a gentle new year reset that prioritizes authenticity, recovery, and low-pressure renewal over perfectionist grind.


Soft January Takes Over: Wellness Without the Hustle

On the campaign trail, President Trump promised Americans cheaper fuel and ‘energy dominance’ for the US 1 year into his term, oil and gas prices have dropped, but high electricity costs, cautious energy investors, and cuts to renewable incentives show that achieving all three energy goals simultaneously may be far more complicated.
Our next report breaks down the conflicts and contradictions in trump’s energy agenda. Take a look. 

US Energy Goals Pull in Opposite Directions 

Pizza prices are on the rise across europe. In just one year, the typical pizza became 7.75 percent more expensive. Norway tops the list as the most expensive market at seventeen euros sixty cents, while hungary remains the cheapest at eight euros seventy-five cents. Austria, sweden, finland, czechia, and hungary sit in between, reflecting local factors such as rents, wages, restaurant competition, and delivery-platform promotions.

Pizza Trends Reveal Europe’s Inflation Story 

Dhaka has surged to the top of global real-time pollution rankings, choking under hazardous smog driven by seasonal crop burning and heavy vehicular emissions, with Lahore and Kolkata close behind in the world's most polluted cities list.


World's Dirtiest Air: Dhaka, Lahore, Kolkata Suffocate

President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a one-hundred percent tariff on all Canadian exports to the united states if Ottawa deepens trade ties with China. The warning follows a limited trade agreement between Canada and China aimed at lowering agricultural barriers and expanding electric vehicle trade.


Tariffs Reenter U.S-Canada Trade Equation

American households are drowning in credit card debt, more than one trillion dollars and counting. Now, president Donald Trump is reviving a controversial idea: capping credit card interest rates at 10 percent for one year. Supporters say it could save borrowers billions. Banks warn it could slash credit access and hurt the economy.


U.S.: $1 Trillion in Debt: Can a Rate Cap Help?

Video appears to show a federal officer had taken a gun away from a Minneapolis man prior to a Border Patrol agent fatally shooting him today. The man has been identified as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old who sources say worked as an ICU nurse. Police said he’s believed to have been a lawful gun owner with a permit to carry.

Minneapolis Shotting: Tear Gas Deployed at Angry Crowd After Shooting Incident

Stable coins, cryptocurrencies pegged to stable assets, usually the US Dollar, moved over thirty-five trillion dollars across blockchain networks in 2025.

Most Stable coin Transactions Don’t Reflect Real Payments

As snow and bitter cold expands across the Great Plains of the United States, most parts of the country are bracing for the what is believed to be a ‘monster winter storm’, which would pose possible chances of travel chaos and widespread power outages.

Record Snowfall Puts 180 Million in Peril; Thousands of Flights Cancelled 

Polls have opened in Myanmar for the third and final round of a controversial general election, with a military-backed party on course for a landslide win amid a raging civil war.

Myanmar Elections: Military Says Election will Return Power to People

Šediváčkův Long, Europe's toughest sled dog race, kicked off in Czechia's snowy Orlické Mountains with around 700 dogs powering over 100 mushers through brutal 200-300km routes featuring 9,000m of climbing, night stages, and snow bivouacs.


700 Dogs Conquer Czech Snow Hell in Epic Sled Clash

The summit will bring together Buddhist leaders, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers from India and abroad to examine contemporary global challenges through the framework of the Buddhadharma. According to organizers, more than 200 delegates and 800 participants from around the world are expected to attend.

Global Buddhist Summit: World Buddhist Leaders Gather in New Delhi 

Massive protests erupted in Tel Aviv, drawing tens of thousands demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's resignation over stalled Gaza hostage deals, judicial reforms, and war handling failures.


Tel Aviv Explodes: Anti-Netanyahu Mobs Demand Ouster

Fugitive Ugandan Opposition figure Bobi Wine said on Saturday (January 24, 2026) that his wife was rushed to the hospital after soldiers held her at gunpoint and strangled her during a violent raid on their home.

Ugandan Opposition Leader Says Wife in Hospital After Assault by Soldiers

Iran has issued a stark warning that it will treat any attack “as an all-out war against us,” amid the arrival of a US aircraft carrier strike group and other military assets in the Middle East in the coming days.

Trump Orders Massive Naval Buildup As Iran Puts Forces on High Alert

Thousands of Iranian expatriates rallied in Berlin on January 24 against the Tehran regime, waving pre-revolution flags and demanding the ouster of Supreme Leader Khamenei amid crackdowns that killed over 3,900 protesters.


Berlin Erupts: Thousands Slam Iran's Brutal Regime

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued a desperate plea to President Trump after a second fatal ICE shooting, questioning "how many more Americans need to die" from the federal operation tearing the city apart.



Minneapolis Mayor to Trump: Stop ICE Before More Minnesotans Fall 

Federal agents clashed violently with anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis on January 24, firing tear gas and stun grenades after a fatal shooting of local resident  sparked massive outrage amid Operation Metro Surge.


ICE Tears Into Minneapolis Protesters After Deadly Shooting

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has publicly urged President Trump to immediately halt Operation Metro Surge, calling the ICE deployment a "mass militarized force" that's eroding safety and inflaming tensions after a second fatal shooting.


Frey to Trump: Pull ICE Out of Minneapolis Now

US President Donald Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night.

The meeting reportedly focused on both the Gaza issue and Iran.

Gaza Peace Plan: Witkoff, Kushner Hold Talks with Netanyahu on Gaza Ceasefire

Stocks, bonds, and the dollar experienced sharp swings during a turbulent trading week, driven by geopolitical tensions, Fed rate expectations, and mixed earnings, leaving investors bracing for continued volatility.


Markets in Chaos: Stocks, Bonds, Dollar Wildly Volatile

Bangladesh ramps up for February 12 national elections, with BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami locked in a fierce face-off as campaigning kicked off January 22, marked by sharp clashes on day two.



BNP vs Jamaat Battle: Bangladesh Gears Up For National Elections

ICE agents from DHS have surged into Minneapolis as part of Operation Metro Surge, deploying up to 2,000 personnel for the largest immigration crackdown in U.S. history, targeting deportations and fraud amid local protests.


ICE Army Invades Minneapolis: 2,000 Agents Hit Streets

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