The nation will pause right this moment to honor and bear in mind the legacy of civil rights chief Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s a federal vacation, which suggests most publish workplaces, banks and authorities businesses shall be closed.
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1️⃣ Greenland tensions
The US and Europe are at odds over President Donald Trump’s demand to take over Greenland. Over the weekend, Trump threatened to impose a ten% tariff on “any and all goods” from several key European allies that oppose the move. Trump’s menace sparked a flurry of exercise throughout the continent: Protests erupted throughout a number of international locations, and European Union ambassadors held an emergency assembly on Sunday to coordinate a response to the tariffs, set to take impact on February 1. Trump mentioned the ten% tariff would rise to 25% on June 1 except an settlement is reached to buy Greenland, which he claims the US wants for nationwide safety causes.
Thousands in Denmark rally towards Trump: ‘We don’t need to be Americans’
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty troopers to put together for a possible deployment to Minnesota as anti-ICE protesters and regulation enforcement conflict in Minneapolis. The demonstrations continued by the weekend in response to hundreds of federal officers who’ve been conducting immigration raids all through the town. Military officers inform NCS they’ve choices prepared ought to President Trump resolve to ship troops into the town. News of the troopers on standby sparked backlash from native officers, together with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who mentioned the plan is “designed to intimidate” residents and is “completely unconstitutional.”
At least 39 folks have been killed and dozens extra injured in a high-speed train collision in Spain on Sunday. Officials mentioned a train touring from Malaga to Madrid with 371 folks onboard derailed close to Adamuz, with its rear three carriages crashing into two carriages of one other high-speed train touring in the wrong way. The impression caused both trains to overturn, sending a number of carriages plunging down an embankment. The catastrophe sparked nationwide grief, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calling it a “night of deep pain” for the nation. Investigators are analyzing the reason for the crash — one of many nation’s deadliest rail accidents in additional than a decade.
Members of President Trump’s “Board of Peace” for rebuilding Gaza will obtain everlasting membership if they pay $1 billion, in accordance to a US official. All funds raised will go towards rebuilding Gaza, the official mentioned, which was ravaged by two years of battle between Israel and Hamas. Trump mentioned he’ll function chair, calling it “the greatest and most prestigious board ever assembled.” Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join the board and is reviewing the invitation, his spokesman mentioned right this moment. Other members embrace former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
NASA’s 10-day Artemis II mission will raise off as quickly as February 6, taking astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen to the neighborhood of the moon for the primary time since Apollo 17 in 1972. The spacecraft carrying the 4 folks will not land on the lunar surface as a result of it lacks the aptitude to achieve this, a NASA spokesperson defined. However, the crew will purpose to attain past the far facet of the moon, doubtlessly setting a brand new file for the farthest distance people have ever traveled from Earth, at present held by Apollo 13. It can even make historical past as the primary journey past low-Earth orbit for an individual of shade, a girl and a Canadian astronaut.
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And lastly…
Skier lands on one foot after shedding a ski mid-air
Video reveals Austrian freeskier Matej Svancer shedding a ski mid-air and nonetheless finishing a 1080-degree spin on the Freeski World Cup 2026 Laax Open in Switzerland.
▶️ Skier lands on one foot after shedding a ski mid-air
He misplaced a ski mid-air — however in some way caught the touchdown. Watch the unbelievable recovery.