4:11 am, Tuesday, 13 January 2026
MUFG-BACKED CLIMATE FUND RAISES US$600 M IN FIRST ROUND
Private capital rushes to close funding gap Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and global partners have launched a climate
BRAZIL KICKS OFF PRE-COP30 CLIMATE EVENTS AMID GLOBAL DISTRACTIONS
Private sector steps in as politics falters Brazil’s Belém has begun hosting a three-week run of events leading up to
TRUMP PRAISES SKYDANCE-PARAMOUNT DEAL, WEISS’S CBS ROLE
Media consolidation under spotlight In a “60 Minutes” interview, U.S. President Donald Trump hailed Skydance’s takeover of Paramount and journalist
U.S. LAB BEAGLE SUPPLIER TO HALT SALES AFTER CRUELTY CASE
Animal-testing pipeline disrupted Ridglan Farms, one of America’s main suppliers of beagles for laboratory use, will end dog sales by
EU CLIMATE CHIEF CALLS U.S. RETREAT A “WATERSHED MOMENT”
Belem summit faces headwinds EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said the U.S. pullback from key green commitments marks a “watershed
OPENAI’S SCALE AND RISK: IS IT “TOO BIG TO FAIL”?
AI concentration raises new questions The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI’s growing dominance—powering countless apps, enterprise tools, and developer
AFGHAN EARTHQUAKE KILLS AT LEAST 10 NEAR MAZAR-E-SHARIF
Rescue rush amid mounting toll A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif early Monday, killing at
LILY ALLEN ANNOUNCES U.K. THEATER TOUR FOR “WEST END GIRL”
The comeback arc and the rooms she picked Lily Allen unveiled a slate of U.K. theater dates to support her
VOX: ELON MUSK’S “GROKIPEDIA” LAUNCHES—AND IT’S ALREADY A MISINFO MAGNET
A Wikipedia rival with partisan guardrails Elon Musk unveiled “Grokipedia,” an xAI-powered encyclopedia that promises real-time knowledge with Grok as
RUSSIA BATTERS UKRAINE’S POWER GRID AGAIN, TRIGGERING NATIONWIDE OUTAGES
Fresh barrage and cascading blackouts Russia launched another wave of drones and missiles at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, forcing rolling blackouts
