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Economic leaders at Davos say global growth is resilient despite Trump disruption

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 23, 2026 (AP) — Leading global economic policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality in a world where trade will continue to flow and international cooperation is still badly needed. The global economy is showing unexpected resilience despite the noise, European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund head Kristalina Georgieva and World Trade Organization head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in a panel discussion Friday. But while growth is holding

NATO veterans say Trump ‘crossed red line’ questioning their Afghan service

LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Veterans from across Europe hit back at U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that they had stayed off the front lines in Afghanistan, saying on Friday that hundreds of their comrades had died fighting alongside American forces. Senior politicians joined the criticism, with the British Prime Minister’s office saying Trump had been “wrong to diminish the role of NATO troops” during two decades of war. Trump told Fox News on Thursday the United States had “never needed” the transatlantic alliance and accused allies of staying “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan. ‘WE PAID IN

UN human rights chief urges US to uphold international law in immigration crackdown

GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief urged the Trump administration on Friday to ensure that its migration policies respect individual rights and international law, citing concerns over arbitrary and unlawful arrests and detentions. “Individuals are being surveilled and detained, sometimes violently including at hospitals, churches, mosques, courthouses, markets, schools, and even within their own homes, often solely on mere suspicion of being undocumented migrants,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said in a statement. U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has seen some 3,000 heavily armed masked federal officers deployed to the

Silver, gold hit lifetime highs on weak dollar, Fed rate easing hopes

New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) Gold and silver prices rallied on Friday to hit fresh lifetime highs in the futures trade, tracking record gains in international markets amid a weakening US dollar and rising expectations of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), the March contract of silver soared by Rs 12,638, or nearly 4 per cent, to scale a new peak of Rs 3,39,927 per kg. Silver futures in the previous session on Wednesday had touched a record high of Rs 3,35,521 per kg. Gold also scaled a fresh lifetime high, advancing for

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