2026-01-22
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Donald Trump said he had agreed to, quote, the framework of a future deal on Greenland,
after a, quote, very productive meeting with Mark Ritter, NATO Secretary General.
America's president dropped plans to impose additional tariffs on European countries from February 1.
Mr Trump told leaders at Davos that only America could defend the territory and said it had been,
quote, stupid to return it to Denmark after the Second World War.
Mr Trump also said he planned to name a new chair of the Federal Reserve soon.
Earlier, America's Supreme Court seemed reluctant to side with Mr.
Trump over his attempt to fire Lisa Cook, a Fed governor he accuses of mortgage fraud.
She denies wrongdoing.
Dismissing her without review would, quote, weaken, if not shatter,
the independence of America's central bank, one conservative justice suggested.
The European Parliament voted to send the EU's trade deal with Merkiser,
a bloc of South American countries, to Europe's top court.