Liz Hoffman
Rohan Goswami
Shareholders voted to keep Apple’s diversity programs, despite the broad corporate backlash to DEI after Donald Trump’s reelection.
2German GDP figures suggest the country fell into a recession last year, underscoring the incoming government’s uphill battle to reinvigorate the world’s third largest economy.
3UK leader Keir Starmer announced plans to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP to counter “tyrants like Putin.”
4Russia floated the possibility of allowing the US to explore for critical minerals, as Washington and Kyiv appeared even closer to a deal.
5China expelled a former defense executive from the Communist Party, the latest in a series of graft-related removals.
6Trump is no longer seeking regime change in Venezuela, the special envoy said, instead cooperating with Maduro on deporting migrants.