Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok, is very different and "much more pro-social," NYU professor Jonathan Haidt told Business Insider in Davos.

ByteDance is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the US without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford.

Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty and other investors have submitted a bid to buy TikTok from China-based ByteDance after a court-ordered divestiture or shutdown.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the U.S. will continue supplying Ukraine from its defense industrial base at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Donald Trump said he would impose high tariffs and further sanctions on Russia if it continued its "ridiculous war".

The US president has already declared a national emergency at the border, as he begins his crackdown on immigration.

In his first few days back in office, President Trump is talking about TikTok entirely as a deal making exercise, dropping all of his previously expressed concerns about Chinese influence and American national security.

With many European countries prioritizing the welfare of their people, individuals are looking to obtain dual citizenship in Europe.

The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.

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