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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 Rutter, NATO Secretary General,

America's president dropped plans to impose additional tariffs on European countries from February 1st.

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 Mercosur, a block of South American

countries, to Europe's top court. Officials finalised the agreement in January after more than two decades of talks.

MEPs now want judges to review several clauses, including one that lets Mercosur challenge EU laws.

The move follows mass farmer protests. A ruling could take up to two years delaying ratification.

Argentina's economy contracted for a second month in November, following a market sell-off

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