January, 2020

“Due to privacy policies, FirstBank does not disclose information about its clients' banking relationships. However, in this case, because it is public information, we clarify that FirstBank opened an account at the request of the lawyer of the executors of Jeffrey Epstein. This account is under the supervision of the court of the US Virgin Islands and its funds are intended to respond to the claims of the victims of Epstein, ”said Lawrence Odell, legal advisor to FirstBank, in written statements at the request of this media...

Florida students will read more classical literature and learn math differently, according to summary documents.

Iranian Foreign Minister says Iran wants to negotiate with The United States, but wants sanctions removed. @FoxNews @OANN No Thanks!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2020

The World in 2020 will build on more than three decades of publishing success: this will be the 34th edition. It will look ahead to America’s presidential election, a landmark year for China, the next stage of the Brexit saga, the Olympics in Tokyo, the World Expo in Dubai, technological excitements from flying cars to Mars rovers and a big year for Raphael and Beethoven, not to mention James Bond. A special supplement, 2020 Vision, will look at longer-term predictions. The World in 2020 is the flagship product of The World Ahead, The Economist’s future-focused franchise, which also includes The World If scenarios supplement as well as films, podcasts and live events.

Here's what we found so far:
TRUMP, BREXIT, AI, TOKYO, MARS, CLIMATE, XI, RECESSION, MODI (India's Narendra Modi), EXPO, SDGS (Sustainable Development Goals - Created by the United Nations), BOND, BEETHOVEN, VISIONS, BIODIVERSITY, RAT, NPT (Treaty On The Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons), WARREN, RAPHAEL, NIGHTINGALE, RUSSIA

According to witnesses on the scene, a southbound car somehow entered the northbound lanes of the highway, striking the charter bus head-on... The bus was full of Covington Catholic High School students and several parent chaperones, who were returning from the March for Life rally in Washington. The bus was one of four in a caravan, carrying a total of about 200 passengers.

Breaking News: Bernie Sanders has opened up a lead in Iowa in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, a New York Times/Siena College poll of likely caucusgoers found https://t.co/lxA4W5KCUb

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 25, 2020

Iraqi security forces have raided Baghdad’s main anti-government protest site and attempted to eject protesters in southern cities, firing teargas and bullets which killed four people and wounded dozens more, police and medical sources said. The push to end the demonstrations and restore order came hours after the populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has millions of supporters in Baghdad and the south, said he would halt his involvement in anti-government unrest.

New research has shown that despite being marketed as a healthy alternative, soybean oil, America’s most popular oil, causes neurological changes in the brains of mice, and may contribute to autism and dementia in humans. Extracted from the seeds of soybeans and used in everything from fast food to animal feed and even baby formula, soybean oil is easily the most widely consumed oil in the US, ubiquitous in the national cuisine...

Kim Kyong Hui’s fate had been in doubt after Kim Jong Un had her husband, Jang Song Thaek, executed for treason in December 2013. He was once considered the North’s No. 2...

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A video released on Jan. 25 captures President Donald Trump appearing to say he wants to “get rid” of the then-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch. The recording, which was provided to the PBS NewsHour by a lawyer for one of the people who heard the original conversation, is said to be from a dinner in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2018– a year before Yovanovitch was actually fired.

All five crew members are currently in stable condition. The MH-60 assigned to Blue Ridge went down while conducting routine operations at approximately 5:15 p.m. local time.

There can’t be a threat without the person knowing they are being threatened.

There can’t be a quid pro quo without the quo. pic.twitter.com/pjJspPGGq6

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 25, 2020