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The start to the day will be extremely cold with temperatures near to below zero degrees. It will be partly sunny today with high temperatures in the 20s. There is a chance for light snow tonight and there could be a coating to 1 inch. It will be milder tomorrow, but as the weekend approaches the cold will return. A snowstorm on Sunday looks increasingly likely.

Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed to coincide with World Economic Forum in Davos. Plus, what if this was the year we finally learned to rest?• Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Almost 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence.What did the letter say? “A handful of global oligarchs with extreme wealth have bought up our democracies; taken over our governments; gagged the freedom of our media; placed a stranglehold on technology and innovation; deepened poverty and social exclusion; and accelerated the breakdown of our planet,” it reads.What else is happening at Davos? Trump has top billing at the conference today and is scheduled to give a special address in the early afternoon (2.30pm local time, or 8.30am EST). He was expected to use this speech to outline his affordability agenda, but given his threats against Greenland his address is now expected to take a more international turn.This a developing story. Follow our live blog here. Continue reading...

We’re still nearly two months from Selection Sunday, but with the No. 14 Virginia Cavaliers off this week ahead of Saturday’s showdown with No. 22 North Carolina, it’s a great time to take an extra-early look at UVA’s resume and where they stand in the NCAA Tournament picture. Last time out, the ’Hoos capped off an excellent 2-0 week with a nail-biting 72-68 road win at SMU on Saturday, extending their winning streak to five games and earning another road victory over an upper-echelon team in the ACC after besting Louisville by nine points last Tuesday. The stellar week continued Virginia’s rise in the AP Poll, where the ’Hoos checked in at No. 14 on Monday (their highest ranking since March of 2023), but it also has UVA’s resume beginning to take the form of a highly seeded squad come Selection Sunday. Your No.14 ranked Virginia Cavaliers 🙌#GoHoos pic.twitter.com/I9IWvw3UH9— Virginia Men's Basketball (@UVAMensHoops) January 19, 2026 In the computer metrics, Ryan Odom’s ’Hoos currently sit at 14th both at KenPom and in the NET rankings, while they’ve climbed all the way up to 8th in Bart Torvik’s T-Rank (a system that puts more emphasis on recent performances). According to Torvik, UVA’s recent stretch of dominance — which has included road wins over NC State, Louisville, and SMU, as well as a pair of routs of Cal and Stanford — has them performing as the nation’s second-best team since January 1st. Dating back even further, behind a defense that has rapidly grown into one of the country’s most lockdown units, the ’Hoos are college basketball’s fourth-highest rated team since their Feast Week loss to Butler in the Greenbrier ballroom. Breaking things down even further, the ’Hoos are 4-1 against Quad 1 opponents, 4-1 against Quad 2 opponents, and 8-0 against all other competition. In Quad 1A opportunities (the most valuable games for a team’s tournament resume), the ’Hoos have a sparkling 3-0 record and are tied for the fifth-most wins in such games. It’s important to remember that the quadrants are both fluid and imperfect. A Quad 1 game today could be a Quad 2 game tomorrow (or vice versa), but day-to-day shifts in the NET rankings don’t make a team’s resume any more or less impressive. With that in mind, the ’Hoos have four important Quad 1 matchups remaining on their schedule based on Tuesday morning’s NET rankings — vs. UNC this Saturday, vs. Ohio State in Nashville on Valentine’s Day, vs. Miami on February 21st, and at Duke in Durham on February 28th. Additionally, Virginia fans should keep an eye on the performances of UNC, Miami, Butler, and Notre Dame down the stretch. Each of the four sits on the fence between being classified as Quad 1 and Quad 2 matchups, and although it’s an imperfect system, the ’Hoos want as many games as possible to be classified as the former. So, what does all this mean? With conference play not even halfway in the books, not much, as plenty is sure to change in the coming months. But as of January 20th, it does mean that the ’Hoos are currently being projected as a four-seed in the NCAA Tournament according to Bracket Matrix (which averages 81 different ‘bracketology’ sources), and that they are one of the fastest-rising squads in the country. A four seed would be Virginia’s highest since 2023, when the ’Hoos were upset by Furman in the opening round of the tournament. And many projections even have UVA creeping toward the three-line. But for now, the ’Hoos need to keep taking things one game at a time. Though it’s fun to look at the projections, nothing is set in stone, especially with seven weeks until the start of postseason play. JPJ is 📍THE PLACE to be Next up 👉 UNC on Sat. 1/24 2 pm#GoHoos pic.twitter.com/DmFYaJcrCX— Virginia Men's Basketball (@UVAMensHoops) January 20, 2026 Virginia’s next opportunity to add to its resume comes in four days as Hubert Davis’s suddenly struggling North Carolina Tar Heels visit Charlottesville on Saturday afternoon. After the JPJ court is…

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The Athletic’s Chris Waugh has played down concerns about Newcastle United losing Sandro Tonali in the near future, despite persistent rumours and a run of below-par performances. Writing about Tonali’s situation in a recent mailbag, Waugh said there is little indication internally that Tonali is at risk of being sold soon, largely because of the financial and contractual barriers involved. “I am not overly worried about losing Tonali in the short term, though I will caveat that by saying I often feel I am in a minority, even among my journalistic colleagues, on that front,” Waugh wrote. “I entirely understand the concerns fans have because, at his best, Tonali has shown world-class form and he was a critical reason why Newcastle won the Carabao Cup and qualified for the Champions League last season.” Interest from Italy has continued to surface, most notably involving Juventus, but Waugh stressed the economics make any deal highly improbable in January, and perhaps even next summer. “But while Italian clubs, and most prominently Juventus, continue to be linked, the financial outlay required to pull off any deal makes it highly unlikely they could afford it,” Waugh wrote. Tonali’s contract position is a major factor in any potential business involving the Italy international. The midfielder is tied to Newcastle United until 2029, with an option to extend further, and the club would demand a fee significantly higher than what they originally paid. “That pretty much rules out most clubs in Europe being able to afford him, aside from Premier League sides and the very elite,” Waugh wrote. “As of yet, none have signalled they would be willing to make a move for Tonali — if they did, then I really would begin to worry.” Waugh also noted Tonali’s previous gambling ban as a complicating factor for any buyer. “Any club signing Tonali knows he has already served 10 months for betting offences and that would have to be taken into consideration before any sizeable outlay was committed,” Waugh wrote.