Alcaraz Completes Record-Breaking Career Grand Slam with Australian Open Win
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final, becoming the youngest man to ever complete a career Grand Slam. The world number one beat the 10-time Australian Open champion in four sets on Sunday, February 1, 2026, preventing Djokovic from securing an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam singles title, according to Sky News. At 22 years and 272 days old, Alcaraz secured his maiden title in Melbourne, winning the only Grand Slam that had previously eluded him and breaking a record that was set in 1938.
Meanwhile, in other news, Danish war veterans held a silent march in Copenhagen to protest remarks made by Donald Trump regarding the role of non-US NATO troops in Afghanistan, Euronews reported. Hundreds of veterans marched from a memorial for fallen soldiers to the US embassy, carrying Danish flags and banners reading "No words." They planted Danish flags embroidered with the names of fallen Danish soldiers in plant pots outside the embassy entrance.
In Kyrgyzstan, Deputy Prime Minister Edil Baisalov discussed regional and EU relations in an interview with Euronews. Baisalov reflected on the 2025 Kyrgyzstan parliamentary elections, stating, "We were very pleased with the assessment of many international monitoring groups that came to observe the elections, and they all celebrated that it was free and fair elections where the people of Kyrgyzstan had the opportunity to elect their representatives."
The start of 2026 also saw the emergence of five new European unicorns, TechCrunch reported. These tech startups, spanning from Belgium to Ukraine, raised funding at valuations exceeding the $1 billion threshold. TechCrunch noted that while some of these companies may be incorporated outside of Europe, they maintain strong roots and a significant portion of their teams within the continent.
In the tech world, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang refuted a report suggesting friction between his company and OpenAI. Huang stated that the report, published by The Wall Street Journal, was "nonsense." The WSJ claimed that Nvidia was considering scaling back its investment in OpenAI, despite announcing a plan in September to invest up to $100 billion and build 10 gigawatts of computing infrastructure for the AI company. According to the WSJ, Huang had allegedly expressed concerns about OpenAI's business strategy and competitors.
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