In BIG PICTURE NEWS, we look at the latest on Venezuela and Greenland as well as Trump's calls for a massive increase in US defence spending, UK ministers consider concessions for pubs, Scotland squanders 75% of its wind energy and Trump's World Liberty venture applies for a US banking licence. In TECH NEWS, OpenAI touts AI's ability to free us from chores, Anthropic raises $10bn, Character.ai and Google settle teen suicide lawsuits and Samsung reports record profits. In FINANICALS NEWS, JP Morgan takes over Apple's credit card portfolio and Zilch buys Lithuanian lender Fjord Bank. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, UK construction takes a big hit and Warner Bros rejects Paramount's bid. AND FINALLY, I bring you some Chinese wine...