🇮🇱🎙❗️ — Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir:

If the deal is approved, we will submit our resignation letters to the Prime Minister.

The Otzma Yehudit party will withdraw from the government.

🇺🇸🤝🇻🇪 — Venezuelan President-elected Edmundo González will attend Donald J. Trump's inauguration on Monday in Washington DC

🇷🇸🇨🇭🆗🇷🇺💬🇺🇦 — 🇺🇸 The Epoch Times | Switzerland, Serbia Offer to Host Trump–Putin Ukraine Peace Talks | Switzerland has often served as a venue for diplomatic meetings and peace talks because of its reputation for neutrality | January 13, 2025:

"Switzerland and Serbia have both offered to host a potential meeting between President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, following recent discussions about the possibility of such talks.

The Swiss Foreign Ministry said on Jan. 12 that it is willing to host talks between Trump and Putin, while Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said on the same day that his country would be an “extremely suitable” venue for such a meeting given that both men are highly popular in the Balkan country.

Switzerland, which is not a member of NATO or the European Union, is widely recognized as a neutral country and has maintained a policy of neutrality for centuries. The country has often served as a venue for diplomatic meetings and peace talks because of its reputation for neutrality.

Serbia, which is also not a NATO member, is in the process of joining the EU, with talks at an advanced stage. The country has historically maintained close ties with Russia and has not imposed sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict."

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🇨🇭🤝🇪🇺🚫🇷🇺 — 🏴 ZeroHedge | In Historic Breach With Neutrality, Switzerland Joins EU In Sanctions On Russia | February 28, 2022:

"Switzerland's historic neutrality is no longer: moments ago Reuters reported that the Swiss government had joined the EU in adopting sanctions on Russia, freezing assets of targeted companies and people effective immediately:

SWISS GOVERNMENT SAYS ADOPTS EU SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA
SWISS GOVERNMENT SAYS FREEZES ASSETS OF TARGETED PEOPLE AND COMPANIES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
SWISS GOVERNMENT SAYS ADOPTS FINANCIAL SANCTIONS AGAINST PRESIDENT PUTIN AND OTHER RUSSIAN OFFICIALS

Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said that adopting the EU sanctions against Russia was a unique, difficult step that required careful consideration. Previously, on Sunday, he said that Switzerland’s neutrality must be preserved and it stood ready to offer its good offices for diplomacy if talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials on the Belarusian border do not succeed, for example by reaching an armistice."

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🧠📈🔝 — 🏴 ZeroHedge | TSMC's Outlook Beats Estimates; Goldman Tells Clients Puts Cheap, Citing "Potential De-Gross Sell-Off Risk In Q1" | January 16, 2025:

"Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) trading in New York climbed as much as 7.5% in premarket trading after the chipmaker, the leading supplier for Apple and Nvidia, issued 2025 sales and capital expenditure forecasts that topped Bloomberg Consensus estimates.

TSMC projected revenue of $25 billion to $25.8 billion in the first quarter, exceeding the Bloomberg Consensus estimate of $24.3 billion estimate. Management expects capital expenditure between $38 billion and $42 billion for the year, far surpassing the $35.2 billion estimate.

TSMC's Year Forecast

Sees capital expenditure $38 billion to $42 billion, estimate $35.15 billion (Bloomberg Consensus)

TSMC's First Quarter Forecast

Sees sales $25 billion to $25.8 billion, estimate $24.43 billion

Sees gross margin 57% to 59%, estimate 56.9% * Sees operating margin 46.5% to 48.5%, estimate 46.4%"

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🇺🇸🪶😬🇨🇳 — 🏴 ZeroHedge | 'It Was The Most Tense Moment': U.S. Ambassador Reveals Deteriorating Relationship With China Worse Than Previously Known | January 15, 2025:

"In his final interview as U.S. Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns told the Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Cheng that Chinese officials severed communication with the U.S. after President Biden’s order to shoot down China’s spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina, calling it “the most tense moment” of his tenure in Beijing."

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🚀🚀📹 — On today, January 16, 2025 AD, SpaceX launched Starship for seventh time, but lost contact with spacecraft

➡️ SpaceX said it lost contact with the Starship, the upper part of the spacecraft, after separation. The spacecraft had undergone several changes, and the company believes there was a failure in the engines.

➡️ SpaceX quality engineering manager Kate Tice said that after the two stages separated, they lost communication with the spacecraft. “This was a new version of Starship. The intent of the test was to understand the limits of this vehicle’s ability to fly and understand where those limits are,” she said. “We always knew that excitement would be guaranteed today. Success is not guaranteed.”

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🚀🚀📹 — Video: Starship’s Raptor engines ignite during hot-staging separation. Super Heavy is returning to launch site for catch attempt

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🚀🚀📹 — Video: Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!

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🇹🇨🚀🚀📹 — The moment when Starship exploded during the re-entry into Earth's Atmosphere over the Islands of Turks and Caicos

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🇮🇱🇵🇸🕊❗️ — Axios reports that Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal has been officially signed in Doha, making the deal now de jure official!

➡️ Israel’s security cabinet is set to meet Friday morning to vote on the deal, followed by a full government plenary vote on Saturday night. The ceasefire and hostage release are anticipated to take place on Monday.

➡️ A U.S. official said that on Wednesday night, after the deal was announced, there was a disagreement about the final list of Palestinian prisoners who are supposed to be released as part of the deal.

➡️ Hamas demanded to swap several names on the list for military leaders of the militant group who are serving multiple life sentences for planning and orchestrating suicide bombings, Israeli and U.S. officials said.

➡️ Israel had earlier used the veto it has as part of the deal to block their release but Hamas brought them up again as a new demand in the negotiations.