❗️ Trump announces formation of Stargate by OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle

Stargate will invest at least 500 billion dollars in US AI infrastructure, according to the president.

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🥴 THROWBACK: The bishop who lectured Trump on ‘transgender* children’ rights called for his replacement in 2020

💬 “I've given up speaking to President Trump. We need to replace President Trump,” Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde told a reporter during the George Floyd protests in 2020, according to the footage of her interview shared on social media.

*LGBT is an extremist movement banned in Russia.

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❗️ Trump says he is likely to impose more sanctions on Russia if Moscow refuses to negotiate with him

Russia has repeatedly expressed its readiness for negotiations, but Kiev has decreed a ban on talks. The West continues to ignore Ukraine’s refusal of dialogue.

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❗️ Trump on continuing US military aid to Ukraine: 'we'll look into that'

The US President reiterated his stance that European NATO members should increase their financial contributions to the organization.

💬 “NATO should be at 5%, not at 2%,” Trump emphasized.

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❗️ ‘The thing with Ukraine is that many more people died than you're reporting’ – Trump on US media coverage of the conflict

💬 “And I'm not blaming you for that. I'm blaming maybe our government for not wanting to release those numbers,” US President Donald Trump added.

Trump also emphasized that he is ready to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky ‘anytime they want.’

💬 The US president claimed that Zelensky “would like to have peace. He's told me that very strongly.”

Moscow has repeatedly indicated that it is ready for peace negotiations, but noted that in 2022, Zelensky signed a decree prohibiting any negotiations with Russia.

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💬 Sanctions against Russia ‘destroyed the competitiveness of the European economy’ and failed to achieve their goals – Orban

💬 "The time for change has come!" Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared in a statement published on his X page.

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🗣 Greenland wants to apply for WTO membership – lawmaker from the island's ruling Siumut party Kuno Fencker told Sputnik

💬 “Yes, and I think the Faroe Islands are working on it [joining the World Trade Organization] now… We always follow each other a little bit. You know, if we get competencies in something, the Faroe Islands do that. And if they get something, we also get it,” Fencker explained, responding to a question about Greenland's potential WTO membership bid in the event of gaining independence.

Earlier in January, the Faroe Islands—which, like Greenland, are a part of the Kingdom of Denmark—informed the Danish government of their intentions to start the process to join the WTO.

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💵⚔️💸 There will be no winner in trade wars between China and US – Chinese Embassy in US

Washington must respect international trade rules and create an environment for bilateral cooperation, the spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the United States, Liu Pengyu, told Sputnik.

US President Donald Trump previously raised the possibility of introducing new tariffs against China from February 1, citing the smuggling of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, which he alleges is sent from China to Mexico and Canada.

Liu added that China is strict in combating drugs and has helped in the fight against fentanyl in the US.

💬 "The United States should cherish China's goodwill and maintain the hard-won good situation of China-US drug control cooperation," Liu said.

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Turkiye doubts effectiveness of Israel-Hamas ceasefire amid its violation in Lebanon

"It is important that the ceasefire remains in force. We see from the example of the ceasefire in Lebanon that when Israel announces a ceasefire, it does not respect it by 100%," the Milat newspaper quoted Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan as saying.

Turkiye hopes to work on rebuilding Gaza after that, Fidan noted.

Earlier, Lebanon reported 17 more Israeli violations of ceasefire.

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