🤝 Trump speaks with Syrian president amid clashes with the SDF

President Trump affirmed his support for Syria’s territorial unity and cooperation in combating ISIS during a phone call with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa.

📹 Unconfirmed footage from social media allegedly shows ongoing fighting in SDF-controlled areas.

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💵 US tariffs on European allies are ‘own goal’ – expert

The US government introduced tariffs to target foreign businesses, but such a policy is actually hurting the domestic economy, according to a new study conducted by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

The research analyzed more than 25 million shipment records covering a total value of almost four trillion US dollars in American imports:

🔸 US customs revenue rose by ~$200 billion in 2025

🔸 96% of tariff costs were passed on to US buyers

🔸 Foreign exporters absorbed only 4% of the burden

🔸 Trade volume collapsed—but export prices did not fall

💬 “The tariffs are an own goal. The claim that foreign countries pay these tariffs is a myth. The data show the opposite: Americans are footing the bill,” Julian Hinz, one of the authors of the study, pointed out.

He said that the tariffs work as a consumption tax on imported goods, with both the variety and volume of available products decreasing.

As for the research, it shows that US companies will be confronted with shrinking margins and consumers with higher prices in the long run, according to Hinz.

💬 “Countries that export to the US will sell less and will be under pressure to find new export markets. Tariffs ultimately disadvantage everyone,” the expert concluded.

Trump earlier announced that he would impose 10% tariffs on February 1 on goods from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the UK, which will increase to 25% if an agreement on the US acquiring Greenland is not reached by June 1.

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📹Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday, on the results of Russian diplomacy in 2025

🔸 Time: 8 am GMT

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👀 Trump posts message allegedly from Macron offering to invite Russia to talks on G7 margins

US President Donald Trump has on Truth Social published screenshots of a message purported to be from French President Emmanuel Macron, in which he proposes to hold a G7 meeting in Paris on January 22 and invite Russia and Ukraine to participate on the sidelines.

💬 "i can set up a g7 meeting after Davos in Paris on thursday afternoon. I can invite the ukrainians, the danish, the syrians and the russians in the margins," the message reads.

On Monday, French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said France would convene a meeting of G7 finance ministers in the coming days to address Trump's threat to impose new trade tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland.

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🔸 NATO is now withholding intel from US over Greenland takeover threats

🔸 Fico after meeting Trump: 'EU is not taken seriously'

🔸 Iranian lawmaker warns US: Attack will bring 'severe consequences'

🔸 US tariffs on European allies are ‘own goal’ – expert

🔸 Trump posts message allegedly from Macron offering to invite Russia to talks on G7 margins

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📹 FM Lavrov reviews results of Russia’s diplomacy in 2025

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🚨🇷🇺Lavrov calls the US attack on Venezuela a “blatant armed invasion”

The US is threatening Cuba and other Latin American countries, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said.

He adds that attempts by external forces to destabilize Iran’s internal political situation are deeply concerning.

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🚨🇷🇺Lavrov: West’s ‘rules-based world’ narrative fades

Lavrov says it is telling that the West once actively opposed international law with its concept of a “rules-based world,” a term he notes has now fallen out of use as Western European politicians try to make sense of events — especially in the context of President Trump’s actions.

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🚨🇷🇺 FM Sergey Lavrov, responding to Merz’s anti-Russia remarks, says history shows where the 'overconfidence of German leadership' has led in the past.

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🇷🇺Lavrov outlines Russia’s key foreign policy priorities

Speaking on international cooperation and strategic partnerships, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov highlighted key priorities in diplomatic strategy:

🔸 Russia will continue building good-neighborly relations within the CIS, CSTO, and SCO, aiming to develop a continent-wide architecture of equal and indivisible security

🔸 Moscow actively supported Brazil’s BRICS chairmanship last year, with partners continuing projects launched during Russia’s 2024 presidency

🔸 Lavrov said North Korea provided “brotherly assistance” to Russia in the liberation of the Kursk region from Ukrainian militants

🔸 He noted that ties between Russia and China are at an unprecedented level in both depth and scope

🔸 Lavrov emphasized the strategic character of Russia–India relations

🔸 Preparations are underway for a third Russia–Africa summit

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🇷🇺FM Lavrov: Concept of Euro-Atlantic security has discredited itself, prompting a push toward a Eurasian security framework

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🚨 Russian Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev has arrived in Davos, where he is reportedly set to meet with Witkoff and Kushner.

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🇷🇺FM Lavrov: US shows readiness to address root causes of the Ukraine conflict

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov outlined his assessment of current international dynamics, highlighting the following points:

🔶The US is the only Western country he says is prepared to address the underlying causes of the Ukraine conflict

🔶Russia has received the charter of the 'Peace Council' on Gaza, and Lavrov noted that the Trump administration takes a pragmatic approach, recognizing the need not only to rally countries under its leadership but also to take their interests into account

🔶He added that the OSCE is in a “catastrophic” state, saying it has fallen as low as it can go

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