US President Donald Trump announced that eight European countries will be subject to a 10% import duty on goods supplied to the American market from February 1. The tariff, Trump wrote on his Truth social network account, applies to the UK, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, France and Sweden. These countries, he said, will pay the tariff until an agreement is reached on the transfer of Greenland to the United States.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for the first time publicly announced the deaths of “several thousand” people, blaming the protesters and the United States authorities, reports the Associated Press.

The leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya will move from Lithuania to Poland. Deutsche Welle writes that several sources in Tikhanovskaya’s team and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs told AFP about this. Tikhanovskaya has been living in Vilnius since 2020, and her office also worked there. In October 2025, the Lithuanian authorities announced that they were lowering the level of security for the Belarusian politician.

Tennis player Daria Kasatkina, who played for Russia, became an Australian citizen. “Officially Australian. Happy, grateful and free,” Kasatkina wrote on her Instagram. Kasatkina, born in Tolyatti, was the first racket in Russia for a long time. In March 2025, she announced that she was changing her sports citizenship and would play for Australia. At that time, 27-year-old Kasatkina was Russia's second racket.

Thousands of people rallied in Copenhagen against Trump's plans to annex the island. Photo Johan Nilsson / TT / Scanpix / LETA On Saturday, mass protests took place across Denmark against US President Donald Trump's demands to give him Greenland. In Copenhagen, thousands of people gathered in City Hall Square and marched to the American Embassy, ​​chanting: “Greenland is not for sale!” and “Hands off Greenland!” Greenland's red and white flags fluttered above the crowd.

Still from a video published on Ramzan Kadyrov’s telegram channel The Chechen opposition telegram channel Niyso and the publication Kavkaz.Realii reported on the evening of January 16, citing sources, that Ramzan Kadyrov’s son Adam was injured in an accident in Grozny. According to a source from Kavkaz.Realii, the car, driven by the 18-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, lost control at a very high speed and collided with a fence.

However, in 2026 he entered the top ten tennis players in the world. Let's tell his story Thomas F. Starke/Getty Images One of the main measures of popularity among athletes is to transcend the sport. Become famous among ordinary people, not fans. You don't have to watch tennis to know who Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are. Or, for example, Alexander Bublik. True, they loved him mainly not for his tennis, but for his behavior.

We'll tell you how it happened Mario Tama/Getty Images US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is an agency that has gained great influence during Donald Trump's second term. Critics of the Trump administration are increasingly comparing it to the Gestapo, the secret police of Nazi Germany (examples: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz , Congressman Jim McGovern , the world's most popular podcaster Joe Rogan ).

One thousand four hundred and twenty-fourth day. The Ukrainian delegation arrived in the United States; heat supply was almost completely restored in Kyiv Sergei Gapon / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Kyiv. January 15, 2026 Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war. What feelings are you experiencing?

Half a century ago, an inhumane experiment was carried out on girls and women in Greenland - intrauterine devices were forcibly installed on them. Photographer Juliette Pavy listened to the victims Donald Trump returned Greenland to the world agenda at the beginning of 2026: the American president and members of his administration are again actively speaking out on the topic of annexing the world's largest island to the United States.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced a criminal case against a 16-year-old teenager who is suspected of preparing a terrorist attack against police officers in Nalchik “on instructions from a curator from a terrorist organization.” In a statement from the Investigative Committee, quoted by Russian media, including RIA Novosti, it is said that in October 2025, the teenager “recorded a video message to the leaders of a terrorist organization banned in the Russian

The French Parliament prepared a resolution on the country's withdrawal from NATO due to disagreement with US policy. Such a legislative initiative was made by the Vice-President of the National Assembly (Parliament) of France, a deputy from the left party “Unconquered France” (La France Insoumise, LFI) Clémence Guette.

The main thing from the BBC investigation Wakil Kohsar / AFP / Scanpix / LETA The BBC Afghan service published a large investigation into the Internet shutdown in Afghanistan. It happened in September 2025 - and lasted only a couple of days. According to the official version, it was a technical problem. As journalists found out, what is actually behind this is a split in the ruling Taliban movement into “radicals” and “pragmatists” - and in this case, the “pragmatists” won.

Five years ago, Alexey Navalny returned to Russia. Meduza special correspondent Elizaveta Antonova, who was flying on the same flight, remembers that day Mstislav Chernov / AP / Scanpix / LETA Alexey Navalny boards a plane en route Berlin - Moscow, January 17, 2021 Alexey Navalny returned to Russia from Germany, where he was treated after being poisoned by the Novichok military poison, five years ago - January 17, 2021.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a temporary ceasefire in the area of ​​the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to restore damaged power grids near the plant. The repair work, the IAEA said in a statement issued late on January 16, will be monitored by agency inspectors who have already deployed to Ukraine. Ukrainian specialists will restore damaged electrical networks.