Trump is increasing his rhetoric in favor of annexing Greenland. This will not bring any real benefits to the United States, but it will create many problems. NATO

Apple admitted the obvious: the company itself could not make a truly smart Siri - so it chose Google's AI model as the basis for a new version of its voice assistant. It will appear this year. The long-awaited deal This week, Apple and Google officially announced a multi-year collaboration in which Gemini models will become the foundation for Apple Foundation Models - and therefore a new, improved version of Siri, which is promised to be released this year.

When a company employs only 4-5 people, the business owner usually acts as the mastermind, chief expert and operations manager all rolled into one. At this stage, everything seems clear: the team is united, tasks are transferred verbally, and control is carried out instantly. Problems begin at the moment of growth. Instead of scaling profits, a business owner is faced with a paradox: there are more people, but efficiency decreases.

Yesterday it became known that on the eve of the New Year, Vladmir Putin, by his decree, seized another remarkable asset from a foreign owner. The new victim of the Russian authorities was the Danish group Rockwool, which owned four enterprises in Russia for the production of heat and sound insulation materials. The Bell found out that the assets were transferred to the management of the Rostec structure.

The US State Department is stopping the processing of visas for citizens of 75 countries, Fox News writes , citing an internal document of the department. Upd. Two hours after the first news was published, Fox News clarified that it was only about immigrant visas. The pause, the reason for which is said to be additional checks, begins on January 21, but its duration has not been set.

More than 2,500 people have been killed in protests in Iran since the end of December, and more than 16,000 have been arrested, according to human rights organization HRANA. People took to the streets amid a collapse in the rial and a 72 percent year-on-year rise in food prices. Within two weeks, economic demands grew into calls to overthrow the regime. This is the Islamic Republic's biggest crisis in 46 years, since the 1979 revolution and the overthrow of the Shah.

China today reported its foreign trade results for 2025. For Russia, the statistics turned out to be unpleasant: trade turnover between the two countries decreased for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine. It sank by almost 7%, dropping to $228 billion. Exports from China to Russia decreased by 10.4% (to $103.3 billion), and Russian supplies to the Chinese market (imports from China) decreased by 3.9% to $124.8 billion.

This morning, the anti-corruption authorities of Ukraine - the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) - announced suspicion of the head of one of the factions of the Verkhovna Rada of “offering to provide unlawful benefits” to deputies for “correct” voting. What's happened?

While Vladimir Putin is focused on the war in Ukraine, his strategic partners around the world feel abandoned - and that's putting it mildly, Bloomberg writes . Venezuela and beyond The most striking example of “Russian indifference” is the fate of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who ended up in an American prison.

On New Year's Eve, Vladimir Putin, by decree, confiscated another remarkable asset from a foreign owner, but this became known only now. The new victim of the Russian authorities was the Danish group Rockwool, which owned four enterprises in Russia producing heat and sound insulation materials from stone wool.

Donald Trump's special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, may soon fly to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin again, Bloomberg writes . The visit is planned for this month, but there is no final date yet, according to people familiar with the matter. The timing may be delayed due to the unstable situation in Iran, where anti-government protests have been ongoing for more than two weeks.

European countries, fearing that the United States might reach an agreement with Russia to resolve the war without taking into account their interests, are proposing to appoint their own special representative for contacts with Moscow, Politico reports . The idea, as confirmed by a senior EU official, was discussed back in March last year, but then it was about a less broad role for the negotiator - representing Brussels together with Kiev, rather than contacting Moscow directly.

Donald Trump is threatening a military strike on Iran due to the bloody suppression of protests - the number of victims has already exceeded 2,500 people. But behind the scenes, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar are actively dissuading the White House from military action. Israel also advises waiting. Regional players fear chaos in Iran more than they hate the ayatollah regime. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH