🚨 The head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, announced that the chatbots Grok and Gemini, Google's generative AI, will be launched in the U.S. Department of Defense by the end of January. The neural networks will be provided with "all necessary data" from military IT systems, including intelligence databases.

⚠️🇨🇳🇺🇸 China has condemned Trump's tariffs imposed on countries cooperating with Iran. The move risks disrupting the trade truce between the US and China, according to BBG. Trump has implemented 25% tariffs on countries working with Iran, escalating tensions in international trade relations.

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⚠️🇮🇷 Trump is leaning towards military strikes against Iran as a punishment for the regime's actions against protesters, according to Axios, citing a source within the White House.

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🚨 The United Aircraft Corporation (OAK) has changed the head of Tupolev and the leader of military aviation division.

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✈️ The auction for the sale of assets at Domodedovo Airport is scheduled for January 20. The starting price for the lot is set at 132.266 billion rubles.

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🇷🇺 Sovcombank is set to merge with Vitabank, according to materials for the upcoming shareholders' meeting. - IF

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