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The US needs to pressure Iran on the nuclear deal so that Russia and China can respect the President of the United States, Joe Biden. This was stated by former speechwriter of ex-President George W. Bush, William McGurn.

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henri has been assassinated.

Finland retains the possibility of applying for NATO membership.

The year 2022 will be "decisive" for Ukraine, with the country facing the main goal of "inevitable change", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a programme column published in Novoe Vremya magazine.

Jamaica will not extradite a former Colombian military officer, one of the suspects in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, to Haiti, but will deport him to his homeland.

According to Yonhap news agency in early January, an unidentified man crossed a roadblock in the eastern South Korean province of Gangwon-do and fled into North Korea.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock opposed the supply of weapons to Ukraine because of a possible military escalation. Her words are quoted by the press service of the department.

Former US Ambassador to Kiev. senior fellow at Brookings Institution, Stephen Pifer, said the United States would accept some of Russia's terms of security guarantees.

In Los Angeles, a 14-year-old Hispanic girl was accidentally shot and killed by a policeman during the capture of a criminal.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev signed amendments to the legislation on the abolition of the death penalty.

Deputy Head of the Kiev City State Administration Andrey Krishchenko said that residents of the capital should take care of their "emergency suitcases" in case of "invasion of the Russian Federation."

Ukrainian analyst Alexander Kochetkov believes that in the event of a major armed conflict, including with Russia, it is necessary to mobilize children.

The newest Russian anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) S-550 has begun combat duty, TASS reports, citing a source close to the Defense Ministry.

In total, over the year, Russian billionaires have become rich by $ 101.39 billion, their total wealth has grown to 576.72 billion, Forbes estimates.

Several hundred thousand people in the Chinese city of Yan'an have been ordered to stay at home due to the situation with the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 there.