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  • Four EU states to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel’s participation

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 10:07pm EST

    Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands have announced that they will pull out of the song contest Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands said they will boycott the next Eurovision Song Contest after Israel was cleared to take part. Earlier this year, several broadcasters urged the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organizes the contest, to […]

  • Ex-EU top diplomat quits college post amid fraud probe

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 3:44pm EST

    Federica Mogherini has stepped down after being briefly detained in Belgium over suspected misuse of public funds Former EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini has stepped down from her post at the College of Europe, days after being named a suspect in a corruption investigation. Mogherini, who was detained for questioning on Tuesday, served as both […]

  • Poll shows key hotbeds of EU discontent

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 3:28pm EST

    The strongest public support for quitting the bloc is in France and Poland, a survey shows France and Poland have become major centers of skepticism about the EU and show growing public support for leaving the bloc, according to a new survey conducted across nine member states. In France, 27% of respondents said they want […]

  • AI driving global memory chip crisis

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 2:53pm EST

    RAM prices are skyrocketing worldwide as data center demand for new computing systems squeezes supply Global memory chip prices have been surging worldwide as supply tightens, making key components for phones, computers, and data centers harder to secure. The squeeze is being driven by demand for advanced memory chips from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers […]

  • ‘This is the first time the Indian PM has gone to the airport to greet the Russian president’ – Kanwal Sibal

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 1:15pm EST

    This is the first time the Indian PM has gone to the airport to greet the Russian president; it’s a conscious gesture with geopolitical intent – former Indian Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal. In this episode of Sanchez Effect, Sibal explains that PM Modi’s gesture of meeting his friend Putin at the airport is a break from […]

  • EU leaders fear US ‘betrayal’ on Ukraine peace talks – media

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 12:53pm EST

    The Ukraine peace process poses a ‘great danger’ to Vladimir Zelensky, a number of EU leaders have claimed, according to Der Spiegel EU leaders “harbor profound distrust of” Washington’s attempts to help end the Ukraine conflict, Der Spiegel reported on Thursday, citing a transcript of their recent phone call that it obtained. On Monday, French […]

  • Von der Leyen facing new pushback over ‘crazy’ Russian asset plan – FT

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 12:04pm EST

    The EC president’s initiative to use the frozen funds to back a loan for Kiev has raised legal concerns European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s scheme to use frozen Russian assets to back a loan for Ukraine is “crazy” due to the inevitable financial and legal risks, unnamed senior EU officials told the Financial […]

  • NATO member rejects new Ukraine weapons plan

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 11:37am EST

    Italy said it would be premature to join the bloc’s arms initiative amid ongoing peace talks Italy will not join the NATO initiative to buy US weapons for Ukraine while peace negotiations are underway, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said. The EU has renewed its push to finance additional arms deliveries to Kiev amid signals […]

  • Ukraine building military factory in NATO state

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 11:16am EST

    The facility in Denmark is being built by Fire Point, which is reportedly under investigation over potential links to a corruption scandal Fire Point, the Ukrainian defense contractor behind the long-range Flamingo cruise missile, has broken ground on a military facility in Denmark, despite allegations linking the firm to a graft scandal in Ukraine’s energy […]

  • Top UK women’s groups ban transgender members

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 10:52am EST

    Girlguiding and the Women’s Institute have said the move followed a top court ruling on biological sex Two of Britain’s biggest organizations for women and girls, Girlguiding and the Women’s Institute, have said they will no longer accept transgender members, citing a court ruling on biological sex. Girlguiding, Britain’s equivalent of the Girl Scouts, said […]

  • NATO chief pitches monthly billions on weapons for Kiev

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 9:46am EST

    The military bloc should ramp up purchases of US weapons for Ukraine, Mark Rutte has claimed NATO countries should spend at least €1 billion ($1.17 billion) a month on weapons for Ukraine next year, the military bloc’s secretary-general, Mark Rutte, has claimed.  The call comes amid US-mediated peace efforts to settle the Ukraine conflict. Russia […]

  • Moscow’s ‘Triumph’: Why everyone wants S-400 air-defense systems

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 9:06am EST

    The Russian hardware has proven itself more than capable time and again while repelling Ukrainian air raids About 200 fixed-winged unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down during the most recent Ukrainian air raid on Russian regions, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. According to available information, combined air-defense battalions were employed in repelling the attack; […]

  • Why the Putin-Witkoff meeting brought no ‘breakthrough’

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 7:59am EST

    The ball is in Trump’s court, and he seems serious about achieving peace – but there’s a lot of work ahead US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow. The approximately five-hour session focused on a revised US […]

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  • NYT no longer a credible newspaper – US treasury secretary

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 7:01am EST

    Scott Bessent has called the outlet a “fever swamp,” accusing it of publishing fake stories about President Donald Trump’s mental health The New York Times is no longer a credible newspaper, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said, accusing the outlet of misleading and biased reporting on President Donald Trump’s mental health. During a live […]

  • Belgium rejects von der Leyen’s latest asset-theft pitch

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 6:47am EST

    Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has warned of “disastrous consequences” of the proposed ‘reparations’ loan for Ukraine using frozen Russian money Belgium has rejected European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen’s latest plan to seize Russia’s immobilized central bank assets to arm Ukraine. The country’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has warned the move would have “potentially […]

  • NATO state issues Black Sea shipping warning

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 6:33am EST

    Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has pointed to the widening geography of the Ukraine crisis The recent naval drone attacks on vessels off Türkiye’s Black Sea coast, reportedly carried out by Ukraine, could make the region inaccessible to trade and human transport, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has warned. In the past week, explosives-laden sea […]

  • EU corruption scandal could take down von der Leyen – Politico

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 6:02am EST

    A fraud probe targeting Federica Mogherini has ramped up pressure on the bloc chief, already dogged by the ‘Pfizergate’ controversy A corruption probe into former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has thrown European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s position into jeopardy, with opponents preparing to turn the affair into a fresh push to […]

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  • The missing ‘If’ that could get us killed: How Western media distorted Putin’s words

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 5:47am EST

    The message was rather simple: Russia is ready to respond to aggression. But you wouldn’t know it if you read the headlines A depressing pattern has taken hold in the way parts of the Western press cover Russia: take a volatile subject, strip it of the conditional language that contains it, and then act surprised […]

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  • Brussels does not want Ukraine corruption exposed – EU nation’s foreign minister

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 1:27am EST

    European taxpayer money is falling into the hands of a “war mafia,” Hungary’s Peter Szijjarto has warned The EU is ignoring rampant corruption in Ukraine because drawing attention to it could expose the bloc’s own corruption, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told journalists on Monday.  According to Szijjarto, Ukraine’s latest major corruption scandal involving a […]

  • US envoys believe Russia wants to end Ukraine conflict – Trump

    RT - Dec 4th 2025 12:47am EST

    President Vladimir Putin met with Washington’s representatives on Tuesday for talks on a peace plan US envoy Steve Witkoff and presidential adviser Jared Kushner believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to bring the Ukraine conflict to a settlement, US President Donald Trump told journalists on Wednesday. A day earlier, Witkoff and Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, […]

  • ‘The American empire is dangerous because the religiosity of US exceptionalism intersects with vast money making’ – Matthew Hoh

    RT - Dec 3rd 2025 5:57pm EST

    ‘The American empire is especially dangerous because the religiosity of US exceptionalism intersects with vast money making’ – Matthew Hoh, Senior fellow at Eisenhower media network. In the latest episode of ‘Sanchez Effect’ Rick and Matthew take a stroll down memory lane, reflecting on the painful chapters of US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rick says that […]

  • ‘The American empire is dangerous because the religiosity of US exceptionalism intersects with vast money making’ – Matthew Hoh

    RT - Dec 3rd 2025 5:57pm EST

    ‘The American empire is especially dangerous because the religiosity of US exceptionalism intersects with vast money making’ – Matthew Hoh, Senior fellow at Eisenhower media network. In the latest episode of ‘Sanchez Effect’ Rick and Matthew take a stroll down memory lane, reflecting on the painful chapters of US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rick says that […]

  • Israel and Lebanon hold first direct talks in decades

    RT - Dec 3rd 2025 4:15pm EST

    The meeting comes under a US-brokered ceasefire between West Jerusalem and Hezbollah that has been in effect since November 2024 Israel and Lebanon have conducted their first direct talks in decades as part of a US-brokered ceasefire that ended the war between the Jewish State and the military group Hezbollah. Civilian representatives from both sides […]

  • Von der Leyen ignores key EU member’s concerns with new asset theft push

    RT - Dec 3rd 2025 2:40pm EST

    The scheme would force Belgium-based Euroclear to fund a new ‘reparations’ loan for Ukraine using frozen Russian money The EU will press ahead with its plan to seize Russia’s immobilized central bank assets to arm Ukraine, brushing aside objections from Belgium, which hosts most of the funds. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued […]

  • NATO member plans 24/7 conscription

    RT - Dec 3rd 2025 1:13pm EST

    Lithuania has presented its 2026 draft plan as bloc’s European militarization ramps up Lithuania has unveiled an expanded conscription plan that will run year-round from 2026, becoming the latest NATO member to ramp up mandatory service as the bloc intensifies militarization across Europe. The expanded plan will allow for young people to be called up […]