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  • Iran behind French rail sabotage ahead of Olympics – Israel

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 9:34pm EDT

    Tehran is also planning “terrorist attacks” at the Games, the Israeli foreign minister said Iran has orchestrated vandalism attacks against the French high-speed rail network, which paralyzed traffic ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Friday.  “The sabotage of railway infrastructure across France ahead of the Paris 2024 […]

  • Indian prime minister to visit Ukraine – media

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 6:06pm EDT

    Narendra Modi is reportedly planning a trip to Kiev in late August Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to visit Ukraine sometime in August, media outlets in New Delhi have reported citing diplomatic sources. Though he has met with Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of G7 meetings in Italy and Japan, Modi has not visited […]

  • G20 fails to agree on global billionaire tax – Politico

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 5:07pm EDT

    At a meeting in Brazil, the US led the campaign against a minimum levy on the world’s richest 3,000 people The finance ministers of the world’s 20 leading economies have failed to agree on a global tax on billionaires, but promised to impose progressive taxes on the super-rich, Politico reported on Friday. At a meeting […]

  • FBI wrong about assassination attempt, Trump’s doctor says

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 3:41pm EDT

    “There is no evidence” that the former US president was hit by anything other than a bullet, his physician has stated The New York Times and Donald Trump’s personal physician have both concluded that the former president was struck by a bullet, and not “shrapnel” as FBI Director Christopher Wray suggested. In testimony to the […]

  • Pentagon reacts to Russia-China bomber patrols near Alaska

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 2:42pm EDT

    Moscow and Beijing said the patrols were in line with international law and did not violate foreign airspace Russian and Chinese bombers jointly operating in international airspace near the coast of Alaska is a sign of their expanding military cooperation, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said, adding that Washington is “concerned” by the development. […]

  • US cluster bombs for Kiev go through Germany – media

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 1:55pm EDT

    Berlin has denied any knowledge of the types of weapons America transports through the country The US military delivers several types of cluster munitions to Germany and stores them on its territory before handing them over to Ukraine, German broadcaster NDR reported on Thursday. This means Berlin could be in violation of a UN convention […]

  • US admits it spread disinformation about Chinese Covid vaccine – Reuters

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 1:50pm EDT

    The Pentagon reportedly created hundreds of fake social media profiles to convince Filipinos that the Sinovac shot was “fake” The US military has admitted that it ran a clandestine campaign aimed at discrediting China’s Sinovac vaccine in the Philippines and across Asia and the Middle East, Reuters has reported. “It is true that the [Department […]

  • UN calls for global action on ‘heat epidemic’

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 1:05pm EDT

    Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the dire effects that “fossil fuel-charged” climate change has on humanity UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the global community to take steps to battle what he called an “extreme heat epidemic” affecting millions of people worldwide and weighing heavily on economies.  Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the […]

  • Kremlin vows response to EU’s expropriation of Russian assets

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 12:20pm EDT

    The transfer to Ukraine of €1.5 billion in proceeds from frozen funds will not go unanswered, Dmitry Peskov has said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has warned that Russia will retaliate against the West for its expropriation of the country’s sovereign assets. On Friday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on X (formerly Twitter) […]

  • FBI knows nothing about terrorists flooding US – Trump

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 11:28am EDT

    The Bureau is too busy being improperly political, the former president has suggested Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has slammed the Federal Bureau of Investigation as being politicized and incompetent at its job. Testifying before Congress on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray said he wasn’t sure whether Trump had been hit […]

  • Israel gave US Congress weapons wishlist – Politico

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 11:17am EDT

    Benjamin Netanyahu’s entourage reportedly asked lawmakers for seven weapons systems this week Israeli officials handed US lawmakers a list of weapons they want fast-tracked during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, Politico reported on Thursday. President Joe Biden’s administration denies that it is delaying these arms transfers. The list in question was given to […]

  • Ukraine’s rebranded neo-Nazis dazzle the Western press on tour

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 10:36am EDT

    As the Third Assault Brigade continues its European PR journey, its roots in the radical Azov Battalion are conveniently forgotten “Four soldiers from Ukraine’s popular Third Assault Brigade kicked off their meet-and-greets in the Polish capital on Sunday, home to large numbers of Ukrainian refugees, more than two years into the conflict,” reported Agence France Presse […]

  • WATCH staff go on strike at luxury Paris Olympics hotel

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 10:32am EDT

    Employees at the Hotel du Collectionneur, where members of the IOC are staying, have staged a protest hours before the start of the Games Staff at a five-star hotel in central Paris booked by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have gone on strike, French workers’ union the CGT announced on Thursday. The industrial action was […]

  • Pompeo offers Trump an escalatory ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 10:06am EDT

    The former secretary of state wants his old boss to offer Kiev half-a-trillion dollars and NATO membership Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that Donald Trump would be open to dramatically ramping up US support for Ukraine if elected president. Pompeo’s plan, however, contradicts almost everything Trump has said about the conflict […]

  • EU state warns of impending fuel shortage

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 8:54am EDT

    Hungary risks depleting its reserves due to an oil transit spat with Ukraine, a top official has said Hungary will face a fuel shortage by September if a solution to the oil transit dispute with Ukraine is not found, Gergely Gulyas, the head of the Hungarian prime minister’s office, has warned. Kiev stopped the transit […]

  • The Real Scandal: What the Durham Report Revealed

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 8:35am EDT

    On this episode of Direct Impact, host Rick Sanchez discusses the underreported Durham report, which revealed that accusations of Russian interference in US politics were largely fabricated. Rick then contrasts this with the open influence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on US politics, highlighting a stark double standard. The episode concludes with a focus on […]

  • Airport at French-Swiss border evacuated due to bomb threat

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 8:19am EDT

    The Basel-Mulhouse air hub was shut down early on Friday, hours after sabotage disrupted the French high-speed rail network An airport on the Franco-Swiss border was temporarily evacuated early on Friday, French media reported citing law enforcement. The Basel-Mulhouse EuroAirport is located on the French side of the border near the town of Basel. The […]

  • First deaths from rare disease registered in Brazil

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 8:19am EDT

    The Oropouche virus, which is spread by infected mosquitoes, has killed two women, the health ministry said Brazil has recorded the world’s first deaths from the Oropouche virus after two women died of the illness, which is spread by infected flies and mosquitos, the country’s health ministry has said. Oropouche fever, named after the region […]

  • Russian central bank hikes interest rate to 18%

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 7:33am EDT

    The first increase since December comes amid growing inflationary pressure, according to the regulator The Bank of Russia has raised its key interest rate from 16% to 18%, citing inflationary pressures. Domestic demand continues to exceed the economy’s capacity to produce goods and services to meet it, the regulator said in a statement on Friday.   […]

  • Dutch MPs sound alarm over surging imports of Russian gas 

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 7:08am EDT

    The latest data shows that gas shipments to the EU rose by nearly a quarter in the first half of the year Dutch Parliament members have addressed the minister of foreign affairs to express concern over the EU’s increasing dependence on Russian gas. The MPs reportedly suggested that Russian pipeline natural gas is cheaper than […]

  • French high-speed rail network crippled by massive ‘sabotage’ (VIDEOS)

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 6:59am EDT

    Train lines were targeted by multiple “malicious” acts including arson ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics High-speed train traffic in France was disrupted on Friday, just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics following a series of “malicious acts” including arson and cable theft, according to the country’s state railway […]

  • French high-speed rail network crippled by massive ‘sabotage’ (VIDEOS)

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 6:59am EDT

    Train lines were targeted by multiple “malicious” acts including arson ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics High-speed train traffic in France was disrupted on Friday, just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics following a series of “malicious acts” including arson and cable theft, according to the country’s state railway […]

  • US now ‘an empire of lies’ – China

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 6:58am EDT

    Washington sees nothing wrong in engaging in deceptive behavior to achieve its selfish aims, the Defense Ministry has said The United States long ago became an “empire of lies” as it continues to push false narratives about China and other countries to secure its position globally, Zhang Xiaogang, spokesman for the Defense Ministry in Beijing, […]

  • CrossTalk: Shock and disgust

    RT - Jul 26th 2024 2:51am EDT

    In his address to a joint session of Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent a good portion of his speech attacking Americans who have been protesting Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. The majority of the lawmakers in the chamber responded with a standing ovation. CrossTalking with Lionel, Esteban Carrillo Lopez, and Stanley L. Cohen.

  • NATO member summons Russian envoy over ‘drone fragments’

    RT - Jul 25th 2024 10:41pm EDT

    Bucharest said that pieces of a Russian military UAV were discovered on Romanian soil The Romanian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian charge d’affaires on Thursday, after accusing Moscow of flying a military drone into its airspace. Romanian officials said earlier that pieces of a UAV were found in the eastern part of the country.  The […]