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  • ‘Massive fleet’ heading to Iran – Trump

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 4:01pm EST

    The US president has renewed his threats against Tehran, warning “a lot of ships” are heading to the region Washington is closely “watching” the situation in Iran, US President Donald Trump has said, apparently renewing his threats of using military force against the Islamic Republic over its handling of the violent unrest. Iran has been […]

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  • Russia reports major inflation drop in 2025

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 3:32pm EST

    Consumer price growth has slowed the most in five years, central bank data shows Russia’s annual inflation slowed to its lowest level in five years in 2025, according to data from the country’s central bank. The figures show a marked easing in consumer price growth across much of the economy. Year-on-year inflation stood at 5.59% […]

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  • US considering total Cuba oil blockade – Politico

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 3:30pm EST

    American officials reportedly believe that by shutting off Cuba’s access to oil, they will place its government in a “chokehold” The US is considering imposing a total blockade on oil imports to Cuba, Politico has reported. News of the possible blockade comes as Washington reportedly searches for Cuban insiders to help topple Miguel Diaz-Canel’s government. […]

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  • US considering total Cuba oil blockade – Politico

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 3:30pm EST

    American officials reportedly believe that by shutting off Cuba’s access to oil, they will place its government in a “chokehold” The US is considering imposing a total blockade on oil imports to Cuba, Politico has reported. News of the possible blockade comes as Washington reportedly searches for Cuban insiders to help topple Miguel Diaz-Canel’s government. […]

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  • US mulling complete troop withdrawal from Syria – WSJ

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 2:03pm EST

    Washington is reportedly considering the option after Damascus reasserted control over territories held by US-backed Kurdish militias The US is considering a complete withdrawal of its troops from Syria, the Wall Street Journal has claimed, citing unnamed officials. According to the publication, this has been prompted by the advance by Syrian government forces last week […]

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  • The monetary system is broken and gold knows why

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 1:58pm EST

    Central banks have been buying bullion at a record clip because holding dollars has become a losing proposition In the German writer Ernst Junger’s macabre vignette ‘Violet Endives’, a man walks into a gourmet shop where the salesman speaks in matter-of-fact fashion about the delicacies on display – human flesh – and embarks upon a […]

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  • Blue chip French banks announce major job cuts

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 1:31pm EST

    Societe Generale and BNP Paribas will slash their workforce to reduce costs French banking giants Societe Generale and BNP Paribas have announced plans to slash headcount as part of restructuring measures to reduce costs. Societe Generale plans to cut 1,800 jobs in France by the end of 2027, the bank said in a statement on […]

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  • Russia-US-Ukraine talks begin in Abu Dhabi – UAE FM

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 1:30pm EST

    The closed-door negotiations are aimed at resolving territorial disputes between Moscow and Kiev Russian, American, and Ukrainian officials have sat down to the first round of trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed. After a week of public diplomacy in Davos, the talks are taking place behind closed doors. In a […]

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  • Poland owes Germany €1.3trn in ‘reparations’ over Nord Stream blasts – Bundestag opposition MP

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 12:17pm EST

    The amount corresponds to the compensation demanded by Warsaw from Berlin for damages suffered during World War II Poland should compensate Germany for “complicity” in the 2022 explosions that put the Nord Stream gas pipelines out of operation, a right-wing German politician has claimed. The amount cited by Kay Gottschalk, an MP from the opposition […]

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  • EU depletes gas reserves faster than usual – Bloomberg

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 11:32am EST

    Storage is reportedly far emptier than normal for the season as LNG imports fall short A harsh winter has forced Europe to draw on gas reserves at the highest rate in five years, with imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) failing to meet demand, Bloomberg has reported. Withdrawals from storage in the EU averaged around 7.79 […]

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  • You reap what you sow: Ukraine’s blackout is Zelensky’s failure

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 11:18am EST

    Kiev’s leadership turned war, corruption, and negligence into a nationwide blackout At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky claimed that Russia is “trying to freeze Ukrainians to death,” referring to Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Of course, no decent person can stand by and watch people suffer. The images […]

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  • US owes WHO $260mn in ‘messy divorce’ – media

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 10:26am EST

    President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal from the global health body last year, accusing it of mismanagement and political bias The US has completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), but still owes the agency roughly $260 million in outstanding membership fees, according to media reports citing WHO calculations. Washington had long been […]

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  • German lawmaker pushing to repatriate gold from US

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 10:07am EST

    Around a third of Berlin’s bullion reserves, worth $180 billion, remain in New York Berlin should repatriate its gold reserves held in the US, a German lawmaker told Der Spiegel on Friday, citing concerns over US President Donald Trump’s “unpredictable” policies. Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), said repatriating the reserves […]

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  • Blackrock boss working on $800 billion plan for Ukraine’s economy – Witkoff

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 9:37am EST

    Larry Fink has joined US President Donald Trump’s team as a “prosperity adviser” BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has joined US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine team as a “prosperity adviser,” US envoy Steve Witkoff has announced. After a similar project failed last year, Fink will once more be tasked with pulling Western capital into Ukraine. Speaking […]

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  • Italy rebukes Zelensky for lack of gratitude

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 8:31am EST

    The Ukrainian leader has accused his supporters of being weak in confronting Russia Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has blasted Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, saying his criticism of European nations that support Kiev shows a lack of gratitude. Zelensky accused Europe of being indecisive on Thursday, contrasting it with the US under President Donald Trump, who […]

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  • US residents could be justified in shooting federal agents – Democratic official

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 7:41am EST

    Citizens may use deadly force against masked ICE agents if they feel they are in danger, according to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes Arizona’s Democratic attorney general has claimed that residents could be justified in shooting US immigration agents under the state’s self-defense laws, escalating the rhetoric amid nationwide crackdowns.  Speaking to 12 News on […]

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  • Pelosi scolding Democrats over push to hold Clintons in contempt in Epstein case – CNN

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 7:20am EST

    The former US president and his wife have refused to appear before Congress to speak on the disgraced financier’s case Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has privately chastised Democrats who voted to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after they declined to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein probe, CNN reported on […]

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  • EU state’s PM compares bloc to ‘massage parlor’

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 5:59am EST

    The group needs new leadership, not cosmetic changes, Slovakia’s Robert Fico has said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has compared the EU to a massage parlor, saying its problems can only be fixed by changing the staff. He specifically called for the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, to be removed. In a video posted […]

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  • Zelensky a ‘confused clown’ – Iran

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 5:31am EST

    Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has chastised the Ukrainian leader after he urged the West to back regime change Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has branded Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky a “confused clown,” accusing him of openly encouraging Western-backed regime change in the country. In a post on X on Friday, Araghchi said Zelensky had been “rinsing […]

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  • Many words, zero missiles: Why Israel refrains from striking Iran 

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 4:30am EST

    How West Jerusalem balances tough rhetoric, diplomacy, and the risk of regional war Amid rising tensions surrounding Iran, the US Navy’s Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its strike group entered the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after transiting the Malacca Strait, according to navigation data from Marine Traffic. The naval fleet is heading westward toward the […]

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  • Belgium corrects US on ‘peace board’ claim

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 3:04am EST

    The European nation has not joined the Trump-chaired panel despite being on the list of members, the foreign minister has said Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has denied that his country is participating in the ‘Board of Peace’ launched by US President Donald Trump in Davos on Thursday. The controversial panel was inaugurated with a […]

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  • Fyodor Lukyanov: ‘Happy vassal’ is the most honest phrase at Davos

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 2:21am EST

    How relations with Brussels have changed since Trump came to power Western Europe’s complete and voluntary dependence on the US was never really discussed because it was simply assumed. It was called strategic autonomy, but meant close transatlantic relations within an alliance in which the US is, of course, the senior partner. Yet even that […]

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  • No turning back

    RT - Jan 23rd 2026 1:40am EST

    Stress tests and breaking points. This is what is being played out across the Western world. Trump’s demand to acquire Greenland has put Europe on notice. In fact, the way we think about geopolitics is being transformed. Being an ally of the US affords you little protection. CrossTalking with Arnold August, Elizabeth Lane, and Lionel.

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  • Trump disinvites Canada from his ‘peace board’

    RT - Jan 22nd 2026 11:54pm EST

    The US president has changed his mind following a public spat with the Canadian PM US President Donald Trump has rescinded the invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his ‘Board of Peace’, a new global body he hopes to make central to resolving world conflicts. Trump invited dozens of heads of state […]

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  • Russian gas exports to China soar – data

    RT - Jan 22nd 2026 4:09pm EST

    The Asian nation has boosted purchases of LNG, customs figures show China sharply increased its purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2025 and reached a record monthly volume in December, according to Chinese customs data cited by RIA Novosti. In 2025, the Asian nation imported 9.8 million tons of the super-chilled fuel, up […]

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