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  • China-US trade war yields unprecedented Asian partnership

    RT - Nov 29th 2025 10:35am EST

    The Thai king’s historic visit to Beijing signals Bangkok’s deeper embrace of Thailand’s northern neighbor in a shifting global order Thailand’s relationship with China has entered a new and symbolically powerful phase with King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s historic five-day state visit to Beijing in mid-November – the first by a reigning Thai monarch since the establishment […]

  • Trump declares Venezuelan airspace closed

    RT - Nov 29th 2025 8:31am EST

    The US president has said his country will take action on land against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela ‘very soon’ Airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela is now closed, US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday. Trump has repeatedly threatened military action against the country, citing its alleged involvement in the illicit drug trade, a […]

  • Europe militarizes its space agency

    RT - Nov 29th 2025 6:27am EST

    The ESA has been awarded record funding, dropping its civilian-only focus and branching out to military and security missions The European Space Agency (ESA) will begin working on defense projects for the first time, in a move it is describing as “historic.” A resolution by its 23 member states says the agency has the tools […]

  • Trump moves to void Biden-era executive orders signed by autopen

    RT - Nov 29th 2025 3:27am EST

    The US president claims most of the directives issued during his predecessor’s administration were invalid due to the use of the device US President Donald Trump has said he is canceling all executive orders his predecessor Joe Biden signed using an autopen, a device that reproduces signatures. Trump announced the move on Truth Social, calling […]

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  • Ukraine: Europe is bringing the world to the precipice of nuclear war with Russia (Dr. Dmitri Trenin)

    RT - Nov 29th 2025 12:56am EST

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak with Dr. Dmitri Trenin, member of Russia’s Foreign and Defense Policy Council and Former Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. He discusses why, with the world at the precipice of nuclear war, the Ukraine proxy war is far more dangerous than the Cuban Missile Crisis, the possibility of […]

  • Trump and Maduro spoke in secret phone call – NYT

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 9:19pm EST

    The leaders of the US and Venezuela reportedly discussed a meeting to diffuse military tensions US President Donald Trump spoke over the phone late last week with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, discussing a possible meeting amid growing tensions, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing multiple people familiar with the matter. Trump has […]

  • Why the US can no longer impose its ‘values’ on Saudi Arabia

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 4:10pm EST

    Washington increasingly has to negotiate from a position not of absolute dominance, but of relative advantage Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman’s November visit to Washington marked his first appearance at the White House in seven years. On day one, Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet on the South Lawn, followed […]

  • Chinese authorities sound alarm over humanoid robots

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 3:59pm EST

    An economic planning commission has warned that a bubble could form in the booming industry amid explosive investment levels China’s humanoid robotics industry risks facing a bubble as a result of the current investment frenzy, the country’s economic planning commission has warned. Speaking to reporters in Beijing on Thursday, a spokesperson for the National Development […]

  • Russia and Saudi Arabia set to scrap visas for each other

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 3:23pm EST

    Under a draft agreement, citizens of both countries will be able to visit the other visa-free for up to 90 days a year The Russian government has approved a draft deal with Saudi Arabia to waive visas for mutual visits of up to 90 days a year. The document, published on Russia’s official legal information […]

  • EU issues warning to Ukraine over graft scandal

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 3:02pm EST

    Kiev must prove it has a “robust” system to deal with top-level corruption to get accepted into the bloc, a top EU official says Ukraine must prosecute and convict high-profile figures implicated in corruption schemes to be able to join the EU, the bloc’s Justice Commissioner, Michael McGrath, has said. McGrath issued the warning in […]

  • German court arrests Nord Stream blast suspect

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 2:07pm EST

    Investigators claim the Ukrainian national led a group of saboteurs that blew up the pipelines A German court has issued a formal arrest warrant for a Ukrainian national allegedly involved in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022. The 49-year old, identified by media as former Ukrainian military officer Sergey Kuznetsov, supposedly […]

  • OpenAI needs $200bn to continue losing money – HSBC

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 12:23pm EST

    Surging computing costs could keep the maker of ChatGPT scrambling for fresh cash, a bank research report has estimated OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, may need to raise more than $200 billion by 2030 in order to continue operating, according to HSBC research cited by several media outlets.  The company needs the funding to continue […]

  • NATO state sets up ‘night watch’ to track Trump – media

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 12:03pm EST

    Denmark has reportedly installed a special guard to monitor the US president’s remarks after he signaled plans to take over Greenland Denmark has reportedly established a special “night watch” to monitor US President Donald Trump’s statements after he insisted earlier this year that Greenland, an autonomous territory within the kingdom, should be brought under US […]

  • Cash-strapped Britain to sell off embassies – Politico

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 10:54am EST

    The Foreign Office will reportedly offload diplomatic properties and cull staff as part of deep spending cuts Britain’s Foreign Office is set to sell some of its overseas embassies and diplomatic housing as part of deep spending cuts, Politico reported on Friday, citing newly released government budget documents. The ministry is reportedly reviewing its £2.5 […]

  • US ‘hiding’ new Ukraine peace proposals from EU – Politico

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 10:34am EST

    The situation is “unprecedented,” an EU diplomat has told the outlet The US is keeping the EU “in the dark” regarding ongoing diplomacy and possible draft documents aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict, Politico Europe has reported, citing an unnamed EU diplomat. US officials are working on a peace framework first put forth by Washington […]

  • Ukrainian corruption raids ‘not good news for Western Europe’ – Warsaw

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 9:42am EST

    Raiding the home of Vladimir Zelensky’s right-hand man “does not make current negotiations any easier,” the Polish deputy PM has said The anti-graft raid on Vladimir Zelensky’s right-hand man, Andrey Yermak, “is not good news for Poland or Western Europe,” Polish Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said. The exposure of corruption […]

  • Senior EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 8:35am EST

    Washington requested watering down rules targeting its tech giants in exchange for tariff relief A senior EU official has accused the US of “blackmail” after Washington demanded that Brussels soften its digital rules in exchange for easing tariffs on steel and aluminum. In an interview with Politico published on Thursday, European Commission Vice President Teresa […]

  • Maduro tells Venezuelan air force to ‘be ready’ amid Trump threats

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 8:01am EST

    The South American leader has rallied troops after the US president hinted at launching land-based operations Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has urged the country’s air force to remain “ready and resolute” in defending the nation, after US President Donald Trump threatened land operations in the region. The Pentagon has deployed warships to the Caribbean and […]

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  • Trump’s ‘drug boat’ attacks mirror controversial Obama-era tactic – NYT

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 5:55am EST

    Pentagon officials reportedly deny the comparison despite admitting they don’t always know who they kill in the Caribbean US airstrikes on suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean ordered by President Donald Trump bear similarities to the controversial ‘signature strikes’ on purported terrorists under former President Barack Obama, the New York Times has argued. The Obama-era […]

  • The GDP myth: What it really shows, and what it doesn’t

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 5:44am EST

    The most-often cited metric of economic success more often than not simply tells us what we want to hear – or what the West wants us to hear A few weeks after the Russia-Ukraine war began, Belgian economist Paul De Grauwe penned an article for the website of the London School of Economics with the […]

  • Merz defends elite ‘cash for access’ summit

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 5:32am EST

    A gathering linked to Germany’s culture minister reportedly offers €80,000 access to senior politicians German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has defended a summit run by his culture minister’s media group, which offers access to top politicians for as much as €80,000, dismissing accusations of wrongdoing, according to media reports. The annual Ludwig Erhard Summit is run […]

  • EU making war plans while Russia and US talk peace – Orban

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 5:12am EST

    The Hungarian prime minister has likened Brussels’ policy to that of a gambler with “bad cards” The EU is deliberately stalling Russian and US efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said, accusing the bloc of “still plotting war” while “everyone else” is striving for peace. The remarks follow a […]

  • Hungary’s Orban arrives in Moscow

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 5:09am EST

    The prime minister will discuss energy security and Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has arrived in Russia for an unannounced visit centered on energy security, with talks scheduled later in the day with President Vladimir Putin. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced the arrival on Friday, posting a photo […]

  • Trump admits Russian icebreaker dominance

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 3:38am EST

    It is “ridiculous” that Moscow has 48 vessels while Washington only has one, the president has said President Donald Trump has admitted the US is far behind Russia in icebreaker capacity, noting that his country has only one vessel of this type compared to dozens operated by Moscow. Icebreakers are specialized vessels built to break […]

  • Seizing Russian assets would derail Ukraine peace push – key EU state

    RT - Nov 28th 2025 2:32am EST

    Belgium has ratcheted up opposition to using frozen funds for a loan scheme to finance Ukraine Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has warned that an EU plan to back a €140 billion loan for Ukraine with frozen Russian state assets risks wrecking the prospects for a peace deal and saddling his country with huge […]