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  • China has already won the green energy war

    RT - Nov 20th 2025 12:12pm EST

    As Washington debates fossil fuels, Beijing builds the clean-energy systems of the next century As the United States under Donald Trump dismantles green energy programs and returns to fossil-fuel politics, China has moved into a different league. While Washington argues over subsidies and regulations, Beijing is exporting entire clean-energy systems at industrial scale – and […]

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  • French would ‘lose children’ in potential war with Russia – army chief

    RT - Nov 20th 2025 11:31am EST

    Fabien Mandon has been accused of “warmongering” for promoting the supposed threat from Moscow France’s top general, Fabien Mandon, is facing backlash after saying the country must be ready to “lose children” in a potential conflict with Russia. Moscow has dismissed Western speculation that it has any plans to attack the EU or NATO as […]

  • The Logistical Significance of Africa

    RT - Nov 20th 2025 11:06am EST

    In this episode of Lumumba’s Africa, we look at the logistical significance of the Mother Continent. Where all the roads meet – what is the future of the pathways of Africa?

  • EU must stop funding ‘corrupt Ukrainian war mafia’ – Orban

    RT - Nov 20th 2025 10:21am EST

    The bloc should “choose common sense” and stop bankrolling a “war that cannot be won,” the Hungarian PM has said The EU must stop prolonging the Ukraine conflict by funding the “corrupt war mafia” in Kiev and instead focus its efforts on peace, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. The prime minister made the […]

  • Ukraine burden ‘not sustainable’ for Nordic nations – NATO member 

    RT - Nov 20th 2025 9:16am EST

    Sweden has criticized uneven cash injections from other bloc members, despite claims about backing Kiev “for as long as it takes” It is unsustainable for Nordic countries to continue to pay a disproportionate amount to support Ukraine, Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard has said in an interview with Politico. Rifts are widening inside the […]

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  • NATO has turned Baltic Sea into ‘confrontation zone’ – Moscow

    RT - Nov 20th 2025 8:55am EST

    The bloc’s attempts to oust Russia from the region will fail, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said NATO has turned the Baltic Sea into an area of military confrontation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said, lamenting that the bloc is unwilling to discuss de-escalation in the region. Her remarks come amid rising […]

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  • Saudi Arabia makes major commitment to US – White House

    RT - Nov 20th 2025 8:50am EST

    President Donald Trump declared the oil-rich kingdom to be a major non-NATO ally following a meeting and banquet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Saudi Arabia has agreed to raise investment in the US to almost $1 trillion, the White House has announced. The Kingdom made the commitment as part of a series of “landmark” […]

  • Trump privately backs steep tariffs on Russia’s trade partners – US senator

    RT - Nov 20th 2025 8:19am EST

    A bill proposed by lawmaker Lindsey Graham would slap 500% duties on any nation that purchases Russian uranium, gas, and oil US President Donald Trump has privately urged lawmakers to advance a bill that would put secondary sanctions on Russia’s trading partners, Senator Lindsey Graham has claimed. The bill would allow Trump to impose a […]

  • Trump trying to revive Russiagate-linked lawsuit against Hilary Clinton

    RT - Nov 20th 2025 6:47am EST

    The US president has accused his former White House rival of trying to hinder his 2016 campaign with unfounded claims tying him to Moscow US President Donald Trump is attempting to revive a failed civil lawsuit that claimed then-rival Hillary Clinton tried to rig the 2016 election by linking his campaign to Russia. The 108-page […]

  • Economic cost of Brexit to UK revealed

    RT - Nov 20th 2025 4:57am EST

    Britain’s GDP took a hit of up to 8% following the departure from the EU, analysts say   Britain’s departure from the European Union reduced the country’s gross domestic product by as much as 8% by 2025, according to a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The decline was driven by […]

  • EU was ‘kept in the dark’ about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan – Telegraph

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 11:53pm EST

    The roadmap reportedly requires Kiev to relinquish the parts of the new Russian regions in Donbass still under its control Kiev’s backers in the EU have received almost no data on the US peace plan for Ukraine, which has been presented by the administration of President Donald Trump to Kiev, the Daily Telegraph reported on […]

  • Trump signs bill releasing Epstein files

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 9:56pm EST

    The US president previously resisted the push to make documents public, arguing the issue was being weaponized by the Democrats US President Donald Trump has signed a bill requiring the Justice Department to release investigative files relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The move came despite Trump initially opposing the measure, saying Democrats were using […]

  • EU unveils plans for ‘military Schengen’

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 8:20pm EST

    The bloc’s officials have long complained about infrastructure unfit for moving heavy hardware to the Russian border The EU Commission has prepared a plan for a “military Schengen” to speed the movement of troops and heavy equipment across the bloc amid a stand-off with Russia. EU officials have long warned that it would take the […]

  • Trump Ukraine envoy to resign in January – Reuters

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 6:26pm EST

    Keith Kellogg’s forthcoming departure will be “unwelcome news” for Kiev given his sympathetic stance, the report says US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is planning to step down in January, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing sources. The article comes amid reports that the US presented a peace plan to Kiev requiring that […]

  • ‘As the media chased after the next big moment like Alaska, they missed strides of quiet diplomacy making a comeback’ — Kavulich

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 6:19pm EST

    ‘Hiding in Plain Sight: As the media chased after the next big WOW moment like Alaska, they missed strides of quiet diplomacy making a comeback.’ — John Kavulich, Senior Research Editor at Issue Insight. In the latest episode of ‘Sanchez Effect’, John Kavulich shares insights on a surprising development: while many believed the cancelled Budapest summit spelled […]

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  • US peace plan proposes Ukraine ‘give up sovereignty’ – FT

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 4:00pm EST

    The proposal reportedly requires that Kiev relinquish territory, reduce its army, and recognize Russian as an official language A US-proposed peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine conflict developed jointly with Moscow requires major concessions from Kiev and would amount to it giving up its sovereignty, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Russia has not confirmed the […]

  • Europeans’ grandchildren would pay for new Ukraine loan – Hungarian PM

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 3:30pm EST

    Viktor Orban has called Brussels’ push for an additional €135 billion for Kiev “categorically absurd” A push by the European Commission to raise an additional €135 billion ($156 billion) for Ukraine would burden future generations of Europeans with debt, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned. The remark comes as a major corruption scandal is […]

  • Fyodor Lukyanov: This is why the G20 is a relic of a bygone era

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 2:17pm EST

    The 2026 Trump summit might be the club’s final act Another G20 summit convenes this week in Johannesburg, but the mood surrounding it says more than the agenda ever will. The forum was born not out of ideology but necessity. Its creation at the turn of the century followed the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98, […]

  • Von der Leyen killing Kallas in EU ‘Game of Thrones’ – Le Monde

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 1:17pm EST

    The two top officials are reportedly struggling for control over the bloc’s diplomatic and intelligence services Two of the EU’s most powerful and controversial officials, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the bloc’s Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, are struggling for control of the EU’s diplomacy and intelligence services in a confrontation “worthy […]

  • EU won’t fast-track Ukrainian membership – senior MEP

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 12:37pm EST

    Kiev’s possible entry hinges on fulfilling bloc requirements and resolving the conflict, David McAllister has told Izvestia The EU has no plans to accelerate integration of Ukraine into the bloc, the chairman of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has said. David McAllister told Izvestia on Wednesday that Ukrainian membership would only be possible after […]

  • Ukraine is drowning in a swamp of corruption – and the West is trying to make it look like a good thing

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 11:04am EST

    Kiev’s establishment is burning to the ground in the Energoatom Mafia scandal, while the media and think tanks keep insisting this is fine In Ukraine, the front lines are crumbling and so is the Zelensky regime. While Kupyansk and Pokrovsk are falling, the shockwaves of the Energoatom Mafia scandal keep reverberating, internationally and at home […]

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  • Dutch backtrack on Chinese chip hub seizure

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 11:02am EST

    The Netherlands nationalized Nexperia last month, citing risks to the EU’s economic and technological security The Dutch government has handed back control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia after “constructive meetings” with Beijing authorities, Economy Minister Vincent Karremans has announced. The Netherlands invoked a Cold War-era emergency law to seize the Dutch-based firm last month, citing “serious […]

  • Poland to shut down last Russian consulate

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 9:35am EST

    Moscow has vowed to respond in kind to the closure of its diplomatic facility in Gdansk and lamented a profound deterioration of relations Poland will close the last remaining Russian consulate in the country, in the city of Gdansk, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has announced. The move came after several acts of railway sabotage in […]

  • Details revealed of Trump-approved covert action plan for Venezuela

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 8:38am EST

    Washington’s strategy could involve military, psychological and information pressure, according to the New York Times US President Donald Trump has greenlighted additional measures to pressure Venezuela and prepare for a potential broader military campaign, including covert CIA operations targeting President Nicolas Maduro’s government, the New York Times has reported, citing US officials.  At the same […]

  • Olympic boss asks governments to separate sport from politics

    RT - Nov 19th 2025 6:08am EST

    Kirsty Coventry’s stance comes as the IOC currently allows only vetted Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged governments to preserve sport as a politically neutral space, emphasizing that every eligible athlete must be able to compete without discrimination.  Speaking in Brussels on Monday, IOC President Kirsty Coventry called […]

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