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  • BRICS an ‘ideal alliance’ to ditch the dollar – Venezuelan FM

    RT - Sep 25th 2023 6:10am EDT

    The pro-multipolarity group will soon include most of the world’s major oil producers and consumers, FM Yvan Gil Pinto has said Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto foresees that BRICS expansion will unite major energy producers and consumers, offering a pathway toward reducing the dependence on the US dollar in global trade. In a recent […]

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  • Russian maritime trade forecast to grow

    RT - Sep 25th 2023 6:00am EDT

    Arctic shipping has been a priority for the country’s economic development Russian shipping will continue to expand and will reach 29.6 million tons by 2026, marking a 7.3% increase from 2022, according to a report by the Ministry of Economic Development. On Friday, the ministry issued its forecast on the country’s social economic development for […]

  • Timofey Bordachev: Zelensky’s top aide publicly insulted China, here’s why Beijing’s response has been so restrained

    RT - Sep 25th 2023 4:44am EDT

    The chief advisor to Ukraine’s president, Mikhail Podoliak, used a cheap slur to denigrate two Asian powerhouses Last week a representative of the Kiev regime openly spoke about the “weak intellectual potential” of countries like China and India. Mikhail Podoliak’s outburst perfectly illustrated many features of modern international politics.  First of all, there is the […]

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  • Alastair Crooke: ENORMOUS Tensions in Ukraine, USA’s Increasing Isolation & Europe Becoming a Vassal

    RT - Sep 25th 2023 4:27am EDT

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Alastair Crooke, a former adviser to the European Union’s foreign policy chief and the founder and director of Conflicts Forum. He discusses why the US is becoming increasingly isolated while Europe relegates itself to a weaker vassal, the deep divisions within NATO swept under the rug, Ukraine’s […]

  • Cuban embassy in US attacked with petrol bombs – Havana

    RT - Sep 25th 2023 4:23am EDT

    Anti-Cuba groups in America resort to terrorism because they feel they won’t be punished, foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez has said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has blamed US authorities for failing to act against groups hostile to his government following an alleged petrol bomb attack on the island nation’s Washington embassy. On Sunday evening, “the […]

  • Exporting hate

    RT - Sep 25th 2023 3:21am EDT

    Whether we look at the conflict in Ukraine, or civil unrest in virtually any part of the world, dig a little deeper and you will find hate at the root of it. In this episode of Modus Operandi, Manila Chan will explore the exportation of hate from country to country, from the US to anywhere and […]

  • Bolivia’s Evo Morales announces 2025 presidential bid

    RT - Sep 25th 2023 1:36am EDT

    The leftist leader plans to seek a fourth term after being ousted from power in what he called a US-backed coup Evo Morales, a leftist politician ousted from power in Bolivia amid riots four years ago, has announced that he will run for his fourth term as president in 2025.  Writing on X (formerly Twitter) […]

  • UK recession fears mounting

    RT - Sep 25th 2023 1:06am EDT

    British private sector output dropped in September, prompting firms to cut staff, S&P Global says   Companies in the UK’s private sector have been downsizing their workforce at the fastest rate since the global financial crisis, apart from the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, as output fell in September, according to data published by S&P Global on […]

  • Global warming could cause beer deficit, brewer claims

    RT - Sep 25th 2023 1:06am EDT

    Warmer temperatures hurt barley and hop yields, the head of Asahi says Climate change could cause beer shortages as warmer temperatures are hurting barley and hops yields worldwide, Atsushi Katsuki, the CEO of Japanese brewing company Asahi, has warned. In an interview with the Financial Times published on Friday, he cited an analysis conducted by […]

  • CrossTalk Bullhorns: Zelensky watching Zelensky

    RT - Sep 25th 2023 12:00am EDT

    Western solidarity with Ukraine, particularly in Eastern Europe, is being tested. The flood of cheap Ukrainian grain into the EU has engaged farmers and terrified politicians facing their voters. Ukraine is ‘behaving like a drowning man’ – willing to take down their so-called friends if they have to. CrossTalking with George Szamuely and Martin Jay.

  • Neighbor accuses German chancellor of election meddling

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 11:36pm EDT

    Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau asked Berlin to respect its neighbor’s sovereignty German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has attempted to interfere in the Polish parliamentary election scheduled for next month, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said. The rebuke came after Scholz raised concern over the cash-for-visas scandal that became one of the issues of the campaign. “The […]

  • West is ‘arrogant and hypocritical’ – Swiss watch boss

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 10:15pm EDT

    The head of Swatch Group lamented the abandonment of diplomacy as means to end the Ukraine conflict The West exhibits double standards when it comes to the Ukraine conflict and is hostile to efforts to end the fighting through diplomacy, Nick Hayek, CEO of the Swiss watch-making giant Swatch Group, told newspaper SonntagsBlick on Sunday. […]

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  • Germany rebukes neighbor over migrants

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 6:49pm EDT

    Berlin plans to introduce temporary control on borders with Poland and the Czech Republic to stem the inflow of migrants German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has demanded Warsaw clarify allegations about the visa-for-cash scheme supposedly run by Polish officials. He also spoke in favor of “additional measures” at the border with Poland and the Czech Republic […]

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  • Canadian parliament speaker ‘regrets’ honoring Nazi SS veteran

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 6:24pm EDT

    Anthony Rota apologized for leading a standing ovation for a Ukrainian man who fought in Adolf Hitler’s army Canada’s House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota has apologized for honoring a Ukrainian man who served in Adolf Hitler’s Waffen SS forces in World War II. The 98-year old Yaroslav Hunka, a former member of the SS […]

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  • NASA recovers deep-space asteroid samples

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 3:12pm EDT

    The US is just the second country to safely return asteroid samples to Earth The US space agency NASA successfully recovered a capsule on Saturday containing the largest asteroid samples ever retrieved following a seven-year voyage through deep space. The capsule, which was carrying a payload of rubble and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, […]

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  • Western spy ring gave Canada intel for India murder accusation – US ambassador

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 3:12pm EDT

    American envoy David Cohen hinted that the US may have been behind Justin Trudeau’s dramatic allegations The ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance provided Canada with the information necessary to accuse the Indian government of murdering a prominent Sikh separatist, US Ambassador to Canada David Cohen said on Friday.  “There was shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners […]

  • Tensions escalate in Kosovo over deadly attack on police

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 1:39pm EDT

    A Kosovo police patrol has been attacked in the northern part of the breakaway region, its prime minister Albin Kurti says Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti has accused Serbia of being behind an attack on police officers in the north of the breakaway province. Belgrade has denied all the allegations and stated that it is […]

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  • US government stopped me from interviewing Putin – Tucker Carlson

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 1:38pm EDT

    The former Fox News host has questioned why ‘you’re not allowed to hear’ the Russian president’s voice Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has alleged in a recent interview that unnamed figures in Washington obstructed his attempts to interview Russian president Vladimir Putin. “I tried to interview Vladimir Putin, and the US government stopped me,” […]

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  • NATO brings death to Libya a decade after its barbaric intervention

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 1:14pm EDT

    If the country’s infrastructure hadn’t been destroyed in the bombings of 2011, the dams may have held Just over a decade ago, Libya was in the news, with Western leadership celebrating the murder of Muammar Gaddafi, following a months-long NATO bombing campaign, all in the name of protecting the Libyan people. Now, the destroyed North-African […]

  • Trump leading Biden by double digits – poll

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 11:32am EDT

    The survey shows Donald Trump with the widest lead over Joe Biden so far in the 2024 race If an election were held today, former US President Donald Trump would defeat President Joe Biden by a 10% margin of the popular vote, a Washington Post/ABC News poll has found. The result shows the strongest lead […]

  • Russian oil major ditching dollar in trade

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 11:25am EDT

    Gazprom Neft has switched to yuan and rubles in export settlements, the company’s head has revealed Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of energy giant Gazprom, has almost completely abandoned the US dollar and euro in crude trade with foreign partners and switched to national currencies, the company’s CEO Aleksandr Dyukov revealed this week. […]

  • Brussels should buy Ukrainian grain for Africa – Lavrov

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 10:33am EDT

    Most EU nations are not eager to purchase Kiev’s produce despite an abundance, Russia’s foreign minister says The European Commission should buy the Ukrainian agricultural produce that the bloc says it doesn’t need and ship it to African countries, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said at the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Western allies have […]

  • Adidas CEO apologizes for Ye comments

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 9:57am EDT

    The controversial rapper was dropped by the German sportswear brand last year after making antisemitic statements Bjorn Gulden, the head of German sportswear giant Adidas, has apologized for comments he made in a podcast, in which he suggested that American rapper Ye (formerly Kanye West) did not mean the antisemitic comments which led to him […]

  • Time for Catholic Church to abolish celibacy – Swiss bishop

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 9:35am EDT

    The vow of chastity is “no longer understood by society,” Felix Gmur argues The president of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference has called on the Vatican to abolish its celibacy rule and consider admitting female priests, after a study revealed more than 1,000 cases of sex abuse by priests since 1950. “Celibacy means that I am […]

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  • Eurozone facing contraction – S&P

    RT - Sep 24th 2023 9:26am EDT

    Manufacturing and services have declined further, data shows Private-sector activity in the Eurozone is continuing to shrink, suggesting the area’s economy will likely contract in the third quarter as the downturn in manufacturing has deepened, data compiled by S&P Global revealed on Friday. HCOB’s flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the bloc, a measure […]