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  • Shots fired outside Israeli consulate in Munich

    RT - Sep 5th 2024 7:28am EDT

    The suspected gunman was shot and killed by police, with no other casualties reported A gunman fired several shots outside the Israeli consulate in Munich, Germany, on Thursday, several outlets have reported. The suspect was reportedly subsequently killed by police officers and the city’s downtown area has been sealed off by law enforcement. In a […]

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  • US allegations against RT mere ‘gossip’ – Malaysian PM

    RT - Sep 5th 2024 7:26am EDT

    Washington will go to great lengths to protect its interests, Anwar Ibrahim has told the Russian news outlet Washington’s claim that Russian media is interfering with the US presidential election should be taken as “gossip”, unless it is backed by solid evidence, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told RT and RIA Novosti on Thursday. The […]

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  • US trying to ‘cleanse’ media space of ‘inconvenient truth’ – Moscow

    RT - Sep 5th 2024 7:22am EDT

    New sanctions confirm Washington’s Russophobic stance, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov has said The US is trying to hide the “inconvenient truth” by targeting Russian media with sanctions, Moscow’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, said on Thursday. The measures are further proof of the current US administration’s “Russophobia,” the diplomat claimed. US officials announced a renewed effort on […]

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  • How Western churches hijacked African Christianity – and how it’s fighting back

    RT - Sep 5th 2024 6:37am EDT

    The future of Christian churches on the continent depends on the ability to develop an authentic African Christianity, moving away from its Westernized forms In May 2024, the United Methodist Church (UMC) held its General Conference in North Carolina in the US, where a controversial vote was passed to end a ban on openly practicing […]

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  • Malaysia to attend BRICS summit in Russia – PM

    RT - Sep 5th 2024 6:22am EDT

    The country is among those that have applied to join the Moscow-led bloc Malaysia will be attending the upcoming BRICS summit in Russia and is eagerly awaiting a decision on its bid to join the group, the country’s prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, said on Thursday. Speaking at the plenary session of the 9th annual Eastern […]

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  • US targeting ‘legitimate journalism’ with RT sanctions – Scott Ritter

    RT - Sep 5th 2024 5:10am EDT

    The former UN weapons inspector and RT contributor commented after the US Treasury imposed sanctions on Russian media Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter has announced that the latest US sanctions imposed on RT mean he will be forced to end his work as a contributor to the Russian media outlet. Ritter insisted that his […]

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  • US becoming ‘neoliberal dictatorship’ – Moscow

    RT - Sep 5th 2024 2:54am EDT

    The State Department imposed new sanctions on Russian media on Wednesday Repeated sanctions to limit the freedom of Russian media in the US point to the erosion of democratic values in Washington, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. The spokeswoman made the comments to RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum […]

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  • Are Jewish voters turning right wing?

    RT - Sep 5th 2024 2:08am EDT

    On this episode of Perspective, Scottie Nell Hughes takes a look at the events of last October 7 in Israel and how this could be impacting politics in the US during election season. Some polling indicates that Jewish voters, who tend to sway Democrat in the US, could be moving more to the right given what […]

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  • Trump sentencing & the presidential debate

    RT - Sep 5th 2024 2:08am EDT

    It seems like every week offers a new twist in the 2024 campaign – some predictable and some not. The forthcoming weeks will be no different, with the Republican presidential candidate facing the possibility of being thrown in jail, and the Democratic candidate facing the same situation that took out her predecessor. On this episode […]

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  • UK PM apologizes for ‘avoidable’ Grenfell Tower tragedy

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 10:13pm EDT

    A public inquiry has uncovered “decades of failures” by the government, which contributed the the loss of life in the 2017 fire British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologized to the families of the victims of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, after an official inquiry found systematic failures in the government’s regulation policies. The blaze […]

  • Israel treating Gaza negotiations as ‘smokescreen’, Russia tells UN

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 8:52pm EDT

    West Jerusalem has been sidelining diplomacy in favor of a “military solution” to the Gaza war, Moscow said Israel has been using peace negotiations to mislead the international community and hide its true intentions in Gaza, Russia’s deputy envoy to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky has said.   Speaking at the UN Security Council on Wednesday, Polyansky […]

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  • Swedish foreign minister unexpectedly resigns

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 6:11pm EDT

    Tobias Billstrom, who oversaw Sweden joining NATO, is retiring from politics Tobias Billstrom, who oversaw Sweden’s accession to NATO, has announced his resignation as foreign minister and retirement from politics, offering no reason for the move. Billstrom, 50, was first elected to the Swedish parliament in 2002 and was appointed foreign minister in 2022.  In […]

  • At least four killed in US high school shooting

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 5:10pm EDT

    The White House has responded to the Apalachee High incident by calling for gun control Four people were killed and at least nine more injured in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, in the US state of Georgia.  Winder is a community of fewer than 20,000 residents northeast of Atlanta. Apalachee High […]

  • A slap in the West’s face: Why hopes for Putin’s arrest were fantasy

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 4:11pm EDT

    The Russian president’s visit to Mongolia strengthens Moscow’s influence in Asia and sets an important precedent President Vladimir Putin’s recent two-day state visit to Mongolia was not just a significant event for bilateral relations between Russia and Mongolia, but also captured international attention. Mongolia is one of the countries that ratified the Rome Statute of […]

  • Putin outlines Russia’s competitive edge

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 3:29pm EDT

    The Far East region has an economically advantageous location close to global logistic routes, according to the Russian president The proximity of Russia’s Far East to major international logistic routes is one of the region’s major advantages, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok. The […]

  • US Justice Department reveals legal action against RT

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 2:29pm EDT

    Two individuals identified as employees of the Russian network were criminally charged and four more sanctioned The US Department of Justice has charged two Russians it identifies as RT employees with money laundering and working as foreign agents for their alleged role in pushing video content that sowed “discord and division” in the US. In […]

  • CIS and SCO hold joint conference on fighting terrorism

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 2:23pm EDT

    The two organizations seek to maximize their cooperation at countering a trend towards “growing radicalization,” according to a press release A joint conference of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on combating terrorism and extremism kicked off on Wednesday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The event was organized jointly by the […]

  • US Navy commander loses post after embarrassing photo

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 1:20pm EDT

    The commanding officer of the USS John McCain was previously seen in a photo holding a rifle with a scope mounted backwards The captain of the destroyer USS John McCain, Cmdr. Cameron Yaste, has been relieved of his post several months after he was featured in a viral photo holding a rifle with a backwards-mounted […]

  • Türkiye officially applies to join BRICS – Kremlin

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 12:49pm EDT

    The bid will be considered by the group’s member states, an aide to the Russian president has said Türkiye has officially applied to join BRICS, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on Wednesday, confirming that the group’s member states will consider the bid. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also accepted the Kremlin’s invitation to […]

  • Greta Thunberg detained at pro-Palestinian rally

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 12:31pm EDT

    The climate activist was among a group of students attempting to occupy a university building in Copenhagen Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained at a pro-Palestinian rally in the Danish capital Copenhagen on Wednesday, local media reported, citing protest organizers. Thunberg, 21, who already has a history of being dragged from various demonstrations by […]

  • Serbia denies rumored plan to send jets to Ukraine

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 12:20pm EDT

    Claims that Belgrade will provide Kiev with MiG-29 fighters are totally false, President Aleksandar Vucic has said Claims that Serbia has agreed to send its MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine via France are made up and outright lies, President Aleksandar Vucic has said. Multiple outlets in the Balkans have reported that the recently concluded deal for […]

  • IMF to pressure Ukraine to raise taxes and devalue currency – Bloomberg

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 12:13pm EDT

    The agency will reportedly demand more effort from Kiev to cover the country’s budget gap The International Monetary Fund is expected to ratchet up pressure on the Ukrainian government to cover the country’s budget gap in order to continue receiving aid, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. An IMF team is […]

  • Biden to take ‘law enforcement action’ against RT – CNN

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 11:27am EDT

    The US president is expected to claim, yet again, that the Russian network is interfering in an American election The administration of US President Joe Biden is planning to accuse Russia of meddling in this year’s presidential election, and will announce “law enforcement action” against those supposedly responsible, CNN reported on Wednesday. RT will be […]

  • Kursk kamikaze: The price of Ukraine’s foolish attack is becoming clearer by the day

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 10:17am EDT

    Kiev’s ill-advised incursion into Russia was meant to embarrass Putin, but has cost Zelensky tremendous losses instead Almost a month ago, on August 6, Ukraine launched a major incursion into the Russian border region of Kursk. Despite initial advances, this offensive was doomed to fail. Indeed, there was something of a kamikaze attack about it, […]

  • Trump accuses Ukraine of lying about death toll

    RT - Sep 4th 2024 9:52am EDT

    The former US president has blamed the conflict on the Biden administration and renewed his pledge to bring peace if reelected US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused Ukraine of intentionally covering up the true number of deaths in the conflict with Russia. In an interview on the Lex Fridman podcast published on Tuesday, […]