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  • EU generosity undermines Kiev’s military – Poland

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 9:52am EDT

    The West should not subsidize draft-dodgers with refugee benefits, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said EU members should reduce social benefits given to Ukrainian refugees to encourage them to go back to their home country and fight against Russia, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said. The senior diplomat criticized other nations in the bloc […]

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  • Hungary threatens to sue EU

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 9:43am EDT

    Budapest wants reimbursement for money spent on border protection against illegal immigrants, a senior official has said Hungary could sue the European Commission to be compensated for the money spent on border protection amid the migrant influx in recent years, the head of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s office said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, Gergely […]

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  • Olaf Scholz has a sudden moment of clarity about Russia

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 9:25am EDT

    Germany’s lame-duck chancellor appears to have had a moment of lucidity about engaging in diplomacy with Russia Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, has caused a stir. Not by some kind of success, in, for instance, elections, the economy, or foreign and domestic policy. Scholz does not do that kind of thing. For a man with […]

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  • Debate night: Trump vs. Harris

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 9:09am EDT

    On this episode of Perspective, Scottie Nell Hughes breaks down the first and probably only presidential election debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The main question is, who came out on top? Will Trump see a bump with minorities and undecided voters, or did Harris come off as presidential and reveal a new side to […]

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  • Pentagon orders study of potential nuclear strike in Eastern Europe

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 8:38am EDT

    The program will model a scenario in which the region faces an atomic disaster, documents show The US Defense Department has ordered a study which would simulate the impact of a nuclear conflict on global agriculture. According to a solicitation notice posted earlier this week on a government procurement platform, the study would focus on […]

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  • From strategy to spectacle: Inside the Harris-Trump debate

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 8:22am EDT

    On this episode of Direct Impact, Rick Sanchez dissects a contentious and dramatic presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. With insightful commentary and analysis from experts Craig Jardula and Angie Wong, Sanchez explores how Harris strategically baited Trump into revealing his frustration and anger, while both candidates failed to deliver substantial policy details. The […]

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  • UN workers killed in Israeli strike

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 5:20am EDT

    The latest airstrikes in Gaza have reportedly claimed the lives of at least 34 people The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says six of its staff members were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike on a school being used as a shelter for displaced people in central Gaza. Airstrikes conducted overnight by the Israel […]

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  • Dresden bridge collapse cuts traffic (VIDEOS)

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 2:01am EDT

    Vehicles had to be redirected and boats stopped after a section of the Carola Bridge fell into the Elbe River A 100-meter section of a bridge in Dresden, Germany collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday, seriously congesting local traffic and severing water pipes, the local authorities have reported. No one was hurt in the […]

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  • Polish anti-terrorist unit arrests ‘aggressive Ukrainian’ (VIDEO)

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 11:37pm EDT

    The suspect was detained after a five-hour standoff with Warsaw police A distressed man barricaded himself in his Warsaw apartment on Wednesday, throwing flaming objects from the seventh-floor balcony and even firing shots at police negotiators, according to Polish media. While authorities did not announce the suspect’s nationality, local outlets identified him as a Ukrainian […]

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  • UK approves Ukrainian missile strikes deep inside Russia – Guardian

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 7:27pm EDT

    Western media are manufacturing public consent for the move, according to a Russian senator Washington and London may have already decided to let Kiev use long-range missiles for strikes deep inside Russia and are now seeding the narrative through the media, Russian Senator Aleksey Pushkov has said. Britain has already given the green light for […]

  • Germany tells EU it can’t take any more migrants

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 6:29pm EDT

    Government resources are at a breaking point, Interior Minister Faeser has said Berlin has no choice but to bolster border controls, as state and federal resources have been “almost exhausted” on refugees and asylum-seekers, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has reportedly told Brussels. Earlier this week, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government announced that Germany would begin […]

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  • The US presidential debate was a degenerate political show, and Harris won

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 5:22pm EDT

    In a political culture where rational arguments hardly get you anywhere, what’s the value of a rhetorical square-off? The outcome of American presidential elections rarely turns on the performance of candidates in televised debates – Kennedy’s victory over Nixon in 1960, and Bush’s win over Dukakis in 1988 were very much the exceptions that prove […]

  • Ukraine will join NATO – Blinken

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 4:53pm EDT

    The top US diplomat has repeated Washington’s talking points while visiting Kiev Washington wants to see Kiev win the conflict against Moscow and join NATO, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Blinken is visiting Kiev with his British counterpart David Lammy to reiterate Anglo-American support for Vladimir Zelensky’s government.  “At the July summit, […]

  • China vows ‘balanced’ approach to Ukraine conflict

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 4:46pm EDT

    Beijing will continue promoting a diplomatic settlement between Moscow and Kiev, according to the Chinese foreign minister China will continue promoting an imminent ceasefire and a political settlement of the Ukraine conflict, the country’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said, according to the ministry’s website. Wang made the remarks during a meeting with Russian Security […]

  • Hillary Clinton can’t lecture Hungary on ‘democracy’ – PM’s office

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 2:44pm EDT

    Balazs Orban has accused the Democrats of trying to jail their political opponents and import migrant voters Failed US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should look in the mirror before accusing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of stifling democracy, one of Orban’s senior advisers has argued. Clinton took to X on Wednesday to harangue former President […]

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  • Thousands of EU automotive sector jobs at risk – Bloomberg

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 2:33pm EDT

    A third of the region’s major car plants are currently operating at half capacity or less, according to a report European auto makers are facing more plant closures as they struggle to keep up with the electric vehicle (EV) transition amid slowing demand and growing competition, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. According to the outlet’s analysis […]

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  • Russia could restrict exports of strategic raw materials – Putin

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 2:06pm EDT

    Such a move could affect the supply of nickel, titanium, and uranium to the rest of the world Russia could place restrictions on the supply of certain strategically important raw materials to the global market, President Vladimir Putin stated on Wednesday. He said exports of nuclear fuel, metals, and minerals could all be affected. The […]

  • EU reports ‘impressive’ gas supplies from Russia

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 12:23pm EDT

    The bloc still relies on Moscow for 18% of its imports, according to a European Commission report Despite a drastic reduction in EU gas imports from Russia, member states still rely heavily on supplies from the sanctions-hit country, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson told journalists on Wednesday. Russian gas accounted for 18% of the […]

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  • Scholz says Russia should be invited to next Ukraine peace talks 

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 12:04pm EDT

    Kiev and its Western backers must “explore what options are available” to settle the conflict with Moscow, the German chancellor has said A new peace conference on finding a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict should be held soon, with Russia invited this time, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. In June, Switzerland hosted the […]

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  • Germany greatly outmatched by Russia in terms of military procurement – report

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 11:48am EDT

    Bundeswehr air-defense systems and artillery stocks have plummeted due to weapons shipments to Ukraine, a new study has found Germany is unlikely to be able to stand up to Russia in the event of a potential conflict any time soon, a new report issued by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) has said. […]

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  • Iran denies western ballistic missile claims

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 11:48am EDT

    The US and its allies are acting “on false intelligence,” Tehran’s foreign minister has said Iran did not supply Russia with ballistic missiles, despite what the “sanctions addicts” in the West claim, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said. On Tuesday, the US and its allies sanctioned Iran’s national airline over alleged missile shipments to […]

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  • Russian Orthodox Church warns of ‘AI-driven apocalypse’

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 11:07am EDT

    Artificial intelligence could pose a threat to human existence, according to Patriarch Kirill Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has warned of the challenges that the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) poses for mankind. The church leader made the remarks at the ‘Culture of the 21st Century: Sovereignty or Globalism?’ forum […]

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  • Russian Orthodox Church warns of ‘AI-driven apocalypse’

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 11:07am EDT

    Artificial intelligence could pose a threat to human existence, according to Patriarch Kirill Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has warned of the challenges that the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) poses for mankind. The church leader made the remarks at the ‘Culture of the 21st Century: Sovereignty or Globalism?’ forum […]

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  • Trump says he’s ‘less inclined’ to debate Harris again

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 9:59am EDT

    The former president has condemned ABC News for letting Kamala Harris “say anything she wanted” Former US President Donald Trump has criticized the “dishonest” moderation of his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris by ABC News, saying he would only consider a rematch if it were hosted by “a fair network.” Speaking to Fox’s Sean […]

  • Einstein’s Nazi nuclear bomb letter sold for $4mn

    RT - Sep 11th 2024 9:49am EDT

    The scientist warned the US president that Germany might be able to develop an atomic weapon A letter from Albert Einstein warning the US president that Nazi Germany might be able to develop a nuclear bomb has been sold for nearly $4 million, according to Christie’s auction house. The warning by the scientist is believed […]