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  • Blinken reveals US stance on Israel’s invasion of Rafah

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 11:27am EDT

    A major offensive would have “terrible consequences,” the US Secretary of State has said The US believes that Israel could achieve its military objectives in Gaza without an invasion of the city of Rafah, which Washington will not support, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. The statement was made on Friday at a news […]

  • Musk weighs in on Israel’s strike on Iran

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 11:19am EDT

    US tax dollars were used to help West Jerusalem target Tehran’s American-made F-14 fighter jets, the SpaceX CEO says Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took aim at Israel’s strikes on an Iranian airbase, suggesting that West Jerusalem used US money to attack American-made jets, which had been sold to the Shah during the Cold […]

  • Russians fear losing jobs to AI – poll 

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 11:16am EDT

    Employees in banking and finance are particularly concerned about being replaced by innovative technology The majority of Russians believe the world will be dependent on artificial intelligence (AI) in the near future, while 39% fear their jobs could be replaced by the technology, a survey by VTB bank has found.   According to the poll […]

  • Israel downgraded by another rating agency

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 11:14am EDT

    The country’s confrontation with Iran has raised geopolitical risks, S&P has said International ratings agency S&P Global downgraded Israel’s long-term credit rating on Thursday, citing the risk of a military escalation with Iran. S&P has become the second major US credit ratings agency to do so after Moody’s lowered Israel’s credit score in February due […]

  • Israel targeted Iranian airbase – NYT

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 11:00am EDT

    Both Tehran and West Jerusalem have downplayed the event Explosions near the Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday morning were Israeli strikes on a military airfield, the New York Times claimed on Friday, citing anonymous sources. Neither Israel nor Iran has officially commented on the incident. Israel vowed to “respond” to last Saturday’s drone and […]

  • Biden condemned for cannibalism comments

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 10:59am EDT

    Papua New Guinean tribes are unlikely to have eaten the US president’s uncle, an academic has told The Guardian Academics from Papua New Guinea have criticized US President Joe Biden for suggesting that their countrymen ate his uncle after a wartime plane crash. Local tribes “wouldn’t just eat any white men that fell from the […]

  • Apple removes popular messaging apps in China

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 10:15am EDT

    The tech giant claims it was ordered by Beijing to pull WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram, and Signal from the local AppStore Apple has pulled several popular messaging apps from its storefront in China at the request of the government in Beijing over alleged national security concerns, the US-tech giant announced on Friday.  Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads […]

  • Oil prices spike after Israel strikes Iran

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 9:05am EDT

    Escalation of conflict in the Middle East will send energy prices skyrocketing, analysts have warned Global prices for crude oil jumped by as much as 3.5% shortly after Israel carried out a series of strikes on Iran in the early hours of Friday. Both oil benchmarks soared over $3 a barrel in early trading before […]

  • Infrastructure strikes, Donbass push and anti-drone warfare: the last week in the Ukrainian conflict

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 8:42am EDT

    Moscow has reported making new gains in Donbass, while continuing its campaign against critical Ukrainian facilities The past week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has seen continued active combat at multiple locations along the front line, with the most intense hostilities in Donbass, where Moscow continues its effort to push westwards. Russia also launched large-scale, long-range […]

  • EU still needs Russian gas – energy watchdog

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 8:31am EDT

    The bloc’s regulator has urged caution in the reduction of liquified natural gas imports from Russia as the transit deal with Ukraine nears expiration The EU’s energy regulator has warned against drastic reductions of imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Russia, despite the bloc’s ambition to completely end its reliance on fossil fuels from […]

  • Euro hits historic low in SWIFT transactions

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 6:57am EDT

    Share of EU single currency dipped below 22% in March, data shows The share of the euro currency in global cross-border settlements via the SWIFT messaging system last month declined to an all-time low, transaction data compiled by the global financial service showed on Thursday. The portion of transactions involving the European single currency amounted […]

  • Boeing whistleblower threatened with ‘physical harm’ – CNN  

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 6:41am EDT

    An engineer claims he has been targeted by the company for raising concerns about “no safety culture”  Hundreds of people could die unless American aerospace giant Boeing addresses critical safety issues, a whistleblower has told the US Senate, also claiming that he was threatened with “physical violence” for going public, CNN has reported.    Sam […]

  • Major bank says EU trying to force it out of Russia

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 5:33am EDT

    Raiffeisen says it expects to be asked by the EU Central Bank to further reduce operations in the sanctioned country Raiffeisen, the largest foreign-owned bank in Russia, said on Thursday it is being pressured by the EU regulator to more rapidly reduce its presence in the country. Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) said it is expecting […]

  • Macron tells Ukraine why it can’t have Israel-style air defenses

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 3:45am EDT

    It took West Jerusalem decades to deploy a comprehensive system to protect its skies from all kinds of threats, the French president has said It is impossible for the West to provide Ukraine with a version of Israel’s famed Iron Dome air defense system, because it has neither the time nor the resources to accomplish […]

  • No Plan B without US – Kiev

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 3:27am EDT

    Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has said this was the message he relayed to American counterpart Antony Blinken Ukraine does not have a ‘Plan B’ for the conflict with Russia if the US Congress refuses to approve more military aid for Kiev, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has said. The diplomat told Ukraine’s Rada broadcaster on […]

  • After office: How are the Clintons still screwing the world?

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 3:21am EDT

    The Clintons have been accused of many things, but going quietly into the night is not one of them. Bill Clinton is still very much involved behind the scenes in the political world, attending high-priced fundraisers for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and having private conversations with the Pope. After tuning out from the world […]

  • Ukraine bombards Belgorod while Zelensky blackmails the West

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 2:49am EDT

    On this episode of Direct Impact, Rick Sanchez dives into recent airstrikes impacting one Russian border town. Why does Vladimir Zelensky keep using his weapons to attack, rather than to defend? Also, India’s youth movement is getting ready for upcoming elections. Rick digs into this all with former Pentagon official Michael Maloof and international relations and […]

  • Out of this world: Meet the superheroes of our time

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 2:19am EDT

    Space has always captured humanity’s imagination, but only the chosen few are able to head beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. It takes years of preparation to finally take on the final frontier. Every cosmonaut’s path starts in Zvyozdniy Gorodok or Star city, not far from Moscow. Learning to operate a spacecraft, breathing under g-forces, moving in […]

  • CrossTalk: ‘Deterrence supremacy’

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 2:19am EDT

    The balance of power in the Middle East is in a state of flux. Israel no longer has its vaulted ‘deterrence supremacy.’ A group called the ‘Axis of Resistance’ is challenging the Jewish state and, perhaps just as importantly, its Western patrons. CrossTalking with Wilmer Leon, Freddie Ponton, and Lionel.

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  • Israel launches missiles at Iran – ABC News

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 10:46pm EDT

    Air defenses have been reportedly activated in several provinces of the Islamic Republic Israel launched missiles at Iran in the early hours of Friday, ABC News reported, citing a senior US official. DETAILS TO FOLLOW

  • Google fires anti-Israel employees

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 10:32pm EDT

    The employees were ousted after staging sit-ins at the company’s offices Google has fired 28 workers who protested against the company’s ties with the Israeli government amid the continuing war in Gaza. The Silicon Valley-based tech giant claimed that defiant employees were disrupting the normal work process.  “Physically impeding other employees’ work and preventing them […]

  • US, UK sanction Iran over Israel strike

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 7:24pm EDT

    The two countries targeted Tehran’s drone-building industry London and Washington have blacklisted several Iranian military officials and companies in the steel, automotive and drone industries for the “destabilizing” strike on Israel last Saturday. Iran had targeted Israel with a barrage of drones and missiles, in what Tehran called lawful retaliation for the April 1 bombing […]

  • Germany urges more ‘Patriots’ for Ukraine

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 6:37pm EDT

    Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on other NATO members to contribute air defenses to Kiev Members of NATO should find more US-made Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday in Brussels. Berlin has promised to deliver one such system in the near future, in addition to the two it […]

  • US blocks Palestine’s UN membership bid

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 5:42pm EDT

    America was the sole Security Council member who voted against the resolution on Thursday The US has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have paved a way for Palestine to become a member of the global body. Palestine is currently a “permanent observer state” at the UN that participates in many meetings but […]

  • Israel’s next step still a mystery – media

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 4:58pm EDT

    The US has reportedly advised Netanyahu not to attack Iran The US has denied giving Israel the green light to move against the Gaza city of Rafah instead of attacking Iran, as a Qatari outlet reported Thursday citing an anonymous Egyptian official.  Israel has said it would respond to Saturday’s missile and drone attack by […]