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  • Russian central bank hikes interest rate again

    RT - Sep 13th 2024 8:10am EDT

    The second increase this year comes amid persistent inflationary pressure, according to the regulator The Bank of Russia has raised its key interest rate from 18% to 19%, citing persistent inflationary pressures. Domestic demand continues to exceed the economy’s capacity to produce goods and services to meet it, the regulator said in a statement on […]

  • Buddhist fury forces withdrawal of toilet brush – media (VIDEO)

    RT - Sep 13th 2024 7:50am EDT

    A Russian home improvement chain had begun selling bathroom accessories featuring the Buddha’s face Russian home improvement chain Lemana Pro (formerly Leroy Merlin) has reportedly withdrawn a line of bathroom accessories that featured the face of the Buddha after the spiritual leader of Russia’s Buddhists complained about the product. The accessories were spotted in a […]

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  • Musk makes Star Wars reference to threat of WW3

    RT - Sep 13th 2024 4:11am EDT

    The billionaire has weighed in on a potential imminent escalation of the Ukraine conflict US entrepreneur Elon Musk has reacted to a warning from President Vladimir Putin about the consequences of possible long-range strikes against Russia with Western precision weapons. Putin said on Thursday that Ukraine is incapable of deploying Western missiles on its own, […]

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  • US convicts black rights activists over alleged Russia ties

    RT - Sep 13th 2024 3:39am EDT

    The charges carry a maximum sentence of five years in jail Four US black rights activists have been convicted of conspiring to act as unregistered Russian agents, the Justice Department has announced. They have been acquitted, however, of a more serious charge of acting as agents of a foreign government. A Florida jury found four […]

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  • CrossTalk: Rigged debate?

    RT - Sep 13th 2024 2:20am EDT

    When it comes to American presidential debates the winner is often in the eye of the beholder. And the bar is lower today: both Trump and Harris can claim they didn’t lose the debate. Was the needle moved? CrossTalking with Garland Nixon, Misty Winston, and Angie Wong.

  • Bangladesh interim govt chief urges religious harmony

    RT - Sep 13th 2024 12:32am EDT

    Reports of violence against Hindus in the Muslim-majority country have led to tension with India Nobody should do anything that “harms religious harmony” in Bangladesh, interim leader Mohammed Yunus told the nation on Thursday. He issued the warning amid reports of deadly violence against Hindus and other minorities in the country following the ouster of […]

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  • UK crime minister’s wallet stolen at police conference

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 8:43pm EDT

    Diana Johnson was discussing a criminal “epidemic” at a senior officers’ event The British minister for policing and crime prevention, Diana Johnson, had her purse stolen while speaking about rising lawlessness at a conference for top police officials on Tuesday. The incident happened during the annual Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) conference in Kenilworth, as confirmed […]

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  • IMF backs BRICS expansion

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 7:36pm EDT

    Enhanced international economic cooperation should be “welcomed and encouraged,” the fund’s spokeswoman has said Expansion of BRICS could be beneficial globally and should therefore be “encouraged,” Julie Kozack, a spokeswoman for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), told journalists on Friday in response to a question about Ankara’s plans to join the group. Türkiye was the […]

  • US elite unit training against China – FT

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 6:33pm EDT

    SEAL Team 6 has reportedly been focusing on “a Taiwan conflict” The US Navy’s elite special operations unit, SEAL Team 6, has been training to “help Taiwan” in case of a “Chinese invasion,” according to the Financial Times. The unit is most famous for the 2011 mission that killed Al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. […]

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  • Fyodor Lukyanov: Western elites could be about to get a taste of their own ‘color revolution’ medicine

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 5:50pm EDT

    The US and Western European establishment know how to interfere and influence elections abroad, that’s why they fear what’s happening now There’s a reason why 2024 has been called the year of the big elections. More than half of the world’s population will be called to the ballot boxes, but this time it goes deeper […]

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  • Vance reveals Trump’s plan for Ukraine

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 5:49pm EDT

    The Republican vice president candidate has outlined what peace talks with Russia might look like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has a concrete proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, his running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, has claimed. Trump has repeatedly said he would stop the fighting “in 24 hours” if elected, most recently at […]

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  • Sweden to pay immigrants to leave

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 4:36pm EDT

    The move is part of a “paradigm shift” in the Nordic state’s migration policy, government minister Johan Forssell has said Sweden will pay immigrants up to $34,000 to return to their home countries, Migration Minister Johan Forssell told reporters on Thursday. Forssell’s announcement comes amid a broader reversal of the Nordic nation’s once-liberal migration policy. […]

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  • Gaza’s economy ‘in ruins’ – UN

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 4:06pm EDT

    By mid-2024, the enclave’s GDP had dropped to one-sixth of its pre-war level, according to a report Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza has led to an unprecedented decline in the Palestinian enclave’s economic activity, according to a new report issued on Thursday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).  In the report, […]

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  • Israel strips accreditation of Al Jazeera journalists

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 2:35pm EDT

    The Qatari network “disseminates false content” and “constitutes a threat to the IDF,” according to a government statement The Israeli government has said it is revoking the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists working in the country. The move comes four months after the Jewish state closed the Qatari TV network’s bureau there. Al Jazeera’s […]

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  • Conservative clarifies controversial ‘cat bounty’ 

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 2:00pm EDT

    Activist Chris Rufo has offered $5,000 for proof that Haitians were eating pets in Ohio Republican activist Christopher Rufo has offered a $5,000 reward in order to fact-check claims that Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town were eating people’s pet cats, but had to amend its terms to prevent abuse. Around 20,000 Haitian migrants have […]

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  • Western firms pulling back from China – reports

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 1:17pm EDT

    Declining economic growth and the rise of other manufacturing centers in Asia are slowing investment, lobby groups claim China is gradually losing its appeal as an investment destination for Western companies, according to reports released this week by the EU Chamber of Commerce in China and the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. The two […]

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  • French court fines two women for calling Macron’s wife a man

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 10:46am EDT

    One of the women claimed that a prominent lawyer has evidence that Brigitte Macron underwent a sex change A court in Paris has fined two women and ordered them to pay €8,000 ($8,800) in damages to French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife for claiming that she was born a man. The rumors began in 2021, when […]

  • Biden dons MAGA hat in bizarre photo op (VIDEO)

    RT - Sep 12th 2024 9:58am EDT

    The president was heckled by firefighters until he wore the ‘Trump 2024’ hat US President Joe Biden was filmed trying on one of Donald Trump’s campaign hats at a 9/11 memorial event in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. The White House said that Biden wore his two-time opponent’s headgear in a gesture of “bipartisan unity.”  Biden met […]

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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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