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  • Right-wing German party secures ‘historic’ win

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 9:05am EST

    An AfD candidate has been elected as town mayor for the first time The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won a mayoral election for the first time, with candidate Tim Lochner making history in the Saxon town of Pirna. The victory comes less than two weeks after regional authorities designated the AfD as […]

  • Russia calls on BRICS to ditch dollar

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 9:05am EST

    The bloc’s member states should further strengthen economic ties, according to FM The sustainable development of financial relations and settlements within the BRICS organization is very important for all member states, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has said. The statement was made at the Russia-China Financial Dialogue forum in Beijing on Monday, where Siluanov met […]

  • North Korea tests missile capable of striking US

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 7:56am EST

    The long-range missile test comes after Pyongyang said US-South Korean drills were a “preview of a nuclear war” North Korea has test-fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that is capable of striking any target in the mainland United States, Japanese defense officials said. It is Pyongyang’s latest missile launch to have drawn international condemnation […]

  • Russia redirecting trade to Asia – finance minister

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 6:44am EST

    Most of Moscow’s exports are going to China, according to Anton Siluanov Russia is rerouting most of its exports from the EU to Asian countries, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Lan Foan, on Monday. In response to Western sanctions, Russia has been diversifying its foreign trade, including energy […]

  • EU officials considering ways to bypass Hungary’s stance on Ukraine aid – FT

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 6:41am EST

    The activation of Article 7 was reportedly floated after Budapest blocked a massive financial support package for Kiev The possibility of Hungary temporarily forfeiting its voting rights within the European Union is reportedly being considered, the Financial Times has claimed. This development comes after heightened discussions, especially after Budapest opposed a €50 billion ($54 billion) […]

  • EU states threw away €4 billion worth of Covid vaccines – Politico

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 6:39am EST

    Over 200 million coronavirus jabs were reportedly sent to landfills simply because they were no longer needed The EU has reportedly sent at least 215 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the dumpster since they were first purchased at the height of the pandemic, an analysis by Politico has revealed. In an article on Sunday, […]

  • Middle East ‘totally out of control’ – Trump

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 5:51am EST

    The former US president claims to be the only candidate who can promise to prevent World War III Former US President Donald Trump has claimed that the current situation in the Middle East is “out of control” and suggested that, unlike Joe Biden, he could avert looming disaster in that region and globally. Trump, who […]

  • Serbia’s Vucic declares ‘absolute’ election victory

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 2:47am EST

    The incumbent president’s party is projected to secure a parliamentary majority Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has declared victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election in the Balkan country, after exit polls projected that his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) would win over half of the seats. The SNS won some 46% of the vote, according to polls by […]

  • Car crashes into Biden’s motorcade

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 2:16am EST

    The US president looked visibly startled by the incident in videos A car smashed into one of the SUVs in Joe Biden’s motorcade as the US President was leaving his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday night, the US Secret Service has confirmed. A loud bang was heard; the president was outside the building, […]

  • Record debt levels threaten developing countries – World Bank

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 1:51am EST

    High interest rates are reportedly siphoning money away from spending on health, education, and other critical needs Developing nations spent a record $443.5 billion to service their external public and publicly guaranteed debt in 2022 amid the biggest surge in global interest rates in four decades, according to the latest World Bank report. The research […]

  • CrossTalk Bullhorns: Western illusions

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 1:35am EST

    What is it about Ukraine that makes the West delusional, senseless, and outright dangerous? Ukraine will never be a member of NATO. Ukraine will most likely never be part of the European Union. The Western pursuit of both goals actually has little to do with Ukraine, but rather a messianic hatred of Russia. CrossTalking with […]

  • Gaza genocide: West’s moral authority ended with support for Israel’s crimes- Dr. Mansour Almarzoqi

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 1:34am EST

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Saudi writer and academic Dr. Mansour Almarzoqi. He discusses the intense pressure relations between Arab countries and the US and its allies are under amid Israel’s Gaza genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, the role of social media in breaking the pro-Israel Western media’s monopoly on information, why […]

  • Soviet-bloc fatigue

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 1:25am EST

    Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022, the Central and Eastern European nations have been under immense pressure from NATO to aid Ukraine, despite the economic implications that have followed. While Hungary has resisted NATO’s pressure, other nations like Slovakia and the Czech Republic were expected to provide both money and military […]

  • Taliban winning war against opium trade

    RT - Dec 18th 2023 12:49am EST

    Afghanistan’s poppy supply on the global market has plummeted 95% since last year’s cultivation ban, data shows Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, once the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban outlawed cultivation of the crop last year, a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report has shown. According to the publication, […]

  • This Asian nation is key for the US-China power struggle

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 7:59pm EST

    Vietnam has found itself in the position of kingmaker, being crucial for the plans of both Beijing and Washington for Asia Chinese leader Xi Jinping has just paid an official visit to Vietnam, where he met with the leaders of Hanoi’s ruling Communist Party. Xi hailed the ties between the two countries and vowed to […]

  • Israel should make Gaza a museum like Auschwitz – town leader

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 3:19pm EST

    The head of the Metula council has called for moving Palestinians into Lebanese refugee camps The Gaza Strip should be completely leveled and transformed into an empty museum like the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, discouraging the Palestinians from ever trying to live there again, the head of a town council in northern Israel has […]

  • EU diplomats demand Gaza ceasefire

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 2:16pm EST

    The number of Palestinian civilian casualties and near-total population displacement in Gaza have imperiled a lasting peace agreement The foreign ministers of Germany and the UK called on Israel to stop bombing Gaza on Sunday in a joint editorial published in the Sunday Times and Welt am Sonntag. Their French counterpart echoed the demand during […]

  • North Korea warns of ‘devastating’ nuclear response

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 12:59pm EST

    Washington and Seoul are readying themselves for war and Pyongyang will not “stand idly by,” its defense ministry has declared The North Korean Defense Ministry has accused the US and South Korea of preparing for “nuclear war,” warning that any use of force against North Korea would be “met with a preemptive and devastating response.” […]

  • UK contemplating sending troops to Ukraine – ex-ambassador

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 12:59pm EST

    Britain’s military is making contingency plans for deployments to the battlefront, Kiev’s former diplomat to London has claimed British military leaders are making contingency plans for sending troops to Ukraine in case a disastrous turn of events on the battlefield necessitates their deployment to help fight Russian forces, Kiev’s former ambassador to the UK has […]

  • Russia is no threat to NATO – member state

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 12:13pm EST

    No one would risk attacking “the strongest… defense alliance in the world,” Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto has said Russia poses no immediate threat to NATO, including to those members of the bloc located close to its borders, because any attack would trigger an overwhelming response, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has suggested. Speaking in an […]

  • Polish politician says he’ll keep blaming Russia for plane crash

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 11:03am EST

    Antoni Macierewicz accused Warsaw of “lawlessness” for shutting down his probe into the 2020 disaster The head of a commission investigating a 2010 plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski has vowed to press ahead with his probe, despite Warsaw shutting down the commission over its repeated “lies” about Russia’s role in the disaster. […]

  • EU policies threaten ‘destruction’ – member state

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 9:23am EST

    Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has vowed to challenge the consensus in Brussels The EU’s backing of Ukraine, sanctions on Russia, and “fanatic” environmental policies are “destructive for Europe,” yet Brussels does not tolerate discussion of these issues, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday.  “If we can’t tell the truth at the Brussels […]

  • France slams Israel over killing of diplomatic worker in Gaza

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 9:13am EST

    The Foreign Ministry said the man succumbed to injuries sustained as a result of an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday France’s Foreign Ministry has condemned an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that led to the death of one of its diplomatic staff in Rafah. The man, whose name has not been revealed, was taking cover at a […]

  • Timofey Bordachev: Here’s how EU leaders are using Ukraine as a bargaining chip with the US

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 9:08am EST

    This week’s EU summit saw the bloc’s leaders play a clever political game by maneuvering into advantageous positions If for President Vladimir Zelensky Ukraine’s failures in Washington represent a serious disappointment after all the promises he was made earlier, for the EU the slowdown in money represents an opportunity to negotiate with the US. The […]

  • German customs threatens to seize Russian Christmas gifts

    RT - Dec 17th 2023 8:29am EST

    Packages will be confiscated if they contain sanctioned goods Germany may confiscate gift parcels sent from Russia ahead of this year’s festive season, the country’s Federal Customs Service announced in statement on its website this week. According to the statement, gift parcels are regulated by the same sanctions legislation as any imports, as they may […]