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  • Middle East leader passes away at 86

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 6:58am EST

    The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, was hospitalized last month due to an undisclosed health condition The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has passed away at the age of 86 after being rushed to the hospital last month with an undisclosed health emergency. The news was broken on Saturday […]

  • Russia’s shipments via Arctic to hit record high

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 6:08am EST

    The Northern Sea Route is already a superior alternative to other major global trade waterways, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev says Russia is actively expanding trade via the Northern Sea Route (NSR), with shipments set to reach an all-time high in 2023, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Far East, Yuri Trutnev, […]

  • EU nation warns of ‘hard veto’ on Ukraine accession process

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 6:06am EST

    Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has signaled that Budapest will resist any attempts to put it at a disadvantage Hungary will block the EU’s accession talks with Ukraine if it believes they are going in a direction that harms the country’s national interests, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. In an interview with Mandiner news […]

  • British household energy debt highest ever – regulator

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 4:20am EST

    The total volume has hit almost £3 billion, according to Ofgem British households have piled up record debts of almost £3 billion ($3.8 billion) with electricity and gas suppliers, national energy regulator Ofgem has revealed. The total amount owed to energy suppliers has soared by £400 million since mid-October, according to a report released on […]

  • London mayor won’t send Ukraine cars destined for scrap – Telegraph

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 4:03am EST

    Sadiq Khan reportedly argued that the transfer would not benefit city residents, sparking outrage London Mayor Sadiq Khan has rebuffed a request from his counterpart in Ukraine’s capital to donate cars that are to be scrapped as part of a major environmental program, the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday. According to the article, in September, […]

  • Gaza Slaughter: The US is complicit in ethnic cleansing and genocide – Dennis Kucinich

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 2:51am EST

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Congressman and former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich. He discusses Israel’s current “ethnic cleansing and genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza, which he feels is a wider plan for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank. He also comments on the PM’s grip on US foreign policy, […]

  • Russian central bank chief warns about credibility of euro

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 2:50am EST

    The currency’s reputation has been jeopardized by Brussels’ freezing of Russian assets, Elvira Nabiullina says The euro could lose its status as a global reserve currency if Brussels goes through with threats to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, the head of the Russian central bank, Elvira Nabiullina, warned on Friday. “As for the […]

  • Climate hypocrisy

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 2:12am EST

    We’ve heard about the importance of global warming from the White House on several occasions, but while Washington lectures several nations about this topic, even threatening sanctions for violators, the US clearly doesn’t always practice what it preaches. As the world’s largest producer of oil, the US continues to add to global warming worldwide with […]

  • Nestle whistleblower

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 2:10am EST

    In 2009, a large-scale food poisoning incident affected 300,000 babies in China, 13 of whom died. This was after eating Nestle baby biscuits. On this episode of the Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks with the one woman behind ousting Nestle, Yasmine Motarjemi, and how she tried to prevent this tragedy.

  • IDF killed Israeli hostages in Gaza

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 1:28am EST

    The army has said it bears “full responsibility” for the deaths The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said it accidentally killed three Israeli nationals taken hostage by Hamas, explaining that the “tragic” error occurred in a Gaza neighborhood where troops had come under heavy fire. IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari described the incident during a press briefing […]

  • UK to restrict children’s social media access – Bloomberg

    RT - Dec 16th 2023 1:13am EST

    The new ban includes requirements for parents of minors to give their permission to use the platform British people below the age of 16 may be barred from using social media to protect their mental health under internet safety legislation proposed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing insider sources.  A blanket […]

  • No risk of recession in Russia next year – central bank

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 11:34pm EST

    The economy will grow 1.5% in 2024, the regulator forecast The Russian economy is not expected to go into a recession next year, the head of the central bank, Elvira Nabiullina, announced on Friday. The country’s GDP is forecast to grow by around 2.7% this year, driven by strong domestic demand. For 2024, the central […]

  • Russia hit by eggflation

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 11:30pm EST

    Egg prices have risen by more than 40% since the start of the year, official statistics show The Russian government said this week it would exempt 1.2 billion eggs from the import duty in the first half of next year to try to rein in surging prices.  According to the federal statistics service Rosstat, prices […]

  • Macron responds to Putin criticism

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 10:33pm EST

    The French leader demanded that Moscow respect “Ukrainian interests and sovereignty” French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is open to renewed dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin if it leads to “lasting peace” in Ukraine, responding after Putin blamed Paris for deteriorating relations. Addressing reporters after a meeting in Brussels on Friday, Macron claimed […]

  • Attempt to frame Russia for Polish plane crash based on ‘lies’ – Warsaw

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 5:21pm EST

    A commission investigating the disaster accused Russia of bombing the plane but never provided evidence The Polish Defense Ministry has shut down an investigation into a 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of Polish lawmakers and officials. The ministry accused the investigators of wasting taxpayer money to come up with “lies” […]

  • US terror watchlist doubled in size in last 6 years – CBS

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 2:58pm EST

    Thousands of Americans have found themselves on the list, which was declared unconstitutional in a 2019 court ruling The US government’s list of known or suspected terrorists has nearly doubled in size in the past six years, with American citizens comprising a growing portion of the names, CBS reported on Thursday, citing former and current […]

  • Ukraine still ‘very far’ from EU membership – Macron

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 2:35pm EST

    The French president said that he will defend existing members’ interests during talks with Kiev The EU will need to substantially reform its rules before Ukraine can join, French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters on Friday. Macron backs Kiev’s accession to the bloc, but warned that Ukraine must not be allowed to undercut EU industry. […]

  • American jailed over working with Russian tycoon

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 11:31am EST

    Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty in August to conspiring with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to violate US sanctions A US judge sentenced former FBI counterintelligence bureau chief for New York Charles McGonigal to 50 months in prison on Thursday, citing the serious national security consequences of his work with sanctioned Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska. McGonigal “repeatedly […]

  • Prince Harry wins phone-hacking case

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 11:27am EST

    Piers Morgan and other Mirror editors knew they were breaking the law by tapping the British royal’s phone, a judge has ruled Britain’s Prince Harry has won a significant part of his phone-hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers, after a judge ruled that the publisher obtained information unlawfully from his mobile phone. Harry was awarded […]

  • World Bank reveals how much foreign debt is owed to Russia

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 11:02am EST

    India and Egypt are among the nations that increased their liabilities last year Foreign debt to Russia jumped by nearly 9% in 2022, RBK reported on Friday, citing data from the World Bank’s annual International Debt Report (IDR). According to the findings, a total of 37 states had outstanding debt to Russian creditors last year, […]

  • Israel has failed to achieve any of its goals in Gaza, Hezbollah tells RT

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 10:22am EST

    The Israeli assault on the Palestinian enclave has only caused mass destruction and civilian deaths, says Haji Mohammad Afif After more than two months of fighting, the Israeli army has achieved nothing in its assault on Gaza and has instead drawn the ire of the international community, the spokesman for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, […]

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  • Russia-China energy trade soaring – deputy PM

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 10:14am EST

    The two countries have been ramping up economic cooperation at an unprecedented pace Russia supplied more oil and petroleum products to China in the first ten months of this year than during the whole of 2022, as Moscow ramps up energy cooperation with the Asian country, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak revealed on Friday. Speaking […]

  • Cargo ship from EU nation hijacked in Arabian Sea

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 10:06am EST

    The incident was reported near the Yemeni coast on Thursday and comes amid attacks by Houthi rebels in the region   A Bulgarian-owned cargo vessel sailing under the Maltese flag was boarded in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Yemen on Thursday, Bulgarian National TV (BNT) has reported. The incident comes amid repeated attacks by […]

  • ‘We are at war with Israel,’ Hezbollah tells RT

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 8:52am EST

    The Lebanese militant group says it will continue attacking Israeli positions to support the besieged people of Gaza The Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah is now part of the Israeli-Palestinian war and is regularly attacking the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the group’s spokesman Haji Mohammad Afif has told RT in an exclusive interview. The group […]

  • Hungary could still block EU membership for Ukraine – Orban

    RT - Dec 15th 2023 8:36am EST

    The prime minister has said he allowed accession talks to begin, but will “pull the handbrake” if necessary Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said his government will have around 75 more opportunities to block Ukraine’s path to EU membership, and that allowing accession talks to begin was a political gesture by Brussels. EU leaders agreed on […]