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  • EU regulates AI

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 1:47pm EST

    The AI Act requires chatbots and deepfake generators to label their creations as AI and share data about their algorithms The EU unveiled its first-ever legislative package attempting to regulate the production and use of artificial intelligence on Friday. The AI Act purports to take a “risk-based approach” to the technology, prioritizing restrictions on those […]

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  • Only half of young US adults believe Holocaust is real – poll

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 1:46pm EST

    A new survey has revealed high rates of doubt among Americans that Nazi Germany’s Jewish genocide really happened Half of US adults under age 30 either believe that the Jewish Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany is a myth or are not sure that it happened, a new Economist/YouGov poll has revealed. The poll, released on […]

  • Zelensky’s wife pleads for more US cash

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 12:07pm EST

    Ukraine is in “mortal danger” without billions more dollars from Washington, Elena Zelenskaya told the BBC Ukraine “will die” without continued US military aid, President Vladimir Zelensky’s wife, Elena Zelenskaya, has told the BBC. Zelenskaya’s plea came a day after US Republicans shot down a bill that would have given Kiev more than $60 billion […]

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  • 74% of Germans think Scholz failing at his job – YouGov poll 

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 10:49am EST

    The level of public dissatisfaction with the ruling traffic-light coalition has also reached a new high  The majority of Germans disapprove of Olaf Scholz’s performance as chancellor, a recent opinion poll by YouGov has indicated. His traffic-light coalition government is seen equally unfavorably by the country’s population, the survey revealed.     On Friday, a separate poll […]

  • EU leaders panicking over potential Trump return – NYT

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 10:44am EST

    European governments have reportedly dispatched envoys to the US to figure out the former president’s stance on NATO EU diplomats and think tank officials have been contacting former US President Donald Trump’s associates to figure out whether he would pull the US out of NATO if he returns to the White House, the New York […]

  • Global trade in jeopardy amid crises at key waterways – FT

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 9:48am EST

    Christmas presents may not arrive on time this year due to drought in Panama and shipping attacks near the Suez canal Disruptions to the Panama and Suez canals, two of the world’s key trade waterways, are threatening global supply chains, Financial Times reported on Friday, citing ship owners and operators. The Panama canal, a 50-mile-long […]

  • Maduro’s iron fist: Why would Venezuela risk an all-out war?

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 9:40am EST

    After three decades of US-dominated ‘new world order’, Washington could be facing a redrawing of borders in its own backyard The South American nation of Venezuela has purportedly voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to affirm its territorial claim to part of the neighboring nation of Guyana. Caracas, which was recently subject to an unsuccessful American regime change […]

  • UK PM broke his promise on deportations – former minister

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 9:38am EST

    Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda bill is not tough enough to deter illegal immigration, Robert Jenrick has said British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak must dramatically tighten the UK’s immigration policy or face “the red-hot fury” of voters, former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick wrote in The Telegraph on Friday. Jenrick resigned on Wednesday over a deportation bill […]

  • US ‘accomplice to genocide’ in Gaza – Palestine

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 9:14am EST

    President Mahmoud Abbas made the remark in response to Washington vetoing a UN Security Council resolution calling for a truce in the enclave The US also bears responsibility for the “genocide” perpetrated in Gaza by Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted as saying on Saturday. The remarks were made in response to Washington […]

  • Russian trade with West forecast to plunge

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 8:41am EST

    Sanctions have pushed Moscow towards expanding cooperation with Asia and the Middle East Russia’s trade with ‘unfriendly’ countries has dropped threefold since 2021 and is on course for a further decline, according to a report from the Russian Center for Strategic Research (CSR) published on Saturday. The term ‘unfriendly’ refers to Western countries and their […]

  • NATO state’s parliament overturns veto on Ukraine aid

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 8:33am EST

    Bulgaria will proceed with sending Kiev 100 Cold War-era armored vehicles for which it has found no other use Bulgarian MPs have overridden President Roumen Radev’s veto on the delivery of a large batch of outdated armored personnel carriers (APCs) to Ukraine to help in its fight against Russia. In July, the NATO country’s National […]

  • China posts fastest deflation in three years

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 6:39am EST

    Consumer prices fell 0.5% year-on-year in November, the steepest decline since 2020 China’s consumer price drop worsened last month, indicating that the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery may take longer than previously expected, according to data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics published on Saturday. The consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.5% in November from a […]

  • Can Milei’s ‘shock therapy’ fix Argentina’s economy?

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 5:54am EST

    The president-elect has pledged radical policy measures to deal with the financial crisis Argentina’s president-elect Javier Milei is facing a huge challenge of turning around the nation’s battered economy when he takes office on December 10. Critics claim Milei’s radical proposals are pushing the country into the unknown. RT explores his endeavor to save one […]

  • US veto of Gaza ceasefire resolution is ‘hypocrisy’ – China

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 5:30am EST

    Washington condones the fighting while claiming to care about Palestinians, Beijing’s envoy has said The US decision to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for a truce between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas is hypocritical, Zhang Jun, China’s ambassador to the organization, has said. On Friday, the US was the only country […]

  • President-elect accuses prosecutor’s office of coup attempt

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 5:24am EST

    Guatemala’s Bernardo Arevalo is in a standoff with the Public Ministry over an attempt to annul this past summer’s vote over supposed irregularities The Central American nation of Guatemala is facing a coup d’etat, President-elect Bernardo Arevalo has claimed, pointing the finger at the country’s Public Ministry for attempting to annul the results of this […]

  • WATCH: Palestinians displaced by conflict with Israel speak to RT

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 4:38am EST

    According to UN data, about 85% of the population of Gaza has been left without home Nearly 1.9 million Palestinians are now displaced due to the raging conflict with Israel, according to data provided by the UN this week. That number amounts to about 85% of the Gaza population.  After a deadly Hamas attack on […]

  • Fyodor Lukyanov: Putin visited the Middle East this week. Here’s why it was important

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 4:21am EST

    The Russian president traveled to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and it wasn’t to enjoy some winter sunshine Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, followed immediately by his Iranian counterpart’s visit to Moscow, reminded us of the importance that the Persian Gulf has acquired in international affairs, and […]

  • Americans running out of savings – JPMorgan

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 3:50am EST

    Only the top 1% of US consumers will have more money stocked up by next year than before the Covid-19 pandemic, the bank warns Most Americans have already drained the excess savings they made during the Covid-19 pandemic, Marko Kolanovic, a senior stock strategist at JPMorgan bank, said in a note this week. According to […]

  • You can leave your cap on: G7’s oil embargo backfires, fueling Russia’s resilience

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 2:24am EST

    Western attempt to curb Moscow’s revenues from crude exports have had the opposite effect The G7 decision to impose a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil aimed to curb Moscow’s revenue from natural resource exports. However, a closer look reveals unintended consequences that not only fail to hurt Russia but also provide new opportunities for […]

  • Barbados demands $4.9 trillion from former ‘slave-owning countries’

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 1:34am EST

    Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called for global talks on reparations for countries affected by the slave trade Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has urged the UK to pay $4.9 trillion in reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, in a speech in London on Wednesday. She added that talks over how this debt should be […]

  • Israel’s ex-justice minister walks out after being challenged on Gaza slaughter, October 7

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 1:23am EST

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Israel’s former justice minister, Yossi Beilin. In a heated exchange, Afshin Rattansi challenges him on Gaza’s mass slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, the parallels between Palestinian resistance and Nelson Mandela’s ANC resistance, dubious evidence surrounding October 7 and evidence of Israeli friendly fire, and Israel’s support […]

  • Russia to launch year-round LNG shipments via Arctic – operator

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 12:30am EST

    Winter deliveries to Asia will start along the Northern Sea Route next month Moscow plans to start year-round LNG deliveries to Asia via Russia’s Arctic waterways, Sergey Zybko, head of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) operator, announced this week. Speaking during the “Arctic: present and future” forum, Zybko said the launch of the pilot program […]

  • EU mulls relaunching WTO case against US – Bloomberg 

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 12:30am EST

    The complaint is related to steel and aluminum tariffs imposed during the Trump administration The EU is considering reopening a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the US over steel and aluminum tariffs, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.   The trade row started in 2018 when then-US President […]

  • Gender-based violence

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 12:29am EST

    Nicole Stephens was a victim of a violent assault, where she was raped and strangled nearly to death. Her injuries were so severe that she was placed on medical disability. During her disability, Nicole became a domestic violence and civil society activist. On this episode of The Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks to Nicole about how she […]

  • Young silent majority

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 12:29am EST

    Politics is an old man’s game – or so we have been led to believe. If you look at toda’’s Congress, there are several lawmakers who have been in office for decades. However, as the Boomer generation becomes one of the oldest, a new age group is emerging as one of the most important demographics […]