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  • 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 […]

  • Biden pushing $500 million arms sale to Israel – Reuters

    RT - Dec 9th 2023 12:03am EST

    The White House is reportedly weighing whether to fast-track thousands of munitions under emergency powers US President Joe Biden is quietly urging lawmakers to approve the sale of 45,000 tank shells to Israel, Reuters reported, noting that the deal is facing scrutiny amid growing concerns about civilian casualties in Gaza. Worth over $500 million, the […]

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  • Gaza aid operation ‘not sustainable’ – UN

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 10:21pm EST

    Israel’s military assault on the Palestinian enclave has left “no place safe for civilians,” a senior UN official said The United Nations has said its humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of collapse, stating that aid deliveries had become “erratic” and “undependable.” The warning comes as Israeli forces step up strikes […]

  • EU wants China to help sanction Russia

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 5:43pm EST

    The bloc threatened to “name and shame” 13 companies doing business with Moscow The European Union may identify and possibly sanction more than a dozen companies based in China for providing Russia with goods that might be used in the Ukraine conflict, the bloc’s leaders have told reporters in Beijing. European Commission President Ursula von […]

  • US blocks UN Gaza ceasefire appeal

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 5:34pm EST

    Washington has vetoed a resolution demanding a humanitarian cessation of fighting in the Israel-Hamas war The US has cast the lone dissenting vote against a proposed UN Security Council resolution that would have demanded a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war amid rising civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip. Thirteen member states voted in favor […]

  • EU state’s parliament overrules president on Ukraine weapons

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 4:55pm EST

    Bulgaria has doubled down on sending used armored vehicles to Kiev The National Assembly of Bulgaria voted on Friday to override President Rumen Radev’s veto on the plan to donate 100 old armored personnel carriers to the Ukrainian military. Radev had vetoed the proposal on Monday, insisting that the lawmakers rushed it through the parliamentary […]

  • Hunter Biden’s Ukraine pay dropped after Trump took office

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 4:46pm EST

    A criminal indictment against the US president’s son has claimed that Burisma halved his salary after Joe Biden left office US President Joe Biden’s son suffered a sharp cut in pay from Ukraine’s Burisma Holdings when his father left office as vice president in 2017 and Donald Trump’s administration took charge in Washington, a new […]

  • Tucker Carlson comments on running as Trump’s VP

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 3:58pm EST

    The former Fox News host has suggested that he would need a directive from God to become the ex-president’s running mate Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has stopped short of ruling out becoming former US President Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate in 2024, suggesting that he would need a directive from God to […]

  • Woman charged with arson attempt on MLK Jr. birthplace

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 3:45pm EST

    Tourists restrained the 26-year-old suspect after spotting her trying to ignite the Atlanta landmark An Atlanta woman was arrested for allegedly attempting to burn down civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthplace on Thursday after two tourists spotted her pouring gasoline over the front porch of the home. Laneisha Shantrice Henderson was charged with […]

  • Flooding Gaza would be war crime – Russia

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 2:01pm EST

    Moscow’s envoy at the UN has called out an Israeli plan to pump seawater into the Palestinian enclave If Israel is truly considering flooding the “Hamas tunnels” under Gaza with seawater, this would be a clear-cut atrocity, Russia’s first deputy permanent representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, said at the Security Council meeting on Friday. […]

  • US school loses $100 million donation over Israel row

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 1:33pm EST

    A Wall Street donor has withdrawn his gift to University of Pennsylvania after its president declined to condemn anti-Semitism Wall Street money manager Ross Stevens has canceled his $100 million donation to the University of Pennsylvania and demanded a change in leadership after the elite school’s president declined to categorically condemn calls for genocide against […]

  • Record number of migrants cross US border in one day – Fox News

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 12:50pm EST

    Amid partisan gridlock over immigration reform, 12,000 migrants were reportedly apprehended coming from Mexico in a single day A record 12,000 migrants crossed the US-Mexico border on Tuesday alone, Fox News has reported. Illegal immigration has skyrocketed under US President Joe Biden, with the Republican Party pressing Democrats to tackle the crisis in exchange for […]

  • Who benefits from blaming India for murder plots in the US and Canada?

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 12:21pm EST

    Washington’s allegations of New Delhi’s involvement in the assassination attempt against Sikh extremists has become a serious diplomatic issue The governments of the US and India are under tremendous diplomatic pressure after Washington accused New Delhi of orchestrating a plot to murder US-based Khalistan movement leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.   Designated by the Indian government as a […]

  • MBS canceled UK trip before welcoming Putin – FT

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 12:02pm EST

    Senior British MPs have described the reported move as a snub on Riyadh’s part Saudi Arabia scrapped plans for Mohammed bin Salman to visit London earlier this month, days before he hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin in Riyadh, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing UK government officials. London and Riyadh had been in negotiations […]

  • Japanese GDP plummets 

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 11:55am EST

    The world’s third-largest economy saw a sharp contraction in the third quarter The Japanese economy contracted by almost 3% in the third quarter of 2023, suffering its first decline in a year as inflation weighed on household consumption and corporate investment slowed, revised data showed on Friday.   GDP in the world’s third-largest economy shrank by […]

  • 82% of Germans disapprove of government – poll

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 11:24am EST

    Olaf Scholz holds the lowest approval rating for a chancellor since the survey began in 1997  Over four in five Germans (82%) are dissatisfied with the performance of the country’s “traffic light” governing coalition, according to an ARD-DeutschlandTrend poll published on Friday.  Chancellor Olaf Scholz in particular received the worst approval rating of any German […]

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  • Orban explains why EU can’t accept Ukraine

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 10:02am EST

    The Hungarian leader warned that the bloc’s agricultural system would be destroyed if Kiev were allowed to join Bringing Ukraine into the European Union would be a “bad decision,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban asserted in an interview with the news outlet Le Point published on Friday. The Hungarian government has opposed Kiev’s potential accession […]

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  • What’s really behind Biden’s threat to send Americans to fight Russia

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 10:01am EST

    The US president’s tough talk is laying the ground to blame Republicans for “losing Ukraine” The president of the United States has caused a stir. Speaking to Congress, Joe Biden brought up the possibility of “American troops fighting Russian troops.” Biden, of course, has repeatedly had problems staying on script or keeping his thoughts straight, […]

  • EU may allow member states to ban Russian gas – FT

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 9:59am EST

    Draft legislation has reportedly already been prepared by Brussels The EU may allow member states to unilaterally end gas imports from Russia, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing draft legislation. According to the document, the measure would give any member state the power to “partially or, where justified, completely limit” or block Russian and […]

  • Rising German party designated ‘extremist’ in third region

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 9:54am EST

    Security services in Saxony claim the organization is “undoubtedly” pursuing an anti-constitutional agenda Authorities in the German region of Saxony have designated the local branch of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as an extremist group. The move follows similar decisions in Thuringia and Sachsen-Anhalt, while the party is accused of being a “suspected case” […]

  • Americans making billions at the cost of Ukrainian lives – Kremlin

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 9:51am EST

    The US Secretary of State has boasted that 90% of Ukrainian military aid is spent within the US economy Kiev needs to understand that Washington earns billions on the war in Ukraine while ordinary Ukrainians die, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press conference on Friday. He spoke a day after US Secretary of […]

  • Biden reveals surprise NATO drawdown in Europe

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 9:41am EST

    The number of US troops on the continent has decreased by 20,000 since 2022 Some 80,000 US troops are currently stationed in Europe in a bid to contain Russia amid the Ukraine conflict, down from 100,000 deployed last year, according to a letter sent to Congress by President Joe Biden on Thursday.  In a document […]

  • ’Rome Statute should be null and void’: Why is it so easy to accuse Russia but not Israel?

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 8:42am EST

    The reputation of the International Criminal Court could be completely destroyed if crimes against Palestine are not thoroughly investigated, says American attorney Stanley Cohen In the first weeks of the Gaza-Israel war, the ICC’s prosecutor issued a statement in which he said that impeding aid to Gaza could be a crime, but was later revealed […]

  • Rocket fire around US embassy in Baghdad – media

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 7:30am EST

    The heavily fortified Green Zone in the Iraqi capital was reportedly targeted by over a dozen projectiles Baghdad’s Green Zone district, which houses a number of government and diplomatic buildings, including the US Embassy, was reportedly targeted by several rockets on Friday, according to media reports, citing security sources.  An anonymous US military official told […]

  • US urges G7 to tighten enforcement of Russian oil sanctions – media

    RT - Dec 8th 2023 6:35am EST

    Washington is seeking to reduce the Kremlin’s crude export revenues The US Treasury Department has called on the G7 to tighten control over the Russian oil trade amid Moscow’s growing shipments, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing a memo. The G7 and EU countries imposed a price limit on Russian seaborne oil sales last year. The […]