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  • Former world leaders make nuclear appeal to G7

    RT - May 17th 2023 2:59pm EDT

    The Ukraine conflict should not stand in the way of US-Russia arms control talks, an open letter urged A letter signed by over 250 former heads of state, cabinet ministers, diplomats, and scientists urged the G7 on Wednesday to not allow nuclear arms control talks to fall victim to the current great power confrontation. “The […]

  • EU country issues ultimatum for future aid to Ukraine

    RT - May 17th 2023 2:10pm EDT

    Kiev has been displaying an “increasingly belligerent” attitude towards Hungary, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says Budapest will not support the allocation of further EU aid to Ukraine unless Kiev abandons its “increasingly hostile” attitude towards the country, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday. The warning comes after Hungary blocked a new €500 million ($544 […]

  • Hungary urges EU to redirect Ukraine aide

    RT - May 17th 2023 1:00pm EDT

    The bloc should use its funds to support African and Balkan nations instead, a government spokesman’s office has said Budapest has blocked a new €500 million ($544 million) package of EU financial assistance to Kiev, urging Brussels to redirect its support elsewhere. The eighth tranche from the so-called European Peace Facility (EPF) – a €5.6 […]

  • Chomsky, Botstein admit to dealings with Epstein – WSJ

    RT - May 17th 2023 12:41pm EDT

    The outlet says its report provides insights into how the late financier dished out favors to his associates Philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky, and conductor Leon Botstein have confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that they were previously involved in transactions with the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  Epstein, who had widespread […]

  • Freight traffic booming in Russian Arctic – official

    RT - May 17th 2023 11:56am EDT

    Maritime cargo shipping along the Northern Sea Route has exceeded Soviet-era highs, according to a government minister Cargo shipments via Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) are growing steadily and surpassed 30 million tons last year, according to the minister for the development of the Far East and Arctic. Aleksey Chekunkov reported to Russian President Vladimir […]

  • Majority of Brits have negative view of Sunak – poll

    RT - May 17th 2023 10:16am EDT

    The opposition Labour Party would be elected into government if a general election were held tomorrow, data suggests Polling data published on Tuesday by market research firm YouGov has found that almost 60% of UK citizens have an unfavorable view of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The results of the YouGov survey, which was conducted on […]

  • Executed for poverty: Jordan Neely’s death exposes systemic flaws of US society

    RT - May 17th 2023 10:10am EDT

    Conservatives are christening their new anti-homeless hero while liberals sit on their hands The parable of the Good Samaritan, as told by Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke, is about a traveler (assumed to be Jewish) who is stripped, beaten and left to die on the side of a road. He is approached by […]

  • Dollar dominance ‘coming to an end’ – Jim Rogers

    RT - May 17th 2023 9:54am EDT

    US policies and mounting concerns over creditworthiness are dragging down the greenback, the investor says The US dollar is starting to lose its leading position across the globe, as Washington has become the world’s largest debtor, famed investor Jim Rogers told Sputnik news agency on Wednesday. The co-founder of the Quantum Fund noted that more […]

  • ChatGPT inventor warns of AI dangers

    RT - May 17th 2023 8:40am EDT

    Sam Altman has told US Congress that the technology could cause “significant harm” The CEO of OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, has urged US lawmakers to establish regulations for artificial intelligence. Sam Altman warned on Tuesday that the technology “could go quite wrong,” and likened the advent of AI programs to the invention of […]

  • ‘Economic NATO’ needed to counter China – Truss

    RT - May 17th 2023 8:23am EDT

    A conflict between Beijing and Taipei would have serious consequences for the global economy, the former British PM has warned Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has called for an “economic NATO” to counter China amid rising tensions over Taiwan. Truss urged the West to “reduce dependence on China in all spheres,” in comments to […]

  • Moscow and Tehran sign key rail deal

    RT - May 17th 2023 8:07am EDT

    The new route will help diversify global trade flows, according to President Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi have taken part in a signing ceremony, via video link, for an agreement on the construction of a rail line between the Iranian cities of Rasht and Astara, the Kremlin press service […]

  • First Russian bank opens in Iran

    RT - May 17th 2023 7:54am EDT

    Moscow and Tehran have been strengthening ties in the face of Western economic sanctions  Russia’s second-largest bank VTB has opened a branch in Iran, the country’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) announced on Twitter on Tuesday. VTB is the first ever Russian bank to offer services in the Islamic Republic, according to TPO head Alireza Peyman-Pak. […]

  • Neighboring countries ready to pay Zelensky to stop conflict – Seymour Hersh

    RT - May 17th 2023 7:06am EDT

    EU nations have privately urged the Ukrainian leader to end the fighting, a US official told the veteran journalist Poland is leading a group of European nations that are secretly urging Vladimir Zelensky to find a way to settle the conflict with Russia, veteran journalist Seymour Hersh has reported, citing a “knowledgeable” American official. According […]

  • Moscow freezes assets of its EU neighbor – media

    RT - May 17th 2023 6:43am EDT

    The move reportedly comes in response to the seizure of Russian property in the EU Russia has frozen the accounts of Finland’s diplomatic missions on its territory, the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing the Finnish Foreign Ministry. Accounts belonging to the Finnish Embassy in Moscow and to the Consulate General in St. Petersburg […]

  • Biden ditches trip abroad to tackle woes at home

    RT - May 17th 2023 6:41am EDT

    The US president had to call off his trip to Australia for a major security summit because of debt-ceiling negotiations in DC A summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) slated for May 24 in Australia’s capital Sydney will not take place, the country’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday. The White House stated […]

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  • Ex-French defense minister’s phone was hacked – media

    RT - May 17th 2023 4:40am EDT

    Florence Parly is the latest senior official said to have been targeted by Pegasus spyware Former French Defense Minister Florence Parly was spied on with the use of Israeli-developed Pegasus surveillance software, Mediapart reported on Tuesday. Traces of the spyware’s code are said to have been discovered on her phone. Investigators informed Parly about their […]

  • West fueling Ukrainian financial woes – Moscow

    RT - May 17th 2023 4:04am EDT

    Debt has already surpassed 89% of GDP and will continue to rise, Russia’s envoy to the UN warns Western financial measures are leading Kiev into a sovereign debt crisis, with the burden expected to exceed Ukraine’s GDP by the end of the year, the Russian ambassador to the UN has warned. “We will hear a […]

  • French ex-president’s conviction for bribery upheld

    RT - May 17th 2023 3:59am EDT

    Nicolas Sarkozy has lost an appeal against his corruption sentence The Paris Court of Appeals has upheld former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for corruption and influence peddling. In 2021, he was sentenced to three years, two of them suspended. The 68-year-old, who led France from 2007 to 2012, was embroiled in several legal scandals […]

  • Musk reveals who he’d prefer to see as US president

    RT - May 17th 2023 3:54am EDT

    The person in the White House needs to be “a good CEO of America,” the tech billionaire said Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter, has said he would like to see “a normal human being” with good managerial skills elected as the next US president. During an interview with MSNBC on Tuesday, […]

  • Russian oil exports soaring – IEA 

    RT - May 17th 2023 3:02am EDT

    Almost 80% of crude has been rerouted from the EU to India and China, the agency reports Russian oil exports reached a 14-month high in April, with the lion’s share going to Asian markets amid Western sanctions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported on Tuesday.   Crude shipments increased by 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) to […]

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  • Weaponization of the Federal Government

    RT - May 17th 2023 2:30am EDT

    Republicans in the House of Representatives have established the Select Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government. It takes a look at how the CIA, FBI, and Department of Justice may have been censoring information on Twitter. FBI whistleblower Jane Turner gives her take on the committee’s actions and tells her own story to John […]

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  • Christianity under attack

    RT - May 17th 2023 2:25am EDT

    A wave of religiously motivated violence is sweeping across Africa, targeting Christian populations at an alarming rate in countries like Nigeria, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso. This is happening at a time when the Ukrainian authorities are considering banning the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The Africa Now team investigates.

  • Italian exports to China surge inexplicably – Bloomberg

    RT - May 17th 2023 2:23am EDT

    Volumes have tripled over the past year, led by pharmaceuticals, the outlet has reported Italian exports to China have tripled over the past year, with shipments in February alone surging by 131% year-on-year, with no evident reason for the jump, according to Bloomberg. Supplies of Italian goods to China rose above €3 billion ($3.3 billion) […]

  • CrossTalk: NATO’s illusions

    RT - May 17th 2023 2:03am EDT

    NATO’s approach to the Ukraine conflict is full of contradictions. We are told a win for Russia is a defeat for the West and NATO. But Ukraine is not a member of the military alliance. We are told NATO is not part of the conflict. But it has been supporting Kiev militarily since 2014. NATO […]

  • IRS team pulled from Hunter Biden probe – lawyers

    RT - May 17th 2023 12:51am EDT

    A whistleblower at the US tax agency claims the Justice Department has improperly handled the investigation into the president’s son An IRS agent who alleges that the US government has interfered in the tax evasion probe into the son of the US president, Hunter Biden, has claimed his entire team was abruptly removed from the […]

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