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  • Infrastructure strikes, Donbass push and anti-drone warfare: the last week in the Ukrainian conflict

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 8:42am EDT

    Moscow has reported making new gains in Donbass, while continuing its campaign against critical Ukrainian facilities The past week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has seen continued active combat at multiple locations along the front line, with the most intense hostilities in Donbass, where Moscow continues its effort to push westwards. Russia also launched large-scale, long-range […]

  • EU still needs Russian gas – energy watchdog

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 8:31am EDT

    The bloc’s regulator has urged caution in the reduction of liquified natural gas imports from Russia as the transit deal with Ukraine nears expiration The EU’s energy regulator has warned against drastic reductions of imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Russia, despite the bloc’s ambition to completely end its reliance on fossil fuels from […]

  • Euro hits historic low in SWIFT transactions

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 6:57am EDT

    Share of EU single currency dipped below 22% in March, data shows The share of the euro currency in global cross-border settlements via the SWIFT messaging system last month declined to an all-time low, transaction data compiled by the global financial service showed on Thursday. The portion of transactions involving the European single currency amounted […]

  • Boeing whistleblower threatened with ‘physical harm’ – CNN  

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 6:41am EDT

    An engineer claims he has been targeted by the company for raising concerns about “no safety culture”  Hundreds of people could die unless American aerospace giant Boeing addresses critical safety issues, a whistleblower has told the US Senate, also claiming that he was threatened with “physical violence” for going public, CNN has reported.    Sam […]

  • Major bank says EU trying to force it out of Russia

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 5:33am EDT

    Raiffeisen says it expects to be asked by the EU Central Bank to further reduce operations in the sanctioned country Raiffeisen, the largest foreign-owned bank in Russia, said on Thursday it is being pressured by the EU regulator to more rapidly reduce its presence in the country. Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) said it is expecting […]

  • Macron tells Ukraine why it can’t have Israel-style air defenses

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 3:45am EDT

    It took West Jerusalem decades to deploy a comprehensive system to protect its skies from all kinds of threats, the French president has said It is impossible for the West to provide Ukraine with a version of Israel’s famed Iron Dome air defense system, because it has neither the time nor the resources to accomplish […]

  • No Plan B without US – Kiev

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 3:27am EDT

    Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has said this was the message he relayed to American counterpart Antony Blinken Ukraine does not have a ‘Plan B’ for the conflict with Russia if the US Congress refuses to approve more military aid for Kiev, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has said. The diplomat told Ukraine’s Rada broadcaster on […]

  • After office: How are the Clintons still screwing the world?

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 3:21am EDT

    The Clintons have been accused of many things, but going quietly into the night is not one of them. Bill Clinton is still very much involved behind the scenes in the political world, attending high-priced fundraisers for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and having private conversations with the Pope. After tuning out from the world […]

  • Ukraine bombards Belgorod while Zelensky blackmails the West

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 2:49am EDT

    On this episode of Direct Impact, Rick Sanchez dives into recent airstrikes impacting one Russian border town. Why does Vladimir Zelensky keep using his weapons to attack, rather than to defend? Also, India’s youth movement is getting ready for upcoming elections. Rick digs into this all with former Pentagon official Michael Maloof and international relations and […]

  • Out of this world: Meet the superheroes of our time

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 2:19am EDT

    Space has always captured humanity’s imagination, but only the chosen few are able to head beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. It takes years of preparation to finally take on the final frontier. Every cosmonaut’s path starts in Zvyozdniy Gorodok or Star city, not far from Moscow. Learning to operate a spacecraft, breathing under g-forces, moving in […]

  • CrossTalk: ‘Deterrence supremacy’

    RT - Apr 19th 2024 2:19am EDT

    The balance of power in the Middle East is in a state of flux. Israel no longer has its vaulted ‘deterrence supremacy.’ A group called the ‘Axis of Resistance’ is challenging the Jewish state and, perhaps just as importantly, its Western patrons. CrossTalking with Wilmer Leon, Freddie Ponton, and Lionel.

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  • Israel launches missiles at Iran – ABC News

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 10:46pm EDT

    Air defenses have been reportedly activated in several provinces of the Islamic Republic Israel launched missiles at Iran in the early hours of Friday, ABC News reported, citing a senior US official. DETAILS TO FOLLOW

  • Google fires anti-Israel employees

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 10:32pm EDT

    The employees were ousted after staging sit-ins at the company’s offices Google has fired 28 workers who protested against the company’s ties with the Israeli government amid the continuing war in Gaza. The Silicon Valley-based tech giant claimed that defiant employees were disrupting the normal work process.  “Physically impeding other employees’ work and preventing them […]

  • US, UK sanction Iran over Israel strike

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 7:24pm EDT

    The two countries targeted Tehran’s drone-building industry London and Washington have blacklisted several Iranian military officials and companies in the steel, automotive and drone industries for the “destabilizing” strike on Israel last Saturday. Iran had targeted Israel with a barrage of drones and missiles, in what Tehran called lawful retaliation for the April 1 bombing […]

  • Germany urges more ‘Patriots’ for Ukraine

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 6:37pm EDT

    Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on other NATO members to contribute air defenses to Kiev Members of NATO should find more US-made Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday in Brussels. Berlin has promised to deliver one such system in the near future, in addition to the two it […]

  • US blocks Palestine’s UN membership bid

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 5:42pm EDT

    America was the sole Security Council member who voted against the resolution on Thursday The US has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have paved a way for Palestine to become a member of the global body. Palestine is currently a “permanent observer state” at the UN that participates in many meetings but […]

  • Israel’s next step still a mystery – media

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 4:58pm EDT

    The US has reportedly advised Netanyahu not to attack Iran The US has denied giving Israel the green light to move against the Gaza city of Rafah instead of attacking Iran, as a Qatari outlet reported Thursday citing an anonymous Egyptian official.  Israel has said it would respond to Saturday’s missile and drone attack by […]

  • Germany arrests two alleged saboteurs ‘working for Russia’

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 4:33pm EDT

    The Russian embassy has dismissed the case as a “blatant provocation” Two men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning to sabotage local military infrastructure, including US bases, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Thursday. Authorities claim to have linked at least one of the suspects to Russia’s security services. Warrants for the […]

  • US reimposes Venezuela sanctions

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 4:08pm EDT

    A six-month reprieve has been ended due to concerns surrounding upcoming presidential elections in the South American country The US has reinstated sanctions on Venezuela’s crucial energy industry, over what Washington describes as Caracas’ failure to adhere to democratic principles, as the nation prepares for presidential elections. President Joe Biden’s administration said on Wednesday it […]

  • Fund Ukraine? Go fight there, US congresswoman says

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 4:05pm EDT

    Marjorie Taylor Greene has tried to attach conditions for American aid to Kiev Any member of the US House of Representatives who votes for sending $60 billion in aid to Kiev should be required to enlist in the Ukrainian military, according to an amendment proposed by a prominent Republican lawmaker. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia […]

  • White House opposes Palestinian statehood – leaked cables

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 1:41pm EDT

    The US is reportedly lobbying the UN to reject the regional authority’s membership bid, which would amount to its recognition The US government has been lobbying the UN Security Council nations to reject the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) application for full membership, according to The Intercept, citing leaked diplomatic cables. Earlier this month, the regional authority […]

  • South American state asks to become NATO partner

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 1:23pm EDT

    Argentina has submitted a formal request to the US-led military bloc for ‘global partner’ status, Defense Minister Luis Petri says Argentina has officially asked NATO to accept it as a new “global partner,” the country’s Defense Minister Luis Petri announced on Thursday following a meeting with the US-led military bloc’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana. […]

  • Israel has surpassed Hitler in committing crimes – Erdogan

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 12:20pm EDT

    The Turkish leader has accused the Jewish state of killing 14,000 children in Gaza  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Israel of outdoing Adolf Hitler by killing 14,000 children in Gaza. Speaking to a meeting of his Justice and Development (AK) Party legislators in the Turkish parliament, Erdogan said that the Palestinian cause has […]

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  • Is all-out war in the Middle East now inevitable?

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 11:44am EDT

    A large-scale conflict is in nobody’s interests, but an Israeli retaliation to Iran is bound to happen. The question is, what will it be? From the night of Saturday, April 13, Iran directly attacked Israel from its territory for the first time using drones and missiles. In many Israeli cities, air-raid sirens sounded, and explosions […]

  • Russia asks United Nations to consider sanctioning Israel

    RT - Apr 18th 2024 11:30am EDT

    The Ramadan ceasefire in Gaza was not implemented, Moscow’s envoy to the UN has said Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia has called on the United Nations to consider imposing sanctions on Israel over its non-compliance with obligatory resolutions passed by the Security Council. He noted that UNSC Resolution 2728 demanded a ceasefire […]