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  • Report reveals surge in Chinese oil imports

    RT - Apr 14th 2023 6:34am EDT

    Economic recovery and increased demand for fuel exports are seen as the major consumption drivers China’s crude oil imports surged to their highest levels in almost three years last month as refineries have ramped up production to catch up with growing fuel export demand, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing customs data. Oil imports jumped 22.5% […]

  • Trump denied in bid to delay trial over Democrat donor issue

    RT - Apr 14th 2023 5:52am EDT

    Former US president asked for a delay after it transpired plaintiff Jean Carroll’s defense had been funded by a Democratic donor A federal judge has refused to postpone Donald Trump’s trial involving a lawsuit by former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, who is accusing the former US President of rape in the mid-1990s. The […]

  • EU nation bans Ukrainian grain

    RT - Apr 14th 2023 5:32am EDT

    Slovakia has destroyed a 1,500-ton shipment contaminated with a banned pesticide Slovak authorities have banned the processing and sale of Ukrainian grain after discovering a dangerous pesticide in a shipment, the country’s Agriculture Ministry announced on its website on Thursday. According to the statement, the ban will cover all grain of Ukrainian origin and flour […]

  • Failure in Ukraine could mark the end of Western ‘golden age’ – Polish PM

    RT - Apr 14th 2023 5:22am EDT

    The country is vital for containing Russia and safeguarding European prosperity, Mateusz Morawiecki has claimed Not everyone in the EU wants to support Ukraine as much as Kiev requires, yet the country’s future is key to Western prosperity, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has insisted. “Failure in Ukraine could be the beginning of the end […]

  • Polish PM blasts Macron ‘EU autonomy’ call

    RT - Apr 14th 2023 4:03am EDT

    Politicians who want the EU to be more independent are actually pushing it closer to China, he insisted Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has lashed out at the idea of EU strategic autonomy, claiming that proponents want the economic bloc to become more dependent on China. He further urged “democracies” against “trading with tyrants”. “European […]

  • CrossTalk: Neocon rage

    RT - Apr 14th 2023 3:12am EDT

    French President Macron’s visit to China has the Atlanticist world and neocons of all stripes in an uproar. Instead of being a mere cutaway in service of Washington, the French president actually stood up for his own country and Europe. Is Macron a day late and a dollar short? CrossTalking with Rachel Marsden and Anthony […]

  • The Epstein trafficking enterprise: Did J.P. Morgan bank know?

    RT - Apr 14th 2023 2:56am EDT

    Did a major US bank knowingly, negligently, and unlawfully provide aid and assist recruiters, as well as assisting in paying victims of the Epstein trafficking enterprise? One island country has filed a lawsuit which says it did. On this edition of The 360 View, Scottie Nell Hughes speaks to journalist and author Marlon Ettinger about the […]

  • Looming sanctions on Russian diamonds threaten millions of Indian jobs – Economic Times

    RT - Apr 14th 2023 2:35am EDT

    Restrictions are expected to be introduced at the G7 summit in May, according to the outlet The G7 is set to impose sanctions on large rough diamonds sourced from Russia, the Economic Times reported on Wednesday, citing industry executives. The move would potentially threaten millions of jobs in India, which is the world’s largest cutting […]

  • US national debt to skyrocket – IMF

    RT - Apr 14th 2023 2:13am EDT

    Interest payments and the shift to clean energy will add to government spending, the organization warns US public debt will continue to rise in the coming years amid increased government borrowing, the International Monetary Fund said in its Fiscal Monitor report released on Wednesday. IMF economists believe the rise will come partly because Washington is […]

  • Brazil rebels against US dollar ‘straitjacket’

    RT - Apr 14th 2023 1:42am EDT

    President Lula da Silva kicks off his first state visit to China with a BRICS bank event Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has stated that developing nations should move away from the US dollar in favor of their own currencies in order to push back against American dominance over the global financial system. […]

  • Google ordered to disclose data gathered by US spy agencies

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 10:39pm EDT

    The top court in South Korea questioned the supremacy of US laws over citizens’ privacy South Korea’s Supreme Court has ordered Google to disclose any personal data it has collected on South Korean citizens and shared with third parties, including US intelligence agencies. The decision is binding, even as the case against the tech giant […]

  • North Korea announces new type of weapon

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 9:34pm EDT

    Pyongyang said its latest test featured a solid-fuel missile with greater “military utility” North Korea has claimed that its latest missile test verified the effectiveness of a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that will greatly enhance its “nuclear counterattack posture” and help strike “extreme uneasiness and horror” in its enemies. The new solid-fuel “Hwasong-18” […]

  • Pentagon seeks to plug intelligence leaks

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 9:08pm EDT

    The US military vowed to overhaul procedures to prevent more disclosures of classified reports US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday praised the “swift arrest” of the alleged source of secret documents and pledged to review intelligence-sharing procedures in response, indirectly confirming the leaked documents were authentic. Austin said he had directed his deputy for […]

  • German FM goes to China to counter Macron – Politico

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 8:38pm EDT

    Annalena Baerbock recommits to following the US after the French president’s remarks German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has “significantly distanced” Berlin from French President Emmanuel Macron’s argument that the EU needs more “strategic autonomy” from the US when dealing with China, Politico reported on Thursday. “We are currently seeing how important it is to have […]

  • Murdered tech exec knew his attacker – police

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 7:23pm EDT

    A tech entrepreneur has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco San Francisco police have arrested a 38-year-old technology entrepreneur for the stabbing death last week of Cash App founder Bob Lee, saying he was an acquaintance of the victim, and the murder therefore wasn’t a reflection […]

  • EU goes after ChatGPT

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 6:44pm EDT

    The bloc’s is looking at “possible enforcement actions” against the American AI project The European Data Protection Board said on Thursday that it will help member countries coordinate activities regarding ChatGPT, an American-developed AI chatbot that Italy has already banned over privacy violations. “The EDPB decided to launch a dedicated task force to foster cooperation […]

  • US smart bombs miss Russian targets – Pentagon leak

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 6:41pm EDT

    Leaked files indicate that American-made JDAM munitions are being successfully jammed in Ukraine Pentagon officials have reportedly expressed concern that US-produced smart bombs provided to Ukraine are being electronically jammed by Russian forces, causing them to miss their targets. The precision-guided bombs, which are among the increasingly advanced weaponry that Washington has been providing to […]

  • EU nation to destroy 1,500-ton haul of Ukrainian grain

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 6:26pm EDT

    Slovakia has found a “dangerous concentration” of a banned pesticide in the agricultural imports Slovakia has discovered a 1,500-ton shipment of Ukrainian grain, tainted with chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate pesticide subject to a EU-wide ban. The whole shipment will be destroyed, the country’s agriculture minister, Samuel Vlcan, announced on Thursday. The minister first sounded the alarm […]

  • JP Morgan execs joked, warned about Epstein’s pedophilia – lawsuit

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 6:14pm EDT

    A newly-released version of the Virgin Islands’ lawsuit reveals compliance officials urged the bank to ditch the predator as a client JP Morgan’s own compliance officers were urging the international banking giant to cut ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for years before it finally dropped him in 2013, according to a revised criminal […]

  • Musk announces new Twitter monetization tool

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 5:12pm EDT

    The platform will not take a cut for the first year under the new system, which launched days after Substack’s Notes Twitter CEO Elon Musk has expanded Twitter’s product offerings in an apparent bid to compete with blogging platform Substack, tweeting on Thursday that users can “apply to offer your followers subscriptions of any material, […]

  • Republicans seek to defund anti-Trump DA

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 5:02pm EDT

    US House legislation aims to cut off federal funds from the New York district attorney who is prosecuting the ex-president US House Republicans have targeted Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who is prosecuting former president Donald Trump, with legislation that would strip his office of federal funding for allegedly prioritizing politics over keeping New […]

  • Pentagon leaks accuse China of arming Russia – WaPo

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 4:54pm EDT

    The outlet claims US spies had intercepted a Russian report about Beijing sending arms to Moscow The Washington Post claimed on Thursday that China had approved the supply of “lethal aid” to Russia, citing an alleged intercept of Russian communications mentioned in a classified Pentagon document. The document itself was allegedly found on a gaming […]

  • White House says racism cost US $16 trillion since 2000

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 4:45pm EDT

    Former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice claimed closing ‘racial gaps’ would boost GDP by $5 trillion Anti-black racism has cost the US $16 trillion since 2000, White House Domestic Policy Council chief Susan Rice told Al Sharpton’s racial justice advocacy group National Action Network on Wednesday.  “The US had a GDP shortfall of $16 […]

  • Germany greenlights Soviet-made fighter jets for Ukraine

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 4:21pm EDT

    Berlin, however, is still undecided on supplying Kiev with the 21st century aircraft Germany has approved Poland’s request to deliver five Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, the German Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The warplanes originate from East Germany’s aircraft fleet and, therefore, require re-export approval from Berlin. The move was praised by the […]

  • FBI arrests alleged Pentagon leaker

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 3:40pm EDT

    The source’s identity was revealed by the New York Times, which worked with NATO-funded investigators to identify him Armed FBI agents have arrested a 21-year-old military reservist believed to be behind the leaking of classified Pentagon briefings, including on the conflict in Ukraine. The government was assisted in its manhunt by the same media organizations […]