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  • 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 […]

  • Chinese ‘carrier killer’ missile worries US – WaPo

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 3:23pm EDT

    The Pentagon leaks have revealed Washington’s concerns over a hypersonic-capable weapon A new Chinese missile may be able to reach the Pacific island of Guam, making it more difficult for US forces based there to intervene on behalf of Taiwan, a Washington Post columnist claimed on Thursday. The article cited an “overlooked” revelation in one […]

  • Another US media outlet quits Twitter

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 3:14pm EDT

    PBS has followed NPR in abandoning its account on the social media platform after being labeled as government-funded State-affiliated US broadcaster PBS has joined NPR in leaving Twitter, suspending activities on the social media platform after it began pointing out their reliance on government funding. At issue is Twitter’s decision last week to identify government-funded […]

  • Biden administration takes abortion battle to Supreme Court

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 2:48pm EDT

    The Justice Department wants to keep mail order abortion pills legal The US Department of Justice will go to the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn a lower court’s ruling that restricted the availability of abortion pills. The legal showdown began when pro-life groups in Texas attempted to ban chemical abortion nationwide. The New […]

  • World faces ‘most dangerous period of time in history’ – Trump

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 1:35pm EDT

    The former US president has warned that incompetent leaders and advanced weaponry have imperiled people more than ever The world has been pushed to the brink of total destruction by inept leaders and nuclear weapons that are 500 times as powerful as the atomic bombs that American forces dropped on Japan during World War II, […]

  • Explosion kills 18,000 cows

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 1:32pm EDT

    A fire at a Texas dairy farm has resulted in one of the largest mass cattle deaths in US history An explosion at a Texas farm on Monday resulted in a massive fire that led to the deaths of a staggering 18,000 cows. Local officials have described the loss as the biggest single-incident death of […]

  • Musk pushes Twitter into finance

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 1:13pm EDT

    The social network’s new partnership with an online brokerage will allow stock and crypto trading Social media company Twitter has partnered with trading and investing platform eToro to allow users access to real-time prices for cryptocurrencies, stocks and other assets, and to enable the trading of those instruments. According to eToro’s statement on Thursday, the […]

  • NYT ‘outs’ alleged Pentagon leaker

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 1:08pm EDT

    After a Bellingcat-aided hunt, the outlet claims to have identified the source of classified documents The US military’s classified briefings on Ukraine and other places were allegedly obtained by a young member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, but were shared beyond a closed online group by an unnamed teenager, the New York Times reported […]

  • Russia’s reserves surge past $600 billion mark

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 12:53pm EDT

    The country’s holdings jumped by nearly $7 billion in a week, official data shows Russia has continued amassing foreign currency reserves, with the stockpile rising to $600.8 billion as of April 7, according to the central bank’s report on Thursday. The regulator said that the volume of international reserves increased by $6.9 billion, or 1.2%, […]

  • British miniskirt pioneer dies aged 93

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 12:48pm EDT

    Mary Quant was one of the most influential fashion figures of the 1960s Mary Quant, fashion icon of London’s ‘Swinging Sixties’, has died aged 93, her family announced on Thursday. “Dame Mary Quant died peacefully at home in Surrey, UK, this morning. Dame Mary, aged 93, was one of the most internationally recognized fashion designers […]

  • New York mayor appoints ‘rat czar’

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 12:04pm EDT

    Mayor Eric Adams’ rodent crackdown comes after rat sightings doubled under his watch New York City Mayor Eric Adams has named the Big Apple’s first ever “rat czar.” The mayor has long promised to bring down the city’s booming rat population, but their numbers have swelled under his tenure. Speaking at a press conference on […]

  • EU may return Russian assets to Moscow – Welt

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 12:03pm EDT

    The German media outlet, citing an internal document, claims that Brussels may be forced to do so when the Ukraine conflict ends The European Commission has concluded that it will likely have to hand frozen Russian central bank reserves back to Moscow at some future date,  Die Welt reported on Thursday. The German newspaper, citing […]

  • Bloomberg adds AI chatbot to terminal

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 11:50am EDT

    The finance giant’s GPT version will be able to interpret headlines as good or bad for the market and write its own Financial data firm Bloomberg is adding an artificial intelligence chatbot to its ubiquitous information terminals, a company official told CNBC on Thursday. The internal AI model, to be named Bloomberg GPT, will be […]

  • The US spied on its key allies. Will they finally resist?

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 11:21am EDT

    Wiretapping its ‘partners’ could upend Washington’s own global security architecture US President Joe Biden’s administration is in a serious bind after officials were made aware last week that a cache of secret documents was leaked in March showing the US spied on allies. One of the most damning leaks revealed extensive details of US military support […]

  • UN seeking to reconnect some Russian banks to SWIFT – spokesman

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 11:00am EDT

    The move could facilitate a further extension of the Black Sea grain deal The United Nations is discussing bringing some Russian banks back to the SWIFT payment system in order to help keep grain shipments from Ukraine going, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said.  When asked during a briefing on Wednesday if any progress had […]

  • School shooter gets life in prison

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 10:03am EDT

    Ilnaz Galyaviev killed nine people, including seven children, during his shooting rampage in Kazan in May 2021 The Supreme Court of Russia’s Tatarstan Region has delivered a verdict in the case of a school shooter who killed nine people and injured dozens more two years ago. Ilnaz Galyaviev will spend the rest of his life […]

  • CIA director concedes US power is waning

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 10:01am EDT

    Bill Burns says Washington’s position as the “big kid on the geopolitical block” isn’t guaranteed The dominant global role of the US can no longer be guaranteed as the country is witnessing a time of change “that comes along a couple of times a century,” CIA Director Bill Burns has claimed.  Speaking at the Baker […]

  • Ukraine’s Naftogaz claims $5 billion legal victory over Russia

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 9:10am EDT

    The state-owned energy company says a court in The Hague has ruled in its favor regarding its former Crimea assets Russia must pay Ukraine’s Naftogaz $5 billion in compensation for the energy firm’s assets in Crimea, the company announced on Thursday, citing a court ruling. The court in The Hague did not respond to written […]

  • WaPo makes claim over source of Pentagon leaks

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 8:06am EDT

    A young man working on a US military base posted the documents for several months in a private Discord group, according to the newspaper A gun enthusiast in his twenties who worked on a US military base is the person behind the latest leak of sensitive defense documents, the Washington Post alleged on Wednesday. The […]

  • US dollar forecast to lose global dominance

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 8:00am EDT

    The greenback will inevitably lose its leading position in world finance, a central banker believes The US currency’s dominant position in the world economy will gradually decline over time, the head of the Philippines’ central bank, Felipe Medalla, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. Medalla called for the creation of a multi-currency world, although he noted […]

  • Kiev outraged over Pentagon leaks – Politico

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 7:12am EDT

    Ukrainian officials are reportedly angry after US intelligence documents appeared to downplay their chances of a successful counteroffensive Senior officials in Kiev are “pounding their fists” over leaked US intelligence that appears to cast doubt on Ukraine’s ability to successfully mount a spring counteroffensive, Politico claimed on Wednesday.  According to the outlet, the anger stems […]

  • Apple and Samsung divided on Russian imports

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 7:01am EDT

    The issue concerns purchases of tungsten, tantalum and gold from the sanctioned country Apple has officially stopped purchases of tungsten, tantalum and gold from Russia “at the request of the US government”, while its rival Samsung continues imports from the sanctioned country, Kommersant reported on Thursday, citing data from the two companies. The metals are […]

  • Swiss banks issue warning to Russian taxpayers – RBK

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 6:23am EDT

    Clients that pay taxes in Russia have reportedly been notified that their accounts may be closed Banks in Switzerland are monitoring the transfers of their Russian clients to determine whether they pay taxes in Russia, RBK reported on Thursday, citing sources in the banking and legal industries. According to the report, a number of banks […]

  • UK newspaper removes interview with Russian ambassador

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 6:04am EDT

    The Times “caved in” to pressure, the diplomat has claimed in a damning open letter Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin has accused The Times of “caving in” to outside forces after it removed an interview with the diplomat from its website. Kelin warned that the move does not bode well for the newspaper’s […]

  • EU country weaning off Russian energy – official

    RT - Apr 13th 2023 5:43am EDT

    The Dutch energy minister has said the government will not sign new supply contracts for Moscow’s LNG The Netherlands is working to end liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from Russia, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing Dutch energy minister Rob Jetten. He said the government has already stopped signing new contracts for importing the fuel from […]