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  • US House speaker to meet with Taiwan’s leader

    RT - Apr 4th 2023 1:22am EDT

    Beijing condemned the upcoming meeting as a “disastrous” mistake and vowed to retaliate US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet with Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen in California later this week, his office said in a statement. China has repeatedly urged against the sit-down, saying it would take tough countermeasures in response.  McCarthy confirmed the meeting […]

  • Major trader to stop exporting Russian grain – media

    RT - Apr 4th 2023 1:17am EDT

    Louis Dreyfus is joining the ranks of exporters that plan to stop shipping grain from the sanctioned country French-Dutch merchant firm Louis Dreyfus will stop shipping Russian grain in the new crop year, which starts on July 1, several Russian news outlets reported on Monday citing the Russian Agriculture Ministry. According to the ministry, it […]

  • US nuclear-powered warship leads military drills

    RT - Apr 4th 2023 12:42am EDT

    The three-way wargames are focused on alleged “threats” from North Korea, Seoul’s military said The US Navy has kicked off joint military drills with South Korea and Japan, with a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier taking a lead role in anti-submarine exercises designed to counter the DPRK.  The South Korean Defense Ministry announced the latest wargames […]

  • Civilians killed in Israeli strikes – media

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 11:11pm EDT

    The casualties were reported just one day after Damascus said five soldiers were wounded in another Israeli attack Two civilians were killed in an Israeli air raid targeting Syria’s capital, state media reported, noting that missiles also struck the country’s southern region. The assault came amid a flurry of similar strikes in recent days, which […]

  • New Zealand PM not sure how to define a woman

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 6:53pm EDT

    Chris Hipkins complained he hadn’t had time to prepare a “preformulated” answer to the question New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins found himself at a loss for words when asked by journalist Sean Plunket of The Platform how Wellington would “define a woman” during a press conference on Monday. The PM nervously admitted the question […]

  • NASA names moon mission crew

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 6:09pm EDT

    Three Americans and a Canadian will eventually embark on a trip to lunar orbit  The US space agency announced on Monday the names of the four astronauts that will crew the Artemis II mission. While the ten-day trip around the moon and back is tentatively scheduled for late 2024, the announcement came shortly after the […]

  • Twitter shows up fact-checker on Soros defense

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 5:35pm EDT

    The Washington Post has attempted to dismiss claims the liberal financier had funded the district attorney prosecuting Trump Twitter users corrected the Washington Post’s star fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, when he attempted to write off the claim that liberal financier George Soros had funded the Manhattan district attorney who indicted former US president Donald Trump as […]

  • Widow blames chatbot for husband’s suicide

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 4:57pm EDT

    An AI encouraged a Belgian man to kill himself over climate change, his surviving spouse told the local media A young Belgian father was pressured into committing suicide by a popular AI chatbot, the man’s widow told local news outlet La Libre last week. Chat logs supplied by the app “Pierre” used to talk with […]

  • West ‘not so eager to find out’ who bombed Nord Stream – WaPo

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 4:14pm EDT

    NATO leaders would rather not know if their allies were involved, the newspaper’s sources said Western officials would rather not know who bombed the Nord Stream pipelines, lest they discover that their allies were responsible, the Washington Post reported on Monday. The report listed Polish and Ukrainian operatives as likely perpetrators, but left out one […]

  • Here’s why simply living in the US is likely to reduce your life expectancy

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 4:08pm EDT

    The average American lifespan keeps getting shorter, even as comparably rich countries rebound and recover after Covid-19 Recently, National Public Radio (NPR) in the US published a story titled ‘Live free and die? The sad state of US life expectancy’ that explored the great divide between the United States and peer countries on life expectancy. […]

  • ‘George Washington of Kosovo’ goes on trial for war crimes

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 3:13pm EDT

    Hashim Thaci and three other ethnic Albanian separatist leaders face an EU tribunal in The Hague Kosovo Liberation Army leader Hashim Thaci pleaded not guilty on Monday before the EU-funded special tribunal in The Hague. Thaci and three other KLA leaders were charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity for their actions during the […]

  • White House discussing ‘freeze for freeze’ nuclear deal with Iran – media

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 2:50pm EDT

    Broadly similar to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the plan has been rejected by Tehran, reports Axios The Biden administration is discussing a potential deal that would see Iran halt progress on parts of its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, Axios reported on Monday.  American officials have discussed the hypothetical agreement with their […]

  • German state threatens to ban Ukrainian cars

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 2:06pm EDT

    The vehicles cause problems on Saxony’s roads as many are not covered by insurance The German state of Saxony is considering a ban on cars with Ukrainian license plates, Bild reported on Monday. The vehicles are no longer covered by the ‘Green Card’ insurance policy issued in Ukraine one year after they have entered EU […]

  • Longtime leader of NATO country loses power

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 1:06pm EDT

    Milo Djukanovic has been defeated in a landslide after more than 30 years of ruling Montenegro Voters in the former Yugoslav republic of Montenegro overwhelmingly favored challenger Jakov Milatovic over the incumbent Milo Djukanovic in Sunday’s runoff presidential election, closing a 33-year-long chapter in the small Balkan country’s history. Djukanovic, 61, appeared on the political […]

  • Germany could ban ChatGPT – data chief

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 12:45pm EDT

    Such a move would follow the lead of Italy, where the popular AI application was banned last week over alleged privacy violations Germany could “in principle” block access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot due to privacy concerns, a spokeswoman for the country’s data protection commissioner told the Handelsblatt newspaper on Monday. “In principle, a similar procedure […]

  • US congresswoman doubles down on ‘pedophiles’ smear

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 12:30pm EDT

    Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene insists that her political opposition started the name-calling row Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has defended her labeling of Democrats as a “party of pedophiles,” refusing to disavow the statement when 60 Minutes host Lesley Stahl suggested it was “over-the-top” during an interview on Sunday.  “They are not pedophiles,” Stahl […]

  • G7 member buying Russian oil above Western price cap – WSJ

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 12:12pm EDT

    Energy-dependent Japan agreed to support the measure to limit Moscow’s revenues, but then asked for an exemption from US One of the Group of Seven (G7) nations, Japan, has started buying Russian crude oil above the $60-a-barrel agreed cap after securing a US-authorized exception, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. According to the news […]

  • More countries may join oil production cut – official

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 11:32am EDT

    Other OPEC+ members may want to further stabilize the oil market, Russian Deputy PM Aleksandr Novak suggests More oil-producing nations may slash their crude output, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak warned on Monday. His comments follow the decision on Sunday by several members of the OPEC+ group to introduce voluntary additional cuts to their […]

  • Stoltenberg announces Finland’s NATO accession date

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 11:29am EDT

    The Nordic country will officially join the US-led military bloc following ratification by Türkiye Finland will officially become the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced in a statement on Monday. “This is a historic week,” Stoltenberg told reporters on the eve of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. “From tomorrow, Finland […]

  • French minister who backed Russia sanctions ‘slapped in face’ – party leader  

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 11:06am EDT

    Florian Philippot has claimed the new OPEC+ oil agreement is a bad sign for Bruno Le Maire, who wanted the Russian economy “to collapse”  The new OPEC+ deal to reduce oil production levels is a fresh blow for French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, according to Florian Philippot, leader of the right-wing Les […]

  • Ruble falls to nearly one-year low vs dollar

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 10:37am EDT

    Rising oil prices have not propped up the Russian currency The Russian ruble fell to its lowest exchange rate against the US dollar since last April on the Moscow Exchange on Monday. The currency slipped to 78.53 rubles to the dollar in afternoon trading, the weakest rate since late April 2022. The ruble also traded […]

  • Clinics should prepare for more child sex changes — hospital director

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 10:31am EDT

    Medical schools must “increase training efforts” for these controversial surgeries, Dr. Oren Ganor has declared The director of Boston Children’s Hospital’s gender surgery department has called on similar institutions to increase their capacity to perform underage gender surgeries, as Republican-run states begin to clamp down on the practices. Writing in the Journal of American Medicine, […]

  • EU state boosts fuel imports from Russia – media

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 9:00am EDT

    Poland is reportedly still a top consumer of unsanctioned Russian liquefied petroleum gas Poland remains the largest importer in the EU of Russian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) due to its affordability compared to Western European alternatives, the newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported on Monday. LPG is a fuel gas containing propane and butane that is used in […]

  • Chinese ‘spy balloon’ made escape attempt – media

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 8:56am EDT

    US officials shared with NBC News new details about Beijing’s alleged espionage mission China allegedly tried to speed up its balloon’s flight over the US after the administration of President Joe Biden accused Beijing of sending the vessel to surveil American targets, claimed three anonymous current and former US officials cited by NBC News. The […]

  • Indictment could be ‘rocket fuel’ to Trump campaign – Bolton

    RT - Apr 3rd 2023 8:52am EDT

    The former US president will feel vindicated with his claims of political persecution if he is acquitted, his former adviser has warned The indictment of former US President Donald Trump over alleged hush money payments to an adult film star could eventually boost his chances of securing the Republican presidential nomination, former National Security Advisor […]