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  • US drag-show legislation violates First Amendment – judge

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 1:27pm EDT

    District Judge Thomas Parker issued a temporary injunction, hours before the law was due to come into effect A federal judge in Tennessee has issued a temporary injunction delaying legislation due to come into effect on Saturday, which would prevent drag shows from taking place in public or where children might be present. In his […]

  • Another grain-trading giant to exit Russia – Bloomberg

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 1:25pm EDT

    The move is expected to give domestic companies more control over the nation’s vast food resources, the agency claims Chicago-based Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) has joined the latest exodus of commodities traders opting to pull out from Russia, the world’s top wheat exporter, Bloomberg reports on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company is reportedly reviewing […]

  • Pro-Trump troll convicted over memes

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 12:51pm EDT

    Prosecutors argued that ‘Ricky Vaughn’ interfered with the 2016 election by making memes about voting for Hillary Clinton by text A Trump supporter who shared images claiming that voters could cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton by text in 2016 has been convicted of voter suppression. Douglass Mackey, who went by the pseudonym ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ […]

  • ‘Doctor Doom’ makes bold claim about US

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 12:34pm EDT

    Most of the country’s banks are technically near insolvency, famed economist Nouriel Roubini says Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the global financial crisis of 2008, has issued a grim assessment of US banking sector’s status. In an opinion piece for Project Syndicate, Roubini, dubbed ‘Doctor Doom’ by Wall Street for his tendency toward bleak […]

  • France names sole broker for possible Ukraine peace deal – CNN

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 12:11pm EDT

    China’s involvement can be a “game changer” for both sides, an anonymous official told the US broadcaster China’s power and close relationship with Moscow means it may be “the only country on Earth” capable of brokering a deal in Ukraine, a source within the French presidency told CNN on Friday. French President Emmanuel Macron will […]

  • North Korea slams Zelensky’s nuclear ambition

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 11:47am EDT

    The Ukrainian leader is putting his country on “the wrong path, the last path,” Kim Jong-un’s sister stated The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky is gambling with his country’s future by pursuing nuclear weapons, Kim Yo-jong, influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said on Saturday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).  […]

  • Judge passes first sentence in deadly ‘Rust’ shooting

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 10:48am EDT

    The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a gun loaded with live rounds has received six months of unsupervised probation A court has sentenced filmmaker David Halls to six months of unsupervised probation for negligent use of a deadly weapon on a movie set in New Mexico, which led to the death of cinematographer Halyna […]

  • EU has abandoned peace and prosperity – Orban

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 10:32am EDT

    The pro-war lobby has put the entire European Union in danger over Ukraine, the Hungarian prime minister said The EU has forsaken its goal of ensuring peace and prosperity for its members, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared on Friday. Warning that the bloc is considering sending troops into Ukraine, Orban insisted that Hungary will […]

  • Study busts myth about alcohol

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 10:04am EDT

    Even moderate consumption can increase chances of an early death, according to researchers While an occasional glass of wine is unlikely to increase your chances of a trip to the emergency room, an extended analysis of close to five million people has concluded that even low levels of alcohol consumption offers next to no health […]

  • Swedish retail sales slump

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 9:59am EDT

    Inflation and surging lending costs have dented private spending, an official report indicates Retail sales in Sweden plunged the most on record last month, as inflation and soaring borrowing costs continued to squeeze consumers’ spending power. In February, retail sales in the Nordic region’s largest economy slumped 9.4% compared to the same period of last […]

  • ‘Everyone on Earth will die,’ top AI researcher warns

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 9:33am EDT

    Humanity is unprepared to survive an encounter with a much smarter artificial intelligence, Eliezer Yudkowsky says Shutting down the development of advanced artificial intelligence systems around the globe and harshly punishing those violating the moratorium is the only way to save humanity from extinction, a high-profile AI researcher has warned. Eliezer Yudkowsky has written an […]

  • Germany refuses extra-tank pledges for Ukraine

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 8:54am EDT

    The Bundeswehr’s own stock is “limited,” defense minister Boris Pistorius has explained Germany cannot afford to pledge additional main battle tanks to Ukraine, the country’s defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said on Saturday. His remarks came after Kiev warned that it would need more heavy weapons for a counteroffensive against Russia. “I don’t see the delivery […]

  • From WWI to the Ukraine conflict, war propaganda evolves, but never changes

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 8:30am EDT

    Lionizing your own side and demonizing the enemy has been as important as battlefield victories Since the beginning of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, Western spin-doctors have been busy. But despite the rapid technological progress that changed the world over the last decades, the principles of war propaganda remain the same. Thomas Hobbes, the 17th […]

  • Musk reveals some of Twitter’s algorithm

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 8:02am EDT

    The SpaceX and Tesla chief has implemented wide-ranging changes to the platform since purchasing it last year Twitter chief Elon Musk has provided users with a glimpse behind the scenes of Twitter’s content distribution algorithm, as the social network’s owner and CEO seeks to increase transparency in the social network. In a blog post published […]

  • India set to ditch US dollar in cross-border trade

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 7:53am EDT

    New Delhi is seeking to substantially boost the nation’s exports by 2030 India’s central government has unveiled its new Foreign Trade Policy, which is expected to facilitate greater trade, boost manufacturing, help to shift away from the US dollar, and make the rupee a global currency. The FTP 2023, revealed on Friday by Indian Commerce […]

  • Details of possible charges against Trump emerge – AP

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 6:46am EDT

    The former US President is reportedly being accused of at least one felony The indictment against former US President Donald Trump over his alleged role in paying hush money to a porn actress includes at least one criminal charge, Associated Press reported on Friday, citing sources. According to two “people familiar with the matter” quoted […]

  • Von der Leyen in line for NATO’s top job – The Sun

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 5:53am EDT

    Several members of the military bloc are backing EU president’s candidacy, a diplomatic source told the outlet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is “in the running” to replace Jens Stoltenberg, whose term as NATO secretary general expires in October, British newspaper The Sun reported on Friday, citing a diplomatic source. According to the […]

  • Russian firms seek Chinese speakers – recruiter

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 5:27am EDT

    Requests for candidates with proficiency in the language topped pre-pandemic levels last year, a staffing agency reports Russia has seen a significant increase in demand for Chinese-speaking workers over the past year, as Western sanctions led to a surge in trade between Moscow and Beijing, estimates from recruiting agency HeadHunter show. According to the agency, […]

  • Hungary to pay Ukraine for transit of Russian oil – Reuters

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 4:27am EDT

    Kiev has increased the fee that was previously paid by a Russian company Hungary is expected to begin paying Kiev for the transit of Russian crude oil via the Ukrainian part of the Druzhba pipeline in order to keep supplies flowing, Reuters reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the issue. The decision reportedly comes […]

  • Google co-founder among billionaires subpoenaed in Epstein-related case – WSJ

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 3:35am EDT

    Sergey Brin, Thomas Pritzker and Mortimer Zuckerman are reportedly being asked for evidence in a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Google co-founder Sergey Brin and several other billionaires have been issued with subpoenas by the US Virgin Islands as part of a civil lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase over the bank’s ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey […]

  • Biden set to skip coronation of King Charles – Telegraph

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 3:24am EDT

    Foreign travel “takes a fair amount out of” the 80-year-old US president, the newspaper’s source says US President Joe Biden will likely miss out on the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III, the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday. According to a “source close to the Biden administration” quoted by the newspaper, “foreign travel takes a […]

  • German debt reaches all-time high

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 3:20am EDT

    Soaring state borrowing is linked to the energy crisis, government statistics service has said Germany’s public debt reached a new record of €2.37 trillion ($2.6 trillion) at the end of 2022, data released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Wednesday showed. The debt owed by the overall public budget to the non-public sector rose […]

  • Dozens killed in Hindu temple disaster

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 3:19am EDT

    Worshippers in India plunged into a deep stepwell after the floor collapsed beneath them The death toll from a fatal floor collapse at a Hindu temple in the central Indian city of Indore has reached 36, officials said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday when worshippers gathered inside the Beleswar Mahadev Jhulelal temple for […]

  • Ex-CIA analyst: US containment of China won’t work, Russia-Ukraine war was provoked

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 2:46am EDT

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Melvin Goodman, a former Soviet analyst at the CIA. He discusses Seymour Hersh’s bombshell story that the US sabotaged the Nordstream pipelines, the persecution of Julian Assange, the Saudi Arabia-Iran peace deal brokered by China, why Washington’s Cold War-style containment policies cannot work against Beijing, why […]

  • Using tragedy as an excuse to spy on Americans

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 2:35am EDT

    After the September 11 attacks on America, security agencies were scrambling to make the US a safer place. On this episode of the Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks to William Binney, who blew the whistle on a program allowing the NSA to spy on literally every American. It was a game-changing decision, patently illegal, and extraordinarily expensive. […]