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  • 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. […]

  • Indicting former President Trump

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 2:32am EDT

    For the first time ever, a former president of the United States has been indicted for a crime. President Trump may hand himself over for arrest in just a few days. Can he prevail against his opponents in what many say is a political witch hunt? Or will the evidence clearly show that crimes were […]

  • Raiffeisen Bank eyes exit from Russia amid Western pressure

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 2:06am EDT

    The lender has warned that its likely departure will cause a decline in profit Austrian banking group Raiffeisen, one of the last major Western lenders in Russia, announced on Thursday it was considering selling its business in the sanctioned country amid mounting pressure from the US and EU. Raiffeisen plays a crucial role in the […]

  • US extends carrier mission for more military ‘options’

    RT - Apr 1st 2023 1:23am EDT

    The military also announced an “expedited deployment” of A-10 Thunderbolt attack jets to the Middle East The Pentagon has opted to prolong the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Mediterranean to offer more “options” to officials following recent attacks on US bases in Syria, which killed one military contractor and left multiple […]

  • Musk seeks meeting with Chinese leadership – Reuters

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 10:21pm EDT

    China is Tesla’s second-biggest market after the US, with the company’s largest production plant based in Shanghai Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made plans to visit China sometime in the coming weeks and hopes to meet with the country’s new premier, Li Qiang, Reuters reported on Friday. The billionaire’s last trip to the People’s Republic […]

  • China and Brazil deal a blow to US dollar-powered bullying

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 9:24pm EDT

    Ditching the American currency in trade will diminish Washington’s ability to impose its will China and Brazil have secured a deal to conduct bilateral trade in their own respective currencies, eliminating the US dollar as an intermediary. The agreement between the two BRICS countries, which have $150 billion in annual trade, would probably have been […]

  • China tells EU president to get better speechwriter

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 8:11pm EDT

    Von der Leyen’s speech was contradictory and misleading, said Beijing’s envoy to the EU European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s speech ahead of her visit to China was incoherent, contradictory, and misinterpreted Beijing’s policies and positions, Chinese ambassador to the EU Fu Cong said on Friday. “I was a little bit disappointed,” Fu told […]

  • Top US general skeptical of Ukraine’s prospects

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 7:10pm EDT

    Joint Chiefs chair Mark Milley says achieving Kiev’s military objective will be “very difficult” Ukraine’s stated objective of expelling Russian “invaders” is unlikely to be achieved this year, General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview on Friday. His comments came as Kiev both announced a grand spring […]

  • ‘Hard spring’ is coming – Serbian president

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 6:06pm EDT

    Relations between great powers are very tense and nuclear conflict looms, Aleksandar Vucic warns Great powers seem to be headed towards direct confrontation and Serbia is at risk of being trampled underfoot, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday. He defended the policy of not imposing sanctions on Russia, but insisted that Belgrade continued to aspire […]

  • RT Spanish successful despite bans – Reuters Institute

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 3:30pm EDT

    Western fact-checkers are bemoaning the popularity of “Putin’s propaganda” in South America RT’s Spanish-language channel is “thriving” in Latin America and the “disinformation” crusaders in the West are conflicted on what to do about it, according to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. RT Spanish is “a propaganda […]

  • Paralympic ‘blade runner killer’ denied parole

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 3:08pm EDT

    It was found that Oscar Pistorius has not yet completed the minimum period of detention required by law Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee and former Paralympic athlete given the moniker ‘Blade Runner’ due to his carbon-fiber prostheses, has been denied parole by a court in his native South Africa ten years after he shot and […]

  • Iran vows revenge on Israel

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 2:12pm EDT

    Tehran says that one of its officers has been “martyred” in a deadly airstrike in Syria Iran has pledged to retaliate after claiming that an officer in its Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike near the Syrian capital Damascus. West Jerusalem has not responded to the Iranian allegation, in […]

  • Norway’s wealth fund unable to withdraw funds from Russia

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 1:16pm EDT

    Hundreds of millions of dollars are stuck in the country due to Western sanctions, the fund’s management says Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, one of the world’s largest investors, is still unable to divest its holdings in Russia as the custodian bank is under Western sanctions, the Norwegian Finance Ministry said on Friday. The […]

  • Chinese students get time off to ‘fall in love’

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 1:07pm EDT

    Nine colleges encouraged students to use their week off in April to find a mate A group of vocational colleges in China have granted their students a week off in April with the express purpose being to enjoy the outdoors and find a romantic partner.  The colleges of the Fan Mei Education Group are all […]

  • Richard Branson’s rocket firm axes nearly entire workforce

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 1:07pm EDT

    Virgin Orbit will let go 85% of its staff and cease operations for the foreseeable future, a filing says Richard Branson’s satellite launch company, Virgin Orbit, has revealed it will cut 675 jobs, or almost all of its personnel, after failing to secure funding over a failed mission. According to a Friday filing with the […]

  • Plant fungus infects humans – report

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 1:03pm EDT

    A disease that typically affects trees has been found to have caused symptoms in a man in India Doctors in India have recorded the first known case of a human becoming infected by a plant fungus that is usually found in trees. Chondrostereum purpureum, which is more commonly known as silverleaf fungus, often affects species […]

  • Fyodor Lukyanov: China’s Xi is right, the world is currently undergoing changes not seen for a century

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 12:05pm EDT

    It’s time to buckle up, because the post-WW2 and Cold War systems no longer suit the global order Humanity has been gripped by a frenzy. The political and military crisis in Europe has captured everyone’s attention, but in global terms it’s only part of a larger picture. The tensions over Ukraine, and even the wider […]

  • Italy bans ChatGPT

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 12:03pm EDT

    Italy’s data protection authority demands that the chatbot’s creator OpenAI take action or face hefty fines Italy’s data protection watchdog has banned access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot due to alleged privacy violations. The decision came after a data breach on March 20 that exposed users’ conversations and payment information. ChatGPT, which was launched in November […]

  • Russia makes payment on sovereign debt

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 12:00pm EDT

    According to the country’s settlement depository, Moscow fulfilled its obligations on Friday Russia’s Finance Ministry announced on Friday it has settled two issues of dollar-denominated Eurobonds “in full” by sending 17 billion rubles ($221.1 million) in coupon payments to the National Settlement Depository (NSD). According to the ministry, the payments were on Eurobonds maturing in […]

  • Japan bans exports of kids’ toys to Russia

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 11:28am EDT

    The restrictions are intended to prevent “the strengthening of Russia’s industrial base” Japan has introduced new restrictions against Russia on Friday, adding children’s toys to a new list of goods subject to an export ban. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has revised its trade restrictions on “goods that contribute to the strengthening of […]

  • Wimbledon lifts Russia and Belarus ban, with a catch

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 11:24am EDT

    Players from both nations will be required to sign ‘neutrality agreements’ to play at the Grand Slam tennis tournament Tennis players from Russia and Belarus will once again be permitted to compete at Wimbledon after the All England Club (AELTC) announced on Friday that it was ending the suspension imposed last year following the onset […]

  • EU underestimates Russian economic capacity – Orban

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 10:37am EDT

    The country has managed to adapt to sanctions after first restrictions were introduced in 2014, Hungarian leader says Western countries are making a mistake by underestimating Russia’s ability to adapt to sanctions, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Friday. According to Orban, Moscow demonstrated it could adjust its economy to restrictions following the first […]

  • Kiev protests as Russia to chair UN Security Council

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 10:28am EDT

    Moscow’s upcoming presidency of the UNSC is a “bad joke,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has argued Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has attacked Russia’s upcoming presidency of the UN Security Council, claiming it would turn the body into an “insecurity council.”  The presidency of the UNSC rotates monthly between its 15 members, with Russia […]

  • Biden rejects call to expel Russians

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 9:58am EDT

    The US president dismissed demands from the Wall Street Journal, but called for Moscow to release detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich US President Joe Biden has urged Russia to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in the city of Ekaterinburg this week on suspicion of espionage. At the same time, Biden […]

  • Brussels reveals decision on Russian oil price cap

    RT - Mar 31st 2023 9:11am EDT

    The current $60-per-barrel ceiling won’t be changed, the EC says The European Commission has informed member states that the price cap on Russian crude oil will remain unchanged, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The EC is said to have argued that the current cap has proved effective in curbing Moscow’s energy revenues, while not destabilizing the […]