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  • US strikes Syria

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 7:51am EDT

    The Pentagon has said Iran-affiliated groups were targeted, while local sources claim civilian infrastructure was hit American forces have carried out retaliatory strikes in Syria in response to a deadly drone attack on a US-led coalition base in the northeastern part of the country, the Pentagon has said. One US contractor was killed and five […]

  • US warns Russia and China over dollar alternative

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 7:25am EDT

    The greenback will remain the world’s reserve currency, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has predicted Russia and China will face substantial difficulty in their efforts to create an alternative to the US dollar in international trade, American Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed on Thursday.  Russia is conducting a rapid withdrawal from transactions in “unfriendly” currencies, against […]

  • ECB pressuring major bank to leave Russia – Reuters

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 6:44am EDT

    Austrian officials are reportedly defending Raiffeisen Bank’s activities in the sanctioned country The European Central Bank (ECB) is pressuring Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank to quit the Russian market, Reuters reported on Friday. The ECB is not demanding that Raiffeisen leave the country immediately, fearing the financial hit it could trigger, but wants the lender to develop […]

  • Denmark invites Nord Stream operator to help salvage mystery object

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 5:12am EDT

    The Gazprom-owned company can participate in the recovery of an unknown object found near the sabotaged pipeline, Copenhagen has said Danish authorities will permit the Russian-owned operator of the sabotaged Nord Stream 2 pipeline to take part in the salvaging of a mystery object discovered in Denmark’s territorial waters. Danish warships were recently spotted in […]

  • Over 1 million protest Macron’s pension reform across France

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 5:09am EDT

    More than 450 people were arrested and some 440 officers wounded amid clashes in Paris and elsewhere France saw its largest protest so far against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform on Thursday, with more than a million people taking to the streets across the country. The gatherings started peacefully, but were marred by violence in […]

  • Pentagon reacts to Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 3:33am EDT

    The Chinese leader’s trip to Moscow “sends a very troubling message,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent state visit to Russia should be regarded as a matter of grave concern for Washington, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told lawmakers on Thursday. Speaking at the House of Representatives’ subcommittee on defense […]

  • Population boom

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 2:51am EDT

    Every day 227,000 people on average are added to the planet. As the population continues to grow, so does demand for food, natural resources and energy. But how much human population pressure can the Earth withstand before negative effects are felt? In fact, some might say the Earth is already feeling the demands. On this […]

  • Germans warned of gas shortage

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 2:49am EDT

    Consumers should continue efforts to conserve energy ahead of next winter, according to the national utilities regulator German businesses and households may need to further slash their natural gas consumption to avoid an energy crunch next winter, Klaus Mueller, the head of Germany’s Federal Network Agency, has warned. In an interview with the Financial Times […]

  • CrossTalk: Alternative order

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 2:24am EDT

    In the West it is called a marriage of convenience, but for Russia and China their relationship is strategic and an alternative to the West’s so-called ‘rules-based order.’ What the West refuses to recognize is what the Russians and the Chinese practice – and it’s called ‘multipolarity.’ CrossTalking with Andy Mok, Danny Haiphong, and John […]

  • Magnetic Olkhon: Legends of Baikal’s most mystical island

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 2:24am EDT

    Olkhon is known as the heart of Baikal in Russia’s Siberia, a place where magic is a part of everyday life. It blends a unique mix of peoples with traditions and culture. So what exactly is it that makes the island so appealing and mysterious? Host Sean Thomas sets out to meet some of the […]

  • UK inflation accelerates – data

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 2:23am EDT

    Prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks have jumped to the highest level since 1977, official statistics show Consumer prices in the UK unexpectedly surged in February, driven by soaring food and energy bills, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Wednesday. Annual inflation as measured by the consumer prices index ran to 10.4% last […]

  • US says Ukraine may have to negotiate for territory

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 1:09am EDT

    Washington has generally rejected diplomacy with Moscow in favor of military aid to Kiev since fighting erupted last year US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has suggested that Ukraine may have to enter into talks with Russia before it can resolve questions regarding its borders, but insisted such decisions must be left to Kiev. During […]

  • North Korea unveils ‘radioactive tsunami’ weapon

    RT - Mar 24th 2023 12:21am EDT

    Pyongyang claimed the system is able to “annihilate enemy ship groups” without detection North Korea has tested a new “underwater nuclear strategic weapon,” saying the platform can produce a “radioactive tsunami.” The DPRK claimed it has been forced to strengthen its “war deterrence” amid a flurry of military drills by Washington and Seoul.  A series of […]

  • Russia says US blocking Nord Steam probe

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 11:30pm EDT

    Washington’s denial of any involvement in bombing the pipelines is “not trustworthy,” Moscow said The US government is obstructing efforts to investigate the sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, which sustained major damage in a series of mysterious explosions last year, Russia’s embassy in Washington has said.  The embassy issued a statement late […]

  • Swiss-made armor appears in Ukraine

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 6:05pm EDT

    Switzerland struggles to explain how Mowag vehicles got to the front, after photo evidence emerges The government in Bern is trying to figure out who violated export control laws after Mowag-made Eagle armored cars were photographed in Ukrainian-held territory, the newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung (NZZ) reported on Wednesday. Switzerland’s War Materiel Act explicitly prohibits re-exports […]

  • Notorious Australian Neo-Nazi joins Ukrainian army – media

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 5:38pm EDT

    Canberra had tried but failed to prevent the violent criminal with deep neo-Nazi ties from traveling to Ukraine, local media report Daniel Newman, a far-right extremist and a violent criminal, has flown from Australia to Ukraine to join the fight against Russian troops, Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) newspaper reported on Thursday, citing its sources. […]

  • France protests said to be ‘out of control’

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 4:29pm EDT

    Police clashed with over a million demonstrators opposed to President Macron’s pension reform French authorities struggled on Thursday to suppress the protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. Over a million demonstrators took to the streets across the country in what some security sources described as an “insurrection” against the government in Paris. Tens of […]

  • Trans women banned from female athletic competitions

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 4:27pm EDT

    The World Athletics Council says it will continue to “maintain fairness” for women in sports Transgender people will no longer be able to compete in female sports competitions, the World Athletics Council has ruled. From April on, any athlete who has been through male puberty will not be allowed to compete in women’s track and […]

  • EU country says it won’t arrest Putin

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 2:13pm EDT

    Enforcing the ICC warrant against the Russian president might violate Hungarian law While the Hungarian government has yet to take an official position on the International Criminal Court’s war crimes warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Thursday that the country’s constitution wouldn’t allow for its enforcement. “We […]

  • France rocked by nationwide strikes over pension reform

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 1:09pm EDT

    Protests over the government plan to raise the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62 show no sign of receding French unions staged more strikes on Thursday to protest against an increase in the retirement age that was pushed through parliament without a vote. According to media reports, transport networks, oil refineries and schools were […]

  • ‘Most wanted’ crypto fugitive arrested – minister

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 1:05pm EDT

    Do Kwon, the co-founder of failed companies TerraUSD and Luna, is accused of defrauding investors of $40 billion South Korean cryptocurrency developer Do Kwon, who is facing Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges in the US over allegations he misled investors, has been arrested in Montenegro, according to a government official in the Balkan country. […]

  • US economy heading for “train wreck,” billionaire warns

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 12:27pm EDT

    Continued interest rate hikes by the Fed could worsen the banking turmoil, according to Bill Ackman The US economy is facing disaster following another interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve and the Treasury’s rejection of full deposit insurance, billionaire investor Bill Ackman has warned. “When combined with the higher cost of debt and deposits […]

  • US destroyer warned away in South China Sea – Beijing

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 11:29am EDT

    Washington has denied claims its warship was ‘expelled’ and says it will continue to sail in the region China claims it monitored and “warned off” a US Navy destroyer, after detecting it near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Thursday. This comes as tensions between Beijing and Washington in the region continue […]

  • Bitcoin has ‘no future’ – Russian finance official

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 11:19am EDT

    The top cryptocurrency is not a reliable tool for investment due to its volatility, Anatoly Aksakov claims The cryptocurrency market is extremely unpredictable and cannot be viewed as an alternative to traditional financial services at a time of global uncertainty, according to the head of the Russian State Duma Financial Market Committee.  Anatoly Aksakov told […]

  • US ‘uneasy’ about China’s peace plan for Ukraine – media

    RT - Mar 23rd 2023 11:13am EDT

    Beijing could convince the world that Washington does not want an end to the conflict, Bloomberg has reported, citing a White House official There is a “sense of unease” in the White House about the consequences of its dismissal of the Chinese peace plan for Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed official in […]