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  • UK funds lunar nuclear reactor

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 11:30am EDT

    Rolls-Royce aims to have a working reactor ready to go to the Moon by 2029 The British government has commissioned Rolls-Royce to develop a nuclear reactor that could one day power a base on the Moon. However, the US-led mission to house humans on the Moon has thus far been plagued with delays and cost […]

  • Russia responds to Denmark’s Nord Stream probe refusal

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 11:13am EDT

    Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has suggested that Copenhagen is doing Washington’s bidding Denmark has never been interested in finding the real culprits behind the explosions that destroyed Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines last September, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed. She noted that Copenhagen had dragged its feet on granting permission for the second […]

  • US ready to sanction Chinese airlines on Russia flights – NYT

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 10:17am EDT

    American carriers are losing as much as $2 billion annually in market share to competitors not forced to avoid Russian airspace The US Transportation Department is considering a ban on the use of Russian airspace for Chinese airlines that fly passengers to the US, three officials from the administration of President Joe Biden told the […]

  • Police break into former Pakistani PM’s home

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 10:06am EDT

    The raid took place as Imran Khan was on the way to court to face charges of illegally selling state gifts Pakistani police officers stormed the home of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday as he was on the way to the capital, Islamabad to appear in court in a corruption case. The raid […]

  • Dozens of US banks at risk of repeating SVB collapse – study

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 10:02am EDT

    Many other lenders are also sitting on unrealized losses caused by the rapid rise in interest rates Nearly 200 American banks are facing risks similar to what led to the implosion and bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), according to a paper posted this week to the Social Science Research Network. SVB, a major US […]

  • China fines Big Four accounting firm

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 8:31am EDT

    The authorities claimed Deloitte’s audit of one of the country’s largest bad-debt managers was marred by negligence China’s Finance Ministry has imposed an unprecedented fine of 212 million yuan ($30.8 million) on accounting firm Deloitte, one of the global audit giants comprising the ‘Big Four,’ for negligence in its audit of bad-debt manager China Huarong, […]

  • Over 800,000 youths volunteer to join military – North Korean media

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 8:14am EDT

    Members of the Youth League and students are “incensed by the US imperialists’ provocation,” the Korean Central News Agency has said Hundreds of thousands of young people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have expressed willingness to enlist in the armed forces, the country’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday. The outlet […]

  • Trump failed to disclose dozens of foreign gifts – report

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 6:43am EDT

    Lavish presents included a Saudi dagger, golf clubs and a painting of the former US president himself, House Democrats have claimed Former US President Donald Trump and his family failed to report over 100 gifts to the tune of nearly $300,000, House Democrats claimed on Friday, raising questions about whether this could have impacted Washington’s […]

  • Swiss banking giant in talks to buy Credit Suisse – media

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 5:55am EDT

    UBS reportedly may acquire all or parts of the failing lender, with discussions to be held over the weekend Swiss financial regulators, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), are organizing talks between the country’s two largest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, to discuss a potential merger between the lenders, […]

  • London Metal Exchange discovers fraud at warehouse

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 4:30am EDT

    Bagged nickel briquettes were found to not have the weight specified in the contracts The London Metal Exchange (LME) discovered “irregularities” with bagged nickel briquettes at one of its warehouses this week, which forced it to postpone the resumption of nickel trading during Asian hours until March 27. According to a statement from the LME, […]

  • 21st century warfare: sanctions

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 3:20am EDT

    On this episode of Direct Impact, host Rick Sanchez delved into the topic of sanctions and how they have been used by the West to wage economic warfare on ‘unruly’ nations. Rick spoke to the renowned historian and professor Peter Kuznick about the origins and future of sanctions, and how this form of punishment is the […]

  • Blowing the whistle in Congo

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 2:55am EDT

    Blowing the whistle on illegality, waste, or fraud is hard enough in the Western, developed world. But how does it work in nations with much less legal infrastructure and protections? In this episode of the Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou talks to Kudra Maliro, a Congo-based freelance journalist, to discuss what it’s like blowing the whistle in Africa […]

  • 12 years since NATO bombed Libya, Gaddafi’s ex-spokesman gives exclusive update on Saif Al-Islam

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 2:46am EDT

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s former spokesperson, Moussa Ibrahim, 12 years after NATO attacked Libya. He discusses the legacy of chaos and destruction of the US-UK-France-led regime change campaign in Libya and how the West continues to control Libya, and provides an exclusive update on Saif Al-Islam […]

  • Grim economic forecast issued for Germany

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 1:51am EDT

    Eurozone’s largest economy won’t escape recession this year, researcher Ifo warns Germany is facing a winter recession as the economy has continued to shrink amid the deepening cost-of-living crisis, the Ifo Institute for Economic Research reported on Wednesday. In the first quarter, gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to fall by 0.2%, the report suggests. […]

  • US lenders preparing for possible bank runs

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 1:30am EDT

    Banks borrowed a record $165 billion from the Fed after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank US banks took out a combined $164.8 billion in loans from two Federal Reserve facilities over the past two weeks, Fed statistics released on Thursday showed. This came as lenders rushed to backstop liquidity in the event of bank […]

  • Germany plans highest-level Taiwan visit in decades

    RT - Mar 18th 2023 12:11am EDT

    The federal minister will reportedly try to avoid meetings with senior officials not to irritate Beijing Germany’s education minister has announced plans to visit Taiwan in the coming days, the first trip to the island by a high-ranking federal official in some 26 years. Though China is likely to condemn the junket, Berlin claimed  it did […]

  • US security forces brace for possible Trump ‘arrest’ – media

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 10:54pm EDT

    The former leader could face charges as early as next week, multiple senior officials told US media Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are reportedly discussing security preparations in the event former President Donald Trump is indicted on felony falsification charges sometime in the coming days, according to multiple media outlets citing anonymous officials. The […]

  • Biden questions ICC powers

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 8:39pm EDT

    The US leader has commented on “war crimes” charges against the Russian president US President Joe Biden admitted on Friday that Washington doesn’t recognize the International Criminal Court, but agreed with its claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin committed “war crimes” in Ukraine. “Well, I think it’s justified,” Biden told the White House press corps […]

  • US resumes Black Sea drone flights but keeps a distance

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 8:18pm EDT

    A Global Hawk drone stayed at least 100 km from Crimea after the Reaper crash The US military sent another spy drone over the Black Sea on Friday, keeping far away from the restricted airspace in which a MQ-9 drone crashed earlier this week, after being intercepted by Russian jets. Flight tracking sites showed an […]

  • Germany exposes Ukraine asylum trick

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 7:48pm EDT

    Kiev has offered Russian deserters sanctuary in Germany, apparently without asking Berlin For months, the Ukrainian military and intelligence services have tried to entice Russian soldiers to desert and surrender, promising them asylum in European countries such as Germany and the Netherlands. This week, the German government said that no such program existed. Ukraine is […]

  • SVB parent company files for bankruptcy

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 5:22pm EDT

    The filing comes days after a class action lawsuit accused the financial group of failing to disclose risks SVB Financial Group, the parent company of the failed Silicon Valley Bank prior to its takeover by regulators last week, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the bank said in a statement on Friday. While Silicon Valley […]

  • Pentagon launches experimental space laser

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 4:57pm EDT

    The device transmits solar energy back down to Earth in electromagnetic waves The US Naval Research Laboratory launched a laser power beaming device into space on Wednesday. Though the technology is still in its infancy, proponents say it could one day fuel extraterrestrial colonies, or alleviate energy shortages on earth. The Space Wireless Energy Laser […]

  • US and its ‘horrible’ leaders are greatest threat to Western civilization – Trump

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 4:46pm EDT

    The country has ‘never been closer’ to nuclear war, the former president said in a video, urging a ceasefire in Ukraine Former US president Donald Trump slammed “globalists” and the American neoconservative establishment in a video posted to his social media accounts on Thursday, declaring that the US and “some of the horrible, USA-hating people […]

  • Erdogan gives green light to NATO applicant

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 4:26pm EDT

    The Turkish president said that parliament will approve Finland’s membership bid, while Sweden remains in limbo Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that his country’s parliament will ratify Finland’s application to join the NATO bloc. Before Finland and Sweden could join the alliance, Türkiye demanded that the Nordic nations crack down on alleged […]

  • Twitter pushed to censor ‘true stories’ on Covid – Matt Taibbi

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 3:56pm EDT

    A government-linked entity recommended an “Orwellian” crackdown on “vaccine disinformation,” the journalist reported A government-linked academic group pushed Twitter to censor factually correct stories about Covid-19 if they risked “fueling hesitancy” about vaccines, according to the latest batch of internal documents released by the platform’s new owner, Elon Musk. Published by journalist Matt Taibbi on […]