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  • Gold surges as US banking crisis rages

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 1:17pm EDT

    The precious metal remains a safe haven for many investors in times of uncertainty Gold prices continued to climb on Friday as investors turn their attention to safe haven assets amid concerns of further market turbulence triggered by the banking crisis in the US and Europe. The precious metal has been extending gains since Monday, […]

  • Opposition in South American state calls for president’s impeachment

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 12:38pm EDT

    The government of Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has denounced the ‘destabilization’ effort by the assembly A group of Ecuadorian opposition lawmakers has filed a formal impeachment request against President Guillermo Lasso, alleging extortion and embezzlement from public companies. A previous effort to impeach the conservative politician in June fell short of the required vote after […]

  • Western banking crisis cannot spread to Russia – central bank

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 12:28pm EDT

    There will not be a direct impact on the country’s financial sector, Elvira Nabiullina says The unfolding banking crisis in the US is increasing the risks for the global economy, but cannot directly affect Russia, according to the head of Russia’s central bank, Elvira Nabiullina. Moscow earlier said that the Western sanctions and the resulting […]

  • Moscow shares agenda of Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 11:58am EDT

    The Russian and Chinese leaders will talk Ukraine, energy and military cooperation, Vladimir Putin’s aide says The two-day visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Moscow next week will be purely business-like and “unburdened by any additional ceremonial things,” Russia President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov has revealed. A one-on-one meeting between Putin and Xi […]

  • Pentagon pays internet censors – media

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 11:31am EDT

    At least two private companies received large grants from the military to develop online surveillance tools, The Federalist has reported The US Department of Defense funds private internet monitoring firms NewsGuard and PeakMetrics, which then trawl the web for “misinformation” to censor and demonetize, conservative news site The Federalist reported on Friday. NewsGuard is a […]

  • How does the China-brokered Saudi-Iranian normalization affect Israel?

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 11:29am EDT

    The restoration of diplomatic relations could derail the strategy of uniting the region against a ‘common threat’ A key goal of both the Israeli and American governments is to foster the normalization of ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, and part of the strategy to make this happen was to unite the two against what […]

  • UK living standards drop to lowest on record

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 11:14am EDT

    The country is set to avoid a recession but Britons face the highest taxes since WWII, an official report shows Britons are facing the biggest decline in living standards since records began in the 1950s, and the highest taxes since the World War II as the economy grinds to a halt this year, the Office […]

  • Another Biden family member took foreign cash – report

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 10:24am EDT

    The president’s daughter-in-law received tens of thousands of dollars from a Chinese energy firm, bank records released by Republican lawmakers show President Joe Biden’s daughter-in-law was one of three Biden family members to receive a share of a $3 million payment from a Chinese energy company, according to bank records obtained by GOP lawmakers. Hallie […]

  • Credit Suisse stock sliding

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 10:14am EDT

    Shares in the embattled lender plunged over 10% on Friday Credit Suisse shares resumed their decline on Friday, erasing the previous session’s gains, as investor concerns continue rising despite the news of a $54 billion lifeline. The price of stock in Switzerland’s second-largest bank had dropped by more than 10% as of 13:10 GMT, following […]

  • EU nation approves fighter jets for Ukraine

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 9:57am EDT

    Slovakia is sending Soviet-era planes to Kiev, amid Western reluctance to provide US-made F-16s Slovakia’s government has unanimously approved the supply of Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets and a Kub air defense system to Ukraine, interim Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger has announced. The delivery will also include spare parts for the hardware and missiles, Heger […]

  • US pushes to integrate LGBTQ rights into UN Security Council

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 9:31am EDT

    Washington has called for a meeting to focus on how sexual orientation and gender identity figure into the context of armed conflict The US has called for an informal meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to discuss the integration of the human rights of LGBTQ and intersex individuals (also known as ‘LGBTI’) into […]

  • Political opposition to bank bailout growing in Switzerland

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 9:18am EDT

    The government is assessing a range of options to rescue Credit Suisse Switzerland’s conservative Swiss People’s Party disagrees with the government plan to rescue the country’s second largest bank, Credit Suisse, a representative of the party, which is the country’s largest, said on Thursday.    “The government shouldn’t give Credit Suisse a state guarantee,” a […]

  • Leading US banks rescue distressed lender

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 8:46am EDT

    Eleven financial institutions agreed to inject $30 billion in First Republic Bank A group of the largest US banks unveiled a $30 billion injection in troubled regional lender First Republic to inspire confidence in the country’s banking system amid a widening crisis triggered by the collapse of two other mid-size lenders.  First Republic will receive […]

  • US arrests Chinese billionaire

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 7:07am EDT

    Guo Wengui is suspected of scamming thousands of individuals out of $1 billion through investment schemes The US government has charged fugitive Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with conspiracy to defraud investors. The man allegedly scammed hundreds of thousands of online followers by luring them with his anti-Beijing rhetoric into investing money in his businesses, US […]

  • China looks to cement energy ties with Russia – ambassador

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 7:07am EDT

    Bilateral cooperation in the oil and gas sector has been growing lately Beijing intends to build a closer partnership with Moscow in the energy sector to jointly strengthen international energy security and the stability of industrial and supply chains, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui told RIA Novosti on Friday. According to the diplomat, the […]

  • Lack of tiny part may ground Russia’s Superjet fleet – RBK

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 6:53am EDT

    Sanctions have resulted in a shortage of US-made spark plugs needed for the engines, industry sources say Sanctions targeting Russian aviation have led to a lack of American-made spark plugs needed for the engines of Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet airliner, the business daily RBK reported on Friday, citing representatives at six airlines operating the plane. The […]

  • Fyodor Lukyanov: The sudden obsession with ‘foreign agent’ rules is part of the end of globalization as we knew it

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 6:32am EDT

    The latest fashion is a sign that the pendulum is swinging back to the Cold War-era of separate blocs Georgia hit the headlines early this month over the government’s attempt to pass a law on “foreign agents.” The draft bill (there were actually two of them) was eventually withdrawn and the issue taken off the […]

  • US ‘obviously’ blew up Nord Stream – French politician

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 6:26am EDT

    Norway also had a profit motive to join the alleged American plot, Florian Philippot has said French party leader Florian Philippot believes it has long been obvious that the United States was behind last year’s sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, which were built to deliver Russian natural gas to Western Europe. “Even before the […]

  • New Zealand parliament bans TikTok

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 6:25am EDT

    MPs have been told to remove the Chinese app from their phones by the end of the month The popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok has been banned from all devices that can access New Zealand parliament’s network, the legislature’s chief executive has announced. Wellington has become the latest capital to follow the US lead and […]

  • Kissinger assesses China-brokered deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 6:01am EDT

    The Saudis are playing Washington off against Beijing for the sake of their own security, the former US diplomat says China has taken a major step towards its goal of becoming a participant in the shaping of the world order, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has said. The veteran diplomat was commenting on […]

  • Israel explains reluctance to arm Ukraine

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 5:42am EDT

    The nation has found itself “in a complex situation” as it has an agreement with Russia over Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is not supplying Ukraine with any weapons because it is bound by certain agreements with Russia over neighboring Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. Speaking at a joint […]

  • US ‘taking close look’ at drone operations – CNN

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 4:04am EDT

    The Pentagon wants to avoid escalation with Russia, but has not stopped flying over the Black Sea, officials told the outlet The US is weighing the benefits and risks of drone flights over the Black Sea after losing an unmanned aircraft there while being chased by Russian interceptors, CNN reported on Thursday, citing sources. On […]

  • CrossTalk: Hard talk on Ukraine

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 2:41am EDT

    Slowly but surely, legacy media support of the West’s war on Russia is changing. Ukraine is not winning and is hardly likely to win in the end. Propaganda is at times powerful, but cold hard facts eventually trump fables written by the elite’s mediocre scribes. CrossTalking with Ryan Cristian, Rachel Marsden, and Pepe Escobar.

  • ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ artist Bryson Gray fights censorship

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 2:40am EDT

    A song bashing the president of the United States by the name of ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ knocked the world-renowned Adele off the number one spot in the music charts. Since then, the self-proclaimed “most censored rapper in America” continues to write and produce songs shining the spotlight on corrupt politicians on both sides of the aisle. In […]

  • Polish inflation highest since mid-1990s

    RT - Mar 17th 2023 1:40am EDT

    Soaring food and housing-related costs have piled pressure on cash-strapped families Annual inflation in Poland accelerated in February to the highest level since 1996, data released by the national statistics service GUS showed on Wednesday. Consumer prices rose 18.4% year-on-year in February, up from the 16.6% recorded in the previous month. Economists are predicting that […]