On Tuesday, Iranian state media reported on the second day of the Payambar-e Azam 17 (meaning The Great Prophet) military drills. The five-day exercise is taking place along the shores of the Persian Gulf, in the Strait of Hormuz, and in the provinces of Hormozgan, Bushehr, and Khuzestan, and involve …
Read More »Jack Dorsey names US dollar replacement
Dorsey shared his views on the future of the virtual currency via an exchange on Twitter with Grammy Award-winning rapper Cardi B. After she asked whether crypto would replace the greenback, Dorsey replied: “Yes, Bitcoin will.” The tweet prompted a massive reaction on the social media platform, with Dogecoin co-founder …
Read More »American mercenaries preparing ‘chemical weapon’ incident in east Ukraine, Russia claims
Moscow believes there are more than 120 employees of American PMCs operating in the region, where they are working with Ukrainian special forces. Containers with “unidentified chemical components” have been delivered to the cities of Avdeevka and Krasny Liman in Donbass in order to stage provocations, Shoigu said, at Tuesday’s …
Read More »UK accused of ‘chasing colonial post-Brexit fantasies’
The joint letter from 12 organizations blasted the UK government’s proposal to turn the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) into the British International Investment (BII), as part of a proposed update of the nation’s aid program. The groups, including the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Global Justice Now, the Trades …
Read More »EU leader urges NATO to move troops to eastern front
According to Interfax-Ukraine, Gitanas Nauseda said on Tuesday that Western countries need to develop a clear plan of action to deal with the “loss of balance in the region” and the increasing number of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine. “NATO should respond not only by concentrating its troops …
Read More »US can’t be trusted to honor its promises – Putin
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Read More »Ex-RT host’s media company forced to register as foreign agent in US
The FARA registration, which the company announced on Monday, came after its legal team concluded that any attempts “to prove its independence … would be unlikely to yield a positive result without costly and time-consuming litigation,” Maffick LLC said in a statement provided to RT. It added that it had …
Read More »‘Life on Venus’ is more real than ever
The second planet from the Sun is often called Earth’s “sister” due to its similar size, mass, and density, but that’s where the similarities end. Unlike on our planet, temperatures on Venus reach 464 degrees Celsius (867 degrees Fahrenheit) as its atmosphere mainly consists of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. It had …
Read More »No reply from US to NATO demands – Russia
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told journalists on Monday that American authorities have not yet officially responded to the proposals, two different versions of which were sent to NATO and to the US last week. “No, they haven’t answered yet, we’re waiting,” he replied, when asked about the status of …
Read More »Ukraine targets 2nd opposition leader with ‘treason’ case, Poroshenko follows Medvedchuk
The case is ostensibly linked to the coal trade between Kiev and the breakaway eastern Ukrainian regions in the Donbass during his time in office. Poroshenko, who heads the European Solidarity party, was a vehement opponent of both the unrecognized statelets and Russia. Earlier this year, another Ukrainian opposition leader, …
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