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Gold and silver prices tumbled as Kevin Warsh was named to succeed Jerome Powell · Kevin Warsh delivers a report on transparency at the Bank of England in London, UK, December 11, 2014 © AP Photo / Alastair Grant · [RT] US President Donald Trump has tapped former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as the institution’s chair. Warsh has signaled that he is willing to slash interest rates, a move long advocated…

The idea is unworkable due to NATO’s role, the bloc’s foreign policy and security chief Kaja Kallas has said · RT composite. ©  Getty Images/Emmanuele Contini;Thierry Monasse · The idea of a unified European army as advocated by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is unworkable because many EU states are also members of NATO, the economic bloc’s foreign policy and security chief Kaja Kallas has said. · Zelensky called for a…

The top diplomat has claimed her intelligence is improving thanks to extensive reading · EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Berlin, Germany March 28, 2025. ©  Adam Berry / Getty Images · [RT] EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said she “will be very smart” by the end of her term thanks to her reading habits. · Kallas made the remark at a press conference on Thursday after a journalist offered to give her a book on…

The US president previously said he had secured a week-long moratorium on attacks against the Ukrainian power grid amid a cold snap · ©  Getty Images/Hans Neleman · [RT] Russia has agreed to partially suspend long-range strikes on Ukrainian targets at the request of US President Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed. · Trump previously said he had personally asked President Vladimir Putin for such…

Member states are seeking to use the structure to bypass legal constraints on military spending, Izvestia reports · ©  Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images · [RT] A group of NATO countries is working to set up a new bank by 2027 to help fund military spending and prepare for a potential conflict with Russia, Izvestia reports, citing sources. · Western officials and media outlets have speculated that Russia could be in a position…

In this episode of RT's ‘Sanchez Effect’: Rick and Lionel – a legal and media analyst – discuss the major developments in world politics. Both praised Canadian Prime Minister Carney for standing firm and not backtracking on his anti-hegemony speech at Davos that enraged Donald Trump. Another blow to the world order – what is the purpose of NATO? Lionel claims the organization is all about money for no purpose. He compares it with the…

Those in the bloc who think otherwise can “keep dreaming,” Mark Rutte has told the European Parliament · FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. ©  Global Look Press / IMAGO / dts Nachrichtenagentur · [RT] The EU would be unable defend itself without the US, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said. The bloc’s members would have to spend up to 10% of their GDP on their militaries, which could still be…

The lawmakers are suspected of running an illegal vote-rigging scheme · FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian parliament, Kiev, Ukraine, February 6, 2024. © Getty Images / Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto · [RT] Dozens of Ukrainian lawmakers have been implicated in vote rigging, the head of the country’s Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) told the media on Monday. · In late December, the anti-graft agency reported…

The Ukrainian leader has sparked a wave of international backlash and accusations of being unfair and ungrateful to Kiev’s Western backers · RT: FILE PHOTO. Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky. © Getty Images / Paula Bronstein · Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is facing severe backlash from key international partners after a combative speech at Davos, where he went on a tirade accusing Europe of “indecisiveness” toward Russia…

Pro-independence lawmaker Kuno Fencker told RT that sovereignty is an absolute red line for the islanders · RT: People hold Greenlandic flags and placards as they gather outside the US Consulate in Nuuk to protest President Donald Trump’s intention to acquire Greenland, January 17, 2026. © Sean Gallup/Getty Images · Greenland and its population are not up for grabs, a pro-independence lawmaker from the island, has told RT, in response to…