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The US president has cited “tremendous interest” in extraterrestrial life, hours after accusing Barack Obama of leaking “classified information” · ©  Getty Images/Ignatiev · [RT] US President Donald Trump has announced he will order the Department of War and other agencies to release government files related to alien life because of “tremendous interest.” · In a Truth Social post on Friday, Trump said the records marked…

Moscow has said it is open to the idea, while Beijing has declined to join, citing commitment to the UN-centered international system · US President Donald Trump at the inaugural meeting of the 'Board of Peace' in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026. © Getty Images · [RT] US President Donald Trump has said he would “love” to see Russia and China join his ‘Board of Peace’, established to guide the stabilization of Gaza following the…

The approval of “reverse enlargement” to Ukraine and other candidate states would institutionalize a three-tiered Europe between the “E6”, Central Europe, and the new partial members from Eastern Europe and the Balkans for facilitating Germany’s divide-and-rule federalist plans. · Andrew Korybko · Politico reported on the EU’s plan to grant Ukraine partial membership by next year at the earliest as part of a comprehensive solution to that…

by Marcia Merry Baker (EIRNS) — Feb. 19, 2026 · The police arrest Thursday morning of former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of Britain’s King Charles III, in connection with revelations from the international Jeffrey Epstein file, swings the gates even wider for potential clean up longtime oligarchical filth. The arrest was made on the royal property of Sandringham, Norfolk; then began police searches of…

The promotion of transgender ideas: OK or dangerous for society? Sanchez Effect features a debate between Steven Bonnell ll, the streamer known as ‘Destiny’, and RT’s Chay Bowes! · Rick wonders if recent mass shootings by transgender people could be driven by the ideology itself. Steven Bonnell II calls this idea nonsense and says that recent violence has nothing to do with transgenderism or its aggressive promotion, claiming more…

Alex Krainer · Yesterday was a particularly busy day for American diplomacy. U.S. delegations held extremely delicate, high level talks in Geneva, involving two major crisis theaters: Ukraine and the Middle East, the former one being relatively simpler, from the U.S. point of view. · Trilateral Ukraine talks under Trump deadline · The trilateral talks between Russian, US, and Ukrainian delegations started yesterday and are due to conclude…

The case of Chloe Cole, who received a double mastectomy when she was 15, is going to trial. · John Leake · The Epoch Times just reported the following: · Chloe Cole, who drew national attention after speaking out against subjecting children to gender-reassignment procedures such as hormones and surgeries, has an April 5, 2027, trial date, according to Mark Trammell, CEO of the Center for American Liberty, which represents several…

We found an alarming number of deaths among infants and toddlers shortly after MMR/MMRV vaccination in VAERS — often involving SIDS, seizures, and cardiac arrest. · by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH · For decades, Americans have been told that measles represents a grave and ongoing threat — and that MMR vaccination is one of the safest and most effective interventions in modern medicine. Pharma-captured mass media and public health agencies…

The French president has demanded transparency from social media platforms on how their algorithms operate · French President Emmanuel Macron. © Getty Images / Johannes Simon · [RT] French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed the arguments of social media platforms in favor of free speech as “pure bulls\\t,” calling for total transparency in how algorithms shape online discourse. · Speaking in New Delhi on Wednesday, Macron…

Former General Valery Zaluzhny, considered a top presidential contender, has said the Ukrainian leader employed the security service against him · Ukrainian ambassador to the UK and former commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny. ©  Danylo Antoniuk / Anadolu via Getty Images · [RT] Former Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny has accused Vladimir Zelensky of attempting to intimidate him with a security service raid on …