Articles from ‘Independent News Roundup’

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…

New therapy targets the liver's PCSK9 gene to lower cholesterol · By Bronwyn Thompson · https://newatlas.com/author/bronwyn-thompson/A new CRISPR-based one-off procedure that lowers "bad" cholesterol is expected to enter Phase I human trial in 2026. If successful, it could be the first approved genetic-silencing method on the market, replacing the need for long-term medication and slashing the risk of cardiovascular disease. · There…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has urged humanity to address existential risks before it’s too late · FILE PHOTO: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. ©  Chance Yeh / Getty Images for HubSpot · [RT] The CEO of leading AI company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, has issued an ominous warning that humanity is on the cusp of being handed “almost unimaginable power,” for which it is dangerously unprepared. · In a nearly 20,000-word essay titled…

The Ukrainian leader has called it the task of the Defense Ministry, the army, and all security forces · Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky speaks in Kiev on January 27, 2026. ©  Global Look Press / Ukrainian presidential office · [RT] The Ukrainian military should focus on inflicting the highest possible casualties on Russia, Vladimir Zelensky has said, naming a figure of 50,000 Russian losses per month as an “optimal level”…

President Donald Trump has warned that “there is another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards Iran right now” · The USS Abraham Lincoln. ©  Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Angel Campbell / US Navy via AP · [RT] The US has initiated large-scale, multi-day military exercises across the Middle East. The drills coincide with President Donald Trump’s announcement of an additional naval deployment, escalating a…

The Ukraine conflict and last summer’s US and Israeli attack on Iran have moved humanity closer to disaster, nuclear scientists have warned · FILE PHOTO: The Doomsday Clock. ©  Getty Images / Anna Moneymaker · [RT] Humanity is closer to a global catastrophe than ever, a leading group of atomic scientists has said. The international community is facing a wide range of threats from a “full-blown arms race” to climate change…

The second trilateral meeting will take place in Abu Dhabi later this week, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said · ©  Getty Images/YuTphotograph · [RT] The next meeting between Russian, US and Ukrainian negotiators will take place on February 1, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Wednesday, marking a second round of trilateral contacts aimed at exploring a possible settlement to the conflict. · Speaking to…

An AfD co-leader has stated the obvious – that pouring money into the Ukraine war is killing the German economy. But will anyone listen? · https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/tarik-cyril-amar/ByTarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of…

Washington is urging Kiev to withdraw from Donbass in exchange for a peace deal, the paper claims · Ukrainian soldiers train in Kharkov Region, Ukraine, December 27, 2025. ©  Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images · RT} US negotiators have pressed Kiev to fully withdraw from the part of Russia’s Donbass it still controls as a condition for any future security guarantees, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday,…

The Telegram founder has mocked those who think Meta can’t read your messages · RT composite. © Legion-Media / Algi Febri Sugita / SOPA Images / Sipa USA; Eventpress · Pavel Durov, the Russian tech entrepreneur who created the Telegram messenger app,  has claimed there is no doubt WhatsApp lacks any meaningful privacy, after its parent company was hit with a new lawsuit. · In a major class-action lawsuit filed against…