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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…

The amount sought by a right-wing German MP matches what Warsaw demands from Berlin for damages suffered during World War II *RT: FILE PHOTO. ©  Global Look Press / XinHua / The Swedish Coast Guard* Poland should compensate Germany for *“complicity”* in the 2022 explosions that put the Nord Stream gas pipelines out of operation, a right-wing German politician has claimed. The amount cited by Kay Gottschalk, an MP from the…

Central banks have been buying bullion at a record clip because holding dollars has become a losing proposition In the German writer Ernst Junger’s macabre vignette ‘Violet Endives’, a man walks into a gourmet shop where the salesman speaks in matter-of-fact fashion about the delicacies on display – human flesh – and embarks upon a long explanation about the art of preparation. The story is a commentary on a society that accepts the…

A US delegation is expected in Moscow on Thursday for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin *RT: US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. ©  Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images* The Ukraine peace talks have been narrowed down to a single unresolved issue, according to US special envoy Steve Witkoff, who said he would travel to Moscow later on Thursday. The trip was later confirmed by the Kremlin. Speaking at…

The US special envoy is in Moscow to discuss a settlement of the Ukraine conflict with the Russian president *RT: Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who is in Moscow to discuss settling the Ukraine conflict.* Witkoff is being accompanied by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Witkoff initially announced the meeting with Putin on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World…

The Palestinian militants have reportedly struck a deal with the US *RT: Hamas fighters oversee a hostage exchange in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, February 8, 2025 © Getty Images / Abed Rahim Khatib* Palestinian militant group Hamas has agreed to surrender its arms in exchange for free passage out of Gaza for its leaders and a transition to solely political activity, Sky News Arabia has reported. Citing an anonymous Palestinian source, the…

The US president has forced the bloc’s members to focus more on their own defense, Mark Rutte has said *RT: FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. © Getty Images / Harun Ozalp / Anadolu* European countries should be grateful that Donald Trump is US president, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said, claiming that Trump’s pressure has forced the continent to boost its own defense spending.  Speaking at the…

Germany gets 96% of its liquefied natural gas from the US, according to an environmental group *RT: FILE PHOTO. ©  Sean Gallup/Getty Images* Germany’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US reached a near-total dependency last year, the German Environmental Aid Association (DUH) stated on Thursday. The situation *“exacerbates Germany’s dependence on the increasingly unpredictable US,”* the association said. DUH …

The disgraced financier’s Caribbean island of human trafficking horrors was originally purchased from Denmark *RT composite. ©  Getty Images/Rick Friedman;KimKimsenphot* US President Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland from Denmark echoes another land transaction between the two nations – one that ultimately benefited Jeffrey Epstein. In 1917, Washington paid Copenhagen $25 million in gold (roughly $633 million today)…

*MXM Exclusive* President Trump used the World Economic Forum stage in Davos on Thursday to formally unveil and ratify his new “Board of Peace,” officially establishing the body as an international organization tasked with overseeing the next phase of his Gaza strategy and laying the groundwork for a broader global peace framework. Standing before delegates from more than 20 countries, Trump said the long-running Israel–Hamas war was…

The US president has said he would meet Vladimir Zelensky and send envoys to Moscow later this week *RT: US President Donald Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21, 2026. ©  Global Look Press / Lian Yi* Moscow and Kiev are close to reaching an agreement on ending the Ukraine conflict, US President Donald Trump told the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on…

Countries that long participated in the system knew it was “partially false,” Mark Carney told the Davos forum *RT: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. © Getty Images / Harun Ozalp;  Anadolu* Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has admitted that the *“rules-based international order”* was always a partially false narrative that countries knowingly upheld for…

Business as usual is ‘impossible’ while the US is attempting to seize Greenland, the European Parliament has said *RT: Ursula von der Leyen meets with Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, July 27, 2025 © Getty Images / Andrew Harnik* The European Parliament has halted approval of the EU’s landmark trade and tariff deal with the US, citing US President Donald Trump’s *“continued and…

The globalist world order ‘left American workers behind’, Howard Lutnick has said *RT: Howard Lutnick speaks during an event at the White House in Washington DC, December 19, 2025 © Getty Images / Alex Wong* Globalization is a *“failed policy”* that has *“left America behind,”* US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick declared in Davos on Tuesday, accusing the World Economic Forum (WEF) of pushing a globalist agenda that…

The contribution would come from the Russian assets frozen in the US Moscow is ready to contribute to US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ initiative, President Vladimir Putin told the Russian Security Council on Wednesday. He suggested donating $1 billion to the body out of the Russian assets frozen in the US to support the recovery of the Palestinian enclave. The initiative envisages an international…

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Tuesday that he rejected a “ridiculous” proposal from the Clintons to conduct an unofficial, off-the-record meeting as Congress begins contempt proceedings against the former first couple in its Jeffrey Epstein investigation. In a post on X, the Kentucky Republican said lawyers for Bill and Hillary Clinton offered an arrangement that would have required him to travel to New York for a…

Trump might claim that building “Golden Dome” infrastructure there, possibly with the partial purpose of serving as a cover for deploying new offensive weapons systems in the Arctic for targeting Russia and China, is required for plugging the gap between the world’s largest island and Alaska. *Andrew Korybko* Trump framed his desired acquisition of Greenland as indispensable to his “Golden Dome” missile defense megaproject and hinted at the…

*Alex Krainer* I was hoping to round up President **Trump**’s speech in Davos, Switzerland in this report today, but as I write this, Trump is still speaking and it looks like he’s gone off script: he’s not looking at teleprompters but at the audience and he’s clearly ad-libbing which could go on a while. The prepared remarks - the part Trump appears to have read off the teleprompters - was interesting but not surprising in substance.…

The US president has called Britain’s deal to lease back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius an act of “total weakness” *US President Donald Trump. ©  Alex Wong/Getty Images* US President Donald Trump has criticized the UK’s decision to hand over control of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, calling it a *“great stupidity”* and a threat to US national security. The Chagos Archipelago,…

Plans to sell La Repubblica and La Stampa have sparked concerns about a loss of editorial control, Simona Mangiante has told RT *FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images / franckreporter* Plans for two of Italy’s leading newspapers to be sold to a foreign media group amount to a *“transfer of narrative power”* and risk putting control of the country’s public debate in outside hands, journalist and former legal adviser…