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Putin might accept Trump’s invitation to participate in order to avoid offending him and not lose a seat at the table where members provide input on US policy towards settling various conflicts. *Andrew Korybko* Kremlin spokesmen Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the US invited Putin to join the Board of Peace, which refers to the UNSC-endorsed Trump-chaired group for implementing his Gaza peace plan. Interestingly, Gaza isn’t mentioned anywhere…

*by Tyler Durden* ***"These Countries, who are playing this very dangerous game, have put a level of risk in play that is not tenable or sustainable,"*** warned President Trump as he escalated his quest to acquire Greenland, threatening multiple European nations with tariffs of up to 25 percent until his purchase of the Danish territory is achieved. A **10% tariff "on any and all goods sent to the United States of America"** will impact…

Fixler explains how she helped build the ESG and stakeholder capitalism framework from inside Wall Street before discovering it was being used to mislead investors, overcharge consumers, and rebrand powerful elites after the financial crash. Drawing on her time as Chief Sustainability Officer at Deutsche Bank’s trillion dollar asset manager, she reveals how ESG labels were slapped onto funds with no evidence, no data, and no accountability. Form…

African countries are undergoing the most significant geopolitical recalibration over the past century https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/adamu-b-garba-ii/ *By **Adamu B. Garba II**, Executive Chairman of IPI Group Limited, Nigerian 2019/2023 presidential aspirant* https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/adamu-b-garba-ii/ *RT composite. ©  Getty Images/Jeff Bottari;Sefa Karacan;Suo Takekuma* What analysts have…

The body proposed by the US president is intended to manage Gaza following the Hamas-Israel war *RT: Russian President Vladimir Putin. ©  Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev* Russia has been invited to sit on a new ‘Peace Board’ proposed by US President Donald Trump and meant to steer post-war governance and reconstruction in Gaza, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Trump proposed the board late last year…

The US president has clashed with several NATO allies over his plan to annex the Danish overseas territory *RT: FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, US, January 16, 2026. © Getty Images / Anna Moneymaker* Western European leaders should focus on the Ukraine conflict rather than US efforts to get Greenland, President Donald Trump told NBC News on Monday. In a phone…

Threats to seize the autonomous Danish territory have raised fears for the future of sovereignty and international law, Alain Berset has said *RT: Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset. © Getty Images / Thierry Monasse / Contributor* Any US move to annex Greenland would undermine the post-World War II international legal order and challenge the principle of state sovereignty, Council…

Several European nations have recently sent troops to boost the security of the Danish autonomous territory amid US threats to acquire it *RT: A plane with Bundeswehr soldiers can be seen after landing on 16 January 2026, Greenland, Nuuk. ©  Julia Wäschenbach/picture alliance via Getty Images* Germany’s initial deployment of 15 soldiers to Greenland has wrapped up, German Armed Force spokesman Lt. Col.…

The US president’s push to acquire the island follows a “long and complex historical tradition of American territorial expansion,” Mats Nilsson has told RT *RT: Protesters on City Square during a protest in support of Greenland on January 17, 2026 in Copenhagen, Denmark. ©  Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images* US President Donald Trump’s acquisition of Greenland without Denmark’s consent would have far-reaching consequences for…

Mark Bullen’s British nationality has been revoked over security reasons, the Daily Mail has reported *RT: FILE PHOTO: A man holding his British passport. ©  Simone Rudolph* A former British police officer who has been living in Russia for more than a decade has been stripped of UK citizenship after being deemed a security threat, according to the Daily Mail. Mark Bullen, who worked for Hertfordshire…

Keir Starmer has denounced the US president’s plan to impose tariffs on the bloc’s members *RT: FILE PHOTO ©  Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images* British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has publicly criticized US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on the United Kingdom and other European NATO members in his pursuit of a *“complete and total purchase”* of Greenland.  The tariffs, announced by Trump on Saturday, target…

*Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance* **Silver was up another 6% Wednesday morning this past week and traded at $91 an ounce. Whether or not we’re seeing a short squeeze or a blow-off top at this point is moot and irrelevant. To quote the dorky guy from *10 Things I Hate About You,*“the sh\*t hath hitteth the faneth”.** As I said about a week ago on a Twitter Spaces that I did with my friend Peter Schiff, I just had the feeling that the…

This refers to top “Non-Russian Pro-Russian” influencers’ creation of alternative realities, such as the metanarrative that Russia leads a global network of mutual defense allies that collectively challenges the US, which is verifiably untrue and lends false credence to Western demoralization propaganda. *Andrew Korybko* Foreign Affairs recently published a piece about how “Russia Is the World’s Worst Patron”, with the subtitle claiming that…

The German chancellor, French president and Italian prime minister appear to have seen reason in making up with Moscow. But is it genuine? *By****Tarik 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 memory*…

Hamas will have to honor its commitments “the easy way, or the hard way,” the US leader has warned *RT: Destruction caused by the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. © Getty Images / Amir Levy* US President Donald Trump has announced the launch of the second phase of his plan to settle the conflict in Gaza, despite both sides repeatedly accusing each other of breaching an earlier-agreed ceasefire. The…

*RT: Dutch Starmer critic barred from UK Eva Vlaardingerbroek delivers a speech during the first “Remigration Summit” at Teatro Condominio in Gallarate, Italy, May 17, 2025. © Getty Images / Emanuele Cremaschi* Dutch political commentator and activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek (Vlaar) has been banned from entering the UK after criticizing Prime Minister Keir Starmer for neglecting migrant crime. ## Vlaar, with over 2 million followers on X and…

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented President Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal during a private White House meeting Thursday, a dramatic and deeply symbolic gesture she framed as coming from the Venezuelan people themselves. *MXM Exclusive* Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill after the meeting, Machado said she handed Trump the medal during a visit that included a private lunch, describing the moment as an…

What should have been a straightforward yes-or-no question instead turned into a revealing display of ideological evasion on Wednesday, when Josh Hawley pressed an OB-GYN testifying before Congress to answer whether men can get pregnant. *MXM Exclusive* The witness, Nisha Verma, repeatedly declined to answer directly, despite presenting herself as a voice of science during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing …

If, just yesterday, you suggested the riots in Iran were not organic protests, you would have been accused of supporting tyranny. I should know because I was, and yet Israeli media is now dmitting to Israel’s role in the violence. Israel’s Channel 14 is reporting that Israel has been arming the rioters who have been carrying shotguns and pistols and throwing firebombs. Channel 14’s coverage is pro-Netanyahu so this story is likely to have…

Be cautious with pork products—including bacon, ham, and sausage. *by **Nicolas Hulscher, MPH*** Most Americans assume the “gene-based vaccine era” began with COVID-19. But few realize that a genetic vaccine platform has been deployed in food-producing animals for more than a decade—largely outside of public awareness or mainstream discussion. In 2012, the USDA licensed **Merck’s SEQUIVITY® platform** for use in commercial swine herds.…