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Gerard Darmanin has toughened his stance as he prepares a run for the presidency · Migrants queue with their papers for temporary shelter in Paris, France, November 5, 2025 © Getty Images / Kiran Ridley · French Justice Minister Gerard Darmanin has proposed a near-total halt to legal immigration for up to three years, as he prepares to take on the right-wing National Rally in next year’s presidential election. · Speaking to French…

The US can no longer run the world, so it’s trying to lock down Europe · By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club · US President Donald Trump speaks while (L-R) Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney listen during a summit of European and Middle Eastern leaders on Gaza, October 13, 2025, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. ©  Chip Somodevilla/Getty…

The emerging narrative is that Ukraine might have won had he climbed the escalation ladder faster. · Andrew Korybko · Ukraine’s impending defeat, in the sense of failing to reconquer all of its lost territory by the end of the ongoing conflict, has sparked a blame game about who’s responsible for this epic debacle. Senior fellow at the liberal Atlantic Council think tank Adrian Karatnycky published a piece at Foreign Policy in…

The Russian president has said he would welcome the Ukrainian leader when he is open to dialogue, Yury Ushakov has said · FILE PHOTO. Moscow. © Getty Images / Ulf Mauder;  picture alliance · [RT] Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is welcome to visit Moscow for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a senior Kremlin aide said on Wednesday. · The idea of a…

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…