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Estonia shares Ukraine’s interests with regard to sabotaging the Russian-US talks and receiving more aid from NATO, so passing up the chance to advance these goals by parroting his latest rhetoric suggests that there’s truly no basis to Zelensky’s claims about a Russian invasion of the Baltic States. · Andrew Korybko · Even casual followers of foreign affairs know that Estonia hates Russia for historical reasons, with the memory of its…

Growing Concerns as Assisted Death Expands to Younger Age Groups · By Frank Bergman · A growing group of leading experts in the Netherlands is raising urgent concerns as the country’s euthanasia regime continues expanding, now increasingly targeting young people and even minors with assisted suicide. · The warning comes as officials push policies that critics say are normalizing assisted death in cases involving psychological suffering. ·…

Source · Last week, a friend from Switzerland sent me an article she had read in a magazine. She was deeply upset and asked if I knew about it. I didn’t. But after everything we have learned in the past decade about so-called philanthropy, can I still be surprised? · Yes, I can. · Every time I learn something new about how people treat children, I’m shocked to my core. What kind of beings are we, that we can harm the offspring of our own…

By Bronwyn Thompson · !Humanoid robots competing in a half marathon in Beijing · There was no stopping Lightning – nor the Honor team, which took the top three spots with its humanoid models. Image: Xinhua via China Daily · The era of laughing at humanoid robots attempting human sports may now be over. A recent half marathon in Beijing has demonstrated just how rapidly robotics technology has advanced in the space of a single year. · A field…

Source - Author: Nicolas Hulscher, MPH · During the mass mRNA injection campaign, multiple cancer types rose sharply among Americans under 50 · The official cancer numbers are in — and they are raising concern. · According to the National Cancer Institute’s latest SEER data…

Author: RT Newsroom · Political hit-jobs in Cyprus and Slovenia are just the tip of an election interference iceberg in Europe, involving a dark nexus of Israeli spies, defense chiefs, and tech companies. The threat is real, but the EU is staying silent. · Targeting the EU: Israeli Spy Firm’s Open Admission · A week after Cyprus assumed the EU’s rotating presidency in January, a video appeared on social media – from a relatively obscure…

An application to register the network was reportedly filed immediately after the country’s gay propaganda law was struck down by the top EU court · Rainbow flags displayed on the City Hall in Budapest, Hungary, on June 28, 2025. ©  Getty Images / NurPhoto / Balint Szentgallay · An unknown applicant has reportedly filed to register the first-ever LGBTQ-themed TV channel in Hungary. · It comes just two days after the EU Court…

The company has disputed the Pentagon’s statements that it can somehow still control Claude AI deployed in military networks · ©  Getty Images / NurPhoto / Samuel Boivin · AI developer Anthropic insists it has no backdoor or “kill switch” for its Claude AI once it is deployed in classified Pentagon military networks, according to a new court filing. · The US military and the tech firm found themselves embroiled in a policy…

Author: RT Newsroom · RT presents the Social Well-Being Index, a new way to measure whether societies can sustain themselves, protect life, and remain cohesive · What makes a prosperous nation? · The West has one answer: money. · For decades, Western institutions have measured things like GDP, sustainability and ‘human development’ to show which countries are doing well in the world. · But do these things indicate what is truly important for…

The move follows Hungary lifting its veto, while the bloc also adopted new Russia sanctions  · © Getty Images / PeskyMonkey · The European Union has formally approved a €90 billion ($105 billion) emergency loan for Ukraine for 2026–2027 and adopted its 20th package of sanctions against Russia, the bloc’s presidency said on Thursday. · European Council President Antonio Costa said in a statement that increasing pressure on…