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The UK and France are unlikely to follow up on the alleged plan to supply nuclear weapons to Ukraine, the co-host of the Decline and Fall show believes · ©  Getty Images / IG\_Royal · [RT] The alleged British and French plan to supply Kiev with a nuclear device is primarily aimed at derailing the ongoing peace negotiations and prolonging the Ukraine conflict, Alexander McKay, co-host of the Decline and Fall show,…

The tech giant could be “punishing” the outlets over warnings about escalation, according to a local media association · FILE PHOTO. ©  Global Look Press / Anna Ross · [RT] Facebook has blocked the social media pages of three Hungarian media outlets, citing violations of community principles. The move comes mere weeks before elections in the Central European nation and has been condemned by the Hungarian National Media…

The US doesn’t benefit from a war with Iran in any way, but you know who does? · 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 memory https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/tarik-cyril-amar/@tarikcyrilamartarikcyrilamar.substack.comtarikcyrilamar.com ·…

President Donald Trump has blacklisted Anthropic over its pushback against the use of its tech for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons · FILE PHOTO ©  Win McNamee / Getty Images · [RT] US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has formally designated artificial intelligence firm Anthropic a “supply-chain risk to national security,” following US President Donald Trump’s order to blacklist the company across the federal government.…

Tehran maintains it is not developing nuclear weapons, insisting its research program is for peaceful purposes only · US President Donald Trump. ©  Screenshot / Donald Trump / Truth Social · US President Donald Trump has confirmed that Washington has launched “major combat operations in Iran” to eliminate “imminent threats” and “defend the American people.” The Islamic Republic has previously rejected US demands to curb its…

The US-Israel strikes against Iran could provoke a global economic crisis as well as a war in the Middle East · Smoke rises over the city center after an Israeli army launches a wave of airstrikes on Iran on February 28, 2026. ©  Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images · [RT] The US and Israel have launched a major attack in order to lay waste to much of Iran’s military as well as deny it the ability to build a nuclear…

We have been indoctrinated with the lie that CO2 is bad for the environment and that we need to reduce our emissions down to zero if we want to save the planet from burning up. This is the biggest lie of all and if by some chance we were ever able to get the emissions down to zero that would be the day that life on earth would stop. · Achieving zero emissions of CO2 would be the equivalent of finding a Unicorn. · Impossible; particularly in…

Yesterday I found our Tamarillo tree leaves infested with microscopic mites who were busy sucking the life out of the plant. This morning I got up and found a massive invasion of ants had cleared up the mites. Problem solved. I never cease to marvel at the natural world. Trillions upon trillions of beings of all shapes, sizes and types integrated within an ecosystem of immeasurable beauty, diversity and balance, all following paths set by their…

For years, Jacinda Ardern was sold to the world as the face of “kindness.” A crisis leader. A moral compass in turbulent times. · But back home, the gloss has long since worn off. · Strip away the international applause and carefully curated documentaries, and what remains is a country carrying record debt, a fractured social fabric, and a lingering distrust of institutions that may take a generation to repair. · That is the legacy New Zealand…

Something has to give with New Zealand’s electricity market. And this week, the numbers arrived to prove it. The Big Four gentailers (Contact, Genesis, Meridian and Mercury) have just reported combined operating earnings of $1.86 billion for the six months to December 2025. That’s a jump of roughly 45% on the same period last year. Their combined dividend payouts rose 10% to $551 million. Meanwhile, the amount they actually invested in new…