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India Moon landing ‘historic day’: PM Modi
India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling it a “historic day”. “Historic day for India’s space sector,” he wrote on the social media platform X, previously known as Twi...
BRICS bank can create ‘honest’ currency anchored to gold – economist
The New Development Bank could multilateralize the Western-dominated global financial system, Chris Hart has told RT
China ‘on the right side of history’ – Xi
China is standing on the right side of history and will keep working to build a shared future for mankind, President Xi Jinping has said
Saudi storm brings lightning, fierce winds to Mecca
Fierce storms closed schools Wednesday in Saudi Arabia‘s Mecca region, home to Islam’s holiest site, the Grand Mosque, which was lashed by heavy rains and wind overnight, witnesses said. As pilgrims tried to circumambulate the Kaaba, the giant black cube...
Finland culls 120,000 fur animals after bird flu outbreak
Finland, Europe’s largest producer of fox fur, is culling 120,000 farmed foxes and minks in response to bird flu outbreaks in the country’s fur farms, officials said Wednesday. “A culling order has been issued for 13 farms,” Tuija Gadd, head of the virolo...
Germany proposes plans to ease legal gender change
The German cabinet on Wednesday signed off plans to help people change their legal gender more easily, but the proposals stirred criticism from feminists, politicians and even the trans community. Under the proposals, Germans will be able to change their...
Hungary frees over 1,400 jailed people smugglers
Hungary has released more than 1,400 convicted people smugglers from prisons, authorities said Wednesday, a move which the European Commission is challenging. Last month, the European Commission launched a legal procedure against Hungary after Prime Minis...
Russian general not seen since Wagner mutiny ‘sacked’
The head of Russia’s aerospace force General Sergei Surovikin has been sacked, state media said Wednesday, after he disappeared from public view following a failed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group in June. Nicknamed “General Armageddon” for his ruthle...
BRICS needs common payment system, researcher tells RT
BRICS countries should create a joint payment system to boost economic ties and confront global challenges, Redge Nkosi says
Taiwan leader hails fallen soldiers on China battle anniversary
President Tsai Ing-wen gave thanks Wednesday to the fallen soldiers who fended off Chinese Communist forces 65 years ago in a frontline island battle, crediting their victory for putting Taiwan on “the path of democracy and freedom”. Her visit to Taiwan’s...
Greek firefighters battle major blazes on multiple fronts
Greek firefighters on Wednesday struggled to contain uncontrolled fires throughout the country for a fifth day, several of them bordering an acrid, smoke-filled Athens. A fire ripped through the foothills of Mount Parnitha, the largest forest adjoining th...
Final preparations under way for Fukushima water release
Final preparations to discharge wastewater from the crippled Fukushima power plant in Japan were under way Wednesday, its operator said, a day before the scheduled release into the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo had announced on Tuesday that the operation would beg...
South Africa inflation falls to lowest level in two years
Inflation in South Africa dropped to the lowest level in two years in July, staying within the central bank’s target range, official data showed Wednesday. Annual consumer price inflation slowed to 4.7 percent last month, down from 5.4 percent in June, na...
Russia’s top rapper considers taking over Domino’s Pizza – media
Russian rapper Timati has expressed a desire to buy Domino’s Pizza the way he did with Starbucks
Germany facing zero growth – Bundesbank
The EU’s largest economy will continue to suffer after-effects from the energy crisis, the German central bank warns
Law Professor Jonathan Turley: Effort to Bar Trump From Ballot is ‘Single Most Dangerous Constitutional Theory’ Ever
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley recently called the effort by Democrats to keep Trump off the ballot “dangerous.” Of course, the left doesn’t care.