Some 800 anti-establishment accounts and pages have been yanked from Facebook in a sweeping crackdown the social media giant framed as a fight against spammers. RT talked to those who were targeted in the cleansing. Among the hundreds of pages and accounts Facebook and Twitter took down were those both on the political left and right, ranging from conspiracy theorists and police brutality watchers [...]

The real meaning of Jake Sullivan's China trip has nothing to do with US-China relations and everything with the war in Ukraine, says Ray McGovern, a renowned US intelligence analyst. Sullivan went to China to sound out the possible Chinese reactions to a US escalation of Ukraine proxy-war with the use of the last weapons that the American's have not yet shipped to its Kiev war-implementation pa [...]

Rushed to completion by war hawks, the newly-released US national security strategy “drastically reverses” President Donald Trump’s campaign promises on Russia, Syria and NATO, Virginia state Senator Richard Black believes. The strategy, published on Monday, is the first ever to be issued during an administration’s initial year in office. [...]

"Flooding Europe with Democracy" | Public lecture at Vienna's University of Economics Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) is the largest business and ... in Europe, and it hosts 450 annual exchange students from 210 universities and 50 ... Students love to talk business at WU, but student activities, including sports ... With a public bus pass, you can not only get to class but [...]

BRICS Currency: 40% Could Be Tied to Gold, 60% in Local Currencies Will BRICS’ gold-backed currency dethrone the dollar and throw the West into financial chaos? This is what happens when 40% of a currency is backed by gold and 60% by local currencies come face to face with dollars backed by nothing. It can send the US dollar crashing overnight. So, is this the beginning of the end for the doll [...]

Moscow and Beijing will team up to create an integrated navigation system based on Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) and the Chinese BeiDou. The satellite system will cover most of Eurasia. The countries will reportedly negotiate the merger in May at the International Conference on Advanced Technologies in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering in the Chinese city of Harbin, [...]

Despite progress in reducing extreme poverty, the number of poor worldwide is still “unacceptably high,” according to a World Bank report, which showed that billions of people still struggle to meet basic needs. The report found that nearly half the world’s population lives on less than $5.50 a day, with a rising share of the poor in wealthier economies. [...]

This week’s Economic Update Professor Richard Wolff dedicates the entire show to the economic developmental achievement of China, together with the historical background that motivated that achievement. We analyze the uniqueness of both the economic philosophy and the politics of China. 3 MINS AGO: China SHUTS DOWN $34.05 Billion U.S. Farming Industry... What's Next? China SHUTS DOWN All [...]

The grandiose construction of the century has been completed; the world’s longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau will be opened this year. The chief engineer and the inspiration behind the project, 43-year-old Zhang Jinwen told Sputnik about how they started designing the bridge 18 years ago, the difficulties that the engineers had encountered in building one of the world’s [...]

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PLUS, How The Globalists Are Using The Puppet Biden Admin To Sabotage A Peaceful Transfer Of Power Into Trump's Second Term & Declare Martial Law/National Security Emergency Order   BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: General Flynn Lays Out What Will Happen In The Next Couple Of Days As WWIII Continues To Escalate Towards A Nuclear Exchange   Alastair Crooke EXPOSES: U.S Nuclear Ambitions in Ukraine [...]

We’ve already heard about US exceptionalism from Albright, Obama, and Clinton, but we are no longer in the 1990s, we are in a multipolar world, says Peter Kuznick, professor of history at American University. Donald Trump's new pick for America's top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, has gone through the required Senate grilling while outlining his view of US foreign policy. [...]

Libya has been in turmoil since the ouster of its long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Its eastern part is ruled by the country's parliament, supported by the Libyan National Army, while the UN-backed Government of National Accord headed by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj operates in the country's west. [...]

China is taking an increasingly assertive role in world affairs, helping to broker a restoration of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, offering a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine, and strengthening its relationships with European and Latin American powers. Last week, China continued its diplomatic outreach by offering to hold talks between Israel and Palestine.  "China doesn't want the Unit [...]

RT Arabic has traveled to the Douma hospital shown in footage of the aftermath of the alleged chemical weapons attack. The crew talked to a boy featured in the video, who recounted the events. Hassan Diab, 11, appears to be the trembling boy seen in the video of the aftermath of the alleged chemical attack in the Eastern Ghouta city. T [...]

It is estimated that over $5.2 billion will be spent on the US midterm elections and it’s no secret that hundreds of millions of those dollars are supplied by billionaire donors. This system is incompatible with real democracy. [...]

Trump's shutting down of USAID has shocked the world and shaken an already fragile "collective West" currently reeling from a new tariffs war and the collapse of Ukraine. Military experts Andrei Martyanov and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson join the show to discuss the geopolitical implications of these massive developments and whether they signal the coming demise of the US empire or a rebranding. Find [...]

David Icke is considered the grandfather of Conspiracy Theory. But when you consider that the charges of abuse he has leveled against the Power Elite over the past 3 decades have been proven correct, then we need to begin looking at the term Conspiracy Theory for more of what it is - Unspeakable Truths. In my conversation with David we go deep into the subject of how our societies, governmen [...]

The news provoked a flood of comments online, most of which were meant to rebuke the current “pathetic” “White House occupant,” whereas others butted in with more light-hearted remarks, calling attention to Trump’s earlier reported “inability” to operate umbrellas. [...]

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who worked for George Soros, insists, “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream”. The Donald Trump administration knows its tariffs will result in higher inflation. Products will become more expensive as the US tries to economically decouple from China. Ben Norton explains.Read moreClose How America [...]

While Washington is challenging the multipolar world with unilateral actions, Europe has vowed to challenge its hegemony. However, it has not enough character and political will to fit the role, former UK MP George Galloway says. The US decision to pull out from the long-weaved nuclear deal with Iran prompted the EU to consider replacing its overseas ally “as an international actor.” [...]

America Doesn’t Have a True Political Opposition That Offers a New Social Contract — And the Price is Collapse. The day after the election. Another mass shooting. A reporter “banned.” A dubious appointment to high office. Demonization and scapegoating — “they’ve invading us!” — redoubled and unabated. [...]