As part of Russia’s anti-terror campaign in Syria, the Kremlin has deployed sophisticated air defense systems to protect its aircraft. According to the Pentagon, those units have effectively grounded US aircraft. [...]

Journalist Richard Medhurst (Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/richardmedhurst) joins to discuss his coverage of Gaza and where it fits in the larger geopolitical shifts occurring around the world. [...]

MH-17: The Untold Story. Three months after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was violently brought down from the skies over Ukraine, there are still no definitive answers to what caused the tragedy. Civil conflict in the area prevented international experts from conducting a full and thorough investigation. The wreckage should have been collected and scrupulously re-assembled to identify all the dama [...]

The U.S. military flew a B-52 bomber over South Korea on Sunday, in a Cold War-style show of force that was met with concern by human rights campaigners. American forces made the gesture amid climbing tensions following North Korea's widely-disputed claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb test on Wednesday. [...]

The United States government is deliberately devaluing the U.S. dollar in favor of a CBDC. There's no other way to explain how the Biden administration plans to fix a 34 trillion dollar national debt than moving Americans off of a treasury backed dollar in favor of a digital currency backed by Wall Street. Lear CEO Kevin DeMeritt joins us to discuss the debt bomb America is facing.   [...]

Change is coming, Charles Ortel, a Wall Street analyst, told Sputnik, commenting on the growing discontent with Brussels policies among Europeans and the increasing popularity of nationalist conservative parties. According to the analyst, the EU's swollen bureaucratic apparatus remains a stumbling block in the way of Europe's development. [...]

Confirming API data overnight, DOE reports that while total inventories of crude rose less than expected (+234k vs +2.1mm exp.) Gasoline and Distillates saw a massive build once again. Gasoline inventories rose 8.44mm barrels (following last week's 10.6mm record build) is the biggest 2-week inventory build in history. Crude has crashed back from overnight "China is buying oil" demand hopes. [...]

Ritter was a vocal critic of the American decision to go to war with Iraq. His new book, Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the … Scott Ritter: US-Israel divide, beating itself – NATO playing Russian roulette is never a good idea [...]

The Ruble-traded MOEX stock index is enjoying a bumper week as it reaches all-time highs on an almost-daily basis.The growth is linked to the strengthening Russian currency despite a threat of new US sanctions and high oil prices. [...]

Journalists have noticed how much current political campaigns are trading on fear. As observed in a recent article in the Washington Post, “Most of the Republican presidential contenders and their allies are now waging campaigns focused on fear—bombarding voters with ominous television spots that warn of national security threats and amping up their alarming rhetoric on the stump.” [...]

Iran's Navy and Air Force commanders announced that they are ready to confront Israel if it retaliates for the weekend barrage of over 350 missiles and drones. While the Iran Air Force commander warned that warplanes, including Russian-made Sukhoi-24s, were in "best state of preparedness" to counter any Israeli attack, Iran's Navy has also begun escorting Iranian commercial vessels to the Red Sea. [...]

The tax and trade policies of Donald Trump are, in fact, what have contributed to the surge in oil prices, a US economics professor told RT, adding that the US President’s tough words to OPEC are a political stunt. On Thursday, Trump accused OPEC’s Middle East producers of “pushing for higher and higher oil prices” and demanded “they stop it,” adding that the US is “protecting those [...]

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the US and EU will bring Europe more problems than benefits, Bulgarian economist Nina Djulgerova told Radio Sputnik. The critics of the TTIP have long instated that US companies will make trade negotiations instrumental in their attempts to alter European economic laws. [...]

Factors including income, culture and religious orientation are all now less important in the overall search for a partner, according to a new study on online dating. Men and women seeking partners on dating websites and more recently via mobile applications have become more tolerant. [...]

Frans Timmermans, vice-president of the European Commission, doesn`t see any link between mass sex assaults on New Year's Eve in Cologne and the ongoing refugee crisis, internal minutes has revealed. He also lamented the reintroduction of internal border checks within the Schengen zone. [...]

We have THREE huge BRICS stories this week. First, BRICS announced a new payment system that directly challenges the dominance of the US dollar in international transactions. No more SWIFT system. Saudi Arabia ends its 50-year Pedro dollar agreement and announces they're joining BRICS. And 59 new countries plan to join the BRICS system. This is a massive gut punch to the U.S. Dollar dominance as t [...]

First batches of Russian-produced solar panels have been supplied to Europe, according to First Deputy Energy Minister Alexey Texler. “Export supplies have been started already, particularly from the Novocheboksarsk plant to Europe,” he said on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week on Friday. [...]

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) released a report titled Rigged Justice: How Weak Enforcement Lets Corporate Offenders Off Easy. The report, the first in an annual series on enforcement, highlights 20 of the most egregious civil and criminal [...]

The major tech stocks listed on Wall Street closed in red on July 24 due to a major selloff. Major tech companies including Nvidia, the biggest seller of AI chips lost almost 7%, Broadcom was also down by over 7% and Super Micro Computer was down by over 9%. Further, stock prices of tech giants Apple, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet also fell. All these tech giants have been bullish on AI and spent a [...]

Sanctions against Russia’s key energy companies would inevitably lead to a collapse of the European energy sector, BP CEO Bob Dudley has warned, according to Sputnik news agency. “I do not think that would happen. If sanctions were put on Rosneft or Gazprom or LUKoil like what happened with Rusal, you would virtually shut down the energy systems of Europe, it is a bit of extreme thing to happe [...]

The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it was ready to commit ground troops to Syria to take on Daesh terrorists as part of a US-led coalition. When asked if the Gulf state was prepared to send troops to Syria, Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash told reporters in Abu Dhabi that this had been his country’s position all along. [...]

Former UN Weapons Inspector and US Marine Corps Intelligence Officer Scott Ritter exposes the reality behind Ukraine's Kursk Offensive and addresses whether it will change the course of the conflict as NATO says it will. The answer may surprise you. This video breaks down Kursk in its early stages, and Scott's words have been vindicated. Watch before deleted. Russian FPV Drone Destroys $9M Miss [...]