Mandates are actually fueling vaccine hesitancy in groups that need them the most, while public health responses always lag months behind the data instead of adapting to it, vaccine researcher Dr. Robert Malone tells RT. “The same mistakes keep getting made again and again,” Malone told RT in an interview on Thursday. The fundamental error, […]
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China tells Australia to ‘drop Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice’ after ex-PM Abbott visits Taiwan, pledging support
Beijing has registered “solemn representations” with Canberra after former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott visited Taiwan, implying that Australia would support the island against Beijing, which considers it part of China. Speaking at a routine press conference on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called on Canberra to re-evaluate its relationship with Beijing in […]
With Merck charging US government an ‘outrageous’ $700 for $17 Covid pills, MSF official tells RT that world needs cheap generics
A five-day course of Merck’s new Covid-19 pill costs $17.74 to produce, but the pharma firm will charge the USA $712. With taxpayers getting bilked, MSF official Leena Menghaney told RT that generic pill production is the answer. The US government gave Merck some $29 million towards the development of molnupiravir, a drug that the […]
EU chief tells Balkans they are ‘one family’ despite Germany refusing to set date to grant those countries membership of the bloc
Brussels and Berlin issued mixed messages on Wednesday over the Balkans, as the EU chief, Ursula von der Leyen, claimed they were all part of “one family” before Germany refused to set a timeline for granting them membership. Speaking at a summit with the Balkan states, von der Leyen sought to reassure her counterparts that […]
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un offers to reopen Inter-Korean hotlines, tells South to drop ‘delusions’ of provocations from Pyongyang
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he is willing to restore a hotline between the two Koreas, but he says Seoul must drop its “delusion” that its northern neighbor wants to cause it any harm or provoke. North Korean state media KCNA reported on Thursday that Kim had expressed interest in reviving the severed […]
Iran’s nuclear program has crossed ‘all red lines,’ PM Bennett tells UNGA while hinting at Israel taking action
The Iranian nuclear program has reached a “watershed” moment and Israel’s tolerance on the matter is running out, PM Naftali Bennett has said, calling on the international community to recognize the gravity of the situation. Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday, Bennett said that Iran had made “a major leap forward” […]
US tells Iran to give UN atomic watchdog access to centrifuge components workshop, or face ‘response’
Iran should give international inspectors access to a site manufacturing centrifuge components, a US diplomat told board members of the UN watchdog IAEA – and failure to do so will be met with an “appropriate response.” The remarks read on Monday by US Charge d’Affaires Louis Bono during a session of the Board of Governors […]
Johnson tells French president UK govt wants to ‘re-establish cooperation’ after nuclear sub dispute, Macron’s office says
The office of the French president says UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed a desire to “re-establish cooperation” amid tension between the states following the recent revelation of the AUKUS submarine deal. In a statement released by Emmanuel Macron’s office on Friday, French officials stated that Johnson had informed the president that the British […]
‘We want justice under US law,’ father of 2yo daughter killed in Kabul drone strike tells RT
Emal Akhmadi’s baby daughter was killed when the US mistook his family for terrorists in Kabul. The bereaved father told RT an apology and compensation will not be enough and said those responsible must stand trial under US law. Emal Akhmadi lost 10 family members, including his two-year-old daughter Malika and brother Zemari, on August […]
Girls will return to secondary schools in Afghanistan, but only after ‘safe environment’ is set up, Taliban tells media
The Taliban has said that girls can return to secondary schools only after Afghanistan’s militant-led government creates a secure environment for them. So far, only boys have been allowed to resume their studies. “We are not against education of girls, but we are still working on mechanisms of how their school attendance can be possible,” Taliban […]
Washington’s scapegoating of Pakistan for US failure in Afghanistan was ‘most painful thing,’ PM Khan tells RT
Pakistan paid a heavy price for siding with the US in its occupation of Afghanistan, so hearing American politicians blame Islamabad for its humiliating retreat hurts, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said. Speaking to RT, Khan expressed his anger towards American officials who have pointed fingers at Islamabad when apportioning blame for the US […]
War spending is a tax on working people who just want to live in peace, Roger Waters tells RT
The former Pink Floyd frontman spoke to RT’s Going Underground on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the 1973 US-backed coup in Chile, which led the right-wing dictator Augusto Pinochet to power. The 9/11 terrorist attacks could have been a wake-up call for the US and the world to reassess priorities, but instead it […]
Brussels tells Hungary and Poland to make more progress on rule of law if they want recovery money payout
The European Commission has called on Hungary and Poland to do more to address the EU’s concerns about their maintenance of the rule of law if they want their pandemic recovery money. On Friday, European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said the EC was still withholding funding from Visegrad partners Hungary and Poland because the two […]
Afghan invasion was never a ‘good war,’ it was always an imperialist project, John Pilger tells RT
The US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 should be called what it was – an imperialist war launched under the guise of a fight against terrorism, award-winning journalist and filmmaker John Pilger has told RT. Pilger joined RT’s Going Underground program to reflect on the lessons that should be learned from two decades of occupation […]











