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The Ukrainian leader reiterated he was open to a vote but cited a litany of perceived obstacles · Vladimir Zelensky. © Getty Images · [RT] Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has suggested that Kiev’s backers could be pressing him to hold elections as a pretext to force him out of power. Zelensky’s presidential term expired in 2024, at which point Russia began declaring him “illegitimate.” · In an interview released by the BBC on Sunday,…

The Pentagon clashed with rival contractor Anthropic over ethics limitations on its tech · RT composite. United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a visit to Sierra Space in Louisville, Colorado, February 23, 2026. © Getty Images / AAron Ontiveroz / The Denver Post; Samuel Boivin / NurPhoto · The US Department of War has reportedly signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s xAI to integrate its Grok chatbot into…

The UK and France are also considering a radioactive “dirty bomb” as an option for Kiev, the SVR has claimed · FILE PHOTO: A French nuclear test, Mururoa Atoll, 1971. ©  Galerie Bilderwelt / Getty Images · [RT] France and the UK are plotting to secretly arm Ukraine with a nuclear weapon, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Tuesday. · According to the agency, British and French officials are considering the…

President Trump has ordered the release of military materials connected to UFOs · US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Louisville, Colorado, February 23, 2026. ©  AAron Ontiveroz / The Denver Post · [RT] US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said that he will learn alongside the American public whether his department holds records proving the existence of aliens. · Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order…

Thorbjorn Jagland is reportedly in hospital in serious condition after being charged with gross corruption over ties to the convicted sex offender · Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland. © Getty Images / Elyxandro Cegarra;  Anadolu Agency · [RT] Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland was hospitalized last week after a suicide attempt, days after being…

Hungary has vetoed the scheme and accused Ukraine of deliberately disrupting Russian oil supplies to the country · Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky addresses the European Parliament via video link, Brussels, February 24, 2026. ©  AP Photo / Marius Burgelman · [RT] Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky has demanded that the EU approve a €90 billion ($106 billion) loan backed by the bloc’s taxpayers that has been vetoed by Hungary.…

Last week, New Zealand’s Parliament ceased using X. The Clerk of the House, David Wilson, unilaterally decided the institution would no longer have a presence on the platform formerly known as Twitter. His stated reason was that he “could no longer support” X because of its AI chatbot Grok and reports about deepfake imagery. “It didn’t feel right for my organisation to use a platform that allowed that to happen,” he told Stuff. This came…

Recent economic analysis from Kiwibank and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) shows that although the recovery is still in its early stages, the fundamentals are improving — and there are solid reasons to be optimistic. · 1. The Recovery Is Underway — With Supportive Settings · The RBNZ has held the official cash rate (OCR) at 2.25%, maintaining easy monetary conditions to help the economy build momentum. This reflects confidence that…

As the world gets deeper in dramatic structural changes, the one universal tool – the internet – has become a new kind of trench warfare · https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/matthieu-buge/ By Matthieu Buge, who has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance, and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe (‘The Russian…

Bratislava has said it took the reciprocal measure against Kiev over the disruption of Russian oil supplies · FILE PHOTO. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. ©  Getty Images / Anadolu / Robert Nemeti · [RT] Bratislava has stopped providing emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine until Kiev restores the flow of Russian oil to Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said, warning of “further…