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The auto giant’s profits fell by almost half in 2025  · © Getty Images / picture alliance / Contributor · The EU’s largest automaker, Volkswagen (VW), has announced that it will cut about 50,000 jobs in Germany, citing plunging profits, soaring energy costs and mounting trade pressures.  · In its annual report on Tuesday, VW said that net income nearly halved in 2025, falling to €6.9 billion (over $8 billion), its…

Over $430 billion has been spent to service the debt, which is approaching $39 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office states · © Getty Images / Greggory DiSalvo · [RT] The US government has borrowed some $1 trillion in the five months since October, adding to the ballooning federal deficit, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has reported. · The estimates have come amid media reports claiming that the US military…

Team Russia finished third at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy, and athletes were awarded state honors for their performance · Russia’s Anastasia Bagiyan and guide Sergey Sinyakin celebrate gold in the 20 km freestyle event at the XIV Winter Paralympics. © Sputnik / Yuri Kochetkov · [RT] Five Russian Paralympians have been added to the ‘kill list’ run by Ukraine’s state-backed Mirotvorets website, which publishes the…

Even the Ukrainian leader’s staunchest supporters have refused to give him a concrete date for membership · Vladimir Zelensky speaks to the press in Kiev, Ukraine, February 24, 2026 ©  Getty Images;  Danilo Antoniuk · [RT] Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has once again demanded a “clear date” for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. However, the prospect of Zelensky’s…

A recent missile attack on the Bushehr facility shows “flagrant disregard” for international safety principles, the head of Rosatom has said · The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. © Getty Images / Iran International Photo Agency · [RT] A missile strike just meters from an operational Iranian nuclear reactor shows “flagrant disregard” for international safety principles, Russia’s nuclear corporation, Rosatom, which…

Kiev has the means to track down potential draftees who had gone into hiding, a Ukrainian lawmaker believes · FILE PHOTO. ©  Getty Images / Anadolu / Ozge Elif Kizil · [RT] Kiev has the means to round up people evading the military draft, tracking them through banking transactions and use of digital services, Ukrainian lawmaker Solomia Bobrovskaya has suggested.   · According to estimates recently voiced by newly…

The scandal around Paul Eagle keeps getting uglier. · Last week this column set out the Auditor-General’s damning findings on Eagle’s tenure as chief executive of the Chatham Islands Council: the $460,000 gold-plated house renovation, the fabricated documents, the forged builder’s signature, the admission that he “panicked.” The Serious Fraud Office is now assessing whether to open a criminal investigation. · What has received less scrutiny…

The New Zealand Outdoors & Freedom Party (NZOFP) is proud to announce the appointment of Lester Bryant as the party’s Energy Spokesperson and List Candidate for the upcoming election. Bringing decades of high-level technical expertise and a "numbers-first" approach to policy, Bryant will also contest an Auckland electorate (to be confirmed). Originally from South Taranaki, Bryant’s career is rooted in the practical realities of New Zealand’s…

The US president referenced the WWII attack to defend the decision not to notify allies of the strikes against Iran · US President Donald Trump speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the White House, on March 19, 2026. ©  Screenshot / White House / YouTube · {RT] US President Donald Trump joked about the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor in front of a visibly uncomfortable Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, as he…

Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field and Tehran’s response signal a shift from bombing bases to targeting the backbone of global gas supply · © Getty Images / NurPhoto / Contributor · RT} Israel’s recent strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field and Tehran’s retaliation on key energy infrastructure in several Gulf countries is more than just another escalation of the war roiling the Middle East. · What began as a campaign…