History teaches us that wars are not always fought with bombs, troops, or formal declarations. Some are waged quietly — through systems, policies, and narratives that reshape societies from within. So let us pose a hypothetical, not an accusation · If an adversary wanted to weaken Western democracies without firing a shot, what outcomes would signal success? · They might aim to: · normalise emergency rule, centralise decision-making beyond…
Many expected fireworks at Waitangi this year. In an election year, with the Government’s record on Treaty issues still fresh and raw, the annual commemorations looked set to be a battleground. Instead, the week turned out to be remarkably calm on the surface. And deeply fractured underneath. The real story of Waitangi 2026 wasn’t about Māori versus the Crown. It was about Māori versus Māori, and an opposition that seems incapable of getting…
An article in the UK Telegraph is entitled “I lost 3st on Mounjaro—now, I’m losing an organ”. It reports the case of a woman who took a weight loss drug and lost 20 kilograms over the course of a few months. She then developed painful gallstones, acute pancreatitis and an inflamed liver—a potentially life threatening combination. She is now scheduled to have her gallbladder surgically removed. Gallbladder surgeries hit a peak in 2024-25 in…
The chance for peace between Moscow and Kiev was lost in 2022 due to the meddling of the then-British prime minister, Andrej Babis has said · FILE PHOTO. Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Lviv, Ukraine. © Getty Images / Anadolu / Pavlo Palamarchuk · [RT] Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has accused former British leader Boris Johnson of derailing a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine early on in the…
The NATO members have opened diplomatic missions after US President Donald Trump renewed his push to acquire the autonomous Danish territory · Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand speaks to reporters after opening a consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, February 6, 2026. © Christinne Muschi / The Canadian Press via AP · [RT] Canada and France have established consulates in Greenland amid a rift between the US and other NATO member…
The Hungarian prime minister has slammed Kiev for pushing a ban on Russian energy · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, January 5, 2026. © Janos Kummer / Getty Images · [RT] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has branded Ukraine an “enemy” over its demands that Hungary stop buying Russian oil and gas. · Budapest has resisted the EU’s attempts to phase out Russian energy supplies as part of sanctions…
RT contributor and ex-US senatorial aide said the deletion of the Epstein files would be an obstruction of justice · The US Department of Justice (DOJ) attempted to shield former President Joe Biden by deleting an email referencing him from the Epstein files, former US Senate staffer and RT contributor Tara Reade has said. · Reade worked as a Senate aide for Biden in the early 1990s and has accused him of sexual assault. In 2023, she…
The attempted assassination of a high-ranking Russian general is an attempt to sabotage talks and extend the Kiev regime’s stay in power · By Nadezhda Romanenko, political analyst - Vladimir Zelensky © Pier Marco Tacca / Getty Image · [RT] The assassination attempt on Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, first deputy chief of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) is clearly the Zelensky regime’s latest desperate…
Will Lewis’ departure comes after the paper cut 30% of its staff while struggling to maintain readership · RT composite. © Matt McClain / The Washington Post via AP; Andrew Harnik / Getty Images · Will Lewis has stepped down as CEO and publisher of the Washington Post, days after a sweeping round of layoffs that affected virtually every desk. In recent years, the paper has…
Sanae Takaichi will be able to push through a right-wing agenda now that the Liberal Democratic Party has a supermajority in the lower house · © Kim Kyung-Hoon / Getty Images · [RT] Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi scored a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections on Sunday. · With a two-thirds majority in the lower house, secured together with coalition partners,…
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