Source link The former officers thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for personally intervening to secure their release Qatar has released eight former Indian Navy officers previously sentenced to death on alleged espionage charges, New Delhi announced early Monday. Seven of the men have already landed in the Indian capital, and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
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Here’s why you shouldn’t trust the ‘declining’ Gaza death toll narrative — RT World News
Source link Distorting casualty counts, failing to critically analyze statistics and misrepresenting facts, Western media is exposing its anti-Palestinian bias Shortly before the International Court of Justice’s highly anticipated decision to pursue South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide, the New York Times released a report titled ‘The Decline of Death in Gaza’. The article […]
Soaring debt pushing wealthy nations to ‘fiscal death’ – economist — RT Business News
Source link Major economies that fail to address their mounting debt issues will die a “fiscal death,” the head of investment and wealth advisory Laffer Tengler Investments, Arthur Laffer, has warned. In an interview with CNBC this week, he predicted a “decade of debt,” adding that the borrowing crisis has embraced both developed and emerging […]
Zimbabwe moves to abolish colonial-era death penalty law — RT Africa
Source link The African nation has not executed anyone in nearly two decades, despite official records showing 62 inmates on death row Zimbabwe’s cabinet has passed legislation abolishing the death penalty, which was inherited from British colonial rule. The move on Tuesday will commute all capital punishments to life imprisonment, should parliament approve it. The […]
Death toll rises to 28 in Ukrainian strike on bakery — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link Sunday has been declared a day of mourning in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic The death toll from a Ukrainian missile strike on the city of Lisichansk in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) has risen to 28, the region’s acting head and the emergencies services have said. The attack on a bakery occurred at […]
US faces ‘death spiral’ of swelling debt – Nassim Taleb — RT Business News
Source link The burgeoning US debt pile is akin to a “death spiral” that only a “miracle” could extract the country from, economist and ‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Taleb said at a business event on Monday, as quoted by Bloomberg. Taleb defined the expanding US debt load as a “white swan,” meaning a risk event […]
Fifteen Indians handed death sentences over political killing — RT India
Source link A court in the southern state of Kerala has convicted a group of men linked to the murder of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regional leader A court in southern India’s Kerala state on Tuesday handed the death penalty to 15 people linked to the murder of a senior politician from the Prime […]
EU state’s FM receives Ukrainian death threat — RT World News
Source link Hungary should “start making a coffin” for Peter Szijjarto, the message reportedly read Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto received a death threat ahead of an upcoming visit to Ukraine, he told a press conference on Tuesday. According to Hungarian media, the culprits promised to give him an “explosive welcome.” Szijjarto will travel to […]
Washington demands probe into Palestinian teen’s death — RT World News
Source link The US State Department on Monday urged Israel to investigate the death of a 17-year-old American citizen in the West Bank last week. Tawfiq Ajak, 17, was fatally shot on Friday near the village of al-Mazraa Al-Sharqiya, northeast of Ramallah. “We have called for an urgent investigation to determine the circumstance of his […]
Nearly 5,000 Brits froze to death last year due to heating costs – study — RT Business News
Source link Many vulnerable households refrain from using heating due to the high cost of energy, according to the End Fuel Poverty coalition Nearly 5,000 people died in the UK last winter due to living in cold and damp homes as they could not afford the rising energy costs, the latest report from the End […]
Communists mark 100th anniversary of Lenin’s death (PHOTOS) — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link Members of the Russian Communist Party (KPRF) gathered at Lenin’s Mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square on Sunday to commemorate the first leader of the Soviet Union, who passed away a century ago. Born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, the revolutionary was the founder of the Russian Communist Party and the inspirer of the Bolshevik Revolution. […]
Death toll spikes in Ukrainian shelling of Russian city — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link The ‘horrendous’ attack claimed at least 25 lives, the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic says The number of fatalities in the Ukrainian shelling of a busy market in Donetsk has climbed to at least 25, Denis Pushilin, the leader of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, has said. Some 20 civilians were wounded in […]
German MEP demands answers over death of US journalist in Ukraine — RT World News
Source link Bernhard Zimniok has called for an independent probe into the Kiev’s alleged torture and killing of Gonzalo Lira German MEP Bernhard Zimniok has pressed for an independent investigation into the death of a US journalist who was imprisoned in Ukraine for his critical coverage of President Vladimir Zelensky’s government, saying the case “vividly” […]
Musk reacts to death of US journalist in Ukrainian prison — RT World News
Source link The SpaceX and Tesla CEO has previously called out Kiev and Washington over blogger Gonzalo Lira’s fate Elon Musk has condemned a lack of action on the part of US officials in the case of an American journalist, Gonzalo Lira, who had been jailed by Kiev and who ultimately died in Ukrainian custody. […]
Death toll climbs in Ukrainian attack on Russian city — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link A total of 25 civilians, including five minors, were killed in the Ukrainian shelling of Belgorod, local governor has said A 4-year-old girl injured in the recent attack on the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod succumbed to her injuries on Monday, governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has announced. “I offer my condolences to the family […]