Global food prices reach record high in September amid harvest issues and rising demand for vegetable oils, sugar & cereals

The world’s food price index in September rose for the second consecutive month to its highest level in 10 years, data from a press release of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) shows. … Read More >Global food prices reach record high in September amid harvest issues and rising demand for vegetable oils, sugar & cereals

Europe needs to understand root causes of rising gas price ‘phenomenon’ to avoid energy crisis – AEB

Natural gas prices skyrocketed this week and had Europe on edge. The only way to stabilize the situation is to know the root causes of the price spike, the head of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) has told RT. … Read More >Europe needs to understand root causes of rising gas price ‘phenomenon’ to avoid energy crisis – AEB

Russia is fulfilling ALL its contractual obligations for gas orders & is NOT to blame for soaring prices, Germany’s Merkel says

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected suggestions that the increased price of gas is due to Russian policy. Instead she has pointed the finger at the EU’s own approach asking whether the bloc could have acted differently. … Read More >Russia is fulfilling ALL its contractual obligations for gas orders & is NOT to blame for soaring prices, Germany’s Merkel says

Ukrainian president rallies party to oust speaker of Parliament: Zelensky continues to silence dissent & tighten grip on power

Ukrainian MPs have voted to remove parliamentary speaker Dmitry Razumkov after clashes over a new bill that aims to reduce the influence of oligarchs on the political system. Razumkov disagreed with President Volodymyr Zelensky. … Read More >Ukrainian president rallies party to oust speaker of Parliament: Zelensky continues to silence dissent & tighten grip on power

On Contact: Israeli-Palestinian conflict

On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Professor Ilan Pappe from the University of Exeter. The Biden administration has turned its back on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, always more political theater than an honest effort by the United States to broker an equitable agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis. This means the brutal military occupation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem will continue, the 15-year siege in Gaz … Read More >On Contact: Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Russia’s real life Robocop: Remote Far Eastern Vostochny spaceport to trial unmanned self-driving combat robot for patrol duty

Russia’s space agency will check if a newly developed self-driving combat robot prototype is capable of repelling attacks on the Vostochny spaceport in the Far East. The technology could be eventually used for Moon exploration. … Read More >Russia’s real life Robocop: Remote Far Eastern Vostochny spaceport to trial unmanned self-driving combat robot for patrol duty

Russia is ready to beat back potential US invasion with drones & jets, Moscow’s military scientists claim in new conflict analysis

Specialists at a top Russian military training academy have revealed how the country would defend against an incoming amphibious invasion by US forces along one of its vast coastlines, by deploying vast fleets of attack aircraft. … Read More >Russia is ready to beat back potential US invasion with drones & jets, Moscow’s military scientists claim in new conflict analysis