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Trump says he may be Kim Jong-un’s best friend, but he’ll use America’s military might against North Korea if he has to

Trump says he may be Kim Jong-un’s best friend, but he’ll use America’s military might against North Korea if he has to Trump believes he has saved the world from a major war by reaching out and befriending North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but added he may yet unleash all the military power of the Pentagon against him. The statements, blending together a call for peace and threats of war, came from the US leader on Tuesday after officials in Pyongyang complained that the nuclear negotiations between the two nations were going nowhere. Trump praised his handling of North Korea, claiming that “if you would have listened to President Obama, we would have been in a World War III right now.” The US president took credit for defusing the conflict with Nor...

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Trump berates Macron for ‘nasty statement’ about ‘brain-dead NATO’, chides allies for not paying enough

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Trump berates Macron for ‘nasty statement’ about ‘brain-dead NATO’, chides allies for not paying enough The French president was disrespectful when he called NATO brain-dead, Donald Trump said ahead of a special gathering of the alliance. A man whose nation is in economic trouble just can’t do such nasty things, he explained. The US president on Tuesday managed to praise NATO as a great organization, criticize its European members for taking advantage of Washington’s generosity, and berate France’s Emmanuel Macron for being disrespectful to the organization. “NATO serves a great purpose,” Trump told journalists in London amid a meeting with NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “It got to be unfair for the United States because the United State...

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Iran wants US to pay $130 billion in damages for inciting riots and other ‘crimes against the nation’

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Iran wants US to pay 0 billion in damages for inciting riots and other ‘crimes against the nation’ Tehran has said the US should offer compensation to ordinary citizens whose lives have been damaged during the violent protests openly backed by Washington. Iranians have filed more than 360 lawsuits seeking compensation from the US for the damages caused by the widespread rioting and looting during anti-government protests, as well as for other “crimes committed by the US against our nation,” judiciary spokesperson, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili, told reporters on Tuesday. Esmaeili accused Washington of inciting and supporting the unrest, stressing that American actions directly hurt ordinary Iranian citizens. The courts have awarded over $130 billion in da...

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Goldman Sachs sees India’s growth picking up in 2020

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Goldman Sachs sees India’s growth picking up in 2020 The third-largest economy in Asia should rebound in 2020 as global conditions are set to improve, helping India's economic growth to pick up, according to US investment bank Goldman Sachs. The bank’s chief economist and head of global economics and markets research Jan Hatzius said the extent of the recovery will likely be modest instead of returning India to the growth rates seen a few years back. Also on rt.com India to push Japan out of world’s top 3 economies by 2025 “As we go into 2020, we think there’s a tentative sense of stabilization in the Indian economy,” Hatzius told CNBC. In its report last week, Goldman projected India’s growth to fall to 5....

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‘I’m going to make him p*ss blood’: Ferguson claims he’s already ‘in Khabib’s head’ as mind games begin ahead of April showdown

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‘I’m going to make him p*ss blood’: Ferguson claims he’s already ‘in Khabib’s head’ as mind games begin ahead of April showdown Tony Ferguson says he will make Khabib Nurmagomedov “piss blood” when the pair meet in their UFC lightweight title showdown in April, claiming he is “already in Khabib’s head.” Both fighters signed off on the paperwork last week for their long-awaited showdown, which will be the UFC’s fifth attempt to get them in the octagon together. It will be one of the most anticipated match-ups in MMA history, pitting unbeaten lightweight ruler Khabib against ‘El Cucuy’ – a man on a 12-fight win streak. READ MORE: A ‘cursed’ superfight? Why UFC fans are so worried about jinxing Khabib vs Ferguson The pair know each other well, having f...

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Van Dijk insists he ‘respects’ Ronaldo despite trolling beaten Juve star on Ballon d’Or red carpet

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Van Dijk insists he ‘respects’ Ronaldo despite trolling beaten Juve star on Ballon d’Or red carpet Virgil van Dijk has insisted he has “only got respect” for Cristiano Ronaldo despite appearing to troll the Juventus star at the Ballon d’Or awards on Monday night. Liverpool defender Van Dijk was pipped to the top individual award in men’s football by Lionel Messi, who won the accolade for a record sixth time in Paris. But one man Van Dijk did finish ahead of the in the poll was Ronaldo, who finished third in the poll and snubbed the glitzy ceremony in favor of attending the Serie A awards. Also on rt.com Ballon d'Or 2019: Lionel Messi bags record SIXTH award as no-show Cristiano Ronaldo finishes third Van Di...

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Pick your battles, Donald? Global markets crash after Trump threatens tariffs on EVERYONE

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Pick your battles, Donald? Global markets crash after Trump threatens tariffs on EVERYONE Stock markets around the world tumbled following US President Donald Trump’s latest tweets, reigniting fears about global trade tensions. Wall Street closed one percent lower on Monday, after Trump said he would target Europe again over the Boeing-Airbus subsidies’ dispute. He also announced steel and aluminum tariffs for Brazil and Argentina. The US government said it may also slap punitive duties of up to 100 percent on $2.4 billion in imports of French Champagne, handbags, cheese and other products due to France’s new digital services tax. The levy could harm US tech companies, Washington said. Also on rt.com Trump threate...

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This decade set to be hottest in history, UN says

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This decade set to be hottest in history, UN says The 2010s are set to be the hottest decade in history, the United Nations said Tuesday in an annual assessment of climate change. The World Meteorological Organization said global temperatures so far this year were 1.1 degrees Celsius (two degrees Farenheit) above the pre-industrial average, putting 2019 on course to be in the top three warmest years ever recorded. Manmade emissions from burning fossil fuels, building infrastructure, growing crops and transporting goods mean 2019 is set to break the record for atmospheric carbon concentrations, locking in further warming, according to the WMO. Oceans, which absorb 90 percent of the excess heat produced by greenhouse gases, are now at their highest recorded temperatures, AFP sai...

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We’ll be pugnacious on this: France says it’s ready to fight back on US’ export tariffs

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We’ll be pugnacious on this: France says it’s ready to fight back on US’ export tariffs French officials say their country will not cave in to US pressure after Washington threatened to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on French goods worth $2.4 billion. The punitive taxes on French-made goods are retaliation for France imposing a digital service tax in July, which the US believes to be discriminatory against tech giants like Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon. Agnes Pannier-Runacher, France’s junior economy minister, said Paris should not reverse its taxation rules because they make economic sense. “We need to be pugnacious on the subject,” she told Sud Radio. Also on rt.com US may sanction $2.4bn worth of Fr...

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Pyramid-sized asteroid to zoom past Earth on Friday, as scientists warn one day a space rock may hit

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Pyramid-sized asteroid to zoom past Earth on Friday, as scientists warn one day a space rock may hit An asteroid roughly as big as the Egyptian pyramids is headed our way and will make a “close approach” to the Earth on Friday evening, having only been spotted late last week. The asteroid, dubbed 2019 WR3, has been directly observed some 74 times by NASA since it was spotted in the skies on November 27, so the space agency could calculate its size, speed and trajectory, and determine the threat level. NASA now believes the space rock measures between 76 and 170 meters (249 and 557 feet) and is travelling at speeds of 27,036kph (16,799mph). Also on rt.com Australian desert FIREBALL may actually have been ‘MINIMOON,...

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