News and Politics

Here's how the Swiss National Bank just screwed the European Central Bank, and how it plays into the battle against Fed dollars. The currency war just got bigger.

A former German intelligence officer has reportedly sold the identities of three and a half thousand German spies operating abroad - to another, unnamed, foreign agency. The same man was unmasked last summer as a CIA double agent at the center of a spy scandal between close allies the US and Germany. In Berlin, the Parliament is continuing hearings on how America's National Security Agency spied on Germany. But as RT's Peter Oliver found out, the government is trying to downplay the whole thing.

A train loaded with 17 US military vehicles, including Strykers, Humvees, and SUVS was seen rolling through the city of Klaipeda, Thursday, as American troops resume NATO training in the region. The 2nd Cavalry Regiment arrived in Lithuania from their base in Vilseck, Germany, on Janary 8th. The US troops have since resumed allied training under 'Operation Atlantic Resolve', with the Lithuanian military.

Leaking top-secret information and staying anonymous is hard enough. But what about making profit of it? Well, it might be easier then you think. An anonymous online bitcoin marketplace will open soon, where registered users can put up for sale all types of information. And whoever bids the most, wins it...

In today's "Single Best Chart," Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu displays how the growth of wealth for the top 0.01 percent of the U.S. has outpaced that of the one percent. She speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

Lithuania accession to the ECB's Governing Council will force Germany's Bundesbank president to sit out some votes. Bloomberg's Hans Nichols reports.

Here's a look at the "coincidental" timing of events that show the secret connection between Saudi Arabia and Japan, and what it all has to do with why oil prices are falling.

Russia is scrapping its multi-billion dollar South Stream pipeline to focus instead on Turkey becoming a key gas transit hub. The announcement was made after hours of talks between the presidents of Russia and Turkey.

Russia is forced to withdraw from the South Stream project due to the EU’s unwillingness to support the pipeline, and gas flows will be redirected to other customers, Vladimir Putin said after talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Leaders from China and Japan met for the first time in two-and-a-half years as they seek to repair ties frayed by territorial and historical disputes. Watch the video to see the awkward moment.