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  • UK airports paralyzed by nationwide system outage (VIDEOS)

    RT - May 7th 2024 10:49pm EDT

    A glitch in the automated check-in systems caused travel chaos across the country Airports across the United Kingdom were struck with delays on Tuesday evening after a nationwide “technical issue“ made the UK Border Force electronic systems glitch for more than four hours. The slowed service led to delays and long queues among arrivals in […]

  • There’s a careful plan behind Xi’s European tour

    RT - May 7th 2024 8:33pm EDT

    China wants to preserve and strengthen its foothold in and around the EU and is investing diplomatic effort where it is worth it Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a state visit to Europe. On what is his first trip to the EU since 2019, he has visited France and Hungary and concluded the tour […]

  • Police break up pro-Palestine protest at French university (VIDEOS)

    RT - May 7th 2024 8:00pm EDT

    Activists have occupied the Sorbonne lecture halls and blocked the entrance to the prestigious school Paris law enforcement resorted to tear gas and brute force to clear a pro-Palestine student picket outside the prestigious Sorbonne University in Paris on Tuesday. Student demonstrations against the Israeli military operation in Gaza have intensified globally as the IDF […]

  • Timofey Bordachev: Israel tried to lure Iran. Here’s why it failed

    RT - May 7th 2024 4:24pm EDT

    The non-linearity of Tehran’s strategy makes relations with it particularly interesting The most memorable impression of Iran is the paradox that accompanies almost every aspect of public life. On the one hand, the state is quite strict in monitoring order on the streets and observance of religious requirements. On the other, there are no excessive […]

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  • RFK Jr. challenges Trump to debate

    RT - May 7th 2024 4:07pm EDT

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that he is “drawing a lot of voters” from the former president US independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has challenged former President Donald Trump to a debate at this month’s Libertarian National Convention. Trump insists that Kennedy is “not a serious candidate.” “I’d like to make you an […]

  • TikTok sues US government

    RT - May 7th 2024 3:53pm EDT

    The social media platform is challenging a potential ban on First Amendment grounds TikTok is suing the US government in an attempt to stop the enforcement of a bill passed by Congress last month that seeks to force the platform’s China-based owner ByteDance to sell the app or face a complete ban. In April, US […]

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  • Russian embassy slams ‘discriminatory’ decision by Berlin police

    RT - May 7th 2024 3:41pm EDT

    Soviet and Russian flags, as well as St. George ribbons, have been banned at WWII memorials in the German capital on May 8 and 9 A decision by Berlin police to ban symbols “linked to Russia” at the city’s WWII memorials during upcoming Victory Day celebrations has drawn the ire of Moscow’s embassy. The diplomatic […]

  • US could stop funding UN over Palestine – Reuters

    RT - May 7th 2024 2:36pm EDT

    The General Assembly is expected to vote on a draft resolution backing Palestine as eligible for full membership The US government could suspend all funding for UN agencies if a resolution recognizing Palestine as qualifying for full membership is adopted, Reuters has reported. Palestine is currently a “permanent observer state” at the UN that participates […]

  • Roma flock to Switzerland to collect benefits using fake Ukrainian passports – media

    RT - May 7th 2024 1:55pm EDT

    The ethnic group has reportedly been taking advantage of the temporary protection status granted to refugees from Ukraine Some Romani people have been abusing social benefits granted by Switzerland to Ukrainian refugees, Nau news outlet reported on Tuesday citing Swiss authorities. The Roma are an ethnic group that has lived throughout the world since their […]

  • US out: How NATO’s disastrous Libya invasion still echoes in West Africa today

    RT - May 7th 2024 12:54pm EDT

    The visit to Niger only made matters worse for Washington – and this is why US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin recently confirmed that Russian forces have entered the same military base where American troops are stationed in Niger, a fact which clearly demonstrates a shift in the Sahel state’s policy. Washington is fully withdrawing […]

  • Boeing being investigated over falsified plane records

    RT - May 7th 2024 12:36pm EDT

    Suspected “misconduct” at the company’s South Carolina plant has reportedly caused a delay in the delivery of new planes The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced it has launched a probe against Boeing to ascertain whether one of its factories may have omitted mandatory inspections and whether employees may have falsified records. The inquiry […]

  • German opposition wants kebab price cap

    RT - May 7th 2024 12:30pm EDT

    Berlin must not allow the humble doner to “become a luxury item,” the Left party has demanded Germany’s Left party has suggested that the state subsidize doner kebabs to the tune of almost €4 billion per year. Inflation and rising energy costs have nearly doubled the price of the Turkish snack staple in recent years. […]

  • Xi visits Serbia on symbolic date

    RT - May 7th 2024 12:23pm EDT

    The US bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade on this day in 1999 President Xi Jinping of China arrived in Serbia on Tuesday for a two-day visit, landing on the 25th anniversary of the deadly US airstrike on the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. The strike, which came during the 1999 NATO air war in support […]

  • Israeli attack on Rafah came with US blessing – media

    RT - May 7th 2024 12:16pm EDT

    Washington has reportedly given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “several days” to achieve a symbolic victory in the Palestinian city Israel’s invasion of Rafah was carried out “with full American coordination,” Qatari news site Al Araby reported on Tuesday. While Washington publicly refused to back the operation, Al Araby’s sources say the White House gave Israel […]

  • Pro-Palestine student protests spread to Nordic nations

    RT - May 7th 2024 11:00am EDT

    Demonstrators in Sweden, Finland, and Denmark are demanding a boycott against Israel over the war in Gaza A wave of university campus protests across Europe and the US expressing solidarity with Palestinians over the war in Gaza has now reached Nordic countries, according to media reports. In Finland, dozens of protesters from the Students for […]

  • US military could have lunar base by 2030 – congressman

    RT - May 7th 2024 10:28am EDT

    Rep. Ken Calvert has said the facility would be a response to China’s alleged push to militarize space The US military could build a lunar base within a few years, a senior Republican lawmaker has predicted, while accusing Russia and China of a deliberate effort to turn space into a new battleground with the West.   […]

  • Good terrorists, bad terrorists: Can the world stop creating a vague and dangerous demarcation and start countering both?

    RT - May 7th 2024 10:18am EDT

    In multipolarity, chaos will be a constant – India and Russia must strengthen their counterterrorism cooperation to prevent independent and state-sponsored militants from gaining the upper hand Concrete actions including digital technology should be pursued to counter trans-border terrorism and the financing of terrorism, declared Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval as the recently concluded […]

  • Cheating Chinese could ‘wreck’ Paris Olympics – US anti-doping chief

    RT - May 7th 2024 10:07am EDT

    Illegal performance-enhancing drug use by China’s top swimmers is being covered up, Travis Tygart claims The credibility of the Paris Olympics could be in jeopardy due to performance-enhancing drug use by Chinese athletes and the pro-China bias of anti-doping regulators, the head of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), Travis Tygart, has claimed. Tygart’s warning came […]

  • US delaying major arms deliveries to Israel – WSJ

    RT - May 7th 2024 9:34am EDT

    The report is the second in two days to allege that Washington is denying weapons to the Jewish state The US has stalled the delivery of thousands of bomb-guidance kits to Israel since January, anonymous American officials told the Wall Street Journal on Monday. The White House has not explained whether it is deliberately withholding […]

  • Former Toyota plant in Russia to produce presidential limos

    RT - May 7th 2024 9:15am EDT

    The facility in St. Petersburg has been given to the domestic luxury car brand Aurus A St. Petersburg-based plant formerly belonging to Japanese automaker Toyota has been handed over to Russian high-end carmaker Aurus, Russia’s acting Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Maturov, said on Tuesday. The brand is best known for producing limos for […]

  • Fugitive Polish judge denies spilling national secrets

    RT - May 7th 2024 9:13am EDT

    Officials in Warsaw have branded Tomasz Szmydt a traitor after he fled to Belarus A Polish judge who announced his resignation after fleeing to Belarus has denied claims that he could compromise his homeland’s national security. Tomasz Szmydt announced his resignation as a judge at Warsaw’s Provincial Administrative Court during a surprise press conference in […]

  • Modi responds to corruption in India & Macron’s awkward plea to China’s Xi Jinping

    RT - May 7th 2024 9:12am EDT

    On this episode of Direct Impact, Rick Sanchez and correspondent Manila Chan take a look at a recent bust in India uncovering corruption to the amount of $35 million! What does this level of corruption mean for the future of Modi’s government? Then, Macron meets with Xi Jinping in Paris to make a series of […]

  • France and China call for Palestinian state

    RT - May 7th 2024 8:24am EDT

    Israel strongly opposes the plan despite support from many world powers, including the US China and France have called for the creation of an independent Palestinian state, according to a joint statement issued during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s two-day official visit with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The so-called two-state solution, a plan to […]

  • UK MPs blame China for MOD data breach – media

    RT - May 7th 2024 8:00am EDT

    Hackers reportedly accessed the personal information of multiple members of the British armed forces through a third-party payroll system The UK suspects China of being behind a recent data hack involving the country’s Ministry of Defense, the BBC and Sky News reported on Tuesday. According to the reports, the hack targeted the payroll system of […]

  • EU suggests new option to tap Russian money – Politico

    RT - May 7th 2024 7:40am EDT

    Members of the bloc can opt out of Brussels’ plan to use the frozen assets to buy weapons for Kiev, the outlet reports The EU will reportedly allow neutral member states to opt out of its plan to use the revenue generated from frozen Russian central bank reserves to buy weapons for Ukraine and limit […]