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  • Crisis forces mourners to rent coffins – media

    RT - May 2nd 2022 3:07pm EDT

    Surging inflation in the UK appears to be behind the growth of casket-renting services Cash-strapped Brits are renting temporary coffins for funeral services before having their loved ones buried in cardboard, the Sun reported on Monday. Funeral directors say the cost-saving measure is becoming more popular as Brits struggle with a skyrocketing cost of living. […]

  • Russian football figures react to fresh UEFA bans

    RT - May 2nd 2022 2:55pm EDT

    The European football governing body has banned Russian teams and clubs from a number of upcoming competitions Russian football chiefs and figures have reacted to UEFA’s latest decision to ban Russian teams and clubs from a number of upcoming competitions. Such outfits were already prohibited from taking part in international competitions after UEFA and FIFA […]

  • Caitlin Johnstone: Everyone’s anti-war until the propaganda starts

    RT - May 2nd 2022 2:41pm EDT

    Opposing violence means standing up against the most sophisticated information machine that has ever existed Nobody thinks of themselves as a warmonger, but then the spin machine gets going and before you know it they’re spouting the slogans they’ve been programmed to spout and waving the flags they’ve been programmed to wave and consenting to […]

  • Russian orchestra protests ‘balalaika ban’ (VIDEO)

    RT - May 2nd 2022 2:26pm EDT

    The musicians played songs by pop group ABBA on balalaikas in front of Sweden’s consulate in St. Petersburg A Russian youth national-instruments orchestra staged an improvised “protest concert” in front of the Swedish consulate in St. Petersburg on Monday. This comes after Swedish authorities earlier banned a musical performance in Sweden over the inclusion of […]

  • Private satellite firms contracted to help Ukraine – media

    RT - May 2nd 2022 1:34pm EDT

    Companies are supplying intelligence to NATO, Kiev, and the media, the Wall Street Journal reported A host of private companies have deployed spy satellites over Ukraine to track the movement of Russian forces from space, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Some sell this data to Western governments and media outlets, while others send […]

  • UEFA unveils new sanctions against Russia

    RT - May 2nd 2022 1:03pm EDT

    Russian teams won’t be able to compete in European competitions in the 2022/23 season European football governing body UEFA has hit Russia and its national teams and clubs with a string of further punishments, as announced on Monday. Russian teams and clubs were already prevented from competing in international competitions due to bans simultaneously imposed by […]

  • Taiwan says it’s drawing ‘lessons’ from Ukraine conflict

    RT - May 2nd 2022 12:44pm EDT

    The disputed island is looking to emulate Kiev in the looming conflict with Beijing, the foreign minister says Taiwan has observed the conflict in Ukraine and drawn several lessons for its own confrontation with mainland China, the disputed island’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, told CNN in an interview aired on Sunday. Wu argued that Beijing […]

  • Netflix dumps Meghan Markle’s project – Deadline

    RT - May 2nd 2022 12:43pm EDT

    Amid plummeting stock values, the streaming giant has nixed the Duchess’ feminist series ‘Pearl’ Streaming giant Netflix has dropped Meghan Markle’s ‘Pearl’, an animated series that the British royal’s production company said would portray the life of a “12-year-old girl who finds inspiration in a variety of influential women throughout history.” Netflix’ stock price has […]

  • Biden’s economic approval rating revealed

    RT - May 2nd 2022 12:43pm EDT

    Both parties are losing faith in their leaders’ ability to right the economic ship Fewer than half of US adults have “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of confidence in the abilities of Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, US President Joe Biden, or either party’s congressional leaders to do “the right thing” for the […]

  • Scores of protesters detained in Armenia

    RT - May 2nd 2022 11:44am EDT

    The opposition has launched a civil disobedience campaign over the prime minister’s Nagorno-Karabakh remarks More than 200 protesters have been detained on Monday in the Armenian capital of Yerevan during mass protests sparked by recent remarks by the country’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, about the longstanding Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The weekend saw thousands of opposition supporters […]

  • Medvedev teases early return

    RT - May 2nd 2022 11:43am EDT

    The world number two might return from injury for Roland Garros on May 22 Daniil Medvedev could return to tennis ahead of schedule and appear at the French Open later this month, according to the president of the Russian Tennis Federation (FTR). Medvedev announced that he would be out for “one to two months” in […]

  • EU economy projected to slow

    RT - May 2nd 2022 11:21am EDT

    Morgan Stanley expects the bloc’s GDP to drop through 2023 Morgan Stanley has slashed its forecast for the EU’s GDP in 2022 and 2023, saying a slowdown in the bloc’s economic growth is imminent amid geopolitical pressure. In a note published on Monday, the financial institution said it had lowered its 2022 euro area GDP […]

  • Germany warned about its role in Ukraine conflict

    RT - May 2nd 2022 11:08am EDT

    Providing training and arms deliveries to Ukrainian troops could make Germany a party to the war, an expert report says If a nation provides “instructions or training” to a party to a conflict, including in using specific weapons in addition to supplying it with arms, this nation could lose its “safe” status as a neutral […]

  • Major global breadbasket fears crop slump

    RT - May 2nd 2022 10:59am EDT

    India’s record heat wave threatens wheat exports amid existing shortage concerns The world’s second-largest wheat producer, India, is facing a drop in wheat output this year due to the unusually hot weather in March, Reuters reported on Monday. The country saw five consecutive years of record wheat harvests, and officials were expecting another record yield […]

  • Head of EU state added to Ukraine’s ‘enemies list’

    RT - May 2nd 2022 10:40am EDT

    Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was labeled an “accomplice of Russian war criminals” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been added to the notorious online database pro-Kiev activists use to blacklist people they consider enemies of Ukraine. The Mirotvorets (‘Peacemaker’) website was created in 2014 as a public database of “pro-Russian terrorists, separatists, mercenaries, war […]

  • PM and Defense Minister of EU member spied on

    RT - May 2nd 2022 9:50am EDT

    Pegasus malware was found on the phones of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Defense Minister Margarita Robles Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Defense Minister Margarita Robles had their mobile phones targeted with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware, Minister of the Presidency Felix Bolanos said on Monday. It is unknown who deployed the malware, but Catalan independence […]

  • Russia’s oil revenues expected to soar

    RT - May 2nd 2022 9:30am EDT

    The state budget will get 45% more in taxes than last year Russia will see its income from the oil sector rise sharply this year and reach more than $180 billion, despite production cuts related to international sanctions, suggests a report published by independent research house Rystad Energy on Monday. Thanks to the rising oil […]

  • Israel wants apology from Russia over Hitler remark

    RT - May 2nd 2022 9:07am EDT

    Tel Aviv says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s words about Jews are a “historical error” Israel has summoned the Russian ambassador, after Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested that Adolf Hitler may have had some Jewish blood, and that the “most ardent” anti-Semites are Jews themselves. “Foreign Minister Lavrov’s remarks are both an unforgivable and outrageous […]

  • Russia’s neighbor set to announce NATO bid – media

    RT - May 2nd 2022 9:01am EDT

    Finnish President Sauli Niinisto will reportedly voice his support for accession into the Western military alliance on May 12 Finland will announce its intention to join NATO on May 12, in a bid to speed up the process of applying to the military bloc, Finnish newspaper Iltalehti reported on Monday, citing multiple sources. According to […]

  • UN reveals latest data on Ukrainian refugees

    RT - May 2nd 2022 8:52am EDT

    More than 3 million refugees have been taken in by Poland, UN data shows More than 5.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s military attack on the country began in February, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on Monday. The data is compiled using a variety of sources, including numbers provided by the authorities […]

  • McGregor shows off Lamborghini yacht (VIDEO)

    RT - May 2nd 2022 8:14am EDT

    The UFC legend has followed up on his threat to purchase the luxury boat Ex-UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor has shared videos and photos of his new Lamborghini Yacht on social media.  The Irishman revealed he would be delivered the luxury item, believed to have been bought for €3.1 million ($3.3 million), a […]

  • First African nation adopts Bitcoin as currency

    RT - May 2nd 2022 8:00am EDT

    The Central African Republic follows El Salvador in making crypto legal tender The world’s most popular cryptocurrency – Bitcoin – has become legal tender in the Central African Republic. Lawmakers unanimously voted to adopt Bitcoin alongside the country’s traditional currency, the CFA franc, and the country’s President signed the measure into law on Wednesday, the […]

  • Texas governor could invoke war powers

    RT - May 2nd 2022 7:45am EDT

    The move would give Greg Abbott broader state powers to tackle the flow of migrants at the US border Texas Governor Greg Abbott is weighing a plan to invoke real war powers by declaring an “invasion” at the US southern border to get around a clause in the US Constitution. Abbott could declare an invasion […]

  • Russian governor explains blasts near Ukraine

    RT - May 2nd 2022 7:38am EDT

    The incidents were not caused by shelling from the Ukrainian side, the head of Belgorod Region has said The head of Belgorod Region, which borders Ukraine, has reassured local residents that the two alleged “massive explosions” overnight were not the result of shelling from Ukraine. In the early hours of Monday, Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on […]

  • Finland scraps nuclear plant deal with Russia

    RT - May 2nd 2022 6:57am EDT

    Work will be terminated with immediate effect Finnish group Fennovoima said on Monday it had canceled its contract with Russian state-owned nuclear power giant Rosatom to build a nuclear power plant. The planned Hanhikivi-1 site was commissioned by Finnish-Russian consortium Fennovoima, in which Finnish stakeholders own two-thirds, and the rest is held by Rosatom subsidiary […]