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  • Never-before-seen photos from Gitmo revealed by NYT

    RT - Jun 13th 2022 3:46am EDT

    The outlet published images of the first prisoners arriving at the notorious US facility in Cuba The New York Times has published never-before-seen photos from the infamous US-run detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Washington began shipping inmates from the Middle East and elsewhere to the prison shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The New […]

  • WTO warns of ‘polycrisis’

    RT - Jun 13th 2022 3:43am EDT

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the world is facing a food and fuel crisis and export controls are making it worse Export restrictions are pushing up food prices and could further exacerbate the global “polycrisis,” World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said at the opening of the 12th WTO ministerial conference in Geneva on Sunday. According […]

  • Capitol ‘insurrection’ deniers blamed for inflation

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 8:49pm EDT

    Former Treasury secretary and Obama advisor says Republicans downplaying the January 6 riot are contributing to surging prices Economist Larry Summers, an advisor to two Democrat presidents and treasury secretary under Bill Clinton, has found a new culprit behind America’s inflation crisis: Republicans who downplay the severity of the January 2021 US Capitol riot. “I […]

  • Private space company loses 2 more NASA satellites

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 7:47pm EDT

    A rocket launched by Astra aerospace company shut down early, failing to deliver its payloads into orbit The privately launched rocket that was supposed to deliver two NASA satellites into orbit malfunctioned shortly after takeoff on Sunday, failing to complete its mission and losing expensive US space agency payloads for the second time this year. […]

  • Ex-general loses think tank job amid FBI probe

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 6:45pm EDT

    Former US General John Allen quits as president of the Brookings Institution amid a federal lobbying probe Former Marine General John Allen has stepped down as president and CEO of think tank the Brookings Institution effective Sunday, according to a resignation letter posted to Twitter by a Politico reporter. His departure comes in the midst […]

  • South Korea to restore security ties with neighbor

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 6:28pm EDT

    Seoul plans to “normalize” cooperation with Japan to help deal with threats from North Korea South Korea is looking to mend fences with Japan, at least when it comes to cooperation on security matters, as Seoul seeks help in addressing escalating missile and nuclear threats from North Korea. “Although several bilateral issues remain unsolved between […]

  • China trains with its new security partner in Pacific

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 5:46pm EDT

    Chinese police officers have begun training their Solomon Islands colleagues, the island nation has announced Chinese police have started training their Solomon Islands counterparts, the island nation announced on Sunday. The first round of exercises took place at the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) headquarters in Rove, a western suburb of the capital city […]

  • Ukraine to decide how much territory it trades for peace – NATO

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 5:37pm EDT

    Alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said that peace comes at a price, but insisted it’s up to Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the US-led alliance aims to strengthen Ukraine’s position at the negotiating table, but added that any peace deal would involve compromises, including of territory.  Stoltenberg spoke at the Kultaranta […]

  • Despite Epstein scandal, Prince Andrew wants royal status back – media

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 5:28pm EDT

    The disgraced Duke of York has asked the Queen for his titles back Britain’s Prince Andrew has begged his mother, Queen Elizabeth, to allow him to return to royal life and is seeking to reclaim some of the titles and duties stripped from him after revelations about his alleged involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein underage […]

  • Macron’s parliamentary majority in jeopardy – AFP

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 5:18pm EDT

    Election projections suggest that the French president’s coalition may fail to win majority control of the National Assembly President Emmanuel Macron’s parliamentary alliance is reportedly projected to win the most votes in Sunday’s first round of voting, but it may fail to win enough seats to gain the majority needed to push through his legislative […]

  • Biden shouldn’t run again, Democrats say

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 4:21pm EDT

    The Democratic Party is finally admitting its octogenarian standard-bearer might not have what it takes to win Citing “dozens of frustrated Democratic officials, members of Congress and voters,” the New York Times has acknowledged in a Sunday report that incumbent US President Joe Biden could be replaced as the party’s nominee in 2024.  The president […]

  • Finland won’t join NATO without Sweden – president

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 3:15pm EDT

    The US-led bloc has no deadline to accept the two Nordic countries amid opposition from Turkey, the NATO secretary general has signaled Finland will not join the US-led NATO bloc without Sweden should the latter run into an impasse on its ascension path, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto has said. The official made the remarks during […]

  • Pelosi accused of blocking questions ‘that make sense’

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 2:25pm EDT

    The January 6 probe refuses to consider certain inconvenient truths, according to a Florida congressman Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Florida) has accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of shutting down questions from two separate congressional probes into how the January 6th riots were allowed to occur in an interview with Fox’s Dan Bongino on Saturday. “In the […]

  • Government accuses petrol stations of ripping off consumers

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 2:25pm EDT

    UK says retailers may not be passing on price cuts UK Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng ordered the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Saturday to investigate whether fuel retailers have passed on a 5-pence-per-liter price reduction to consumers. Petrol and diesel prices have reached record highs in the UK, partly as a result […]

  • American LIV Golf rebels accused of betraying country

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 2:13pm EDT

    A group for families of 9/11 victims are outraged by the golfers’ decision to join the breakaway golf league American golfers who have opted to play in the LIV Golf Invitational Series have been accused of betraying their country.  The breakaway organization is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, who controls the […]

  • Ukraine hails British monarch with bizarre image

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 1:24pm EDT

    Ukraine’s Defense Ministry posted an image of Queen Elizabeth armed with an anti-tank missile launcher The Ukrainian Defense Ministry made a social media post on Saturday depicting Britain’s reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, aiming a shoulder-fired NLAW anti-tank missile launcher. The image is the latest in a line of controversial social media posts by the […]

  • West wants to ‘absolve’ itself from its own crimes – Serbia

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 1:08pm EDT

    By pressuring Belgrade to sanction Moscow, Western states are seeking to whitewash their own sins, the interior minister says It is not in Serbia’s interests to reduce cooperation with Russia and to “absolve” the West of its crimes, the interior minister says Serbia says it is not interested in diminishing its “closeness and cooperation” with […]

  • US lawmakers reach deal on gun control

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 12:27pm EDT

    Senate negotiators have agreed on a bipartisan bill in response to a wave of mass shootings Members of the US Senate have announced an agreement on a limited bipartisan deal that could mark the nation’s most significant gun control legislation in three decades. The news comes as lawmakers are facing increasing pressure to find ways […]

  • UK set to break international law – Sinn Fein chief

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 11:24am EDT

    Mary Lou McDonald said London’s plans to change the Northern Ireland Protocol will have very serious implications The UK will violate international law if it unilaterally changes the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, said Mary Lou McDonald, leader of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein. “What the Tory government is proposing to do, in breach of […]

  • The US is trying to use Ukraine as a test lab for its drones, a move Russia is unlikely to forget

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 11:15am EDT

    The possible provision of armed MQ-1C Grey Eagle drones is a cynical ploy to test them against Russians According to Reuters, the US government is considering selling to Ukraine four MQ-1C Grey Eagle drones capable of firing Hellfire missiles for use against Russian forces participating in the special military operation in the Donbass region. If […]

  • Google suspends engineer over sentient AI claim

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 11:09am EDT

    Blake Lamoine is convinced that Google’s LaMDA AI has the mind of a child, but the tech giant is skeptical Blake Lamoine, an engineer and Google’s in-house ethicist, told the Washington Post on Saturday that the tech giant has created a “sentient” artificial intelligence. He’s been placed on leave for going public, and the company […]

  • US looks into deaths linked to baby formula

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 11:08am EDT

    The Food and Drug Administration has said it has investigated nine babies’ deaths possibly linked to Abbott Nutrition formula US authorities have launched investigations into the deaths of at least nine infants since early 2021, all of whom had allegedly consumed Abbott Nutrition baby formula before becoming ill and eventually passing away, the Food and […]

  • Russia accuses US of concealing data on biolabs

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 10:43am EDT

    Attempts to “divert attention” raise questions regarding the Pentagon’s biological activity, the Russian Foreign Ministry said The US has been concealing information about its “military biological activity” in the post-Soviet states, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. This, according to Zakharova, raises “serious questions” about Washington’s compliance with the Biological and Toxin […]

  • Moscow responds to idea of sending nukes to Ukraine

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 10:42am EDT

    The move would ultimately put all of Europe at risk, a top Russian MP warned The idea of supply nuclear weapons to Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict between Kiev and Moscow amounts to provoking a “nuclear conflict in the center of Europe” and is downright insane, Russian State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Sunday.The […]

  • Russia pledges to ‘take care of’ foreign firms

    RT - Jun 12th 2022 9:39am EDT

    The Kremlin says that includes companies that remained as well as those planning to return after halting operations amid the Ukraine crisis Foreign companies that remain in Russia or are planning to return despite Ukraine-related sanctions pressure will be offered favorable conditions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday. “We take good care of those […]