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  • Tennis icon Becker jailed for 2.5 years in London

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 10:57am EDT

    Becker has learned his fate after being found to have disregarded terms of a 2017 bankruptcy German tennis icon Boris Becker has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail by a UK court after he was found to have violated terms of his 2017 bankruptcy.  The former world number one was found guilty earlier this month in […]

  • Chelsea takeover takes stunning late twist

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 10:42am EDT

    British magnate Jim Ratcliffe has made a sensational late bid to buy the Premier League giants One of the UK’s richest men, Jim Ratcliffe, has made a dramatic eleventh hour bid to buy Premier League club Chelsea in what is a sensational twist in the ongoing saga as several suitors attempt to position themselves to […]

  • Russia cuts interest rate

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 10:27am EDT

    The Bank of Russia flags more cuts in 2022 Russia’s central bank cut its key interest rate on Friday, saying that it saw room for further decrease this year, as the regulator tries to tackle soaring inflation and support the country’s shrinking economy. The Central Bank of Russia lowered the key rate to 14% from […]

  • Details of Hitler’s last hours revealed

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 10:04am EDT

    Russia’s Federal Security Service has published top secret testimony of Nazi leader’s pilot Russia’s Federal Security Service (the successor of the KGB) has declassified documents from the case file of Adolf Hitler’s personal pilot on Friday, revealing details of the final hours of the Nazi dictator. Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, just days […]

  • Putin and Zelensky could attend same international event

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 9:59am EDT

    The Russian and Ukrainian leaders are both invited to the November G20 summit in Indonesia The presidents of two countries engaged in an armed conflict, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, could both attend the G20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali this November, the leader of the host nation has said. During […]

  • EU states offer Russian gas to neighbors – media

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 9:55am EDT

    Greece and Germany want to boost reverse gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, FT says Germany and Greece are poised to send more gas to Poland and Bulgaria after Russia’s Gazprom halted supplies this week, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing market and port data. According to data posted by the Hellenic Gas Transmission […]

  • German club to aid Ukraine with World Cup qualifying plans

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 9:49am EDT

    Ukraine will play a friendly game as part of preparations for their FIFA World Cup qualification efforts German football club Borussia Monchengladbach will host the Ukrainian national team for a match which will serve as part of Ukraine’s preparations for their World Cup qualifying campaign, it has been announced. The match will be held at […]

  • Society isn’t allowed to think of Johnny Depp as the victim

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 9:08am EDT

    Why even bother establishing guilt when men are always the abusers and never the abused, right? Much of society, infused by decades of feminist ideology, refuses to perceive Johnny Depp as a possible victim of domestic abuse. More than just a successful actor, Depp represents masculinity, which feminism views as oppression. He is the “Patriarchy” […]

  • European country forbids its hockey stars to play in Russia

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 8:48am EDT

    The EU nation announced an amendment which outlawed competing in Russia Sports stars from Latvia will not be allowed to compete in Russia or play for Russian teams after the country’s parliament, the Saeima, adopted new amendments. The changes cover all athletes from the country, but will likely be felt most keenly in ice hockey, […]

  • Musk unveils Twitter strategy

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 8:25am EDT

    The Tesla CEO wants to monetize tweets and crack down on executive and board pay Twitter’s billionaire owner Elon Musk has reportedly promised the banks which helped fund his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company that he’ll crack down on executive and board pay, and develop new tools to monetize tweets. In his […]

  • How a teenage Russian ‘madman’ knocked out a future UFC champion

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 8:17am EDT

    The tale of Viacheslav Datsik is a wild one, even by the outlandish standards of MMA The world of MMA is full of larger-than-life personalities. Up-and-coming young talents, battle-hardened legends, trash-talkers, eloquent promotion bosses, crazy stories involving crazy people. One man hailing from Russia has a history as wild as any other and is known […]

  • Poland seizes Russian gas assets

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 8:06am EDT

    Energy producer Novatek has been ordered to hand over its transmission infrastructure to the country’s state-owned firms Warsaw has obliged the Polish subsidiary of the Russian energy giant Novatek to transfer its gas infrastructure to the nation’s state companies, Government Spokesperson Piotr Müller said on Friday. Novatek, which is on Poland’s sanctions list, on Thursday […]

  • China names US goals in Ukraine

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 7:38am EDT

    Washington wants the conflict to drag on and to weaken Russia, Beijing claims The US isn’t interested in peace in Ukraine but is instead doing everything it can for the conflict in the country to last as long as possible, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said during a briefing on Friday. “While the international […]

  • French Open official confirms terms for Russian entry

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 7:32am EDT

    Unlike Wimbledon, officials at Roland-Garros will allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete French Open officials have reiterated that they will not follow in Wimbledon’s footsteps with a ban Russian and Belarusian players, but said participants from the two countries must follow stringent rules regarding their nationality. Wimbledon bosses have defied the likes of men’s […]

  • Sweden failed to integrate immigrants – prime minister

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 7:29am EDT

    Amid violent riots Magdalena Andersson has admitted serious flaws in country’s migrant policy Segregation in Swedish society has gone “too far” and the integration of immigrants is “too poor,” Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson admitted on Thursday, following the violent riots there earlier this month. The unrest erupted after an anti-Muslim politician, Rasmus Paludan, announced a burning […]

  • Abramovich makes late Ukraine money demand in Chelsea sale – reports

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 6:54am EDT

    Abramovich is reportedly seeking a cash infusion to aid victims of the military conflict in Ukraine Chelsea’s outgoing owner Roman Abramovich has called upon the three remaining bidders hoping to secure a deal to buy the Premier League giants to contribute £500 million ($630 million) towards a fund designed to help victims of the military conflict in […]

  • Austrian energy giant comments on replacing Russian gas

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 6:17am EDT

    Austria’s OMV is “trying to find sanction-conformed solutions” as Gazprom demands ruble payment for gas Replacing Russian gas with other sources will be next to impossible in the near term, according to Alfred Stern, CEO of Austrian oil and gas company OMV. “On the supply of gas for Europe, I think we should be rather […]

  • Musk offloads Tesla shares

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 6:16am EDT

    The billionaire sold almost $4 billion worth of stock after Twitter deal Elon Musk sold about $4 billion worth of Tesla shares since securing a $44 billion deal to buy social media platform Twitter. According to Securities and Exchange Commission filings, published on Thursday, the Tesla CEO offloaded 4.4 million shares on April 26 and […]

  • Russian rights to host mass student gathering ‘suspended’

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 6:08am EDT

    The major student sporting event was due to be held in Ekaterinburg next summer The hosting rights of the Russian city of Ekaterinburg for the 2023 World University Games have been “postponed,” according to global federation FISU.   Ekaterinburg was due to hold the student sporting showpiece – also known as the Universiade – next August, […]

  • US comments on chemical attack accusations against Russia

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 5:35am EDT

    Washington has been “very much focused” on the matter but is unable to verify reports, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said The United States has not been able to verify reports of the alleged use of chemical weapons by Russian forces in Ukraine but is “very, very much focused” on the matter, Secretary of State […]

  • Russia explains what US lend-lease really means for Ukraine

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 5:35am EDT

    Kiev is heading into a debt pit, Russia’s parliament speaker warns Lend-lease isn’t free, and generations of Ukrainians are going to pay for the weapons that’ll be supplied by Washington to Kiev under the program, Vyacheslav Volodin, Russian State Duma speaker, has said. On Thursday, the US House of Representatives approved the “Ukraine Democracy Defense […]

  • Arab trailblazer questions Wimbledon’s anti-Russian stance

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 5:04am EDT

    Ons Jabeur said sports and politics should not mix Tunisian history-maker Ons Jabeur has added her voice to the criticism of Wimbledon’s decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players, saying she doesn’t understand “how it’s now okay to mix sport and politics.” Jabeur is the first Arab tennis star – male or female – to […]

  • US tech giant expects chip challenges to persist for two more years

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 4:44am EDT

    Shortage of semiconductors in the US cost American economy $240 billion in 2021 US chip-making giant Intel has warned that the ongoing chip shortage will linger until 2024 and possibly beyond. “The chip shortage cost the US economy $240 billion last year, and we expect the industry will continue to see challenges until at least […]

  • Belarusian icon demands response to Wimbledon ban

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 4:05am EDT

    Victoria Azarenka will be forced to miss the grass court Grand Slam this summer Former women’s world number one Victoria Azarenka says Wimbledon’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players “does not make sense” as the star joined the wave of criticism over the move. Belarusian ace Azarenka is among the biggest names to be affected […]

  • UK troops prepare for major deployment in Europe

    RT - Apr 29th 2022 3:51am EDT

    Some 8,000 British soldiers will participate in drills, Defence Ministry says British troops are getting ready for one of their largest deployments in Europe since the cold war, the Defence Ministry (MoD) has said. Thousands of UK soldiers are going to be sent to countries ranging from North Macedonia to Finland in the coming months […]