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  • German industry warns against Russian gas embargo

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 8:15am EDT

    Blocking gas flows would hurt all of Europe, the head of a German chemical industry group says An embargo on Russian gas would hurt Europe and its industries, Christian Kullmann, the head of the Chemical Industry Association and CEO of Evonik Industries AG, Germany’s second largest chemical company, said on Saturday. “The industry is deprived […]

  • Half a million small businesses in Britain could go bust

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 7:17am EDT

    The government is being called on to provide support If a new wave of government assistance is not released immediately, some 500,000 small businesses in the UK will go bankrupt within weeks, the chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Martin McTague has warned. “We don’t have any problem with the way the chancellor dealt […]

  • Germany facing cigarette deficit – media

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 4:02am EDT

    The supply problems began after a factory shut down in Ukraine, Bild reports A shortage of cigarette packaging paper could affect smokers in Germany, with some brands almost impossible to find in retail stores, Bild newspaper reported on Friday. According to the paper, one of the causes for the problem was the shutdown of a […]

  • Dozens killed in container depot fire

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 3:35am EDT

    Five firefighters are among the victims of a massive blaze in Bangladesh More than 30 people, including firefighters, were killed in a massive blaze and explosion at a container depot in Bangladesh’s Chittagong area. The death toll from the blaze, which began on Saturday night, reached 33 by Sunday morning, Alauddin Talukdar, a police official […]

  • Russia ramps up gas supply to China

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 2:59am EDT

    Deliveries via the Power of Siberia mega-pipeline are growing, Gazprom says Russian energy giant Gazprom said this week that gas exports to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline have continued to grow. The deliveries are part of “a bilateral long-term contract between Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC),” the company said on its […]

  • Ex-CIA director watched as terrorist suspect tortured – media

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 2:55am EDT

    Gina Haspel observed an interrogation with waterboarding at a Thai black site, court testimony has revealed Former CIA Director Gina Haspel watched as a prisoner was tortured by interrogators at a Thai black site that she ran for the agency in 2002, the New York Times reported on Friday. As chief of the CIA base […]

  • US demands another war-crimes probe in Ukraine

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 2:52am EDT

    Washington has called for another OSCE fact-finding mission after the last one was accused of spying for Kiev The US is pushing members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to launch another fact-finding mission aimed at digging up and ultimately prosecuting alleged Russian war crimes. “We’re getting ready to deploy another […]

  • US fighter jet crashes, pilot killed

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 10:04pm EDT

    An F/A-18E Super Hornet went down on Friday in Southern California’s Mohave Desert A US Navy fighter jet pilot was killed on Friday when his F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed in the Mojave Desert of Southern California, marking at least the fourth such incident in the area in recent years. The jet, based at Naval Air […]

  • Casualty tallies from German train crash rise

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 6:10pm EDT

    The death toll from Friday’s train derailment in Bavaria has climbed to five, while at least 44 people are injured Investigators combing through the wreckage of a passenger train that derailed on Friday near a resort in Germany’s Bavarian Alps have raised the death toll from the crash to five and said more bodies may […]

  • Biden evacuated to a secure location

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 4:36pm EDT

    Secret Service agents whisked the president away after a plane veered into the airspace above his Delaware beach house US President Joe Biden has been evacuated from his Delaware beach house after an unauthorized aircraft crossed into the restricted airspace above the property, triggering security protocols. The president was rushed to a secure location around […]

  • Black voters ditching Democrats in droves – poll

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 4:25pm EDT

    Support for Biden is declining precipitously among African-American voters While 90% of black voters backed Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, just 70% approve of his job performance two years in, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll published on Saturday.  Less than a quarter of respondents “strongly approve” of the president’s performance, […]

  • Ukrainian military shells residential areas (VIDEOS)

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 3:40pm EDT

    The attack targeted central Donetsk, killing at least five and wounding 20 The capital city of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) was subjected to heavy shelling by the Ukrainian military late on Saturday. Multiple districts of Donetsk came under almost simultaneous attack by the Kiev forces, which used howitzers and rocket artillery to target the […]

  • TV celebrity wins US Senate primary

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 1:21pm EDT

    Trump-backed Dr. Oz has won a hotly contested race for the Republican nomination in Pennsylvania Celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, endorsed by former President Donald Trump to fill Pennsylvania’s first open US Senate seat in 12 years, has won a nail-biter in the Republican primary. It came after his opponent conceded that a recount […]

  • Bees are fish, US court declares

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 1:10pm EDT

    Insects don’t qualify for California Endangered Species Act protection, so bumblebees are being reclassed Four species of bumblebees have been reclassified as ‘fish’ in the state of California so that they can be protected under its Endangered Species Act, a court ruled on Tuesday, reversing a 2020 ruling and affirming that the term ‘fish’ shouldn’t […]

  • Argentine football icon calls time on playing career

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 12:07pm EDT

    Ex-Premier League star Carlos Tevez is hanging up his boots at the age of 38 Former Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus star Carlos Tevez has announced his retirement from football following the death of his father.  The 76-times capped Argentina international made his name in the Premier League, first helping West Ham avoid relegation […]

  • Poland does not belong in EU – ex-president

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 11:23am EDT

    Germany and France should establish a new bloc without Warsaw and Budapest, Lech Walesa said Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa has suggested that the European Union should dissolve itself to create a new bloc without Poland and Hungary. In an interview with the Polish portal Interia about the European Commission […]

  • Former Trump adviser charged with contempt of Congress

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 11:03am EDT

    Peter Navarro had failed to cooperate with the probe into the US Capitol riot Former US President Donald Trump’s economic adviser Peter Navarro was indicted on Friday on two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with the investigation into the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Each count is […]

  • Top seed Swiatek storms to French Open title

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 10:45am EDT

    Iga Swiatek made light work of Coco Gauff in Saturday’s French Open final Polish star Iga Swiatek, 21, underscored her status as the French Open top seed after she blitzed US rival Coco Gauff in Saturday’s final at Roland Garros. Swiatek surged to victory in two sets against the 18-year-old Gauff (6-1, 6-3) to register […]

  • US general wants fighter jets sent to Ukraine

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 10:34am EDT

    The commanding general of the California National Guard has called on Washington to provide Kiev with Soviet-designed MiG warplanes The commanding general of the California National Guard has suggested that the US government and officials in other Western nations should consider providing Ukraine with combat aircraft – something Kiev has long been asking for. Major General […]

  • Suspect in poisoning of ex-KGB officer dies

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 10:30am EDT

    Dmitry Kovtun had been wanted by the UK in connection with the death of Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 Businessman Dmitry Kovtun, one of the two Russians accused by the UK of poisoning former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, died on Saturday. Kovtun’s death was announced on social media by his […]

  • Georgian UFC star slams Russian ace Yan

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 9:48am EDT

    Merab Dvalishvili has issued a furious rebuke of former UFC champion Petr Yan UFC bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili has told former champ Petr Yan to “stay in Russia” following his heated rivalry with Dvalishvili’s friend and training partner Aljamain Sterling. Yan was defeated twice by American fighter Sterling, the first by controversial disqualification and once again […]

  • Kiev’s Western allies discussing Ukraine’s future behind its back – CNN

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 5:41am EDT

    Sources familiar with the talks told the outlet that the US, UK and EU are trying to thrash out a peace settlement framework Kiev’s Western allies – the US, UK, and EU – have allegedly sidelined Ukraine while trying to thrash out a peace plan for the country, CNN reported on Friday. According to the […]

  • West isolated on Russia – Berlusconi

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 4:40am EDT

    The bloc has shown unity against Russia, but failed to get the rest of the world on board, the ex-PM said The Ukraine crisis has shown that the West is still isolated from the rest of the world, which continues to live “under dictatorships, autocracies, oligarchies, theocracies, authoritarian or totalitarian systems,” former Italian Prime Minister […]

  • Biden comments on Elon Musk’s job cut plans

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 4:08am EDT

    The US president said Musk’s concerns about the economy may signal problems with his own company US President Joe Biden dismissed concerns about the economy expressed by Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk earlier this week. Speaking to reporters in Delaware on Friday, Biden noted that while Musk talks about recession and job cuts, other […]

  • Dozens hospitalized amid clashes in Armenia (VIDEO)

    RT - Jun 4th 2022 3:54am EDT

    Police say protesters pelted them with stones as they demanded the resignation of the prime minister Dozens were hurt during clashes on Friday night in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, where a coalition of opposition parties held street protests, demanding the authorities take a tougher stance against the country’s neighbor, Azerbaijan. Police said 50 people were hospitalized, […]