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  • Mali pulls out of defense accords with France

    RT - May 3rd 2022 4:18am EDT

    The West African nation’s government cited “flagrant violations” of Mali’s sovereignty by the former colonial ruler The Malian authorities declared on Monday that the country is pulling out of the existing defense accords with France, citing “flagrant violations” of its sovereignty by French forces deployed in Mali. The military government in Bamako had repeatedly warned […]

  • Ukraine’s top security official reveals stance on peace talks

    RT - May 3rd 2022 3:54am EDT

    Kiev insists the only document it will sign with Moscow is Russia’s “capitulation” Ukraine’s top security official has said that, instead of a peace treaty, Kiev could only sign a document with Moscow that would finalize Russia’s defeat. During an interview on Ukrainian TV on Monday, Alexey Danilov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and […]

  • Ukraine’s military comments on ‘Ghost of Kiev’

    RT - May 3rd 2022 1:50am EDT

    The Ukrainian Air Force dispelled rumors about the mythical fighter pilot after officials lent credence to the tale The fabled ‘Ghost of Kiev’ fighter ace alleged to have shot down scores of Russian aircraft over Ukraine is nothing more than a legend, Kiev’s air force said in a statement, pouring cold water on the story even […]

  • Italian companies should be allowed to buy gas in rubles – ‘green’ minister

    RT - May 2nd 2022 5:58pm EDT

    Ecology Minister Roberto Cingolani’s comments come as 10 EU countries are reportedly prepared to buy gas in Russian currency Italian Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani told Politico on Monday that Italian companies should “go ahead and pay in rubles” for Russian gas, as Moscow has demanded. Although his ministry later said that it does […]

  • EU charges Apple over system abuse

    RT - May 2nd 2022 5:54pm EDT

    The US tech giant has been barring third-party app developers from accessing contactless payment technologies, the EU argues The EU Commission issued a Statement of Objections to Apple on Monday over the US tech giant’s supposedly abusive practices in the field of mobile wallets technology. The company has been using its “dominant position” in the […]

  • UK to announce new Ukraine aid package

    RT - May 2nd 2022 5:30pm EDT

    The prime minister is set to announce an additional $376 million in aid during an address to Ukrainian lawmakers UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a new multi-million-pound military aid package to Ukraine as the country continues to battle Russian forces, Downing Street said late Sunday. Johnson is set to become the first world […]

  • Mental health and prayer apps have ‘worst’ privacy – survey

    RT - May 2nd 2022 5:28pm EDT

    Despite their sensitive content, therapy apps have some of the worst privacy protections, an investigation finds Despite their warm fuzzy packaging and seemingly altruistic intentions, mental health and prayer apps are “worse than any other product” when it comes to user privacy and security, an analysis by browser firm Mozilla revealed on Monday. Read more […]

  • Ukraine claims Hungary wants its territory

    RT - May 2nd 2022 5:23pm EDT

    A top Kiev official claims Hungary was informed of the Russian attack in advance and wants to take Ukrainian territory Budapest was informed of the Russian attack in advance and hoped to seize a part of Ukraine’s territory for itself, a top official of the government in Kiev claimed on Monday, adding there will be […]

  • Police unions protest after officer arrested

    RT - May 2nd 2022 3:53pm EDT

    An officer who shot to death two people in Paris on election night has been charged with murder Hundreds of members of French police unions turned out for protests on Monday after one of their number was arrested over the shooting to death of two people in a car on the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris […]

  • NBC News admits to plagiarism

    RT - May 2nd 2022 3:37pm EDT

    The network has flagged 11 articles that contained plagiarized information NBC News apologized to its readers on Monday for eleven articles over the past year that contained plagiarized passages. The network did not retract the stories, however, but removed the problematic paragraphs and added editors’ notes to them. The Comcast-owned network also didn’t name the […]

  • Burned alive: How the 2014 Odessa massacre became a turning point for Ukraine

    RT - May 2nd 2022 3:29pm EDT

    Clashes between opposing activists turned into mass murder. The perpetrators have never been punished Eight years ago, on Monday, something significant happened in Odessa, a historically important city in the southwest of Ukraine. Although the West didn’t see it as such, for Russia and the newly formed Donbass republics, what transpired there became a symbolic […]

  • Most US heavy guns delivered to Ukraine – Pentagon

    RT - May 2nd 2022 3:15pm EDT

    The US has delivered 80% of the promised howitzers and 5,000 Javelins to Kiev so far, Washington said Some 80% of the M777 howitzers and half of the 155mm ammunition for them – promised to Ukraine by US President Joe Biden last month – have already been delivered, the Department of Defense said on Monday. […]

  • 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 […]