News From RT, Page 1108

RSS

  • 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 […]

  • Hungary affirms stance on Russian energy embargo

    RT - May 2nd 2022 6:48am EDT

    A government spokesman said Budapest will not back a ban on Russian oil and gas Hungary has denied a report in the German media which claims that the country is prepared to support an EU ban on Russian oil and gas in response to Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine. Budapest affirmed its stance on the […]

  • Ex-number one tennis star speaks out against Wimbledon Russians ban

    RT - May 2nd 2022 6:45am EDT

    Andy Murray declared he is ‘not supportive’ of the move from the All England Lawn Tennis Club Former world tennis number one Andy Murray has joined generational rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in blasting Wimbledon’s ban on Russian players this summer. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) announced its decision a fortnight ago, […]

  • Putin doesn’t respect American leadership anymore – Trump

    RT - May 2nd 2022 6:24am EDT

    The former president said the US was respected “like never before” under his own leadership Russian President Vladimir Putin does not respect American leadership anymore and demonstrates this lack of respect by talking about nuclear weapons “all the time,” former US President Donald Trump has complained. Speaking at a rally in Nebraska on Sunday, Trump […]

  • Russia makes gas payments easier

    RT - May 2nd 2022 5:20am EDT

    A new law simplifies tax regulations for foreign companies Russian tax law has been amended to make it easier for foreign companies to open accounts in Russian banks and register with the country’s tax authority. President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law amending Russia’s tax code on Sunday, and it was published on the […]

  • Renault to sell Russian assets for one ruble – officials

    RT - May 2nd 2022 4:56am EDT

    The French automaker will reportedly transfer its Avtovaz shares to the research institute behind Russia’s first luxury car French carmaker Renault plans to sell its stake in Russia’s Avtovaz for a symbolic sum of 1 ruble, the Russian Trade Ministry announced on Wednesday. Renault will transfer its 68% stake to the auto research institute NAMI […]

  • EU timeline for ‘phasing out’ Russian energy disclosed

    RT - May 2nd 2022 4:39am EDT

    Western leaders are aware of the damage sanctions will inflict on their own economies, Germany admits The year 2022 will see Western countries implementing “a very ambitious policy” of reducing dependence on energy from Russia, with Russian oil set to be phased out by the end of the year, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced.  In […]

  • Finland wants stronger border fence with Russia

    RT - May 2nd 2022 3:54am EDT

    The improvements are planned for critical areas, a senior border official says Finland wants a stronger fence on the border with Russia, Colonel Marko Turunen, commander of the North Karelia Border Guard, told the media. The news comes amid the standoff between Moscow and the West over Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine. Turunen told MTV3 […]

  • Russia probes bridge collapse as ‘terrorism’

    RT - May 2nd 2022 2:57am EDT

    The railway bridge was blown up near the Ukrainian border Subversive activity is likely behind Sunday’s railway bridge collapse in Russia’s Kursk Region bordering Ukraine, the region’s governor, Roman Starovoyt, has said. There have been no reports of casualties linked to the incident, but it disrupted a rail line linking two Russian towns located near […]

  • DHS defends disinformation unit

    RT - May 1st 2022 11:16pm EDT

    The US Secretary of Homeland Security claims the task force is the exact opposite of the Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth’ The newly-unveiled ‘Disinformation Governance Board’, operating within the Department of Homeland Security, has triggered a massive pushback, forcing DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas to make several appearances on national TV in an attempt to clarify how […]

  • Bill Gates calls for global pandemic task force

    RT - May 1st 2022 8:06pm EDT

    The world must arm itself against future health crises, the billionaire reiterated The World Health Organization is currently the only body that can create and manage a “top-notch” multi-domain team of health experts to detect, prevent and battle future pandemics, the Microsoft co-founder said, bemoaning its underfunding despite beeing the top donor. With over 6.2 million people […]

  • Turkey promises to back NATO in case of ‘slightest attack’

    RT - May 1st 2022 4:35pm EDT

    Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country would respond if a NATO member came under attack Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu claimed on Sunday that NATO has “no intention” of intervening in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, but vowed that his country would respond to any attack on a NATO ally. Throughout the conflict, Turkey has […]