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  • EU country explains stance on military aid for Kiev

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 6:57am EST

    Italy won’t provide Kiev with new weapons, but will deliver on earlier promises, the defense minister said Italy is not ready to send more weapons to Ukraine, the Minister of Defense told local media on Thursday, adding that Rome may still support Kiev militarily in the future. Speaking to the Il Messaggero daily, Guido Crosetto, […]

  • Paris commuters face ‘black Thursday’

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 6:33am EST

    A strike by transport workers has led to a massive disruption of metro and train services in the French capital The Paris metro system has been almost paralyzed by a transport works strike and there are severe disruptions to suburban rail services, on a day that the French media has dubbed “black Thursday.” Five trade […]

  • Hungary explains ‘total failure’ of sanctions on Russia

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 6:19am EST

    Brussels’ policies against Moscow damage the EU’s economy “very badly,” Budapest says The sanctions on Russia have not achieved any of the EU’s stated goals and only backfired by hurting the economies of member states, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. The EU, along with the US and several other countries, imposed sweeping restrictions […]

  • Biden makes another Iraq gaffe

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 5:01am EST

    The US president said Russia was pulling troops out of Fallujah US President Joe Biden has one again confused his nation’s military mission in Iraq with the Russian operation in Ukraine. Commenting on the news that Russia was withdrawing forces from the city of Kherson, he misnamed it Fallujah. The gaffe happened during a press […]

  • UK nurses announce first national strike in history

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 4:36am EST

    The burgeoning cost-of-living crisis is pushing the trade union to extreme measures Nurses across the UK will strike this winter for the first time in the history of their 106-year-old trade union. As the Royal College of Nursing revealed on Wednesday, members at the majority of National Health Service employers have supported the industrial action […]

  • Bitcoin crashes on fears of popular crypto exchange collapse

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 4:28am EST

    The cryptocurrency market has been rocked after Binance scrapped plans to take over FTX The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, Bitcoin, has dropped to its lowest level in nearly two years on news of the potential bankruptcy of FTX, a major crypto exchange. Bitcoin slid 12% on Wednesday to under $16,000 per coin, its […]

  • Iran developed hypersonic weapon, top commander claims

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 3:46am EST

    The ballistic missile is reportedly capable of maneuvering inside and outside of the atmosphere Iran has developed a ballistic missile capable of flying at hypersonic speeds, a senior military officer told journalists on Thursday. The weapon system was designed to destroy enemy anti-missile defenses and can maneuver both inside and outside of the atmosphere, indicating […]

  • EU country’s biggest nuclear reactor suffers turbine failure

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 2:57am EST

    It is the third incident at Sweden’s Oskarshamn plant this year Sweden’s biggest nuclear reactor was taken off the grid after a turbine failure on Wednesday. It is the third incident at the country’s southern Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant this year. “The issue that caused the shutdown has now been fixed,” Desiree Liljevall, the spokeswoman […]

  • EU country caps prices for staple foods

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 2:50am EST

    The measure by Hungary follows a 40% jump in costs in October Budapest has imposed price caps on eggs and potatoes, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing the prime minister’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas. The cap was announced after data showed food prices soared by 40% in October, with overall annual inflation exceeding 21%, according […]

  • Washington refuses to send advanced drones to Ukraine – WSJ

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 2:04am EST

    US officials are reportedly concerned that Gray Eagle MQ-1C deliveries may add fuel to the conflict The administration of US President Joe Biden has rebuffed Kiev’s requests to provide it with state-of-the-art drones over concerns that doing so could escalate the Ukraine conflict, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources. According to US […]

  • The cost of energy prices is skyrocketing

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 1:25am EST

    The cost of living around the world has increased since the crisis in Ukraine began. Global energy prices have jumped, as Russia and Ukraine are both major commodity producers. Who are the winners and losers with the surge in prices? The Cost of Everything analyzes the devastating ripple effect in other areas dependent on energy […]

  • UK businesses facing unmerry Christmas – surveys

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 1:11am EST

    Almost half of consumers are reportedly planning to reduce spending for the holiday season British retailers are bracing for a gloomy Christmas season as the worsening cost-of-living crisis weighs on household spending, two separate surveys showed on Tuesday. According to a monthly snapshot of spending by Barclaycard, which accounts for half of debit and credit […]

  • Dead candidates winning US elections

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 1:10am EST

    Thanks to legal technicalities in some states, recently deceased lawmakers have won more than one local race Pennsylvania state Representative Tony DeLuca won his race for the state Congress in a landslide victory on Tuesday. The only problem – he died last month, leaving officials in an odd position as they prepare another election to […]

  • EU braces for diesel crunch – analysis

    RT - Nov 10th 2022 12:37am EST

    Stockpiles of the fuel are projected to hit a 12-year low in early spring Diesel fuel inventories in northwest Europe will drop to the lowest in nearly 12 years as early as March, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing the latest outlook from Wood Mackenzie. Analysts at the UK-based consultancy expect the stocks to be filled […]

  • Fate of US Senate may be decided in runoff

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 10:21pm EST

    Key races in three states will determine which party controls the upper chamber of Congress The United States Senate remains up for grabs as the 2022 midterm elections draw to a close, with several races still undecided and a runoff vote likely set next month in Georgia, which could become a tie-breaker that hands a […]

  • Biden comments on ‘blank check’ for Ukraine

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 9:26pm EST

    The US leader insists on “uninterrupted” weapons supplies to Kiev US President Joe Biden said he expects American aid to Ukraine will continue indefinitely, but argued the assistance to the country has limits after Republican critics slammed the billions in arms shipments and cash transfers authorized by his administration. Asked whether the aid would continue […]

  • ‘A lot of ways’ US can investigate Elon Musk – Biden

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 7:42pm EST

    President Joe Biden is open to looking into Twitter’s new boss as a national security risk It is worth looking into whether Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter is a threat to US national security, President Joe Biden said at a press conference on Wednesday, following the midterm elections. As Biden discussed midterm results, Bloomberg’s Jenny […]

  • US cybersecurity chief assesses midterms ‘integrity’

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 7:20pm EST

    The director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency cautioned vote counting could take weeks There is no evidence that voting machines used in the US midterm elections on Tuesday were compromised in any way, Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said in a statement on Wednesday. However, she urged voters […]

  • NATO must not ‘underestimate’ Russia – Stoltenberg

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 5:25pm EST

    The bloc leader’s warning comes after Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson While NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg hailed Russia’s retreat to the left bank of the Dnieper River as a victory for Ukraine on Wednesday, he nevertheless urged the West not to dismiss Moscow’s potential for a comeback. Asked about Russia’s announcement of troop withdrawal from Kherson, […]

  • Leader urges Jews to leave Germany for Israel

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 5:04pm EST

    A Jewish community leader says he is moving to Israel because Germany is anti-Semitic Germany is intrinsically anti-Semitic and any Jews serious about their religion should leave, the leader of a Jewish community in Brandenburg said in an open letter published on Wednesday, adding that he is moving to Israel. “With its anti-Jewish foreign and […]

  • EU explains catch to $18 billion in Ukraine aid

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 4:37pm EST

    Kiev will have 35 years to pay the bloc back The European Commission plans to offer Ukraine an $18 billion package of loans to get the country through 2023, on the condition that Kiev repays the debt over 35 years, Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis told reporters on Wednesday. The package will be doled out in […]

  • Twitter will ‘do lots of dumb things’ – Musk

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 3:13pm EST

    The platform’s new CEO removed the ‘official’ checkmark within hours of introducing it Elon Musk said that his overhaul of Twitter would involve “lots of dumb things,” after he “killed” a feature where high-profile accounts would receive an ‘official’ checkmark distinct from the blue tick for paid subscribers. The gray checkmarks showed up on some […]

  • Twitter fires African staff – media

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 2:42pm EST

    The employees were reportedly ‘insulted’ to receive impersonal letters from management telling them they were fired Social media giant Twitter has laid off almost all of its employees in Ghana, its sole African office, citing financial issues, according to multiple news reports. Sources told CNN that all but one of about 20 employees had been […]

  • US gets first Gen Z congressman

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 1:51pm EST

    A CNN exit poll found that only the young vote saved the Democratic Party from a wipeout Florida Democrat Maxwell Frost has become the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress. A proponent of “social justice,” Frost’s victory came despite landslide Republican victories in the Sunshine State. Frost took 58% of the vote in […]

  • Israel explains refusal to supply air-defense systems to Ukraine 

    RT - Nov 9th 2022 1:40pm EST

    It’s “not possible,” because Israel doesn’t have the means to produce enough of the arms, the defense minister says Israel simply does not have the production capabilities to supply Ukraine with air defense systems, according to Defense Minister Benny Gantz. Kiev has requested the delivery of Iron Dome and other systems to counter drones it […]