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  • Ex-PM links low birth rates to drinking women

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 8:51am EST

    Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a former prime minister of Poland, claims it’s ”the bitter” truth that needs to be acknowledged The leader of Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice Party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, has claimed that women are choosing not to have children because they drink too much. The former prime minister made the remarks on Saturday during […]

  • China’s Xi sends message to military

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 8:50am EST

    Tumultuous times require the army to keep up if it’s to be able to defend the country, the president said Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the country’s military to make sure it’s ready to respond to security threats arising from a new era of global turbulence. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) must train […]

  • US state will count potentially fake ballots

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 8:34am EST

    A Wisconsin court has ordered that absentee military ballots be included in the vote count, even after some were proven fraudulent A judge in the US state of Wisconsin has declined to issue an order delaying the count of absentee military ballots, arguing that this would disenfranchise voters. The decision came after the state’s former […]

  • Snowden reveals ‘most important video of the year’

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 8:28am EST

    The whistleblower shared an old clip of former CIA officer Frank Snepp detailing how the agency planted stories in the media US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden says a 1983 interview with former CIA officer Frank Snepp, detailing how the agency used mainstream newspapers in the US to distribute disinformation, is still the […]

  • American voters don’t need Russian trolls to tell them how bad things are

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 8:19am EST

    ‘Russian trolls’ are being accused of sowing division over social media in the run-up to US midterms As US voters head to the polls for the much-anticipated Midterms, talk of Russian trolls monkeying with US democracy is back in the news. But does the country really need Russia’s help in “stoking anger” among the electorate? […]

  • EU country names prime concern for citizens

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 8:11am EST

    The green transition is not a top priority for Poles amid a cost-of-living crisis, President Andrzej Duda has said Polish people are more concerned about their own living standards than about meeting climate change goals and efforts must be made to make the green transition “cost-effective,” Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Monday in his […]

  • Türkiye makes ruble payments for gas – minister

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 8:09am EST

    Ankara says it has partially switched to Russian currency for some supplies Türkiye has started paying for some of its natural gas from Russia in rubles, the Turkish energy minister revealed on Tuesday in an interview with broadcaster TRT Haber. Fatih Donmez said that in the coming months, the share of local currency payments in […]

  • EU ‘sucking gas away’ from poorer countries – analyst

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 7:50am EST

    The developing world may fall into energy poverty due to Europe’s ravenous demand, an analyst told Bloomberg The EU energy crisis is inevitably leading to energy poverty in developing countries, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday citing an energy analyst at Credit Suisse. “Europe is sucking gas away from other countries whatever the cost,” Saul Kavonic told […]

  • China pulls top EU official’s video address – Reuters

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 6:56am EST

    The video address by European Council President criticizing Russia was reportedly withdrawn from a Shanghai trade forum Chinese authorities canceled an opening address by the European Council President that was supposed to be shown on the occasion of a major trade expo in Shanghai, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing sources. In his speech, Charles Michel […]

  • US urges India to get oil from Russia at lower price

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 6:50am EST

    Moscow has said it will not trade with any country supporting the G7-imposed price cap India should capitalize on the restrictions that the US and its allies want to impose on Russian oil exports, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview with the Indian media. “Our objective is to hold down the price […]

  • US midterm elections begin amid economic anxiety and Ukraine crisis

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 6:18am EST

    All of the House of Representatives, a third of the Senate and 36 state governors are at stake Polling places across the US opened for the midterm elections on Tuesday, traditionally considered a referendum on the ruling party’s performance. With most Americans worried about the difficult economic situation, some of the policies favored by President […]

  • Russian oil exports surging – Bloomberg

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 5:17am EST

    A higher number of loaded tankers are leaving the country’s ports before the EU price cap kicks in Shipments of Russian seaborne crude surged to 3.6 million barrels per day last week, reaching the highest since early June, while the less volatile four-week average is the highest since August, Bloomberg reported on Monday. A total […]

  • Top White House official comments on reported talks with Moscow

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 5:03am EST

    The US is maintaining communication channels with Russia in an effort to reduce nuclear risks, the national security advisor said US officials are keeping lines of communication open with high-level Russian counterparts to avert the risk of a possible nuclear conflict, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Monday. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported […]

  • Price of Australia’s scrapped submarine deal revealed

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 4:38am EST

    The cost of the abandoned project to acquire French vessels is expected to balloon further The cancellation of the deal to purchase French submarines is expected to cost Australia $591 million (US$381 million) in additional expenses, such as asset write-downs and re-employment programs, officials have said. The figures were relayed to the Senate, the upper’s […]

  • France’s Macron calls Venezuela’s Maduro President in friendly chat (VIDEO)

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 4:32am EST

    In 2019, Paris recognized US-backed “interim president” Juan Guaido as the leader of Venezuela France and Venezuela could have better bilateral relations, French President Emmanuel Macron told his counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, on sidelines at the climate-change summit in Egypt. Just three years ago, Macron had engaged with a different person, Juan Guaido, as the rightful […]

  • US national dies in Ukraine – media

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 2:58am EST

    Timothy Griffin was reportedly killed in action while fighting for Kiev An American national has been reportedly killed in action while fighting for the government of Ukraine. He has been identified by the US media as Timothy Griffin, from New York State. Griffin’s death was reported on Monday by NBC News, which cited a statement […]

  • Serbia will benefit from Turkish gas hub – official

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 2:45am EST

    Russian supplies via Türkiye would help Belgrade meet the growing energy demand, the head of Serbia’s gas association says A proposed natural gas hub in Türkiye would provide Serbia’s new power stations with additional fuel and allow the country to boost its annual consumption to four billion cubic meters (bcm), Vojislav Vuletic, the head of […]

  • North Korea denies sending arms to Russia

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 1:58am EST

    Pyongyang has responded to US accusations of supporting Moscow with artillery munitions for the Ukraine conflict A senior North Korean defense official said on Tuesday that Pyongyang is not supplying Russia with any weapons and does not intend to do so in future. The statement came after Washington last week accused North Korea of covertly […]

  • Abortion Debate

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 1:42am EST

    The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade led to a swell of protests and debate among Americans as to when an embryo is considered a living human, and whose rights come first – those of the mother or the unborn child. The debate has even veered into the issue of who qualifies […]

  • Gain of pain? Radhika Desai, Director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 1:35am EST

    First, they came for the socialists in Cuba, and the world did not speak out because it didn’t feel the pain. Then they came for the mullahs in Iran, and the world did not speak out because the pain was easy to ignore. And then they came for their adversaries in Russia, and the world […]

  • French beauty retailer returning to Russia – official

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 1:15am EST

    L’Oreal is set to resume sales of some of its most popular brands, the Trade Ministry says Cosmetics and perfume brands Lancome, Redken, Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, and Kerastase will return to the Russian market and therefore will be excluded from the list of so-called parallel imports, Russia’s Trade Ministry reported on Monday. “This […]

  • Goldman projects Chinese stock market rally

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 12:31am EST

    Equities may soar 20% when the zero-Covid policy is lifted, strategists say US investment bank Goldman Sachs has estimated that a complete reopening of the Chinese economy will translate to a 20% gain for the country’s equity market. In a note issued over the weekend and cited by media, the bank’s economists say they expect […]

  • Japan devises hypersonic plan – media

    RT - Nov 8th 2022 12:22am EST

    Tokyo hopes to upgrade air defense weapons and even develop its own hypersonic missile by 2030 Japan is planning to redesign some of its existing surface-to-air missiles to intercept hypersonic weapons, Kyodo News reported on Monday, suggesting the move is part of a broader strategy to enhance Tokyo’s “counterattack capabilities” over the next decade. The […]

  • British PM ‘rushed out’ from climate conference

    RT - Nov 7th 2022 9:55pm EST

    The UK leader was ushered off stage after he was approached by a pair of aides British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was abruptly pulled out of a climate change conference mid-event, leaving some onlookers confused after staffers appeared beside him, whispered into his ear and then whisked him away from the stage. During a panel […]

  • American pundits have got it backwards about China

    RT - Nov 7th 2022 8:28pm EST

    Writers opining about China’s fault in the deterioration of relations with the US are confusing cause and effect In recent years, but notably in the wake of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) 20th National Congress that just concluded at the end of October, Western writers have rushed to accuse Beijing of becoming anti-Western. This […]