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  • US Democrats find themselves at the mercy of Big Oil ahead of the midterms

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 9:59am EST

    Joe Biden has asked oil companies to increase supply and lower prices at their own expense while threatening them with higher taxes. But will it help the Democrats’ election chances? In direct opposition to the Democratic Party’s green agenda, US President Joe Biden has ordered the oil industry to ramp up production and lower prices – […]

  • OPEC lifts global oil demand forecast

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 9:38am EST

    Crude will remain the number one fuel in the world’s energy mix due to the focus on energy security, the report says Global oil demand will continue to rise in the medium and longer term even as the world moves to renewable energy, and the industry will require trillions of dollars in investment to meet […]

  • Protesters in NATO country demand end to Kiev arms supplies

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 7:55am EST

    Tens of thousands Italians have marched for peace in Rome Crowds of people poured onto the streets of Rome on Saturday to call for peace in Ukraine. The demonstrators also demanded that the Italian government stop providing Kiev with weapons and engage with Russia diplomatically instead. The rally saw tens of thousands of people turn […]

  • Japanese may be asked to cut winter power use – media

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 7:41am EST

    The curbs could reportedly help avert blackouts The Japanese government plans to call on households and businesses to save electricity when possible, starting from December, NHK broadcaster reported this week, citing an “unpredictable” power supply situation. According to the report, Tokyo says utilities are likely to secure a reserve power supply capacity rate of 3%, […]

  • Greenhouse crops under threat amid EU energy crisis – media

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 7:12am EST

    German tomato growers are reportedly being forced to shut down their greenhouses as heating costs skyrocket Soaring energy prices are forcing German farmers to wind down their greenhouse businesses and abandon the cultivation of crops including heat-loving tomatoes, as maintaining temperatures at 22 degrees Celsius becomes unaffordable, broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) reported on Saturday. According […]

  • Oil in decline – energy minister

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 5:30am EST

    Crude will not be around forever despite high global demand, the UAE’s energy minister warned Oil will not be here forever and is already in “decline mode,” Suhail Al-Mazrouei, the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates, a major crude exporter, has said. Speaking at the ADIPEC energy conference in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, Al-Mazrouei […]

  • China to get ahead in global ‘white gold’ rush

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 5:05am EST

    Chinese firm will invest $2.2 billion into lithium exploration projects in Argentina The Argentine foreign ministry has confirmed that Chinese mining company Tibet Summit Resources will invest $2.2 billion in two lithium exploration projects in the South American country. The Shanghai-based company is expected to create around 10,000 jobs in Argentina, according to the statement […]

  • US sends warplanes towards Iran – media

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 5:05am EST

    “The show of force” followed intelligence reports alleging that Tehran was planning to attack Saudi Arabia, the paper says The US has sent Persian Gulf-based warplanes in the direction of Iran, in response to intelligence reports alleging that Tehran was planning an attack on Saudi Arabia, the Washington Post has reported. Last Tuesday, the Wall […]

  • Plane crashes into lake in Tanzania

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 4:25am EST

    So far, 15 people have been rescued from the water, according to local media A passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while attempting to land in bad weather at an airport in the city of Bukoba in the northwest of the African country. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed the […]

  • Tesla’s Cybertruck release date unveiled

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 1:59am EDT

    Production of the long-awaited pickup is slated to start late next year, Reuters reported Elon Musk’s electric carmaker Tesla plans to begin mass production of its Cybertruck at the end of 2023, Reuters reported this week, citing sources. The electric pickup was first unveiled back in 2019, with production initially scheduled to start in late […]

  • Weary & warring? Sergey Karaganov, academic supervisor School of World Economics & Intl Relations, Higher School of Economics

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 1:36am EDT

    When looking at the war in Ukraine and its worldwide implications, it’s hard to say when it all began… Did it start in February 2022, when Russia launched its military operation, or seven years prior when it failed to put an end to the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine? Can it be traced to the collapse […]

  • Shipping giant warns of ‘dark clouds on the horizon’

    RT - Nov 6th 2022 1:15am EDT

    Maersk expects global demand for containers to contract Danish shipping group Maersk warned this week of slowing demand for transport and logistics and said it had slashed its forecast for container demand for this year. “It is clear that freight rates have peaked and started to normalize during the quarter, driven by both decreasing demand and […]

  • Over 50 countries vote against anti-Nazism UN measure

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 6:13pm EDT

    Last year, the resolution combating the glorification of Nazism was opposed by just the US and Ukraine A UN resolution opposing the celebration of Nazism and related ideologies has met with significant resistance from the US and other western democracies, with 52 countries voting against it on Friday.  The draft resolution “Combating glorification of Nazism, […]

  • Democrat senator slams Biden

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 4:27pm EDT

    West Virginia’s Joe Manchin has called out the US president for pledging to shut down America’s coal-fueled power plants US Senator Joe Manchin, one of the most powerful lawmakers in Joe Biden’s own party, has blasted the president for vowing to shut down America’s coal-fueled power plants, unleashing an unusually candid rebuke of the Democrat […]

  • Elon Musk threatens ‘thermonuclear name and shame’

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 3:16pm EDT

    The billionaire has warned that he may identify advertisers that boycott Twitter, enabling backers of free speech to punish them Twitter owner Elon Musk has warned that he may identify advertisers that are boycotting his social media platform under pressure from leftist groups, a move that would likely trigger counter-boycotts as the billionaire’s supporters push […]

  • Twitter co-founder admits mistakes

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 2:59pm EDT

    Jack Dorsey has claimed responsibility for the layoffs at Twitter in the aftermath of Elon Musk’s takeover Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey has apologized for the ongoing layoffs at the company, claiming he had grown it “too quickly.” The layoffs, which have already affected 50% of Twitter’s workforce, came after billionaire Elon Musk […]

  • US struggling to make Iran another Libya or Syria – president

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 2:40pm EDT

    Iran will never be taken out by a US-backed destabilization op, President Ebrahim Raisi told students The US has tried to destabilize Iran like it did to Libya and Syria, by encouraging unrest and riots in the guise of legitimate protests, President Ebrahim Raisi told a group of students participating in Path of Progress elite […]

  • How the US government attempts to control public perception of its aid to Ukraine

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 2:22pm EDT

    A recent media expose on the US effort to arm Ukraine looks as if it’s been curated by the Biden administration to shape public perception NBC News has reported that, according to four people familiar with the incident, a phone call between US President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky, turned testy after […]

  • Media identifies major beneficiary of Ukraine crisis

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 1:44pm EDT

    US defense contractors reportedly stand to gain the most from $230 billion in new defense-spending commitments by EU nations Yahoo News has identified a major beneficiary of the Russia-Ukraine slugfest: the US military industrial complex, which is reaping a windfall even as the bloody conflict causes economic havoc, energy shortages and a looming food crisis […]

  • US wants official of Ukrainian descent at helm of NATO – NYT

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 1:44pm EDT

    A granddaughter of WWII Ukrainian Nazi collaborator, Chrystia Freeland, is reportedly Washington’s “prime” pick for the job The “prime candidate” favored by Washington to replace outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is Chrystia Freeland, currently Canada’s Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, the New York Times reported on Friday. The bloc reportedly aims to install […]

  • Serbs resign en masse from official posts in Kosovo

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 1:27pm EDT

    Ethnic Serb police officers, lawmakers, and other government employees walked out in solidarity with a fired officer Dozens of ethnic Serb government employees in Kosovo have resigned from their positions in protest over the firing of a Serb police chief for refusing to enforce Pristina’s orders requiring Serbs to trade in their license plates for […]

  • Iran says it supplied drones to Russia before Ukraine conflict

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 12:12pm EDT

    Tehran acknowledges it had provided Moscow with a “small number” of UAVs but denies ever supplying missiles Iran has for the first time acknowledged it handed over military drones to Russia, claiming, however, that the shipments were completed before the Ukraine conflict broke out in late February. Tehran at the same time denied claims that […]

  • Israel’s voters bring radical ultranationalists too close to power

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 11:56am EDT

    To get back in power, Benjamin Netanyahu had to make a deal with a group known for promoting Jewish supremacy and segregation As Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to form the next Israeli government, the ultranationalist Religious Zionism alliance celebrates its own rise to power, having gone from fringe to mainstream and to, possibly, the second most […]

  • Pakistani protesters clash with police after former PM attacked

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 11:49am EDT

    Imran Khan says he will resume his march on the capital after recovering from his injuries Protests over an alleged assassination attempt targeting Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, continued across the country for a second day on Friday. Khan, who has been calling on supporters to take to the streets since being removed from […]

  • France’s National Rally names new leader

    RT - Nov 5th 2022 10:59am EDT

    Jordan Bardella becomes the first head of the right-wing party not from the Le Pen family France’s right-wing National Rally party has elected Jordan Bardella as president on a permanent basis, replacing Marine Le Pen, its long-time leader. The 27-year-old MEP won 85% of the vote, the party announced on Saturday at its congress in […]