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  • German nuclear plant suffers leak

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 9:07am EDT

    While the failure poses no danger, operations at the plant will have to be suspended, the environment ministry said A reactor leak has been detected at the Isar 2 nuclear power plant in the southern German state of Bavaria, the environment ministry said on Monday, citing the plant’s operator. The malfunction apparently poses no risk […]

  • China offers friendly warning to US

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 8:36am EDT

    Washington is “wrong” in its perception of China and should not view it as a rival, Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said A Cold War between China and the US would be a “disaster” for both countries and for the whole world, Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Monday, after meeting with former US Secretary […]

  • Middle Eastern state plans major Russian gas purchase

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 8:11am EDT

    Imports of gas by Iran will be part of an energy alliance with Moscow Iran’s s Ministry of Petroleum announced on Monday that Tehran will soon be importing nine million cubic meters of Russian gas daily, through Azerbaijan. According to Fars News Agency, the plan was unveiled in a report providing details of a $40-billion […]

  • African country declares Ebola outbreak

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 8:00am EDT

    Uganda has confirmed its first death from the virus since 2019 Uganda’s health ministry has announced the first fatal case of Ebola in the East African nation in three years, declaring an outbreak of a rare strain of the highly contagious virus in the central district of Mubende. The victim was a 24-year-old man, who […]

  • Russia mulls windfall tax on energy exporters

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 7:48am EDT

    The levy will target extra profits made from surging oil and gas prices The Russian government may hike taxes on excess profits made by energy exporters. The move would reportedly add an extra $50 billion to the state coffers over the next three years, business daily Kommersant wrote on Tuesday. Among the proposed steps are […]

  • Some go to Ukraine only for PR – Estonian PM

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 6:55am EDT

    Kaja Kallas hinted that some politicians are simply seeking publicity with such journeys Estonia’s Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas has insisted that she’s doing a lot to help Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia and doesn’t need to travel to Kiev to prove it. During an interview with Postimees website on Monday, Kallas was asked why […]

  • US to release more crude from reserves

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 6:40am EDT

    Washington will tap its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) ahead of an EU ban on Russian oil The US Department of Energy has announced plans to sell up to 10 million barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for delivery in November, according to a press statement released on Monday. The sale will be […]

  • Bombshell court filing suggests the FBI knew ‘Russiagate’ was a fraud in January of 2017, but it kept up its pressure on Trump

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 6:26am EDT

    Igor Danchenko’s confession appears to reveal the bureau’s true intentions Lawyers for Igor Danchenko, the primary source of the notorious and utterly discredited “Trump-Russia|” dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, have filed a motion to dismiss the charges brought against their client by special counsel John Durham. In the process, they have revealed […]

  • Turkey owes no explanation to EU – Erdogan

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 6:00am EDT

    Ankara will not account for talks it held during the recent SCO summit, the Turkish president has said Turkey has no obligation to report to the European Union after it took part in a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Earlier, the Turkish leader revealed that Ankara […]

  • Russia to close another major gas pipeline

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 5:47am EDT

    The Power of Siberia route to China is set to undergo routine maintenance Russia is set to temporarily halt the operation of a major gas pipeline to China, energy giant Gazprom announced on Tuesday. The Power of Siberia pipeline will undergo routine maintenance between September 22 and September 29, the company said in a statement […]

  • EU bread prices soaring

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 4:46am EDT

    The food staple saw an average year-on-year surge of 18%, Eurostat reports Household food bills across the EU have been rising dramatically in recent months, as galloping inflation keeps fueling the prices for important staple foods, with bread now costing more than ever. In August, the price of bread in the bloc was on average […]

  • Ukraine unlikely to get F-16s soon – Politico

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 3:45am EDT

    If delivery is approved, it could take years to train Kiev’s pilots, the outlet says citing a top US air commander If the US decides to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, it could take two to three years before Kiev could actually get them, Politico reports citing US Air Force general, James Hecker. Hecker, […]

  • Germany boosting Russian imports – trade mission

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 3:16am EDT

    Berlin has reportedly ramped up purchases of precious metals among other goods The volume of German imports from Russia has risen over the first seven months of this year by 32.6% in annual terms, amounting to $27.9 billion, the Russian Trade Mission in Berlin told RIA Novosti on Monday, citing data from Germany’s federal statistical […]

  • Heineken wants to replace Coca Cola in Russia – media

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 3:14am EDT

    This comes despite a pledge by the Dutch brewery to cut ties with the sanctioned country Heineken Russia has registered several brands with the word “cola” in the name, business daily Kommersant reported on Monday, citing documents filed with the Federal Service for Accreditation. The Russian division of the Dutch beverage giant has reportedly registered […]

  • Russia is seeking swift end to Ukraine conflict – Turkey

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 3:12am EDT

    The ongoing situation is a “big problem,” the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Russia’s President Vladimir Putin wants to see a swift conclusion to the conflict in Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday in an interview with the PBS NewsHour program. Erdogan said he held “extensive meetings with Putin in Uzbekistan” […]

  • Uncharted homeland? Bogdan Bulychev, travel blogger

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 2:41am EDT

    The hero’s journey, one of the most recurrent mythological themes in human history, invariably brings the protagonist back to where it all began, proving time and time again that what he or she had searched for was already inside. This archetypal pattern now manifests itself in the steep rise in Russia’s domestic tourism as Russians, […]

  • Pentagon to review ‘psychological operations’ – media

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 1:20am EDT

    The move comes after social media firms removed fake accounts thought to be run by the US military, the Washington Post reports The US military is set to conduct a “sweeping audit” of its clandestine psychological warfare operations, amid concerns the Pentagon may have used phony social media handles to manipulate foreign audiences, several sources […]

  • Biden hints at plans for reelection bid

    RT - Sep 20th 2022 12:44am EDT

    The president pushed back on concerns over his age and “mental acuity” US President Joe Biden said he has every intention to run for reelection in 2024, but argued it was “too early” to make any official announcements and that, for now, he would focus on his duties as commander in chief.  Speaking to CBS […]

  • US tanks ‘absolutely on the table’ for Ukraine, Pentagon says

    RT - Sep 19th 2022 11:59pm EDT

    Kiev has pressed both Washington and its EU allies for increasingly heavy weaponry in recent weeks The United States may provide “NATO compatible” tanks to the Ukrainian military to replace aging Soviet-era gear, a senior Pentagon official said, as Kiev continues to urge for a steady stream of Western arms amid fierce fighting with Russian […]

  • Why most Americans are disappointed in the healthcare system

    RT - Sep 19th 2022 3:31pm EDT

    Data shows a century-record life expectancy decline in a country with the one of the costliest healthcare systems in the world At the end of August, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put out a press release announcing that life expectancy in the country dropped for the second year in a row in […]

  • Musk praises Starlink expansion

    RT - Sep 19th 2022 2:08pm EDT

    Satellite service is available “on all continents” – but not in countries disliked by the US government Starlink founder Elon Musk announced on Monday that his satellite internet service has become “active” on all continents. A service map published by the company, however, shows current availability only in parts of the Americas, Europe, and Australia […]

  • Turkish banks suspend use of Russian payment system

    RT - Sep 19th 2022 12:52pm EDT

    The decision follows the threat of sanctions from Washington Turkey’s Isbank and Denizbank announced on Monday they have halted the use of Russia’s Mir payment system following a warning from Washington that financial institutions risk secondary sanctions if they help Moscow bypass US penalties. The banks confirmed their decision to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency. […]

  • US swaps prisoners with Taliban

    RT - Sep 19th 2022 12:24pm EDT

    Joe Biden traded jailed ‘drug lord’ Bashir Noorzai for naval veteran ‘hostage’ Mark Frerichs US President Joe Biden on Monday announced the release of Mark Frerichs, a US Navy veteran who disappeared in Kabul in 2020 while working as a civilian contractor. Meanwhile, the Taliban government of Afghanistan reported the return of Haji Bashir Noorzai, […]

  • Chinese warned not to touch foreigners

    RT - Sep 19th 2022 12:19pm EDT

    Citizens were cautioned against “close relationships” with foreigners after the first case of monkeypox was recorded in China Chinese citizens have been urged not to make skin-to-skin contact with recently arrived foreigners, after the first case of monkeypox was registered in the southwestern Chongqing municipality last week. The warning was issued on Saturday by Wu […]

  • Trump accuses FBI of bad manners

    RT - Sep 19th 2022 11:57am EDT

    The former US President claims the agents who searched his residence didn’t even bother taking off their shoes in his bedroom Donald Trump, the 45th US President, has claimed FBI agents violated his constitutional rights and wreaked havoc in his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. The agency searched Trump’s premises in early August in connection with […]