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  • Selfish Norway must share wealth with Ukraine – lawmaker

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 11:18pm EDT

    Norway’s soaring profits come as energy prices spike due to Western sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine A Norwegian lawmaker has urged officials to share the country’s soaring gas profits with Ukraine, saying it would be “morally wrong” to gain from the military conflict raging in Eastern Europe. The government, however, insists its […]

  • Spy agency chief charged over top-secret leaks

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 9:36pm EDT

    Denmark’s former defense intel chief has been indicted for allegedly revealing state secrets Prosecutors in Denmark have formally charged the country’s former foreign intelligence chief, Lars Findsen, with leaking highly classified state secrets to six people, including two journalists. Findsen, who was suspended from his job as head of the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (FE) […]

  • Texas claims victory in censorship fight

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 8:38pm EDT

    Federal judges ruled that social media platforms don’t have a constitutional right to “muzzle” speech A US appeals court has cleared the way for Texas to begin enforcing a landmark anti-censorship law, ruling that Twitter, Facebook and other social media giants don’t have a constitutional right to silence opinions that they find objectionable. The Fifth […]

  • Israel strikes Damascus again – Syrian media

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 6:48pm EDT

    Multiple missiles reportedly targeted Damascus airport and areas south of the capital Multiple Syrian servicemen have been killed in an “Israeli air aggression” after midnight on Saturday, the state news agency SANA reported citing a military source. “At approximately 0:45am this morning, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression with rockets from the northeastern […]

  • Global recession coming – FedEx CEO

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 6:29pm EDT

    The shipping giant’s stock suffered a hit after its chief made a grim prediction The global economy is headed for a recession, FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday. The shipping behemoth’s executive predicted that the financial issues that forced his company to withdraw its full year guidance after missing earnings and […]

  • Russia sanctions aren’t working, US officials tell CNN

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 5:03pm EDT

    However, the officials insisted that given enough time, Russia will suffer American officials admitted to CNN on Friday that US-led sanctions haven’t crashed Russia’s economy. Despite Russia’s record energy revenue and the strength of its currency, the officials insist that the effects of the sanctions are yet to be felt. The US and its NATO […]

  • White House likens governors to ‘smugglers’

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 4:35pm EDT

    Biden’s press secretary has argued that Republicans who send migrants to Democrat-run areas use the tactics of human traffickers The White House has ratcheted up its political feud with Republicans over the US border crisis, suggesting that GOP governors who send illegal aliens to Democrat-run communities in faraway states resemble human traffickers. “These vulnerable migrants […]

  • ‘Everyone will freeze’ if Russia turns off gas to EU – Serbian president

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 4:32pm EDT

    The EU attempt to cap Russian gas price means “everyone will freeze” this winter, said Aleksandar Vucic Moscow might decide to shut off gas supplies completely, if the European Union moves ahead with plans to impose a price cap, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic warned on Friday.  “If the EU makes such a decision, then Russia […]

  • Washington ponders creating digital dollar

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 2:56pm EDT

    The government has suggested that a US central bank cryptocurrency could be faster and more “inclusive” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called for President Joe Biden’s administration to consider creating a central bank cryptocurrency and to start laying the technical groundwork for the so-called digital dollar right away. The new digital currency, as proposed […]

  • Facebook reported users to FBI – media

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 2:44pm EDT

    Expressing ‘anti-authority’ beliefs in messages on Facebook can trigger an FBI investigation, DOJ sources told the New York Post Facebook has been reporting users to the FBI’s domestic terrorism unit for nothing more than anti-authority sentiment, the New York Post reported on Wednesday, citing Justice Department (DOJ) sources.   “Facebook provides the FBI with private […]

  • China preparing Taiwan takeover by 2027 – CNN citing CIA

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 2:38pm EDT

    The agency does not believe that President Xi is set on military action, however CIA Deputy Director David Cohen said that Chinese President Xi Jinping wants his military to be capable of seizing Taiwan by 2027, according to a CNN correspondent. However, Cohen is reported to have said that the agency still believes China wants […]

  • Elite US neighborhood boots out illegal immigrants

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 1:45pm EDT

    The migrants lasted less than two days on the affluent island of Martha’s Vineyard Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker activated the National Guard to deal with 50 illegal immigrants flown into the “sanctuary” of Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The migrants were removed from the island and sent to a military base. DeSantis sent […]

  • US restricts fentanyl exports to Russia

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 1:40pm EDT

    New sanctions target supplies of chemicals that are “potentially useful” for the country’s military The US has imposed further sanctions on Russia and its ally Belarus over the conflict in Ukraine, restricting exports of various chemicals, including the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. The move was announced by the US Commerce Department on Friday. “In response […]

  • Germany must become ‘best equipped’ army in Europe  – Scholz

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 1:27pm EDT

    The German chancellor pledged more money for the country’s military to help counter a perceived Russian threat  The German military should assume a leading role in beefing up European security, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. He also pledged more funding for the country’s armed forces while naming Russia as the primary adversary for the […]

  • Schedule for testing digital ruble announced

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 12:57pm EDT

    The Russian digital currency could be used in test mode transactions next year, according to the central bank The Bank of Russia (CBR) plans to start testing the digital ruble in transactions with real clients starting April, CBR Governor Elvira Nabiullina said at a press conference on Friday. “We are now testing the digital ruble […]

  • Putin explains how Russia and Turkey will bypass the dollar

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 12:30pm EDT

    Moscow is eager to significantly strengthen trade ties with Ankara in all areas of interest Russian gas supplies to Turkey will be partly paid for in rubles, President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Friday. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization […]

  • Russian fertilizer supply to India booming – Putin

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 11:53am EDT

    Deliveries have soared under a barter deal between the two countries Russia has significantly increased exports of fertilizers, among other commodities, to India, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday while meeting with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. “Commodity turnover is growing, including due to additional deliveries […]

  • Russia ready to give fertilizers to poor nations for free – Putin

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 11:32am EDT

    Massive amounts of fertilizers are held up at EU ports, the Russian president has said Russia is prepared to provide 300,000 tons of fertilizers currently amassed at EU ports due to Western sanctions to developing nations free of charge, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Speaking at a summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization […]

  • Big Tech steps up censorship after Biden speech

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 10:41am EDT

    The US President has called on technology giants to crack down on the “venom and violence” of white supremacy YouTube, Twitch, Microsoft, as well as Facebook and Instagram parent firm Meta announced on Thursday that they would monitor and remove allegedly hateful and extremist content after President Joe Biden made a speech portraying white supremacy […]

  • China sanctions bosses of US weapons contractors

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 10:32am EDT

    Beijing accused Boeing and Raytheon of involvement in a $1.1 billion arms deal with Taiwan Beijing is imposing personal sanctions on the CEOs of two US weapons manufacturing giants over their involvement in arms sales to Taiwan. The news was confirmed by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday. It comes two weeks after Washington announced […]

  • Gold plummets to two year low

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 9:52am EDT

    The price drop is attributed to a rise in US inflation and fears of a more aggressive monetary policy by the Fed The price of gold plunged to its lowest since April 2020 on Friday as investors remained wary of more aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, despite a fresh round of mixed […]

  • Ukraine conflict won’t end soon – NATO

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 9:50am EDT

    The bloc’s secretary general says Ukraine’s counter-offensives do not promise an end to the hostilities The conflict between Russia and Ukraine will not be ending any time soon, despite Kiev’s “effective” counter-attack against Moscow’s troops, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg claims. Speaking to BBC Radio on Friday, the NATO chief said that it is “extremely […]

  • Texas declines to pardon late George Floyd

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 9:27am EDT

    State clemency board formally rejected a petition asking governor to erase a drug conviction against police brutality victim A Texas clemency panel has formally rejected a petition for a posthumous pardon of George Floyd, whose death sparked massive protests against police brutality after he was killed by a Minnesota police officer in 2020. The panel […]

  • Massive fire consumes Chinese skyscraper (VIDEO)

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 9:16am EDT

    China Telecom’s high-rise office was ablaze in the southern city of Changsha A major blaze has engulfed a 218m-tall skyscraper that houses the offices of China Telecom in the city of Changsha in southern China, spreading over several dozen floors. No casualties have been reported so far. “Thick smoke is spewing from the site, and […]

  • Russia lowers key rate as inflation drops

    RT - Sep 16th 2022 8:48am EDT

    The move by the central bank comes amid an improved economic outlook for the country The Bank of Russia (CBR) has lowered its benchmark interest rate from 8% to 7.5% amid an expected slowdown in annual inflation, the central bank announced following a monetary policy meeting on Friday. “Current consumer price growth rates remain low, […]