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  • EU aid money dries up due to Ukraine – Bill Gates

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 5:01am EDT

    The fund for solving global issues is stretched thin as rich donors face problems of their own, the billionaire said Wealthy European countries, which have provided roughly half the funding for a 15-year-long UN development drive to tackle global issues, are running low on aid money due to the cost of the Ukrainian conflict, Bill […]

  • Germany imports less from Russia but pays more

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 4:56am EDT

    Surging energy prices along with Berlin’s attempts to reduce trade ties with Moscow have led to an imbalance German imports from Russia saw a dramatic 45.8% year-on-year decline in July, data from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany showed on Monday. However, in monetary terms, German purchases of Russian products surged 10.2% to €2.9 billion […]

  • Ankara angered by anti-Turkish campaign in Ukraine – media

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 3:59am EDT

    Turkish banks and businessmen were named on a Ukrainian website that calls to sanction those supporting Russia Ankara is demanding explanations from Kiev after a number of Turkish banks and businessmen were added to a Ukrainian government-linked website that calls to sanction those who support Russia, Aydınlık newspaper has reported. Turkey addressed the Ukrainian ambassador […]

  • Blinken voices concerns over Iran nuclear deal

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 3:25am EDT

    Talks to salvage the accord backslid as Tehran wanted to introduce “extraneous issues” on the agenda, the top US diplomat said Iran has taken “a step backward” in talks to revive the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, making near-term agreement on the matter “unlikely,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. “What we’ve seen […]

  • Indonesia eyes importing Russian oil – FT

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 3:01am EDT

    Purchasing discounted crude could help the inflation-hit nation, Jakarta says Indonesia is considering joining India and China in buying discounted Russian oil to offset increased pressure from rising energy costs, the Financial Times reported on Monday. “We always monitor all of the options. If there is the country (and) they give a better price, of […]

  • Gaslighting without gas? Glenn Diesen, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 2:34am EDT

    Western media are now awash with gloomy forecasts for the coming winter and the sobering lifestyle changes that Europeans will have to make in order to get through it, but the European reliance on Russian energy wasn’t just a short-sighted political folly. It’s the fundamental economic factor that underlies the entire economy of the eurozone, […]

  • US imports of Russian metals drop to near-zero

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 2:22am EDT

    Russian producers are turning to Asian markets for iron and steel exports Russian ferrous metals exports to the US nosedived to $0.6 million in July compared to $201 million the previous month, and more than $1 billion in the first half of 2022, Russian business daily RBK reported on Monday, citing the data from the […]

  • Pentagon explains refusal to declassify more UFO videos

    RT - Sep 13th 2022 1:01am EDT

    The Navy appeared to acknowledge it has additional footage, but cited national security concerns in declining to release it The US military said it has footage of mysterious “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” (UAP) – more commonly known as UFOs – but cannot release it over national security concerns, claiming the “sensitive” videos could compromise America’s defenses. […]

  • China blasts nuclear transfers under AUKUS deal

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 11:11pm EDT

    Beijing’s envoy to the United Nations said the three-way AUKUS pact poses nuclear proliferation risks China has accused the US, UK and Australia of risky transfers of nuclear materials under the AUKUS pact, with Beijing’s UN ambassador calling on the body’s atomic watchdog to give greater scrutiny to the deal. Speaking after a meeting of […]

  • Bezos spaceship encounters ‘anomaly’

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 8:13pm EDT

    A Blue Origin rocket exploded shortly after launch from Texas A Blue Origin space launch from Texas on Monday went horribly wrong as the booster rocket exploded shortly after takeoff. No one was injured in the incident and the capsule carrying about three dozen experiments managed to detach safely. The company owned by Amazon mogul […]

  • Israeli spy chief slams Iran’s nuclear ‘charade’

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 6:42pm EDT

    Mossad director vowed to fight Iranian “terrorism” without regard for possible nuclear agreement Israel will not feel constrained by a possible renewal of the nuclear deal with Iran and intends to continue targeting “state terrorism” of the Tehran “regime,” Mossad Director David Barnea said in a speech on Monday. “We will not take part in […]

  • Payment giants to track gun store sales

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 2:29pm EDT

    Visa, Mastercard, American Express say they will apply a separate merchant code for firearms retailers Three major payment processing companies – Visa, Mastercard and American Express – have announced they will put all gun shop sales into a separate category of purchases from now on. The move, which was met with criticism by gun rights […]

  • Egypt to allow ruble payments – Tez Tour

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 12:13pm EDT

    Cairo reportedly hopes the move could help boost its tourism sector The Russian ruble may be included in a list of currencies accepted for payments in Egypt, RIA Novosti reported on Monday, citing the press service of tour operator Tez Tour. “According to information from the Central Bank of Egypt, available to Tez Tour, from […]

  • Germany risks deindustrialization — The Economist

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 11:38am EDT

    Soaring energy prices pose a severe test for the country’s industrial sector The biggest challenge the German industrial sector currently faces is posed by rising energy costs, The Economist reported on Sunday, citing the association of German industry BDI. “The substance of our industry is under threat,” BDI President Siegfried Russwurm said as quoted by […]

  • US mayor justifies luxury flights citing skin color and gender

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 11:01am EDT

    LaToya Cantrell suggests flying economy is “unsafe” for black women, while justifying her $30,000 spend on first-class seats The Democratic Mayor of New Orleans, LaToya Cantrell, has insisted that spending tens of thousands of dollars on first-class plane seats was necessary, suggesting that flying economy would be unsafe for a black woman. Cantrell is refusing […]

  • Senator confirms US helped Ukraine with counter-offensive

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 10:57am EDT

    Support from America and the UK has helped Kiev make “great gains” in Kharkov Region, Mark Warner says Active support by the US and its NATO allies – as well as intelligence sharing between Washington, London, and Kiev – have been instrumental in helping the Ukrainian troops make “great gains” during their counteroffensive in Kharkov […]

  • Norway ‘skeptical’ about EU’s gas price cap – PM

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 10:53am EDT

    The measure to limit the cost of the fuel won’t solve Europe’s energy shortage, the Norwegian prime minister says Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store voiced doubts on Monday about a possible price ceiling on natural gas imports proposed by a majority of EU member states. “We approach discussions in an open spirit, but we […]

  • Iran provides details on new suicide drone

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 10:52am EDT

    The aircraft is meant to hit Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv, Iranian top general said Iran says it has developed a suicide drone specifically designed to hit Israel’s largest coastal cities in case open hostilities break out between the two long-time foes. Speaking to Iranian channel IRIB TV1, Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari, the […]

  • Both the Left and the Right are getting the gender debate wrong

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 10:10am EDT

    When it comes to the culture war around sex and gender, American society couldn’t be more polarized – both sides have their extremes, and both those extremes are wrong The gender debate has been yet another issue dividing Americans along political lines for several years now, with the dial turned up to eleven in recent […]

  • Germany refuses to give battle tanks to Ukraine

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 9:40am EDT

    Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht says the country’s military aid to Kiev has reached its limit German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht rejected demands to supply Kiev with Leopard 2 main battle tanks during a keynote speech at a German Society on Foreign Relations event on Monday. The minister noted that no other countries have delivered Western-built […]

  • EU country doubles Russian gas imports

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 9:17am EDT

    Spain’s purchases of the blue fuel have risen significantly this year, data shows The volume of Russian gas bought by Spain in August soared by 102.2% compared to the same period last year, according to data published on Monday by the Spanish energy company Enagas. The report highlighted that Madrid purchased 4,505 gigawatt hours (GWh) […]

  • Russian economy on path to growth – Putin

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 9:05am EDT

    The West’s economic ‘blitzkrieg’ has failed, according to the Russian president The Russian economy is currently stabilizing and turning to a growth path, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday at an economic meeting, citing monthly dynamics of key macro indicators. According to Putin, the country has managed to tackle inflationary pressure and prevented the economy […]

  • Baltic nation to open trade office in Taiwan

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 7:47am EDT

    Beijing had previously punished Lithuania for allowing Taipei to open a trade office in Vilnius Lithuania is set to open a trade office in Taiwan this week, according to media reports. A trade delegation from the Baltic state landed on the self-governed island at the weekend, Taipei’s foreign affairs department said on Monday. It is […]

  • Denmark’s inflation nears 40-year high

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 5:52am EDT

    Soaring prices for food and energy force Copenhagen to slash growth forecast Inflation in Denmark has climbed to its highest in nearly four decades, as food and energy prices keep rising amid a deepening energy crisis across the European Union. Last month, Denmark’s consumer price index saw a year-on-year surge of 8.9%, the fastest pace […]

  • Turkey to double down on mediating Ukraine conflict – media

    RT - Sep 12th 2022 5:52am EDT

    President Erdogan will once again invite Putin to sit down with Zelensky, Turkish media says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will once again float the idea of a Russia-Ukraine summit when he meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Uzbekistan, this week, Turkish media reported on Monday. According to the Hurriyet newspaper, the Ukraine conflict […]