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  • US must ‘pay the bill’ for Afghanistan – Russia

    RT - Aug 30th 2022 3:43am EDT

    Washington should not deflect responsibility for its own mistakes, Moscow’s top UN diplomat says The US should focus on compensating the Afghan people for the 20 years of “pointless occupation” rather than accusing others of not chipping in, Russia’s envoy to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, has said. The US sent troops into Afghanistan in 2001 […]

  • French industry must reduce energy consumption – PM

    RT - Aug 30th 2022 3:17am EDT

    Start saving energy or face blackouts, Elisabeth Borne tells businesses France will be forced to introduce energy rationing this winter if Russia halts gas supplies to Europe and businesses don’t take steps to reduce consumption, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned on Monday.   Speaking at a conference in Paris held by the Movement of the […]

  • Russia rakes in more oil revenue than ever – WSJ

    RT - Aug 30th 2022 3:09am EDT

    New buyers and traders, as well as overriding demand for crude, help Moscow shrug off sanctions Mounting oil demand from some of the world’s biggest economies has helped Russia to export almost as much crude as it did before the conflict in Ukraine and subsequent Western sanctions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. On […]

  • Brits told to brace for recession

    RT - Aug 30th 2022 2:03am EDT

    Goldman Sachs sharply cuts UK growth forecasts Goldman Sachs economists expect a recession in the UK to begin later in the year, as record-high inflation hitting household incomes is dragging consumption down. Strategists expect Britain’s economic decline to begin in the fourth quarter of the current year, and project the nation’s GDP to contract by […]

  • EU facing decade of terrible winters – minister

    RT - Aug 30th 2022 1:30am EDT

    The Belgian energy minister has called for an immediate gas price cap The EU could suffer “terrible” winters in the years ahead if the bloc’s leaders don’t take immediate steps to impose a price cap on uncontrolled gas prices, according to Belgian Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten. “The next 5 to 10 winters will […]

  • Beijing warns Biden against arming Taiwan

    RT - Aug 30th 2022 12:58am EDT

    Washington must stop arms sales to Taipei, China’s embassy in the US says China will respond with “decisive and firm measures” if Washington continues military cooperation with Taiwan, the spokesman for China’s embassy in Washington, Liu Pengyu, said on Monday. The statement came after Politico reported that the Joe Biden administration is planning to ask […]

  • India considering aid for Pakistan – media

    RT - Aug 30th 2022 12:41am EDT

    High-level discussions are reportedly underway in India to extend humanitarian aid to Pakistan Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered condolences to the victims of deadly floods in Pakistan, which have killed more than 1,000 and devastated much of the country, amid reports that New Delhi could soon offer assistance to its neighbor. Modi took […]

  • US artillery stockpiles ‘uncomfortably low’ after Ukraine aid – WSJ

    RT - Aug 30th 2022 12:17am EDT

    The Pentagon is conducting a review to determine how to meet its own supply needs while still arming Ukraine The US military is running low on some types of ammunition after the White House approved and delivered billions of dollars in “lethal aid” for Ukraine since February, several military officials told the Wall Street Journal […]

  • Neighbors react to deadly unrest in Iraq

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 10:24pm EDT

    Iran shuts border crossings while Kuwait urges citizens to leave Iraq The Iranian government has decided to close the country’s border with Iraq on Monday in response to violent clashes in Baghdad. Dozens of people have been injured and killed in clashes between the followers of Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, rival militias and security forces, […]

  • EU’s energy policy leading towards collapse – Hungary

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 6:23pm EDT

    Unlike oil and gas, ideological convictions won’t keep Europeans warm in the winter, Peter Szijjarto cautioned Western Europe’s policy of rejecting Russian energy even in the absence of suitable alternatives could lead to the countries’ collapse when their people are left without heat in the winter, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told a meeting of […]

  • Powerful cleric announces hunger strike as fighting escalates in Iraq

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 5:35pm EDT

    Muqtada al-Sadr called for the end to violence as his followers clashed with rival militia in Baghdad Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced a hunger strike on Monday evening, calling for an end to political violence. More than a dozen people have been killed in clashes between Sadr’s followers and rival militias in Baghdad, after no […]

  • Joe Rogan reveals ‘lesson’ of pandemic

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 4:31pm EDT

    The top Spotify podcaster advised Americans to ‘vote Republican’ in the upcoming midterm elections Americans who lost jobs, money, and businesses during the Covid-19 shutdowns should vote Republican in the upcoming midterm elections, Spotify’s top podcast host, Joe Rogan, told his guest, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers during his Saturday show. Rogan reasoned that […]

  • US oil reserves near four-decade low

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 4:30pm EDT

    President Joe Biden has eaten into America’s’ emergency stocks to bring down gas prices The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at its lowest level since 1984, according to recently-published figures from the Department of Energy. While Biden has relied on emptying the US’ reserves to bring down gas prices, his administration has no plans to […]

  • Climate scientists call for civil disobedience

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 3:40pm EDT

    The Nature Climate Change journal has published a piece urging climatologists to engage in civil disobedience to save the planet Climatologists around the world should leave their labs and not just take to the streets but engage in acts of civil disobedience to focus attention on the looming climate disaster, a group of scientists has […]

  • Republican senator predicts ‘riots’ if Trump charged

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 2:24pm EDT

    Lindsey Graham warned that the “double standard” against the former president could trigger political violence Prosecuting former President Donald Trump for mishandling classified information – especially after the investigation of his erstwhile rival Hillary Clinton ahead of the 2016 election failed to yield an indictment – would lead to “riots in the streets,” Senator Lindsey […]

  • EU has no alternative to Russian energy – ex Saudi Aramco VP

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 2:04pm EDT

    Unlike Europe, Moscow has other markets to turn to There’s not enough capacity in the world to replace Russia’s gas supply to the European Union, while Moscow has plenty of markets to sell its energy to, the former executive vice president at Saudi Aramco, Sadad Al-Husseini, told CNBC on Monday. “The US doesn’t have the […]

  • Two dead, 19 injured in Baghdad clashes – media

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 12:58pm EDT

    Washington has denied that its embassy in the Iraqi capital was evacuated amid the chaos Two people were killed and 19 injured in clashes between security forces and supporters of influential Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr near the Republican Palace in Baghdad on Monday, Sky News Arabia has reported, citing Iraqi medical sources. The US State […]

  • Royal Navy comments on failure of its biggest warship

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 12:49pm EDT

    The HMS Prince of Wales broke down a day after leaving its home port The stricken British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is being moved to a port “better suited to allow for further inspection of the ship,” the Royal Navy tweeted on Monday, acknowledging that followers “might be aware” that the £3 billion […]

  • Activists want credit card firms to flag firearm purchases

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 11:56am EDT

    Gun control advocates claim this will save lives amid the rise in US mass shootings Gun control advocates are leaning on credit card companies to flag legal purchases of guns and ammunition as “suspicious,” a campaign from anti-gun lobbyists GunsDownAmerica and Giffords has revealed. The activists argue that mass shooters have “exploited” the banking system […]

  • EU aims to tackle surging electricity prices

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 11:11am EDT

    Brussels is planning an “emergency intervention” to deal with the crisis The EU is planning urgent steps to bring down surging power prices, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, as quoted by Bloomberg. “The skyrocketing electricity prices are now exposing, for different reasons, the limitations of our current electricity market design,” […]

  • White House sets date for first ‘hunger conference’ in decades

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 11:00am EDT

    The event will be the first of its kind in over 50 years as inflation in the US strains food budgets The White House has announced when it plans to hold the first Hunger, Nutrition and Health conference in over 50 years as the US continues to deal with rampant inflation, which is affecting food […]

  • Germany proposes joint European air defense system

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 10:55am EDT

    Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the measure would save money and work more effectively European “neighbors” should set up a joint air defense system amid the Ukraine conflict and other security challenges, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. “We have a lot of catching up to do in Europe when it comes to defense against airborne […]

  • World still needs oil and gas – Elon Musk

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 10:51am EDT

    Without fossil fuels “civilization will crumble,” according to the billionaire The transition to renewable energy sources is one of the most difficult tasks facing the planet and it could take several decades, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told reporters on Monday. He stressed that the world must continue to extract oil and gas in order to […]

  • Germany wants EU unanimity rule scrapped

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 10:49am EDT

    In certain critical areas the German chancellor has suggested switching to majority voting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday called on EU members to abandon the right to veto in favor of majority voting in a number of key areas. Such a move could facilitate the bloc’s future expansion. Speaking at the Charles University in […]

  • Biden just helped millions of student loan debtors. So why are people mad?

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 10:07am EDT

    The US president signed an executive order to forgive a large sum of federal student loans for millions of Americans – but not everyone is happy US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the federal government would implement student loan forgiveness for tens of millions of borrowers across the country, marking perhaps the first time […]