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  • Third of Pakistan under water – official

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 9:42am EDT

    The country is faced with a crisis of “unimaginable proportions,” climate change minister Sherry Rehman says A third of Pakistan is under water as a result of flooding caused by record monsoon rains, the South Asian country’s climate change minister, Sherry Rehman, has said. “It’s all one big ocean, there’s no dry land to pump […]

  • Major airline grounds pilots after cockpit scuffle

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 9:39am EDT

    Two Air France pilots were suspended after duking it out during a Geneva-Paris flight Air France has suspended two of its pilots after they started a physical altercation in the cockpit during a flight earlier this summer, according to the Swiss La Tribune news outlet, which spoke to airline officials on Saturday. The news comes […]

  • NASA cancels launch of giant Moon rocket

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 8:51am EDT

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  • Europe warned of danger for many winters to come

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 8:48am EDT

    The energy crisis may last for several years, according to Shell Europe could face gas shortages for several winters as a result of the Russian supply cut, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden told a news conference on Monday, as reported by Reuters. “I do not think this crisis is going to be limited to just […]

  • Powerful Iraqi leader announces full retirement

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 8:45am EDT

    The move comes as Muqtada al-Sadr’s supporters pressure the country’s parliament to dissolve amid a political deadlock Highly influential Iraqi politician Muqtada al-Sadr has announced a complete retirement from politics amid a constitutional crisis engulfing the nation’s parliament. Al-Sadr, a Shia cleric whose political movement won the most seats in parliamentary elections last year but […]

  • Germany can assume ‘special responsibility’ for arming Kiev – Scholz

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 8:43am EDT

    The chancellor sees his country’s aid as playing a crucial role in Ukraine’s defensive capabilities Berlin can take on “special responsibility” in assisting Kiev to acquire the necessary artillery and air defenses in the conflict with Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. Germany and many other Western countries have been arming Ukraine following the launch […]

  • Indian rupee leads Asian currencies’ decline

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 8:27am EDT

    The drop against the US dollar comes after Fed Chair Jerome Powell struck a hawkish tone on fighting inflation in a key speech on Friday India’s currency, the rupee, slumped to a record low on Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell articulated a firm commitment to battling inflation in a speech at an annual […]

  • Moscow urges ‘all nations’ to pressure Kiev over nuclear site

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 8:08am EDT

    But creating a demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear site isn’t on the agenda, the Kremlin says Making Ukraine cease its attacks on the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant will require a joint effort from the whole international community, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. “We still believe that all countries are obliged to […]

  • One in four Britons won’t turn on heating this winter – study

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 7:37am EDT

    Some UK citizens plan to make the drastic decision to save on their bills, research suggests Nearly one in four adults in Britain do not plan on turning on their heating this winter as energy bills are set to skyrocket, The Independent reported on Monday, citing researcher Savanta ComRes. According to a survey conducted by […]

  • Miami asks people to sell their guns over Ukraine conflict

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 7:16am EDT

    The “Guns 4 Ukraine” buyback program offers gift cards in exchange for firearms The city of Miami is offering gift cards to people who sell their personal firearms to be sent to Ukraine. Several such buyback events have already been held in the city throughout the summer, the latest of which was this past Saturday. […]

  • Germany helps gas prices retreat

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 5:53am EDT

    The drop comes as gas storage facilities are filling up faster than planned European prices for natural gas prices fell to their lowest level since April on Monday after Germany announced that it is filling up gas storages more quickly than planned ahead of the winter season.    The benchmark Dutch TTF front-month futures fell […]

  • UK to move warplanes to civilian airports – Daily Express

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 5:26am EDT

    Fighters jets will reportedly be based near civilian runways for the first time since World War II Britain is preparing to station combat aircraft in civilian airports for the first time since World War II in response to the Ukraine conflict, the Daily Express reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The dispersing […]

  • Full visa ban for Russians unlikely – Borrell

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 5:06am EDT

    The move would lack the necessary support from EU states, the bloc’s foreign policy chief has said A full visa ban for all Russians, in response to Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, is unlikely to receive unanimous support in the EU, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said on Sunday. Speaking to Austrian broadcaster […]

  • UK could label China ‘threat’ under new PM – The Times

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 4:58am EDT

    There will be no more economic partnership between London and Beijing if Liz Truss wins, sources told the pape Liz Truss could label China a ‘threat’ to the UK for the first time ever if she wins the race to become prime minister, her allies told The Times. The move would see Beijing given the […]

  • UK’s biggest ship breaks down during ‘landmark’ mission

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 3:12am EDT

    The aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales suffered a “mechanical issue,” the Royal Navy says Britain’s biggest ship and the second of the Royal Navy’s two aircraft carriers, HMS Prince of Wales, has broken down shortly after embarking on a cross-Atlantic aviation trial. The carrier “remains in the South Coast Exercise Area while conducting investigations […]

  • UN chief wants to get rid of nuclear arms ‘once and for all’

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 2:47am EDT

    The world has been held hostage by these “devices of death” long enough, Antonio Guterres says Nuclear weapons must be consigned to history as they do not guarantee security, but only bring destruction, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said. “Our world has been held hostage by nuclear weapons long enough,” he tweeted. The weapons, […]

  • Russia to launch yuan bond sales – media

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 2:27am EDT

    The ruble-renminbi trading volumes have soared amid Western sanctions Russia is planning to resume local bond sales after a six-month pause, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The Kremlin also reportedly wants Chinese yuan-denominated debt to help the recovery of the Russian market.  The report highlighted that ruble bonds, also referred to as OFZs, could potentially be […]

  • Russia boosting fuel exports to Asia – Bloomberg

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 1:39am EDT

    Moscow is increasingly turning to other markets as EU sanctions tighten Russia may ship greater volumes of a key oil product to Asia, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing the energy consultancy FGE. The consultancy’s global head of natural gas liquids, Armaan Ashraf, told the outlet that more Russian-made naphtha fuel, which is primarily used to […]

  • 7 nations ready to revoke recognition of Kosovo – Belgrade

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 5:21pm EDT

    This is the achievement of Serbian diplomacy, President Aleksandar Vucic says Belgrade has managed to convince seven nations to withdraw their recognition of Kosovo, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday, addressing the nation. The president did not name specific countries that had told Belgrade they would do so but still praised the development as […]

  • Teen arrested with TikTok-inspired Molotov cocktail

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 4:57pm EDT

    The would-be firestarter told police that he learned the explosive recipe on Generation Z’s favorite social media app Police in the Israeli city of Haifa arrested a 15-year-old boy with lighters and a Molotov cocktail on Friday. The teen told officers that he made the incendiary device according to a recipe he found on TikTok. […]

  • EU can’t let Putin set energy costs – Austria

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 3:10pm EDT

    Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer wants the bloc to separate gas and energy prices Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer called on Sunday for the EU to impose a cap on power prices and decouple electricity charges from the price of gas. The Austrian leader said failure to do so would let Russian President Vladimir Putin “determine the […]

  • UN children’s agency comments on airstrike in Ethiopia

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 1:22pm EDT

    The attack condemned by the UNICEF is said to have hit a kindergarten, killing at least two children The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, has condemned a fresh outbreak of violence in the African nation of Ethiopia witnessing a conflict between the federal troops and local militias in the northern region of Tigray. Over the weekend, […]

  • Britain’s financial support for Ukraine to run out by new year – Sunday Times

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 12:46pm EDT

    While the government has pledged indefinite support for Kiev, reality looks set to bite The UK’s financial support for Ukraine’s military will run dry by the end of the year, a Defense Ministry source has told the Sunday Times. London has already given Kiev more than £2.3 billion ($2.7 billion) in military aid, but whoever […]

  • France is not at war, but from Macron’s rhetoric you would think otherwise

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 11:52am EDT

    Putting the whole country on war footing – if only through rhetoric – makes it easier to get away with bad policies Earlier this summer, French President Emmanuel Macron evoked the country’s “entry into a war economy in which I believe we will organize ourselves in the long term.” It would have sounded familiar to […]

  • China deploys ships and jets near Taiwan, says Taipei

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 11:03am EDT

    The move comes hours after US warships sailed past the self-governed island A sizable group of Chinese military vessels and aircraft has been detected around Taiwan amid heightened tensions in the region, the self-governed island’s Defense Ministry claimed on Sunday. According to the ministry, eight Chinese Navy vessels and 23 aircraft were detected in Taiwan’s […]