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  • Macron warns of ‘end of abundance’

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 11:10am EDT

    France is heading toward a difficult period of “anxiety,” requiring “sacrifices” to be made, the president said France is headed toward the “end of abundance” and “sacrifices” have to be made during what is a time of great upheaval, President Emmanuel Macron told his cabinet on Wednesday upon returning from summer break.  The country has […]

  • Nord Stream 2 ‘only sensible’ solution to gas crisis – German MP

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 10:27am EDT

    Germany needs to stick to a ‘fact-oriented policy’ in dealing with fuel shortages, Steffen Kotre says The launch of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline could help solve the growing energy crisis in Europe, Bundestag MP Steffen Kotre told the TASS news agency on Wednesday. “Even if the gas storage facilities are full, there will […]

  • Italian town hires mystic to fight drought

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 10:08am EDT

    The contracted surveyor uses a pendulum to detect groundwater A drought-ridden Italian town has contracted a mystic to search for groundwater with the help of a pendulum amid record-setting heat waves across Europe.  Bajardo, a small town on the Ligurian coast with fewer than 350 people, promised to pay a man named Renato Labolani €300 […]

  • Sanctions damage to Russian economy ‘superficial’ – Bloomberg

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 10:01am EDT

    The nation’s economic slump is far less severe than previously expected Despite harsh Western sanctions Russia’s economy appears to be holding up better than expected as it benefits from high energy prices, Bloomberg reports on Wednesday.  The damage has turned out to be much more superficial than previously assumed, according to the report. In March, […]

  • Biden celebrates Ukraine’s independence day with biggest arms package yet

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 9:44am EDT

    Ukraine will receive artillery, drones, and anti-aircraft weaponry to keep fighting “over the long term” US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the US will send an additional $2.98 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine. In an announcement coinciding with Ukraine’s Independence Day, Biden said that the US envisions Kiev fighting for some time […]

  • Pope condemns killing of Russian journalist

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 8:47am EDT

    Pope Francis called the recently murdered Darya Dugina a “poor girl” who paid with her life “for the war” Pope Francis has denounced the killing of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, who died in a car bombing last Saturday. The head of the Catholic Church described Dugina as one of the many “innocents” who have suffered […]

  • Ukraine printing money to cover deficit

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 8:25am EDT

    The central bank purchased the local-currency equivalent of over $800 million worth of local bonds in just the past week The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) “printed” another 30 billion hryvnia ($814 million) during the past week, Ukrainian parliament MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Wednesday, referring to the central bank’s purchase of local bonds. “Over […]

  • Hungary weighs in on proposed Russian visa ban

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 7:04am EDT

    Budapest does not plan on restricting the number of entry permits for Russians over the Ukraine conflict, the FM says Hungary does not support the calls by some EU member states to restrict visas for Russian citizens over the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. Several European states, including Estonia and the Czech […]

  • US media questions Russia sanctions’ efficacy

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 6:49am EDT

    The punitive measures against Moscow didn’t cause the collapse Western leaders had hoped for, the Washington post has said Six months since unprecedented sanctions were slapped on Russia, the country’s economy has still not shown any signs of the collapse that Western leaders had initially expected, a leading US newspaper has assessed. An editorial published […]

  • India-Russia trade surging, ambassador tells RT

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 6:16am EDT

    New Delhi has stepped up purchases of Russian oil and fertilizers over the past few months Trade turnover between India and Russia has grown in both volume and scope in recent months, Indian Ambassador to Moscow Pavan Kapoor told RT on Tuesday. “There is tremendous hope for increasing our trade and economic cooperation. We’ve seen just […]

  • Soros and VP Harris are ‘supervillains’ – slain policeman’s widow

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 5:10am EDT

    Ann Dorn, who lost her husband to the 2020 BLM riots, claims the billionaire and the US vice president are partly responsible The widow of a retired police officer who was killed during the Black Lives Matter riots in St. Louis in 2020, has described US Vice President Kamala Harris and billionaire George Soros as […]

  • Superyacht seized from Russian billionaire auctioned off

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 3:49am EDT

    The luxury vessel was the first public auction of an asset confiscated under Western sanctions A $75-million superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian steel billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky was auctioned off on Tuesday in Gibraltar, according to media reports, citing court sources. The five-deck, 72-meter (236 feet) vessel Axioma reportedly attracted 63 bids and was sold for […]

  • ‘No problems’ with Ukrainian grain shipments – Turkey

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 1:33am EDT

    Vessels are leaving the Black Sea ports despite the ongoing conflict with Russia A total of 33 grain ships have so far departed from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports under the UN-brokered multinational deal reached last month, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. The minister also noted that the agreement between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey […]

  • Electricity prices soar in France

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 1:33am EDT

    Power costs have been rising amid the growing EU energy crisis The price of electricity in France closed in on €650 per megawatt-hour on Tuesday, jumping 5.5%, Nord Pool exchange data shows. The day-ahead price surged to €645.54 per megawatt-hour at 12:46 GMT against €611.85 the day before, when it was also on the rise.  […]

  • Germany reveals gas storage levels

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 1:32am EDT

    The energy regulator says fuel reserves have been filled to planned capacity Germany’s natural gas storage facilities are over 80% full, having surpassed the mandatory level of 75% scheduled for September 1, the country’s Federal Network Agency said in a report published on Tuesday. “Gas supplies to Germany are currently stable. Germany’s energy security is […]

  • Asian city state to drop indoor mask rule

    RT - Aug 24th 2022 12:45am EDT

    Singapore will soon move one step closer to ending all of its Covid restrictions amid low infection rates The Republic of Singapore is set to lift its indoor mask requirement, announcing an end to one of the island’s few remaining Covid containment policies as it steadily returns to normal. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung told […]

  • US confirms strikes on ‘Iran-backed groups’

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 11:48pm EDT

    The Pentagon said it bombed militants linked to Tehran in order to ‘protect US forces’ in Syria The US military has launched multiple airstrikes on targets in eastern Syria, claiming it struck sites used by Iran-backed fighters while suggesting they may have been behind a drone attack on an American base earlier this month. US […]

  • 2 convicted for Michigan governor kidnapping plot

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 11:07pm EDT

    The guilty verdicts come after a previous jury failed to reach a unanimous decision in April A jury has convicted two men for conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, ending a sensational case which made headlines nationwide and initially resulted in a retrial.  Adam Fox, 38, and Barry Croft Jr., 46, were […]

  • US to fund more arms for Ukraine – media

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 9:57pm EDT

    Washington is reportedly shifting to a ‘longer-term campaign’ as it prepares another round of assistance for Kiev The United States will soon unveil another $3 billion in aid for Ukrainian forces, officials told multiple media outlets, hoping to finance a variety of new weapons for Kiev following six months of fighting with Russia. According to […]

  • Senator lays groundwork for potential Fauci probe

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 6:41pm EDT

    Rand Paul has demanded that records and communications be saved as he looks to investigate the US Covid-19 czar Fresh from vowing to investigate chief White House medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci for his role in the Covid-19 pandemic, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has demanded that President Joe Biden’s administration preserve documents and messages that […]

  • UK PM hopeful ‘ready’ to use nukes

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 6:06pm EDT

    Liz Truss said she was prepared to unleash nuclear destruction during Conservative leadership debate Liz Truss feels “ready” to launch Trident nuclear weapons, the frontrunner for Conservative leadership declared at Tuesday’s hustings in Birmingham, confirming that making such a decision was an “important duty of the prime minister.”  The foreign secretary did not elaborate on […]

  • Africans sue UK over colonial-era abuses

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 5:56pm EDT

    Kenyans forced off their lands under British colonial rule have lodged a case with a top European court A group of Kenyan activists filed a case against the UK to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday. Lawyers representing peoples forced off their land in Kenya’s Rift Valley argue the UK has violated […]

  • Pelosi is spared jail time

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 5:27pm EDT

    The spouse of America’s top lawmaker won’t face incarceration after pleading guilty to drunk driving US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-California) husband has dodged further jail time after pleading guilty to drunk driving in an incident that left two cars totaled and the other driver injured. Paul Pelosi was ordered on Tuesday in affluent Napa, […]

  • German military stock at its limit after supplying Ukraine – Der Spiegel

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 5:15pm EDT

    Despite shortages, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ own coalition members want him to put Ukraine’s military before Germany’s Germany cannot deliver more weapons to Ukraine without depleting its own stocks, its defense ministry has said. Despite the military reaching the “acceptable limit” of what it can send, Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under intense pressure to keep the […]

  • Drunk US soldier kills boy in Italy

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 5:15pm EDT

    The American airwoman hit the 15-year-old while driving four times over the legal blood alcohol limit Julia Bravo – the 20-year-old American airwoman who hit 15-year-old Giovanni Zanier with her car while driving drunk in Porcia – must stand trial in Italy and not be sent back to the US, the child’s mother, Barbara Scandella, […]