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  • Dogs can cry when reunited with owners – study

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 4:35pm EDT

    Canines are genuinely thrilled to see their owners after being separated, according to a new study Dogs can shed tears when reuniting with their owners after a prolonged period of separation, a new study, published by a team of Japanese researchers in the Current Biology journal, suggests. Moreover, humans tend to care more about tearful […]

  • Liz Cheney’s 2024 presidential bid could help Trump – poll

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 4:24pm EDT

    The congresswoman has vowed to block Trump from the Oval Office, but a new survey suggests she would swing the election his way US Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) has flirted with running for president, allegedly to block Donald Trump from getting his old job back, but a new poll suggests that her candidacy would ensure […]

  • Russia comments on Israel’s attacks on Syria

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 3:04pm EDT

    Moscow demands that West Jerusalem respect the Arab country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity Moscow has demanded that the Israeli government immediately cease attacks on the Syrian Arab Republic and respect the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference with his Syrian counterpart on Tuesday, […]

  • Ex-executive claims ‘reckless’ security at Twitter – media

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 2:38pm EDT

    A hacker who was hired to beef up cybersecurity for the Big Tech firm has warned that its policies jeopardize national security Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the notorious hacker whom Twitter hired in 2020 to shore up its cybersecurity, has reportedly warned that the social media giant has reckless and negligent policies that pose risks not […]

  • Leaked slides detail YouTube’s Ukraine censorship – journalist

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 2:25pm EDT

    Posting screenshots from an internal training course reportedly cost a Polish contractor his job A tutorial for YouTube’s content moderators that emerged on social media on Tuesday shows that the Google-owned platform has labeled a number of critical positions on the conflict in Ukraine “hateful” or “extreme” and can censor or demonetize creators on those […]

  • Pentagon doubles down on refusal to process DC migrant arrivals

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 2:23pm EDT

    DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request was denied again as she was told such a task would be inappropriate for the National Guard The Washington DC National Guard will not help process and house the buses full of illegal immigrants that the governors of Texas and Arizona have been sending to the nation’s capital, Pentagon Executive […]

  • US government warned against warrantless ‘gun checks’

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 1:33pm EDT

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ ‘knock and talk’ visits are likely unconstitutional, an Iowa Republican senator said US Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has demanded to see legal justification for the growing number of ‘knock and talk’ visits to lawful gun owners by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).  In a letter […]

  • EU drought ‘worst in 500 years’

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 12:34pm EDT

    A rainfall deficit will badly impact farming yields, the European Commission has warned Europe is experiencing what appears to be the worst drought in five centuries, the European Commission warned on Tuesday, citing a new analysis released by the EU’s Joint Research Center (JRC). The August report highlighted the continued impact of extreme weather on […]

  • Germany fails to find replacement for Russian gas – Die Zeit

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 12:31pm EDT

    Berlin’s LNG talks with Canada turned out to be fruitless, the newspaper reports Attempts by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to secure Canadian gas in order to reduce the EU’s reliance on Russian energy have been unsuccessful, Die Zeit newspaper reported on Tuesday. Scholz met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal on Monday to discuss […]

  • Ukraine unplugs from Russian power grid

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 12:05pm EDT

    The country is now connected to the European electricity network Ukraine has terminated an agreement with Moscow on the operation of the two countries’ energy systems, the government’s representative to the Rada, Taras Melnichuk, announced on Tuesday. “The agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Russian government on measures to ensure the […]

  • Trump sues to block FBI review of Mar-a-Lago documents

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 11:51am EDT

    Meanwhile, the Justice Department has been ordered to explain its grounds for raiding the ex-president’s estate Former US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block the FBI from examining documents its agents seized during a raid on his Mar-a-Lago residence until a third-party overseer can be appointed. Trump described the raid […]

  • EU country sending Soviet-made tanks to Ukraine – media

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 10:55am EDT

    Slovakia will deliver T-72s to Kiev in exchange for armor from Germany, Business Insider reports Slovakia is poised to supply Ukraine with Soviet-made tanks in exchange for receiving a batch of German panzers from Berlin, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. According to the outlet’s government sources, Slovakia will send 30 T-72 tanks to Ukraine in […]

  • Ukraine should ‘confiscate’ Russian gas – official

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 10:41am EDT

    Kiev has the right to siphon off supplies destined for the EU, a Ukrainian politician claims The former chairman of Ukraine’s parliament, the Rada, Dmitry Razumkov has stated that Kiev has the right to confiscate Russian gas that flows to the EU through Ukraine, and sell it in order to solve the country’s economic problems. […]

  • US could be preparing Ukrainians for ‘closer combat’ – media

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 10:38am EDT

    The Pentagon’s latest weapons package to Kiev may indicate a looming counteroffensive, the Washington Post suggests The US may be helping Ukraine prepare for an impending counteroffensive against Russia, The Washington Post claimed, pointing to the type of weaponry making up the latest batch of military aid pledged to Kiev by the Pentagon.  While previous […]

  • EU country suggests Nord Stream 2 should be dismantled

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 10:25am EDT

    The president of Poland says doing so would be appropriate retaliation for the conflict in Ukraine Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday called for a ‘complete dismantling’ of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. “When Russia is at war against Ukraine, when it attacks, occupies, the change of policy in the West implies not only […]

  • PM hopeful tweets video of Ukrainian womans’s rape

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 9:46am EDT

    Italian politician Giorgia Meloni shared the clip, prompting backlash from her rivals Giorgia Meloni, a far-right politician seeking to become the next Italian prime minister, has found herself in hot water after posting a video of a Ukrainian woman being raped by a migrant. According to local authorities, the 55-year-old victim was attacked in the […]

  • Republicans slam Biden’s ‘excessive’ vacations

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 9:08am EDT

    An unofficial tally shows that the US president has already spent more time off than Trump Republicans have blasted US President Joe Biden for “excessive” vacation time after an unofficial tally showed that he has taken more days off than his predecessor, Donald Trump. “The GOP is calling out Joe Biden for taking excessive amounts […]

  • EU allows Russia to make payments for oil transit

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 9:08am EDT

    Previously blocked transfers caused a temporary halt to crude supplies to Europe Brussels has given the greenlight to an authorized bank to make direct payments for oil transit to Europe via Ukraine, according to Russian pipeline crude transport company Transneft. “The regulator in Brussels, after the situation with the failure to pass payments, informed our […]

  • ‘Solid’ reasons to microchip kids – WEF

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 9:04am EDT

    An article on the WEF’s website makes the case for implant technologies Human implant technologies will soon become a commodity, a blog post published on the World Economic Forum’s website last week suggests, arguing that there are “solid, rational” reasons for microchipping children with location trackers. The author, Vice President R&D of the Interuniversity Microelectronics […]

  • France faces recession threat – S&P

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 8:40am EDT

    The EU’s second biggest economy is shrinking, data indicates France’s economic output is declining for the first time in a year and a half, mirroring the trend seen in Germany, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing S&P Global data.  According to the report, a gauge of French private-sector activity by S&P Global plunged in August to […]

  • Inflation ‘eats up’ German savings – study

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 7:48am EDT

    Funds set aside during the Covid-19 lockdowns have now melted away due to rising prices, IFO researchers say Inflation has largely depleted the savings Germans managed to accumulate over the past two years, a report from Munich-based IFO Economic Institute published on Tuesday shows. According to the report, German “private households put aside a lot […]

  • West wants Ukraine conflict to drag on – Turkey

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 7:19am EDT

    Some NATO member states also sought to sabotage the grain export deal, FM Mevlut Cavusoglu claims A number of Western nations do not want the Ukraine conflict to end and are also taking steps to derail the UN- and Turkey-brokered grain deal that was signed by Moscow and Kiev, Turkey’s foreign minister told local media […]

  • China’s economic hub goes dark

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 7:13am EDT

    Shanghai has switched off decorative lighting amid soaring electricity demand caused by a heatwave The lights are off on Shanghai’s riverfront skyscrapers and other buildings that give China’s economic hub its iconic look. City officials have said the measure is aimed at alleviating pressure on the national grid amid soaring electricity consumption caused by a […]

  • Russia sues Finland over scrapped nuclear power project – media

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 5:59am EDT

    Rosatom has launched legal action after its Finnish partner unilaterally terminated its construction contract Russian state energy giant Rosatom has filed six lawsuits totaling $3 billion against Finnish company Fennovoima over the termination of a contract for the construction of a nuclear power plant on Finland’s Hanhikivi peninsula, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing […]

  • UN faced with record aid funding deficit due to Ukraine crisis – NYT

    RT - Aug 23rd 2022 5:11am EDT

    The conflict has distracted the West from other humanitarian disasters, officials say The UN is struggling to tackle global humanitarian crises due to a record funding deficit, while many major powers are prioritizing the Ukraine conflict, the New York Times reported on Monday. The international organization receives the bulk of its funding from several major […]