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  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]