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  • Chinese ship makes controversial Sri Lanka visit

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 11:56am EDT

    The docking was previously postponed, with India and the US reportedly considering it a spy vessel A Chinese naval research ship docked in a Beijing-built port in Sri Lanka on Tuesday, a week after its arrival was postponed, allegedly due to concerns raised by the US and India. While China describes the ship as conducting […]

  • Misguided provocateur vs. murderous zealot: ‘The Satanic Verses’ still beguiles 34 years on

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 11:21am EDT

    Salman Rushdie’s brutal stabbing revives debates on religion and freedom of speech, as well as fears of terrorism Salman Rushdie’s 1988 book, ‘The Satanic Verses’, has not lost its sulphurous potential. A zealot badly stabbed the aging author in New York. He sustained life-changing injuries. Was it divine chastisement or an act of satanic intolerance? […]

  • Germans cut down on gas consumption – industry body

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 11:08am EDT

    Natural gas usage was down nearly 15% from January to June on an annual basis, data shows Natural gas usage in Germany plunged in the first half of this year, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing the power industry association BDEW.  The country consumed nearly 15% less natural gas compared with the same period of 2021, […]

  • Taiwan separatist attempts will ‘end badly’ – China

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 10:58am EDT

    Beijing has warned that so-called independence movements in Taiwan won’t lead to “anything good” Taiwan belongs to China and the issue is a strictly internal one, Beijing’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe insisted on Tuesday in a video address to the Moscow international security conference. He noted that separatist movements on the island promoting the so-called […]

  • US conducts ICBM test after multiple delays

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 10:42am EDT

    Two previously scheduled tests of the Minuteman III ballistic missile were hindered by tensions with Russia and China The US Air Force test-launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) over the South Pacific on Tuesday. Described by the Pentagon as a demonstration of the “lethality and effectiveness” of America’s nuclear weapons, the test […]

  • Mayor to skip national election over WWII monument removal

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 10:14am EDT

    Estonian city leader says she won’t run for parliament when MPs target war memorials The government of Estonia voted on Tuesday to remove several Soviet-era war memorials in Ida-Viru County, including an historic T-34 tank in the provincial capital Narva. In protest the local mayor announced that she would not run in parliamentary elections next […]

  • German industry at risk as Rhine dries up – AP

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 9:48am EDT

    Plunging water levels in lakes and rivers are making commercial shipping untenable Germany’s main industry lobby group, BDI, warned on Tuesday that factories may have to curtail production or even halt it completely due to dwindling water levels on the Rhine River that are making it harder to transport cargo, AP reports.  Water levels on […]

  • Western countries waiting for ‘fall of Ukraine’ – Kiev

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 9:20am EDT

    Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba says he is often asked by some of his counterparts how much longer Kiev can hold on Several countries in the West are waiting for Kiev to surrender and think their problems will immediately solve themselves, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba in an interview published on Tuesday.  “I often get […]

  • UK food inflation hits new peak – study

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 8:38am EDT

    Butter, milk and poultry showed the largest price increases last month UK food prices have spiked at the highest rate in fourteen years, London-based consulting company Kantar said in a study published on Tuesday. “Grocery price inflation hit 11.6% over the past four weeks, the highest level since we first started tracking the data this […]

  • EU electricity costs double

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 7:15am EDT

    Day-ahead prices in Germany set a new record on Tuesday Power prices across the EU jumped to a fresh record high on Tuesday, as natural gas costs climbed further on falling supply from Russia, data from the European Energy Exchange AG shows. Benchmark day-ahead prices in Germany advanced to €490.79 ($497) per megawatt-hour, from June’s […]

  • Russia’s parallel imports economy growing

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 6:01am EDT

    Moscow legalized the importation of products through third countries earlier this year The volume of parallel imports to Russia may reach about $16 billion by the end of the year, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on Monday. “We can say that somewhere around $16 billion will be […]

  • China expands sanctions list

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 5:08am EDT

    Seven Taiwanese officials branded “independent diehards” by Beijing China has expanded its list of sanctioned individuals that it considers “Taiwan independence diehards.” Seven more officials, including Taipei’s de facto ambassador to the US, were added to it. The latest entries also include the chief of Taiwan’s security council and members of the ruling party. Previously, […]

  • Russia offers trade partners to join its SWIFT alternative

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 5:01am EDT

    Moscow aims to boost settlements in national currencies with SCO countries instead of the dollar and euro Russia has offered countries belonging to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to join its financial messaging system (SPFS), the Russian equivalent of SWIFT. Moscow wants to boost the volume of settlements in national currencies, the country’s Economic Development […]

  • US holds missile defense drills with allies

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 2:00am EDT

    South Korea and Japan joined in on the exercises, the first of their kind since 2017 Japan and South Korea joined US forces for missile defense drills off the coast of Hawaii, the first time the three countries have done so in several years, with the Pentagon saying the exercises were meant to respond to […]

  • Three foreign fighters could face death in DPR

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 1:52am EDT

    Two more men described by the Donbass republic authorities as “mercenaries” could face lengthy prison terms Three foreign nationals – a Swede, a Croat, and a Briton – could be sentenced to death if found guilty of the crimes they are charged with, a court in the Donetsk People’s Republic has said.  On Monday, Russian […]

  • Afghanistan seeks barter trade with Russia – media

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 1:04am EDT

    Kabul wants to purchase a million barrels of crude, RIA Novosti reports Afghanstan wants to import Russian oil, Minister of Industry and Trade Nuriddin Azizi told RIA Novosti on Monday. “We have offered [Russia] to buy about 1 million [barrels], if [Russia] can send more, then this is not a problem,” Azizi stated. He also […]

  • Wall Street re-launches Russian bond trading – Reuters

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 1:03am EDT

    The US government has authorized allowing holders to dispose of their assets Several major US banks have restarted facilitating trades in Russian debt obligations after getting a green light from Washington, Reuters reported on Monday, citing bank documents. According to the report, Wall Street giants JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Barclays and […]

  • New Zealand troops to train Ukrainians

    RT - Aug 16th 2022 12:29am EDT

    The soldiers will take their Ukrainian counterparts through Britain’s basic training course New Zealand is set to send some 120 soldiers to help train Ukrainian personnel in the United Kingdom, the government said, though stressed that there would be no direct involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Defense Minister Peeni Henare […]

  • Germany’s business model is broken – minister

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 8:21pm EDT

    Germans must swallow “bitter medicine” after years of cheap Russian energy, economy minister Habeck says German Economy and Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck threw out the country’s entire business model on Monday, saying it relied on cheap energy imports from Russia that will never return. Habeck’s comments came during his announcement of a special tax […]

  • Assange’s lawyers, journalists sue CIA

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 8:19pm EDT

    New lawsuit alleges that America’s top spy agency snooped on visitors to Julian Assange A group of US journalists and lawyers have sued the CIA and its former director Mike Pompeo for allegedly spying on them, in violation of their constitutional rights, during their visits to WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange when he was holed up […]

  • US school district pledges to fire white staff first

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 8:04pm EDT

    White teachers will be the first to lose their jobs under a deal struck by a Minneapolis union White teachers will be the first to be fired if job cuts are required at public schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota – regardless of their seniority or effectiveness in the classroom, according to a new collective bargaining agreement […]

  • Iran must lower expectations to revive nuclear deal – US

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 7:24pm EDT

    The US says it will only renew the Iran nuclear deal if Tehran abandons “extraneous” demands Iran must abandon its “extraneous” demands on treaty partners if it wants to resuscitate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, US State Department spokesman Ned Price declared on Monday, insisting that Tehran drop “further unacceptable demands that go beyond […]

  • Mass protests against ‘Europride’ in Serbia

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 6:36pm EDT

    Backed by outspoken Orthodox bishop, thousands marched in Belgrade calling for cancellation of LGBT festival Serbian authorities on Monday received an official request by a civic group to cancel the “Europride,” a LGBT event scheduled for mid-September, on security grounds. The petition came a day after tens of thousands of people marched through Belgrade carrying […]

  • German chancellor opposes fellow EU leaders on visa issue

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 5:06pm EDT

    Olaf Scholz spoke out against bloc-wide visa restrictions for all Russians, stressing that the Ukraine conflict is “Putin’s war” Germany will not back EU-wide visa restrictions for all Russians, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has stated, arguing that the entire Russian population should not be held responsible for what he called “Putin’s war.” This comes as several […]

  • Russia and UN discuss crisis at nuclear plant

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 5:01pm EDT

    Moscow has accused Ukraine of shelling the Zaporozhye facility, while Kiev and the EU blame Russia Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu held a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday regarding safety at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Russia, which controls the plant, has accused Ukraine of shelling the facility, while Ukraine […]