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  • 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 […]

  • EU country’s central bank hires fortune teller – reports

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 5:00pm EDT

    The famed Romanian astrologer says she’ll have to retire her crystal ball The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has hired well-known astrologer and fortune teller Minerva, several media outlets reported last week. She initially announced her change of occupation herself, on the podcast of Damian Draghici. “Currently I have an executive position, I work at […]

  • Over 5 billion would die of starvation in nuclear war – study

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 4:34pm EDT

    Even if we survived the initial bombing, most of humanity would starve to death in the aftermath In the aftermath of a nuclear war between the US and Russia, over 5 billion people could starve to death as the ash and soot from burning cities entered the atmosphere and blocked out sunlight, according to a […]

  • Trump says FBI seized his passports

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 4:10pm EDT

    The former president also suggested that agents could have planted evidence in his home Former US President Donald Trump said on Monday that FBI agents seized his passports during a raid on his home in Florida. Trump, who has condemned the raid as “political persecution,” also told Fox News that the agency could have planted […]

  • South Korea offers North deal to denuclearize

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 3:27pm EDT

    Seoul has offered “audacious” financial assistance if North Korea agrees to denuclearization of the peninsula South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has marked the anniversary of the peninsula’s liberation from Japanese occupiers in 1945 by offering a massive package of economic assistance to North Korea if the rival nation abandons its nuclear weapons program. “The audacious […]

  • Pentagon boss gets Covid again

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 2:10pm EDT

    Quadruple-jabbed Lloyd Austin tests positive again but won’t reconsider vaccine mandate US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has tested positive for Covid-19 and is continuing to work from home while experiencing “mild symptoms,” he said in a statement released on Monday. The 69-year-old retired general had a bout with Covid in January, after receiving two vaccines […]

  • China lectures US over Afghanistan withdrawal

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 2:08pm EDT

    More “Kabul moments” await if Washington fails to learn its lesson, said the Foreign Ministry in Beijing The fall of Kabul a year ago was a failure of US hegemony and the strategy of exporting democracy globally, but Washington doesn’t appear to have learned anything from it, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters […]

  • Robot dog wields grenade launcher at Russian army expo (VIDEO)

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 2:04pm EDT

    The domestically-made M-81 robotic system is capable of precision firing and can transport weapons across a battlefield  The Russian company Intellect Machine unveiled the first prototype of the M-81 robotic system during Russia’s Army 2022 expo, which opened on Monday outside of Moscow. The dog-like robot is capable of conducting both military and civilian tasks, […]

  • US refuses to unfreeze Afghan funds – media

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 1:49pm EDT

    Washington has reportedly ruled out releasing any of the $7 billion in the country’s financial assets that it froze after the Taliban takeover US President Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly opted against releasing $7 billion in Afghan Central Bank assets, deciding to keep the funds frozen due to concern that the currently Taliban-ruled country is […]

  • FBI says it’s been threatened since Trump raid

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 1:37pm EDT

    “Claims of government overreach” are fueling domestic terror, the agency said The FBI and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claim that they’ve received threats of bombings, violence, and “civil war,” after federal agents raided the Florida home of Donald Trump. Supporters of the former president say the search was politically motivated. The FBI and […]

  • Cost of keeping Britons from falling into energy poverty revealed

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 1:03pm EDT

    An additional £12 billion will be required to help households cope with the cost-of-living crisis, financial think tank IFS says The UK government will need to spend a further £12 billion ($14.5 billion) on a support package for households to keep pace with higher-than-expected energy prices, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said in a […]

  • France ends military mission in former colony

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 12:45pm EDT

    Invited into Mali to fight terrorism, Paris’ troops soon fell out of favor with the African nation’s government The final French soldiers left the Gao military base in northern Mali on Monday, ending a nine-year counterterrorism mission by France in its former colony. While French troops were invited into Mali to fight Islamism, relations with […]

  • Billionaire sues fellow Russian banker after ‘thief’ claim

    RT - Aug 15th 2022 12:42pm EDT

    The aluminum magnate wants the banker to pay $35 million for libel Billionaire Oleg Deripaska, founder of aluminum giant Rusal and once Russia’s richest man, has filed a lawsuit against banking tycoon Oleg Tinkov, RBC reported on Monday. The lawsuit was filed for offensive remarks that Tinkov, the founder of one of Russia’s largest private […]