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  • Russian oil transit payment beats EU sanctions barrier

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 8:15am EDT

    Crude supplies to the Czech Republic may resume after a Dutch bank accepted payment Russian pipeline operator Transneft has said payment for oil transit to the Czech Republic via the Druzhba pipeline has reached an EU bank, and is currently awaiting confirmation by Ukraine. “We have received information that the funds arrived in the account […]

  • UK institute apologizes for citing Russian nationality in rejection letter

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 8:07am EDT

    A cancer research facility overturned its rejection of a Russian PhD applicant A UK cancer research facility has apologized for telling a student that her PhD application had been rejected because she is Russian. The controversy erupted when student Alisa Iakupova tweeted on Tuesday that her friend had been denied a PhD place at the […]

  • Germany at risk of mass unrest – security official

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 6:24am EDT

    Protests over Covid-19 curbs will feel like ‘a kid’s birthday party’ compared to what’s ahead, a senior security official says Germany could be facing mass unrest this autumn and protests over the energy crisis could be hijacked by extremists, a regional head of the country’s domestic security agency has said. Stephan Kramer, who heads the […]

  • Ukraine urges US to sanction all Russian banks – Bloomberg

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 6:19am EDT

    Kiev reportedly wants Washington to add a couple of banks per week to its list of blacklisted financial institutions Ukraine is calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to sanction all private Russian banks, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing Kiev’s envoy to Washington Oksana Markarova. She told the media outlet that President Vladimir Zelensky’s government wants […]

  • Australian politician makes Taiwan conflict warning

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 5:32am EDT

    Opposition leader Peter Dutton says Beijing is ready to seize the island, “come hell or high water” Australia’s opposition leader has urged people to “cut through the propaganda” coming from China amid high tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, and see the “real message” that an attack on Taiwan is a real possibility. “Nobody should be […]

  • UK annual energy bills to soar above £5,000

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 5:30am EDT

    The grim forecast comes as Europe is facing the worst power crunch in decades The average annual energy bill in Britain is expected to surge above £5,000 (nearly $6,100) in 2023, according to the latest forecast issued by the UK independent energy consultancy Auxilione. The rising UK energy price cap, an officially set reference point, […]

  • German ex-chancellor sues Bundestag

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 5:20am EDT

    Gerhard Schroeder seeks to get back funding for his office that was withdrawn amid a row over his ties to Russia Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has launched a legal bid to get back funding for his office and staff. The privileges were withdrawn in May by the Bundestag’s budget committee, his lawyers told broadcaster […]

  • Student’s research on how he masturbated to young boys in erotic comics comes under fire

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 4:56am EDT

    A top British university is investigating a PhD candidate’s paper on his use of ‘shota’ manga A student at a leading British university has published a research paper, in which he detailed his experience of masturbating to a type of Japanese erotic manga that sexualizes underage boys. The university and the peer-reviewed journal that published […]

  • Two Baltic nations reduce China ties

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 4:22am EDT

    Latvia and Estonia have quit a cooperation group with Beijing Latvia and Estonia have followed in the footsteps of fellow Baltic nation Lithuania and announced their withdrawal from a cooperation group between China and countries in eastern and central Europe. Known as the 16+1 format the group has been around since 2012 and promised to […]

  • Purported purpose of Trump FBI raid revealed

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 4:08am EDT

    The agency searched the former US president’s home for classified documents on nuclear weapons, the Washington Post reports Classified documents about nuclear weapons were among the sensitive materials that the FBI was looking for when it raided the residence of former US President Donald Trump this week, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing its […]

  • India projected to become Asia’s fastest-growing economy

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 2:32am EDT

    Morgan Stanley expects the country’s GDP growth to average 7% through 2023 The world’s sixth largest economy, India, is forecast to become the fastest-growing economy in Asia in 2022-2023, contributing 28% and 22% to regional and global growth respectively, according to economists at Morgan Stanley. The Wall Street bank projects the South Asian nation to […]

  • Berlin has a candidate to negotiate with Moscow

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 1:42am EDT

    Gerhard Schroder could help resolve dispute over gas supplies, Chancellor Scholz says Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroder could be a possible intermediary in the current dispute with Russia over reduced gas deliveries, incumbent chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday. It would be “commendable” if Schroder were to talk to Moscow about the turbine that is […]

  • US tax collector prepares new agents to use ‘deadly force’

    RT - Aug 12th 2022 12:26am EDT

    The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) quietly edited an online job listing which said new hires must be willing to shoot to kill The US tax authority has come under fire after posting a job offer warning that new agents must be prepared to wield “deadly force” against suspects, amid heightened concerns about heavy-handed tactics by […]

  • US backs Israeli strikes on ‘bad guys’ in Gaza, envoy says

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 10:59pm EDT

    Washington’s ambassador to Israel said the US government is ‘fully supportive’ of recent military action in Gaza US envoy to Israel Tom Nides said Washington completely supports the fight against “bad guys” in the Gaza strip, days after a flare-up in violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the blockaded enclave.  Speaking to Israel’s […]

  • World on the brink of nuclear catastrophe – Moscow

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 6:32pm EDT

    If Ukrainian forces keep attacking the Zaporozhye power plant, a nuclear disaster can happen at any moment, Moscow warns Kiev’s “reckless” actions are pushing the world ever closer to a major nuclear disaster, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, told the UN Security Council at a meeting focused on the Zaporozhye power plant in […]

  • UN responds to Russian visa ban

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 5:44pm EDT

    A spokesperson for the UN secretary-general said the body stands against discrimination The UN has weighed in on Estonia’s decision to ban Russians with Schengen visas issued in the Baltic country, with the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres telling journalists on Thursday that the organization is against discrimination. “Countries have a right to implement […]

  • Twitter reactivates 2020 election policy

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 5:11pm EDT

    Big Tech platform announces “misinformation” measures ahead of US Congress midterms  Twitter on Thursday announced it would reactivate the enforcement of rules first introduced ahead of the 2020 US presidential election. The Silicon Valley social media giant said it will label “misinformation” and prevent its sharing, promote “reputable news outlets,” and “prebunk” any “misleading narratives” […]

  • The FBI’s Trump residence raid could mean he can’t run in 2024 – and his militant followers will rise up

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 4:09pm EDT

    If the former president withheld classified papers, it could cost him his political future… and possibly lead to civil war The FBI carried out a raid on former US President Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday. It is not clear which specific investigation the search warrant is related to, however CNN claims to have heard […]

  • Only one in three US voters can locate Taiwan – or Ukraine

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 2:33pm EDT

    A survey conducted after Pelosi’s visit showed only 34% could point the island out on a map Even though corporate media coverage of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan managed to reach 71% of the American electorate, a mere one in three were able to actually locate the island on a map of […]

  • China threatens EU nation with response

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 1:20pm EDT

    Beijing promises resolute countermeasures over Lithuanian delegation’s trip to Taiwan China has denounced the visit of a Lithuanian official to Taiwan and vowed a resolute response to the move, which it describes as an affront to the ‘One China’ principle, according to a statement by a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday. Last week, Taiwan’s […]

  • US watchdog reveals grim details on length of migrants’ detentions

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 1:10pm EDT

    Some illegal border-crossers were held ten times longer than rules permit, DHS inspectors said The largest US Border Patrol detention facility held almost 90% of illegal border-crossers for far longer – some up to ten times longer – than allowed under current government policy, the Department of Homeland Security said in a report published this […]

  • Moscow speaks out on ‘Plan B’ for Iran nuclear deal

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 12:43pm EDT

    Revival of the initial 2015 accord is the only “reasonable” way forward, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said Any ‘Plan B’ in the talks on the Iranian nuclear program would violate a “consensus decision” of the UN Security Council on the issue and have “unavoidable negative consequences” for the entire Middle East, the Russian Foreign […]

  • UK faces steepest real wages drop in a century – report

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 12:41pm EDT

    Living standards in Britain are projected to plunge by a staggering 7.75% by the end of this year Pay rises in Britain could fall behind inflation by almost 8% later this year, which will be the biggest fall in real wages for 100 years, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) said in a report published on […]

  • Italy’s iconic ex-PM announces comeback

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 11:53am EDT

    Silvio Berlusconi says he’ll run for Senate in the snap election next month Italy’s political heavyweight Silvio Berlusconi, who was the country’s prime minister for four terms, has announced that he’ll run for Senate in the snap election next month. “I think I’ll run for the Senate,” Berlusconi, who now leads the center-right party Forza […]

  • US Covid czar cracks joke about pandemic

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 11:26am EDT

    Anthony Fauci jested that coronavirus emerged not from China, but from his kitchen Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser joked on Tuesday that it was he who concocted coronavirus in his kitchen, in an apparent attempt to mock the proponents of anti-science rhetoric that is still widespread in the United States. Dr. Anthony Fauci sat down […]