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  • Britons struggling to pay energy bills – Bloomberg

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 1:17am EDT

    Household debts have already surpassed £1.3 billion, data shows British households already owe a record £1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) to their energy suppliers ahead of winter, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing price-comparison service Uswitch. Data showed that, as of July, the energy debts were more than double September’s level. Some 6.5 million households owe an […]

  • Ousted Sri Lankan leader seeking entry to Thailand

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 12:58am EDT

    The former president resigned and took off for Singapore in July amid mass protests Sri Lanka’s ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested entry to Thailand, weeks after stepping down from power and hastily fleeing his own country during a heated round of anti-government demonstrations. A spokesman for Thailand’s Foreign Ministry, Tanee Sangrat, announced the request in […]

  • Infamous IS terror suspect arrested – media

    RT - Aug 11th 2022 12:06am EDT

    The 38-year-old British national is accused of belonging to a brutal Islamic State cell known as ‘the Beatles’ A British man alleged to have worked with an infamous Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) unit known for torturing and beheading western captives has been arrested on terrorism charges in the UK, according to local media reports.  […]

  • North Korea declares ‘victory’ over Covid

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 10:29pm EDT

    The comments come soon after a top official suggested North Korea’s leader fell ill with ‘high fever’ during the outbreak North Korea has declared a win over Covid-19, claiming its quarantine system was fully successful in eradicating the virus while announcing an end to strict containment policies imposed last spring. During a speech on Thursday, North […]

  • US ‘concerned’ about politicized law enforcement

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 5:54pm EDT

    Secretary of State Antony Blinken objected to the arrest of an opposition politician in the Congo US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that detaining an opposition politician might be a “possible setback” in establishing “the right environment” for elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Blinken met with government officials and […]

  • US wants prolonged Ukraine conflict – China

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 5:15pm EDT

    According to Beijing’s ambassador in Moscow, in this way Washington is seeking to “exhaust and crush Russia” Washington is seeking to prolong the conflict in Ukraine as much as possible in order to weaken Moscow, China’s ambassador to Russia has suggested.   In an interview with Russia’s TASS news agency published on Wednesday, Zhang Hanhui […]

  • France’s largest wildfire might be ‘act of arson’

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 5:09pm EDT

    Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says the origins of the blaze devouring Gironde are suspicious French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Wednesday he strongly suspected the forest fire that flared up in the department of Gironde may have been restarted by arsonists. More than 6,200 hectares have burned down so far this week, the major […]

  • Iranian charged with plot to assassinate former US official

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 4:40pm EDT

    The US government claims an Iranian national offered an informant money to kill John Bolton The US Department of Justice on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against an Iranian national it accuses of commissioning a hit on former national security adviser John Bolton. Rumors of the plot first appeared in the media in March, along with […]

  • Trump hints at FBI’s possible dirty trick

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 1:27pm EDT

    Former US president says agents insisted on having no witnesses during a recent raid on his residence More than 30 FBI agents who spent over nine hours at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida on Monday refused to allow his attorneys or any witnesses to be present, the former US president said on […]

  • Musk sells Tesla stock in case he’s forced to buy Twitter

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 12:50pm EDT

    The billionaire cashed in nearly $7 billion worth of shares as the social media giant’s lawsuit looms Elon Musk has sold $6.9 billion worth of shares in Tesla to raise cash amid a legal showdown with Twitter over a failed $44 billion takeover deal. He disposed of some 7.92 million shares on August 5, according […]

  • G7 issues demand to Moscow

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 12:42pm EDT

    The foreign ministers representing the group have urged Russia to give the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant back to Ukraine Russia must cede the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant it seized in early March back to officials in Kiev, the Group of Seven (G7) has declared.   “We demand that Russia immediately hand back full control to its […]

  • Russian steel giant quits US business

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 12:39pm EDT

    Steelmaker Evraz is selling its North American subsidiary Major Russian steel and mining company Evraz announced on Wednesday the planned sale of its North American business, and began seeking buyers. According to a statement published on the company website, the process is being conducted under the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) General License. “The […]

  • Danish foreign fighter says he fears deportation from Ukraine

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 12:00pm EDT

    The 32-year-old “viking volunteer” claims he could be sent home and may face time in prison after Kiev rejected his visa Danish national Karl “Storm” Balderson could face deportation from Ukraine and then face time in prison after Kiev authorities rejected his visa, the fighter claimed on his social media on Monday. Balderson traveled to […]

  • UK running low on monkeypox jabs – Sky News

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 11:37am EDT

    The outlet claims there are “only around 5,000 doses” left due to “supply issues” The UK is going to suffer from a scarcity of monkeypox vaccines in the near future, with only “around 5,000 doses of the jab left,” Sky News reported on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources. The article claimed that reservations for inoculation were […]

  • India ditches US dollar in Russia trade – Reuters

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 11:16am EDT

    New Delhi turns to Chinese yuan and Emirati dirham to pay for coal from sanction-hit country India’s imports of Russian coal increased dramatically in July with the South Asian nation switching to non-dollar payments to secure deals, Reuters reports. Moscow is trying to avoid dollar transactions amid US sanctions, describing the currency as ‘toxic.’ In […]

  • China says it ‘completed tasks’ around Taiwan

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 9:38am EDT

    The military has announced the successful completion of assignments around the island, but added it will continue regular patrols China has announced an end to the unprecedented military exercises around Taiwan, which were launched following the controvercial visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said on Wednesday that […]

  • Iran pays first import order with crypto – media

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 9:36am EDT

    The move could help the country bypass US sanctions Iran has placed its first international import order using $10 million worth of cryptocurrency this week, the Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday. It did not specify which crypto was used in the transaction. “By the end of September, the use of cryptocurrencies and smart contracts […]

  • Madrid’s mayor suggests deporting Ukrainians in prank call

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 9:09am EDT

    The Spanish capital could help Kiev deal with shortage of manpower on battlefield, the official suggested The city of Madrid could provide transport to Ukrainian men who could be deported to their home country and then enrolled into the military to fight against Russia, the mayor of the city told Russian pranksters, who were posing […]

  • Russian oil supply to EU set to resume

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 8:05am EDT

    Transneft says flows will restart on Wednesday after Hungarian energy giant MOL paid transit fees to Ukraine Transneft, a Russian company responsible for crude supplies to the EU, said on Wednesday it will resume pumping via the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline at 16:00 Moscow time (13:00 GMT). According to RIA Novosti, the payment […]

  • Ex-Twitter worker spied for key US ally – court

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 7:43am EDT

    A San Francisco jury finds a former Twitter employee guilty of fraud and acting as an agent of a foreign government A San Francisco federal jury convicted a former Twitter manager of spying for Saudi Arabia and selling private user information to the kingdom’s government, in a ruling on Tuesday.  Ahmad Abouammo is a US-Lebanese […]

  • UK planning for worst-case energy scenario – reports

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 7:37am EDT

    British industry and households may face planned power outages in winter Cold weather combined with gas shortages is expected to force UK authorities to enact a “reasonable worst-case scenario,” providing for four days of blackouts during the upcoming winter, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the government’s planning. The probable outages may affect not only […]

  • EU ramped up Russian coal imports before ban – media

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 6:30am EDT

    The European Union’s embargo on Russian coal came into force on August 10 EU member states imported 28% more coal from Russia between March and May compared with the same period last year, Vedomosti newspaper reported on Tuesday. The European Union’s ban on Russian coal came into force on Wednesday. According to its analysis of […]

  • Trump has ‘made up his mind’ on 2024 presidential run – senior lawmaker

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 6:13am EDT

    It’s only “a matter of time” before he announces his decision on launching another White House attempt, Rep. Jim Banks insists Former US president Donald Trump has “made up his mind” on whether to run for office again in 2024 and will announce his decision to the public soon, Republican Study Committee chairman Jim Banks […]

  • EU state may resume purchases of Russian gas

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 5:27am EDT

    Bulgaria stopped imports in April after refusing to pay for the commodity in rubles The Bulgarian government is considering holding talks with energy giant Gazprom on resuming Russian natural gas imports, Energy Minister Rosen Hristov said on Monday in an interview with bTV. The minister stressed that Bulgaria is exploring all options for alternative gas […]

  • Pelosi’s visit was a wake up call for China: Appeasing the US will never work

    RT - Aug 10th 2022 4:30am EDT

    Finally fed up with showing unreciprocated good will, Beijing is breaking off multiple forms of dialogue with the US China’s announcement that it was suspending eight channels for cooperation and dialogue with the US following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei appears to mark a break with the country’s previously overly indulgent approach to […]