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  • Ukraine halts Russian oil supply to EU

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 6:18am EDT

    Crude transit through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline has been stopped, RIA Novosti news agency reports DETAILS TO FOLLOW

  • Ukraine halts Russian oil supply to EU

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 6:18am EDT

    Crude transit through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline has been stopped, RIA Novosti news agency reports Ukraine’s state oil pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta has stopped pumping Russian crude through the southern branch of the Druzhba system to the EU, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Monday, citing Russia’s Transneft. According to the report, transit […]

  • Strong ruble draws foreign workers to Russia

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 5:32am EDT

    A record number of people came in search of work in the second quarter of 2022 Over 3.12 million people entered Russia in the second quarter of 2022 to work, TASS reported on Monday citing data from FinExpertiza audit and consulting network. “In the second quarter of 2022 there were 4.16 million foreigners on migration […]

  • Pentagon comments on new HIMARS deliveries to Ukraine

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 5:14am EDT

    The priority is now to supply Kiev with ammunition so it can stay in the fight with Russia, the US undersecretary of defense says The US appears reluctant to supply further HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to Ukraine, judging by the latest statement from Undersecretary of Defense Colin Kahl, who said the focus is now on […]

  • Polish PM ‘has no time’ for Boris Johnson – Bloomberg

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 4:59am EDT

    The outgoing British leader reportedly had to scrap a proposed visit to Warsaw after being snubbed by Mateusz Morawiecki’s office The office of outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson canceled a trip to Warsaw after being informed by their Polish counterparts that Polish premier Mateusz Morawiecki would not have time to meet the visiting leader, […]

  • Russians reportedly banned from historic French site

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 4:25am EDT

    Russian passport holders cannot enter Chateau de Vincennes, which houses a military archive, AFP has learned The French Defense Ministry has banned Russian nationals from entering the medieval royal residence of Chateau de Vincennes, Agence France Presse (AFP) has learned. The castle east of Paris is the headquarters of the Defense Historical Service, the French […]

  • US is banana republic, governor says after FBI raid Trump’s home

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 3:42am EDT

    Florida’s Ron DeSantis lashed out at the federal government for raiding the former president’s residence The administration of US President Joe Biden is “weaponizing” federal agencies against his political opponents and turning the country into a “banana republic,” Governor Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday, responding to the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Florida residence. Federal […]

  • Britons turn to cash amid cost-of-living crisis

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 1:55am EDT

    Personal withdrawals soared in July, Post Office data shows Britain’s Post Office, which also offers financial services, said on Monday that it handled a record £801 million ($971 million) in personal cash withdrawals in July. This was up by almost 8% month-on-month, and over 20% from a year ago.  In total, more than £3.31 billion […]

  • Taiwan accuses China of preparing for invasion

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 1:54am EDT

    Beijing’s military drills around the island are aimed at weakening public morale ahead of an attack, Taipei claims China is using its large-scale militarily exercises around Taiwan to prepare for an invasion of the self-governed island, Taipei’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed on Tuesday. “China has used the drills and its military playbook to prepare […]

  • China’s exports to Russia soar – data

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 1:05am EDT

    Shipments jumped more than 20% in July from a year earlier in dollar terms, according to customs authority Russia bought $6.7 billion worth of goods from China in July, an increase of more than a third from the previous month, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing data from China’s customs authority. According to the report, Chinese […]

  • Massive blaze spreads at Cuba oil depot

    RT - Aug 9th 2022 12:44am EDT

    Residents have been warned to stay indoors as smoke from the deadly inferno is thought to contain poisonous fumes A large fire at a Cuban oil facility has spread to additional storage vessels, with four fuel tanks now lost as firefighters from multiple nations continue to battle the blaze, which has so far killed at […]

  • US recovers lost fighter jet

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 10:37pm EDT

    A US F-18 that ‘blew overboard’ into the ocean last month was brought up from a depth of nearly 10,000 feet The US Navy has successfully recovered an F-18 Super Hornet lost at sea due to “heavy weather,” after the fighter jet was blown off the deck of an aircraft carrier and sank thousands of […]

  • FBI raids Trump’s residence

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 8:49pm EDT

    The former US President says Mar-A-Lago resort was “occupied” by federal agents FBI agents raided Donald Trump’s residence in Mar-A-Lago, Florida on Monday, in a move the former US president called politically motivated persecution. While the Justice Department has not officially commented on the operation yet, several major US news outlets reported the raid may […]

  • Pentagon doles out another $1 billion in Ukraine aid

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 5:08pm EDT

    Washington’s latest military assistance for Kiev marks its largest batch of weaponry since Russia’s offensive began in February The US Department of Defense has announced its largest military aid package for Kiev since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began in February, planning an additional $1 billion in weapons shipments to the former Soviet republic. The latest batch […]

  • Head of German parliamentary party names West’s ‘mistake’ in Ukraine

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 5:01pm EDT

    Alice Weidel, who leads the right-wing AFD in the Bundestag, has said Kiev should have been encouraged to become a neutral state Alice Weidel, the head of Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany (AFD) party, has named what she believes to be the West’s mistake with respect to Ukraine. According to the politician, Kiev’s allies should […]

  • NYT writer accuses Trump of flushing documents down toilet

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 4:29pm EDT

    Trump’s team called the evidence “fabricated” and journalist Maggie Haberman “desperate” New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman released photos on Monday apparently showing former President Donald Trump’s handwritten notes flushed down two toilets, supposedly in violation of White House protocol. Trump himself ridiculed Haberman, and his office called her scoop “desperate.” Published by Axios on […]

  • US senators battle over who can get pregnant

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 3:54pm EDT

    All Democrats voted in unison against an amendment defining pregnancy as occurring only in biological women US Senate Republicans were fighting a losing battle in trying to block passage of President Joe Biden’s $740 billion climate, tax and health care bill, but they tried to score some ideological points by introducing an amendment acknowledging that […]

  • White House unveils Africa strategy

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 2:10pm EDT

    President Joe Biden is hoping to stand against Beijing with democracy, vaccines, and climate policy The White House on Monday published its new strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa, which explicitly aims to counter China’s extensive investment on the continent and oppose Russia’s supposed “harmful activities” there. The plan does not set out any concrete dollar amount […]

  • Outbreak of new virus reported in China

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 2:10pm EDT

    Taiwan is bracing for the possible spread of a novel and potentially deadly henipavirus that spreads from animals to humans At least 35 people in China have become infected with a novel henipavirus that apparently spreads from animals to humans, setting off alarm bells in neighboring Taiwan over a potentially dangerous pathogen. Taiwanese laboratories will […]

  • US addresses attacks on Russian-held nuclear power plant

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 2:06pm EDT

    The White House responded to reports of Ukrainian strikes on Zaporozhye by demanding the withdrawal of the Russian military The White House on Monday called on Russia to “return full control” of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant near Energodar to the Kiev authorities. Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of “nuclear terrorism” for […]

  • Russia suspends US inspections of nuclear military sites

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 1:06pm EDT

    Western sanctions are preventing Russian inspectors from doing their job under the START treaty, Moscow says DETAILS TO FOLLOW

  • Global grain prices fall

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 12:46pm EDT

    The first Ukrainian exports have reached the global market Wheat and corn prices dropped on Monday on news that the first grain ships from Ukraine reached their destinations and the expectations that restrictions on Russian agricultural exports will be eased. Around 11:00 GMT, the most actively traded wheat futures on CBOT fell 1.4% to $7.64 […]

  • Palestinian militants issue warning to Israel

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 12:21pm EDT

    The Palestinian Islamic Jihad said it would “resume fighting” if Israel violates a ceasefire Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader Ziyad Al-Nakhala said on Monday that his militants would take up arms again if Israel violates the terms of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that ended three days of airstrikes and rocket attacks. Israel and the PIJ agreed […]

  • UK gas exports to EU are toxic – Financial Times

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 12:06pm EDT

    Radioactive elements have reportedly been found in liquefied natural gas EU energy companies have complained that the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) processed in the UK for export to the bloc has toxic and hazardous contaminants, and urged London to rectify the situation, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The UK processes large volumes of LNG […]

  • Finland takes down Moscow-gifted ‘World Peace’ monument

    RT - Aug 8th 2022 12:00pm EDT

    Helsinki officials say the sculpture should be “reevaluated” after Russia sent troops into Ukraine  Finland removed a peace monument, which was donated by Russia during late Soviet times, from its pedestal in Helsinki on Monday. The sculpture was deemed inappropriate after Moscow launched its military operation in Ukraine in February. The 6.5-meter (19.6-foot) bronze monument […]