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  • Millionaire PM candidate ready to put government on ‘crisis footing’

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 7:01am EDT

    Rishi Sunak has pledged to bring inflation in the UK under control and tackle illegal migration Former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he will prioritize the issues of soaring prices and illegal migration if he is chosen in the Tory party leadership race and becomes Britain’s next prime minister, adding that he plans to put […]

  • Russia announces plan for bond market

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 6:25am EDT

    The Ministry of Finance said it will issue ruble debt in September with a “limited” offer The Russian Finance Ministry has announced a return to the public debt market by placing a limited amount of OFZs, Russian sovereign bonds, on sale in September, Deputy Finance Minister Timur Maksimov told Prime news agency on Thursday. “We […]

  • Japan to bar Putin from former PM Abe’s funeral – media

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 5:47am EDT

    Tokyo had already blacklisted the Russian leader over the Ukraine conflict The Japanese government is expected to bar Russian President Vladimir Putin from attending the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, if he desires to do so, Japanese news agency Nikkei reported on Friday. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving PM, was assassinated earlier this month. […]

  • Kiev reveals planned volume of grain exports by sea

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 4:48am EDT

    The announcement follows the signing of a UN-brokered deal to unblock Ukraine’s grain exports Kiev plans to export around 3 million tons of wheat and other agricultural products per month through the Black Sea ports, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yury Vaskov said on Friday, after representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the UN, and Turkey signed a […]

  • Liz Truss explains why she is the ‘insurgent’ PM candidate

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 4:19am EDT

    The “straight-talking Yorkshire woman” wants to build on Brexit and review the Bank of England’s mandate Tory leadership candidate and potential prime minister Liz Truss says that while she is not “the slickest presenter,” she is a “straight-talking Yorkshire woman” who does not take no for an answer. In an interview on Friday with The […]

  • Hungarian FM urges EU to not ‘hide the truth’ about Russian gas

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 3:27am EDT

    Peter Szijjarto says energy security should not be viewed as an ideological issue The EU should be truthful about the realities of the gas supply from Russia, rather than treating it as an ideological matter, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. “It has been proven that the purchase of natural gas is not an […]

  • Oil exports from Middle East to Europe surge – Bloomberg

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 3:07am EDT

    The change comes as Russia redirects shipments to China and India Crude oil shipments from countries in the Middle East to Europe have soared by 90% since January, as the bloc snubs Russian oil due to sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing vessel-tracking data. According to the report, pumping volumes from the Middle East to […]

  • Booze manufacturers to sell business in Russia

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 2:17am EDT

    Maxxium Russia will be sold to a local management team Multinational alcohol beverage producers Beam Suntory and Edrington will sell their joint venture, Maxxium Russia, and exit the Russian market, the company said in a statement on its website published earlier this week. “After suspending shipments to Russia following the invasion of Ukraine in early […]

  • US factory accused of using child labor

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 12:18am EDT

    Dozens of migrant children as young as 12 worked at a metal stamping plant in Alabama, according to Reuters A vehicle part supplier for the South Korean carmaker Hyundai’s car assembly line in Montgomery, Alabama, was accused of using underage migrant labor in a damning Reuters investigation published on Friday, that cited the minors’ families, […]

  • Pentagon widens scope of UFO-hunting unit

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 9:29pm EDT

    US defense officials have renamed the unidentified phenomena group and expanded its mission beyond space and air After decades of being tight-lipped or publicly dismissive about the existence of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), the Pentagon is ramping up the unit that tracks such phenomena and expanding its mission to include objects that move underwater or […]

  • Secret papers found in German leader’s trash – media

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 8:39pm EDT

    Private and even classified documents of the German chancellor’s wife ended up in a residential dumpster German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s wife Britta Ernst has repeatedly disposed of private documents in household garbage, Der Spiegel reported on Friday. Not only were they mixed in with residential waste, in violation of recycling rules, some of them were […]

  • US confirms first monkeypox cases in children

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 7:08pm EDT

    The CDC has reported monkeypox infections in two minors, saying both were traced back to the ‘gay men’s community’ Two children in the US have been infected with monkeypox, the nation’s first such cases involving minors, confirming spread to a segment of the population that’s considered most at risk of developing severe disease from the […]

  • Gubernatorial candidate’s attacker released without bail

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 6:18pm EDT

    The man who assaulted New York Republican Lee Zeldin on stage has been let out of jail on his own recognizance New York Republicans are fuming over the release from jail of a man who assaulted their gubernatorial candidate during a speech, saying the case illustrates the state’s increasing disregard for public safety under Democratic […]

  • UK grounds fighter jets over safety issues

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 5:06pm EDT

    The British military has identified an issue with the ejection seats of its primary Typhoon fighter jet Britain has halted “non-essential” flights of its Eurofighter Typhoon military aircraft, the Royal Air Force (RAF) announced Friday. The measure was described as a “temporary” safety precaution stemming from an issue with the planes’ ejector seats. “We have […]

  • US sends more weapons to Ukraine

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 4:38pm EDT

    The newest package includes $270 million worth of drones, ammunition and HIMARS rocket artillery The White House on Friday announced another $270 million worth of US “security assistance” to Ukraine. The newest batch of supplies will include four HIMARS rocket artillery launchers, a large quantity of ammunition, as well as hundreds of ‘Phoenix Ghost’ suicide […]

  • Former Trump strategist found guilty

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 4:34pm EDT

    Steve Bannon has been convicted of contempt of Congress for defying the January 6 Committee A jury in Washington, DC has found Steve Bannon guilty of contempt of Congrss for refusing a subpoena to testify before the Democrat-led committee investigating the pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill last January. The defendant called the proceedings against him […]

  • Twitter blames Elon Musk for revenue decline

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 4:31pm EDT

    The social media giant, which posted a quarterly net loss, has claimed its results were affected by takeover-related uncertainty Twitter operated at a loss in the second quarter and suffered a decline in revenue from a year earlier, reflecting struggles that the company blamed partly on its pending sale to billionaire Elon Musk. Revenue over […]

  • Ukraine’s ‘International Legion’ suffers recruit shortage

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 2:37pm EDT

    Kiev has blamed the gradual dip in arrivals on a drop-off in media attention and Russian “disinformation” Ukraine’s “International Legion” is suffering a shortage of recruits, according to the unit’s spokesperson Damien Magrou, who spoke to NBC News about the challenges facing foreign fighters on the front lines of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow. […]

  • Climate activists target Botticelli painting

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 2:23pm EDT

    The Italian activists attempted to glue themselves to ‘Primavera’ in Florence to protest fossil fuels Italian eco-activists glued themselves to Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Primavera’ in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence on Friday. The protesters want the Italian government to abandon fossil fuels, even amid soaring prices. Two protesters glued their hands to a sheet of glass […]

  • US has first polio case in nearly a decade

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 2:18pm EDT

    A New York man has contracted a vaccine-derived strain of the crippling virus in the first such case since 2013 A 20-year-old New York man has become the first US polio victim in nine years after apparently contracting a vaccine-derived strain of the virus. This has set off yet another health scare as America continues […]

  • Japan sounds alarm over Ukraine and Taiwan

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 12:38pm EDT

    Tokyo’s annual defense white paper has raised concerns over growing ties between China and Russia Japan sees an increasing amount of global and regional security risks tied to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the tension around Taiwan, according to the country’s new defense white paper. Tokyo is also concerned about […]

  • Fate of dollar in Russia revealed

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 11:52am EDT

    The Bank of Russia will extend restrictions on cash withdrawals of foreign currency, but says the dollar will continue to circulate The Central Bank of Russia plans to extend restrictions on cash withdrawals in US dollars and euros in September, Governor Elvira Nabiullina said at a press conference on Friday. She noted that the decision […]

  • Ukraine grain deal signed: Why it matters

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 11:38am EDT

    The agreement between Kiev and Moscow with help from Turkey and the UN could alleviate global food crisis concerns Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN signed a much-anticipated deal on Friday that paves the way for the resumption of Ukrainian grain shipments from Black Sea ports. What deal has been reached?While not all details of […]

  • Berlin buys stake in energy major to keep it from going bust

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 11:17am EDT

    Uniper has been in dire financial straits due to the reduction in gas supplies from Russia The German government is acquiring a 30% stake in the energy concern Uniper, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a press conference in Berlin on Friday. Scholz said the government would acquire the stake at a nominal price of […]

  • US border cop sentenced for helping drug dealers

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 10:52am EDT

    Oziel Cantu received a decade-long sentence after pleading guilty to one count of bribing a public official last April Corrupt US Customs and Border Protection agent turned drug dealers’ concierge Oziel Cantu has been sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty last spring to the lesser charge of bribing a public official. US […]