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  • Russia won’t supply oil to ‘price cap’ participants — head of Central Bank

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 10:48am EDT

    Moscow will redirect deliveries to other countries instead, Elvira Nabiullina said Russia will stop supplying countries that cap the price of its oil, the nation’s Central Bank head Elvira Nabiullina announced on Friday. Moscow has argued that a price ceiling would make oil more expensive and hurt Russian producers. Nabiullina said that instead of complying […]

  • US lawmakers accuse Russia of ‘genocide’

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 10:22am EDT

    Senators have introduced a resolution over the Ukraine conflict Seven US Senators introduced a resolution on Friday accusing Russia of committing “a genocide against the people of Ukraine.” The allegations, which mirror a similar one introduced in the House of Representatives last month, have been refuted by Moscow, which has accused Ukraine of committing the […]

  • Russia destroys base of Ukrainian ‘Black Hundred’ unit – MoD

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 10:02am EDT

    The Russian Defense Ministry reports up to 300 nationalists have been taken out Several hundred Ukrainian nationalist fighters located in the Donetsk People’s Republic were taken out following a high-precision strike, the Russian Defense Ministry announced in a daily update on Friday. The ministry says that Russian forces destroyed a temporary deployment point of the […]

  • Russia slashes key interest rate

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 9:48am EDT

    The Central Bank cited a further inflation slowdown in making the rate cut The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) cut its key interest rate on Friday from 9.5% to 8.0%, citing further slowdown in annual inflation and subdued consumer demand. The cut was bigger than predicted by any of the Bloomberg-surveyed economists. According to the bank’s […]

  • Berlin warns against waiving ‘a white flag’ at Russia

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 9:47am EDT

    Germany must cut back on Moscow’s gas supply despite disruption fears, economy minister says Germany will not revive Nord Stream 2, a pipeline built to deliver gas from Russia through the Baltic Sea, despite fears of supply disruptions, the country’s Economy Minister, Robert Habeck, has said. Construction of Nord Stream 2 was completed last year, […]

  • Never-before-seen outtakes from Trump’s January 7 address presented

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 8:25am EDT

    The former US president refused to say the scripted line “the election’s over” in his speech condemning the Capitol riot Former US President Donald Trump refused to say the scripted line “the election’s over” in his January 7 speech in the aftermath of the Capitol riot, according to never-before-seen outtakes that were presented to the […]

  • Sri Lankan protest camp raided

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 4:54am EDT

    The move follows months of turmoil in the country that saw a new president elected Sri Lankan security forces raided an anti-government protest camp outside the presidential office in Colombo on Friday amid a months-long political crisis sparked by a financial meltdown. “A joint operation involving the military, police and police special forces was launched […]

  • Tony Blair wants the West to reign supreme, but ignores his own role in its decline

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 4:33am EDT

    The UK’s divisive former prime minister recognizes that the world has become multipolar, but not the fact that it’s his own legacy In British politics, Tony Blair is a highly controversial former prime minister and a polarizing figure. His cheerleading and participation in the Iraq War of 2003, brandished upon the false premise that Saddam […]

  • EU blocks sanctions on Russian titanium – WSJ

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 4:33am EDT

    The bloc fears it could lose crucial supplies for Airbus The EU has blocked a proposal to impose sanctions on Russian titanium producer VSMPO-AVISMA, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday. According to the report, the decision was made after France and other EU members raised concerns over a potential Russian retaliatory ban on […]

  • US sees surge of jobless claims

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 2:00am EDT

    More Americans have filed for unemployment benefits than in the previous eight months The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped for the third week in a row, soaring to the highest level in eight months, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing the Labor Department. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits grew by 7,000 to […]

  • CrossTalk: ‘Empire burlesque’

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 1:53am EDT

    Has the so-called American Century come to an end? If so, how did this come about? Was it poor leadership or was the mission to lead the world always destined to fail? And, what follows the end of the American Century? CrossTalking with Pepe Escobar, Peter Kuznick, and Ajamu Baraka.

  • China fines Didi for breaching data security laws

    RT - Jul 22nd 2022 1:32am EDT

    The ride-hailing giant’s data-processing activities endangered national security, the cybersecurity regulator charged China has fined ride-hailing giant Didi Global 8.026 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) following a year-long probe into the company’s data-collecting practices, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced on Thursday. According to the CAC statement published on its official website, the regulator concluded […]

  • Amazon seeks to ‘reinvent’ healthcare

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 11:22pm EDT

    The e-commerce behemoth wants to purchase a network of clinics Amazon announced a $3.9 billion deal to acquire One Medical primary care organization, seeking to reinvent, improve and expand its virtual healthcare services with a network of dozens of doctors’ offices across the United States, according to a press release on Thursday. One Medical offers both […]

  • India elects new head of state 

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 9:46pm EDT

    A woman from India’s tribal minority will become the country’s 15th president The Indian Parliament and local government officials have voted overwhelmingly in favor of Droupadi Murmu, a 64-year-old teacher-turned-politician, to become the next President of India, election officials announced after the final count on Thursday. Murmu was nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling […]

  • YouTube announces abortion censorship

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 8:21pm EDT

    Abortion has been added to topics YouTube will police under its “misinformation” banner The Google-owned video service YouTube announced on Thursday it has added abortion to the list of health and medical topics subject to its “misinformation” policy, after vaccines and baby formula. Videos that contain false information about abortion methods declared safe by authorities, […]

  • Syria claims casualties in ‘Israeli strike’

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 7:58pm EDT

    Three soldiers were killed near Damascus, according to a Syrian military source Syrian air defenses were activated shortly after midnight on Friday in response to an act of “Israeli aggression” in the vicinity of the capital Damascus, according to a military source cited by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). “At exactly 12:32am today, the […]

  • British spy chief reveals top priority

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 6:54pm EDT

    The UK intelligence puts “more effort into China” than any other field of their work, head of MI6 Richard Moore has said British intelligence is now focusing its efforts on China, Richard Moore, the head of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as MI6, said on Thursday. Understanding the way Beijing pursues its strategic […]

  • British pedophiles target Ukrainian refugee children

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 5:15pm EDT

    The sex offenders claimed they were providing “humanitarian assistance” A number of known British pedophiles have been asked to leave Poland after British authorities discovered they traveled there to target Ukrainian children in refugee camps, the National Crime Agency said on Thursday. The ten men were interviewed by Polish immigration authorities before being sent home, […]

  • Chinese chipmaker overcomes US sanctions – Bloomberg

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 4:16pm EDT

    SMIC’s breakthrough puts the company’s semiconductors in the same league as Samsung and Taiwan’s TSMC Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), China’s top chip manufacturer, has quietly produced chips to the highest Western standards, despite US sanctions specifically aimed at hampering its development of such technology, according to a report confirmed by Bloomberg on Thursday. The […]

  • No energy security without Russia, ‘like it or not’ – Hungary

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 3:25pm EDT

    Budapest wants to purchase an additional 700 million cubic meters of natural gas Hungary needs to buy an extra 700 million cubic meters of natural gas this year to ensure its energy safety and this is “simply impossible” to do without Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday. Speaking in Moscow at a […]

  • Most Germans shower less now – media

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 2:30pm EDT

    The behavior changes come amid repeated government calls on citizens to reduce their shower time to aid energy-saving efforts The German government’s austerity calls appear to have had an effect, the German tabloid Bild reported on Wednesday, citing the results of a poll conducted by INSA on behalf of the paper. The survey showed that […]

  • Thousands of Tories want Boris Johnson back in the game

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 1:41pm EDT

    A party donor has threatened to withhold a £500,000 donation unless the outgoing PM’s name appears on the leadership ballot Over 4,000 Tory supporters have reportedly signed a petition demanding that outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson be given a chance for re-election.    The appeal to the Conservative Party chairman was submitted by two senior […]

  • Italian parliament dissolved

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 1:04pm EDT

    The move paves the way for fresh elections, after Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned Italy is facing a general election after President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament on Thursday. Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned hours earlier, after three of his coalition partners boycotted a confidence vote. Mattarella did not set a date for elections, but said […]

  • EU divided on gas rationing

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 12:47pm EDT

    Spain, Greece and Portugal have all come out against Brussels’ plan to lower consumption by 15% The governments of Spain, Greece and Portugal have all stated that they oppose an EU scheme that would see them slash their natural gas consumption by 15% over the winter. Announced by the European Commission on Wednesday, the ‘Save […]

  • Pelosi’s Taiwan visit could be breaking point for US-China relations

    RT - Jul 21st 2022 12:33pm EDT

    Whether the US House Speaker goes to Taiwan or not, Washington owes the world answers on its China policy Reports have surfaced this week that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit southeast China’s Taiwan region in August. If this happens, it will be the highest level of contact between US officials and separatist forces […]