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  • Biden unveils US military thoughts on Taiwan

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 8:11pm EDT

    US president hints that Pentagon is opposed to Speaker Pelosi’s rumored Taipei visit Briefly addressing rumors about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, US President Joe Biden suggested on Wednesday that the military was opposed to it. His comments follow two days of stringent warnings from Beijing that the visit could irreparably damage Sino-American […]

  • Americans express paycheck fears – poll

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 8:07pm EDT

    Nearly 60% of American workers worry they can’t support their families Some 58% of American workers worry their paycheck is not enough to support them and their families, according to a poll commissioned by the American Staffing Association and published on Wednesday. Financial anxiety was especially strong among parents with minor children (66%) and Hispanic […]

  • Chinese state media threatens US with ‘unbearable consequences’

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 7:30pm EDT

    Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan could cause US-China relations to “fall off a cliff,” per Global Times If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi goes through with her Taiwan visit in August, China will consider it a “strategic level provocation” that would push relations with the US “off a cliff,” the newspaper Global Times said in a series […]

  • Biden announces future climate orders

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 5:21pm EDT

    While he stopped short of declaring a national emergency, Biden will bypass Congress to push his green agenda President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that his administration would take executive action to combat the apparent climate “emergency” in the coming weeks. While it was initially rumored that the president would declare a national emergency over […]

  • US admits debt problem hurts UN standing

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 5:21pm EDT

    Washington lagging behind on UN dues creates a “challenge” exploited by China, envoy says The US being billions of dollars behind on its UN commitments is hurting Washington’s ability to influence the world organization, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. While the American delegation has resisted attempts at shaming over […]

  • Biden appears to admit he has serious illness (VIDEO)

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 4:23pm EDT

    The president seemingly claimed that pollution gave him cancer US President Joe Biden announced to the press on Wednesday that he has cancer, although it is unclear whether he misspoke. Speaking at an event on climate change in Massachusetts, the president claimed that pollution in his home state of Delaware caused his illness. “You had […]

  • Big Pharma jacked up drug prices over 1,000 times this year – research

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 4:23pm EDT

    Sky-high drug prices are forcing US patients to ration their medication The US pharmaceutical industry has raised drug prices some 1,186 times this year, according to Patients for Affordable Drugs, an advocacy group seeking to rein in the sky-high cost of prescription drugs. The group published their analysis on Wednesday. Despite record profits, pharmaceutical companies […]

  • Support for more sanctions falls as cost of living grows – poll

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 3:31pm EDT

    The UK’s richer households are more likely to support current sanctions than those with lower incomes Support for imposing further sanctions against Russia is decreasing in the UK amid growing living costs, a YouGov poll published on Tuesday revealed.  The survey, conducted on June 28-29 among 1,664 respondents, shows that 44% of Brits oppose a […]

  • EU approves new round of sanctions

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 2:40pm EDT

    The latest package of economic penalties targets Russia’s gold, banks, bikers and actors The EU’s Committee of Permanent Representatives on Wednesday approved the bloc’s seventh package of economic sanctions on Russia, Lithuanian Ambassador Arnoldas Pranckevicius announced. Meanwhile, the EU relaxed some of its other anti-Russia restrictions to allow food to be traded. The tranche of […]

  • Only two candidates left for UK PM post

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 2:35pm EDT

    Tory voters will face a choice between former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as the new party leader Former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have made it through to the final two in the race to take over the helm of the Conservative Party and assume the prime […]

  • Boris Johnson quotes the Terminator in Parliament

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 2:13pm EDT

    The outgoing UK PM recycled a line from the classic movie after boasting of his accomplishments Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hinted at a political comeback in the future before signing off his last Prime Minister’s Questions event with a “Hasta la vista, baby” – a famous line from the dystopian sci-fi film ‘Terminator […]

  • US administration explains how soaring gas prices are actually ‘a benefit’

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 1:44pm EDT

    The transportation secretary says the more “pain” Americans feel at the pump, the more beneficial it is to own an electric vehicle Soaring gas prices in the US are a “benefit” to owners of electric vehicles(EV), Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said while testifying before a House committee on Tuesday. Buttigieg suggested that people […]

  • Most investors expect European recession – survey

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 1:35pm EDT

    Some 86% of those polled said they expected the EU to suffer a recession within the year Some 86% of global investors predict Europe will enter a recession within the year, according to a survey of fund managers conducted by Bank of America and published on Tuesday. The figure represents a stark increase from last […]

  • Ukrainian official continues offending Germans after losing his post in Berlin

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 1:29pm EDT

    The head of Saxony drew the ire of Kiev’s former envoy by saying the Ukraine conflict must be ‘frozen’ The former Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin, Andrey Melnik, slammed the minister president of the eastern German state of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, after he said Europe should mediate a ceasefire between Kiev and Moscow instead of adding […]

  • US to send more HIMARS to Ukraine

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 12:47pm EDT

    Kiev will receive four additional advanced rocket systems in the next military aid package, Pentagon chief says  Ukraine will receive four more high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) from Washington as part of the next security assistance package, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Wednesday.     “Later this week, we’ll roll out our […]

  • US School mascot dumped for ‘Nazi’ imagery

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 11:04am EDT

    A Georgia school was forced to scrap its recently-redesigned logo after complaints it resembled a German wartime symbol The Cobb County School District in Georgia, US, has backtracked on a new logo for its East Side Elementary School featuring an eagle design, after parents and local Jewish groups complained it resembled a Nazi “war eagle” […]

  • Russia starts building Egypt’s first nuclear power plant

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 10:57am EDT

    Led by Rosatom, the $30 billion project is expected to be completed by 2028  Russian state-owned Rosatom has begun construction on the El Dabaa nuclear power plant, the company said in a press release published on Wednesday.  “The start of construction on the El Dabaa power plant’s first reactor means Egypt is now joining the […]

  • Kissinger warns Biden on China

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 10:51am EDT

    The architect of Richard Nixon’s rapprochement with Beijing warned that China is here to stay US President Joe Biden should demonstrate some “Nixonian flexibility” and treat China with patience, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has told Bloomberg. The elder statesman said that while Washington should work to contain Beijing’s influence, this “cannot be achieved […]

  • Putin suggests motive behind Canada’s gas turbine delay

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 10:23am EDT

    The holdup had nothing to do with sanctions, according to the Russian president Moscow has rejected Ottawa’s reasons for delaying the return of a vital part for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that pumps Russian gas to Germany. President Vladimir Putin suggested on Wednesday that the reasons were purely economic. “The decision [not to return […]

  • EU tells member countries to conserve gas

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 9:23am EDT

    Brussels says reducing energy use is necessary due to possible Russian supply cuts The EU has called on members of the bloc to voluntarily cut their natural gas use by 15% starting next month, amid concerns that Russia may not restart deliveries via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. The measure is part of the ‘Save […]

  • IMF warns of consequences of Russian gas shutoff

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 8:47am EDT

    Some EU countries could go into recession, according to the organization A total shutdown of Russian gas supplies to the EU could reduce the GDP of the most vulnerable member states by up to 6% and send them into a recession, the International Monetary Fund said in a blogpost on Tuesday. The warning comes amid […]

  • Ukraine sells billions in gold it may not have – Peter Schiff

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 7:57am EDT

    The country has sold more bullion than it was reported as having prior to the conflict Ukraine’s central bank has sold $12.4 billion of gold reserves since February, Reuters has reported. However, a precious metals expert says the numbers don’t add up. “We are selling [this gold] so that our importers are able to buy […]

  • UK soldiers banned from buying sex abroad

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 7:47am EDT

    New rules state that those doing so will be thrown out of the military, the MoD has said The UK’s Ministry of Defence will no longer allow its troops to engage the services of prostitutes while stationed abroad. The measure is part of a campaign to fight abuse in its ranks, the British military announced […]

  • Ukraine wants to halt foreign debt payments – media

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 7:45am EDT

    This follows the approval of a €1 billion EU loan to Kiev The Ukrainian government has moved to delay payments on foreign debt for two years, the country’s media reported on Wednesday. The restructuring will have to be approved by the creditors first, the reports add. According to an earlier story by Bloomberg, Kiev also […]

  • Let the people pay: How EU leaders make their citizens suffer the fallout from their failed Russia policy

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 7:33am EDT

    Western leaders accuse Russia of ‘weaponising’ gas – but, in reality, it’s their own sanctions which have caused this crisis The West can easily end its energy crisis by lifting sanctions it imposed on Russia In a Bastille Day interview, French President Emmanuel Macron told citizens to “prepare ourselves for a scenario where we have to […]