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  • Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 6:35am EDT

    Damascus says it was a tit-for-tat move Damascus has cut diplomatic ties with Kiev, the Syrian foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. This comes in response to a similar step by Ukraine last month that followed Syria’s recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. “The Syrian Arab Republic has decided to sever diplomatic relations with […]

  • German energy giant bailout plan revealed

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 5:38am EDT

    Berlin may have to spend €10 billion to rescue Uniper, according to Bloomberg The German government and energy major Uniper are reportedly nearing an agreement under which the state will inject more than €5 billion ($5.1bn) into the business. The total commitment is likely to be up to €10 billion, Bloomberg claims, citing people familiar with […]

  • UK inflation hits 40-year high

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 5:23am EDT

    Consumer prices rose 9.4% in June amid the worsening cost of living crisis Inflation in Britain accelerated at a faster pace than expected in June and hit 9.4% year-on-year, the highest increase since February 1982, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday. The Consumer Prices Index was expected to rise […]

  • Sri Lanka elects new president amid crisis

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 4:26am EDT

    MPs have backed acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe for the top job The Sri Lankan parliament has chosen six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the island nation’s new president. His predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country last week and resigned after heated protests over the state of the economy. Wickremesinghe’s candidacy was backed by 134 out […]

  • White House makes claims about ‘annexation’ of Ukrainian lands

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 3:55am EDT

    Moscow is laying the groundwork to make swathes of Ukrainian territory part of Russia, the White House says Russia is preparing to annex Ukrainian lands by arranging “sham” referendums on the territories it currently controls, like it did with Crimea eight years ago, the White House has said. “We have information today, including from downgraded […]

  • CrossTalk: Economic decline

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 3:37am EDT

    Probably the most important and impactful piece of political advice ever given was ‘it’s the economy, stupid.’ Indeed, the economic and financial condition of any society transcends ideology. And it is ideology – neoliberalism, to be specific – that is driving the world into recession. CrossTalking with Tom Luongo, Pye Ian, and Michael Hudson. Powered […]

  • Record heatwave threatens EU food security – Bloomberg

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 2:30am EDT

    Corn crops are now at risk amid wider grain shortages A record heatwave in some of Europe’s key farming regions has put this year’s corn harvest at risk, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Corn crops are in the midst of flowering and adverse weather can lower the number of kernels that ultimately fill with grain. Temperatures […]

  • France to nationalize country’s biggest power provider

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 1:55am EDT

    The state will buy EDF amid Europe’s worsening energy crisis France has announced a takeover bid to gain full control of the country’s largest utility, EDF. The government has made an offer of €9.7 billion ($9.9 billion) to nationalize electricity provider EDF, the country’s Ministry of Economy and Finance said on Tuesday. The state already […]

  • Bill Gates congratulates India

    RT - Jul 20th 2022 12:09am EDT

    The billionaire praised India for reaching a major vaccination milestone Microsoft co-founder and WHO mega-donor Bill Gates has once again applauded India for its Covid-19 pandemic management success, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that his country crossed a “special figure” of two billion vaccine doses administered in rougly 18 months. “We are grateful for our […]

  • Twitter wins first battle against Musk

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 11:29pm EDT

    Tesla CEO lost his bid to delay the social media giant’s lawsuit until next year A judge in the state of Delaware has set a date for a court showdown between Elon Musk and Twitter sometime in October, stating that any further delay “threatens irreparable harm” to the company that seeks to force the billionaire […]

  • US Army admits ‘unprecedented’ recruitment crisis

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 10:07pm EDT

    Military officials expect to miss recruitment goal by 25% this year The Army has so far recruited just around half of 60,000 new soldiers it hoped to enlist by October 1, officials said on Tuesday, admitting that if the downward trend is not reversed it could have a significant impact on combat readiness in the coming […]

  • Putin explains energy price hike

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 8:07pm EDT

    Russian president points to European sanctions and policies favoring “non-traditional” energy The EU imposed sanctions against Moscow and closed off supply routes, but now wants to blame the gas shortages on Gazprom, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Russia is ready to deliver as much gas as Europe needs, if the EU wishes to […]

  • Hungary clarifies its position on Ukraine weapons

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 7:09pm EDT

    Budapest debunked the claim its deputy FM promised Ukraine transit of weapons Hungary’s position on deliveries of foreign weapons to Ukraine through its territory has not changed, the foreign ministry in Budapest said on Tuesday evening in a statement. Earlier in the day, authorities in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv claimed the visiting deputy […]

  • Putin tells US to stop ‘looting’ Syria

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 5:36pm EDT

    Washington needs to stop “stealing” Syrian oil and lift its sanctions against Damascus The US needs to stop “stealing” the oil from the Syrian people and state, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, after meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts in Tehran. The three guarantors of the “Astana process” also agreed that the […]

  • US updates travel advisory on Russia

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 5:05pm EDT

    US citizens traveling to Russia could be “wrongfully detained” on “spurious charges,” the State Department has warned Russia has become one of the few countries slapped with a brand-new “risk indicator” in the US State Department travel advisories. Russian security services have “singled out US citizens” for “detention and … harassment,” the state department warned […]

  • China blames US for Ukraine conflict

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 4:02pm EDT

    Washington created the current crisis, said the Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry accused the US of starting the crisis in Ukraine and fueling the conflict. Zhao Lijian told reporters at a regular press briefing on Tuesday that Washington should stop playing “world police” and work on creating conditions […]

  • NATO would have attacked Crimea if not stopped – Iran

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 3:35pm EDT

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the US-led military bloc as a “dangerous entity” Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared on Tuesday that had Russian President Vladimir Putin not “taken the initiative” in Ukraine, the NATO alliance would have launched a war with Russia over Crimea, which Kiev claims as its own land. Speaking alongside Putin […]

  • EU state wants to see European Parliament dissolved

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 2:40pm EDT

    Hungarian MPs have passed a resolution on desired changes in the EU, including an army and greater powers for the member states The Hungarian parliament has passed a resolution demanding Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government pursue the nation’s “vision” for the future of the European Union. The document put forward by several MPs, including from […]

  • Explosion rocks Hoover Dam in US (VIDEO)

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 2:04pm EDT

    Tour group captured smoke rising from historic landmark on Arizona-Nevada border A fire broke out after an explosion at Hoover Dam, a major hydroelectric power plant on the border of US states of Arizona and Nevada, on Tuesday morning. The fire was put out by the time firefighters from nearby Boulder City arrived on the […]

  • Kiev claims EU neighbor has changed course on weapons supplies

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 1:42pm EDT

    Hungary is no longer opposed to military aid passing through its territory, Ukrainian officials say Hungary will no longer block the transit of foreign weapons and other military aid intended for Kiev through its territory, Ukrainian media reported on Tuesday, citing the Lviv city council. The western Ukrainian city was visited by Hungary’s Deputy Foreign […]

  • Brits could lose passports for using drugs

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 1:32pm EDT

    New laws proposed by the UK’s Home Office seek to introduce tougher punishments for possession of recreational drugs Recreational drug users in the UK could soon be stripped of their passports or driving licenses under a series of new laws proposed by the Home Office on Monday. In the document titled ‘SWIFT, CERTAIN, TOUGH New […]

  • UK hits all-time temperature record

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 1:07pm EDT

    The hottest day in history has been marked by fires and travel chaos The temperature on Tuesday has breached 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in Britain for the first time on record; the historic day is marked by growing numbers of casualties, a “huge surge” in fires and travel chaos. What was officially the warmest […]

  • Three candidates remain in race to replace Johnson

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 12:21pm EDT

    Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss are all closing in on the chance to become Britain’s prime minister Conservative MPs wrapped up a fourth round of voting in the party’s leadership contest on Tuesday. Former Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch was eliminated, and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak is leading the race to replace Prime Minister […]

  • Scientists urged to de-gender human remains

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 12:11pm EDT

    LGBT activists and academics argue researchers can’t know how ancient individuals identified themselves A number of LGBT activists and academics are pushing to bar anthropologists from identifying human remains as ‘male’ or ‘female,’ arguing that it is impossible to know how ancient individuals identified themselves, The College Fix reported on Monday. Gender activists have long […]

  • Boris Johnson claims ‘deep state’ plot against Brexit

    RT - Jul 19th 2022 12:07pm EDT

    The UK prime minister, due to leave office in September, has warned that his successors could try to rejoin the EU British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed in parliament on Monday that the Labour Party and the so-called “deep state” would try to rejoin the European Union once he leaves office in September. Labour leader […]