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  • Inflation in France highest in decades – report

    RT - Jul 14th 2022 3:23am EDT

    Surging energy costs have pushed consumer prices higher, INSEE agency says Consumer prices in France have reached their highest rate in over three decades, data from the state statistics agency INSEE showed on Wednesday. According to the report, inflation in the country increased by 0.9% in June from the month before, driving annual inflation to […]

  • US growth forecast cut

    RT - Jul 14th 2022 1:41am EDT

    GDP is projected to grow by 2.3% this year, according to the IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday cut its growth projections for the US economy this year and next, citing recession risks. The nation’s GDP is now expected to expand by 2.3% this year, down from last month’s prediction of 2.9%. According […]

  • Trade among BRICS countries soaring – data

    RT - Jul 14th 2022 1:06am EDT

    Economic cooperation between Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa has been surging, Chinese customs data shows China’s foreign trade with other BRICS member states amounted to 1.64 trillion yuan ($244 billion) in the first half of the year, up 14.1% in annual terms, according to data from the General Administration of Customs of China […]

  • French opposition votes to end Covid pass

    RT - Jul 14th 2022 12:47am EDT

    MPs from the left and right joined forces against France’s coronavirus passport system French lawmakers have voted to end the country’s Covid-19 pass, rejecting a provision that would have reinstated the program for those traveling to and from the country after the government’s emergency powers expire at the end of the month. France’s lower chamber […]

  • Biden rejects Israel ‘apartheid’ allegations

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 11:20pm EDT

    The president distanced himself from fellow Democrats critical of the Jewish state US President Joe Biden has disputed charges that Israel is an “apartheid” nation, instead calling it a “democracy” and a “friend” while touting billions in additional military support. Speaking to Israel’s N12 News just before embarking on a trip to the Middle East […]

  • US vows to defend Pacific ally from China

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 10:08pm EDT

    America’s top diplomat warned that any Chinese attack on the Philippines would be met with a forceful response US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Beijing to rescind its claims to the South China Sea and accept a 2016 territorial ruling in favor of the Philippines, also pledging a US military response should China […]

  • EU prepares for gas cutoff – media

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 5:50pm EDT

    The bloc will reportedly advise citizens to ration should Russia switch off the tap The European Union is planning out a set of emergency measures to mitigate the impact of a potential Russian gas cutoff, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Among the measures being considered are stockpiling, directing supply to key industries, and placing restrictions on […]

  • 3 die of mystery illness in Tanzania

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 5:15pm EDT

    Tanzanian medical experts are investigating an unknown sickness that killed three people in the country’s southeast A mysterious illness characterized by a fever, headaches, fatigue and nosebleeds has claimed three lives in southeastern Tanzania and left 10 more people ill, the country’s chief medical officer announced on Wednesday, adding that a team of doctors and […]

  • WHO demands return of Covid masks

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 4:34pm EDT

    Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the coronavirus pandemic was nowhere near over With cases of Covid-19 trending upward globally, World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on Tuesday for authorities to bring back masking, ventilation, and social distancing.  Speaking during a weekly briefing, Tedros stated that “the virus is running freely, and […]

  • Bill and Melinda Gates top up foundation with largest-ever donation

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 3:29pm EDT

    The billionaires announced a $20 billion gift to fight climate change, pandemics, gender inequality and other trendy causes Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda French Gates have donated a whopping $20 billion to their Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, their largest-ever gift, they announced on Wednesday. The massive donation brings the foundation’s total […]

  • UN welcomes ‘ray of hope’

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 3:07pm EDT

    An agreement on Ukrainian grain shipments is encouraging, but peace is still elusive, UN chief Antonio Guterres told reporters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday praised Ukrainian and Russian negotiators for reaching a provisional agreement on getting grain shipments out of Ukraine via the Black Sea, and called for more dialogue between the sides. Shortly […]

  • Results of grain talks in Istanbul revealed

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 1:53pm EDT

    Moscow and Kiev have agreed to create a “coordination center” on grain exports in Istanbul, Turkey has said Russia and Ukraine have agreed to establish a joint coordination center on grain exports in Istanbul that will include representatives from all parties, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told local media following the four-way talks that also […]

  • Two contenders forced out of Tory leadership race

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 1:47pm EDT

    Six candidates remain in the running to succeed Boris Johnson Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt have not received enough votes to advance in the Conservative Party’s ongoing leadership race. Six candidates remain in contention, with Rishi Sunak leading the field. Tory MPs held their first round of voting to elect a […]

  • Google and Microsoft retrench as recession looms

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 1:26pm EDT

    Google plans to slow hiring for the coming year, while Microsoft has laid off a number of workers Google and Microsoft are cutting back on new hires as the inflation-plagued US economy threatens to tip into a full-on recession. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced in a staff email on Tuesday that hiring would slow for […]

  • Poland to make WWII demand to Germany

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 1:13pm EDT

    While Warsaw will ask Berlin for reparations, Poland previously clashed with Israel over its refusal to return Jewish property Poland has completed a “very comprehensive report” on the cost of its occupation by Nazi Germany, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told journalists on Wednesday. Once translated, the report will back up Warsaw’s push for reparations from […]

  • Taxi drivers protest in Rome (VIDEO)

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 12:56pm EDT

    The unions oppose the government’s plan to liberalize the public transport sector by allowing Uber in Hundreds of taxi drivers have taken to the streets in Rome to protest against the government’s plan to liberalize the public transport sector by integrating ride-sharing operators into it. In the morning, several union representatives were seen chained together […]

  • US explains how Russian oil price cap would work

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 12:02pm EDT

    The price has to be high enough for Russia to keep producing, according to Janet Yellen The US is planning to limit the price paid for Russian oil but at a level that would still be profitable enough for production to be continued, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview with the Wall Street […]

  • Gender parity is now 132 years away – WEF

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 11:50am EDT

    The Covid-19 pandemic has aggravated the gap, the World Economic Forum reports Women are bearing the brunt of the current recession and cost-of-living crisis, with the Covid-19 pandemic and several economic shocks standing in the way of closing the gender gap, the World Economic Forum reported on Wednesday. In its Global Gender Gap Report 2022, […]

  • German party demands free meth for addicts

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 11:28am EDT

    The Left Party has called for hard drugs to be decriminalized so police can focus on more serious crimes Calling for a “fundamental rethink” of the country’s drug policy, Germany’s Left Party (Die Linke) hopes to make small amounts of crystal meth available to addicts under close “therapeutic support,” it announced in a motion on […]

  • Trump-Musk war of words escalates

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 11:18am EDT

    The former US president responded to Tesla CEO’s call on him to go for good Former US President Donald Trump in an ongoing verbal hassle with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has claimed that he was once in a position to make the billionaire kneel before him and beg for help. In a post […]

  • Riots erupt as president flees country

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 11:09am EDT

    Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled to the Maldives on a military jet Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday. His departure infuriated protesters in Colombo, who rioted upon learning that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe – whom they also want driven from power – had been made acting leader. Rajapaksa’s […]

  • Ukrainian lobby group sues Canada over Russia sanctions waiver

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 10:51am EDT

    The Ukrainian World Congress wants a court injunction to prevent the return of a German gas turbine to Gazprom The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), a major international diaspora organization, announced on Tuesday that it had asked a court to issue an injunction to prevent the Canadian government from returning a German-made gas turbine that Russia […]

  • US sees highest inflation in over 20 years

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 10:43am EDT

    Consumer prices are up 9.1% over the last 12 months Inflation in the US has once again exceeded forecasts, jumping by 9.1% in June compared to the same period of last year, the Department of Labor said on Wednesday. “In June, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose…9.1 percent over the last 12 […]

  • German FM shares stance on Russia-Ukraine peace talks

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 10:42am EDT

    There is no point in negotiating with Moscow over peace in Ukraine right now, German foreign minister says There is currently no point in negotiating with Russia over a peace settlement in Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said. “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s message so far has been the same every time: The attack […]

  • Сourt rules on Fukushima nuclear disaster

    RT - Jul 13th 2022 10:20am EDT

    Four former managers have been ordered to pay almost $100 billion in damages to the NPP operator company Tokyo District Court ruled on Wednesday that four former managers of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) must pay ¥13.32 trillion ($97 billion) in damages to the company over the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, local media outlets […]