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  • US general frets over Chinese weaponry

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 8:31pm EDT

    Beijing is acquiring weapons five times faster than the US and at a far lower cost, a Pentagon official has warned China is building its arsenal of new weapons five to six times faster than the US and at a small fraction of the cost, gaining a strategic advantage that Washington can’t afford to leave […]

  • Twitter vows to sue Elon Musk

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 6:59pm EDT

    After Elon Musk sent notice the $44 billion deal was off, Twitter said it would enforce it in court Twitter will sue in Delaware to enforce the $44 billion merger agreement, the social media company’s board chairman said on Friday, after Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced he was backing out, citing misleading information […]

  • Border guards punished for ‘whipping’ incident

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 6:48pm EDT

    US Border Patrol agents did not whip Haitian migrants, but will be suspended for “offensive language” US Customs and Border Patrol will punish several agents who sought to block migrants from illegally crossing from Mexico last fall, for “unprofessional or dangerous behavior” and “denigrating and offensive language,” the agency said on Friday. However, the nine-month […]

  • China scraps vax mandate after 2 days

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 6:06pm EDT

    Beijing has reversed course on what would have been the country’s first vaccine mandate following popular outrage Beijing has ditched a proposed vaccination mandate that would have limited access to its public places to jabbed residents only, the city announced on Thursday, citing public pushback. The Chinese capital had only announced the rule on Wednesday. […]

  • Musk cancels Twitter deal

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 5:33pm EDT

    Elon Musk has notified Twitter the $44 billion buyout is off, citing “false and misleading representations” DETAILS TO FOLLOW

  • UK energy bills seen soaring

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 4:00pm EDT

    The average British household will be paying more than £3,300 a year to keep lights and heating on, a forecaster has predicted UK consumers will soon be paying an average of more than £3,300 annually in household energy costs, a 71% increase from the record-high utility rates they’re currently incurring, as wholesale natural gas prices […]

  • France urges monkeypox jab for sex workers

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 3:34pm EDT

    French health authorities are calling for ‘at-risk’ groups to vaccinate after cases of the disease rose 77% in a week France is urging gay and bisexual men, trans people with multiple sex partners, sex workers, and other ‘at-risk’ groups to get vaccinated against monkeypox even if they don’t think they’ve been exposed, health authority HAS […]

  • Biden dangles abortion rights for midterm votes

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 2:07pm EDT

    The US president has called for Americans to elect more pro-abortion members of Congress to restore right to terminate pregnancies President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to help protect access to abortion, but he said the real solution to restoring rights taken away by an “out-of-control” US Supreme Court is to elect more […]

  • President who ruled Angola for decades dies

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 1:37pm EDT

    Jose Eduardo dos Santos passed away in Spain aged 79 Former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who led the African nation for 38 years, died aged 79 in Barcelona’s Teknon clinic on Friday after a lengthy illness, his country’s government has confirmed.  Current Angolan President Joao Lourenco, who served as defense minister under dos […]

  • US asked Russia to reconsider mercenaries’ status – Moscow

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 1:03pm EDT

    Washington has requested that captured American mercenaries are treated as combatants, according to Deputy FM The United States has requested the recognition by Russia of American fighters captured during the Ukraine conflict as combatants, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Friday. “There was a certain signal from the American side, mainly focused on […]

  • Russia destroys more foreign weapons in Ukraine – military

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 12:48pm EDT

    Two British-supplied Harpoon anti-ship missile systems were reportedly hit by Russian forces near Odessa Russian forces have reportedly destroyed two British-supplied missile systems in Ukraine, according to a statement by Russia’s Defense Ministry released on Friday. During its daily briefing, the ministry published a video showing Russian ships firing “high-precision sea-based weapons,” which it claims […]

  • West is struggling to compete with Asia and Africa – BRICS forum president to RT

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 12:37pm EDT

    People in these regions are beginning to value their own natural and development resources, Purnima Anand claims The West is finding it more difficult to compete with Asian and African countries as people in these regions are beginning to understand the value of their own natural resources, the president of the BRICS international forum, Purnima […]

  • Western ‘economic blitzkrieg’ has failed – Putin

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 12:05pm EDT

    The Russian economy has withstood the pressure of unprecedented sanctions, according to the president Western nations have failed in their attempts to destabilize the Russian economy with sanctions, President Vladimir Putin said at a government meeting on economic issues on Friday. “As a result of the actions of the Central Bank, as a result of […]

  • Israeli & Palestinian leaders have first conversation in years

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 11:59am EDT

    Yair Lapid has called Mahmoud Abbas to ensure peace ahead of a visit by the US president Israeli PM Yair Lapid called Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss security ahead of next week’s visit by US President Joe Biden to Israel and the West Bank on Friday, marking the first such conversation between Abbas […]

  • EU has shipped millions of tons of Ukrainian grain – Borrell

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 10:47am EDT

    Brussels has facilitated the export flows via its so-called “solidarity lanes,” top diplomat says The European Union has accelerated the export of Ukrainian grain, almost doubling the volume of shipments in June, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reported in his Twitter on Friday. According to him, 5.8 million tons of grain have been […]

  • German energy giant seeks government bailout

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 10:23am EDT

    Uniper cites “extreme financial pressure” caused by reduced Russian gas supply One of Germany’s largest publicly listed energy supply companies, Uniper, has applied for government support. The firm has referenced financial difficulties caused by a drop in the supply of natural gas from Russia as the reason for the move. “Uniper has been hit hardest […]

  • Russia makes new Hunter Biden-related bio-lab claims

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 10:04am EDT

    Moscow, citing a captured document, has claimed a Pentagon contractor was planning to study the deadly Ebola virus in Ukraine Metabiota, a company financed by Hunter Biden’s fund, had set its sights on southwestern Ukraine to research the deadly Ebola virus, which is endemic to some parts of Africa, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed in […]

  • Russia able to guarantee EU energy security – Moscow

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 8:16am EDT

    Households would no longer see “off-the-scale” utility bills, says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov Russia is able to guarantee Europe’s energy security at a reasonable cost to its citizens, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. His comments follow accusations that Moscow has been using its gas supplies to exert political pressure on the continent, after […]

  • West is ‘artificially’ blocking Russian grain exports – Lavrov

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 7:24am EDT

    Moscow weighs in on global food security Western countries are contributing to the global food crisis by hindering Russian grain exports, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. The minister referred to the issue of Ukrainian grain being unable to leave the country’s ports due to the military conflict in the region, and to […]

  • Gas shortages could see German schools shut – official

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 7:20am EDT

    Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger has called for schools to be classed as ‘critical infrastructure’ by winter Schools and other educational facilities in Germany should be classed as critical infrastructure to prevent their closure this winter due to possible gas shortages, the country’s education minister has argued. Speaking to Germany’s Rheinische Post newspaper on Thursday, Bettina […]

  • Skies turn green in South Dakota

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 6:41am EDT

    Social media users posted stunning footage of the ‘derecho’ effect Skies over Sioux Falls, South Dakota turned an eerie shade of green on Tuesday night as a strong storm known as a ‘derecho’ rolled through the state. Onlookers posted videos and photos on social media showcasing the unusual weather phenomenon. According to the National Oceanic […]

  • EU blocks loan to Ukraine – Bloomberg

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 6:31am EDT

    Brussels is reportedly concerned that Kiev could default on a €1.5 billion loan The European Commission has blocked a loan to Ukraine, citing concerns over the country’s ability to repay, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The €1.5 billion ($1.52 billion) loan was offered to Kiev by the bloc’s lending arm, the European Investment Bank (EIB), to […]

  • Russia’s top diplomat comments on PM Johnson’s resignation

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 5:30am EDT

    Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has described the politician as someone “clinging to power,” whose activities are intended for show Boris Johnson has proven himself to be a politician, who is “first and foremost interested in putting on a show,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The comment came after Johnson resigned as Tory leader […]

  • Attempt on Shinzo Abe’s life caught on camera

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 5:18am EDT

    The former Japanese prime minister was being filmed when a gunman opened fire at him during a rally Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was being filmed from numerous angles when a gunman fired at him on Friday. Footage of the incident was broadcast by the country’s media. In one video clip, two loud gunshots […]

  • Japan’s former PM Abe has died after being shot – local TV

    RT - Jul 8th 2022 4:52am EDT

    Local media has reported Shinzo Abe’s death at the hands of a gunman Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been pronounced dead at the age of 67 after he was shot during a public address, NHK reported citing the ruling Japanese Liberal Democratic Party. It followed media reports that Abe was showing no vital signs […]