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  • Sanctions catch up to Russian energy project

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 7:16am EDT

    The offshore Sakhalin-1 oil fields are reporting falling production Oil production at Russia’s far-eastern Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project has decreased significantly due to sanctions imposed by the West, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev. “As for the Sakhalin-1 project, due to the restrictions imposed … oil production at the project has decreased […]

  • Liz Truss to skip G20 meeting, return to UK – BBC

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 7:13am EDT

    Liz Truss will reportedly cut her trip to Indonesia short and return to London due to the expected resignation of PM Boris Johnson British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will not attend the upcoming meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Indonesia, BBC reported on Thursday. She plans to return to London due to the expected resignation […]

  • UK PM Johnson appoints full replacement cabinet – BBC source

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 6:45am EDT

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  • Major oil supplier calls for new export routes

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 6:38am EDT

    The Black Sea terminal from which Kazakh crude is shipped to the West has been ordered to suspend operations Kazakhstan must diversify its oil supply routes, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday, after Russia halted transit via its part of a major pipeline, citing technical violations. Tokayev ordered the government to study the possibility of […]

  • Missed opportunities to stop Texas school massacre revealed

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 5:41am EDT

    A tactical assessment reports new details of the Uvalde elementary school shooting There were multiple opportunities to stop the perpetrator of the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting in Texas, a new assessment of the May incident said. The attacker took the lives of 19 students and two teachers on May 24. The report was released […]

  • Russia introduces new payment rules for grain exports

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 5:30am EDT

    Only “friendly” nations will receive supplies which are to be paid for in rubles Russia has started selling grain abroad in domestic currency and to “friendly” countries only, the country’s largest trade and logistics operator of agricultural products reported on Wednesday. The head of the United Grain Company Dmitry Sergeev made the announcement during a […]

  • PM Johnson’s game of cat and mouse over soon – Chief Mouser

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 4:39am EDT

    Larry the Cat’s Twitter account calls on British PM to step down amid mounting pressure A long-time ‘employee’ at 10 Downing Street, who has worked under three successive prime ministers, Larry the Cat, has made it clear via Twitter that he wants the incumbent PM gone. The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office joined the […]

  • UK PM Johnson to resign today – BBC

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 4:25am EDT

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  • UK PM Johnson fires top government official

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 3:29am EDT

    The prime minister sacked Leveling Up Secretary Michael Gove amid calls for his own resignation UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed Leveling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove amid a wave of resignations of senior cabinet officials and calls for the PM himself to step down. Downing Street confirmed the decision to the […]

  • Germany comments on Nord Stream 2 revival

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 2:31am EDT

    The shelved Russian natural gas pipeline is not an option, the Economy Ministry said German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of putting the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline into service to mitigate the EU’s gas shortages. “No, it is not an option,” Habeck told the channel n-tv, noting that the […]

  • ‘Cyberbullies’ now risk jail in Japan

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 1:11am EDT

    Japan has introduced stiff jail terms and higher fines for “online insults” A law imposing strict punishments for online bullies has come into force in Japan, threatening one-year prison terms and larger fines for offenders. The rules were tightened years after the suicide of a popular TV star, who faced harassment on the internet before […]

  • Russian economy more resilient than expected – Bloomberg

    RT - Jul 7th 2022 1:10am EDT

    Economists are improving forecasts for the year, according to the report Russia appears to be on track for a much shallower recession than was initially expected this year, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing experts. Surging oil shipments have blunted the impact of US and EU sanctions, they say. According to the publication, economists from JPMorgan […]

  • Elon Musk’s ‘secret twin babies’ uncovered by media

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 11:43pm EDT

    The billionaire entrepreneur now reportedly has nine children known to the public Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk reportedly had twins with a top executive at his Neuralink brainchip firm last year, weeks before the birth of his second child with musician Grimes, according to court records obtained by Insider. Filed in April, a petition […]

  • WHO to reassess monkeypox threat

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 10:24pm EDT

    A new emergency meeting was scheduled after cases surpassed 6,000 worldwide The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to meet again to reconsider whether the monkeypox constitutes a major public health emergency, after thousands of infections were reported across 58 countries. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Wednesday that the body’s emergency committee […]

  • Biden purges major non-NATO ally

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 9:14pm EDT

    The US president will revoke Afghanistan’s special status, almost a year after the Taliban takeover US President Joe Biden notified Congress on Wednesday that he will formally revoke Afghanistan’s status as a “Major Non-NATO Ally,” almost a year after the last American soldier left the country on his orders – and the Washington-backed government melted […]

  • WHO revises gender manual

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 8:49pm EDT

    The global health body is updating its training materials to reflect “conceptual progress” on gender continuum The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun the process of revising an anti-discrimination training manual for medical managers to make sure that it incorporates the latest thinking on “gender and sexual diversity.” The “gender mainstreaming” manual, first published in […]

  • Biden doubles down on ‘Putin tax’

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 8:21pm EDT

    The US president has expanded his argument blaming Russia’s leader for high prices President Joe Biden has again blamed his Russian counterpart for causing the highest inflation rate in 40 years, this time claiming that Vladimir Putin is causing prices all across the US to surge partly by disrupting grain exports from Ukraine. “We’ve got […]

  • US targets Iranian oil

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 7:15pm EDT

    As Tehran demands sanctions relief in nuclear talks, Washington doubles down The US Department of Treasury on Wednesday blacklisted several Iranian oil exporters and alleged front companies in China and the United Arab Emirates, accusing them of evading the ban on export of Iranian petrochemicals to East Asia. The move comes after the failure of […]

  • Chinese students leave UK amid crackdown, MI5 claims

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 5:53pm EDT

    More than 50 collegians with alleged army links have left the country after rules were tightened to prevent the theft of research Dozens of Chinese college students enrolled at UK universities have left the country in the past three years because hardened defenses have prevented the theft of sensitive academic research, London’s spy chief has […]

  • Apple launches ‘lockdown mode’

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 5:50pm EDT

    The new device setting will protect users in need of enhanced security against Pegasus-style spyware attacks Apple is rolling out a new “lockdown mode” setting to protect vulnerable users like journalists and political activists against high-powered hack attacks from spyware apps like NSO Group’s Pegasus, the Israeli-developed program that allows the user to covertly spy […]

  • France to nationalize power company

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 5:45pm EDT

    Paris owns 84% of the EDF electrical utility but the new prime minister wants total control The state wants to have complete control of Electricite de France (EDF), French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told the parliament on Wednesday, citing the need for energy independence in the face of the conflict in Ukraine. “We must ensure […]

  • Iran detains UK deputy ambassador for alleged spying – media

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 5:23pm EDT

    A senior British envoy and two other foreigners have been apprehended on espionage accusations by Iranian military authorities The UK’s second-most senior diplomat in Tehran is reportedly among three foreigners who have been arrested by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) for alleged espionage activities. Giles Whitaker, deputy chief at the UK embassy in Tehran, […]

  • UK PM rejects Scottish independence referendum, citing Ukraine

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 5:23pm EDT

    The embattled prime minister said that Covid-19 and Ukraine are more important than Scottish sovereignty British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday rejected a request by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to hold a legally binding referendum on leaving the United Kingdom. With Johnson fighting for his political life in London, he told Sturgeon that […]

  • Ukraine should cede territory to Russia, nearly half of Germans say in poll

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 4:46pm EDT

    A further 41% think Kiev should not make such concessions to end the ongoing conflict Almost half of Germans believe Ukraine should cede territory in the country’s east to reach a peace deal with Russia, according to a fresh poll by broadcaster RTL. While 47% of Germans back the idea of Ukraine making territorial concessions […]

  • Explosion damages ‘American Stonehenge’

    RT - Jul 6th 2022 4:08pm EDT

    The mysterious and controversial granite monument in rural Georgia was a tourist attraction A mystery-shrouded monument in the US state of Georgia was severely damaged in an explosion early on Wednesday. State and local authorities are investigating the incident as a bombing. The granite Georgia Guidestones were built in 1980 and featured messages for humanity […]