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  • ‘Russian salad’ sours mood at NATO summit – media

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 7:01am EDT

    Attendees were reportedly bewildered to find the dish atop the in-house restaurant menu The choice of salad at Tuesday’s NATO summit in Madrid, Spain has reportedly caused a stir among attendees, after ‘Russian-style’ potato salad was featured atop the menu of the in-house restaurant, according to Reuters. The confusion among the guests was reportedly exacerbated […]

  • Abramovich linked to potential purchase of Russian club – media

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 6:36am EDT

    The former Chelsea owner has been named in reports about a potential purchase of Russia’s most successful club Roman Abramovich could make a return to football with a potential investment in Spartak Moscow by steel and mining giant Evraz, a company where the billionaire has a shareholding, a report in Russia has claimed. Abramovich officially […]

  • Key NATO-Russia accord salvaged – media

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 6:21am EDT

    Germany and France insist on preserving the 1997 Founding Act despite opposition from some members of the bloc, media claims NATO will reportedly retain the 1997 Founding Act between the military alliance and Russia, which says that the two “do not consider each other as adversaries.” According to German media, Berlin and Paris argued against […]

  • Scholz laughs when asked about Ukraine

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 6:05am EDT

    The German chancellor kept mum about G7 security guarantees for Kiev The German chancellor laughed off a question about security guarantees that members of the G7 reportedly plan to extend to Ukraine once its military conflict with Russia is over. Olaf Scholz said he could elaborate on them but declined to do so. The brief […]

  • Tire manufacturers leaving Russia

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 6:03am EDT

    Michelin and Nokian Tyres will suspend operations over supply issues French tire manufacturer Michelin announced on Tuesday it has decided to cease its business in Russia and transfer activities to local management. The company cited supply chain problems as the main reason behind the decision. “After suspending its manufacturing activities in Russia on March 15, […]

  • Europe faces unexpected gas threat – FT

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 5:45am EDT

    The UK has warned it may shut off the pipeline to the continent, the Financial Times reports Europe is facing more gas supply uncertainty, as Britain has threatened to cut off its gas flow to the continent in case of a severe shortage, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. According to the newspaper, a cut […]

  • EU needs at least 3 years to replace Russian gas – Fitch

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 5:26am EDT

    Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic will be hit the hardest if Moscow cuts off supplies, according to the ratings agency It may take more than three years for the EU to replace Russian gas imports if they are cut off abruptly, international ratings agency Fitch said in a report published on its website on […]

  • Wimbledon ‘changes dress code’ to support Ukraine

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 5:10am EDT

    The tournament has deviated from its usually strict policy, according to reports After banning Russian and Belarusian players, Wimbledon organizers have reportedly made another gesture in support of Ukraine by relaxing the tournament’s notoriously strict dress code to allow tennis stars to don yellow and blue ribbons. According to reports in the UK, officials at […]

  • China bashes idea of ‘Asian NATO’

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 5:06am EDT

    Any attempt to set up “an Asia-Pacific version of NATO” would only bring more turmoil, Beijing says  NATO should stop looking for “imaginary enemies” in the Asia-Pacific and never be allowed to set up a version of the bloc in the region, China’s envoy to the UN has said. “We firmly oppose certain elements clamoring […]

  • Russian border region claims to have downed Ukrainian drone

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 4:04am EDT

    A Soviet-era Tu-141 was shot down over Kursk region  Russian defense forces have shot down a Soviet-era drone over the southwestern Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, the area’s governor reported on Wednesday. Roman Starovoyt posted on his official social media channel that the unmanned aircraft was a Ukrainian Tu-141 Strizh. It was shot down east […]

  • UK fighter appeals death sentence – Donetsk court

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 3:16am EDT

    A captured British-born fighter has launched an appeal to overturn his sentence, the highest court in the DPR has said Shaun Pinner, a captured British citizen who had been fighting for the Ukrainian Army, has appealed his death sentence, the top court in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) told TASS on Wednesday. The court now […]

  • US officials make ‘welfare’ stop in Venezuela

    RT - Jun 29th 2022 12:40am EDT

    Negotiators traveled to Caracas in another effort to secure the release of detained Americans Senior US officials have visited Venezuela to ensure the wellbeing of several American citizens in custody, as well as to mend ties with the government in Caracas as Washington maintains a raft of harsh sanctions on the Venezuelan economy.  A delegation […]

  • White House to distribute monkeypox vaccines

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 11:29pm EDT

    The announcement came as the United States surpassed 300 infections nationwide The White House is set to hand out nearly 2 million monkeypox vaccines in the coming months, beginning with an initial phase of around 300,000 doses as part of a new national strategy against the potentially dangerous virus. The Joe Biden administration announced the strategy […]

  • Mexico’s president says US can’t control its border

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 10:17pm EDT

    The Latin American leader pointed to lawlessness at the US border after dozens of migrants were found dead in Texas Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the US government is struggling to manage its southern border, blaming a “lack of control” after more than 50 immigrants died while being smuggled into the country, the […]

  • More weapons to Ukraine – more missions on the ground, Russia warns West

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 6:09pm EDT

    “Pumping up” Ukraine with weapons will make Russian forces “perform more missions on the ground,” Moscow has said “Pumping up” Ukraine with Western weapons will only lead Russia “to perform more missions on the ground,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference, the minister claimed that the position of […]

  • UN Security Council debates Ukraine crisis

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 6:05pm EDT

    In unusual move, Ukrainian president Zelensky joined via video link Russia does not target civilians in Ukraine and did not strike the shopping center in Kremenchug, Moscow’s envoy to the UN told the Security Council on Tuesday. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy said that the mall caught fire due to an explosion of Western-supplied weapons and ammunition, […]

  • Oxfam condemns G7 for ‘leaving millions to starve’

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 5:51pm EDT

    Global aid group Oxfam has eviscerated the G7 countries for pledging a pittance to fight the global food crisis The G7 countries are “leaving millions to starve and cooking the planet,” global aid group Oxfam’s head of inequality policy Max Lawson has declared in a statement issued on Tuesday condemning the mere $4.5 billion the […]

  • Drug lab busted at nuke-hosting NATO base

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 5:51pm EDT

    Belgian police has raided an illegal drug lab at the Kleine-Brogel airbase Belgian law enforcement has busted an illegal drug lab located on the premises of the NATO Kleine-Brogel airbase in the northeast of the country, Limburg police said Tuesday.  The lab was discovered at the airbase last Wednesday, the police said, adding that “a […]

  • China mocks G7

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 5:14pm EDT

    With the eyes of the world on the G7, Beijing reminded the West that it’s outnumbered by its competitors Amid high-profile meetings of the G7 and NATO leaders, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted an image on Tuesday pointing out that despite being referred to as “international society,” the G7 countries actually account for […]

  • Driving alone is helping Putin – Ukrainian MP

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 4:35pm EDT

    The head of Rada’s energy committee urged citizens to consume petrol responsibly Driving alone is not a smart way to use resources amid the current energy crisis, so those who are wasting petrol are helping Russian President Vladimir Putin, Andrey Gerus, head of the energy committee of the Ukrainian parliament, claimed. Speaking during a briefing […]

  • Hairdressers threatened with fines for over-shampooing

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 4:20pm EDT

    The mayor of a northern Italian town has threatened to fine hairdressers for double-shampooing during a drought Hairdressers in the northern Italian town of Castenaso face fines of up to €500 ($527) if they shampoo a customers’ hair twice during an intense drought in the region under new regulations. Mayor Carlo Gubellini told local media […]

  • US stops tanker with Russian oil – media

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 4:04pm EDT

    The ship loaded with fuel and vacuum gasoil was supposed to dock in New Orleans The US Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has detained for inspection a tanker loaded with fuel oil and vacuum gasoil traveling to the state of Louisiana from Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing people […]

  • Dozens killed in prison riot

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 3:14pm EDT

    A fire broke out in the middle of a riot at Colombia’s Tulua prison, resulting in 51 deaths Some 51 people have been killed and 30 injured after a fire broke out during a prison riot and escape attempt at Tulua prison in Colombia on Tuesday morning. The prisoners reportedly set their mattresses on fire […]

  • Turkey reaches NATO deal with Finland and Sweden

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 3:09pm EDT

    Scandinavian countries will become NATO observers at the upcoming summit Turkey will support inviting Finland and Sweden into NATO at the alliance’s upcoming summit in Spain, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto announced on Tuesday after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. The three countries signed a memorandum […]

  • Ukraine confirms Russian missile hit plant adjacent to burned down shopping mall

    RT - Jun 28th 2022 2:54pm EDT

    The strike left a large crater at a factory that was used to stockpile weaponry, according to Moscow The Russian military on Monday targeted the Kredmash vehicle plant in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchug, the chairman of the factory’s supervisory board, Nikolay Danileyko, has confirmed. The plant is located right next to the shopping mall […]