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  • FIFA announces if South American nation will lose World Cup place

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 11:49am EDT

    Ecuador faced claims they fielded an ineligible player during qualifying Ecuador will keep their spot at this year’s Qatar World Cup after football governing body FIFA said it had closed its case into claims from Chile that their South American rivals had fielded an ineligible player during qualifying. Chilean football bosses claimed to have evidence […]

  • US drops Covid testing requirement – reports

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 11:49am EDT

    As of Sunday, no one – vaccinated or unvaccinated – will have to show a negative test to enter the US by air The White House will announce on Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will drop its requirement that air passengers entering the US test negative for Covid-19, multiple American […]

  • US inflation accelerates to 40-year high

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 10:59am EDT

    Rising gasoline, food and shelter costs drove much of the increase, data shows US inflation hit the highest level since 1981 in May, US Labor Department data showed on Friday. Consumer prices soared 8.6% in May from 12 months earlier, faster than April’s year-over-year surge of 8.3%. On a monthly basis, prices grew by 1% […]

  • ‘It takes two to tango’, but West ‘busy breakdancing alone’ – Lavrov

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 10:56am EDT

    Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow is open for direct talks on Ukraine even as some EU politicians oppose them Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Moscow remains open to direct talks with the West, but “it takes two to tango.” The minister was asked by an RT correspondent on Friday about recent comments […]

  • Moscow clarifies status of UK citizens sentenced to death

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 10:29am EDT

    Russia does not consider pro-Kiev foreign fighters as combatants protected under the Geneva Conventions Russia has rebuked Britain for its reaction to the death sentences passed by the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on two British nationals, who were captured while fighting for Ukraine. In a statement from the Russian foreign ministry, Moscow rejected the claim […]

  • ATP boss names terms for reversing Wimbledon punishment

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 10:20am EDT

    ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi repeated his belief that the decision to ban Russians and Belarusians was wrong Men’s tennis tour the ATP would be willing to reverse its decision to strip Wimbledon of rankings points but only if the tournament removes its ban on Russian and Belarusian players, according to chairman Andrea Gaudenzi. The ATP […]

  • Trump’s daughter broke with him on election fraud claims

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 9:59am EDT

    Ivanka Trump told the Democrat-led January 6 Committee that she had “accepted” her father’s loss to Joe Biden Ivanka Trump told the Democrat-run committee investigating the January 6, 2021 riot on Capitol Hill on Thursday that she “accepted” former Attorney General Bill Barr’s statement that Donald Trump’s claims of 2020 election fraud were “bulls**t.” “I […]

  • ‘Instigator of war’ in Ukraine named by Hungary’s Orban

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 9:54am EDT

    George Soros “symbolizes” business circles that are interested in prolonging the conflict in Ukraine, the country’s PM has claimed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has listed billionaire financier George Soros among the “instigators of war” in Ukraine. In an interview with Kossuth radio on Friday, Orban said that only peace would curb inflation and save […]

  • Big winners of West’s military spending bonanza revealed – media

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 9:13am EDT

    The pouring of arms into Ukraine and European rearmament plans benefit weapons makers but also pose risks, a watchdog told Sky News The sharp increase in military spending by Western countries, necessary to supply weapons to Ukraine and rearm their own militaries, is a boon to defense contractors, Sky News said on Friday. But while […]

  • UFC chief reveals fight which ‘makes sense’ for McGregor return

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 9:10am EDT

    Dana White commented as the Irish former two-weight champ gears up for a comeback A showdown with explosive UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler “makes sense” for Conor McGregor when the Irishman stages his Octagon comeback, according to promotion chief Dana White. McGregor has not fought since suffering a horrific leg injury in his loss to […]

  • Baltic nation to see gas tariffs double

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 8:55am EDT

    Latvian households face higher energy bills after the country halts Russian supplies Gas tariffs for Latvian households are expected to surge by nearly 90%, the country’s energy company Latvijas Gaze said on Friday, as quoted by Latvijas Vestnesis, the country’s government gazette. The company, which deals in the importation and sale of natural gas, announced […]

  • Ukraine gives update on combat losses

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 8:46am EDT

    Kiev is losing up to 200 troops every day in the battle for the Donbass, a presidential aide says Ukraine is losing from 100 to 200 troops daily in the battle for the Donbass against Russia, Mikhail Podolyak, an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, told the BBC on Thursday. The numbers are higher than […]

  • US Treasury boss identifies side effects of sanctions against Russia

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 8:45am EDT

    Janet Yellen says restrictions on Moscow have a “huge” impact on America’s soaring food and energy prices The US sanctions have a “huge” impact on the rising food and energy prices at home, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said. Yellen was asked during the New York Times’ DealBook DC Policy Forum on Thursday if already […]

  • Wimbledon confirms record prize money in absence of Russian stars

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 8:39am EDT

    The total riches on offer will be close to $50 million British tennis tournament Wimbledon has announced that its women’s and men’s singles champions will take home equal pay of £2 million ($2.5 million) each amid record £40.35 million ($50 million) prize money. The move ends speculation that the Grand Slam having ranking points taken […]

  • Russia cuts interest rate to pre-sanctions levels

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 8:24am EDT

    The Central Bank says inflationary risks continue to subside The Central Bank of Russia slashed its key interest rate on Friday from 11% to 9.5%. The regulator noted that inflation in the country shows signs of easing. “The external environment for the Russian economy remains challenging and significantly constrains economic activity. At the same time, […]

  • West reacts to DPR’s death sentences for foreign fighters

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 8:13am EDT

    Western politicians call the trial a “sham” and demand that Russia respect international law A number of Western politicians have condemned the death sentences handed out to three foreigners – two Britons and a Moroccan – by a Donetsk court on Thursday after they were found guilty of acting as mercenaries and attempting to seize […]

  • Death toll in shelled city reaches 22 – LPR officials

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 7:43am EDT

    Ukrainian strikes on Stakhanov destroyed several pieces of civilian infrastructure, a local ministry claimed Ukrainian military shelling of the city of Stakhanov in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) on Thursday killed 22 people, the LPR Emergencies Ministry has claimed. According to a statement, the attack on Stakhanov, a regional industrial center, was from an Uragan […]

  • Britain’s food supply at risk – Telegraph

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 7:13am EDT

    The closure of one of only two major fertilizer plants in the UK has raised concerns, media reports Soaring energy bills have prompted the permanent closure of one of the largest fertilizer plants in the UK, raising concerns over the food supply in the country, The Telegraph reported on Thursday. The Ince plant near Chester […]

  • Ukrainian forces hold civilians hostage inside factory – Russia

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 7:12am EDT

    Russia’s defense ministry claims that Ukrainian fighters have rigged a fertilizer plant with explosives Russia’s defense ministry says there is “credible information” that Ukrainian fighters are using civilians as human shields inside the Azot chemical plant in the Donbass city of Severodonetsk. According to the ministry, Ukrainian troops were “holding hundreds of the town’s residents […]

  • Racial justice chief wants NFL coach fired after Capitol riot remarks

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 7:10am EDT

    The Washington Commanders’ Jack Del Rio branded the Capitol Hill scenes in January 2021 a ‘dust-up’ Civil rights organization the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has demanded that Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio be fired or hand in his resignation after making comments about the Capitol Hill riot of January […]

  • Hungarian PM makes grim warning about European economy

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 6:37am EDT

    An embargo on Russian gas would “ruin the whole European economy,” Viktor Orban says Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned about the devastating effects of an EU embargo on gas from Russia, which Brussels hopes to introduce eventually. Speaking on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in a regular Friday interview with Kossuth Radio, […]

  • German ex-chancellor comments on possible expulsion from party

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 6:32am EDT

    Gerhard Schroeder said he will remain a Social Democrat even if kicked out of the SPD ranks Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said his political stance and voting choices would not change even if the party that he led between 1999 and 2004 kicked him out, Der Spiegel reported on Friday. The beleaguered ex-leader’s membership […]

  • Russian club lands stinging viral blow on Bayern Munich

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 6:21am EDT

    Spartak Moscow scored another viral smash with their put-down of the German giants Bayern Munich have been savaged by Russian football club Spartak Moscow in a tweet which mocked the German champions’ approach to transfer dealings and dragged in Manchester United as collateral damage. Faced with the prospect of losing wantaway striker Robert Lewandowski this […]

  • Russia and China open first road bridge

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 6:14am EDT

    The first trucks have embarked on a new bridge connecting the Russian and Chinese cities of Blagoveshchensk and Heihe The first road bridge between Russia and China opened for freight traffic on Friday amid the deep crisis in relations between Moscow and the West over the Russian military offensive in Ukraine. Construction of the 1,080-meter-long […]

  • US wants Serbia to ditch Russian gas

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 6:11am EDT

    Belgrade will be offered alternative sources of gas supply, according to the State Department The US hopes that Serbia will not extend its gas contract with Russia for another decade, according to Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser for energy security at the US Department of State, as quoted by TASS. The White House is reportedly […]