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  • Putin identifies culprit of global inflation

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 8:10am EDT

    Years of Western mistakes are hurting the world economy, the Russian president said Western nations have mismanaged the global economy, and the entire world is now paying the price for their incompetence, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. He made the claim during an address ahead of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). […]

  • Turkey hopes to rein in runaway inflation

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 7:41am EDT

    Consumer prices rose by 73.5% year-on-year in May The Turkish government hopes to slow down the country’s staggering inflation rate and bring it to just under 50% by year end, the Milliyet newspaper reported on Monday. One of the government’s “most important goals” is to ensure “a permanent decrease of inflation rates,” the publication quoted […]

  • Donetsk under massive rocket fire — RT correspondent

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 7:31am EDT

    Some 50 Grad rockets fell on city neighborhood Some 50 rockets fired by a multiple rocket launcher have dropped on the Kalininsk neighborhood of Donetsk, the capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), RT correspondent Roman Kosarev has reported from the scene. The shelling had earlier been reported by the head of the city’s administration, […]

  • France and the EU blew it in Africa and are trying to blame Russia

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 6:57am EDT

    Former colonies are looking elsewhere for military support after years of bungled operations French influence in Africa has long been taken for granted to such an extent that the French media has a name for the relationship: “Françafrique”. The implication is that Paris still has historical and linguistic ties to its resource-rich former colonies on […]

  • Global oil price jumps amid supply fears

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 6:34am EDT

    Crude hits $120 a barrel as Saudi Arabia hikes prices for Asia Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco has unexpectedly raised its selling prices for Asia, sparking global concerns over tightening supplies. The world’s largest oil exporter increased the official July price for its flagship Arab light crude by $2.10 a barrel from […]

  • UK PM Johnson faces no-confidence vote on Monday

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 5:55am EDT

    Tories’ 1922 Committee is to decide on whether the party wants the embattled leader to remain in power Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the British Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee, has announced that the threshold has been reached for a vote of confidence in the leadership of Boris Johnson. It has been scheduled to take […]

  • Germany doesn’t trust Zelensky – Der Spiegel

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 5:46am EDT

    Berlin has reportedly been slow in sending weapons to Ukraine, fearing military success could prompt it to attack Russia Germany has been hesitant in sending tanks to Ukraine to counter Russian forces, due to “historical reasons,” government sources have told Der Spiegel magazine. According to the unnamed officials, there is concern within Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government […]

  • UK to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 5:34am EDT

    Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has announced the shipment of the US-made M270 multiple-launch rocket system to Kiev Britain is going to supply Ukraine with long-range missile systems that can strike targets up to 80 km (50 miles) away, Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has announced. The shipment is going to consist of several US-made M270 launchers. […]

  • Foreign fighters in Ukraine complain of arms shortages – media

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 5:34am EDT

    Volunteers in Ukraine are refusing to fight due to a lack of weapons, according to Canadian media report The massive inflow of weapons into Ukraine from the West isn’t reaching many of the soldiers who actually need them, the Toronto Star reported last week. Time constraints, incompetence and corruption are resulting in poorly equipped frontline […]

  • US may roll back tariffs on some Chinese goods

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 5:21am EDT

    Washington is looking for ways to curb rising inflation US President Joe Biden has instructed his administration to look into lifting some tariffs on imports from China in an effort to curb record-breaking inflation, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday in an interview with CNN. “We are looking at it. In fact, the president […]

  • Biden should ‘shun’ Saudi prince, congressman says

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 7:48pm EDT

    US president should ostracize Saudi ruler over death of journalist, says House intel chief who backed Yemen war US President Joe Biden should axe his planned meeting with Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman this summer, House Intel Committee chief Adam Schiff told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. The Saudi leader “should be shunned” for […]

  • Why hasn’t Epstein’s client list been leaked, Elon Musk asks

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 5:48pm EDT

    The world’s richest man has questioned why leak-happy US authorities haven’t exposed the elite customers of the notorious pedophile Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is puzzling over why no one at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has exposed the client list of the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein – and over why no one in the legacy […]

  • Congresswoman questions US democracy

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 5:16pm EDT

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has criticized the US ‘oligarchy’ just in time for her re-election campaign US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) denounced the US political system as an “oligarchy” on Friday, resuming the long-dormant class-war rhetoric that first attracted so many young voters to her campaign in 2018. “When you look at the fact that our […]

  • Lebanon warns Israel

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 4:47pm EDT

    President Michel Aoun says any effort by Israelis to tap natural gas deposits in disputed waters would be an “aggressive action” A battle over Mediterranean waters rich in natural gas deposits bubbled up on Sunday when Lebanese President Michel Aoun warned Israel that trying to tap the offshore riches without first resolving a territorial dispute […]

  • Ukraine trades insults with EU state

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 3:29pm EDT

    Senior Ukrainian and Hungarian officials have publicly questioned each other’s mental health A bitter diplomatic row has erupted between Kiev and Budapest, with senior officials of the two countries trading insults over each other’s mental health. It was triggered by remarks made by the speaker of the Hungarian parliament, Laszlo Kover, who blasted Ukrainian President […]

  • Boris Johnson could be toppled this week – UK media

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 3:17pm EDT

    Members of the British prime minister’s party reportedly expect his leadership to be challenged this week in a confidence vote UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly faces a challenge to his grip on power as soon as this week, as members of his own party are pressing for a confidence vote after the “Partygate” scandal […]

  • Ukraine calls Germany’s policy ‘disgrace’

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 3:17pm EDT

    Kiev’s envoy has blasted the lack of heavy weapons from Germany as a “disgrace to go down in history” Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Andrey Melnyk, on Sunday blasted the lack of heavy arms supply from Berlin to prop up Kiev in its fight against Moscow, accusing German authorities of refusing to supply even “old” hardware […]

  • At least 14 dead and injured in US shooting

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 2:29pm EDT

    Multiple gunmen fired into a crowd in Philadelphia’s downtown entertainment district Three people were killed and 11 injured in a shootout in a South Philadelphia neighborhood on Saturday night. Police reportedly saw a man shooting into a crowd near the intersection of Third and South streets around midnight and one officer returned fire. Philadelphia Mayor […]

  • North Korea conducts largest missile test, South Korea says

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 2:27pm EDT

    Pyongyang has fired off eight missiles after the US completed a joint military exercise with South Korean forces North Korea has launched eight short-range ballistic missiles, likely its largest such test of strategic firepower and marking a ratcheting-up of tensions with Seoul and Tokyo amid increased saber-rattling by the US. The missiles were fired toward […]

  • Europe is in panic – Erdogan

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 12:56pm EDT

    The Turkish president alleged Europe has been less successful in dealing with the Ukrainian refugee crisis than Ankara was at managing migrant flows from Syria The EU and other European countries are in a state of “panic” over the influx of refugees from Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed on Sunday. Speaking in front […]

  • ‘World war for bread’ underway – Italy

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 12:55pm EDT

    An eruption of coups and terrorism in Africa may ensue if the conflict in Ukraine does not end soon, Rome says If the military conflict in Ukraine does not come to an end soon, the resulting famine could trigger political instability in Africa, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio warned during a press conference on […]

  • Brazil legend Ronaldo embarks on epic bicycle ride

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 12:32pm EDT

    The Valladolid owner will honor a promotion promise he made Ex-Brazil and Real Madrid striker Ronaldo has begun a lengthy bicycle ride from Valladolid in northwest Spain to Santiago de Compostela some 310 miles away. The 1994 and 2002 World Cup winner has owned a 51% stake in Valladolid since 2018 and vowed to make […]

  • Massive leak alleges deep-state Brexit conspiracy

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 12:12pm EDT

    Those implicated by the publication downplayed it as ‘legitimate lobbying’ and dismissed it as Russian ‘disinformation’ at the same time An elaborate high-profile conspiracy allegedly run by shadowy figures within the British elite was exposed in a massive leak released by a group of hackers late in May. The cache of documents and emails alleging […]

  • Russia could soon ‘break’ Ukraine’s defenses – Spiegel

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 11:04am EDT

    Germany’s spy agency has warned that Russian troops could seize all of the Donbass within four or five weeks, the news outlet reports Russian troops could soon wrest the remainder of the Donbass region from Ukraine’s forces, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, has warned, according to a report by Der Spiegel magazine. The report […]

  • Moscow responds to German spying allegations

    RT - Jun 5th 2022 10:59am EDT

    The Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman reminded Berlin about America’s tradition of wiretapping Moscow has shot back at Germany’s accusations of spying, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saying on Sunday that Berlin forgot about America’s wiretapping practices. The remark was in response to German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser’s recent warning that Russia could be wiretapping government […]