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  • Danish supreme court rules on Iraqi torture victims

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 6:28am EDT

    The judges overturn a lower court ruling ordering Copenhagen to compensate the civilians Denmark’s supreme court has overturned a lower court ruling that had ordered the country to compensate 18 civilians tortured during a joint mission by Iraqi and Danish troops during the Iraq war. Two dozen Iraqi citizens have sued Denmark, claiming they were […]

  • Supreme Court blocks social media law

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 6:28am EDT

    A Texas bill imposing strict requirements on social media firms has been struck down by the nation’s highest court The US Supreme Court has ruled against a Texas law which effectively barred social media companies from moderating user content online, temporarily blocking the legislation as a major legal battle plays out between the state government […]

  • US fears consequences of seizing Russian assets – NYT

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 6:11am EDT

    Confiscating the funds could destroy the country’s reputation with investors, the New York Times reports The White House fears that the confiscation of Russian assets could damage its reputation, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper’s sources, top officials in the Biden administration believe the seizure of assets would be illegal […]

  • Hungary claims it got concession from EU

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 5:56am EDT

    If something happens to Druzhba pipeline, EU will let Russian oil for Hungary be delivered by sea and land, PM’s adviser said Budapest has received guarantees from the EU that if something happens with the Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline, via which the landlocked country obtains about 60% of its crude from Russia, any oil that is […]

  • Baltic nation tops eurozone inflation chart

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 5:35am EDT

    Soaring energy prices have driven Estonia’s inflation up to 20% Estonia’s annual inflation reached 20.1% in May, the highest rate in the euro area, according to the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat. The April figure was 18.1%. Lithuania and Latvia had the second- and third-highest increases at 18.5% and 16.4%, respectively. Estonia has been hit […]

  • Moscow warns of risk of direct conflict with US

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 4:56am EDT

    The US is on a collision course with Russia by sending rocket launchers to Kiev, a top diplomat claims Washington’s arming of Ukraine with heavier weapons increases the risk of direct US-Russia confrontation regardless of American statements that they want to mitigate this risk, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Wednesday. The diplomat […]

  • EU country warns of Russian oil embargo’s downside

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 4:50am EDT

    Austria’s energy minister says the ban presents “a great challenge,” but was a necessary decision The European Union ban on Russian oil will not be “a walk in the park,” but it was a “right and necessary” decision, Austrian energy minister Leonore Gewessler said on Tuesday as EU member countries agreed a sixth round of […]

  • US to send ‘more advanced’ rocket systems to Ukraine – Biden

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 4:34am EDT

    Ukraine promises not to use the new long-range weapons to hit Russian territory, reports says The US will provide Ukraine with “more advanced rocket systems,” President Joe Biden revealed in an article published in the New York Times on Tuesday.  Washington agreed to send multiple rocket launchers after Kiev gave “assurances” that the long-range weapons […]

  • WHO sets out response to monkeypox

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 4:34am EDT

    Containing the virus won’t require the same extensive population measures as Covid-19, the UN health body’s top official in Europe says Informing the public about monkeypox, isolating the infected, and organizing effective contact tracing and monitoring are the best ways to contain the spread of the virus, the World Health Organization’s top official in Europe […]

  • Germany’s defense spending plan revealed

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 4:15am EDT

    Its air force will get the lion’s share of the €100 billion financial injection, according to the media Germany is set to spend €100 billion ($107 billion) to boost its military. Der Spiegel magazine says it has obtained the spending plan and reported on Tuesday that the bulk of the money will go towards strengthening […]

  • Gazprom cuts off gas to Denmark’s largest energy company and Shell in Germany

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 2:49am EDT

    The move came as the companies refused to pay for supplies in rubles Denmark has become the fifth country to be cut off from Russian natural gas following the refusal of its biggest power wholesaler Orsted to pay for deliveries in rubles. Supplies to Shell Energy Europe Limited in Germany have also been halted for […]

  • Turkey scraps NATO drills in Black Sea

    RT - Jun 1st 2022 2:20am EDT

    Some exercises will not move ahead due to continuing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, Turkey’s top diplomat said NATO military drills planned for the Black Sea have been postponed or canceled outright, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said, citing a decades-old convention which gives Ankara veto power over naval deployments in the region. Speaking […]

  • Anti-Russian sanctions don’t work – Croatia

    RT - May 31st 2022 7:45pm EDT

    EU citizens are feeling the pain instead of Moscow, president says The Russian ruble is getting stronger while the EU citizens have to cope with higher prices due to sanctions that simply don’t work, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic complained on Tuesday. He called the EU explanation for the partial oil and gas embargo “insulting” and […]

  • German army needs ‘enemy image’ – top MP

    RT - May 31st 2022 7:41pm EDT

    Russia’s military action in Ukraine has allowed Germany to once again see “what an enemy could look like,” a senior German MP has said A complex modernization of the German Armed Forces would require re-inventing “an image of an enemy,” Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, the head of the German Bundestag’s Defense Committee, has said. Now, as Russia continues […]

  • US insists it won’t give Ukraine weapons that could attack Russia

    RT - May 31st 2022 5:09pm EDT

    Washington has been ‘very clear’ on which weapons it’s sending to Ukraine, an envoy claims Washington does not want to become a party to the conflict between Kiev and Moscow, and while the US intends to continue supplying Ukraine with weapons, systems that allow Ukrainian forces to attack Russia will not be among them, US […]

  • Germany held back weapons for Ukraine – media

    RT - May 31st 2022 4:14pm EDT

    Chancellor Scholz accused of “doing Putin’s bidding” Berlin has only sent two shipments of weapons to Ukraine over the past nine weeks, and only of smaller items such as anti-tank missiles and land mines, according to documents obtained by the German media conglomerate Axel Springer. The pro-NATO company accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of doing Russia’s […]

  • New Chelsea regime keen to move on from flop Lukaku

    RT - May 31st 2022 3:22pm EDT

    Chelsea’s new owners are determined to recoup some of the club’s transfer outlay for Romelu Lukaku A day after it was confirmed that group spearheaded by US businessman Todd Boehly had succeeded Roman Abramovich as the owner of Premier League giants Chelsea, the club seem keen to correct some of the mistakes of the past […]

  • Anti-Russia sanctions will last ‘a long time’ – key EU member

    RT - May 31st 2022 2:41pm EDT

    Restrictions imposed against Moscow could change global trade routes for years, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has warned Sanctions the EU imposed against Russia over its military operation in Ukraine will last for many years, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi told journalists following a European Council meeting on Tuesday. The restrictions that are now expected […]

  • Major EU states against granting Ukraine candidate status – Italy

    RT - May 31st 2022 2:06pm EDT

    Many EU countries oppose Kiev jumping the line to join the bloc, the Italian PM said Only Rome supports giving Ukraine candidate status in the European Union, which is just not in the cards right now, with all the other major EU members opposed, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi revealed on Tuesday. EU officials will […]

  • Timofei Bordachev: Henry Kissinger is trying to warn Westerners that they are running out of time in the fight for Russia

    RT - May 31st 2022 1:57pm EDT

    If the acute phase of the conflict in Ukraine turns out to be lengthy, which now seems likely, then basic survival will force Russia to cut ties with Western-aligned Europe In the event that the growing conflict in, and around, Ukraine doesn’t lead to irreparable consequences on a global scale in the near future, its […]

  • Germany announces new Ukraine weapons deal

    RT - May 31st 2022 1:26pm EDT

    Chancellor Scholz says Berlin will do a “ring swap” with Greece to get armored vehicles to Kiev Greece will send former East German armored vehicles to Ukraine in exchange for more modern armor from Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday. Such a “ring swap” enables Germany to keep its distance from the conflict in […]

  • Ukrainian shelling kills 5-year-old child – DPR

    RT - May 31st 2022 1:05pm EDT

    Kiev’s forces have fired at least five rockets at the city of Makeevka, officials claim At least two people – a woman and a small child – were killed on Tuesday during the shelling of the city of Makeevka, the authorities of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) have claimed. They said Ukrainian troops had fired […]

  • Ukraine fires top official behind claims of Russian war crimes

    RT - May 31st 2022 12:06pm EDT

    The ombudsperson, Lyudmila Denisova, has been removed from her post over spreading ‘fakes’ about Russian forces Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to remove the nation’s human rights commissioner, Lyudmila Denisova, from her post. The official has been accused of failing to perform duties and in particular of spreading unverified information about atrocities supposedly committed by […]

  • UFC star arrested for assaulting nurse in vaccine row – report

    RT - May 31st 2022 11:49am EDT

    Reports from Brazil suggest Paulo Costa was arrested after attempting to obtain a vaccination certificate UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa has reportedly fallen foul of the authorities in his native Brazil after allegedly assaulting a nurse while trying to obtain a Covid-19 vaccination certificate without actually receiving the jab. Per a report by Brazilian outlet […]

  • Ukraine’s Azov Battalion swaps neo-Nazi insignia – media

    RT - May 31st 2022 11:44am EDT

    The infamous nationalist unit has stopped using the controversial Wolfsangel symbol, The Times reports The infamous Azov nationalist regiment, which is being revived by Ukraine after it surrendered to Russian forces in Mariupol, has removed the Nazi-linked Wolfsangel symbol from its insignia, The Times reported on Monday. According to the British paper, the unit’s new […]