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  • Russia’s Moon mission gets new launch window

    RT - May 30th 2022 3:37pm EDT

    Luna-25 moon lander mission is expected to blast off in September, Russia’s space boss has said The long-delayed Luna-25 moon lander mission is expected to be launched in September this year, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s national space agency Roscosmos said on Monday. “I hope that all the tests will be successful and at […]

  • Taiwan claims 30 Chinese war planes entered its air defense zone

    RT - May 30th 2022 2:22pm EDT

    The island republic, which China considers part of its territory, has said it was the largest incursion since January Taiwanese Air Force jets scrambled to intercept some 30 Chinese military aircraft as they entered the island’s air defense zone, the authorities in Taipei reported on Monday. According to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry, 22 of those planes […]

  • Russia may halt gas supplies to the Netherlands

    RT - May 30th 2022 1:41pm EDT

    Deliveries will stop from May 31 if payment is not made in rubles, Gazprom says Russian energy major Gazprom Export announced on Monday that it will suspend gas supplies to Dutch trader GasTerra from May 31 due to non-payment for deliveries in April and its refusal to pay in rubles. “As of the end of […]

  • Turkey makes proposal on Russia-Ukraine talks

    RT - May 30th 2022 1:39pm EDT

    United Nations representatives could potentially partake in the negotiations as well, the Turkish leader has suggested Turkey is ready to host a new round of negotiations between Kiev and Moscow in Istanbul, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. He made the offer to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a phone call. […]

  • Khabib roasts former UFC champ in grappling session (VIDEO)

    RT - May 30th 2022 1:11pm EDT

    Khabib Nurmagomedov is back on the mats at the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose Khabib Nurmagomedov might be a retired fighter nowadays but that certainly hasn’t stopped him from dominating in the training room. The former UFC lightweight champion confirmed his retirement from mixed martial arts in early 2021, several months after first stating […]

  • French journalist killed in Ukraine

    RT - May 30th 2022 12:50pm EDT

    Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff was “fatally shot” while covering the conflict, France’s President Emmanuel Macron confirmed A French journalist working for BFMTV news channel was killed in Ukraine on Monday after his vehicle reportedly came under fire in the eastern city of Severodonetsk in the Lugansk region. The death of Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff has been confirmed by French […]

  • German inflation nears 50-year high

    RT - May 30th 2022 12:41pm EDT

    Consumer prices are surging in Europe’s top economy The German statistics office Destatis has reported another jump in inflation in May as food and energy prices continue to climb. Annual inflation in Europe’s top economy has reached 7.9%, the highest level since the 1973 oil crisis. The surge comes amid the conflict in Ukraine and […]

  • Russian oil exports to India jump 25x

    RT - May 30th 2022 12:30pm EDT

    Deliveries for May surged to 24 million barrels from last year’s average of 960,000 a month India has received 34 million barrels of discounted Russian oil since February, more than 10 times the value of the total imports from the country year-on-year, Reuters reported on Monday, citing Refinitiv Eikon data. According to the report, more […]

  • MMA fighter suffers gruesome leg break (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

    RT - May 30th 2022 11:52am EDT

    Australian MMA prospect Jack Becker suffered the eye-watering injury in the opening moments of a fight last weekend Jake Becker, considered by many to be among the best mixed martial arts prospects coming out of Australia, will be on the sidelines for an extended period after he suffered a serious injury into a fight in […]

  • US and Chinese military heads set for major meeting – WSJ

    RT - May 30th 2022 11:44am EDT

    The sides are working to arrange the talks during a defense summit in Singapore next month, according to the Wall Street Journal US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe could hold their first ever face-to-face meeting next month, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Monday. With tensions between Washington […]

  • Roman era officially over as Chelsea takeover completed

    RT - May 30th 2022 11:37am EDT

    Roman Abramovich’s 19 year spell at Chelsea has come to an end The Roman Abramovich era at Premier League giants Chelsea has officially come to an end after the Premier League giants confirmed on Monday that the takeover bid fronted by US businessman Todd Boehly has been completed. A statement from the club published on […]

  • Germany to amend constitution

    RT - May 30th 2022 11:31am EDT

    The ruling coalition and a major opposition party have agreed to change Germany’s constitution to beef up its defense budget Germany’s constitution will be changed to accommodate a new special €100 billion ($107.35 billion) credit-based defense fund, the country’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner has confirmed. On Sunday, the ruling coalition comprised of the Social Democratic […]

  • US won’t send long-range rocket systems to Ukraine

    RT - May 30th 2022 11:22am EDT

    Earlier reports had suggested Washington was likely to provide the equipment for Kiev’s fight against Russia The US will not supply Ukraine with long-distance missile systems that are capable of striking deep into Russian territory, President Joe Biden said on Monday. Asked by reporters about the prospect of such deliveries, Biden flatly rejected the possibility. […]

  • Vladislav Ugolniy: Ukraine’s unity is crumbling amid serious military losses in the Donbass and Zelensky is feeling the heat

    RT - May 30th 2022 11:21am EDT

    The recent advances of the Russian army have taken their toll on society and are a major setback for the leadership’s motivational efforts Ukrainians appear to be losing unity amid military defeats in the Donbass and the economic crisis in the rest of the country. The surge of patriotism that arose when the Russian army […]

  • China condemns ‘American rules’

    RT - May 30th 2022 11:18am EDT

    China hits out at US for regularly breaking international rules and for accusing others of doing the same Beijing has once again hit out against Washington, stating that the US has “no right to talk about rules” after it has repeatedly broken them itself on numerous occasions. During a daily press briefing on Monday, Chinese […]

  • Researcher ‘raped’ in metaverse – report

    RT - May 30th 2022 10:46am EDT

    She was molested while studying the behavior of Horizon Worlds users after turning off a feature designed to prevent harassment A group of researchers from the SumOfUs NGO has experienced assorted abuse and violence on the Meta-owned Horizon Worlds metaverse platform. A fresh report from the group, titled ‘Metaverse: another cesspool of toxic content’, revealed […]

  • EU fails to agree on Russian oil embargo — Estonian PM

    RT - May 30th 2022 10:04am EDT

    Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says the issue will be discussed in June Finding an immediate EU consensus on banning Russian oil is unrealistic, according to Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. The leaders of the bloc gathered for summit in Brussels on Monday to resolve the issue. “I don’t think we’ll reach an agreement today,” Kallas […]

  • Denmark faces Russian gas supply cut

    RT - May 30th 2022 10:01am EDT

    The nation’s energy major has refused to pay in rubles, Bloomberg reports Denmark could be the next country to be cut off from Russian natural gas after its biggest utility defied Moscow’s ruble payment demand. According to a Bloomberg report, Orsted said on Monday that it is continuing to reject demands from the Russian supplier […]

  • Poland halts free fuel supplies to Ukraine

    RT - May 30th 2022 9:50am EDT

    Deliveries will continue on a commercial basis, Warsaw says Warsaw has stopped free fuel supplies to Ukraine, the Polish minister of climate and environment said in an interview with the BiznesAlert website on Monday. “At the beginning of the war and after the bombing of the refinery, we sent fuel free of charge. Currently, these […]

  • Top Ukrainian adviser suggests alternative to mobilization

    RT - May 30th 2022 9:33am EDT

    Able-bodied men could pay the state to legally leave Ukraine, the official has suggested Ukrainians who are eligible for military service should be allowed to leave the country in defiance of an active travel ban – if they can pay several thousand dollars, an Interior Ministry adviser suggested on Monday. Most male Ukrainians aged between […]

  • Europol concerned over fate of western arms in Ukraine

    RT - May 30th 2022 9:20am EDT

    The EU’s law enforcement chief told German media that the weapons could end up in the hands of criminals Europol head, Catherine De Bolle, has warned weapons currently being delivered to Ukraine could eventually end up in the hands of criminals operating on the continent. In her interview with Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper published […]

  • No consensus among Pacific islands on Beijing’s offers

    RT - May 30th 2022 9:10am EDT

    Some of the nations raised concerns over geopolitical tensions with the US amid Beijing’s efforts to improve ties with the region Beijing’s efforts to improve economic and security cooperation in the Pacific hit a roadblock after a summit with 10 Pacific island nations in Fiji on Monday failed to reach a consensus. Some of the […]

  • Nadal sparks retirement fears amid Djokovic comments

    RT - May 30th 2022 8:32am EDT

    Rafael Nadal has suggested his French Open clash with Novak Djokovic could be his last on the famous clay court Spanish great Rafael Nadal says that he could be set for his French Open swan song on Tuesday against world number one Novak Djokovic as the 21-time Grand Slam winner stokes retirement rumors ahead of […]

  • Russia to probe claims of suspicious activity by Red Cross

    RT - May 30th 2022 8:27am EDT

    The Ukrainian branch of the aid group allegedly catalogued children with healthy organs The Russian Investigative Committee said on Sunday it will look into allegations the Ukrainian Red Cross Society was involved in shady activities, including keeping records of children with “healthy organs” in the city of Mariupol. The claim came from Vladimir Taranenko, the […]

  • EU predicts how Ukraine conflict will develop

    RT - May 30th 2022 8:21am EDT

    The conflict in Ukraine will drag on and Kiev will require more help from Brussels, the EU foreign policy chief says The conflict in Ukraine is likely to last for a long time but will eventually conclude with peace talks between Kiev and Moscow, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday. Borrell said […]