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  • World’s richest man praises recession as ‘good thing’

    RT - May 27th 2022 5:43pm EDT

    Elon Musk has complained about too many ‘fools’ getting rich Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has tweeted in praise of the recession facing the US in response to a follower’s question, suggesting it’s actually a “good thing” because “it has been raining money on fools for too long.” He blamed “Covid-19 stay-at-home stuff” for […]

  • Ukrainian ex-president attempts to leave for Poland

    RT - May 27th 2022 5:29pm EDT

    Former president of Ukraine was spotted on the border with Poland, allegedly attempting to leave while facing treason charges Former president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko tried to cross the border into Poland on Friday, Ukrainian media reported citing the state customs service sources. Volodymyr Zelensky’s predecessor is currently facing treason charges in Kiev. Poroshenko showed […]

  • British mercenaries in Ukraine face death penalty

    RT - May 27th 2022 5:15pm EDT

    A criminal case against the foreign fighters has been sent to court Three suspected mercenaries from Britain and Morocco, who joined the Ukrainian military and were later captured by the forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), could be facing the death penalty there, the republic’s General Prosecutor’s Office said on Friday. Viktor Gavrilov, the […]

  • Ukraine risks merging with Poland – ousted president

    RT - May 27th 2022 5:10pm EDT

    The country is facing a “complete destruction” of its sovereignty amid the conflict with Russia, Viktor Yanukovych warned Ukraine is facing a complete loss of its sovereignty and, potentially, a merger with Poland, former President Viktor Yanukovych has warned. The ex-president, who was ousted in the 2014 Maidan coup, released an extensive address on Friday […]

  • Biden appears to confuse North and South Korea (VIDEO)

    RT - May 27th 2022 5:09pm EDT

    The US president mistakenly claimed that North Korea supported Washington in imposing sanctions on Russia US President Joe Biden added to his list of gaffes on Friday by apparently confusing the two Korean states. Speaking at the Naval Academy’s graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland, Biden discussed the importance of US cooperation with allies for the […]

  • Boris Johnson wants heavier weapons for Ukraine

    RT - May 27th 2022 4:38pm EDT

    The US and UK say MLRS rocket systems could turn the tide for Ukraine, but Johnson admits that Russia is making “palpable” progress UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Friday for Ukraine’s Western allies to send MLRS rocket artillery systems in a bid to hold back Russian advances. Sending such systems would represent a […]

  • Ukraine’s biolabs riddled with corruption and neglect – Russia

    RT - May 27th 2022 3:56pm EDT

    The network of US-sponsored biolabs in Ukraine has been suffering from safety issues and rampant corruption, Moscow claims Moscow has claimed that Ukraine’s sprawling network of secret biological labs has been plagued with critical safety flaws, while funds allocated to fix the issues have been consistently disappearing. Multiple laboratories were simply not fit to handle […]

  • UEFA makes decision on Ukrainian and Belarusian teams

    RT - May 27th 2022 3:40pm EDT

    Teams from the two countries won’t be drawn against each other in European competitions from now on Ukrainian and Belarusian teams won’t be drawn against one another in UEFA competitions, the European football governing body has ruled. The decision was made at an Executive Committee meeting on Friday and is another measure made in response […]

  • Iran seizes Greek tankers after US ‘piracy’

    RT - May 27th 2022 3:11pm EDT

    Tehran’s troops boarded two Greek oil tankers after Athens enabled the US seizure of an Iranian-flagged vessel Iranian soldiers seized two oil tankers flying the Greek flag in the Persian Gulf on Friday, while Tehran protested the confiscation of one of its own vessels in Greek waters earlier this week, calling it US “piracy.” Washington […]

  • Tennis player hit with fine for racket tantrum

    RT - May 27th 2022 2:56pm EDT

    Irina-Camelia Begu made a child in the crowd cry through her outburst at the French Open Female tennis star Irina-Camelia Begu has been hit with a $10,000 fine by the French Tennis Federation for throwing her racket into the crowd at Roland Garros on Thursday. The Romanian was booed by fans at the French Open […]

  • US fuel prices reach new highs ahead of Memorial Day

    RT - May 27th 2022 2:52pm EDT

    Gasoline sets a new all-time high heading into the holiday weekend that marks the start of America’s summer driving season US retail gasoline prices have climbed to fresh all-time highs just in time for the traditional start of America’s summer driving season, the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Prices at the pump for regular-grade gasoline rose […]

  • No need for mass vaccination against monkeypox – WHO

    RT - May 27th 2022 2:32pm EDT

    Meanwhile, the total number of cases in the UK alone has reached 106 There is no need for mass vaccination against monkeypox but contact tracing and isolation remain essential to contain the outbreak, Rosamund Lewis, the head of the World Health Organization’s smallpox department, said on Friday. During a briefing in Geneva, Lewis said that, […]

  • Russia ramps up crude sales to India

    RT - May 27th 2022 12:58pm EDT

    Deliveries increased by 1.5 times in March, data shows Shipments of Russian oil to India exceeded 396,000 tons in March, according to the Ministry of Commerce. That is more than a 15% rise from the previous month and a 40% increase on an annual basis. Overall, India has imported 56.7 million tons of Russian oil […]

  • Video alleging cops gassed man to death leads to unrest

    RT - May 27th 2022 12:51pm EDT

    Unverified video footage shows police officers bundling the man into a vehicle and filling it with gas Protests broke out in the Brazilian city of Umbauba on Thursday following the death of a man in police custody. Video footage purportedly shows police pushing the man into the trunk of a vehicle and filling it with […]

  • India decriminalizes sex work

    RT - May 27th 2022 12:30pm EDT

    The country’s Supreme Court has deemed prostitution a legal profession Indian sex workers are “entitled to equal protection of the law,” a three-judge Supreme Court panel led by Justice L Nageswara Rao announced on Thursday, adding that “criminal law must apply equally in all cases on the basis of age and consent.” Read more Training […]

  • Moldovan leader calls for fair trial against predecessor

    RT - May 27th 2022 12:15pm EDT

    Maia Sandu noted procedural irregularities in ex-President Igor Dodon’s case Moldovan President Maia Sandu has called on the Prosecutor General’s Office to conduct a fair investigation into the case against former President Igor Dodon, and to address alleged violations committed in the course of the investigation. During a press briefing on Friday, the Moldovan leader […]

  • Euro, dollar are ‘toxic candy wrappers’ – Russia

    RT - May 27th 2022 12:13pm EDT

    The country can no longer rely on the currencies to conduct safe transactions, finance minister says The globe’s top reserve currencies, the US dollar and euro, have become “toxic” for Russia, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday. “The American and European currencies are toxic for us. What should we do with them?” he asked […]

  • Ex-Louvre director faces criminal charges

    RT - May 27th 2022 11:47am EDT

    Jean-Luc Martinez allegedly turned a blind eye to “criminally obtained” Egyptian artifacts The former director of the Louvre Museum in Paris, Jean-Luc Martinez, has been charged with money laundering and complicity in “organized gang fraud,” which apparently involved the trafficking of archaeological objects taken out of Egypt during the unrest in the early 2010s. Investigators […]

  • Cancer patients seek damages from Fukushima operator

    RT - May 27th 2022 11:46am EDT

    Six plaintiffs, who were children at the time of the 2011 disaster, are seeking nearly five million dollars in compensation A Tokyo court began hearings on Thursday in a landmark lawsuit filed by six cancer patients against the operator of the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear power plant. The plaintiffs were children at the time of the […]

  • Poland is running out of coal

    RT - May 27th 2022 11:18am EDT

    The country is facing shortages due to the Russian supply ban Polish companies have limited the sale of coal in the country after blocking imports from Russia, Deputy Minister of State Assets Piotr Pyzik said during his speech in Parliament on Friday. He explained that the demand for raw materials in the country is far […]

  • Kissinger added to Ukraine’s ‘list of enemies’ on his 99th birthday

    RT - May 27th 2022 10:48am EDT

    The elder statesman was declared an “accomplice in the crimes” of Russia for urging a swift peace deal Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger turned 99 on Friday and pro-Kiev activists marked the occasion by adding his name to its Mirotvorets (‘Peacemaker’) website. Labeled “an accomplice in the crimes of the Russian authorities,” Kissinger […]

  • Huge European gas depot risks staying empty – media

    RT - May 27th 2022 10:22am EDT

    Austrian gas storage facility is unlikely to get filled due to a rift between Moscow and Berlin The Haidach underground gas storage facility in Austria may not be refilled by the next heating season due to a conflict between Berlin and Moscow over the seizure of Gazprom’s German subsidiary, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing energy […]

  • Former F1 boss clears up gun drama

    RT - May 27th 2022 10:08am EDT

    Bernie Ecclestone was reportedly arrested in Brazil on Wednesday Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has denied being arrested in Brazil for allegedly trying to take a gun on board a private flight bound for Switzerland on Wednesday. Though the Sao Paulo state public security office said to Reuters that an unnamed businessman had been arrested […]

  • When Henry Kissinger gives advice on ending the Ukraine conflict, the West should listen

    RT - May 27th 2022 9:49am EDT

    The realpolitik veteran schools today’s ideologues, but they won’t like the lesson The ideologues who dominate today’s Western foreign policy establishment are largely responsible for escalating tensions with Russia to the point of military conflict in Ukraine. And now the grandmaster of realpolitik — that is, foreign relations shaped by pragmatism and on-the-ground truth rather than wishful […]

  • Egor Kholmogorov: The intertwined roots of history explain why Russia can’t let go of Ukraine

    RT - May 27th 2022 9:48am EDT

    Centuries of shared history mean that the fate of Kiev will always remain Moscow’s core interest In August 1948, the US National Security Council issued memorandum (NSC 20/1 1948), requested by then Defense Secretary James Forrestal. The document described American objectives with respect to the Soviet Union. A significant part of the memorandum focused on […]