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  • Germany spied on like during Cold War – intelligence chief

    RT - May 21st 2022 5:40am EDT

    The head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has also warned of an increased risk of sabotage Germany is being spied on at least as much as during the Cold War, the head of the country’s domestic intelligence agency has claimed. He put the growing level of espionage down to souring […]

  • Germany, Italy agree to pay for Russian gas in rubles – media

    RT - May 21st 2022 4:53am EDT

    Authorities have told gas wholesalers they can open the necessary ruble accounts in Russia’s Gazprombank Germany and Italy have allowed national companies to open ruble accounts in Russia’s Gazprombank to comply with the new natural gas payment scheme and avoid a supply cut-off, Reuters reported on Friday, citing sources. The move comes after Poland, Bulgaria […]

  • WHO issues forecast on monkeypox transmission

    RT - May 21st 2022 4:07am EDT

    The spread of the rare virus could “accelerate” in summer, the UN health body’s top official in Europe warns Europe should expect a wave of monkeypox cases in the coming months, according to Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization’s top official on the continent. “As we enter the summer season… with mass gatherings, festivals and […]

  • Global ‘wheat war’ is coming – media

    RT - May 21st 2022 3:01am EDT

    West could be forced to ask Russia for grain in exchange for lifting sanctions Wheat prices have surged to record highs over the past two months as major producers like Russia, Kazakhstan and India scrapped exports to protect their domestic markets. This has sparked fears of food insecurity and hunger around the world. According to […]

  • UK in talks to arm Ukraine’s neighbor

    RT - May 21st 2022 2:39am EDT

    The top British diplomat said talks are underway to provide ‘NATO standard’ weapons to Moldova The UK is in active discussions to ship weapons to Moldova – a country located along Ukraine’s southwest border – according to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who said the arms could help to fend off a future Russian attack. Speaking […]

  • Russia halts gas supplies to Finland

    RT - May 21st 2022 1:18am EDT

    The move comes after the state energy major failed to comply with Moscow’s ruble payment demand Russia has halted natural gas deliveries to Finland after state energy major Gasum failed to make the required payment in rubles to continue future supplies, the Finnish gas system operator Gasgrid Finland said on Saturday.  “Gas imports through Imatra entry point […]

  • Syria says Israeli missile strikes result in victims

    RT - May 20th 2022 6:12pm EDT

    Missile strikes have killed at least 3 people and started a fire at the Damascus airport, Syrian Defence Ministry says At least three people have been killed at the Damascus international airport on Friday, in what the Syrian government said was a missile attack from Israel. Two flights were delayed as a result of a […]

  • Two of Biden’s Secret Service agents sent home

    RT - May 20th 2022 6:00pm EDT

    Security staffers were allegedly involved in a drunken assault in South Korea Two US Secret Service agents tasked with helping prepare for President Joe Biden’s visit to South Korea were sent home before the commander-in-chief even arrived, following allegations that they were involved in a drunken altercation. The two agents were reportedly bar-hopping in Seoul […]

  • Is Netflix waking up to the woke by renouncing censorship?

    RT - May 20th 2022 5:27pm EDT

    The streaming giant tells employees they can leave if they find artistic expression ‘harmful’ and ‘hard to support’ As Netflix is struggling to keep its head above water, the company is attempting a new approach to filling its coffers, by apparently turning its back on radical woke leftist ideologies, warning employees to either like it […]

  • Austria opens ruble gas account

    RT - May 20th 2022 5:19pm EDT

    Vienna’s OMV insists it’s not violating EU sanctions by opening a Gazprombank account Austria’s oil and gas conglomerate OMV said on Friday that it had opened an account with Gazprombank to pay for Russian gas imports, insisting that the scheme does not violate the current EU embargo against Moscow. Austria imports some 80% of its […]

  • Top US Democrat denied communion over abortion stance

    RT - May 20th 2022 5:19pm EDT

    Archbishop penalizes Nancy Pelosi over abortion advocacy, says decision is “pastoral, not political” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) cannot receive holy communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and should not present herself for the eucharist until she “publicly repudiates” her support of abortion, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced on Friday. Pelosi says she is a […]

  • Clinton ordered leak of bogus ‘Russiagate’ story to press, ex-aide tells court

    RT - May 20th 2022 5:17pm EDT

    Clinton personally told aide Robby Mook to leak the damaging information to the press, Mook told a DC court Former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told a federal court in Washington, DC on Friday that, in 2016, Hillary Clinton approved leaking to the media a story claiming that the Trump Organization had been in contact […]

  • Israel reports first monkeypox case

    RT - May 20th 2022 5:15pm EDT

    Rare virus diagnosed in man returning from Western Europe hotspot An Israeli man in his 30s has been hospitalized in Tel Aviv with the country’s first suspected case of the monkeypox virus. He had visited Western Europe, where dozens of cases of the rare disease have recently been diagnosed. The Israeli Health Ministry confirmed on […]

  • Tornado rips through European town (VIDEOS)

    RT - May 20th 2022 5:02pm EDT

    More than 30 people have been injured by extreme weather in western Germany A massive tornado ripped through the western German city of Paderborn on Friday, blowing away roofs, breaking trees and damaging multiple vehicles. The twister, which was accompanied by heavy rain, injured at least 30 people in the city, local police said, urging […]

  • Democrat blames ‘white supremacy’ for shooting by black man

    RT - May 20th 2022 4:50pm EDT

    Alleged Dallas Koreatown hate crime by black suspect results from ‘white supremacy replacement theorist,’ congresswoman says US Representative Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, is pointing to a recent shooting at a Korean-owned hair salon in Dallas as the latest example of terrorism motivated by “white supremacy replacement theory.” Her assertion […]

  • US stocks suffer longest losing streak since the Great Depression

    RT - May 20th 2022 3:59pm EDT

    The latest decline leaves the Standard & Poor’s 500 down 20% from its peak, and the Dow has dropped another 600 points US stocks were hammered again on Friday, pushing Wall Street into bear market status amid inflation and recession fears and leaving investors on their longest losing streak since the Great Depression by at […]

  • WTA joins men’s tour in penalizing Wimbledon after Russian ban

    RT - May 20th 2022 3:55pm EDT

    The women’s tennis tour has followed its male counterpart the ATP in announcing the step Women’s tennis tour the WTA has followed the ATP in stripping Wimbledon of its ranking points after the ban placed on Russian and Belarusian athletes this summer.  WTA chief Steve Simon released a statement on Friday announcing the measure, and […]

  • Russia blasts France’s ‘colonial mindset’ in Africa

    RT - May 20th 2022 3:47pm EDT

    The attitude of France and other EU countries to Africa is “pure neo-colonialism,” Russia’s top diplomat has said France, as well as other European countries, have consistently demonstrated a “colonial mindset” when it comes to African nations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The top diplomat made the remarks on Friday during a joint […]

  • Meta restricts abortion discussion – media

    RT - May 20th 2022 3:47pm EDT

    A company speech policy bars workers from discussing the issue lest Meta become a ‘hostile work environment’ Meta employees have been warned against discussing abortion on Workplace, the company’s internal Facebook clone, workers told The Verge on Thursday. To justify the ban on discussing the topic, which has apparently been in place since 2019, the […]

  • Medvedev comments on chance of suing Wimbledon

    RT - May 20th 2022 2:49pm EDT

    The world number two was asked if he would seek legal action against the organizers of the Grand Slam World tennis number two Daniil Medvedev has confirmed he is not planning to sue Wimbledon for its ban on Russian players this summer.  The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) announced its controversial ruling last month, […]

  • 10 people shot outside McDonald’s

    RT - May 20th 2022 2:49pm EDT

    Two were killed, eight injured outside a fast-food outlet near Magnificent Mile shopping district in Chicago Two people were killed and at least eight were wounded in Chicago’s latest mass shooting, this one erupting when a fight escalated outside a McDonald’s fast-food outlet. The shooting occurred around 10:40 pm local time on Thursday near Chicago […]

  • Azovstal ‘fully liberated’ – Russian military

    RT - May 20th 2022 2:44pm EDT

    The last members of Ukraine’s neo-Nazi ‘Azov’ unit have surrenderred in Mariupol The entire territory of the “Azovstal” factory complex in Mariupol has been liberated, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday. More than 2,400 people surrounded inside for almost a month, including Ukrainian servicemen and members of the neo-Nazi ‘Azov’ unit, have laid down their […]

  • Escort site offers ‘war-inspired fantasies’ with Ukrainian women – investigator

    RT - May 20th 2022 2:36pm EDT

    As hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian women fled, searches for Ukrainian prostitutes spiked by up to 600% Escort Ireland, the country’s largest escort site, is offering men the opportunity to live out their “war-inspired fantasies” with newly-arrived Ukrainian women, a researcher with the OSCE told an Irish NGO. Amid the outpouring of refugees from Ukraine, […]

  • ATP punishes Wimbledon for Russian ban

    RT - May 20th 2022 2:07pm EDT

    The men’s tennis tour announced the step on Friday The ATP has announced it will strip Wimbledon of rankings points at this year’s tournament after the grass court Grand Slam banned Russian and Belarusian players from competing. The ATP announced the move in a statement on Friday, saying: “The ability for players of any nationality […]

  • UEFA mulls stripping Russia of another showpiece – media

    RT - May 20th 2022 1:41pm EDT

    The European football governing body is reportedly considering moving the 2023 Super Cup away from Kazan European football governing body UEFA is considering moving its 2023 Super Cup match from the Russian city of Kazan to an alternative venue, according to reports. Kazan’s Ak Bars Arena hosted six matches in the well-received 2018 World Cup […]