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  • US poised to block Russia’s debt payments – media

    RT - May 18th 2022 6:01am EDT

    The move could bring about the country’s default The US may block Russia’s ability to make payments on its government debt by the end of May, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter. According to the publication, in order to boost financial pressure on Moscow, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign […]

  • Russia reveals number of Azovstal captives

    RT - May 18th 2022 5:56am EDT

    Around 960 Ukrainian troops from the Mariupol stronghold have surrendered since Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry claims A total of 959 Ukrainian troops previously holed up in a steel plant in Mariupol have surrendered this week, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a Wednesday morning briefing. Kiev expects them to be exchanged, while prosecutors in […]

  • Fan arrested after sickening ‘headbutt’ on player during pitch invasion (VIDEO)

    RT - May 18th 2022 5:50am EDT

    The incident occurred during an English Championship playoff clash between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United Police in Nottinghamshire have arrested a local football fan who appeared to headbutt a rival player while celebrating a huge win for local team Nottingham Forest. Forest won an English Championship playoff semifinal penalty shootout 3-2 against a visiting Sheffield […]

  • UK consumer prices reach 40-year highs

    RT - May 18th 2022 5:33am EDT

    Inflation jumps by 9%, estimated to be the highest since 1982 Consumer prices in Britain jumped by 9% to hit a 40-year high last month, with the biggest price increases seen in food and energy, official figures from the UK’s Office for National Statistics revealed on Wednesday. The current rise in the consumer price index […]

  • Almost half of Biden’s subscribers on Twitter are bots, analysts claim

    RT - May 18th 2022 5:16am EDT

    Nearly 20% of all accounts on the platform are fake, the same research says Almost half of the 22.3 million followers that President Joe Biden’s account on Twitter has are not real people, Newsweek reported on Tuesday citing analysis provided by a small software firm. The same measure was used by Elon Musk to pause […]

  • Medvedev hoping to be ‘dangerous’ in Paris

    RT - May 18th 2022 5:01am EDT

    The Russian lost his first match in more than six weeks at the Geneva Open on Tuesday but is aiming to find form Russian world number two Daniil Medvedev has admitted he is not among the top contenders at the French Open, but is still hoping to pose a threat to his rivals at the […]

  • Baltic states demand massive NATO buildup – media

    RT - May 18th 2022 4:44am EDT

    Some 20,000 troops are to be deployed to any of the three nations in case of a threat, a proposal seen by the Washington Post says Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are actively seeking an enhanced NATO presence in Eastern Europe amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a joint […]

  • Russian gymnast handed one-year ban for ‘Z’ symbol display

    RT - May 18th 2022 4:10am EDT

    Ivan Kuliak appeared at an event in Qatar in March with the symbol attached to his chest Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak has been hit with a one-year ban for appearing on the podium with a ‘Z’ symbol attached to his leotard at an event in Qatar earlier this year. Announcing the decision, the International Gymnastics […]

  • Sweden, Finland deliver NATO applications to Secretary General Stoltenberg

    RT - May 18th 2022 3:49am EDT

    All eyes are on Turkey, which objected to the admission of the two Nordic nations to the alliance Diplomats representing Sweden and Finland at NATO met with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday to deliver their governments’ requests to admit their nations into the military bloc. Axel Wernhoff of Sweden and Klaus Korhonen of Finland […]

  • President backs PSG star over rainbow shirt refusal

    RT - May 18th 2022 3:21am EDT

    Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Idrissa Gueye reportedly refused to wear the special rainbow-themed jersey in a recent match Paris Saint-Germain and Senegal defensive midfielder Idrissa Gueye has received backing from his country’s president for his alleged refusal to wear a shirt which supported the LGBTQ community. The 92-cap international has been in hot water since reports […]

  • US to retain ‘maximum pressure’ on Venezuela – media

    RT - May 18th 2022 1:50am EDT

    Washington is reportedly willing to lift some penalties on Caracas, but will not abandon its sanctions-based policy The United States will continue to exert “maximum pressure” on Venezuela through sanctions, officials told multiple media outlets, stating that President Joe Biden will maintain the more bellicose approach of his predecessor, though could ease penalties under certain […]

  • West used Ukraine as pretext for ‘undeclared war’ with Russia, Moscow claims

    RT - May 17th 2022 5:44pm EDT

    Prior to Moscow’s operation, the very statehood of Russia was threatened, a security chief says The West has used Ukraine as a pretext for an “undeclared war” against Moscow, and put Russia in a position in which it had to protect its “very statehood,” the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, said on […]

  • Turkey’s list of demands to NATO revealed by Bloomberg

    RT - May 17th 2022 5:42pm EDT

    Ankara’s threat to block Finland and Sweden’s bids reportedly has nothing to do with Russia Turkey’s list of demands for NATO and its prospective members Finland and Sweden includes the removal of sanctions imposed on Ankara over its purchase of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, as well as re-inclusion in the F-35 advanced aircraft […]

  • Company buying Trump’s social network warns investors

    RT - May 17th 2022 5:27pm EDT

    TRUTH Social purchaser posts list of Trump-related business failures Special-purpose acquisition company Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) has alerted potential investors that the man behind its prized product, former US President Donald Trump, has been associated with a long list of failed businesses ahead of a planned merger between the company and Trump Media & […]

  • US recruits ISIS terrorists to fight in Ukraine, Russian intel says

    RT - May 17th 2022 5:17pm EDT

    The SVR claims that Washington is “ready to use any means,” including hiring ISIS fighters as mercenaries The US has been “actively recruiting” terrorists to fight in Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on Tuesday, saying that it illustrates Washington’s readiness “to use any means to achieve its geopolitical goals.” The SVR revealed in […]

  • Pentagon investigates itself, finds it did nothing wrong

    RT - May 17th 2022 4:57pm EDT

    Nobody will be held accountable for an airstrike that killed up to 64 civilians, a report states An internal Pentagon investigation has found that a 2019 airstrike that killed up to 64 civilians in Syria did not violate US rules of engagement or the law of war, and was not carried out with “wanton disregard.” […]

  • Lawmaker arrested amid rape allegations

    RT - May 17th 2022 3:53pm EDT

    A Tory member of the British Parliament has been arrested, but will not be suspended from the party A British politician is under arrest and accused of numerous sexual offenses. Police arrested the Conservative Party lawmaker on Tuesday after a two-year probe, The Sun newspaper reported without identifying the suspect.  All that is known at […]

  • West does not care about Ukraine, views it as ‘expendable’, Russia warns

    RT - May 17th 2022 3:27pm EDT

    The country has become an “expendable material” for the US, EU and their allies in the war against Russia, Sergey Lavrov says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has revealed what he believes to be the real attitude of the Western powers towards Ukraine during the ongoing conflict in the country. “Nobody cares about Ukraine. Ukraine […]

  • EU won’t let Ukraine run out of weapons – top diplomat

    RT - May 17th 2022 3:23pm EDT

    Josep Borrell has promised Kiev a never-ending supply “The European Union will not let Ukraine run out of equipment,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters on Tuesday in Brussels following a meeting of European defense ministers.  The diplomat theorized that Russia may have suffered “impressive losses” since attacking Ukraine, suggesting casualties of as […]

  • Western-backed coup thwarted, country says

    RT - May 17th 2022 3:23pm EDT

    Attempted coup in Mali comes amid tensions with France A group of Malian officers attempted a coup last week with the help of a Western state, the government in Bamako has announced. While the military government did not name the alleged foreign culprit, the announcement comes amid the ongoing deterioration of relations with Mali’s former […]

  • Biden condemns ‘poison’ of white supremacy in Buffalo

    RT - May 17th 2022 2:41pm EDT

    The president proposed meeting the “venom” of racism with gun control and internet censorship President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the racially-motivated attack on a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, as “simple and straightforward terrorism,” and condemned the shooter’s racist worldview.  Biden spoke in Buffalo after meeting with the families of the 10 shoppers and […]

  • US aid to Ukraine looks ‘like money laundering scheme’ – Congresswoman

    RT - May 17th 2022 2:11pm EDT

    American aid to Kiev goes to NGOs run by “friends and families” of US politicians, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene claims The financial support America provides to Ukraine looks very much “like money laundering schemes,” Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has told ‘The Truth With Lisa Boothe’ podcast on Monday. The money supposedly destined for Ukrainians […]

  • Canadian hockey star carjacked at gunpoint

    RT - May 17th 2022 1:55pm EDT

    The Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner was robbed after coming out of a movie theater Toronto Maple Leafs right winger Mitch Marner was robbed at gunpoint and knifepoint in a parking lot on Monday night and had his vehicle stolen. The 25-year-old’s week started in the worst possible fashion after the Maple Leafs had been […]

  • US tells Europe to give more money to Ukraine

    RT - May 17th 2022 1:11pm EDT

    The US and its allies must pay Ukrainian wages and foot the bill for reconstruction, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen declared Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on Tuesday for the US’ allies to pay Ukrainian wages and rebuild infrastructure in the war-torn country. Deeming the billions of dollars already committed by the US and Europe insufficient […]

  • Ukrainian troops holed up in Mariupol begin surrendering

    RT - May 17th 2022 1:02pm EDT

    Kiev puts on a brave face as trapped Azov fighters give themselves up to Russian forces The last remaining Ukrainian troops in the southern port city of Mariupol have started surrendering, after being trapped for nearly a month in the Azovstal steelworks. The massive industrial complex, with a network of underground tunnels and bunkers, was the […]