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  • Czech Republic allows citizens to fight for Ukraine

    RT - May 12th 2022 3:48am EDT

    President Zeman granted 103 volunteers a special waiver to join Kiev’s military President Milos Zeman has granted 103 citizens of the Czech Republic a special exemption, allowing them to join the Ukrainian military, his office reported on Wednesday. Some 400 volunteers applied for a waiver with the goal of fighting for Ukraine against Russia, according […]

  • Finland’s president and PM make statement on NATO

    RT - May 12th 2022 3:04am EDT

    Russia’s northern neighbor will seek membership in the US-led military bloc President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin of Finland made a joint statement on Thursday morning, confirming their nation’s desire to become part of NATO. The country refrained from asking for accession during the Cold War, but made a U-turn after the Russian […]

  • Airliner bursts into flames during takeoff (VIDEOS)

    RT - May 12th 2022 12:37am EDT

    Dozens injured while fleeing the burning jet in southwest China A passenger plane caught fire as it took off from an airport in southwestern China, with local officials stating one of its engines scraped the runway before bursting into flames. A flight departing Chongqing Airport for the city of Nyingchi on Thursday morning encountered an […]

  • North Korea declares Covid emergency

    RT - May 11th 2022 11:01pm EDT

    Officials imposed a ‘maximum emergency quarantine system’ following the country’s first formally confirmed Omicron case North Korea has announced a national emergency after its first officially acknowledged Covid-19 outbreak, imposing tough quarantine measures after long claiming to have kept cases at zero throughout the pandemic. The ruling Workers’ Party of Korea “discussed the problem of […]

  • US reveals ‘rules’ on sharing intelligence with Ukraine – media

    RT - May 11th 2022 9:34pm EDT

    Guidelines designed to support Kiev while keeping the US out of the war, officials tell the Washington Post The US has developed rules on sharing intelligence with Ukraine that would give Washington plausible deniability while providing Kiev with as much information as possible to attack the Russian military. This is according to the Washington Post, […]

  • Youth gun ban ruled unconstitutional

    RT - May 11th 2022 9:19pm EDT

    Appeals court panel strikes down California’s prohibition on sale of semiautomatic weapons to under-21 adults A US appeals court has found that California’s ban on the sale of semiautomatic rifles to adults under 21 violates the constitutional right of Americans to bear arms. “America would not exist without the heroism of the young adults who […]

  • West pondering ‘oil buyers club’ to pressure OPEC

    RT - May 11th 2022 8:38pm EDT

    Italy’s Mario Draghi proposed a “cartel of buyers” to US President Joe Biden as a way to deal with OPEC Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Wednesday that he discussed setting up a “cartel” of oil buyers in order to persuade the OPEC countries to produce more oil, as well as imposing price caps […]

  • US drug overdoses break record

    RT - May 11th 2022 6:13pm EDT

    One death every 5 minutes in third-straight record-setting year More than 107,600 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed on Wednesday. The record-setting figure, driven by fentanyl and other synthetic opioid abuse, represented a 15% increase over the previous year’s 93,655 overdose deaths. Read more Why the […]

  • UN issues drought disaster warning

    RT - May 11th 2022 6:01pm EDT

    Worsening water shortages in developing countries will trigger massive climate refugee crisis, report warns Droughts have increased 29% in the space of a single generation, according to a paper the United Nations released on Wednesday, which observed that the problem is rapidly accelerating. Released to coincide with the 15th annual Conference of Parties held by […]

  • Billionaire says Americans avoid work, unlike Chinese

    RT - May 11th 2022 5:36pm EDT

    Elon Musk praises Chinese labor, says people in the US “are trying to avoid going to work at all” Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, has predicted that China will produce successful makers of electric vehicles because of the nation’s strong work ethic – an attribute that he sees as lacking […]

  • Ukraine’s biochemical efforts targeted children and mentally ill, Russia says

    RT - May 11th 2022 5:32pm EDT

    Moscow claims Kiev handed out counterfeit money infected with tuberculosis to children in a village in the Lugansk People’s Republic in 2020 Moscow claims Ukraine tried to infect the pro-Russian population in the Lugansk People’s Republic with tuberculosis (TB) and allowed the Pentagon to carry out human experiments at Kharkov’s psychiatric wards. During a briefing […]

  • Biden’s disinformation chief wants to edit people’s tweets

    RT - May 11th 2022 5:12pm EDT

    The head of the newly created disinformation board suggests allowing blue-check Twitter users to add comments to posts they deem false Nina Jankowicz, director of President Joe Biden’s newly created Disinformation Governance Board, has called for enabling blue-check Twitter users such as her to help police commentary on the social media platform by allowing them […]

  • Russia names EU countries linked to Ukrainian biolabs

    RT - May 11th 2022 5:11pm EDT

    Germany and Poland have been involved in secretive biological experiments in Ukraine, Moscow has claimed Russia has ramped up its allegations about the sprawling network of secretive US-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine, stating that other NATO countries have been involved in the questionable research. Apart from the US, Germany and Poland have taken part in […]

  • Fatal shelling from Ukraine shakes Russian village

    RT - May 11th 2022 4:02pm EDT

    One killed, six wounded, including a teenager, in an artillery attack on Belgorod Region One Russian civilian was killed on Wednesday in a Ukrainian artillery strike on Solokhi, a village near the border in the Belgorod Region. Six more people have been injured, the regional governor said on social media. The village is being evacuated. […]

  • How a century of political violence in Ukraine is linked to the atrocities of today

    RT - May 11th 2022 3:53pm EDT

    The history of Ukrainian nationalist cruelty is an important factor, barely discussed, or known, in the West Troops shot in the legs screaming in pain. Others dying from blood loss and shock. With no one around to provide medical assistance. A Russian soldier crucified on an anti-tank barrier, chained to a metal ‘hedgehog’ and then burned alive… […]

  • US Democrats use Ukraine biolab profits for campaign funding – Russia

    RT - May 11th 2022 2:11pm EDT

    Big Pharma, the Pentagon and leading Democrats are implicated in a secret research scheme Democrats in the US partnered with Big Pharma companies and friendly foundations led by George Soros and Bill Gates to set up biological research in Ukraine, using the project to generate additional funding for elections, the Russian military said on Wednesday […]

  • Banning abortion bad for economy – US Treasury chief

    RT - May 11th 2022 1:48pm EDT

    Treasury secretary and former Fed chair Janet Yellen makes financial argument for terminating pregnancies President Joe Biden’s Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, has made an economic case for ensuring that all Americans have access to abortion services, arguing that half a century of allowing women to terminate their pregnancies has increased participation in the labor force. […]

  • US consumer prices spike even worse than expected

    RT - May 11th 2022 1:40pm EDT

    Inflation remains at the highest levels in 40 years as the Biden administration admits some culpability Prices of consumer goods continue to soar across America, the latest official print of the Consumer Price Index confirmed on Wednesday, showing price growth at 8.3% over the last 12 months as of April. This marks the eleventh straight month […]

  • Britons facing ‘real food poverty’, supermarket giant warns

    RT - May 11th 2022 12:57pm EDT

    Tesco’s boss says people in the UK are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis The chairman of major British supermarket Tesco, John Allan, said that many in the country are struggling with the increasing costs of food and fuel due to inflation, as quoted by The Times on Tuesday, “I was in some [Tesco] stores on […]

  • ‘Syrian scenario’ possible in Ukraine, Russia warns

    RT - May 11th 2022 12:37pm EDT

    A potential false-flag chemical attack would trigger a probe to blame Moscow, using fabricated evidence, the military says Moscow has accused the Ukrainian authorities of plotting to use weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to frame the Russian military. The incident would be used to trigger a “Syrian scenario” investigation to falsify evidence and assign blame, […]

  • Cheap alternative to Russian gas found – Bulgaria

    RT - May 11th 2022 12:23pm EDT

    The US LNG deal was reached after Sofia rejected Moscow’s ruble payment demand Bulgaria has reached a deal to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US, the country’s government said in a statement on Wednesday. The agreement was reached during a meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and US Vice President Kamala Harris. […]

  • EU’s plan to quit Russian gas may come with hefty price tag – report

    RT - May 11th 2022 11:49am EDT

    Cutting the supplies could cost €250 billion in extra spending by 2030, a think tank says New research by think tanks Ember and Global Witness has found that at current prices, the EU’s projected natural gas demand for 2030 could cost €250 billion ($263 billion) more than the European Commission originally estimated. Europe is so […]

  • ‘Woke’ basketball star accused of ‘third world’ jibe to Nigerian rivals

    RT - May 11th 2022 11:29am EDT

    Liz Cambage allegedly insulted the Nigerian team during a game with Australia Controversial basketball player Liz Cambage has been accused of verbally abusing members of the Nigerian national team by her former captain for Australia. Jenna O’Hea captained Team Australia at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, during the build-up to which Cambage had complained that […]

  • Government will give away one million cannabis plants – media

    RT - May 11th 2022 11:27am EDT

    Having legalized the drug, the Thai authorities will reportedly distribute cannabis to its people Thailand’s Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that the national government will distribute one million free cannabis plants to households across the country in June to encourage Thais to grow marijuana at home, CNN reported on Wednesday. The news follows the kingdom’s […]

  • Ukrainian nuclear workers sacked for Victory Day celebrations

    RT - May 11th 2022 11:09am EDT

    Ukrainian energy company lays off three employees who took part in an Immortal Regiment procession Ukraine’s national nuclear power plant operator Energoatom has fired three employees of the Zaporozhye plant for taking part in an Immortal Regiment march during commemorations of the 77th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. The […]