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  • US confirms first case of rare disease that spread in Europe

    RT - May 18th 2022 6:23pm EDT

    Massachusetts man who traveled to Canada tests positive for monkeypox A Massachusetts man has been diagnosed with monkeypox after traveling to Canada, the Centers for Disease Control and Massachusetts Department of Public Health have confirmed on Wednesday.  While the agencies are working with the man’s healthcare providers and local health boards to identify anyone who […]

  • UN chief calls for climate Marshall Plan

    RT - May 18th 2022 5:14pm EDT

    Antonio Guterres warns that business as usual will ‘incinerate our only home’ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a moratorium on the use of oil, gas, and coal in favor of renewable energy, arguing that humanity must “end fossil fuel pollution and accelerate the renewable energy transition, before we incinerate our only home” in […]

  • Another NATO state wants to block Sweden and Finland from joining

    RT - May 18th 2022 5:12pm EDT

    Following Turkey’s move, Croatia’s president also seeks a better deal with the bloc if Zagreb votes to invite the Nordic states Croatian President Zoran Milanovic plans to instruct Ambassador Mario Nobilo, the country’s permanent representative to NATO, to block the accession of Finland and Sweden to the decades-old military alliance, he said Wednesday.  Refusing consent […]

  • Azov commander boasts about gruesome photos of executed civilians

    RT - May 18th 2022 4:32pm EDT

    Ukrainian neo-Nazi gloats over brutally killed opposition activists, wishes their fate on all “traitors” A Ukrainian officer who at one point commanded the notorious neo-Nazi Azov regiment has gloated on social media over graphic photos of dead members of an opposition party. The activists “disappeared” from the Ukrainian-held city of Severodonetsk in early March and […]

  • ‘Plan B’ ready in case of nuclear test during Biden’s visit to Asia

    RT - May 18th 2022 4:16pm EDT

    The US and South Korea have prepared for an “imminent” North Korea “provocation” Seoul and Washington have a “plan B” in case the DPRK chooses to conduct a nuclear test during US President Joe Biden’s three-day visit to South Korea, the first deputy chief of the South Korean presidential National Security Office, Kim Tae-hyo, said […]

  • Aussie PM bulldozes youngster in awkward campaign gaffe (VIDEO)

    RT - May 18th 2022 3:04pm EDT

    Scott Morrison smashed into the eight-year-old on the campaign trail Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been criticized for accidentally crashing into an eight-year-old boy during a football match while on the campaign trail. Morrison was taking part in a training game at the Devenport Strikers Football Club in Tasmania when he lost control while trying […]

  • US puts ‘disinformation board’ on hold

    RT - May 18th 2022 2:49pm EDT

    The government’s Disinformation Governance Board has reportedly been paused after a tide of online criticism The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has “paused” its Disinformation Governance Board, the Washington Post claimed in a story published on Wednesday. The outlet blamed the decision on online “right-wing attacks” against its appointed head Nina Jankowicz, who has […]

  • EU seeks to sanction ex-chancellor and former FM – media

    RT - May 18th 2022 2:28pm EDT

    MEPs demand European politicians with ties to Russian businesses such as former German Chancellor Schroeder resign or face sanctions European politicians still holding ties to Russian businesses, such as Germany’s former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Austria’s ex-Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl, should be added to the EU sanctions list, a broad coalition within the European Parliament […]

  • Rare disease spreads in Europe

    RT - May 18th 2022 2:21pm EDT

    Previously detected in the UK and Portugal, monkeypox has reportedly infected gay men in Madrid Health authorities in Spain have issued an alert over a potential outbreak of monkeypox – a rare and incurable viral infection – in Madrid. The alert follows similar outbreaks in the UK and Portugal, and all of the Spanish patients […]

  • World as vulnerable as before Covid – WHO

    RT - May 18th 2022 2:04pm EDT

    An international panel on pandemic readiness has published a gloomy assessment  When it comes to future pandemics, a lack of progress on international health regulation coupled with economic woes may have left the world in a “worse place” than before the onset of Covid-19, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report. The international […]

  • Messi camp respond to rumors of US move

    RT - May 18th 2022 2:04pm EDT

    Reports claimed that the Argentine will buy a stake in the Inter Miami franchise before switching to the US in 2023 Lionel Messi’s agents have dismissed rumors that the Argentine superstar will buy a 35% stake in Inter Miami before switching to the MLS franchise as “completely false.” A Madrid-based DirecTV journalist claimed that the seven-time […]

  • Israel to simulate attack on Iran – media

    RT - May 18th 2022 1:27pm EDT

    The exercises cover potential Iranian retaliation to the shelling of its nuclear facilities For the first time, the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) major ‘Chariots of Fire’ exercises will include practice drills for a “wide-scale strike in Iran,” the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday, citing sources. The drills over the Mediterranean Sea will begin on […]

  • The imminent global food crisis is being blamed on Russia, but the truth is rather more complex

    RT - May 18th 2022 1:23pm EDT

    Just-in-time supply chains, globalism and governments’ lack of foresight may lead to global hunger The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is undoubtedly impacting global grain supplies, as well as the means of growing crops around the world. But is the looming global food crisis solely Russia’s fault – as spun by the Western media machine? Only a few […]

  • UK families warm themselves at McDonald’s – Guardian

    RT - May 18th 2022 1:07pm EDT

    Britons are ‘way past energy-saving tricks’ to handle skyrocketing costs, a charity CEO told the paper Struggling UK families are spending their evenings at McDonald’s to cut energy costs, The Guardian reported on Wednesday. They do so amid the highest inflation rate in 40 years. These families reportedly turn to places like McDonalds for free […]

  • Seizing Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine illegal – US

    RT - May 18th 2022 12:49pm EDT

    The US cannot legally confiscate funds for the reconstruction of Ukraine, US Treasury Secretary says US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that it would not be legal for the United States to seize frozen Russian central bank assets to help rebuild Ukraine. Yellen was referring to an estimated $300 billion in assets from […]

  • Twitter top brass calls Musk ‘loony tune’ – Project Veritas

    RT - May 18th 2022 12:43pm EDT

    Undercover video shows the alleged senior executive blasting the Tesla CEO while boasting about limiting free speech A senior Twitter executive has apparently been caught on tape mocking Tesla CEO Elon Musk for having Asperger’s syndrome, while criticizing free speech. In an undercover video posted by Project Veritas on Tuesday, Alex Martinez, who is claimed […]

  • Russia World Cup hero ‘pauses career’ to return to Brazil

    RT - May 18th 2022 12:29pm EDT

    CSKA Moscow defender Mario Fernandes announced the news on Wednesday Footballer Mario Fernandes – the Brazilian-born defender who starred for Russia at the 2018 World Cup after being granted citizenship – has announced that he is “putting his career on hold” and will return to Brazil. Club team CSKA Moscow shared the news with a […]

  • Debt default will hardly impact Russia – US Treasury

    RT - May 18th 2022 12:04pm EDT

    Janet Yellen has confirmed that Washington is likely to block Moscow’s bond payments US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday confirmed that Washington was unlikely to extend an exemption that allows Russia to make bond payments on its sovereign debt. “The expectation was that it was time-limited,” Yellen said at a press conference in Bonn, […]

  • Russia bans Canadian state media

    RT - May 18th 2022 11:43am EDT

    Moscow has canceled the CBC’s accreditation in retaliation for Ottawa’s ban on RT Russia has shuttered the Moscow offices of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and revoked the visas and accreditations of its journalists. The move comes in reprisal for Ottawa’s decision to ban RT in March, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. “With […]

  • US issues dire warning for global economy

    RT - May 18th 2022 11:36am EDT

    The world is facing a potential slowdown amid rising inflation, Janet Yellen says US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that higher food and energy prices were having ‘stagflationary’ effects, namely depressing output and spending and raising inflation all around the world. She told reporters ahead of a meeting of G7 finance ministers in […]

  • Can Africa replace Russia as the EU’s main source of gas?

    RT - May 18th 2022 11:30am EDT

    If such a move were easy, it would have been attempted a long time ago. In recent months, reports have regularly appeared in the media suggesting that the countries of the European Union are going to replace Russian gas with energy from African states. The EU’s draft plan to phase out Moscow’s supplies, referenced by Bloomberg, […]

  • Inflation in Austria highest since 1981

    RT - May 18th 2022 11:16am EDT

    Consumer prices in the country rose in April at the highest rate in over four decades Inflation in Austria has jumped to its highest level in over 40 years, media reported on Wednesday citing data from the country’s federal statistics agency Statistics Austria.  “In April 2022, consumer prices again increased significantly compared to last year […]

  • Laser weapons used in Ukraine operation – Moscow

    RT - May 18th 2022 11:10am EDT

    They can burn through targets up to 5km away, a top official said Russia has developed its own anti-drone laser capability and is already using it in Ukraine, Vice Prime Minister Yury Borisov claimed in an interview on Wednesday. It has a range of 5km and was nicknamed Zadira, or ‘troublemaker’ in Russian, he said. He […]

  • Shoplifting seagull wanted for knocking off Tesco

    RT - May 18th 2022 11:10am EDT

    A talented bird has stolen $375 worth of crisps from a Devon supermarket One crafty seagull has become such a skilled shoplifter it is believed to have pilfered some $375 (£300) worth of crisps in a single year from the Tesco in Paignton, England, local media reports revealed on Tuesday, adding that the enterprising bird […]

  • US soccer strikes ‘historic’ equal pay deal

    RT - May 18th 2022 11:08am EDT

    The US Soccer Federation has reached a ruling proclaimed as a landmark The US Soccer Federation (USSF) has reached agreements that will see members of its men’s national team (USMNT) and women’s national team (USWNT) paid equally, which is said to be a first in sport. The federation announced the deals, which will run until […]