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  • Flaws in EU gas rationing plan revealed

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 9:44am EDT

    Cold weather may pose a challenge to the bloc’s solidarity, The Economist suggests The EU’s gas rationing plan approved on Tuesday may not stand the test of a cold winter, The Economist wrote on Wednesday. A “meagre” cut to gas consumption will not solve the continent’s problems, the publication wrote, referring to the plan that […]

  • China responds to proposed Russian oil sanctions

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 8:41am EDT

    US Senator Marco Rubio introduced a bill intended to punish Beijing for buying energy supplies from Moscow Beijing pushed back on Tuesday against a proposal by US Senator Marco Rubio who wants to sanction any entity that purchases oil or other energy supplies from Russia and delivers them to China. China “is always against unilateral, […]

  • Major elevator maker quits Russia

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 8:04am EDT

    US multinational Otis will sell its business in Russia to a local buyer The world’s largest elevator and escalator maker, US-based Otis, will sell its business in Russia, the company announced on Wednesday. The firm said that “supply chain disruptions and mounting regulations” caused by the “ongoing crisis in Eastern Europe” mean that its business […]

  • US has been brought to its knees – Trump

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 7:42am EDT

    The former president claims his country is suffering one ‘historic humiliation’ after another The United States has become “a beggar nation,” former President Donald Trump said during a speech at the America First Policy Institute summit on Tuesday. Marking his first appearance in Washington since he left office in 2021, Trump blasted the Democrats and […]

  • Pelosi’s flight to Taiwan may provoke Chinese warplane ‘escort’ – media

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 7:32am EDT

    Beijing could declare a no-fly zone to dissuade the US House Speaker from visiting Taipei China may use warplanes and missile drills in order to prevent Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi from visiting Taiwan, multiple reports have said. The California Democrat has neither confirmed nor denied plans to go to the […]

  • US fears for EU unity amid gas cuts – CNN

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 7:28am EDT

    The reduction of gas supplies has caused panic on both sides of the Atlantic, US officials told the broadcaster The US administration is working “furiously” behind the scenes to keep the EU united against Moscow amid a drop in supply of Russian gas to European customers, CNN reported Wednesday, citing American officials. There’s panic on […]

  • Germans warned of toilet paper shortage

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 7:00am EDT

    Reduced supply of Russian gas could badly affect the paper industry, German media report Germany may face shortages of such staples as toilet paper and cardboard if Russian gas supply dwindles in the coming months, German outlet Zeit Online reported on Wednesday. Operating paper plants may become unprofitable if they are forced to produce at […]

  • Price tag for fighting monkeypox in US revealed – media

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 6:34am EDT

    The White House believes it may need $7 billion to combat the outbreak, the Washington Post reports The Biden administration has estimated that it may need almost $7 billion from Congress to respond to the spread of monkeypox, given “the scope and urgency of the current situation,” the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a […]

  • Ukrainian energy giant defaults on debt

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 6:27am EDT

    Naftogaz has failed to make payments on its Eurobonds Ukraine’s state-run energy company Naftogaz defaulted on its foreign debt, the firm announced on Tuesday. Naftogaz was unable to make payments on Eurobonds before a grace period expired, the company said a statement on Telegram, adding that it “has not received consent from the cabinet of […]

  • EU gas prices highest since March

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 5:39am EDT

    The natural gas flow via Russia’s Nord Stream 1 pipeline has dropped to 20% of capacity The price of natural gas in Europe has climbed to its highest level since March after Russia reduced supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Wednesday due to technical reasons. On Wednesday morning, August futures on the TTF […]

  • Russia reduces gas flow to EU via vital pipeline

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 5:20am EDT

    A second Nord Stream 1 pumping turbine has been disabled for technical reasons Gas supply through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Germany has been reduced further to one-fifth of maximum capacity, German gas network operator Gascade confirmed on Wednesday. According to a statement released by Gascade, as of Wednesday morning, “1.28 million […]

  • When you look at who is about to replace Boris Johnson, you realise he was a true leader – and that got him deposed

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 4:49am EDT

    The Tory leadership candidates are a ‘confederacy of dunces’ united to tear Johnson down at the behest of global elites The global elites are no doubt still celebrating the political demise of Boris Johnson. In one sense, they are entitled to do so – after all, it was the dysfunctional and anti-democratic political culture they […]

  • Pentagon approves plan for injured Ukrainian soldiers – media

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 4:01am EDT

    Wounded personnel can now be admitted to a US military hospital in Germany, CNN reports US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has greenlit plans to treat injured Ukrainian soldiers at a US military hospital in Germany, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing internal documents and sources in the Pentagon. According to a memo obtained by the outlet, […]

  • Boris Johnson tipped for NATO job – reports

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 3:41am EDT

    The outgoing UK prime minister could replace Jens Stoltenberg as secretary general of the alliance next year, The Telegraph says Senior members of the Conservative Party are backing the prospect of outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson becoming the next NATO secretary general, The Telegraph has reported. The current chief of the US-led military bloc […]

  • Western energy firms to exit Russian oil project

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 2:52am EDT

    Norway’s Equinor and France’s Total will sell their stakes due to anti-Russia sanctions The Russian government has issued an order for the shares held by Norway’s energy company Equinor and France’s TotalEnergies in a major oil field, to be transferred to the project’s operator, state-run Zarubezhneft. The European companies decided to pull out of the […]

  • US becomes global leader in LNG

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 2:29am EDT

    American energy exports boom amid increased demand in Europe The United States became the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the first half of 2022, the US Energy Information Administration reported on Monday. Exports rose by 12% in the first six months of 2022 compared with the second half of 2021, the […]

  • CrossTalk: Kiev is losing

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 2:08am EDT

    When you are losing a battle, with little or no possibility of victory, that is when you should seek an end to the conflict. But that is not the case with Ukraine today. The longer the conflict lasts, the worse it gets for Kiev. It would seem that is Washington’s plan. CrossTalking with Garland Nixon, […]

  • Baltic state seeking to buy US rocket system sent to Ukraine – media

    RT - Jul 27th 2022 1:06am EDT

    Latvia has reportedly joined a series of regional allies looking to procure the HIMARS rocket platform Latvia has asked to purchase the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), a military spokesperson told Defense News. Poland and other partners have made similar requests for the long-range weapon, which was recently shipped to the Ukrainian battlefield.  […]

  • Blinken vows ‘accountability’ for death of Palestinian journalist

    RT - Jul 26th 2022 11:43pm EDT

    America’s top diplomat met with the reporter’s relatives after the State Department declined to blame Israeli troops for her death US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said those responsible for the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh would be held accountable, as her family members continue to demand action and insist she was killed by […]

  • Russia makes Bayraktar bid

    RT - Jul 26th 2022 6:06pm EDT

    Erdogan reveals Putin made an offer for Turkish drones currently supplied to Ukraine Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed that both Russia and the United Arab Emirates are interested in cooperating with Baykar, the company making the Bayraktar and Akinci strike drones. Multiple media outlets in Turkey reported this on Tuesday, citing Erdogan’s remarks […]

  • US says coming weeks ‘crucial’ for Ukraine

    RT - Jul 26th 2022 5:54pm EDT

    Kiev needs longer-range weaponry before it is too late, the head of the House Armed Services Committee, Adam Smith, believes Ukraine might only have a few weeks left if it hopes to take back territories controlled by Russia, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith told Politico’s National Security Daily on Monday. The […]

  • 3 peacekeepers killed in anti-UN protests

    RT - Jul 26th 2022 1:32pm EDT

    Demonstrators stormed and looted a UN mission in eastern Congo Three UN peacekeepers and seven demonstrators were killed, and at least 50 more people injured in the riots in Goma, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday. A mob stormed the headquarters and logistics center of the MONUSCO mission in the […]

  • Berlin confirms sending rocket systems to Ukraine

    RT - Jul 26th 2022 1:06pm EDT

    Kiev has received three Mars-II multiple-launch rocket systems, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has said Berlin has delivered a fresh batch of heavy arms to Kiev, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht confirmed on Tuesday. The shipment includes the first of several multiple-launch rocket systems promised by Germany to Kiev, she said. “The promised Mars II […]

  • Ugandan president comments on relations with Russia

    RT - Jul 26th 2022 12:34pm EDT

    Yoweri Museveni brought up the century of cooperation with Russia and his refusal to “fight other people’s enemies” Uganda is seeking closer cooperation with Russia and refuses to fight “other people’s enemies,” the country’s leader, Yoweri Museveni, said during a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the city of Entebbe on […]

  • Israel may strike Iran over atomic program

    RT - Jul 26th 2022 12:10pm EDT

    Defense Minister Benny Gantz has pushed back against possibility of restoring the nuclear deal Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz suggested his country could launch a strike against Iran’s nuclear program, calling it “a global problem” at a conference on Tuesday. He also criticized the 2015 nuclear deal – abandoned by the US in 2018 – […]