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  • I am targeted by top foreign intelligence – EU candidate-state minister

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 1:56pm EDT

    Serbian interior minister claims foreign spies have been pressing him into taking anti-Russia stance A major foreign intelligence service has been pressing Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin over his attitude towards Russia and China, the official revealed on Saturday. The minister expects a large media campaign against him to kick off next week. “One of […]

  • Ukraine’s neighbor eyes ‘strongest’ NATO army in Europe

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 12:54pm EDT

    Poland’s military should be large and strong enough for its mere existence to deter “aggressors”, the defense minister says Poland wants to create the most powerful ground forces among the European members of NATO, the country’s defense minister has said. Mariusz Blaszczak made the remarks in an interview with Sieci magazine, excerpts of which were […]

  • Trump weighs in on gender debate

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 11:16am EDT

    American conservatives view people as either male or female, and oppose “left wing gender ideology”, the former president says There are only two genders, and the spread of “woke” ideology in schools and the military must be fought, former US President Donald Trump said on Saturday in a two-hour speech at the Student Action Summit […]

  • Turkey’s Russia stance irritates Biden – NYT

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 10:54am EDT

    The news outlet describes Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a ‘headache’ for Washington Turkey continues to be “a source of substantial irritation” for the administration of US president, Joe Biden, the New York Times has reported. According to the outlet, Ankara’s stance on the Ukraine crisis is part of a wider range of issues. […]

  • The US and Australia want to counter China by cosying up to Pacific Island nations

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 10:06am EDT

    Western powers have never treated the island countries seriously – but now they want a foothold against Beijing Last week, US Vice President Kamala Harris gave a video address to the Pacific Islands Forum – a multilateral meeting consisting of the archipelago nations of the South Pacific, commonly grouped as ‘Polynesia’ and ‘Melanesia’. In the exchange, […]

  • Russia not asking for sanctions removal – Lavrov

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 10:03am EDT

    Western states should fix the food problems their restrictions have created, foreign minister says Moscow is not asking for the lifting of sanctions, but urges Western states to fix the problems they have created on the global food market, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday. “We are not asking for the removal of sanctions […]

  • Ukrainian commander reports more deaths of foreign fighters

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 9:17am EDT

    Two Americans, a Canadian and a Swede were killed in a Russian ambush in Donbass, their superior officer says A Ukrainian commander of pro-Kiev foreign fighters has disclosed the circumstances of the death of two Americans, a Canadian and a Swede during clashes with Russian forces in Donbass. US citizens Luke ‘Skywalker’ Lucyszyn and Bryan […]

  • EU announces plan for Russian gas substitute

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 8:18am EDT

    The bloc is looking to boost LNG imports from Nigeria The EU is planning to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from Nigeria amid concerns that supply from Russia may be cut, according to the deputy director general of the European Commission’s Energy Department. “Europe is in a tight spot in relation to gas, following […]

  • Congressman gives update on HIMARS shipments to Kiev

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 7:44am EDT

    Washington and its allies intend to provide Kiev with up to 30 multiple-launch rocket systems, a senior US congressman said The United States and its Western allies intend to provide Ukraine with additional 25-to-30 rocket systems, Adam Smith, the head of the Armed Forces Сommittee of the US House of Representatives, revealed on Saturday. That […]

  • Yuan lands major success against euro

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 6:21am EDT

    The Chinese currency outperformed the euro by volume of trading, but comes in second after the US dollar The Chinese currency the yuan outperformed the euro by trading volume on the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) for the first time on record, trading data from Friday shows. According to the data, the trading volume of the Chinese […]

  • China’s domestic Boeing rival nearly ready

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 4:33am EDT

    The C919 jet is awaiting certification after passing tests China’s C919 narrow-body jet, the country’s first domestically designed commercial passenger aircraft, is nearing certification, having successfully passed test-flight tasks, state-owned manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) said on its official social media account on Saturday, as cited by Reuters. According to the manufacturer, six […]

  • Trump slams US aid to Ukraine

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 3:33am EDT

    The EU has given Kiev only ‘a tiny fraction’ of what Washington has, the former president says The US has too many problems of its own to hand money and weapons to Ukraine for its conflict with Russia, former US President Donald Trump has said. It’s Europe that should be providing more help to Kiev […]

  • Ukraine deal will help Russian exports – UN

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 3:30am EDT

    While boosting Ukraine’s exports, the grain deal will also slash logistical costs for Russia, lowering food prices, according to a UN official While Ukraine resumes crucial grain exports from its Black Sea ports following a deal with Moscow, Russia will also benefit from lower export costs, the secretary general of the UN Conference on Trade […]

  • Reality of sensuality? Giorgio Tricarico, author of ‘Lost Goddesses: A Kaleidoscope on Porn’

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 2:25am EDT

    Jokingly dismissed or suppressed in shame, porn is nonetheless a very complex a phenomenon, revealing something hidden about its consumers and society at large. Like any collective preoccupation, it gratifies and punishes, exalts and exhausts, exposes and misrepresents. With porn sites still drawing the biggest chunk of internet traffic, what makes it such a symbol […]

  • Switzerland warns of possible winter blackouts

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 1:42am EDT

    The government devises an emergency plan in case of an energy shortage – media Switzerland has developed an emergency plan in the event of an energy crisis if natural gas and electricity supplies run short, the Basler Zeitung newspaper reported this week. According to the paper, the Swiss government has been working in tandem with […]

  • Macron tells Iran to make ‘clear choice’

    RT - Jul 24th 2022 12:45am EDT

    In a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, the French leader expressed his ‘disappointment’ over the stalled nuclear talks French President Emmanuel Macron held a lengthy phone conversation with Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday, revolving around the efforts to revive a crucial nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic. The call lasted for nearly two hours […]

  • China blasts Japan’s radioactive water plan

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 10:55pm EDT

    Tokyo greenlighted the discharge of Fukushima wastewater into the ocean Japan’s nuclear regulator gave its final approval to a controversial plan to release over 1.3 million tonnes of water stored at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, triggering a harsh response from its neighbor China over potentially dangerous and unpredictable consequences for the environment. “The […]

  • China comments on safety of Covid-19 vaccines

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 9:01pm EDT

    Beijing has touted its jabs by noting that Xi Jinping and all other top leaders received domestically produced inoculations China has made a renewed push to promote the safety and effectiveness of its Covid-19 vaccines by pointing out that they were good enough for the country’s entire leadership, including President Xi Jinping, to fully rely […]

  • Feds rearrest US congressman’s attacker

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 8:34pm EDT

    The assailant who tried to stab a would-be New York governor has been hit with a federal charge after his release in a state case The man who was quickly released from jail after trying to stab New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin during a speech is now facing federal prosecution and a potentially long […]

  • Turkey berates NATO applicant over ‘terrorist propaganda’ – reports

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 7:59pm EDT

    Ankara summoned Sweden’s top diplomat in the country to vent chagrin over a Kurdish group’s protest in Gothenburg The top Swedish diplomat in Ankara has reportedly been called on the carpet to hear out the Turkish government’s “strong reaction” to a Kurdish group’s protest in Gothenburg, raising tensions between the countries at a time when […]

  • Heavy storms batter Russian resort

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 6:00pm EDT

    Dramatic videos show flash floods sweeping cars away in the Black Sea city of Sochi Torrential rains continue to wreak havoc in Southern Russia, triggering disruptive flash floods and causing significant property damage. Authorities in the former Winter Olympics host city activated the emergency alarm system on Saturday night, warning residents to shelter at home […]

  • Parents and their child killed in US shooting

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 5:21pm EDT

    A couple and their six-year-old daughter were gunned down in their tent, reportedly by a stranger with no apparent motive A nine-year-old boy was the lone survivor after his parents and younger sister were shot dead while camping at a state park in Iowa. The alleged shooter then turned the gun on himself and committed […]

  • China may have used Huawei to disrupt American nukes – CNN

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 4:51pm EDT

    Cell phone towers across the US Midwest were capable of capturing Pentagon communications, the FBI told CNN The US government has stalled in its efforts to remove Huawei telecom equipment that the FBI claims could have spied on and disrupted communications at US military bases, including those housing nuclear missiles, CNN reported on Saturday. Amid […]

  • Saudi man helps Jewish reporter sneak into Mecca, gets arrested

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 4:07pm EDT

    A man who allegedly helped an Israeli TV journalist illegally enter Islam’s holiest city is facing prosecution A Saudi Arabian man has been arrested for allegedly helping a Jewish television reporter from Israel enter Mecca in defiance of a ban on non-Muslims setting foot in Islam’s holiest city. The unidentified Saudi citizen was referred to prosecutors […]

  • Israeli spy network exposed – reports

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 2:59pm EDT

    The alleged operatives were in direct contact with Mossad, Iran’s intelligence ministry says Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence claimed on Saturday to have arrested “a network of agents” from Israel who were allegedly preparing “sabotage and terrorist operations.” The arrests were announced hours after Israel said its own agents had interrogated an Iranian military official on […]