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  • 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 […]

  • Turkey issues update on Ukrainian grain exports

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 1:27pm EDT

    Representatives of Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey have started their work in a dedicated UN-backed body in Istanbul The Joint Coordination Center, established under the landmark UN-brokered deal to unblock Ukraine’s grain exports, has begun its work in Istanbul, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday. “Representatives of Russia and Ukraine, as well as of […]

  • Google sacks engineer who alleged ‘sentient AI’

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 12:25pm EDT

    Blake Lemoine’s claims were “wholly unfounded,” the company maintained Google has fired engineer and ethicist Blake Lemoine for violating its data security policies. Lemoine went public last month with claims that the tech giant had developed a sentient artificial intelligence program that talked about its “rights and personhood.” Lemoine was dismissed on Friday, with Google […]

  • Monkeypox spread declared global emergency

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 11:19am EDT

    As 16,000 cases have been reported worldwide, the World Health Organization said that the spike is still concentrated among gay men The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the global spread of monkeypox a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’, one level below the pandemic status assigned to Covid-19. There have now been 16,000 cases […]

  • Orban warns of new ‘world order’

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 10:22am EDT

    The West’s reliance on military aid to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia has failed, Hungary’s PM has said The Russia-Ukraine conflict could end the West’s dominance and shift the balance of power in the world, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. Russia launched a military campaign against the neighboring country in late February. Orban […]

  • US concerned about Zelensky’s safety

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 9:58am EDT

    National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan claims that Russia is “capable of just about anything” US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Friday that Washington is worried about the personal safety of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The US is assisting Zelensky with his security, Sullivan added. “President Zelensky’s personal safety is something that concerns us,” […]

  • EU eases sanctions on Russian oil exports

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 9:47am EDT

    Rosneft and Gazprom may now be able to ship oil to third countries The EU will allow transactions needed for Russian state-owned companies to sell oil to third countries, the EU Council said in a statement on Thursday. “With a view to avoid any potential negative consequences for food and energy security around the world, […]

  • Archaeology is under attack by wokeness

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 9:39am EDT

    Identifying the sex of ancient remains must stop, woke academics insist. If they have their way, it will be a scientific disaster Anthropologists can tell a lot from human skeletal remains. Even when any characteristics that could indicate a person’s biological makeup are long gone, those with years of education and experience can paint a […]

  • Biden aide reveals how US plans to battle gasoline prices

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 8:29am EDT

    Washington will stop tapping its reserves and focus on ramping up production The US does not plan to extend oil releases from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which are scheduled to end in the fall, Amos Hochstein, US President Joe Biden’s Special Presidential Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, said in an interview with Yahoo Finance […]

  • Lithuania resumes sanctioned goods transit

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 7:44am EDT

    The move follows EU clarifications on rail shipments to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Lithuanian Railways resumed the transit of sanctioned goods from Russia to its exclave, Kaliningrad, starting on July 22, Mantas Dubauskas, spokesman for LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, said on LRT TV on Friday. “Customers are informed that it […]

  • Millionaire PM candidate ready to put government on ‘crisis footing’

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 7:01am EDT

    Rishi Sunak has pledged to bring inflation in the UK under control and tackle illegal migration Former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he will prioritize the issues of soaring prices and illegal migration if he is chosen in the Tory party leadership race and becomes Britain’s next prime minister, adding that he plans to put […]

  • Russia announces plan for bond market

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 6:25am EDT

    The Ministry of Finance said it will issue ruble debt in September with a “limited” offer The Russian Finance Ministry has announced a return to the public debt market by placing a limited amount of OFZs, Russian sovereign bonds, on sale in September, Deputy Finance Minister Timur Maksimov told Prime news agency on Thursday. “We […]

  • Japan to bar Putin from former PM Abe’s funeral – media

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 5:47am EDT

    Tokyo had already blacklisted the Russian leader over the Ukraine conflict The Japanese government is expected to bar Russian President Vladimir Putin from attending the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, if he desires to do so, Japanese news agency Nikkei reported on Friday. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving PM, was assassinated earlier this month. […]

  • Kiev reveals planned volume of grain exports by sea

    RT - Jul 23rd 2022 4:48am EDT

    The announcement follows the signing of a UN-brokered deal to unblock Ukraine’s grain exports Kiev plans to export around 3 million tons of wheat and other agricultural products per month through the Black Sea ports, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yury Vaskov said on Friday, after representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the UN, and Turkey signed a […]