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  • Caribbean nation lambasts developed countries over Monkeypox vaccine

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 8:00am EDT

    Trinidad and Tobago has accused the world’s most affluent countries of hoarding Monkeypox vaccines Developed nations have been hoarding Monkeypox vaccines, showing little regard for other countries’ needs, Trinidad and Tobago’s health minister has claimed, comparing the situation to what happened at the height of the Covid 19 pandemic. At a virtual press conference on […]

  • European inflation forecast raised

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 7:17am EDT

    Benchmark projected to average 8.3% this year, according to the European Commission Inflation will hit 7.6% in the Eurozone and 8.3% in Europe as a whole this year, according to the European Commission’s revised forecasts on Thursday, 1.5% up on the previous predictions. In May, the EU’s executive arm projected Eurozone inflation to hit 6.1% […]

  • WTO, IMF and World Bank call for trade restrictions to be lifted

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 6:01am EDT

    Global trade restrictions increase prices and exacerbate the food crisis, the organizations say The removal of trade restrictions would ease the global food crisis by minimizing supply disruptions and reducing prices, the World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a joint statement on Friday. “Facilitating trade and improving the […]

  • UK approves windfall tax on oil and gas industry

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 4:42am EDT

    The levy targets extra profits made from surging energy prices British lawmakers approved a 25% windfall tax on the oil and gas industry, hoping to raise an extra £5 billion ($6 billion) in one year to ease the cost of living crisis for the nation’s households, Reuters reported earlier this week. The Energy Profits Levy […]

  • China’s economy shrinks on lingering Covid-19 woes

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 2:59am EDT

    The country’s GDP plunged 2.6% on a quarterly basis China’s economy slowed in the second quarter of 2021, recording its worst quarterly performance since the start of 2020, when it was brought to a near standstill amid the first outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) […]

  • Hungary probed over fuel subsidies

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 1:42am EDT

    The EU is looking into whether locals are paying less for petrol in the country The European Commission announced on Friday the launch of a so-called infringement procedure against Hungary for its locals-only cap of fuel prices. According to the report, Hungary imposes different fuel prices for vehicles with foreign and local license plates. “Vehicles […]

  • Germany’s public debt spending set to double – media

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 1:42am EDT

    Inflation will force the country to spend an additional €14 billion to service government loans Servicing government loans in 2023 will cost Germany nearly twice as much as it currently spends due to soaring inflation, German media group Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) reported on Friday, citing documents from the country’s finance ministry on next year’s budget. […]

  • Lawmakers subpoena Secret Service for January 6 texts

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 12:49am EDT

    Democrats probing the Capitol riot have demanded relevant messages from the federal law enforcement body The Congressional panel investigating the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 has subpoenaed the Secret Service for text messages that might shed light on the incident, after a government watchdog suggested the agency may have deleted them […]

  • Rockets fired from Gaza soon after Biden visit (VIDEOS)

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 10:43pm EDT

    Israel’s military said it launched at least one counterattack on the blockaded Palestinian enclave Multiple rockets have been launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip, according to the Israel Defense Forces, which shared footage of the attack in progress a mere hours after US President Joe Biden departed the country.  The IDF commented on the […]

  • Biden claims he pressed Saudi leader on journalist’s murder

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 9:53pm EDT

    The president stressed that he does not regret labeling the crown prince a ‘pariah’ after the 2018 slaying US President Joe Biden said he confronted Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) over the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, insisting the royal was personally responsible for the killing. Speaking to reporters following […]

  • Trump voters favor secession for their state – poll

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 7:06pm EDT

    Backers of the former president believe they’d be “better off” if GOP-led states split from the US, a Yahoo/YouGov survey has shown Many residents of Republican-controlled states who voted for then-President Donald Trump in 2020 believe they would be “better off” if their state seceded from the US, a new poll has revealed. About 33% […]

  • Saudi Arabia opens airspace to Israeli airlines

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 5:56pm EDT

    Riyadh has agreed to allow overflights by all air carriers in a move hailed by the White House as fostering Middle East stability President Joe Biden is taking credit for a decision by Saudi Arabia to open its airspace to overflights by all air carriers, which he claimed will promote greater stability in the Middle […]

  • Ex-White House doctor makes Biden prediction

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 5:39pm EDT

    The former White House physician says the US president won’t finish his term as his mind is ‘too far gone’ US President Joe Biden won’t make it through the rest of his first term as “his mind is too far gone,” White House physician turned Texas congressman Ronny Jackson predicted on Twitter on Thursday.  Jackson […]

  • Tucker Carlson slams ‘corrupt’ Ukraine

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 4:48pm EDT

    The US should focus its energies on countering China, not Russia, the Fox News host argued Fox News host Tucker Carlson issued a fierce condemnation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday over his crackdown on political opposition. While members of both parties in Washington rail against Russian President Vladimir Putin, “it is China that […]

  • German officer convicted of plotting to kill politicians

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 4:31pm EDT

    A lieutenant who posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker has been found guilty of preparing terrorist attacks A German military officer who pretended to be a Syrian refugee has been convicted of charges stemming from a terrorist plot to kill politicians and other public figures. The 33-year-old German armed forces soldier, identified by authorities only as […]

  • Acquitted suspect of Air India bombing shot dead

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 3:52pm EDT

    Years after being cleared of perpetrating Canada’s worst terrorist attack, a former suspect has been killed in British Columbia One of the alleged terrorists who was acquitted of taking down an Air India flight with a suitcase bomb in 1985, killing 329 people, has been fatally shot in Canada in what police say was likely […]

  • Disposable vapes filling landfills with precious metal – investigation

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 2:54pm EDT

    Enough lithium to power 1,200 electric car batteries is reportedly wasted every year Some 10 tonnes of lithium end up in UK landfills every year as disposable vape users throw out on average two pens containing the substance every second, Sky News revealed on Friday. While the average vape battery contains just a tenth of […]

  • Biden comments on ‘vacuum’ in Middle East

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 1:20pm EDT

    While the US president said he would “continue to lead in the region,” China’s foreign minister said that was not in his purview President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday that the US would “continue to lead” in the Middle East, in order to stop Russia and China from filling a “vacuum.” Beijing took a […]

  • US Secret Service denies Capitol riot accusations

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 1:16pm EDT

    The agency had allegedly deleted sensitive texts concerning the January 6 events in Washington, DC The US Secret Service has denied deliberately deleting text messages from the day of the January 6 Capitol riot and the day before, insisting on Thursday it has been working together with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the […]

  • EU Commission sues Hungary

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 1:00pm EDT

    Brussels has targeted Budapest for alleged violations of LGBT rights and freedom of speech The European Commission has referred Hungary to the Court of Justice over alleged violations of LGBT rights and freedom of speech. The move was announced on Friday as part of the Commission’s regular release of infringement decisions. Budapest was targeted over […]

  • Boris Johnson takes revenge on his potential replacement – media 

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 11:45am EDT

    The Times has claimed the outgoing Tory leader has urged fellow conservatives to back any candidate except one  Boris Johnson, who was forced to step down as British premier and the head of the conservative party last Thursday, is busy trying to prevent one of his former ministers from winning the Tory leadership race, The […]

  • France told to turn off the lights

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 10:49am EDT

    President Macron has called on the nation to brace for a Russian gas cutoff by saving energy French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on the government and citizens to prepare for a total halt of Russian natural gas supplies, restricting energy use whenever possible. “We should prepare ourselves for the scenario where we have […]

  • Poland buys used US tanks after Germany’s snub

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 10:34am EDT

    Warsaw intends to use M1 Abrams main battle tanks to replenish its stock after sending weapons to Kiev  Poland will purchase 116 used M1 Abrams main battle tanks from the US in order to backfill the armored vehicles it had delivered to Ukraine.   Warsaw has reached an agreement on the matter with the White House, […]

  • Award-winning LGBT activist charged with child pornography

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 10:15am EDT

    ‘Anastasia Diamond’ allegedly downloaded dozens of sexual videos of prepubescent boys Brice Williams, a drag queen who goes by the stage name of ‘Anastasia Diamond’, has been charged with 25 counts of possessing child pornography. Williams was previously honored for his work with LGBT youth and more controversially, was filmed performing a drag show for […]

  • Russian oil price cap won’t solve energy crisis – Indonesian FM

    RT - Jul 15th 2022 9:42am EDT

    The measure could increase the gap between supply and demand The US-proposed limits on the price of Russian oil could further exacerbate the global energy crisis, as it would not help solve the supply issues the world is facing, Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told CNBC on Friday. According to the official, energy prices […]