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  • Talks with Ukraine still on the table – Russia

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 9:58am EDT

    The longer negotiations are delayed, the harder it will be to come to terms, the Russian foreign minister says Moscow is not giving up on the idea of peace talks with Kiev, but the sides need to start negotiations sooner rather than later, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “We don’t reject the negotiations; […]

  • The West is poised to throw Yemen under the bus again to fuel its economic war on Russia

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 9:50am EDT

    France is ready to destroy the country’s ceasefire in bid to secure energy Strained by the consequences of the ongoing conflict between NATO and Russia over Ukraine, France may be destroying all prospects for peace in Yemen, in a bid to secure energy resource from the United Arab Emirates. Considered to be home to the […]

  • Italian minister shares details of plan to cap EU gas prices

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 9:31am EDT

    The European Commission is expected to outline a proposal on the measure as early as this month The European Commission is expected to submit a proposal aimed at imposing a generalized price cap on all gas imports this month, Italian Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani said on Saturday in an interview with la Repubblica newspaper. […]

  • China calls for broader digital yuan use – Xinhua

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 7:57am EDT

    The e-currency is expected to replace cash in circulation The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has called for efforts to facilitate interconnectivity between the digital yuan currency system and traditional e-payment tools with the aim of making use of the digital currency more convenient, the news agency Xinhua reported on Friday.  To realize that goal, […]

  • EU state denies ‘golden visas’ to Russians – media

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 7:06am EDT

    Portugal banned Russian citizens from getting the visas shortly after Moscow launched its military operation in Ukraine A total of ten Russian citizens who applied for Portuguese “golden visas,” which provide residence permits in exchange for investment, have been denied since late February, Publico newspaper reported on Sunday. The nation introduced a complete ban on […]

  • Nuclear waste site planned on German border

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 6:43am EDT

    Residents voice concern over drinking water safety after Switzerland announced its plans Switzerland’s plans to build a nuclear waste storage facility in an area adjacent to Germany have left communities across the border fearing for their health, according to German media. On Saturday, Switzerland’s National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) proposed the […]

  • Ukraine and US increased intel-sharing prior to counteroffensive – NYT

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 5:38am EDT

    Kiev and Washington have “constantly” discussed ways to blunt the Russian advance, a US official told the newspaper Ukraine had stepped up intelligence sharing with the US in preparation for its counteroffensive against the Russian forces in the Kharkov Region, The New York Times reported on Saturday. Despite Washington providing information on Russian command posts, […]

  • Rising prices see Austrians take to the streets

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 4:41am EDT

    Activists gather in the capital, Vienna, to protest against surging prices and anti-Russia sanctions Thousands of people poured onto the streets of Vienna on Saturday, protesting against the soaring cost of living, with many denouncing the Austrian government and the “globalist agenda.” An estimated 3,000 people took part in the rally, as reported by the […]

  • Russia-Serbia trade soars

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 4:33am EDT

    Mutual trade has grown over 10% in the first seven months of 2022 despite sanction pressure Trade turnover between Serbia and Russia has steadily grown this year, topping last year’s historic level, Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development said in a statement on Friday. “Last year bilateral trade turnover increased by 9.7% and reached a historical […]

  • Europe to blame for electricity crisis – former Austrian FM

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 4:33am EDT

    Karin Kneissl says the European energy market works “by some incomprehensible principles” The crisis affecting the electric power industry across Europe started in 2021 and was caused by European policymakers themselves, according to former Austrian foreign minister Karin Kneissl. “We had a crisis in the electric power industry even before the gas crisis began,” she […]

  • Ferocity of animosity? B.K. Sharma, retired major general and director of the United Service Institution of India

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 2:34am EDT

    One of the most celebrated generals in human history, Sun Tzu, implored his followers to know the enemy and try to subdue it without fighting. His seminal work, ‘The Art of War’, is still included in the curricula of many military academies around the world and yet the number and scale of conflicts is on […]

  • Powerful quake strikes Pacific nation

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 2:24am EDT

    Casualties and damage are unclear following an earthquake in Papua New Guinea A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday morning, with tremors felt widely in the Pacific nation of 9 million. The epicenter was at a depth of 90km (around 56 miles), not far from the town of Kainantu in the eastern […]

  • India mulls boosting coal imports – energy minister

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 2:22am EDT

    Stockpiles at the country’s power plants have dropped some 11% since mid-August, causing supply concerns India may increase coal imports due to supply concerns, despite a longer-term policy to curb purchases from overseas, the country’s power and renewable energy minister, Raj Kumar Singh told Bloomberg on Friday. “We are watching the situation anxiously. Availability of […]

  • German recession ‘inevitable’ – Deutsche Bank

    RT - Sep 11th 2022 1:02am EDT

    Soaring energy costs are hurting EU’s largest economy, according to CEO Christian Sewing The engine of European economic development, Germany, is set for a contraction, Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing warned this week, as cited by CNBC. According to the media outlet, Sewing said in a speech at the Handelsblatt Banking Summit in Frankfurt that the […]

  • 160 arrested in US human trafficking sting

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 6:49pm EDT

    A Disney employee, a cop, a prison guard, and two teachers were among those nabbed Polk County Sheriff’s Office and other authorities in the US state of Florida have rounded up 160 people in a week-long human trafficking sting operation dubbed Fall Haul 2, County Sheriff Grady Judd announced on Friday in a press conference.  […]

  • Poland claims to be ‘locomotive of development’ in Europe

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 4:00pm EDT

    Germany, on the contrary, has delivered “tremendous damage” on the continent, Polish PM insists Poland has become the “locomotive of development” for the whole of Europe, and its “importance” is ever growing, the country’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has declared. Unlike Warsaw, Berlin has been too shaky in its stance on Ukraine, while its energy […]

  • Spain will train troops from Ukraine – media

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 2:10pm EDT

    Ukrainian soldiers will ‘soon’ be arriving in Zaragoza for training by their Spanish counterparts The Spanish Army will soon begin training Ukrainian combat troops, military sources confirmed to El Mundo on Friday, revealing the troops have been preparing to train their counterparts from Kiev in the use of battle tanks, missile systems, military medicine, and […]

  • Five dead in ‘whale attack’

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 2:00pm EDT

    A boat carrying birdwatchers capsized off New Zealand after “colliding” with a whale A boat with 11 on board capsized off Kaikoura, New Zealand, according to local authorities. Police described the accident as an “unprecedented” and “tragic” event, confirming five dead, while six others were rescued from the waters. Local mayor blamed the accident on […]

  • West pressuring Serbia over Kosovo – president

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 11:51am EDT

    Aleksandar Vucic said the West wants the conflict between Belgrade and Pristina resolved as soon as possible to focus on Ukraine Western European powers backed by the US and Turkey are trying to railroad Serbia into signing an agreement with the breakaway province of Kosovo as soon as possible, the country’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, has […]

  • Biden extends 9/11 emergency

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 11:30am EDT

    The ‘terrorist threat’ behind the attacks continues to menace the country, the US president warned US President Joe Biden has renewed the national emergency declared by former president George W. Bush in the days following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 for another year. The “terrorist threat” behind the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people […]

  • Europe has run out of energy – Orban

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 10:57am EDT

    The Hungarian prime minister says his country will not experience any fuel shortages, despite Europe’s energy crisis Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has blamed Europe’s energy shortfall on bureaucrats and environmentalists, saying his own country is protected from the crisis. “If we want to dig to the bottom of the problems, we always end up […]

  • US satellite threatens other spacecraft, Russian scientists warn

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 10:46am EDT

    The craft is apparently partially disintegrating in orbit An American satellite is partially disintegrating in orbit, endangering other spacecraft circling Earth, Russian scientists have said on Saturday. The craft in question is the US geostationary communications satellite Galaxy 11, operated by satellite services company Intelsat, according to the Moscow-based Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics at […]

  • EU country’s citizens saving on food to pay for energy – survey

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 9:47am EDT

    Seven out of ten Greeks are being forced to buy less food due to rising energy costs A growing number of Greeks are cutting back on food to pay their taxes and energy bills, a survey by the General Confederation of Greek Workers and the Labor Institute has shown. When asked if rising prices had […]

  • Germany is ‘prepared’ for Russian gas halt – Scholz

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 9:09am EDT

    The chancellor says Berlin has taken abundant precautions to cope with the energy crisis Germany can cope with the current energy crisis, and is ready to deal with a potential Russian natural gas shutdown, the Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday. “We live in serious times… But we are prepared. Prepared, for example, for Russia […]

  • China boosts exports to Russia

    RT - Sep 10th 2022 7:49am EDT

    Shipment of goods in August jumped by more than a quarter year-on-year Chinese exports to Russia soared in August despite Western sanctions targeting the Russian economy, the news outlet RBK reported this week, citing official Chinese customs data. According to the report, shipments from China to Russia last month reached roughly $7.9 billion, an increase […]