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  • Moscow’s response to oil price cap revealed

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 9:49am EST

    A presidential decree outlining the measures is nearly ready, according to a media report The Russian authorities have “generally agreed” on a response to a Western coalition’s price cap on the country’s seaborne oil that took effect last week, the newspaper Vedomosti reported on Tuesday. Moscow will ban oil sales under contracts that specify a […]

  • Smoking banned nationally for future generations

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 9:39am EST

    New Zealand has prohibited the selling of tobacco products to people born after January 2009 A bill that bans those currently aged 14 or under from ever buying tobacco has been approved by New Zealand’s parliament. The move comes as part of the nation’s campaign to phase out smoking in just three years. The new […]

  • Detransitioning ex-Navy SEAL warns kids against gender change

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 9:24am EST

    Taking female hormones “destroyed my life,” said Chris Beck Former US Navy SEAL Chris Beck, who came out as transgender in 2013, told the New York Post that teenagers should think twice before trying to change their gender. Beck accused doctors performing these procedures of “butchering children.” Beck served in the US military for 20 […]

  • Fyodor Lukyanov: How can we explain Angela Merkel’s bombshell revelations about the Ukraine peace deal?

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 9:18am EST

    Long the dominant politician in Western Europe, the ex-CDU leader may be taking some artistic license to suit the prevailing mood of today Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s remarks in an interview with the newspaper Die Zeit have caused a stir among commentators: “The 2014 Minsk agreements were an attempt to give Ukraine time,” she […]

  • Hong Kong slams Google in anthem row

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 8:56am EST

    A senior security official says the company failed to prioritize the correct information about the city’s national song Google has refused to ensure that the Chinese national anthem rather than a protest song comes up as the top search result when people type in the words ‘Hong Kong’ and ‘national anthem’, Chris Tang, the city’s […]

  • Major crypto exchange halts stablecoin withdrawals

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 7:22am EST

    Transactions with the dollar-pegged USDC token have been “temporarily” suspended, Binance says The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Binance, announced on Tuesday that it was pausing withdrawals of the stablecoin USDC. The platform has suffered huge outflows of funds following the collapse of the FTX exchange, according to media reports. The move reportedly […]

  • UK politicians are using ‘Putinophobia’ to dismiss dissent

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 7:20am EST

    British nurses must drop their demands for better pay to “send a message to Putin,” a minister has said Britain’s nurses are soon set to go on strike. The proposed disruption is just one of a growing wave of worker unrest that has been sweeping the country. Bogged down with shrinking wages, stagnating GDP, and high inflation, […]

  • China bans supply of Loongson processors, including to Russia – Kommersant

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 6:31am EST

    Newer chips using native Chinese architecture are said to be reserved for military use Chinese computer processors using original technology developed by its producers will not be exported to other nations, including Russia, business daily Kommersant reports, citing a source close to the Ministry of Digital Development. This may affect potential plans for replacing chips […]

  • India accuses China of trying to change ‘status quo’ on Himalayan border

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 6:19am EST

    Beijing insists the border is stable and has called on New Deli to help uphold peace in the region Beijing has been accused of trying to “unilaterally” change the status quo on the disputed Himalayan border between India and China, according to a statement by India’s defense ministry on Tuesday. Indian and Chinese troops clashed […]

  • Russia reports budget surplus on booming energy profits

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 5:42am EST

    Oil and gas revenues added an extra $9 billion to Moscow’s coffers Russia’s budget surplus more than quadrupled in November, recording another month of significant growth in revenues from fossil fuels, according to the latest Finance Ministry report. Data released on Monday shows that the surplus reached 557 billion rubles ($9 billion) in the first […]

  • Controversial Вiden genderfluid official loses job

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 5:19am EST

    Sam Brinton was charged with stealing suitcases at two different airports LGBTQ+ activist Sam Brinton has left the post of deputy secretary assistant at the US Department of Energy (DOE) after being charged with stealing women’s suitcases at two airports. One of the pieces of luggage contained a total of $3,670 worth of items, including […]

  • China sues US over chip ban

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 4:53am EST

    Beijing says Washington’s recently adopted export controls on semiconductors threaten the country’s interests China has filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over chip export curbs recently imposed by the US, China’s Commerce Ministry said on Monday. According to the statement, Washington’s export control measures threaten the interests of Chinese companies. “China […]

  • EU nations lodge formal protest over Macron comment – Reuters

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 4:34am EST

    The Baltic states, Poland and Slovakia are said to oppose the suggestion that Russia should be given security guarantees France is facing a backlash from a group of fellow EU member states over a remark the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, made earlier this month regarding Russia, Reuters has reported. The French head of state argued […]

  • Climate Change & Farming Protests

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 1:30am EST

    As countries are joining global accords to take government action to prevent climate change and global warming, we are seeing massive heat waves and farmers protesting all over the world. What does the global community think about climate change and the policies being implemented to counteract global warming? Is it even real? Or inflated to […]

  • Cozying up to war? Unal Cevikoz, the former Turkish ambassador to Great Britain & Azerbaijan

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 1:29am EST

    As Shakespeare contended more than four centuries ago, war makes for strange bedfellows, a principle that Türkiye seems to have taken to heart in the current Ukrainian conflict. On the one hand, president Erdogan has called on NATO to take concrete actions to deter so-called Russian aggression but, on the other hand, Ankara keeps deepening […]

  • Dismal outlook issued for British economy

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 12:57am EST

    The UK may be heading into a deep and lengthy recession, official data suggests Britain’s economy shrank in the three months through October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed on Monday, reflecting concerns over a lengthy recession. Data showed that gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 0.3% in the period when compared with the […]

  • Sweden facing worst economic slump in EU – Bloomberg

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 12:48am EST

    The nation’s property market has plummeted amid slowing consumption A severe slump in Sweden’s real estate sector threatens to deepen a looming economic crisis in the Nordic region’s largest economy, Bloomberg reported on Monday.    The outlet warned that after nearly twenty years of stable growth, the country’s property market is undergoing “a dramatic change.” […]

  • US to coordinate North Korea sanctions with Asian allies

    RT - Dec 13th 2022 12:00am EST

    Seoul’s envoy to North Korea accused the country of becoming “more aggressive” in its weapons tests The United States has agreed to collaborate with Japan and South Korea on future sanctions on Pyongyang, a senior South Korean official said, soon after the US State Department declared that Washington “won’t hesitate” to blacklist anyone found aiding […]

  • FTX founder arrested in Caribbean

    RT - Dec 12th 2022 10:48pm EST

    The former crypto exchange CEO faces multiple sets of charges in the United States The founder and CEO of the ill-fated cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Samuel Bankman-Fried, has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of US authorities. He now awaits criminal charges, weeks after his multi-billion dollar company went bankrupt. The government of the […]

  • China vows response to latest US sanctions

    RT - Dec 12th 2022 9:44pm EST

    Beijing urged Washington to drop the penalties and stop acting like a “world policeman” China has condemned a new round of American sanctions targeting officials for alleged rights abuses in the Tibet region, saying the “illegal” penalties are merely an excuse to meddle in Beijing’s internal affairs. Asked about the latest round of sanctions imposed […]

  • Twitter staff knew Trump hadn’t violated policy – Musk

    RT - Dec 12th 2022 6:33pm EST

    The company’s employees agreed that the sitting US president hadn’t “incited violence,” documents reveal Twitter permanently suspended the sitting US president Donald Trump in the days following the January 6 Capitol riot even as employees admitted among themselves they had no legitimate reason to do so, according to internal communications reviewed by journalist Bari Weiss. The […]

  • Türkiye discovers new oil field

    RT - Dec 12th 2022 5:46pm EST

    President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed that the find is worth $12 billion About 150 million barrels of net oil reserves were discovered in Gabar Mountain, in Türkiye’s southeast province of Sirnak, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday following a meeting with his Cabinet of Ministers. The find, said to be one of the ten […]

  • Germany should do business with Russia again – Scholz

    RT - Dec 12th 2022 5:03pm EST

    After Moscow loses in Ukraine, the German chancellor explained Once Russia ends the conflict in Ukraine, it should be given a chance to do business with Germany again, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday. He repeated that Moscow must and will not win, however. A Russian government that ends the hostilities “needs a chance […]

  • No evidence of Russia using Iranian drones – Tehran

    RT - Dec 12th 2022 4:56pm EST

    Ukraine has not provided any evidence proving the use of Iranian drones by Russian forces, Iran’s defense minister has said Ukrainian officials have failed to present any evidence suggesting Iranian drones have been used by Russia in the ongoing conflict between Kiev and Moscow, Iranian Defense Minister,Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said on Monday. His […]

  • Thousands of migrants swarm US border (VIDEO)

    RT - Dec 12th 2022 4:06pm EST

    Agents in El Paso arrested nearly 2,400 illegals in 24 hours, and will release all of them into America Some 2,400 illegal immigrants crossed the US-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas, on Sunday night. Fox News alleged that Mexican police and NGOs helped many enter the US, where they will not be detained by authorities. […]