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  • Contents of Shinzo Abe’s suspected assassin’s letter revealed – media

    RT - Jul 17th 2022 6:56am EDT

    Tetsuya Yamagami had reportedly hinted that he was going to kill Japan’s former prime minister The man who is believed to have assassinated Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe earlier this month had dropped hints about his plans in a letter penned earlier, reports in Japanese media claim. On Sunday, several news outlets suggested that […]

  • Germany won’t survive winter without Russian gas – official

    RT - Jul 17th 2022 5:27am EDT

    The president of the national energy regulator has warned that Germany doesn’t have sufficient gas reserves Germany’s natural gas reserves are not enough to see the country through next winter without purchasing additional Russian gas, the top official in charge of electricity and gas networks has told the media. In an interview with Germany’s Bild […]

  • Germany to bring back Covid-19 masks, justice minister says

    RT - Jul 17th 2022 5:09am EDT

    The effectiveness of face coverings in preventing the spread of the virus is “undisputed,” Marco Buschmann says Germans will be required to wear face masks indoors again this autumn as part of new measures aimed at stemming the spread of Covid-19, Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has said. The summer wave of Covid-19 is already “losing […]

  • Rebranded Russian McDonald’s faces key ingredient shortage

    RT - Jul 17th 2022 4:32am EDT

    The fast-food chain has taken French fries off the menu and expects shortages to continue until fall Former McDonald’s restaurants, reopened in Russia under a new name last month, have removed fries from the menu following a poor potato harvest and supply-chain issues. Oleg Paroev, CEO of the company now called ‘Vkusno i Tochka’ or […]

  • Russian fuel is flooding the Middle East – Bloomberg

    RT - Jul 17th 2022 4:04am EDT

    Deliveries soared in June and are expected to climb even higher in July Russian shipments of oil products to the Middle East soared to their highest level in at least six years in June, while deliveries to Europe fell by around 30%, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing data from the analytical company Vortexa. According to […]

  • Dominance of West is coming to an end, former UK PM says

    RT - Jul 17th 2022 3:32am EDT

    The world is going to be “at least bi-polar and possibly multi-polar”, according to Tony Blair For the first time in modern history the East can be on equal terms with the West, as the global dominance of the US and its allies comes to an end, former British prime minister Tony Blair has said. […]

  • All good vs all bad? Riaz Tayob, Researcher, South African Chapter of the Southern and Eastern African Trade Institute

    RT - Jul 17th 2022 2:39am EDT

    Thirty years ago, just after the Soviet Union had collapsed, Francis Fukuyama pronounced the end of history, giving a sciency expression to a pretty simple American craving for eternal dominance and unquestionable virtue. And while the flaws of this theory became apparent pretty quickly, what matters in the final analysis is not where history ends […]

  • Recession risk warning issued for top Western economies

    RT - Jul 17th 2022 1:40am EDT

    The US and Germany are headed for an economic downturn, according to Deutsche Bank Markets are now fully pricing for the risk of a US recession before the end of the year, according to a Deutsche Bank warning, cited by Market Watch. The bank’s global head of currency research, George Saravelos, said in a note […]

  • Europe becomes top US oil consumer – Bloomberg

    RT - Jul 17th 2022 1:40am EDT

    Asia’s imports fall behind for first time since 2016 Europe has become the main importer of US oil amid EU restrictions on Russian crude, Bloomberg reported on Friday citing data from the US Census Bureau. According to the report, from January to May this year, Europe imported roughly 213.1 million barrels of crude. This allowed […]

  • US is ‘priority’ of every Middle East country – White House

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 6:58pm EDT

    President Joe Biden’s administration has claimed that Washington is the partner of choice in “every capital around this region” Washington has re-established itself under President Joe Biden’s watch as the dominant security and economic partner desired by Middle East governments, halting a trend toward countries seeking closer ties with Russia and China, a senior White […]

  • Media sees clue Tucker Carlson will run for US president

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 3:37pm EDT

    The Fox TV host appeared to be flirting with a 2024 election bid during his latest trip to Iowa, Yahoo! News has reported Controversial Fox News host Tucker Carlson has triggered renewed media speculation that he will run for US president in 2024 by making some potentially telling comments on his latest visit to Iowa, […]

  • Iran issues warning to US and Israel

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 2:17pm EDT

    Threats of “force” against Tehran will incur a heavy price, the country’s military has said The Iranian military has warned the US and Israel against threatening the country after President Joe Biden said Washington would “use all elements of its national power” to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. “The Americans and Zionists know very […]

  • Saudis point to US’ own ‘mistakes’ as Khashoggi killing raised

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 12:15pm EDT

    Saudi crown prince reportedly reminded US president of Washington’s own poor record of assorted “mistakes” Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called out Washington’s long track of “mistakes” made in Iraq and Afghanistan as President Joe Biden confronted him over the gruesome murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The remarks made by the prince during […]

  • Saudi Arabia outlines what it will do for oil output

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 11:01am EDT

    The country can boost output to 13 million barrels per day, not a barrel more, crown prince says Saudi Arabia is ready to increase oil production to its maximum of 13 million barrels per day but does not have the capacity to pump out more, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said during his address at […]

  • Italy may soon be unable to arm Ukraine – foreign minister

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 10:31am EDT

    Luigi Di Maio has warned the current political crisis around PM Mario Draghi’s government could see an end to weapons deliveries Political turmoil in Italy could soon see Rome unable to continue supporting Ukraine with weapons deliveries, the country’s foreign minister has warned. According to Luigi Di Maio, this would be the case should the […]

  • Italy points finger at Russia over government crisis

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 10:06am EDT

    Opponents of embattled PM Mario Draghi are doing Vladimir Putin’s work, the Italian foreign minister says The ongoing government crisis in Italy is playing into the Kremlin’s hands, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has claimed. The turmoil is hampering Rome’s ability to provide military support to Ukraine, as well as to secure new energy contracts, […]

  • Alexander Davydov: Now that Berlin’s quit decades of courting both Moscow and Washington, how will things work out?

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 9:19am EDT

    Germany’s new leadership has gone “all in” on its alliance with the US, overturning a strategy that had underpinned its success What was known as the “memory culture” was an essential element of the foreign policy strategy of post-war Germany. Wise leaders were able to gradually restore the importance of the country on the international […]

  • Tokyo urges Japanese firms to keep shares in Russian LNG project – media

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 9:14am EDT

    Japanese authorities believe stakes in Sakhalin-2 will help ensure continued gas supplies The Japanese government has called on Mitsubishi and Mitsui to keep their shares in the Sakhalin-2 Liquefied Natural Gas project after its transfer to a Russian operator, Japanese news outlet The Nikkei reported on Saturday. “The companies have shares [in Sakhalin-2], so we […]

  • Russia requests documents on Nord Stream turbine return

    RT - Jul 16th 2022 8:00am EDT

    The documents would allow the turbine to be shipped back to Russia following maintenance in Canada, despite sanctions Russian state energy major Gazprom has officially asked German industrial giant Siemens to provide documents allowing the return of a crucial gas turbine, which had been stuck at the firm’s Canada factory due to sanctions. “On July […]

  • 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 […]