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  • ‘Doctor Doom’ issues global-market crash warning

    RT - May 24th 2023 11:43am EDT

    The US default would be disastrous, according to eminent economist Nouriel Roubini The US government’s failure to agree on lifting the debt ceiling is likely to hit markets and damage confidence in the dollar over the longer term, renowned economist and New York University professor Nouriel Roubini has warned. “They may get to the last […]

  • iPhone prices tumbling in Russia

    RT - May 24th 2023 10:07am EDT

    Retailers have been forced to sell devices at discounts due to supply surge linked to parallel importation, media are reporting Prices for iPhones in Russia have plunged by six to ten percent at large retail chains due to a market glut that followed increased supplies of Apple products through parallel imports, media reported on Tuesday. […]

  • Zelensky’s penthouse seized in Crimea

    RT - May 24th 2023 9:16am EDT

    The luxury apartment is on Russia’s list of nationalized assets The Crimean parliament has unanimously voted to nationalize the assets of Ukrainian oligarchs and politicians on the peninsula, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the State Council’s press service. Among the assets is an apartment belonging to Elena Zelenskaya, the wife of Ukrainian […]

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  • EU top diplomat comments on Ukraine ammo target

    RT - May 24th 2023 8:09am EDT

    Josep Borrell claims the number of shells provided by EU states to Kiev will likely reach one million by March 2024 The European Union will likely be able to fulfill its promise to supply Ukraine with a total of one million artillery rounds within 12 months, the bloc’s top diplomat has said. Member states have […]

  • Most Russia-China trade no longer involves dollar – Mishustin

    RT - May 24th 2023 8:03am EDT

    The majority of payments between the two countries are made in national currencies, the Russian prime minister says Nearly three-quarters of transactions between Moscow and Beijing are currently made in rubles or yuan, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin revealed during talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Wednesday. Moscow has repeatedly stated that […]

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  • Chinese purchases of Russian aluminum shoot up by 200% – customs data

    RT - May 24th 2023 7:23am EDT

    Imports reportedly tripled in April year-on-year Beijing bought nearly 89,000 tons of refined aluminum from Russia in April – nearly three times the amount purchased during the same period last year and the second-highest volume on record, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing Chinese customs data. Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, between March […]

  • Major European ports report losses due to Russia sanctions

    RT - May 24th 2023 6:00am EDT

    Cargo turnover in the three largest hubs dropped significantly in the first quarter of the year, data shows Europe’s largest cargo ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Antwerp have reported a significant decrease in container volumes, citing the sanctions-induced termination of Russian cargo transit as among the main reasons for the decline. Prior to 2022, about […]

  • Ukraine to hike tariffs on Russian oil transit to EU

    RT - May 24th 2023 5:35am EDT

    Kiev wants to increase the fees by 25% starting in June, according to Transneft Ukraine will significantly raise transit fees for Russian oil running through the Druzhba pipeline on its territory to the EU on June 1, TASS reported on Tuesday, citing data from Russian oil and gas transport company Transneft. It is expected that […]

  • Lost documents leave world’s largest nuclear power plant in limbo

    RT - May 24th 2023 4:58am EDT

    An employee has placed Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa under further scrutiny after leaving security papers on the roof of a car The reopening of the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, has been placed in further doubt after an employee working from home lost a pile of documents by leaving them on top of a car. […]

  • Japanese PM weighs in on NATO membership

    RT - May 24th 2023 3:40am EDT

    Fumio Kishida also confirmed that the US-led military bloc is looking to open a liaison office in Japan Japan has no plans to become a member of NATO, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said. He told the national parliament on Wednesday that Tokyo would not be joining the US-led military bloc in any form, according […]

  • Germany facing zero growth – survey

    RT - May 24th 2023 1:53am EDT

    Energy and raw materials prices along with a shortage of skilled workers pose major threats to the economy, a study has found The German business community has little optimism about growth prospects in the EU’s largest economy, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing a study conducted by the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce […]

  • Russian lawmakers call for ban on trucks from EU state

    RT - May 24th 2023 1:27am EDT

    The proposed legislation would restrict Polish freight transit through Russia and ban refueling at local prices Russia’s lower house of parliament appealed to the government on Tuesday to ban semi-trucks registered in Poland from transiting through Russian territory. The proposal was announced by State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin in a Telegram post. “The deputies of […]

  • The alleged weapons of mass destruction

    RT - May 24th 2023 1:21am EDT

    Scott Ritter is a name known to many around the world. He had extensive experience in the US military, having been an officer working for US Central Command General Norman Schwarzkopf. That’s where Scott’s whistleblowing began. On this episode of The Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks with Ritter about speaking in front of a contentious Senate Committee […]

  • CrossTalk: Sacrificing Ukraine

    RT - May 24th 2023 12:52am EDT

    Why isn’t there any public debate on the conflict in Ukraine? Why have the elites embraced war and shunned negotiations? Where is the anti-war movement? And importantly, how is all of this helping Ukraine and its people? CrossTalking with Michael Maloof, Alan Freeman, and Roger McKenzie.

  • Los Angeles approves police robot dogs

    RT - May 24th 2023 12:31am EDT

    Several US cities have faced backlash for seeking to adopt the “dystopian” and “creepy” technology The Los Angeles city council has authorized the use of a robotic “dog” device by the local police department, despite protests from residents and some dissenting council members. New York previously unveiled similar tech and faced major public backlash. City […]

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  • Footage surfaces of ‘triangular UFO’ over US military base

    RT - May 23rd 2023 8:49pm EDT

    The object reportedly hovered for about 10 minutes before vanishing US podcast hosts Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp have obtained video clips and a still image purporting to show a massive unidentified flying object (UFO) that hovered over a California military base in April 2021 before quickly disappearing from view of the 50 Marines who […]

  • BBC fights ‘fake news’ with fake Twitter accounts

    RT - May 23rd 2023 8:25pm EDT

    The state-funded UK broadcaster operates several “sockpuppet” accounts representing different political views A journalist with the British broadcaster’s new fact-checking spinoff BBC Verify has admitted to deploying multiple fake Twitter accounts to combat “disinformation.” In a segment broadcast on Saturday, BBC “disinformation correspondent” Marianna Spring warned the audience that “mistruths can cause really serious harm […]

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  • US struggles to explain images of its destroyed hardware inside Russia

    RT - May 23rd 2023 7:19pm EDT

    The Russian Defense Ministry released footage showing American vehicles used by Ukrainian militants in Belgorod attack President Joe Biden’s administration has suggested that contrary to the footage shared by the Russian military and many other images posted on social media showing US-made military vehicles destroyed in the Belgorod Region, the equipment used by Ukrainian militants […]

  • Pentagon loses a million F-35 parts

    RT - May 23rd 2023 4:57pm EDT

    Investigators have found that the US military can’t account for missing fighter-jet components valued at $85 million The US Department of Defense (DOD) has been unable to account for about 1 million missing spare parts for its F-35 Lightning II fighter jet, the costliest weapon system in the nation’s history, a government review has found. […]

  • Ron DeSantis to announce campaign – Fox News

    RT - May 23rd 2023 4:47pm EDT

    Florida’s Republican governor is currently polling behind Donald Trump Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will announce his 2024 presidential campaign at a Twitter event with Elon Musk on Wednesday, Fox News has reported. Considered a likely candidate for months, DeSantis enters the Republican field as the closest challenger to former President Donald Trump. DeSantis and Musk […]

  • Microsoft launches AI content moderation tool

    RT - May 23rd 2023 4:47pm EDT

    Azure AI Content Safety claims to be able to detect “inappropriate” images and text and assign severity scores Microsoft launched a content moderation tool powered by artificial intelligence on Tuesday that is supposedly capable of flagging “inappropriate” images and text across eight languages and ranking their severity.  Called Azure AI Content Safety, the service is “designed […]

  • FBI defies subpoena on Biden corruption case

    RT - May 23rd 2023 3:49pm EDT

    The top US law enforcement agency has refused to give Congress documents detailing allegations of a bribery scheme The FBI has again refused to turn over documents subpoenaed by Congress regarding allegations of a bribery scheme allegedly perpetrated by then-Vice President Joe Biden, escalating a row with House Republicans over the agency’s handling of the […]

  • DeSantis teases 25-year conservative Supreme Court majority

    RT - May 23rd 2023 3:47pm EDT

    The Florida governor is widely expected to announce his candidacy for president this week Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor who is expected to challenge Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination next year, has suggested that he could oversee achieving a 7-2 conservative majority on the US Supreme Court, which he envisions “would last for […]

  • Moscow accuses G7 members of hypocrisy 

    RT - May 23rd 2023 2:42pm EDT

    The US and its allies are manipulating their data on nuclear weapons in an attempt to score political points, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has claimed Members of the G7 provide false data about the size of their nuclear arsenals, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov claimed on Monday. The remarks came after the group […]

  • France ready to offer Ukraine security guarantees

    RT - May 23rd 2023 2:41pm EDT

    With NATO membership off the table for now, Kiev is still looking to the West for backup France is willing to enter security agreements with Ukraine to “prevent possible future aggressions,” the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement lends credence to earlier reports that the Western powers are considering entering […]