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  • EU country’s inflation shows no sign of slowing

    RT - May 19th 2023 6:03am EDT

    Consumer prices in Austria saw their highest annual increase last year since 1975 Austria’s consumer price inflation has continued to rise, accelerating to 9.7% in April on an annual basis, the national statistics office reported on Wednesday.  According to Statistics Austria, the figure jumped from 9.2% in the previous month and was just below the […]

  • Taiwan could pay ‘unthinkable’ price for US weapons – ex-defense chief

    RT - May 19th 2023 5:28am EDT

    A former Taipei official urges caution over the Pentagon’s plan to give “significant security assistance” free of charge Taiwan could face dire ramifications if it accepts free weapons from the US amid a stand-off with Beijing, a former defense minister of the self-governing island warned on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, Feng Shih-kuan, who served as […]

  • Zelensky to attend Arab League summit – media

    RT - May 19th 2023 5:26am EDT

    The visit as planned brings Ukraine’s leader together with Syrian President Bashar Assad, a key Russian ally in the Middle East Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is set to attend a summit of the Arab League in Saudi Arabia on Friday before traveling to Japan to join the leaders of G7, according to sources cited by […]

  • Leaked ‘prank’ calls expose top-level corruption in Moldova

    RT - May 19th 2023 4:43am EDT

    Recordings published by The Grayzone show that greasing the wheels with President Maia Sandu and her party is essential for doing business in Chisinau Moldova’s ruling elite appear to be one big “family” whose favor must be purchased to do business in the country, video footage published by The Grayzone has revealed. Officials, lobbyists, and businesspeople […]

  • President retracts claim of children rescued after Amazon plane crash

    RT - May 19th 2023 4:22am EDT

    Colombia’s leader has deleted his tweet saying that four kids were found alive in the jungle weeks after the incident Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has retracted his claim that four indigenous children were found alive in the Amazon jungle more than two weeks after a deadly plane crash. On Thursday, Petro removed his tweet from […]

  • Zelensky to travel to Japan for G7 summit

    RT - May 19th 2023 4:05am EDT

    The Ukrainian leader is expected to ask the group to increase pressure on Russia and provide additional military and financial aid Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is expected to make a personal appearance at the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, Japan, a top official confirmed on Friday following several media reports.  Previously, Japanese […]

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  • Climate lockdowns: at what cost would you save the planet?

    RT - May 19th 2023 2:18am EDT

    Ever since Covid there has been a lot of fear about another round of lockdowns. But this time it is not for a virus, but for the environment. On this episode of 360 View Scottie Nell Hughes speaks to the communications director at the American Consecration Coalition, Karly Matthews, about what could be expected of a climate […]

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  • Smart surgery: picking the brain surgeon’s brain

    RT - May 19th 2023 2:14am EDT

    In this edition of Inland Visions we head to Nizhny Novgorod to speak with world-renowned neurosurgeon Igor Medyanik. He utilizes state of the art technology and progressive methods. The field of surgery requires a great deal of skill and confidence, and when our brains are on the line, it also requires an element of artistry. […]

  • China responds to Kissinger’s Ukraine proposal

    RT - May 19th 2023 2:07am EDT

    Beijing says NATO membership for Kiev would not bring about a “durable security architecture” China has urged against Ukraine joining NATO, saying it would not improve security in the region, after veteran US diplomat Henry Kissinger claimed membership would serve the interests of both Kiev and Moscow. Asked about Kissinger’s comments during a Thursday press […]

  • Eurozone inflation accelerates

    RT - May 19th 2023 2:03am EDT

    Services and energy costs are driving consumer prices across the single currency area Inflation in the euro area increased for the first time in five months in April, surging to 7%, the European Union’s statistics office reported on Wednesday, confirming preliminary data. Eurostat said consumer prices had risen from 6.9% in March as higher services […]

  • CrossTalk: ‘International community’

    RT - May 19th 2023 2:02am EDT

    Olaf Scholz is not that bright and he is an even worse German chancellor – although he is self-aware enough to understand and acknowledge some nations see ‘double standards’ on Russia. Neocolonial thinking, it would seem, dies hard. CrossTalking with Peter Ford, John P. Ruehl, and Alexander Markovics.

  • Russian fuel oil exports to China to hit record high – Bloomberg

    RT - May 19th 2023 1:32am EDT

    Smaller Chinese refineries have hiked import volumes used for blending, the agency reports Supplies of fuel oil from Russia to China are expected to reach an all-time high of 350,000 barrels in May, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing Kpler ship-tracking data. According to the agency, smaller Chinese refineries have boosted purchases of fuel oil, which […]

  • Korean Peninsula on ‘brink of explosion’ – Pyongyang

    RT - May 19th 2023 1:26am EDT

    The warning comes as Washington and Seoul gear up for their biggest joint exercise so far Washington’s joint military exercises with South Korea and Japan are pushing the region closer to an armed conflict, North Korea said on Friday. The warning comes as the US and Seoul prepare to conduct their largest-ever drills.  The state-run […]

  • US ‘no longer confident’ about victim in Syria strike – WaPo

    RT - May 19th 2023 12:28am EDT

    The doubts have reportedly arose after relatives said the man killed by an American drone was a peaceful farmer and not an Al-Qaeda member The man killed in a US drone strike in northwestern Syria earlier this month may not have been a senior Al-Qaeda leader as the Pentagon previously claimed, the Washington Post reported […]

  • Britain bans Russian diamonds

    RT - May 18th 2023 10:18pm EDT

    Copper and aluminum industries were also targeted under the new sanctions package The United Kingdom has announced a ban on the importation of Russian diamonds and several types of metal, as well as additional sanctions on 86 people and companies allegedly linked to Moscow’s “military industrial complex.” The office of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak outlined […]

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  • Are China and Russia competing in Central Asia?

    RT - May 18th 2023 10:09pm EDT

    The upcoming China-Central Asia Summit aims to promote cooperation, not competition in the region, especially not with Russia. Chaired by President Xi Jinping, the China-Central Asia Summit invites the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to gather and attend the meeting in the historic city of Xi’an, China on 18 and 19 May.  […]

  • Vatican police fire at intruder

    RT - May 18th 2023 8:56pm EDT

    The officers were responding to a car that had breached the entrance to the city-state The Vatican police fired at a car that had breached the entrance gate at high speed and drove into the city-state on Thursday night. The driver has been apprehended near the Apostolic Palace where Pope Francis holds official meetings.  According […]

  • Pentagon made $3 billion ‘error’ in Ukraine aid – Reuters

    RT - May 18th 2023 6:20pm EDT

    Officials told the news agency that accounting confusion may result in Kiev getting more weapons and ammunition The US Department of Defense has discovered an accounting error that could result in even more weapons, ammunition and equipment being available for Ukraine than previously thought, Reuters reported on Thursday. The agency cited a Senate aide and […]

  • Republican explains why she wants to impeach Biden

    RT - May 18th 2023 5:30pm EDT

    The Georgia congresswoman also wants to sack the FBI director, DOJ head and immigration chief Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday introduced three articles of impeachment against US President Joe Biden, accusing him of violating the Constitution and posing a “direct threat” to national security. “His policies, directives and statements surrounding the southern border have […]

  • Ukraine has ‘five months left’ to impress US – FT

    RT - May 18th 2023 5:19pm EDT

    The West cannot keep its military aid to Kiev flowing “forever,” several senior officials told the Financial Times Ukraine needs to demonstrate some “advances” over the next five months as the US would consider these crucial to the future of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing several European and […]

  • Irish embassy refuses China’s Ukraine order

    RT - May 18th 2023 3:58pm EDT

    Beijing has asked foreign embassies not to “carry out politicized propaganda” Ireland’s embassy in Beijing has not removed visible displays of support for Kiev on its premises despite the Chinese government’s request that all foreign embassies remove what it referred to as “politicized propaganda” on the exteriors of their buildings.  However, Ireland’s Department of Foreign […]

  • Erdogan’s rival pledges to expel ‘all refugees’ from Türkiye

    RT - May 18th 2023 2:26pm EDT

    Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu is vying for victory against the Turkish president in a run-off vote Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has vowed to expel millions of refugees from the country in his first public address following the first round of the presidential election. Speaking to reporters in Ankara on Thursday, the politician accused incumbent […]

  • Huge Trump lead in US Republican primaries – polls

    RT - May 18th 2023 2:26pm EDT

    The 45th president is way ahead of potential party rivals and even leads incumbent Joe Biden Former US president Donald Trump is far ahead of all declared competitors in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who still hasn’t formally announced his candidacy. A Morning Consult poll published on Wednesday showed Trump […]

  • In Hiroshima, Biden promises Japan nuclear umbrella

    RT - May 18th 2023 12:59pm EDT

    The US president met with Japanese PM Kishida ahead of the G7 summit The US will defend Japan with atomic weapons if need be, the Japanese government said on Thursday, in a readout of the meeting between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. “President Biden reiterated the US commitment to the defense of […]

  • The EU hopes Türkiye emerges from the presidential election as a subservient ditz

    RT - May 18th 2023 12:08pm EDT

    Erdogan’s defeat will allow Brussels to keep leading Ankara on, making demands in exchange for vague promises The EU is dangling bloc membership in front of yet another candidate country like it’s an engagement ring. One that desperately needs an independent appraisal of its true value.   Turkish voters are being seduced with visions of […]

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