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  • US warns against Russian oil price cap evasion

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 12:05pm EDT

    Washington’s sanctions watchdog claims some crude exports from Russia may be trading above $60 a barrel The US Treasury Department issued an alert note on Monday warning US companies about possible circumvention of the price cap on Russian oil being exported through the Eastern Siberia Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline and ports in Russia’s Far East. […]

  • Poland proposes ‘HIMARS academy’

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 12:04pm EDT

    The artillery school for US rocket launchers would be modeled on an Abrams tank training facility Warsaw wants to host a NATO artillery school that would train all US allies in Europe in the use of HIMARS rocket artillery, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Tuesday.  “We want Himars Academy to be established in […]

  • China’s new defense minister reveals main goal of Russian visit

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 11:26am EDT

    Beijing is fully committed to strengthening military cooperation with Moscow, Li Shangfu says Newly appointed Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has said that his ongoing visit to Russia is aimed at demonstrating the strength of relations between Beijing and Moscow to the international community. Li arrived in the Russian capital on Sunday for a three-day […]

  • Chinese economic growth exceeds forecasts

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 11:01am EDT

    The first quarter saw the fastest recovery pace in a year as consumer spending surged, official data shows China’s economy saw higher than expected growth of 4.5% in the first quarter of 2023, official data released on Tuesday showed. After three years of severe Covid-related restrictions, consumers went on a spending spree, while exports, infrastructure […]

  • G7 ‘maliciously smeared and discredited China’ – Beijing

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 10:42am EDT

    In a statement, the group accused the country of human rights abuses and affirmed its support for Taiwan A joint communique of the G7 foreign ministers was “full of arrogance” and “grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters on Tuesday. The communique contained a statement of support for […]

  • Russia ‘winning’ fight against Ukraine – retired US Army colonel

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 10:37am EDT

    Kiev doesn’t have enough resources for a successful counteroffensive, Douglas Macgregor has claimed Russia is defeating Ukraine and the recent leaks of US classified documents will not change the outcome on the battlefield, retired US Army colonel and former Pentagon adviser Douglas Macgregor has said.  “I think the Russians are winning anyway, and the Russians […]

  • Samsung may dump Google Search for rival – NYT

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 10:00am EDT

    A switch to Microsoft’s Bing would put the company’s dominance at risk Shares of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, fell by as much as 4% on Monday in the biggest single-day decline in more than two months. The slide followed a Sunday report by the New York Times that South Korean tech giant Samsung was considering […]

  • Lula’s China trip proves Latin America is no longer the ‘backyard’ of the US

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 9:42am EDT

    The Brazilian president has asserted his country’s role as a player in its own right in the new multipolar world Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has just returned from his highly anticipated and successful trip to China, generating optimism and enthusiasm for an enhanced role for Latin America as it emerges from the […]

  • US ‘credit crunch’ has started – Morgan Stanley

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 9:00am EDT

    A chief strategist of the Wall Street bank has pointed to a big drop in lending amid tightening standards The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the ensuing banking crisis have triggered a credit crunch in the US, claims Morgan Stanley’s top stock strategist Mike Wilson. He pointed to data that shows a tightening […]

  • How EU halt of Ukrainian grain imports could impact global food supply

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 8:26am EDT

    A growing number of Eastern European countries have been seeking to protect their domestic markets against a massive influx of supply A number of EU states have begun blocking imports of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products in an attempt to mitigate the threat faced by local farmers due to domestic markets being flooded with […]

  • Binance lifts limits for Russians

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 7:33am EDT

    Restrictions on accounts with over €10,000 no longer apply, RBK reports Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has lifted some of the limits for Russian accounts, RBK business daily reported on Tuesday, citing the company’s technical support service. According to the outlet, Binance’s tech support has been responding to inquiries from Russian […]

  • Macron wants China’s help in brokering peace in Ukraine – Bloomberg

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 7:26am EDT

    The French President has reportedly ordered his foreign policy adviser to work with Beijing’s top diplomat to establish a framework for negotiations French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to leverage China’s help with a peace plan he believes could resolve the conflict in Ukraine and bring Moscow and Kiev to the negotiating table as early […]

  • EU safe haven closing doors to Russian money – media

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 6:49am EDT

    Bank of Cyprus told its clients from Russia that their accounts will be closed, Forbes has reported Bank of Cyprus has sent notifications to its Russian customers informing them that their accounts are set to be closed, Forbes reported on Tuesday, citing Main Partner Trust, a company that provides legal and financial services in Cyprus. […]

  • Ex-Russian president blasts Blinken for nuclear omission

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 5:57am EDT

    The top US diplomat criticized others while failing to mention that his country had used atomic bombs against Japan Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has lashed out at US Secretary of State Antony Blinken after the diplomat lamented the suffering of the Japanese people from atomic bombings while failing to mention that his country had […]

  • White House lashes out at Brazil over Ukraine

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 4:37am EDT

    Brazilian President Lula’s proposals on resolving the conflict between Moscow and Kiev are “simply misguided,” Washington has said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is “parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda” by claiming that the West is not interested in ending the fighting in Ukraine, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has stated. During […]

  • G7 explains when Russian assets will be unfrozen

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 3:59am EDT

    The funds will be released after the conflict with Kiev is resolved and Moscow pays for the damage, the group says Russian assets frozen by the G7 nations will remain “immobilized” until the Ukraine conflict is resolved and Moscow has to pay reparations, the group of industrialized economies has said. “Any resolution to the conflict […]

  • Reparations: pros and cons

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 2:45am EDT

    Descendants of slaves, the Polish government, and native Americans who were sterilized by the state are just a few of the different groups around the world who are demanding reparations for past injustices against their ancestors. On this addition of 360 View, international correspondent Roxana Solano looks back at how reparations have been used throughout history. […]

  • Africa’s broken grids

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 2:30am EDT

    Almost 600 million people in Africa don’t have access to electricity and live in countries without adequate funding for power generation. One tenth of them live in South Africa, a nation rich in resources and technology but which increasingly finds itself in the dark – in the biggest energy crisis it’s ever faced. This week […]

  • Infantile and omnipotent? Krishen Mehta, senior global justice fellow at Yale University

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 2:29am EDT

    ‘Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe’s problems are the world’s problems, but the world’s problems are not Europe’s problems.’ This is how India’s Foreign Minister, S. Jaishankar, summed up his country’s stance vis-a-vis western pressure to take their side in the Ukraine conflict. How is the war changing the balance of […]

  • Russia-India trade booming – official

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 1:56am EDT

    Mutual turnover has reached $45 billion, India’s foreign minister has announced India and Russia have seen massive growth in bilateral trade over the past year, rapidly outpacing the goals initially set by the two countries, according to the Indian Minister of External Affairs. The trade turnover between the nations touched $45 billion between April 2022 […]

  • Upbeat forecast issued on Russia’s economic growth

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 1:34am EDT

    Gross Domestic Product is expected to grow 2.8% by 2026, Economy Ministry projects The Russian Ministry of Economic Development expects solid growth of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the next three years, due to a partial resumption of consumer demand against the backdrop of rising wages, business daily RBK reported on Monday. According […]

  • US to sell Taiwan anti-ship missiles – Bloomberg

    RT - Apr 18th 2023 12:46am EDT

    American lawmakers have complained about $19 billion in “backlogged” arms deals to Taipei Taiwan is set to purchase hundreds of Harpoon anti-ship missiles in a deal approved by the US government, according to Bloomberg. Reports of the upcoming sale came soon after a top US lawmaker met with the island’s leader and declared the need […]

  • US sees jump in illegal border crossings

    RT - Apr 17th 2023 11:15pm EDT

    Officials expect an even greater surge in immigration after a Covid-related border restriction is phased out next month The United States has recorded a major spike in illegal border crossings, with the number of migrants apprehended by authorities increasing by nearly 25% over the last month as the government prepares new measures to address a […]

  • EU ambassador assaulted in Sudan

    RT - Apr 17th 2023 6:34pm EDT

    Intense fighting in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, has continued for days despite calls for a ceasefire from other nations The EU ambassador to Sudan was attacked on Monday amid the continued clashes between the nation’s military and an influential paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the bloc’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said. The envoy was “assaulted […]

  • Canada’s state media quit Twitter over label

    RT - Apr 17th 2023 5:39pm EDT

    The CBC has objected to Elon Musk’s “government-funded media” designation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced on Monday that it was “pausing” its activity on Twitter after the social media platform labeled it as state-funded, arguing that this somehow impugned their editorial independence. “Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue. That […]