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  • Syria claims new Israeli raid

    RT - Jun 10th 2022 1:00am EDT

    The strikes injured at least one civilian, the Syrian military told state media Israeli warplanes have struck sites south of the Syrian capital, triggering the country’s air defenses for the second time since Monday evening, local media reported, noting that the alleged missile attack left one non-combatant wounded and inflicted “material losses.”  Israel “carried out […]

  • France investigating nuclear ‘cover-ups’

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 11:34pm EDT

    The probe comes after the country was forced to shut down half of its reactors amid a mounting international energy crisis The French government is looking into whistleblower allegations that a state-run utility agency attempted to conceal safety issues at a nuclear power plant, with prosecutors confirming they are following up on complaints filed late […]

  • 2nd US military aircraft crashes in same area in two days

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 10:43pm EDT

    A US Navy helicopter crashed near the California-Arizona border just one day after an MV-22 Osprey crash A US Navy helicopter crashed on Thursday afternoon, the Naval Air Facility El Centro has confirmed. The crash site is about 35 miles north of Yuma, Arizona, and comes just one day after five Marines were killed in […]

  • US Senate panel approves NATO expansion

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 10:14pm EDT

    The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously backed Finland and Sweden’s bids to join the military alliance The Senate committee passed the resolution on Thursday without a single voiced objection, indicating bipartisan support for the move in Washington, and urged other NATO members to follow suit and show unity in welcoming Stockholm and Helsinki into the US-led […]

  • NASA joins UFO hunt

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 7:51pm EDT

    The US space agency seeks to demystify the unidentified aerial phenomena NASA has officially commissioned a study to analyze all existing evidence and develop proper data-gathering methods and tools to shed light on the nature and origin of unidentified aerial phenomena, according to an agency press release issued Thursday. “We will be identifying what data – from civilians, […]

  • Pentagon divulges number of US-funded biolabs in Ukraine

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 5:19pm EDT

    US insists 46 “peaceful” facilities were all about public health and safety The US government has supported 46 facilities in Ukraine over the past 20 years, but as part of a peaceful public health project rather than to develop biological weapons, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The US military accused Russia and China of “spreading […]

  • US admits Russia’s energy revenue increased after sanctions

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 5:04pm EDT

    Moscow is profiting from soaring oil and gas prices, the US senior advisor for global energy security has said Russia is now getting more money from its fossil fuel trade than it did before the start of its military operation in Ukraine, which prompted some Western nations to target Moscow with a barrage of sanctions, […]

  • Two EU countries oppose Ukraine’s candidacy – media

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 4:56pm EDT

    Denmark and the Netherlands have significant reservations about granting candidate status to Kiev, Bloomberg reported While the European Commission will likely recommend next week that Ukraine be granted candidate status, Denmark and the Netherlands may block this step toward EU membership, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Danish officials are reportedly concerned about Ukraine’s track record of […]

  • Pentagon relies on Russia and China for critical mineral

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 3:38pm EDT

    Congress to give military more money for ammunition-crucial minerals A group of US congressmen from both parties is moving to give the Pentagon even more money in order to replenish the largely depleted stockpile of strategic minerals, alarmed that most of the antimony used by the American defense industry comes from China. The metal is […]

  • Experimental drug cures 100% of patients of cancer – study

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 3:11pm EDT

    Small cancer drug trial sees all 12 rectal cancer patients completely cured Every rectal cancer patient in a small clinical drug trial conducted by New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has seen their cancer go into remission after receiving an experimental immunotherapy treatment. The findings were published by researchers in the New England Journal […]

  • Alexey Grivach: With soaring energy prices, the specter of stagflation haunts the world

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 2:24pm EDT

    A full embargo on Russian energy resources is still a long way from being implemented, but difficulties are already emerging The surge in energy prices, which began last year and has been reinforced by Russia’s military action in Ukraine and the “collective West’s” sanctions war against Moscow, has brought the world back to the 1970s. […]

  • Assad explains why Syria is sticking with Russia

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 1:35pm EDT

    The conflict between Russia and Ukraine will shape the world order, the Syrian president told RT Syrian President Bashar Assad has told RT that Damascus is backing Russia’s military operation in Ukraine both out of loyalty and commitment to an “international equilibrium.” Assad, whose country has weathered sanctions and a US military intervention, has accused […]

  • Poland’s Kaczynski raises German threat

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 1:35pm EDT

    “I don’t know if Germany wants to arm itself against Russia or against us,” Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Poland’s deputy prime minister and leader of its ruling party, suggested on Wednesday that Germany’s remilitarization may threaten his country as well as Russia. Kaczynski, one of Europe’s most anti-Moscow officials, nevertheless celebrated […]

  • British mercenary says he was ‘duped’ into Ukraine conflict by Western media

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 1:35pm EDT

    A UK national captured in Donbass says he has been abandoned by both Kiev and London A UK citizen who fought for the Ukrainian forces in Mariupol before surrendering in mid-April has told RT that he regrets his decision to fight for Kiev. Aiden Aslin said the Western media had played a major role in […]

  • Putin points to boomerang effect of sanctions

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 1:35pm EDT

    Embargoes designed to hurt Russia impact “colonies” in the West instead Western attempts to isolate and punish Russia have backfired on their creators, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Speaking to a group of young entrepreneurs in Moscow, he pointed out the economic consequences of anti-Russian sanctions on the countries that imposed them. “If […]

  • Bad harvest forecast for EU

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 1:06pm EDT

    Grain production is expected to drop across Europe this year due to dry weather, data shows Production of wheat and other grains in the European Union is expected to fall this year, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing a survey by agriculture consulting firm Strategie Grains, published on Thursday. A bad harvest in the EU […]

  • Germany faces beer bottle shortage

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 1:05pm EDT

    National beer industry takes a hit from the anti-Russia embargo While German brewers have dealt with beer bottle shortages before, the current situation is “unprecedented” due to the combination of galloping inflation, rising energy costs, the conflict in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia and Belarus, the New York Times reported on Thursday. There is more than […]

  • Brit sentenced to death in Donetsk issues a stark warning

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 12:36pm EDT

    “Don’t get into war you don’t really understand,” Shaun Pinner tells aspiring foreign mercenaries Shaun Pinner, a British citizen who fought with the Ukrainian forces and was sentenced to death on Thursday by a court in Donetsk, has issued a stark warning for all foreigners who might be considering joining the fight against Russian troops: […]

  • Fuel-crisis remarks drive US senator into controversy

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 12:19pm EDT

    Debbie Stabenow’s remarks about the advantages of electric cars have not gone down well amid skyrocketing gas prices US Senator Debbie Stabenow is facing a flood of criticism on social media after she bragged about the advantages of having an electric car, which means she doesn’t have to think about soaring fuel costs as she […]

  • PGA punishes Saudi tour rebels

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 12:10pm EDT

    The PGA Tour has moved to censure players who have joined the breakaway group The PGA Tour has moved to punish its members who have signed up to the controversial Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational series set to debut this week. The event, which has promised the biggest prize fund in the history of the sport, has […]

  • YouTube bans duo who pranked Bush Junior

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 12:05pm EDT

    Russian political pranksters Vovan and Lexus have been banned from YouTube after bombshell interview with George W Bush YouTube has permanently deleted the channel of Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus, the duo announced on Thursday, after they released a bombshell interview from last month with George W Bush. The pranksters, whose real names are Vladimir […]

  • Greek inflation rockets to 30-year high

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 12:00pm EDT

    The country is seeing rising prices for energy, housing, transportation, and food Inflation in Greece surged to 11.3% year-on-year in May from 10.2% recorded in the previous month, according to the latest data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). The latest increase is attributed to soaring costs for energy, housing, transportation, and food. According to […]

  • Cyclist questions Nadal’s French Open injections

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 11:46am EDT

    A French cyclist says Nadal’s injections would have been frowned upon in his sport Rafael Nadal’s comprehensive French Open victory has been called into question by a French cyclist, who claims that the series of painkilling injections he received to treat a chronic foot problem would have been seen in a different light have they […]

  • Russia filling up rainy-day fund

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 11:40am EDT

    The move aims to ensure economic stability in the face of sanctions Russia has increased its reserve fund used for emergency spending by 551.4 billion rubles ($9.5 billion), the government said on Thursday. “The funds will be used in part to implement measures aimed at ensuring the stability of economic development in the conditions of […]

  • Foreigners starting to realize errors of ‘Russophobic hysteria’ – Olympic official

    RT - Jun 9th 2022 11:32am EDT

    Stanislav Pozdnyakov said Russian sport was facing ‘provocations’ but would respond ‘in a manner of friendship and respect’ The sweeping bans imposed on Russian athletes are the result of “unprecedented external pressure and Russophobic hysteria” but sporting organizations will reverse course and understand their mistakes, according to Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) president Stanislav Pozdnyakov. Russian […]