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  • England football fans arrested for Munich Nazi salutes

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 11:38am EDT

    As feared by the authorities, traveling England fans are already causing disorder in Bavaria ahead of Tuesday’s Nations League match Seven English football fans have been arrested by Munich police ahead of a UEFA Nations League match between their country and Germany on Tuesday night. The English Football Association (FA) had feared trouble ahead of […]

  • World Bank issues grim economic forecast

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 11:34am EDT

    The global economy is facing weak growth and high inflation, the report says The World Bank (WB) has cut its global growth projection for this year from 4.1% to 2.9%, warning that many countries are likely to face recession. “Amid the war in Ukraine, surging inflation, and rising interest rates, global economic growth is expected […]

  • Russia may expand ‘treason’ definition

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 11:19am EDT

    A new draft bill also suggests criminalizing public appeals that undermine the country’s security Russia’s criminal code could be expanded to include an article that outlaws public calls to actions aimed at undermining the country’s security. On Monday, a parliament committee recommended that MPs approve a draft law on the matter. The draft law envisages […]

  • Police fear Western arms shipments to Ukraine may backfire

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 10:23am EDT

    Swedish law enforcement suggests that some of the weapons supplied to Kiev could end up in gangs’ arsenals Swedish police have voiced concerns that weapons delivered to Ukraine by its Western allies could make their way to the Scandinavian country, ending up in criminal gangs’ arsenals once the conflict is over. Speaking to Swedish Radio […]

  • Major US-led summit dubbed a failure

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 9:53am EDT

    Venezuela’s leader offers a more inclusive meeting of the Americas instead Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has praised his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for skipping the ongoing US-led ‘Summit of the Americas’. Maduro, who was not invited to the event in Los Angeles, has suggested a more inclusive gathering with US President Joe Biden “as […]

  • Premier League set to lose $53 million by canceling Russian TV deal

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 9:01am EDT

    The English top flight will reportedly scrap its agreement with Match TV The Premier League and its clubs stand to miss out on £43 million ($54 million) when they cancel a three-year television contract with a lead Russian broadcaster this week, according to reports. The Daily Mail claims to have learned that the English top flight […]

  • US tech giant leaving Russia

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 8:57am EDT

    IBM says it is winding down all operations in the country Multinational technology firm IBM announced on Tuesday it is pulling out of the Russian market due to the conflict in Ukraine. IBM chief executive Arvind Krishna said in a statement: “Let me be clear: we have suspended all operations in Russia.” The company’s Russian […]

  • Russia claims military success

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 8:38am EDT

    The Donbass town where a wooden monastery was torched during fighting has been “liberated” from Ukraine, Sergey Shoigu says Russia and its allies have made more progress towards fully capturing the Donbass, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported on Tuesday. Some 15 communities were recently taken, including Svyatogorsk – the town where Ukrainian forces allegedly […]

  • Ukraine looks to import American LNG – Naftogaz

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 7:56am EDT

    The energy company says Kiev wants to replace Russian natural gas supplies bought from European countries Ukraine is in discussions with the United States on purchasing and financing supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of pipeline gas, which the country receives from Europe, Naftogaz CEO Yuriy Vitrenko said on Tuesday. Kiev is currently buying […]

  • Zelensky aide berates Germany

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 7:31am EDT

    The 5,000 military helmets promised to Ukraine by Berlin before the start of the Russian offensive have probably never arrived, a top official claims Berlin’s support for Kiev has been lacking, even as Germany plans to invest 100 billion euros in its own military, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. He claimed […]

  • Skating chiefs raise minimum age for competitors

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 7:15am EDT

    Skaters will soon have to be at least 17 to take part in senior events Competitors will soon need to be 17 years of age to take part in the International Skating Union’s (ISU) senior events after its members voted in favor of a landmark change viewed as a response to the plight of Russian […]

  • Senior Montenegrin MP questions closure of airspace to Russian FM

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 6:54am EDT

    The head of the country’s foreign affairs committee says officials must explain the decision The head of the Montenegrin parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, Miodrag Lekic, has criticized the lack of transparency around a decision to close the Balkan state’s airspace to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday.The move, which was supported by Bulgaria […]

  • Serbia counts losses from EU’s Russian oil ban

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 6:52am EDT

    Western sanctions on Moscow will cost Belgrade $600 million this year, says President Vucic Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday his country has incurred significant losses due to EU sanctions against Russia, particularly on oil supply. “Only by imposing sanctions on Russian oil, they [the European Union] directly took $600 million from our pocket!” […]

  • China secretly building foreign base – Washington Post

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 6:25am EDT

    Beijing is looking to expand its influence in the Indo-Pacific by establishing a naval facility in Cambodia, the paper claims China is building a naval base for its military in Cambodia, with both Beijing and Phnom Penh going to great lengths to conceal the operation, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing Western officials. The […]

  • Value of Russian securities frozen by EU is revealed

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 6:11am EDT

    Euroclear has blocked $27 billion in funds belonging to Russians and $85 billion held by foreign investors Euroclear, one of the world’s largest financial securities transactions companies, has blocked about $27 billion worth of securities belonging to Russians, according to strategists at ITI Capital. Frozen assets held by foreign investors reportedly exceed $85 billion. The […]

  • Tech giant executives die in accident

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 3:58am EDT

    Russian social networking service VK confirmed that two of its senior officials perished during a trip in the Siberian wilderness Two top executives of the Russian social media giant VK have died while traveling in a desolate part of northern Russia, the company confirmed on Tuesday. First Deputy Director General Vladimir Gabrielyan and Procurement Director […]

  • US issues nuclear warning to North Korea

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 1:32am EDT

    A top State Department official said ‘the entire world’ would react harshly to any nuclear test by Pyongyang A senior US official has vowed a “forceful response” should North Korea conduct a nuclear test, following Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile launch over the weekend, which was matched by a similar show of force from Washington and […]

  • India tests nuclear-capable missile

    RT - Jun 7th 2022 12:08am EDT

    The launch demonstrated New Delhi’s capacity for ‘credible deterrence,’ the military said India has successfully tested its nuclear-capable Agni-4 ballistic missile, with the country’s Defense Ministry calling the trial a “routine” launch. The locally developed munition is said to be capable of striking targets thousands of miles away.  Carried out from Abdul Kalam Island in […]

  • Taser clarifies proposal for armed drones in US schools

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 10:55pm EDT

    The company backpedaled after the idea prompted a spate of resignations from an internal ethics board The firm that produces Taser stun guns was forced to reverse course after its CEO suggested it would create armed, “non-lethal” drones to deploy in American schools as a way to stop mass shootings, immediately triggering outrage from within […]

  • Pentagon investigates suspected ‘insider’ attack

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 8:41pm EDT

    A member of the US military might have set off a Syria base blast Two military law enforcement agencies are investigating a service member over the April incident at Green Village, a US outpost in northern Syria, the Pentagon acknowledged on Monday. The explosions, initially thought to be an artillery attack, were set off by […]

  • Elon Musk threatens to pull plug on Twitter deal

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 8:09pm EDT

    Tesla CEO may terminate his $44 billion buyout because the social media giant is withholding data on fake accounts Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has warned Twitter’s board of directors that he may back out of a deal to buy the social media platform for $44 billion because the company has failed to provide information on […]

  • Minister shot dead in office

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 7:33pm EDT

    Dominican Republic’s minister of environment and natural resources was killed by a close friend Dominican minister of the environment and natural resources Orlando Jorge Mera has been shot and killed in his office by Miguel Cruz, a close friend he had known since childhood, the office of President Luis Abinader reported on Monday. Employees at […]

  • Apple to let users edit and unsend messages

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 6:36pm EDT

    The company’s latest iPhone OS will allow users to edit and delete iMessages in real-time Tech giant Apple has unveiled the new iOS 16 system, offering new features that bring iMessage up to speed with other popular messaging apps, during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. Set for release this fall on all iPhones […]

  • Major migrant caravan sets off toward US – media

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 5:45pm EDT

    A group estimated by media outlets at up to 15,000, possibly the largest on record, has begun its journey from Mexico A caravan of as many as 15,000 migrants, many from Venezuela and Cuba, has begun its march from southern Mexico to the US border, fleeing poverty and violence as President Joe Biden hosts leaders […]

  • Syria accuses Israel of attack

    RT - Jun 6th 2022 5:09pm EDT

    Air defenses respond to missile attack on Damascus Syria accused Israel of launching missiles on an area south of Damascus on Monday evening, targeting the suburb of Saida Zaynab.  Air defenses were activated around 11:18 pm on Monday in response to “hostile missiles” detected approaching Damascus, the state news agency SANA reported. State TV described […]