According to the US State Department, penalties against the company and its CEO, Matthias Warnig, would have a negative impact on US relations with Germany, the EU, and other European allies and partners. However, the White House has blacklisted four ships and four entities involved in the project. RT’s Boom …
Read More »Tennessee’s ‘anti-trans’ bathroom law furor: What if this isn’t about transgender rights at all?
Governor Bill Lee signed into law House Bill 1182/Senate Bill 1224 on Monday. Under the law, which will go into effect in July, a public or private entity that operates a building or facility open to the general public – and has a “policy of allowing a member of either …
Read More »‘Navigational hegemony’: Beijing fumes after US warship ‘illegally enters’ waters of disputed South China Sea
The new incident was brought to light by the Chinese military’s Southern Theater Command on Thursday, when it accused the destroyer USS ‘Curtis Wilbur’ of sailing too close to one of the disputed islands of the Paracel archipelago. The warship was followed by other US vessels and military planes, the …
Read More »‘Obscene to put profits before saving lives’: 9 new Big Pharma billionaires emerge amid Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Much of the scientific research that went into the creation of effective vaccines against Covid-19 was paid for by taxpayer money, but the private companies that hold monopolies on the resulting intellectual property (IP) are the ones that reap the rewards. That situation is unjust and should be changed, argues …
Read More »Talks between Lavrov & Blinken ‘constructive’: Pair discussed situation on Russian-Ukrainian border & treatment of US state media
That’s according to an official statement from Ned Price, the spokesman for the US Department of State. Blinken and Lavrov met on the sidelines of the Arctic Council, currently meeting in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. The readout revealed that Blinken raised Washington’s “deep concerns” regarding Moscow’s troop deployments “in …
Read More »India’s refiners prepare for lifting of US sanctions on Iran’s oil
India’s refiners halted imports from Iran several months after the previous US Administration slapped sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s oil industry and withdrew from the so-called nuclear deal in 2018. The Biden Administration has been indirectly talking to Iran for a few weeks in Vienna in rounds of talks with …
Read More »Paris police restrict pro-Palestinian rallies out of fear for ‘public disturbances’ after last demonstration led to clashes
An activist group called Association France-Palestine Solidarity plans to hold a rally on the Place de la Republique square in downtown Paris on Saturday. Another demonstration, organized by the Association of Palestinians in Ile-de-France, is planned on Sunday between the Barbes-Rochechouart subway station and the Place de la Bastille square. …
Read More »British soldiers who refuse Covid jab will be ‘educated’ & could face disciplinary action – media
Orders reportedly issued to the Royal Artillery and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers state that soldiers who refuse to have the coronavirus vaccine will be “educated” by their commanders. “If they still refuse they may be deemed as unfit to soldier and dealt with accordingly as the CV-19 jab may …
Read More »RT Creative Lab wins ‘Internet Oscars’ for Best Use of Stories at 25th Webby Awards
The Webbys, hailed as the ‘internet’s highest honor’, is annually presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which is headquartered in New York. This is RT Creative Lab’s 5th Webby, but the first one to be awarded to RT by the Executive Jury Members of the International …
Read More »Apocalyptic scenes as massive dust storm turns skies ORANGE in southern Russia (VIDEOS)
The storm ripped through Astrakhan Region, Republic of Kalmykia, known for its vast swathes of steppe, as well as Dagestan in the North Caucasus on Wednesday, wreaking havoc along the way. Videos from Astrakhan Region on the Volga River showed deserted streets covered in thick orange mist and people running …
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