Ex-governor Cuomo ordered to pay back ‘Covid profits’
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A state ethics board has ordered former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to hand over the profits he made off his 2020 book on “leadership lessons” from the Covid-19 pandemic. His lawyers said they would fight the decision. Read Full Article at RT.com
UAE may scrap $23-billion F-35 deal with US – reports
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended talks with the US over procuring 50 F-35 fighter jets that were part of a $23 billion arms deal, expressing concerns over a restrictive end-user agreement, according to media reports. Read Full Article at RT.com
WATCH: Huge blaze hits power station in California
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A six-block radius in downtown Sacramento, the capital of California, has lost power as the result of a fire at an electrical substation. The blaze has caused the nearby county jail to go into lockdown. Read Full Article at RT.com
Covid pass now law in England despite Tory rebellion
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a rebellion in his own party on Tuesday, as around 100 Conservative MPs refused to support a vote on Covid passes. The measure was nonetheless still passed and will come into effect this week. Read Full Article at RT.com
Putin & Xi set to talk as tensions flare with West
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The leaders of the world’s largest country and its most populous will hold talks on Wednesday, with Moscow and Beijing publicly committed to strengthening their ties amid increasingly strained relations between East and West. Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia says EU sanctions a product of ‘hysteria’ about former African colonies
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Sanctions against Russian citizens linked to the private paramilitary company Wagner are a product of “hysteria” in European capitals about their former colonies in Africa, and Russia will respond to the move, Moscow has warned. Read Full Article at RT.co
China calls for ‘reckoning’ over US atrocity in Afghanistan
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The US drone strike that killed 10 civilians in Kabul, including seven children, is an atrocity, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said, calling for the international community to hold the United States accountable for war crimes. Read Full Article at RT.com
Putin warns Macron that Ukraine is being ‘pumped up’ with Western weaponry
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Ukraine is being “pumped up” with modern weapons, which pose a “direct threat” to Russia, President Vladimir Putin told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a phone conversation on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com
Major taxi company suspends all Tesla Model 3s over ‘serious accident’
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Leading Paris taxi company G7 has announced it is suspending the use of Tesla Model 3 cars from its fleet following an accident that left over a dozen people injured in the French capital. Read Full Article at RT.com
First EU country moves to legalize cannabis for personal use
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Malta has approved recreational cannabis use, as well as the limited cultivation and possession of the drug for personal use, beating Luxembourg in becoming the first EU country to drastically relax legislation on the substance. Read Full Article at RT.com
Pair get combined 31 years for killing notorious mafia leader
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A court in Moscow has sentenced two defendants to a combined 31 years behind bars after they were found guilty of murdering Vyacheslav Ivankov, a notorious mafia kingpin who was shot dead in the street in 2009. Read Full Article at RT.com
Pfizer plans for quarterly Covid re-vaccination ‘unnecessary’ – Russian expert
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One of the team that developed Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V vaccine has hit out at US pharma giant Pfizer’s warning that Covid-19 jabs may be required every three months to protect against the virus. Read Full Article at RT.com
DC sues January 6 ‘insurrectionists’ for Capitol damage
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Washington, DC is suing 31 leaders and members of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in federal court, for “conspiring to terrorize” the District during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, Attorney General Karl Racine has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com
NFL gunman who killed 6 people had ‘severe brain trauma’, says medic
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Former NFL star Phillip Adams, who was responsible for a violent gun rampage which killed six people in April, was suffering from severe brain trauma often linked to a career on the football field, according to a neuropathologist. Read Full Article at RT.com
EU can be ‘rapidly’ dragged into gun violence, report warns
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There has been a surge in gun violence in the EU that could “rapidly and drastically” deteriorate the security situation, claims the first comprehensive report to have studied the local black market of firearms and its impact. Read Full Article at RT.com
Wholesale prices have risen a record amount over the past year – by 9.6% – according to new figures released by the US Labor Department on Tuesday, compounding the ongoing inflation crisis facing Americans. Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia rolls out new 'Hunter' stealth drone (VIDEO)
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A new, super-stealthy variant of Russia's recently developed heavy combat drone, which is equipped with advanced anti-detection capabilities, has been unveiled for the first time and will undertake its maiden flight soon. Read Full Article at RT.com
Two men sent to jail for combined 31 years in Russian mafia murder case
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A court in Moscow has sentenced two defendants to a combined 31 years behind bars after they were found guilty of murdering Vyacheslav Ivankov, a notorious mafia kingpin who was shot dead in the street in 2009. Read Full Article at RT.com
A group of activists are seeking to have their challenge to a law barring women from being topless in public in Ocean City, Maryland, go all the way to the US Supreme Court. Read Full Article at RT.com
Comic book from the ‘80s fetches astonishing price at auction
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A near-mint copy of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #1, the first-ever appearance of the four pizza-chugging reptiles, has been sold at auction for a whopping $250k. Read Full Article at RT.com
Ex-NFL star says domestic violence assault on former girlfriend was ‘staged’ (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
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Former NFL running back Zac Stacy says that a video which appears to show him violently abusing his ex-girlfriend in front of their infant child was 'staged' and was an attempt on her part to extort him. Read Full Article at RT.com
Alexandre Benalla, the disgraced ex-bodyguard of the French president, has been placed in custody over accusations that he was linked to a security contract with a Russian oligarch, signed by an associate. Read Full Article at RT.com
Roblox is a threat to children, new investigation alleges
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A new investigation by YouTube channel People Make Games accuses the video game platform Roblox of replicating the dirtiest practices of the unregulated gaming industry even though it’s aimed at young children. Read Full Article at RT.com
EU court sides with LGBT couple in ‘huge’ development
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The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled that member states must recognize LGBT+ parents and their children as one family, after Bulgarian authorities refused to give a birth certificate to the daughter of a same-sex couple. Read Full Article at RT.com
McGregor renews Dagestan feud as he insults rival Makhachev
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UFC loudmouth Conor McGregor has again taken a shot at one of Dagestan's most famous fighters, this time hurling an insult at top-ranked lightweight Islam Makhachev after a tense back-and-forth on social media. Read Full Article at RT.com
Major British bank fined for laundering trash bags full of cash
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NatWest, the UK’s biggest business bank, has been fined £265 million ($350 million) for failing to prevent the laundering of nearly £400 million. It’s the first criminal money laundering case against a British bank. Read Full Article at RT.com
Study reveals how effective vaccine is against Omicron
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New analysis released from South Africa suggests that two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine are considerably less effective in battling the Omicron variant compared to earlier strains. Read Full Article at RT.com
Unit behind notorious Pegasus spyware on brink of shutdown – reports
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The owners of the NSO Group, which hit headlines this year for creating and selling Pegasus spyware to governments around the world, is reportedly looking to shut down its scandal-ridden department and sell the entire company. Read Full Article at RT.com
Google & Apple have ‘vice-like’ grip on consumers – regulator
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The UK’s competition regulator has blasted US tech giants Google and Apple for their tight control over consumers’ choices and the prices they pay for goods and services. Read Full Article at RT.com
The twin blasts that rocked an airport in the Colombian city of Cucuta on Tuesday, killing two police officers, was a terrorist attack, the country’s President Ivan Duque has said. Read Full Article at RT.com
$2m fuel theft from US base explained with ‘Romanian culture’
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A thieving scheme that resulted in $2 million in fuel stolen from a US base in Romania might have been facilitated by the “negligence” of the Americans unaware of “local culture,” the country’s defense minister has suggested. Read Full Article at RT
Against the backdrop of the current war scare over Ukraine, a recent statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin has attracted attention. In it he blasted Kiev’s handling of the Donbass conflict as “reminiscent of genocide.” Read Full Article at RT.co
The Constitutional Court of Russia has shut down a complaint by civil liberties activists, who have accused detention center officials of interfering with their attempts to speak with detainees about abuses they had suffered. Read Full Article at RT.com
England lifting all countries from Covid ‘red list’
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The British government is removing all the countries named on England’s pandemic travel red list, the Secretary for Transport Grant Shapps has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com
MGM Resorts International said on Monday it will sell the operations of the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to Hard Rock International for around $1.08 billion. Read Full Article at RT.com
UK lawmakers quietly authorize terminating citizenship without notice
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British MPs have passed a bill which makes sweeping changes to asylum and refugee rules as well as giving the home secretary the power to remove someone’s citizenship without telling them. Read Full Article at RT.com
Fuel tanker inferno leaves at least 40 dead (VIDEO)
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More than 40 people have been killed and many houses destroyed after a truck carrying fuel overturned in Cap Haitien, Haiti. There was an attempt to siphon fuel from the stricken tanker, at which point it exploded. Read Full Article at RT.com
Gunfire shot by celebrating football fans ‘kills 4yo girl’ in Yemen
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A four-year-old girl was killed and 36 people were injured when football fans in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a rampaged through the streets to celebrate a win over Saudi Arabia, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.com
Doctor who flagged Omicron advises against harsh restrictions
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There is no need to impose tougher restrictions over the Omicron variant as the cases are “predominantly mild”, the head of South Africa Medical Association Dr. Angelique Coetzee has said. Read Full Article at RT.com
