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Ukraine Strikes Oil Refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Region in Drone Attack
The attack is another in Ukraine's campaign against Russia's oil and gas facilities.
Switzerland is a neutral nation but has more nuclear bunkers than any country in the world
Instead of scrapping its network of bomb shelters after the Cold War, Switzerland kept building them. The country has more than 370,000 nuclear bomb shelters. Some are now used to…
President Xi never wastes a good crisis. As Iran, Ukraine and Palestine distract the world, he tightens his grip | Simon Tisdall
Ever the strategist, the Chinese leader is taking the offensive, both abroad and at home. That’s bad news for global order, and minorities in his countryImagine what would happen …
The Bond effect? How MI6 fascinates spy watchers around the world
Britain’s spooks take quiet satisfaction from survey ranking Secret Intelligence Service Europe’s top espionage agency MI6 has the swagger of James Bond; its French equivalent, DG…
Russian Drones Kill 3-Year-Old Boy and Grandparents Near Kyiv, Zelensky Says
Ukraine is chronically short of air defense munitions, making it very difficult for air defense forces to intercept Russian ballistic missiles.
Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up
Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered owing to record heat and drought conditionsRecord-low water levels in the Danube have exposed remnants of Europe’s Naz…
The Women's Professional Baseball League makes its historic debut
The Los Angeles Queens, the New York Heights, the Boston Hunters and the San Francisco Firebells take the field in Springfield, Ill., as the Women's Pro Baseball League kicks off …
Private prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climb
That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
Federal funds can't be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears
Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dang…
High divers take the plunge in Paris for a new test of reclaimed Seine’s water
European Aquatics Championships taking place in cityThreat to water quality tested two years after GamesParis is staging its first high-diving competition in the Seine, with athle…
Bluster and backdown have turned Iran war into Trump’s own Groundhog Day
The US president’s profound ignorance of his enemy has led to an impotent cycle of empty threats, analysts sayBeing the subject of mockery may be the most intense of all Donald Tr…
Data centers are a political issue crossing party lines, driving voters to candidates
Wisconsin Democratic candidate for governor Francesca Hong called for a moratorium on data centers. So did Ohio Republican governor hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, as data centers begin …
Low Danube reveals Nazi soldiers’ remains (PHOTOS)
Low water levels in the Danube River have exposed the remains of two Nazi soldiers and World War II military equipment in Budapest Read Full Article at RT.com
Spanish mountain village braces for astrotourists lured by total solar eclipse
Somosierra will be prime spot to view celestial alignment on 12 August, an event that poses logistical challengesLittle stirs in the mountains above Somosierra beyond the wind tha…
Zelensky counts the cost, missing missile defense, Nazi wrecks, MAGA at a crossroads: RT stories that shaped the week
RT looks back at the essential stories that shaped the week’s news, from Russia’s retaliatory strikes on Ukraine to another AI escape Read Full Article at RT.com
Travelling through Iran reveals mixed narratives about the US-Israel war
Some believe conflict strengthened national unity, others say it deepened repression, but all mourn the deadThe excavator stops suddenly. One of the workers reaches into the rubbl…
‘We have no tents or blankets’: Ceuta migrants struggle to survive brutal heat and freezing nights
Authorities wrestle with fallout from mass border crossing, as tense Spanish enclave fears it will happen againAlong the wide avenues and tree-lined plazas of Ceuta’s centre, ther…
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke
Scientists race to untangle complex links between exposure and mortality as fire weather grows more prevalentA thousand kilometres from the infernos gorging on northern Ontario’s …
US promises $1bn in security aid to Colombia as new rightwing president pledges drugs crackdown
Trump ally Abelardo De La Espriella vows to start ‘profound transformation’ of country’s destiny as he is sworn inThe Trump administration plans to provide $1bn in security assi…
Germans hogging the sunloungers? Poll finds Italians and French are worse
British and Germans themselves share stereotype but other nationalities are likelier to put out towels – or umbrellasGermans are sunlounger hoggers, or so the longstanding stereot…
‘Suicide cluster’ hits US military hackers – Bloomberg
US Cyber Command probes a ‘suicide cluster’ after five deaths in a month, as military hackers face pressure from the Iran war and AI Read Full Article at RT.com
Pentagon accuses ex-Air Force chief of leaking state secrets
The Pentagon has accused former Air Force chief Frank Kendall of leaking classified information about Donald Trump’s presidential plane Read Full Article at RT.com
Ukraine war briefing: Wildberries warehouse struck by Kyiv’s drones more than 2,000km from Russian border
Depot hit in city of Ekaterinburg and hundreds evacuated in latest attack on Russian online retail giant. What we know on day 1,625 Continue reading...
US judge brands Meta ‘public nuisance’ akin to air pollution
A New Mexico judge has declared Meta a public nuisance over harm to children, ordered a $567 million fine and sweeping platform changes Read Full Article at RT.com