Alexander Zuev says some donor countries either do not pay their contributions at all or do not pay them on time

The aircraft was safely escorted out of the area, the authority says

Граждан призвали направиться в укрытия

Власти Приморского края предупредили жителей региона и туристов, отдыхающих на Японском море, о появлении на пляжах медуз-крестовиков.

Власти Латвии запретили въезд в страну участникам украинского эстрадного дуэта "Кролики" Владимиру Моисеенко и Владимиру Данильцу. Об этом в соцсети Х (заблокирована в РФ) заявила министр иностранных дел страны Байба Браже.

Силы ПВО уничтожили семь беспилотников, летевших на Москву, сообщил мэр Сергей Собянин. Он уточнил, что на месте падения БПЛА работают экстренные службы.

Во Владимире беспилотник попал в одну из квартир жилого дома, сообщил губернатор региона Александр Авдеев. В здании начался пожар.

Сегодня исполняется 60 лет заместителю председателя Госдумы Шолбану Кара-оолу Его поздравляет заместитель председателя Госдумы Петр Толстой: — Дорогой Шолбан Валерьевич, поздравляю Вас с юбилеем! Пусть и дальше Вас окружают любящие друзья, родные и близкие, пусть всегда будет сибирское здоровье и охотничий азарт, пусть гармония природы всегда отзывается в щедрой душе, а уважение и любовь по-прежнему сопровождают любую Вашу деятельность. 19 июля исполняется 61 год полномочному представителю президента РФ в Сибирском федеральном округе Анатолию Серышеву Его поздравляет губернатор Омской области Виталий Хоценко: — Уважаемый Анатолий Анатольевич! Поздравляю Вас с днем рождения.

Сегодня исполняется 56 лет помощнику президента РФ, председателю Российского военно-исторического общества Владимиру Мединскому Его поздравляет актер, режиссер, народный артист РСФСР, Герой Труда РФ Никита Михалков: — С большим удовольствием хочу поздравить с днем рождения моего товарища Владимира Ростиславовича Мединского. Нечасто можно встретить человека, много лет проведшего на государственной службе, в том числе на высоких должностях, который сумел сохранить живую, плодотворную творческую энергию.

Пикник с Harmonie Хрустальный дом Baccarat выпустил футляр Octogone Trunk Harmonie, в дизайне которого присутствует культовая для бренда форма восьмиугольника. Футляр предназначен для транспортировки или хранения набора для виски Harmonie и может использоваться для поездок, пикников или подачи напитков на дегустациях.

«Вера Мухина. Навстречу ветру» «Вера Мухина: диалоги, грани» Сразу два московских музея отдали свои залы одной из мощнейших фигур в русском искусстве ХХ века — Вере Мухиной.

Мэр Москвы Сергей Собянин сообщил, что в субботу ликвидировано семь летевших на столицу беспилотников.

Центральное командование ВС США (CENTCOM) опровергло заявление Корпуса стражей Исламской революции Ирана (КСИР), согласно которому два нефтяных танкера подорвались на минах в Ормузском проливе."Как и большинство заявлений КСИР, это ложь", - говорится в заявлении CENTCOM.

Banks are increasingly exposed as high interest rates and slowing growth make it harder for companies and households to repay their debts.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that both countries have now “resolved all issues” connected to the downing of an Azerbaijani passenger jet in late 2024.

Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский объявил о планах открыть архивы украинских спецслужб, посвященные Волынской резне. Об этом он объявил по итогам совещания, посвященного отношениям с Польшей. 

Двое граждан России, задержанные в соборе Айя-София в Стамбуле за чтение Библии, вечером 17 июля вылетели в РФ. Об этом сообщает ТАСС со ссылкой на российское генконсульство. 

Truth Social will sell investors early access to top accounts’ posts, probably including Trump’s, and fueling conflict-of-interest concern Read Full Article at RT.com

President Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke that has blanketed much of the US northeast Read Full Article at RT.com

Moscow has rejected US allegations of election meddling, saying they are based on unsubstantiated intelligence Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukraine’s government reshuffle is an effort by Vladimir Zelensky to retain power and control over corruption flows, Viktor Medvedchuk claims Read Full Article at RT.com

The EU has imported a record volume of Russian LNG months before its planned 2027 ban takes effect, the FT has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Western banks have reportedly sued German firm Linde over losses after its pullout from a Russian gas project due to EU sanctions Read Full Article at RT.com

A five-year roadmap for trade and economic cooperation between Pakistan and Uzbekistan is expected to be signed next week in Islamabad, according to media reports. The sides have set an ambitious target of increasing bilateral trade from $450 million to $2 billion within five years.

After over a year and a half of the ongoing conflict, Russia has handed over more than 18,500 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, while Ukraine has returned just 569 in exchange, according to data from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Новым ректором РГАУ-МСХА имени К.А. Тимирязева стал Вячеслав Лукомец. Об этом он сообщил «Ведомостям». До этого он был директором Национального центра зерна имени П.П. Лукьяненко, но 10 лет назад уже занимал пост руководителя вуза.

Министр иностранных дел РФ Сергей Лавров и глава МИД Азербайджана Джейхун Байрамов на переговорах в Москве констатировали полную нормализацию двусторонних отношений. Стороны обсудили реализацию транспортного коридора «Север – Юг», перспективы возобновления части авиарейсов и наращивание товарооборота, который в 2025 г. достиг $4,9 млрд. «Ведомости» собрали основные заявления министров с совместной пресс-конференции.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas visited personnel serving with the EU's ASPIDES and ATALANTA naval missions, receiving operational briefings and meeting troops deployed to help protect shipping routes in the Red Sea. Euronews correspondent Toby Gregory accompanied Kallas during the visit.

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Protests erupted in Ukraine on Thursday after Mykhailo Fedorov's removal - and now soldiers are also criticising the move.

While Boris Nadezhdin is barred from running for parliament, blogger Ilya Remeslo is remanded in custody.

US President Donald Trump has blamed Canada for wildfire smoke that could impact the World Cup final.

This is the moment a "shameless" fraudster who stole £300,000 from a vulnerable pensioner is led away by police, after Sky News tracked her down to Tenerife.

Eric Ham argues President Donald Trump’s renewed focus on election security is attempt to expand federal authority.

A landslide on the outskirts of the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing has killed at least eight and left 34 missing

In tonight's edition, Algeria mourns the 11 people killed in a deadly orphanage fire as investigators search for the cause. Ethiopia and the UN refugee agency launch a new support centre offering refugees free legal advice. Meanwhile, Drill music is booming in Ethiopia, winning over young fans while fuelling debate over its place in a conservative society.

FIFA failed to deliver on a pledge to make the 2026 World Cup the "most inclusive" in history as the Trump administration's visa policies shut out fans from several countries and even barred a referee from officiating at the tournament, the Sport & Rights Alliance, a coalition of rights groups, said on Thursday, adding that it would release a report in September detailing human rights issues at the tournament.

Mykhailo Fedorov, celebrated by many for innovative, tech-driven approach, was sidelined for military old guardVolodomyr Zelenskyy’s abrupt dismissal of Ukraine’s youthful and innovative defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, at precisely the moment Kyiv appeared to be gaining advantages in several spheres of its war with Russia has exposed, not for the first time, a troubling flaw in the president’s leadership.The move, which has startled senior European officials and caused consternation, and demonstrations, in Ukraine, is all the more shocking given Fedorov’s role in pushing a clear strategy to prosecute the war, leveraging Ukraine’s rapidly developing technological advances in drone and missile technology. Continue reading...

In final visit to Kyiv while in office, the outgoing British prime minister also says the UK’s resolve to support Ukraine ‘will not waver’. What we know on day 1,605Keir Starmer has said he believes Ukraine will win the war against Russia as he ended his final visit to the country while in office. Starmer met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Thursday and told Sky News in an interview: “I believe Ukraine will win this war.” He added: “What they’ve shown is that it’s not just the size of your army, it’s how you fight a modern conflict. And so they are probably the most effective fighting machine in Europe.”Starmer’s visit came on his final full day as Labour leader, with the British leader saying the handover would not change the relationship between the two nations. “The fact that there will be a new prime minister in the United Kingdom, in the days to come, doesn’t change that dynamic at all,” he said. “The resolve of the United Kingdom remains the same, it will not waver.”Starmer also announced 300 million-euro funding to help deliver a squadron of 16 advanced Swedish Gripen jets to Ukraine by 2029. The Gripen aircraft can be used for air-to-air combat, ground strikes and reconnaissance missions.Zelenskyy defended on Thursday his decision to dismiss the country’s popular defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, and confirmed reports that relations had broken down between the ministry and the country’s top army leadership. His decision to back the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi has outraged civil society. More than 1,000 protesters gathered outside the presidential office in Kyiv on Thursday, carrying placards in support of Fedorov. Ukraine’s youthful defence minister was seen as an innovator of the country’s successful drone technology but was someone who clashed with the traditional military establishment.The personnel overhaul, which included replacing the prime minister, could become a test of Zelenskyy’s political authority as Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches four and a half years. Zelenskyy has remained in office under martial law because wartime elections are prohibited but has periodically reshuffled his government.Russian and Ukrainian attacks ⁠on civilian areas in towns and cities, killed ⁠at ​least 12 people on Thursday, local officials said. A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s southeastern city ⁠of Zaporizhzhia killed three people and wounded 15. Russian missiles struck ‌the Black Sea port of Odesa, killing two people and injuring six. Outside Kharkiv, near the Russian border, a Russian drone attack killed one person. Earlier ‌in the day, a drone attack near the city of Kupiansk, farther east, killed three people, while one person was killed in Donetsk ​region.On the other side of the ​border, local officials ​in Belgorod Region said one ​person had died when Ukrainian forces shelled ​a settlement near the ‌border.The head of the United Nations atomic agency denounced the killing of the chief engineer of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a drone strike, which no one has claimed. Russia blamed Ukraine for this death, but Kyiv described the accusations as “baseless” and said Moscow has failed to provide evidence. The head of Russian nuclear giant Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev said on Wednesday that Aleksandr Yakovlev died when “a drone belonging to the Ukrainian armed forces” hit a service vehicle near the flashpoint power station. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi “condemns the reported incident which he says represents an unacceptable attack on the plant and its management, seriously threatening nuclear safety”, the watchdog posted late on Wednesday on X. Continue reading...

Aid workers are first known people to quarantine at facility, which sparked huge opposition in Kenya Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in ⁠Kenya after the US government introduced travel ⁠restrictions, the head of a US charity ​employing them told Reuters.The aid workers are the first known people to quarantine at the facility, which has sparked huge opposition in Kenya and is at the heart of a legal case in which a court has ordered the work to be ⁠suspended. Construction continued, however, according to US officials and satellite imagery reviewed by Reuters. Continue reading...

Critics say Foreign Office figures send ‘global message about the role the country wants to play on international stage’Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show.The department’s annual report includes a long-awaited breakdown of how the reduction in the aid budget will affect individual countries for the next three years. Continue reading...