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Russian-British trade growing & expected to reach $15 billion this year

Russian-British trade growing & expected to reach billion this year The volume of trade between the UK and Russia may rise eight percent in 2019 compared to last year, the Russian Trade Representative to the UK announced at a business forum in London. The growth of trade turnover between the two countries has been more rapid this year, Boris Abramov said on Wednesday, when the 5th Russian-British Business Forum (RBBF) opened at the Queen Elizabeth II Center. “We expect the volume of trade to reach $15 billion by the end of 2019,” he stated as cited by TASS. He added that in the first nine months of this year Russia’s non-resource exports to the UK jumped 22 percent, while last year this figure stood at eight percent. ...

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‘Israel has lost even pretense of respect for international law’ – expelled HRW official to RT

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‘Israel has lost even pretense of respect for international law’ – expelled HRW official to RT A top Human Rights Watch official recently deported from Israel spoke to RT about his expulsion, warning that the world will hear about more rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian lands if it doesn’t act. Omar Shakir, an American citizen and Human Rights Watch (HRW) director for Israel and Palestine, was deported earlier this week under the pretext of calling for a boycott of the Jewish state. He told RT that evicting a HRW official for his professional activity was a telling move. “This is without doubt an effort to muzzle down Human Rights Watch and to muzzle advocacy for Palestinian rights,” Shakir proclaimed. Israel is regarded a Western-style democ...

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Planetary systems ‘of astonishing scale’ could exist on doorstep of supermassive black holes

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Planetary systems ‘of astonishing scale’ could exist on doorstep of supermassive black holes Astronomers studying planet formation have proposed a bold new theory which suggests that entire planetary systems can form outside supermassive black holes across the universe. Using existing planetary formation models, a team of astronomers, led by Keiichi Wada of Kagoshima University in Japan, suggest that a new class of planets can form directly outside (relatively speaking) supermassive blackholes, like the monstrous Sagittarius A*, which resides at the center of the Milky Way. These planets would form a mere tens of light-years away, caught by the black holes' gravity, but sitting far enough away to escape annihilation. “Around black holes there might...

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Iran has quashed ‘extensive & very dangerous conspiracy’ perpetrated by foreign enemies, Khamenei says

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Iran has quashed ‘extensive & very dangerous conspiracy’ perpetrated by foreign enemies, Khamenei says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has thanked his country’s people for creating a “magnificent movement” to counter protests against higher fuel costs, unrest which he blamed on a vast conspiracy. Khamenei said that a “grave, extensive and very dangerous conspiracy” was responsible for “destruction, villainy, and murder in Iran,” but that the chaos had been “quashed” by the Iranian people. “The people proved again that they are powerful and great, and defeated the big conspiracy of the enemy with their presence on the scene,” Khamenei said, according to a statement released on his official website. Also on rt.com ...

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Stormzy, Sterling, Adele & co lead ‘record breaking’ voter registration drive in final day deadline

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Stormzy, Sterling, Adele & co lead ‘record breaking’ voter registration drive in final day deadline A record number of people in the UK registered to vote on the final day applications were open, with a huge spike helped by celebrities such as Stormzy, Raheem Sterling and Adele using social media to fuel the drive. There were a total of 659,666 applications by midnight on Tuesday with 4.1 million registered to vote in the last five weeks – over a million more than in the same period for the 2017 general election. Also on rt.com ‘Remember, I’m not a friend’: Tory election candidate caught on camera setting up fake ‘spontaneous’ interview with resident Young people dominated the applications. Of those who...

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Von der Leyen to become new European Commission president from December 1 after vote in Strasbourg

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Von der Leyen to become new European Commission president from December 1 after vote in Strasbourg EU lawmakers gave final approval to German conservative Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday to take over at the helm of the bloc’s executive European Commission from December 1. The vote in the Strasbourg parliament was 461 in favor, 157 against, and 89 abstentions, Reuters reports. Von der Leyen needed a simple majority to secure confirmation as commission president. Speaking in the European Parliament earlier in the day, she said, among other things, that fighting climate change was an “existential” challenge and she would ensure money was provided to help adapt economies to lower fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Von der Leyen to become new Europ...

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‘Professor’ Imran Khan lampooned on social media after claiming trees release oxygen at night

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‘Professor’ Imran Khan lampooned on social media after claiming trees release oxygen at night Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been accused of dabbling in dubious science after stating that trees pump out oxygen even when the sun isn’t out. The gaffe was immediately seized upon by quick-witted Twitter users. As quoted by local media, while speaking about environmental issues on Tuesday, Khan declared that “trees produce oxygen when it is night,” immediately sparking ridicule on social media. To make matters worse, Khan had recently mocked a political rival, Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, for making the obvious observation that flooding occurs from heavy rain. According to Pakistani media, Khan hadn't meant to...

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Irate French farmers descend on Paris in 1,000-strong tractor convoy to protest EU regulations (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

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Irate French farmers descend on Paris in 1,000-strong tractor convoy to protest EU regulations (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Roughly one thousand tractors have descended on Paris as French farmers protest against government policies and international trade agreements which they say are impacting their bottom line and thus their quality of life. The frustrated farmers are assembling at Avenue Foch, near the Champs Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe. //www.youtube.com/embed/O5_gm3gKK_0 The protest was organized by the two main farmers’ unions who have called for a joint meeting with President Emmanuel Macron to discuss his policies, which they claim are hurting the agricultural sector. ...

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'I love intelligent ball boys': Mourinho hails quick-thinking youngster for 'assisting' Spurs' Champions League comeback (VIDEO)

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'I love intelligent ball boys': Mourinho hails quick-thinking youngster for 'assisting' Spurs' Champions League comeback (VIDEO) Jose Mourinho has credited one Tottenham Hotspur ball boy with “assisting” Spurs' equalizer in their stirring Champions League comeback win against Olympiacos. A shell-shocked Spurs found themselves 2-0 down after just 19 minutes against the Greeks, as Mourinho’s first home game in charge appeared in danger of going disastrously wrong. But a Dele Alli goal on the stroke of half-time gave them hope before they completed the comeback in the second half thanks to a double from Harry Kane and a strike from defender Serge Aurier. Also on rt.com Special comeback: Jose Mourinho's Tottenham st...

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Asia needs to invest $800 BILLION in the next ten years to solve food crisis – report

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Asia needs to invest 0 BILLION in the next ten years to solve food crisis – report Asia’s population could grow by approximately 250 million in the next decade. While consumers are demanding safer, healthier, and more sustainable food, a new study shows the continent is “unable to feed itself.” Asia is “relying on imports flowing through long supply chains from the Americas, Europe and Africa,” states a report from PwC, Rabobank, and investment firm Temasek. “If this investment does not materialize, we believe the industry will struggle to keep up with demand, resulting in poorer food outcomes for Asia’s population,” the report explains. Catch up on the latest state of Asia's #AgriFood industry with these four key takeaways from The #As...

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