Month: May 2019

Ankara has rejected news reports that the US has set an official deadline for Turkey to pull out from the S-400 deal with Russia by the end of the first week of June, according to Turkish TV channel A Haber. “Nothing of that kind [has occurred] at the official level,” Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz…

Sporting events are not only remembered for intense and uncompromised battles for awards, records and victories. Sometimes bizarre wardrobe malfunctions make competitions unforgettable but not necessarily for the right reasons. RT Sport recalls the most bizarre wardrobe malfunctions in sports history, reviewing embarrassing and even shocking episodes from competitions. 1. Ekaterina Rubleva (figure skating) Ekaterina…

Chinese technology giant Huawei could introduce its own operating system, for smartphones and laptops, this year if the company is banned from using Google and Microsoft software due to pressure from Washington. The head of the company’s consumer division Richard Yu told CNBC the operating system could be ready for use in China by the…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his government is planning to invite Russian telecom companies, along with Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE, to develop a nationwide 4G telecommunication network in the country. “I have ordered to make an investment and, together with China’s technologies, Huawei and ZTE technologies and the technologies of Russian companies, bring…

British Prime Minister Theresa May gave a heartfelt address on Downing Street lamenting her failure to deliver Brexit despite her best efforts. As she concluded her remarks, her voice wavered and she sharply turned to leave. “The second female Prime Minister but certainly not the last,” May said of her legacy, as she prepares to…

Iran will not hold talks with the US “under any circumstances” while the rights of the Islamic republic are not respected, the spokesman of the Supreme National Security Council said on Thursday. Click Here: “We have said clearly… as long as the rights of our nation are not satisfied, as long as words don’t change…

British PM Theresa May’s name will forever be synonymous with Brexit. Her long-awaited resignation now is a far too late attempt to preserve her own legacy, but there is scarcely anything left to preserve. May’s last-ditch attempt to push her hated Brexit deal through parliament on Tuesday was swiftly met with renewed calls for her…

Last-ditch efforts by the European intelligence community, politicians and the mainstream media to find the “Russian trail” ahead of the EU parliamentary elections lead to nowhere. They tried. They really tried. For years the European establishment has been sounding the alarm about a seemingly ever-imminent Russian interference campaign in European politics. Accusations against Russian media…

Volodymyr Zelensky went from playing the Ukrainian President on TV to taking on the job for real. Now he is bringing his showbiz friends into the government, because why not? The show must go on… Before Zelensky was sworn in on Monday, he spent years playing a fictitious president of Ukraine in the popular sitcom,…

As US relations with Iran continue to plummet, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan confirmed military planners were weighing a new troop deployment to the Middle East. “What we’re looking at is: Are there things that we can do to enhance force protection in the Middle East?” Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon Thursday, adding “It…