Follow RT on Astrophysicists have finally made a breakthrough, 12 years in the making, by tracing a singular fast radio burst to its origin some 3.6 billion light years away. The finding will tell us more about the composition of the universe. Named FRB 180924, the singular milliseconds-long flash that contains the radio wavelengths of…
Month: June 2019
Liberalism is multifaceted & attractive, but ‘it’s eating itself,’ says Russian president
Click:cnc machining milling Follow RT on Though it’s attractive in general, liberalism has overreached on multiple issues, such as immigration, and is now “eating itself,” Vladimir Putin said, just days after he’d suggested that the ideology has failed Western societies. Liberalism still remains “multifaceted” and there’s no need to be arguing about its overall attractiveness,…
‘6 or 5 genders… no idea what that even is’: Putin says LGBT should not enforce their agenda on kids
Follow RT on There are no high tempers in Russia about LGBT groups, but they shouldn’t instill their views on under-18s, Vladimir Putin said, adding the ever-growing types of genders may somehow be confusing. Putin’s latest interview with the Financial Times seems to have hit a nerve, as many public figures, among them singer Elton…
Trump ‘allows’ Huawei to buy some ‘non-national security’ tech… if China buys more US farm produce
Follow RT on President Trump has allowed China’s Huawei to continue business with US tech giants – limited and with strings attached – following his “better than expected” talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. China has agreed to purchase “large amounts of agricultural product from our great Farmers” in return for his concessions on Huawei, the…
Concerto wrong-o: Music score mix-up forces competitor to pull rabbit out of hat (VIDEO)
Follow RT on A performance by a Chinese finalist at a major music contest in Moscow turned into every pianist’s nightmare when the contestant started playing one concerto, and the orchestra – something else entirely. The finals of the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians was to start with Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1….
Freedom or socialism? It’s a false dichotomy, Mr Pence
Follow RT on Mike Pence recently said that the Trump administration stood for freedom, not socialism, and it was this that made America great. In fact, the US is nowhere near as ‘free’ as he implies, and socialism often enhances freedom. US political leaders love to boast don’t they? Earlier in the week, Mike Pence…
#Resistance 101: Google encourages employees to protest in leaked internal document
Follow RT on An exhaustive “how-to” guide for Google employees who’d like to protest but don’t know how has been leaked by Project Veritas, further destroying the company’s claims it is apolitical after the leak of an incriminating video. Titled “The Beginner’s Guide to Protesting (#GooglersUnite),” the document instructs burgeoning activists in everything from protest…
WATCH Indian pilot fly into bird flock, avert deadly crash by ditching fuel pods in huge explosion
Follow RT on The Indian Air Force almost met its match after a pilot encountered a flock of birds upon takeoff for a training mission, nearly downing his craft and forcing him to drop a haul of fuel pods, which erupted in a fiery explosion. Soon after taking off from an air base in Ambala…
Lost GPS in Israeli airspace? Blame you-know-who! (hint: not Iran this time)
Follow RT on Israeli media have speculated that Russia might be behind the reported GPS disruptions at Ben Gurion international airport, prompting the Russian embassy to rejected the claims as ‘fake news.’ Pilots flying in and out of Israel’s biggest international airport have been experiencing trouble with their Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signal, forcing…
A daunting agenda… sprinkled with wisecracks: Highlights from the Trump-Putin G20 talks
Follow RT on Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had a full agenda when they met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka. But the serious nature of their meeting did not stop the two leaders from enjoying several lighthearted moments together. ‘Lots to discuss’ The US president was considerably more talkative than his…