Month: June 2019

Chinese telecom giant Huawei has purchased the intellectual property rights to facial recognition systems designed by a Russian developer and manufacturer of high-tech security technology. Some employees of Moscow-based Vokord will also be transferred to Huawei as part of the $50-million agreement, according to sources close to the deal, as quoted by Vedomosti. Tit-for-tat: Beijing…

Indian authorities are mulling reciprocal measures to counter Washington’s unfriendly move to deprive the country of preferential trade status with the US, according to the chairman of India’s trade body. On Saturday, US President Donald Trump ordered that India be excluded from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, starting June 5. Under the terms…

Just three years after the meltdown at Chernobyl nuclear plant, the USSR was rattled by another energy-related tragedy. Almost 600 people burned to death when a gas pipeline blast destroyed two trains near Ufa in 1989. The worst transport accident in Russian and Soviet history occurred on a stretch of the Trans-Siberian railway east of…

While trash wars around the world are escalating, with the Philippines-Canada spat as the latest example, something no less intense is happening in the United States. RT’s Keiser Report looks into media discussions about the people of Mountain View, California reportedly cracking down on a growing RV camp outside Google headquarters. The incident follows Silicon…

A rocket flying at vertiginous speed appears on a fresh MoD video as the Russian military successfully tests a new addition to the missile defense shield. Launches of the new air defense missile were held at the Sary Shagan testing range in Kazakhstan. A brief statement from the Ministry of Defense did not disclose the…

Ex-Man United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich believes his former club should persuade “world class” Paul Pogba of their plans to build their team around the midfielder in order to ensure his future, amid rumors of a move to Real Madrid. Despite finding the net 13 times and recording 9 assists to top Man United’s goals and…

Comedian-turned-president, Volodymyr Zelensky, who earlier excluded the possibility of any negotiations with Russia, has said Ukraine is now eager to talk. But first Kiev wants to move closer to NATO participation. “We are ready for negotiations with Russia; we are ready to fulfill the Minsk agreements [on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Eastern…

A Ukrainian activist who rejoiced at the sight of 48 anti-Maidan protesters burning to death in Odessa in 2014 has been hired by Facebook ostensibly to combat Russian ‘disinformation’. Kateryna Kruk will be working out of Warsaw in her new role as Facebook’s public policy manager for Ukraine. While Kruk’s immediate duties are not clear,…

Germany’s Social Democrats on Monday discussed appointing three caretaker leaders after Andrea Nahles resigned. SPD members, appalled by the party’s plunging popularity, called for ditching their coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nahles, the most vocal proponent of the SPD’s reluctant decision to form a third so-called “grand coalition” with Merkel’s conservatives, quit on Monday after…

Boeing’s troubled 737 MAX model, alongside its NG aircraft, has been hit by another safety issue as the plane manufacturer revealed that some aircraft parts were improperly manufactured and would need replacement. Up to 148 leading edge slat tracks – aerodynamic surfaces on a plane’s wings, which allow it to operate at a higher angle…