Month: July 2019

Follow RT on Boris Johnson made his first speech as UK PM, in which he promoted the four British nations exiting the EU as the “awesome foursome,” insisting the UK is more than the sum of its parts and that it is loved throughout the world. In what ostensibly was a rallying cry for Brexiteers…

Follow RT on Cristiano Ronaldo appeared to take liberties when he jumped onto a Chinese policeman at a Juventus training session as officers rushed to deal with a fan who had charged onto the pitch. The local interrupted Juve’s session at the Nanjing Olympic Stadium, where they are preparing to face Italian rivals Inter Milan…

Follow RT on An abandoned tanker off Yemen’s coast threatens to turn the Red Sea black. Experts warn that a build-up of volatile gasses in the ship could cause a “catastrophic” explosion that would dump millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The tanker, moored near the Yemeni port of Ras Isa, contains around…

Follow RT on The breaking news that Boris Johnson is to be the next UK prime minister has sparked a robust reaction on social media, with many claiming his appointment will be the breaking of the UK. Johnson won 66 percent of the vote for the leader of the British Conservative Party and will succeed…

Follow RT on Americans may want to think twice before that next summer swim. Many of the country’s idyllic beaches conceal a filthy secret below the sand and waves: dangerous levels of bacteria that put thousands of bathers at risk every year. In a recently published study conducted by the Environment America Research and Policy…

Follow RT on A nine-year-old girl has miraculously survived a potentially deadly encounter with a bison in Yellowstone National Park after being attacked and tossed into the air by the wild animal. Visitors to Yellowstone National Park are advised to stay at least 25 yards (23 meters) away from all large animals grazing in the…

Follow RT on With former special counsel Robert Mueller set to testify before two Congressional committees and Democratic lawmakers talking impeachment, has America finally moved on? President Donald Trump came out swinging against Mueller on Monday, calling the special counsel’s two-year investigation against him a “ridiculous Witch Hunt” championed by “phony Democrats in Congress.”  Mueller…

Follow RT on Donald Trump has stumbled into the decades-long dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, offering to be a “mediator” in the conflict, seemingly upending longstanding US policy and creating a diplomatic mess. The US president made the offer at a White House meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday, which…

Follow RT on Adventurers who survive the planned (?) raid on Area 51 can upgrade to bigger prey the next day: an event to “Storm Loch Ness” has attracted tens of thousands of monster-hunters with the tagline “Nessie can’t hide from us all!” “The time is now for us to find dat big boi,” the…

Follow RT on Almost 44,000 people have signed a petition calling for authorities to declare an emergency in the Siberian Federal District due to wildfires in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions, RIA Novosti reported. As of Wednesday morning, wildfires had covered almost 846,000 hectares in the north of the Krasnoyarsk territory, with officials saying that there…