Follow RT on Japan advised more than 300,000 people to evacuate their homes on Wednesday as a tropical storm Krosa bore down on the archipelago, NHK broadcaster said. Airlines also cancelled hundreds of scheduled flights as the storm, packing maximum winds of 108kph (68mph), was heading north toward southwestern Japan by 1100 GMT, Reuters reported….
Month: August 2019
Russia says WTO would likely cease to exist if United States quits trade body
Follow RT on The US withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO) could lead to the extinction of the regulating body, the Kremlin said following US President Donald Trump’s warning that Washington may leave the organization. “The existence of […] the backbone global economic organization after the world’s largest economy leaves it will be a…
‘He gives zero f*cks!’ Nate Diaz lights up joint, shares smoke with fans at UFC 241 workouts (VIDEO)
Follow RT on Fight fan favorite Nate Diaz is known for lighting up any event he attends. At the UFC 241 open workouts he did literally that, audaciously sparking a CBD joint and even sharing a few draws with fans. Former UFC lightweight title contender Diaz was at the media workout for his fight this weekend…
Comedian says Facebook ‘coming after him’ after Trump retweeted #ClintonBodyCount
Follow RT on Black conservative comedian and pundit Terrence K. Williams has said that Facebook has been flagging his posts as ‘fake news’ after his take on Jeffery Epstein’s death went viral thanks to US President Donald Trump. Williams issued a frantic call to his followers to “protect” him saying that since Trump retweeted his…
‘Crazy inverted yield curve’: Trump launches blistering attack on Fed chief Powell
Follow RT on Reacting to the stock market slide, US President Donald Trump has turned his Twitter guns on “clueless” Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell, blaming his refusal to cut interest rates for the “crazy” inverted yield curve of bonds. Stocks plunged Wednesday on the news that the yields for 2-year US Treasury bonds have…
‘Like a scene that you see in war’: 6 cops shot in Philadelphia drugs raid gone wrong
Follow RT on Philadelphia police attempting to serve a drugs warrant were drawn into an hours-long shootout after heavily-armed suspects opened fire, wounding at least 6 officers and terrifying residents in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood. “It was like a war – like a scene you see in war,” one resident told WCAU-TV, shocked that such violence…
CLOSE-UP: Moscow plane largely intact after hero pilots’ emergency landing (VIDEO)
Follow RT on Flattened cornstalks and a dented nose cone make up the bulk of the damage in the aftermath of an emergency landing near Moscow. Footage shows the wreckage of the largely intact aircraft up close. Russia’s Investigative Committee rushed to the scene of Thursday’s accident, near Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport, but what they found…
Jess Roskelley e Scott Coldiron salgono Central Couloir su A Peak nelle Cabinet Mountains, USA
Il Central Couloir di A Peak nelle Cabinet Mountains, Montana, USA, è stato salito in quattro giorni da Jess Roskelley e Scott Coldiron. Gli alpinisti statunitensi Jess Roskelley e Scott Coldiron hanno trascorso quattro fredde giornate effettuando la prima salita di quello che viene descritto come la "linea dei sogni", ovvero The Central Couloir sulla…
Jakob Schubert ripete El bon combat, la super via di Chris Sharma a Cova de Ocell
Il climber austriaco Jakob Schubert ha effettuato la prima ripetizione di El bon combat, la super via liberata da Chris Sharma nel 2015 a Cova de Ocell in Spagna. Come da tradizione, dopo la stagione agonistica Jakob Schubert sta trascorrendo un periodo d’arrampicata in Spagna e come nelle migliori tradizioni la climbing machine austriaca è…
Action Directe, il video di Stefano Carnati in Frankenjura
Il video di Stefano Carnati su Action Directe, il 9a di Wolfgang Güllich liberato nel 1991 nel Frankenjura, Germania. Nel giugno del 2016 Stefano Carnati ha ripetuto Action Directe, l’assoluto capolavoro di Wolfgang Güllich al Waldkopf in Frankenjura che proprio quell’anno ha celebrato il suo 25 anniversario. La prua perfetta è anche la via simbolo…