Follow RT on Luxury brands Coach and Givenchy have rushed to reassure Chinese customers that they respect China’s territorial integrity after they found themselves in hot water over products listing Hong Kong and Taiwan as separate countries. The news comes less than a day after Italian fashion giant Versace issued an apology over the same…
Month: August 2019
Russia & India discuss Arctic energy projects & plan to sign dozens of B2B deals
Follow RT on India and Russia are in talks over possible gas projects in the Arctic, India’s Minister of Trade and Industry Piyush Goyal said in Vladivostok where delegations from both states are meeting ahead of the Eastern Economic Forum. “We have a very strong energy partnership with Russia […] Our ministers responsible for energy…
Shooting during church service in Mississippi leaves 1 dead, 1 injured
Follow RT on One person has been shot dead during an altercation at a Sunday morning service at the Church of Christ in Ripley, Mississippi. Click Here: afl store Keith Bullock, who serves as constable for Tippah County, was attending the service when a man approached him and allegedly pulled a knife, forcing the official…
Massive fire spreads rapidly in Athens suburb overnight, sparking evacuations (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Follow RT on A huge blaze prompted early morning evacuations in a suburb of the Greek capital. At least 140 firefighters and 46 vehicles were dispatched to battle the wildfire. Locals in the city’s eastern suburb of Paiania were awoken by authorities in the middle of the night to evacuate their houses. However, a spokesman…
Messi’s extravagant barbecue sends Twitter into overdrive (VIDEO)
Follow RT on People are in awe of Lionel Messi’s barbecue set-up after the Argentinian football star’s wife shared a video of her husband in the midst of one of his nation’s favorite past times. Football and grilled meat are two of Argentina’s chief passions, so when Antonela Roccuzzo shared a short clip of her…
Great Pyramid-sized ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid traveling towards Earth
Follow RT on A “potentially hazardous” asteroid that’s slightly larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza is set to hurtle past Earth this month at a whopping speed of 18 kilometers per second. The enormous asteroid, dubbed 2019 OU1, measures to 160 meters (524 feet) in diameter, the equivalent to the Washington Monument, or 20…
Here we go again: Rubio blames ‘Putin trolls’ for #ClintonBodyCount vs #TrumpBodyCount Twitter war
Follow RT on The conspiracy war triggered by Jeffrey Epstein’s abrupt death and waged under anti-Clinton and anti-Trump banners, has only one logical explanation – Russia, Senator Marco Rubio claimed, as US leader himself fueled controversy. The death of the disgraced financier and convicted sex trafficker has set social media ablaze. The fact that his…
‘Elites’ hunting ‘deplorables’!? Hollywood studio yanks gory movie ads after mass shootings
Follow RT on A violent thriller in which blue-state elites hunt red-state “deplorables” for sport has been forced to pull some of its ads in the wake of US mass shootings as studio execs fear the tragedies will eclipse the ultra-dark satire. Universal Pictures, which picked up the controversy-guaranteed script for “The Hunt” after other…
Cyprus’ rival leaders agree to meet UN chief about steps to resume reunification talks
Follow RT on The two leaders of the ethnically divided east Mediterranean island of Cyprus are ready to meet with the UN secretary-general next month to map out the possible next steps toward a resumption of formal reunification talks, AP reports. The two will engage in discussions with UN envoy Jane Holl Lute to prepare…
UN climate report urges people to stop eating meat & abusing land to save planet
Follow RT on The UN’s climate-change watchdog says our choice of diet is directly linked to land use and to its abuse, a key driver of the problem. Scientists claim a radical shift in how land is treated is crucial to saving the planet. The report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…