Follow RT on Nearly two years of fruitlessly hunting for collusion between US President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Russian government cost the country $31.7 million, the Justice Department has revealed. The cost of special counsel Robert Mueller’s 22-month probe was released in a Justice Department accounting report on Friday. While the last six months…
Month: August 2019
‘Leningrad Lindsey’: Russia-baiting senator gets taste of own medicine as xenophobic hashtag trends
Follow RT on A trending Twitter hashtag, created to shame Lindsey Graham for his alleged un-American ways, has brought Russia-baiting full circle, with the senator now on the receiving end of the mass paranoia he helped foment. #LeningradLindsey began trending after the South Carolina lawmaker helped push a controversial asylum bill through the Senate Judiciary…
EU govts vote on IMF candidate in attempt to break deadlock – Paris
Follow RT on EU governments began voting on Friday for a candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund (IMF), France’s Finance Ministry said. The move, seen as unusual, underscores lingering mistrust between northern members of the bloc against the south, AFP said. Four people remain in the running after Portuguese Finance Minister Mario Centeno dropped…
Human brains outdated? ‘Inventive’ AI making abstract art just filed for two PATENTS
Follow RT on A team of academics has filed two patents on behalf of an artificial intelligence program, which they say is the real brains behind their inventions. The development could disrupt intellectual property law the world over. Known as the “device for the autonomous bootstrapping of unified sentience,” (DABUS), the system sits on the…
Pilgrims advised to leave Kashmir Valley over security threats
Follow RT on Amarnath pilgrims have been advised to curtail their stay in Kashmir Valley “due to [the] prevailing security situation” and “take measures to return immediately.” The government of Jammu and Kashmir issued the order on Friday, citing “the latest intelligence inputs of terror threats, with specific targeting of the Amarnath Yatra.” Given the…
Six explosions rock Bangkok as Thai capital hosts security summit
Follow RT on Six explosions, believed to be the result of homemade bombs set off by timers, injured at least three people in Bangkok on Friday. A total of six bombs went off in the city as the Thai capital hosted a security conference being attended by foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian…
Dental surgeons remove 526 teeth from 7-year-old Indian boy’s mouth
Follow RT on Baffled dental surgeons removed some 526 teeth from a fleshy sack that had grown inside the mouth of a seven-year-old boy who was living with a rare condition known as “compound composite ondontome.” The boy had experienced painful swelling in his lower right jaw since the age of three but refused medical…
Tulsi finally shows she’s had it with MSM ‘Assad apologist’ smear
Follow RT on Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard slammed MSNBC – and mainstream media in general – for dredging up her meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad every time she goes on TV, calling the endless repetition “propaganda.” “Every time I come back on MSNBC you guys talk to me about [Assad],” Gabbard said, clearly…
Let them sail yachts: Why Greta Thunberg and the environmental elite hate you
Follow RT on Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg will sail across the Atlantic by boat to attend two climate conferences. But the teenager’s carbon-neutral odyssey reveals the disregard – even contempt – the elite have for the rest of us. Thunberg shot to fame for organizing school walkouts against climate change last year. A series…
Ireland needs to prepare for a border poll & plan for reunification; the alternative could be chaos
Follow RT on With Boris Johnson laser-focused on delivering a crash-out, no-deal Brexit in October, Ireland needs to stop the foot-dragging and wishful thinking and begin preparing for a border poll and potential reunification. This week, a report by a major UK business group called for the UK, Irish and EU leaders to hold emergency…