Month: September 2019

Follow RT on Despite the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ruling that China is not deliberately depreciating the yuan, Washington still wants everybody to agree that its trade war rival is a currency manipulator. And here is how. Lobbying the internationally recognized independent economic body to take its side in the trade war has been futile…

Follow RT on France has calculated the death toll from the record heatwave which hit Europe this summer, with its health minister reporting that the abnormal weather caused 1,500 deaths in the country. There were “18 days of extreme heat” in France this year and not everyone managed to live through them, Agnes Buzyn said…

Follow RT on The Iranian oil tanker that was recently released after being seized by the British Marines has safely arrived at its destination and sold its cargo, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. Responding to the announcement, a US official told Reuters that Washington will continue to target any individuals or states that do…

Follow RT on Italian PM Giuseppe Conte is pitching for support in parliament for his new left-leaning coalition, ahead of crucial confidence votes. The lower Chamber of Deputies, where the government has a comfortable majority, is set to vote Monday evening. However, a coalition of the populist Five-Star Movement and center-left Democrats holds a much-slimmer…

Follow RT on The US Navy test-fired a volley of decades-old Trident II nuclear missiles, proving they can still fly days after a top official said the upgrade of bombs and warheads was lagging, and Russia offered to sell US some of its tech. The USS Nebraska, an Ohio-class missile submarine, fired two missiles on…

Follow RT on After wreaking havoc and claiming dozens of lives in the Bahamas, the now post-tropical cyclone Dorian made landfall in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, uprooting trees and power poles, triggering widespread blackouts. Nearly three-quarters of the province was left without power as winds of up to 140kph and torrential rains battered…

Follow RT on Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren is reportedly in talks with failed presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, a move that’s at odds with Warren’s progressive image, and people really aren’t happy about it. The two have been in communication since the Massachusetts senator announced her presidential run, although both are keeping quiet about…

Follow RT on Thousands of demonstrators marched throughout France on the 43rd consecutive weekend of Yellow Vest protests against the economic policies of President Emmanuel Macron. Police detained 89 demonstrators in the capital Paris, saying on Twitter that their march was illegal. French media reported the Yellow Vests were trying to protest near the iconic…

Follow RT on A shadowy partnership between Amazon’s ‘smart’ doorbell company and hundreds of police departments across America has fueled paranoia and pushed the country closer to an Orwellian surveillance state, Redacted Tonight reports. Amazon’s Ring has given 400 US police departments access to its customers’ home surveillance footage, raising serious privacy concerns – particularly…

Follow RT on John McAfee has suggested that the recent contamination of CBD vape products could be tied to a research chemical that supposedly causes “zombie-like symptoms.” The cybersecurity expert and US presidential candidate tweeted about a claim that people are testing “infection vectors for the release of a powerful Research Chemical that causes zombie-like…