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Follow RT on A host of Twitter commentators, including a popular CNN strategist, were apparently in such a hurry to put a sinister spin on the death of a long-time Kremlin critic that they ‘buried’ his son instead. Condolences poured in following the death of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent Russian historian and TV journalist, who…

Follow RT on Kelly Knight Craft, currently the US ambassador to Canada, will be Washington’s new envoy to the United Nations, after the Senate voted 56-34 to confirm her to the position. Five Democrats crossed the aisle to vote for Craft. The ambassador post has been vacant since the resignation of Nikki Haley at the…

Follow RT on A new Dutch law has come into force that bans face-covering clothes on public transport, in government buildings and at health and education institutions. The proscribed clothing includes the burqa and niqab, worn by conservative Muslim women. The Netherlands is the latest European country to introduce such a ban, following the likes…

Follow RT on Germany’s federal prosecutors say they have carried out raids on suspected members of a potentially violent far-right group. The apartments of six suspects –and four other people who aren’t suspects– were searched in four German states on Tuesday, AP reported. The suspects are alleged to have founded a group called “Storm Brigade”…

Follow RT on Doctors said no traces of poison have been detected in samples taken from opposition activist Aleksey Navalny, who was hospitalized with an acute allergic reaction while serving a 30-day sentence for staging unsanctioned protests. Biological materials from Navalny were tested at the Sklifosovsky Institute, Moscow’s top emergency medical center, which has “a…

Follow RT on The release of China’s white paper on defense demonstrates to the world an increasingly confident and more assertive China, actively preparing for major shifts on a predominantly US-led global chessboard. As well as the US, other crucial players on the world stage also have their eyes on China’s military posture. One such…

Follow RT on US President Donald Trump has offered Russia help to battle wildfires that have swept across Siberia, the Kremlin said. Russian President Vladimir Putin declined the offer but called it a step towards improving rocky relations. Trump called Putin on Wednesday evening, the Kremlin press service said. The Russian president expressed his “sincere…

Follow RT on NASA has just discovered a potential “super-Earth” outside our solar system which is located comfortably inside its star’s habitable zone, meaning it could be ripe for human colonization. While monitoring the star named GJ 357, which sits just 31 light years away in the constellation Hydra, the space agency’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey…

Click:candle container Follow RT on China’s first privately-owned firm to put a satellite into orbit has announced plans to launch up to eight rockets next year, set to deliver satellites and other payloads into space. Ambitious Beijing-based startup i-Space made headlines last week after launching an ultra-lightweight carrier rocket with a payload into orbit. The…

Follow RT on The body of Indian billionaire V.G. Siddhartha, founder of the Cafe Coffee Day chain, has been recovered from near the Netravathi river in Karnataka state, authorities have confirmed, less than 48 hours after he disappeared. Siddhartha vanished on Monday night while walking across a bridge, according to his chauffeur, who claimed the…