Follow RT on As an extreme heatwave presses down on the US, locals are being asked to look after their older neighbors, activists try to save inmates from baking in prisons, and authorities hurry to take the homeless off the sizzling streets. The extreme temperatures, reaching as high as some 95F (35 C) have been…
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How will the seemingly narcissistic, selfie-mad sports elite survive without Instagram ‘likes’?
Follow RT on Latest on the list to offend the PC generation? Liking pictures. Pure aesthetic pleasure has been canceled by Instagram to tackle ‘social pressure’ – but will they isolate their vainest in an attempt to protect the vulnerable? Instagram recently introduced measures to hide the number of likes on a post, introduced preliminarily…
Saudi Arabia invites US to ‘preserve its peace’ against Iran by swamping Gulf with more troops
Follow RT on Saudi Arabia has rolled out the welcome mat for US troops in a move it claims is aimed at “preserving its peace” – mainly by menacing Iran, where tensions have risen near a breaking point after multiple tanker seizures. King Salman has approved hosting US forces in order to “increase joint cooperation…
‘No to Boris, yes to Europe:’ Thousands march though London in protest against Brexit & BoJo
Follow RT on Thousands of people rallied in central London displaying their discontent with Brexit and the Conservative Party leadership hopeful Boris Johnson. The protesters marched from the Park Lane to the Parliament Square, waving EU flags and chanting slogans such as “Let’s stay with the EU” and calling on the government to “stop the…
Ukrainian court denies bail to Russian journalist slated for prisoner exchange by President Zelensky
Follow RT on A Russian-Ukrainian journalist accused of state treason by Kiev has been denied bail by a Ukrainian court. Earlier Ukraine’s president suggested exchanging the man for a Ukrainian activist convicted for terrorism in Russia. A Kiev court on Friday ordered to keep journalist Kirill Vyshynsky, the head of RIA Novosti Ukraine, in jail…
Meet the dead droppers – reckless pawns in Russia’s drug war who last just weeks on the streets
Follow RT on Petr says police got him before he finished his first dead drop. His story isn’t rare: among Russia’s ‘dead droppers’, the couriers trying to get rich quick by hiding drugs in caches, those who make it to 6 months are called vets. It’s October 2017, and Petr is a 19-year-old second-year language…
VIDEO shows fiery descent of Chinese space station from orbit
Follow RT on Rare footage released by the Chinese media has shown space lab Tiangong-2 going down in flames as the station re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere as part of its controlled demolition. The video, published on YouTube by China’s Global TV Network (CGTN), shows part of the station’s hull with what looks like a communication…
WATCH: Footage from COCKPIT of Boeing 737 shows plane plow into ocean
Follow RT on The shaky footage was filmed by an alarmed aircraft maintenance engineer on his iPhone as a plane plunged into the Pacific Ocean on September 28, 2018. One passenger was killed in the crash. Incredibly, 12 crew members and 34 passengers survived the Air Niugini Boeing 737 smash, although six were seriously injured….
America stumbling towards civil war one terrible tweet at a time
Follow RT on With populist Donald Trump ensconced in the White House and Liberals seething with revenge, voters have been left behind in this game of thrones. Will the confrontation spill over the internet borders and into the streets? Let’s begin by stating the obvious, and that is the Republicans and Democrats are presently locked…
How will the seemingly narcissistic, selfie-mad sports elite survive without Instagram ‘likes’?
Follow RT on Latest on the list to offend the PC generation? Liking pictures. Pure aesthetic pleasure has been canceled by Instagram to tackle ‘social pressure’ – but will they isolate their vainest in an attempt to protect the vulnerable? Instagram recently introduced measures to hide the number of likes on a post, introduced preliminarily…