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…
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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…
Ex-world champ & Mayweather opponent Baldomir sentenced to 18 years jail for sex assault of daughter
Follow RT on Argentine former WBC world welterweight champion Carlos Manuel Baldomir, an opponent of Floyd Mayweather Jr., has been jailed by a court in Santa Fe for 18 years for the “repeated sexual abuse” of his own daughter. Baldomir reigned as World Boxing Council 140lbs champion for nine months during 2006 when he outpointed…
Twitter pundits mourn ‘suspicious death’ of Kremlin critic, who is alive
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…
Senate confirms Kelly Craft as US envoy to UN
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…
Dutch law banning face-covering apparel in public places comes into force
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…
German prosecutors order raids on suspected members of far-right group
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”…
Samples taken from Kremlin critic Navalny show no signs of poison – doctors
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…
China sees new era of ‘shared destiny’ with US no longer in the driving seat
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…