Follow RT on Adventurers who survive the planned (?) raid on Area 51 can upgrade to bigger prey the next day: an event to “Storm Loch Ness” has attracted tens of thousands of monster-hunters with the tagline “Nessie can’t hide from us all!” “The time is now for us to find dat big boi,” the…
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Wildfires cover almost 850,000 hectares in Siberia
Follow RT on Almost 44,000 people have signed a petition calling for authorities to declare an emergency in the Siberian Federal District due to wildfires in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions, RIA Novosti reported. As of Wednesday morning, wildfires had covered almost 846,000 hectares in the north of the Krasnoyarsk territory, with officials saying that there…
French medics outraged as nurse denied citizenship for working too much
Follow RT on France turned down a citizenship application from an immigrant nurse because she was working too many hours. The news angered fellow medical professionals who have to work overtime due to severe staff shortages in hospitals. “We need to work more” to catch up with France’s more industrious EU neighbors, President Emmanuel Macron…
Trump mirrors Mussolini, campaign events reminiscent of Nuremberg rallies – George Galloway
Follow RT on Donald Trump is channeling Benito Mussolini as he travels the country drumming up support for his 2020 bid, George Galloway has argued, warning that the US president’s re-election strategy is to stoke racial tensions. The crowd at Trump’s campaign rally in North Carolina last week erupted in a raucous chant of ‘Send…
South Korea claims ‘warning shots’ fired after Russian military aircraft ‘violated airspace’
Follow RT on The Republic of Korea’s Air Force fired warning shots after Russian military aircraft allegedly violated the country’s airspace twice on Tuesday, Yonhap news agency reports, citing officers from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. South Korean F-15K and KF-16 fighter jets were scrambled after two Chinese and three Russian aircraft approached the ROK…
Chinese Speed: RT doc looks at China’s high-speed rail breakthrough
Follow RT on In a decade China built from scratch the largest high-speed rail network in the world and wants to further expand and develop it. An RT Documentary crew travelled to China to see the future of fast transportation. Chinese super-fast trains, reaching speeds of up to 350kph (217mph), are not only good for…
India successfully launches Chandrayaan 2 rover mission to Moon’s South Pole (VIDEO)
Follow RT on India’s space agency has successfully launched a lunar mission after the first was rescheduled due to a technical glitch. It is set to land on the Moon’s South Pole in the hope of making some groundbreaking discoveries. Chandrayaan-2 lifted off on Monday at the Satish Dhawan Space Center, located several miles inland…
Panama cites ‘deliberate violations’ as it disowns UAE-based tanker seized by Iran
Follow RT on The plot has thickened around the disappearance of the oil tanker MT Riah, towed to Iranian shores last week, with Panama saying it is revoking the ship’s registration over violation of international rules. Panama’s Maritime Authority on Saturday announced that it initiated the process of withdrawing its flag from the Emirati-based tanker…
Ukraine’s Zelensky gains parliamentary faction in snap election
Follow RT on The newly formed party of Volodymyr Zelensky gained the majority of votes in Ukraine’s parliament elections, while ultra-nationalist parties failed to pass threshold. The president still has to find coalition partners. Zelensky is a professional comedian who entered politics last year to successfully defeat his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, in April in a…
Indian comedian suffers fatal heart attack on stage, audience thinks it’s part of the act
Follow RT on An Indian stand-up comedian collapsed and died on stage during a routine about anxiety in front of a sold-out crowd in Dubai, leading audience members to think it was part of his performance. Manjunath Naidu, 36, was performing at a hotel in Al Barsha Friday night when he suffered a fatal cardiac…