Follow RT on Leon “Rocky” Edwards dominated former UFC lightweight world champion Rafael dos Anjos in the main event of UFC San Antonio in Texas, then called for a fight with rival Jorge Masvidal, labelling the American “a weasel.” Edwards produced a punch-perfect performance to claim a landslide unanimous decision victory over the respected, well-rounded…
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Reform of Japan’s ‘pacifist’ constitution clause at stake as super-majority slips from PM Abe
Follow RT on The ruling coalition led by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is poised for a solid win in the upper house of parliament. Still, early projections show it won’t secure the super-majority needed to change the constitution. Japan held elections for the upper house of its parliament, the Diet, on Sunday. After initial…
Cat ear filter strikes again: Canadian police red-faced over ‘cutiefied’ brief on homicide
Follow RT on A livestreamed brief by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the murder of two people received an unintended injection of cuteness when a cat ear filter was applied on a female officer conducting it. The gaffe happened in British Columbia when police were updating the public on their probe into the deaths…
UK’s Hunt ‘expressed extreme disappointment’ to Iran’s Zarif after tanker detention
Follow RT on UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt spoke to his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif on Saturday to express disappointment with how the conflict between the two nations over the detention of tankers was developing. The British official said on Twitter Iran was not acting to de-escalate the situation and said British shipping must be…
Extreme heatwave across US prompts concerns about elderly, homeless & inmates
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…
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…