Follow RT on The first female mayor of Amsterdam wants to protect the city’s world-famous legal prostitutes from crowds of unruly tourists – by restricting or banning the practice of displaying the sex workers in brothel windows. Mayor Femke Halsema, a liberal and well-known supporter of sex worker rights, has outlined a plan to overhaul…
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Beijing slams Britain & US over ‘gross interference’ in Hong Kong protests
Follow RT on China warned London and Washington against meddling in its domestic affairs after Western politicians backed massive protests in Hong Kong, which spiraled into clashes with police as demonstrators stormed the city’s parliament. Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office had blasted Britain, along with the US and the EU, for their position…
German public pool closed after HUNDREDS ‘North-Africans’ harass a family
Follow RT on A public pool is surely a nice way to cool yourself off, yet one in Dusseldorf, Germany was not enough to stop several hundred of hot-heads from causing trouble. Over the weekend the pool was closed twice thanks to rowdy visitors. The Rheinbad public pool was plagued by ugly incidents this weekend,…
European Council appoints new leaders: Who are they? Quick facts
Follow RT on The European Council has agreed on nominations for the future leadership of four top EU bodies after three days of intense negotiations. The results were posted on Twitter by current Council President Donald Tusk. Ursula von der Leyen – European Commission President The leaders agreed to nominate German Defense Minister Ursula von…
Russian Army test-fires ‘brand-new’ air defense missile in Kazakhstani desert (VIDEO)
Follow RT on Moscow has successfully tested its new interceptor missile in a desert in Central Asia as the nation’s army prepares to receive next-generation S-500 Prometey air defense systems. The test took place at Sary Shagan testing range in central Kazakhstan, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The military did not specify what type…
ISS mold can survive 200 times more RADIATION than humans & contaminate other planets
Follow RT on Mold from Earth has long found its way aboard the International Space Station (ISS) but no one knew it could survive 200 times more radiation than any human can, posing “planetary” threats to the solar system, a new study says. At times, mold seems omnipresent, and the International Space Station is no…
Panic rumors fly as Pence cancels trip after Russian sub accident
Follow RT on Could VP Mike Pence’s abrupt trip cancellation be related to the security meetings in Moscow and Brussels after the fatal Russian submarine accident? Pence’s staff says no, but that is not stopping rumors in Washington. Pence was scheduled to fly out to New Hampshire on Tuesday for an event about the opioid…
Tehran time travel? US accuses Iran of violating nuclear deal ‘even before its existence’
Follow RT on Sponsoring terrorism, housing secret nuclear sites next door to rug cleaners, and now, time traveling to violate the nuclear deal – is there anything Iran won’t do to flout US-dictated norms? The White House thinks not. “There is little doubt that even before the [nuclear] deal’s existence, Iran was violating its terms,”…
Macron bemoans ‘failure’ of EU leadership all-night summit, while Merkel urges patience
Follow RT on Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel have aired concerns after a marathon EU summit, held to allocate the bloc’s top jobs, ended without a decision being reached. Both leaders said they hoped talks on Tuesday would be more fruitful. After more than 18 hours of negotiations, leaders of the EU’s 28 member-states were…
Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles exceed nuclear deal caps
Follow RT on Iranian stockpiles of enriched uranium have exceeded the 300kg cap set out in the 2015 nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed, saying the move was something Tehran had warned about. “According to my information, Iran has surpassed the 300kg limit [in producing low-enriched uranium] and we had already announced [that…