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Follow RT on Hong Kong Exchanges (HKEX) and Clearing has launched a takeover bid for London Stock Exchange Group, offering one of Europe’s largest exchanges £29.6 billion ($36.6 billion). The Hong Kong exchange said the proposed combination would strengthen both businesses, better positioning them to innovate across markets and geographies. It added that the takeover…

Follow RT on At least two young people were injured as they attempted to firebomb a police cordon protecting the bomb disposal unit in Derry, Northern Ireland, on Monday night. Police were bombarded with at least 40 petrol bombs in a “brutal and sustained attack” following evacuations in the Creggan area of the city. The…

Follow RT on Iran’s envoy to London said on Wednesday that the oil cargo of tanker ‘Adrian Darya 1’ was sold at sea to a private company, denying Tehran had broken assurances it had given in relation to the vessel. At a meeting with the British foreign secretary, “it was emphasized that British authorities’ action…

Follow RT on Beijing has reprimanded German envoy to protest against intervening into its own affairs and voice displeasure about Foreign Minister Heiko Maas talking with one of the figureheads of the Hong Kong protest. Clemens von Goetze was summoned to the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, according to Wu Ken, Beijing’s envoy to Berlin….

Follow RT on Speaking in Serbia, the anti-mainstream Czech President Miloš Zeman said he’d like his goverment to withdraw recognition of the breakaway Kosovo province as an independent state. This has immediately attracted attention in the US. Zeman expressed his Kosovo wish on Wednesday, during his official visit to Belgrade. He also said that he…

Follow RT on The promotional video of US jets carpet-bombing an “ISIS infested” island in Iraq comes amid tensions between Washington and Baghdad, and may have more to do with that than with the supposedly long-defeated terror group. The video, complete with dramatic music, shows F-15 as well as F-35 jets dropping what was said…

Follow RT on Russian MPs have voted to grant police and other security services the right to take control of UAVs remotely or shoot them down if they jeopardize the security of people and infrastructure. The measure is intended to protect critical infrastructure such as energy, transport, and communications facilities, and secure citizens during mass…

Follow RT on Lincolnshire’s Fire & Rescue service is dumping much-loved cartoon character Fireman Sam as its official mascot, because Sam is too male. This didn’t sit well with a large portion of the public, which is wondering “who’s next?” The move followed a persistent campaign by various organizations and individuals that peddle the so-called…

Follow RT on At least two young people were injured as they attempted to firebomb a police cordon protecting the bomb disposal unit in Derry, Northern Ireland, on Monday night. Police were bombarded with at least 40 petrol bombs in a “brutal and sustained attack” following evacuations in the Creggan area of the city. The…

Click:confetti machines Follow RT on The Taliban has taken over another district in Afghanistan, the second in two weeks, saying that the US will “regret” abandoning key peace talks that stalled after Donald Trump called off a much-awaited meeting with the group. Yangi Qala, a district in Afghanistan’s northern province of Takhar, fell into the…