Month: June 2019

Follow RT on The tragic image of a drowned father and child washed ashore on the Rio Grande is being used as easy ammunition against Donald Trump — but where was the outpouring of grief when migrants were dying under the Obama administration? There is no good argument to be made that journalists should not…

Follow RT on President Donald Trump may soon find himself hidden or throttled by Twitter, according to the mainstream media interpretation of the platform’s new rules for certain posts that “violate rules” but remain of “public interest.” There are “certain cases where it may be in the public’s interest to have access to certain Tweets,…

Follow RT on If humankind is ever threatened with a resource-scarcity apocalypse, a spectacular new simulation showcasing the most energy efficient strategy of colonizing the galaxy may be exactly what we need to survive. While at first glance it might look like a laser show at a planetarium, the video is actually a sophisticated visual…

Follow RT on Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif issued a damning post on Twitter, slamming Donald Trump’s policy and ridiculing his claim that war with the Middle Eastern nation would be a quick affair. Zarif, who has served under President Hassan Rouhani since 2013, said that a “short war with Iran is an illusion.” In…

A photo of a man and his daughter who drowned while trying to cross the river on the US-Mexico border has become the latest weapon in the battle over immigration between US President Donald Trump and the opposition Democrats. Oscar Alberto Martinez, 25, and his two-year-old daughter Valeria were found on the banks of the…

Nothing the US does will make Turkey abandon its deal with Moscow to purchase S-400 air defense systems, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, as Washington keeps threatening Ankara with sanctions. The purchase of the Russian-made weapons has long been a point of contention in relations between the two NATO allies. The US has repeatedly…

US President Donald Trump has informed a CNN journalist that what he plans to say to Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet at the upcoming G20 summit in Japan is “none of your business.” Sarah Westwood asked Trump if he would tell Putin “not to interfere” in the 2020 American presidential election, prompting the…

Visitors to the Army-2019 defense expo near Moscow were treated to a spectacular aerobatics show that demonstrated the extraordinary maneuverability of the Su-35S, one of Russia’s most advanced air superiority fighter jets. The aircraft features thrust-vectoring engines and improved propulsion and flight controls that allow it to perform unbelievable stunts in the air like the…

French authorities believe negligence may be the cause of the catastrophic Notre Dame fire, according to a preliminary report by the Paris prosecutor’s office which has ruled out criminal wrongdoing. Authorities said that while they have ruled out criminal action, they believe “certain failings” by one or more parties may have contributed to the devastating…

A ghastly video of a scab-covered “living mummy” from Russia proved too gruesome to resist for shock-seeking news sites who published the story. Emerging evidence, however, seems to show the video was a fake. Local journalists say that the video first made the rounds on messenger apps, with an attached audio file explaining that the…