Follow RT on Former pound for pound boxing king Floyd Mayweather Jr was never put on seat of pants in a 50-0 pro career, that was until his ankles were ‘snapped’ by Larry ‘Bone Collector’ Williams in a celebrity basketball game. READ MORE: ‘Money May all motherf**kin’ day!’ Mayweather goads haters by flaunting wealth –…
Month: July 2019
Still trust London with your gold? Poland latest to repatriate its bullion from the Bank of England
Follow RT on Poland is repatriating gold from overseas, after it more than doubled its bullion holdings in the past year. Central banks all over the world have been stocking up on gold in recent years, shifting away from the US dollar. The National Bank of Poland (NBP) has bought 100 tons of the precious…
Progressive or racist? Music festival triggers DEBATE over higher ticket prices for white people
Follow RT on A music festival that charged white people double for entry as a way of compensating for unfair “privilege” has sparked a fierce debate, with RT panelists locking horns over whether the stunt was forward-thinking or racist. Afrofuture Fest, a small music event in Detroit, set ticket prices for minorities at $20, compared…
Embassy leak puts tin hat on UK’s disastrous foreign policy
Follow RT on In short order, since 2017, the British government has alienated the remaining 27 countries of the European Union whilst simultaneously making enemies of much of the rest of the world. It is an unprecedented record of recklessness, a trail of wreckage to make a superpower blush, never mind a small island off…
US State Dept greenlights $2.2bn sale of tanks & missiles to Taiwan despite China’s protests
Follow RT on Washington has given a green light to supply Taiwan with $2.2bn worth of US military tech, including tanks and surface-to-air missiles, in violation of the One China principle that views the island as part of the mainland. “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to TECRO…
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein charged with child sex trafficking and conspiracy
Follow RT on Federal prosecutors have charged financier Jeffrey Epstein with crimes related to sex trafficking of underage girls, more than a decade after he dodged similar charges with a plea deal. Epstein was arrested in New Jersey on Saturday night and pleaded not guilty to one count of sex trafficking and one count of…
Belgrade warns against creating Albania-Kosovo union as 2 states boycott regional conference
Follow RT on Serbia’s Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has denounced the actions of Kosovo and Albania in boycotting a regional conference. Dacic accused the two of coordinating foreign policies with an ultimate aim of creating a joint state in the Balkans, AP said. The breakaway Serbian province and Albania said they weren’t attending the…
Primark founder Arthur Ryan dead at 83
Follow RT on Arthur Ryan, the founder and former CEO of the clothing retailer Primark, has passed away after a short illness, the company said. He was 83. Ryan founded the company in 1962 under the name Penneys. The name was changed to Primark when the company moved from Ireland to the UK in 1974….
Germany says it needs Nord Stream 2, denies being captive to Russian energy supplies
Follow RT on The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is one of the ways for Germany to meet its growing energy demand, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier has said, rebuffing criticism that the project increases Russia’s energy leverage on Berlin. Germany will have an increased demand for natural gas, as the country is phasing out coal…
Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s new PM after New Democracy party wins election
Follow RT on Greece’s New Democracy party leader Kyrikos Mitsotakis was sworn in as prime minister on Monday after a landslide victory in snap elections. The party won an outright majority with 158 seats in the 300-seat legislature. His pledges for more investments, well-paid jobs and fewer taxes appeared to have won over Greeks, who…