Month: July 2019

Follow RT on A huge thunderstorm has bombarded the French region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes with hailstones the size of tennis balls, and included a record number of lightning bolts, providing for a deluge of impressive content on social media. The meteorological calamity led to the classification by Meteo France of most of the country as being…

Follow RT on Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are in Iran and will report on Tehran’s increase in its uranium enrichment “as soon as they verify the announced development,” the IAEA said on Sunday.  Iran said it is boosting its uranium enrichment in response to what it sees as the inaction of European…

Follow RT on Progressives and liberals took to Twitter to vent, after President Donald Trump invited right-wing cartoonist Ben Garrison to an upcoming White House social media summit. Garrison has been accused of anti-Semitism. The guest list for Trump’s social media summit, due to take place this Thursday, looks tailor-made to trigger and enrage his…

Follow RT on Hosts Egypt crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations in a shock defeat to South Africa on Saturday night in a result that could have ramifications for striker Mohamed Salah and his quest for football’s biggest individual prize. A late strike by Thembinkosi Lorch handed South Africa victory in Cairo and…

Follow RT on The World Jewish Congress is pushing US lawmakers to make Holocaust education mandatory in all schools, citing statistics from a 2018 poll revealing half of millennials can’t name a single Nazi concentration camp. The WJC started a petition calling on Congress to “make Holocaust education mandatory in every school in the United…

Follow RT on Leftist and ‘Antifa’ activists have descended on Washington DC to oppose a ‘free speech rally’ led by right-wing figures including the ‘Proud Boys’ and Milo Yiannopoulos. Expecting clashes, police have closed roads. The ‘Demand Free Speech’ rally kicked off on Saturday at Washington DC’s Freedom Plaza, just blocks from the White House….

Follow RT on A very strange statue of Melania Trump has been erected near her hometown of Sevnica in Slovenia, but the perplexing wooden creation isn’t a very flattering tribute to the first lady. The life-sized chunky statue was carved from a tree trunk using a chainsaw, so perhaps that explains why it’s somewhat lacking…

Follow RT on The 405-meter ‘One Tower’ is set to be become the tallest residential building in Europe, the deputy mayor of Moscow announced as he presented the ambitious project at the Moscow Urban Forum. The skyscraper will also be the tallest in the Moscow City International Business Center, topping the city’s current tallest building,…

Follow RT on A South Korean actress could spend five years behind bars after she poached two giant clams protected under Thai law. The crime was well-documented, as the illegal shellfish stunt was filmed for a reality TV show. Lee Yeol-eum has found herself in hot water after being filmed diving for giant clams at…

Follow RT on The German captain of a migrant rescue ship will sue Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for defamation, her lawyer said on Friday. Carola Rackete, 31, was freed from house arrest on Tuesday. A judge dismissed accusations she had endangered the lives of Italian servicemen by ignoring military orders and bringing a boatload…