Month: July 2019

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…

Follow RT on Progressive intellectual Noam Chomsky has voiced his opinion over the ongoing barrage of “anti-Semitism” allegations against the Labour party, calling them a “disgrace” and an “insult to the memory” of Holocaust victims. The left-wing icon rallied in support of the party led by Jeremy Corbyn, and MP Chris Williamson in particular, arguing…

Follow RT on Scientists have managed to create ‘hybrid’ particles from photons and atoms, crafting light that behaves like matter. The breakthrough could lead to revolutionary new inventions such as “unhackable” quantum communications. Physicists at the University of Chicago created these “hybrid particles” by making “photons behave more like the particles that make up matter,”…

Follow RT on UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on Friday urged Russia to help stabilize the violence in northwestern Idlib province and support drafting the nation’s new constitution. During talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Pedersen expressed hope that Moscow and Ankara could help reduce tensions in Idlib, AP reports….

Follow RT on A car exploded in southeast Turkey near the border with Syria on Friday, killing three Syrian people, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Initial findings showed the blast may be terrorism-related, he added. The explosion took place in the town of Reyhanli and was the result of a bomb inside the vehicle detonating,…

Follow RT on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May joined on Friday in a high-level meeting to reassure Western Balkans nations aspiring to join the EU that support for their accession remains strong, AP said. Click Here: Cheap kid backpacks The meeting in Poznan, Poland brings together foreign, interior, and economy…

Follow RT on A bust of the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun sold at Christie’s auction house in London for $6 million, angering the Egyptian authorities, who say the statue is cultural treasure looted by tomb raiders. Egyptian officials claim that the bust was stolen several decades ago, and had called on the auction to be called off….

Follow RT on Ann Widdecombe, one of the Brexit Party’s most prominent figures, has delivered a fiery maiden speech in the EU Parliament, comparing the EU to “oppressors” such as slave owners or colonizers, provoking both praise and ridicule. The MEP for the South West of England let rip into EU cheerleaders during her address…

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…

Follow RT on A strong earthquake shook Southern California, the largest to hit the region in a decade. First estimated at 6.6 magnitude, the quake has been downgraded to a 6.4, recorded near the city of Ridgecrest, near Los Angeles. The quake was reportedly centered on the remote Searles Valley area in San Bernardino, and…