Follow RT on The biggest beef in MMA history between UFC superstars Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, which some might have thought is over, is actually very far from being settled. At least according to the ‘Dagestan Eagle.’ Talking to ESPN ahead of his second title defense at UFC 242, lightweight king Khabib was asked…
Month: August 2019
No prisoner swap with Russia on Friday, talks continue – Ukraine
Follow RT on The much-anticipated major prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine will not happen on Friday, despite earlier reports, Kiev said. This follows the buzz that a plane with people slated for exchange took off from Moscow. “We can’t name [the exact] date [of the exchange] but I can say that it won’t happen…
Goodbye communism, hello turbo-capitalism & regime change wars: Unfulfilled hopes of 1989
Follow RT on The summer/autumn of 1989 was a period of great change in Europe, leading to the end of communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall. But have all the changes been positive – for the east and west? On Sunday September 3, 1989, I set out from Britain to spend three weeks…
Bolton visits Ukraine, Belarus & Moldova, should Moscow be worried?
Follow RT on US National Security Advisor John Bolton has visited a host of ex-Soviet republics, including Moscow’s longtime ally, Belarus. Some saw it as a sign of growing US influence on Russia’s border. Is it? Frequent and almost traditional visits of US officials to Kiev would hardly surprise anyone these days. After all, Kiev…
WATCH: Hundreds of migrants storm 6m-high razor wire at Spanish exclave Ceuta
Follow RT on At least 150 of an estimated 250 migrants who attempted to storm Spain’s north African exclave Ceuta, made it to the city’s Temporary Migrant Reception Centre (CETI) of Jaral in the early hours of Friday morning. Six Spanish police officers were injured in scuffles as migrants stormed the six-meter-high fence, which bristles…
Greece’s new PM wants talks with Germany on war reparations
Follow RT on Newly elected Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said during a visit in Berlin that he hopes Germany will agree to start negotiations on war reparations, AP reports. After a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, Mitsotakis told reporters “we hope there will be a positive response.” The previous Greek…
Russian telecom giant & China’s Huawei launch 5G zones in Russian cities
Click:What is a Star Tracker Follow RT on Russian mobile operator MTS has teamed up with Chinese tech giant Huawei for a 5G pilot scheme in Moscow and Kronshtadt, where for the first time the super-fast network will cover almost the entire city. The agreement between the two parties was signed during Chinese President Xi…
‘Executioner of Raqqa’: ISIS killer who received UK housing benefits for years finally captured
Follow RT on A Belgian native and former Birmingham resident dubbed ‘the executioner of Raqqa’ who reportedly received benefits from the UK government for years while fighting for ISIS in Syria has finally been captured. Anouar Haddouchi, 35, moved to the British midlands in 2009 and would later reportedly behead more than 100 people in…
New look at Russian MiG-35 at MAKS airshow as plane enters serial production (PHOTOS)
Follow RT on The new MiG-35 fighter has been unveiled at the MAKS airshow after getting a makeover. Serial production of the successor to the iconic MiG-29 is going at full pace, with the first batch just delivered to the Russian military. The improved variant of the MiG-35 was on display at the MAKS-2019 biannual…
Humans or machines? Elon Musk & Jack Ma face off over future of AI
Follow RT on One of the biggest challenges for human beings in the next two decades will be the lack of more human beings, according to Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The billionaire techpreneurs met on one stage at the World Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference in Shanghai on Thursday to debate…