Follow RT on A Spanish charity rescue boat sought safe port on Friday after Italy rejected its request to disembark 124 people saved from two migrant rafts in the Mediterranean, Reuters reports. Barcelona-based NGO Open Arms rescued 55 people from a sinking raft on Thursday, and a further 69 people from another boat during Thursday…
Month: August 2019
9 killed as gunman opens fire in Dayton bar district, hours after Texas massacre
Follow RT on Nine people have been killed in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, the city police have confirmed. At least 16 were hospitalized with injuries. The gunman was taken out by officers responding to the incident. The shooting happened in the area of East 5th Street in the Oregon District of Dayton in…
MSNBC paid me millions to ‘keep quiet’ on Iraq: Jesse Ventura to RT’s Lee Camp
Follow RT on Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura told RT’s Lee Camp that his anti-war views were so unpopular at MSNBC, the network paid him something to the tune of ten million dollars to “keep quiet.” After leaving office in 2003, Ventura began a weekly cable TV show, ‘Jesse Ventura’s America,’ on MSNBC. However, the…
Spanish NGO boat rescues 124 people in Mediterranean, seeks port as ‘Italy rejects request’
Follow RT on A Spanish charity rescue boat sought safe port on Friday after Italy rejected its request to disembark 124 people saved from two migrant rafts in the Mediterranean, Reuters reports. Barcelona-based NGO Open Arms rescued 55 people from a sinking raft on Thursday, and a further 69 people from another boat during Thursday…
Best photo announced as online voting ends in Stenin Press Photo Contest
Follow RT on The best photo has been announced in the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest after internet users chose the work of Justin Sullivan from Cape Town in the singles category. “Disconnection is a surgically piercing aerial view of an African elephant poached for Ivory in Northern Botswana,” the organizers say. The photojournalist…
Beijing suggests Trump ‘give up illusions & shoulder responsibility’ to resolve trade war
Follow RT on China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the country would have to take countermeasures if the United States was committed to imposing more tariffs on Chinese goods. The ministry’s spokesperson Hua Chunying was quoted by Reuters as saying that the US – the world’s largest economy – should give up its illusions,…
Gilroy festival shooter killed himself – coroner
Follow RT on Santino William Legan, 19, who went on a shooting rampage at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, took his own life, the Santa Clara County coroner’s office reported Friday. The office’s specialist, Nicole Lopez, said that Legan appeared to have died after shooting himself with the same firearm he used to kill three…
New sanctions against Russia are about US domestic political struggle – Moscow
Follow RT on The new US sanctions against Russia have nothing to do with bilateral ties or the Skripal affair and really stem from the intensifying 2020 presidential campaign in America, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, told RT. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing fresh restrictions on Moscow over its…
Air traffic between China & Africa skyrockets 630% in the last decade
Follow RT on Massive Chinese investment pouring into Africa has led to the rapid expansion of air traffic between the east Asian country and the continent. There are currently eight direct flights operating on an average day between China and African nations. That is a huge increase from less than a decade ago when airlines…
Germany to ramp up security at Swiss border after migrant pushed 8yo boy under train
Follow RT on Days after a foreigner killed a young boy by pushing him and his mother under a train, the German interior minister has recommended stricter checks at the country’s Swiss border and advanced security measures at all rail stations. “I will do everything in order to put intelligent controls in place on the…