Follow RT on John McAfee has reemerged on Twitter after ‘going dark’ online following what he said was a run-in with the CIA. “Been at sea 4 and a half days in rough weather,” he tweeted Monday. “Will be back in the saddle shortly.” The creator of McAfee AntiVirus software tweeted on Friday that the…
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Britain to send 250 troops to Mali for peacekeeping operations – ministry
Follow RT on The UK will send 250 troops to the West African nation of Mali next year as part of a United Nations peacekeeping operation, according to Britain’s Defense Ministry. “In one of the world’s poorest and most fragile regions it is right that we support some of [the] world’s most vulnerable people and…
PM Hun Sen denies allowing China naval base in Cambodia
Follow RT on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday denied that he was allowing China to set up a military outpost in the Southeast Asian nation. A news report had earlier alleged that the two nations signed a secret pact allowing Beijing exclusive use of a naval base on the Gulf of Thailand. Hun…
Extreme heatwave across US prompts concerns about elderly, homeless & inmates
Follow RT on As an extreme heatwave presses down on the US, locals are being asked to look after their older neighbors, activists try to save inmates from baking in prisons, and authorities hurry to take the homeless off the sizzling streets. The extreme temperatures, reaching as high as some 95F (35 C) have been…
Political pawns? Wives of French police officers demand govt action amid suicide epidemic
Follow RT on Rising street violence coupled with government inaction has created intolerable conditions for France’s police force, according to wives of officers who spoke with Ruptly. Their concerns come amid a spike in police suicides. Weekly Yellow Vest demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s austerity measures have strained France’s police force, which was already experiencing…
Pakistani soldier killed by ‘unprovoked’ cross-border fire from India – Islamabad
Follow RT on The Pakistani Army accused India of shelling its outposts along the Line of Control (LoC) and said one of its soldiers died during the exchange of fire. New Delhi says its forces retaliated after Pakistani troops attacked first. According to Islamabad, Indian troops struck its positions with rockets and mortar fire at…
Boris Johnson is a Kremlin agent too, because he talks to ‘Russian oligarch’ who hates Putin. What?
Follow RT on In 2019, merely being on first-name terms with a Russian makes a Western politician a pawn of Vladimir Putin, even if the Russian in question fled the country 15 years ago, and has an outstanding Moscow police warrant against him. Catherine Belton, a former Financial Times correspondent in Moscow, has produced a…
Priyanka Chopra dissed as ‘hypocrite’ over viral smoking photo after her asthma campaign
Follow RT on Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has sparked anger online after she was photographed smoking a cigarette despite her campaign work spreading awareness about asthma. Priyanka is asthmatic and spoke about dealing with the chronic disease as part of an ad campaign last year. However, this weekend she was spotted smoking with her husband…
UK caught in crossfire of US-Iran brinkmanship, and whose fault is that?
Follow RT on London has scored an own-goal by plunging right in the middle of the US game of nerves against Iran. The international crisis over detained tankers comes amid an awkward leadership transition at home. Next week, Britain will have a new prime minister after Theresa May makes room for either former Foreign Secretary…
Extreme heatwave across US prompts concerns about elderly, homeless & inmates
Follow RT on As an extreme heatwave presses down on the US, locals are being asked to look after their older neighbors, activists try to save inmates from baking in prisons, and authorities hurry to take the homeless off the sizzling streets. The extreme temperatures, reaching as high as some 95F (35 C) have been…