Follow RT on Facebook’s plan to hook ad-cash-deprived mainstream outlets on licensing payouts seems to be an attempt to hijack narrative control en route to total domination of the infosphere – the ultimate safe space, Zuckerberg-style. More than two thirds of American adults get their news from social media at the same time that more…

Follow RT on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to increase police stop-and-search powers and to create an extra 10,000 places in prisons, saying he wants “criminals to be afraid – not the public.” The jail cells will be created by building new prisons and expanding existing ones, in what the PM called a…

Follow RT on With billionaire Jeffrey Epstein found dead in a jail cell by apparent suicide, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough wasted no time theorizing on sex-trafficking rings or powerful pedophile clients. Instead, he brought in “the Russians.” “A guy who had information that would have destroyed rich and powerful men’s lives ends up dead in…

Follow RT on Universal has scrapped the release of ‘The Hunt,’ a dark satire that depicts liberal elites hunting down middle-American “deplorables” for sport. The decision comes after three mass shootings and criticism from President Trump. Originally scheduled for release at the end of September, ‘The Hunt’ depicted a hellish world in which rich liberals…

Follow RT on Moscow hopes that an agreement can be reached soon, under UN auspices, on forming Syria’s new constitutional committee, Russia’s UN ambassador Gennady Gatilov said on Friday. The new body could convene in Geneva as early as September, Reuters quoted him as saying. Gatilov said in Geneva that he expected UN Special Envoy…

Follow RT on Thousands of court documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse case have been unsealed, providing new details into the financier’s connections to current and former US presidents, and his interest in sex trafficking. The files were unsealed on Friday as part of an ongoing lawsuit filed by Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts…

Follow RT on Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka will meet in the quarterfinal of the Rogers Cup – the first time the pair have played each other since the their infamous US Open final last year. Japanese youngster Osaka beat 23-time Grand Slam winner Williams to win the US Open title last September, in a…

Follow RT on With Pakistan’s foreign minister in Beijing to discuss the Kashmir crisis, and his Indian counterpart following on Sunday, China looks set to involve itself in the high-stakes standoff between its two nuclear neighbors. The Kashmir dispute is one that has remained impervious to foreign mediation for decades. US President Donald Trump’s casual…

Follow RT on Police in the Swedish city of Uppsala have warned women to walk in groups and to “think how to behave,” after four women were raped in as many days. A sleepy college town of 170,000 people, Uppsala is more usually known for its universities and cathedral than for violent crime. However, police…

Follow RT on Imagine you didn’t shave for a fortnight, took a pic, and then millions of “followers” would tell you how amazing you are, how much good you are doing for the world. Oh, for the life of the woke celebrity. This act of stunning hirsutal derring-do is one the model and actress Emily…