Follow RT on Italian police have found an arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, 20 guns and neo-Nazi material, in a series of raids on far right groups which fought against rebels in Ukraine’s eastern breakaway republics. Along with the missile, police found nine assault rifles, a sub-machine gun, seven pistols and three shotguns,…
UFC legend Urijah Faber returns from retirement and leaves commentators stunned with knockout win
Follow RT on UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber made a crowd-pleasing return to the octagon in his home town of Sacramento on Saturday night, and delivered a stunning knockout win that had the crowd – and commentators – on their feet. Forty-year-old Faber took on rising bantamweight contender Ricky Simon, but the veteran fighter…
Community showdown with bottled water plant gets surprise twist when company reveals its own emails
Follow RT on Bottled water firm Crystal Geyser’s heavily-protested plans for a plant in Washington state are all but dashed, after company execs accidentally sent an internal email calling the operation “dead” to the local press. Crystal Geyser bottles natural spring water and sells it to thirsty Americans, with nearly one in five consumers drinking…
Russian trolls are coming! Obama staffer issues warning amid dispute within Democrtic party
Follow RT on With sniping and infighting rocking the Democratic Party, former White House staffer Ben Rhodes has warned the left to be on the lookout for those ever-present “Russian trolls,” drawing ridicule. “Have no doubt that Russian trolls will work to exploit the divisions opening up in the Democratic coalition,” Rhodes tweeted. “Let’s debate…
Huawei plans job cuts in US amid blacklisting row – reports
Follow RT on The Chinese tech corporation is planning to cut hundreds of jobs at its US subsidiary, a media report revealed. The news comes after the firm was banned from buying American software and components for its products. The dismissals are expected to affect workers at Huawei’s US-based research and development subsidiary, Futurewei Technologies,…
US regulator whacks Facebook with largest-ever $5bn fine over privacy violations
Follow RT on Facebook will pay $5 billion and submit to “government restrictions” on its treatment of users’ private data under the terms of the largest-ever Federal Trade Commission settlement imposed for privacy violations, sources said. The settlement includes “government restrictions on how Facebook treats user privacy,” Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reported citing…
Earth’s magnetic field, critical to all life, may be in danger from ‘leaking core’
Follow RT on Scientists studying the earth’s core, vital to protecting us from dangerous high-energy particles from space, believe not only that it is leaking, but that it has been for about 2.5 billion years. While the cause of the leak remains unknown, as do the consequences for the Earth’s magnetic field, scientists appear to…
‘We did bad, evil things there’ – Vet turned peace activist on growing dissent with US forever wars
Follow RT on A recent opinion poll shows the majority of American veterans think foreign wars were not worth fighting. RT spoke to one such person, who says his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan served weapons manufacturers and not people. “These wars were unjust, illegal, immoral, should never have happened,” Will Griffin, who is now…
26 dead after Al-Shabaab suicide bomber & gunmen attack Somali hotel
Follow RT on Authorities say they have stopped an attack claimed by jihadist group Al-Shabaab on popular hotel in the Somali port of Kismayo, but prominent public figures are among those killed. “The security forces are in control now and the last terrorist was shot and killed,” Mohamed Abdiweli, a security official, told AFP. A…
OPCW report on 2018 Syria chemical ‘attack’ politicized, new probe may be needed – Russian envoy
Follow RT on The OPCW report on the 2018 chemical “attack” in Syria’s Douma is inconsistent and was clearly made to fit the pre-existing political narrative, Russia’s envoy to the organization has said, adding that a new probe might be needed. The report, released early in March, was the main topic of a large press…