Follow RT on ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry won’t soon forget his trip to Montevideo to fight South American star Vicente Luque after the American found himself on the receiving end of what some fans are calling the ‘worst’ broken nose in UFC history. Three rounds into the back-and-forth co-main event encounter in the organization’s debut card…
UK is going to break up? Yes, according to former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
Follow RT on Gordon Brown has waded into the Brexit debate, arguing that the UK is in danger of breaking up. Nationalism, he claims, is destroying the union and the values that underpin it. The former prime minister didn’t hold back in an article that appears both on the Guardian website and in the Observer…
Drone attack repelled by Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in Syria – MoD
Follow RT on Six suicide drones launched at the Russian Khmeimim Air Base on Sunday have been shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The air defenses destroyed the UAVs at a “safe distance,” and no damage was caused to the base. The militants have repeatedly sought to hit the Russian facility located in the…
Facebook ‘News’: A bold step toward total control of reality?
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…
Boris Johnson creates 10,000 prison places in £1.5 billion crime crackdown plan
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…
Top MSNBC host links RUSSIA to convicted pedophile Epstein’s death
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…
‘The Hunt’ is over: Universal scraps ‘elites v. deplorables’ movie after gun violence uproar
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…
Syrian constitution committee could convene soon, Russian envoy says
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…
Unsealed court docs detail Clinton, Trump ties to Epstein & his interest in ‘erotic servitude’
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…
‘Grab your popcorn’: Serena Williams to face Naomi Osaka for first time since infamous US Open final
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…