Follow RT on The EU is set to curb contacts and funding for Ankara in retaliation for what it calls Turkey’s “illegal” drilling for gas and oil off Cyprus, Reuters reported, citing a draft statement. On Thursday, national envoys in Brussels were discussing a joint decision to punish Ankara over what the EU sees as…
Astana peace talks on Syria meeting to be held in early August – Moscow
Follow RT on The high-level Astana peace talks meeting on Syria will be held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan at the beginning of August, followed by a summit in Turkey, Russian special presidential envoy for the Middle East and Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov, said on Wednesday. Representatives of Lebanon and Iraq will take part for the first time…
Free speech for EVERYONE? Trump scolds social media platforms as MSM attacks his select audience
Follow RT on All Americans have the right to speak freely, not just supporters of one political party or another, President Donald Trump told social media platforms at a White House “summit” featuring mainly influencers who have supported him. “I am not speaking for ‘our side.’ You could be some of the most liberal people…
‘There was no second thought, it was instinct’: McGregor pal Cian Cowley opens up on NYC bus attack
Click:Sprunki – Cute vs Scary Beats MOD APK Follow RT on Cian Cowley was arrested alongside Conor McGregor for his part in last year’s infamous attack on a bus carrying several UFC fighters including Khabib Nurmagomedov and says that he would do it again under the same circumstances. Cowley, who is currently 2-2 as a…
‘Alexa, am I having a stroke?’: Amazon’s virtual assistant to give medical advice from NHS database
Follow RT on UK patients will now be able to ask Amazon’s smart assistant, Alexa, for medical advice and receive answers based on their personal National Health Service (NHS) information. The move has prompted both ridicule and praise online. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, unveiling the plans on Wednesday, argued that since “millions of people already…
Iraqi Kurdistan gets new govt, key post of oil minister unassigned
Follow RT on A new regional government came to power on Wednesday in Iraqi Kurdistan. The key post of oil minister remained unassigned and is therefore de facto managed by new Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. Barzani was appointed premier nearly a month ago by his cousin Nechirvan Barzani, who had served as PM for seven…
Denmark considers clamping down on social media after Instagram influencer’s suicide note
Follow RT on Denmark is considering regulating social media influencers after Instagram personality Fie Laursen posted a suicide note which received 30,000 comments and 8,000 likes. The public suicide note remained online for two full days before Laursen herself took it down, having received treatment in a local hospital for an attempted pharmaceutical overdose. In…
Major news story: It’s Sir John v Boris in the Tory Brexit war
Follow RT on Former Tory PM Sir John Major has said he’d go to court to prevent the next Tory PM from proroguing parliament to get through a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. Could BoJo and Brexit be derailed by Europhile Tories, or will fears over a ‘Marxist’ Corbyn government unite warring Conservatives? It’s a major news story….
Syriza’s fall from grace in Greece: Can neoliberalism be defeated?
Follow RT on Syriza’s ignominious fall from grace in Greece is a salutary lesson as to the folly of promising the impossible and delivering the detestable. It all seems so long ago now that the left wing anti-austerity party swept to power pledging to end the country’s ‘fiscal waterboarding’ and humiliation at the hands of…
Tourist ship runs aground in Russian reservoir, briefly stranding almost 300 foreign visitors
Follow RT on A four-deck riverboat cruising Russia’s Volga river briefly ran aground in low water in the Rybinsk reservoir. It was carrying 292 foreign tourists. The ‘Viking Helgi’ operates 14-day voyages on the Volga and its tributaries, departing from Moscow and St. Petersburg. On Monday, the boat became mired for a short time in…