Follow RT on Arthur Ryan, the founder and former CEO of the clothing retailer Primark, has passed away after a short illness, the company said. He was 83. Ryan founded the company in 1962 under the name Penneys. The name was changed to Primark when the company moved from Ireland to the UK in 1974….
Germany says it needs Nord Stream 2, denies being captive to Russian energy supplies
Follow RT on The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is one of the ways for Germany to meet its growing energy demand, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier has said, rebuffing criticism that the project increases Russia’s energy leverage on Berlin. Germany will have an increased demand for natural gas, as the country is phasing out coal…
Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s new PM after New Democracy party wins election
Follow RT on Greece’s New Democracy party leader Kyrikos Mitsotakis was sworn in as prime minister on Monday after a landslide victory in snap elections. The party won an outright majority with 158 seats in the 300-seat legislature. His pledges for more investments, well-paid jobs and fewer taxes appeared to have won over Greeks, who…
Hailstones the size of tennis balls hit south-central France (PHOTO, VIDEO)
Follow RT on A huge thunderstorm has bombarded the French region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes with hailstones the size of tennis balls, and included a record number of lightning bolts, providing for a deluge of impressive content on social media. The meteorological calamity led to the classification by Meteo France of most of the country as being…
UN inspectors pledge prompt report on Iran’s boost to its uranium enrichment
Follow RT on Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are in Iran and will report on Tehran’s increase in its uranium enrichment “as soon as they verify the announced development,” the IAEA said on Sunday. Iran said it is boosting its uranium enrichment in response to what it sees as the inaction of European…
Trump invites cartoonist who penned ‘anti-Semitic’ Soros sketch to White House, liberals furious
Follow RT on Progressives and liberals took to Twitter to vent, after President Donald Trump invited right-wing cartoonist Ben Garrison to an upcoming White House social media summit. Garrison has been accused of anti-Semitism. The guest list for Trump’s social media summit, due to take place this Thursday, looks tailor-made to trigger and enrage his…
Did Mo Salah and Egypt just hand Cristiano Ronaldo a record 6th Ballon d’Or?
Follow RT on Hosts Egypt crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations in a shock defeat to South Africa on Saturday night in a result that could have ramifications for striker Mohamed Salah and his quest for football’s biggest individual prize. A late strike by Thembinkosi Lorch handed South Africa victory in Cairo and…
Jewish group calls on Congress to make Holocaust education mandatory in US schools
Follow RT on The World Jewish Congress is pushing US lawmakers to make Holocaust education mandatory in all schools, citing statistics from a 2018 poll revealing half of millennials can’t name a single Nazi concentration camp. The WJC started a petition calling on Congress to “make Holocaust education mandatory in every school in the United…
Free speech rally with Proud Boys and Milo in Washington DC draws antifa protesters (VIDEO)
Follow RT on Leftist and ‘Antifa’ activists have descended on Washington DC to oppose a ‘free speech rally’ led by right-wing figures including the ‘Proud Boys’ and Milo Yiannopoulos. Expecting clashes, police have closed roads. The ‘Demand Free Speech’ rally kicked off on Saturday at Washington DC’s Freedom Plaza, just blocks from the White House….
Smurfette or first lady? Odd wooden statue of Melania Trump confuses and enrages locals (VIDEO)
Follow RT on A very strange statue of Melania Trump has been erected near her hometown of Sevnica in Slovenia, but the perplexing wooden creation isn’t a very flattering tribute to the first lady. The life-sized chunky statue was carved from a tree trunk using a chainsaw, so perhaps that explains why it’s somewhat lacking…