Follow RT on French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday that the European Union is ready to respond “with sanctions” should Washington reject Brussels’ offer in settling the Airbus trade dispute. “If the American administration rejects the hand that has been held out by France and the European Union, we are preparing ourselves…
US sanctions bite into Cuban healthcare – despite claims they only affect leadership
Follow RT on US sanctions are making ordinary Cubans sick, literally. Despite Washington’s insistence that its sanctions hurt only the banks and government officials they target, the entire population is being deprived of lifesaving drugs. Cuba, already under a US trade embargo since 1962, was hit with even stricter sanctions earlier this year in what…
‘If McGregor wants it, Moscow is waiting’: Khabib’s father says UFC champion wants rematch on Russian soil in 2020
Follow RT on Conor McGregor has made no secret of his desire to pursue a rematch with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. And now Khabib’s father has weighed in, saying the bout could happen next year in Russia. Speaking to YouTube channel ‘Zhivina100’, Khabib’s father Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov opened the door for discussions to begin over…
Placido Domingo cancels last remaining US appearances amid #MeToo shaming after unproven anonymous accusations
Follow RT on American opera lovers will now have to travel to Europe to see superstar Placido Domingo. The singer canceled his last remaining US performances amid a furore over anonymous and still unproven sexual assault accusations. Domingo resigned as general director of the Los Angeles Opera on Wednesday, and withdrew from his scheduled performances…
Joker filmmaker enrages ‘woke culture’ proponents by (accurately) blaming the tyranny of outrage for death of comedy
Follow RT on Filmmaker Todd Phillips triggered more than a few ‘woke’ critics when he blamed the overly sensitive climate engulfing comedy – in which any controversial material becomes ‘problematic’ – for killing comedy, but he was right. What Phillips called “woke culture” – a pathological eagerness to avoid insensitivity that weaponizes the worst excesses…
'When we can’t buy a washing machine, we get a dryer' – Pochettino reveals Tottenham transfer regret
The Argentine has the club competing at the top of the Premier League – but he hasn’t got the budget to match his rivals Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino admits his side do not yet have the finances to compete with Europe’s elite clubs. Pochettino failed to make a single signing during the summer transfer window…
'They were right to send me off' – No complaints from Allegri after Juventus defeat
The Bianconeri boss concedes he was in the wrong after being sent to the stands during his side’s shock defeat in Bergamo Massimiliano Allegri conceded his dismissal in Juventus’ Coppa Italia quarter-final defeat to Atalanta was the correct decision as he stated his belief the result had been “in the air”. The Bianconeri suffered their first…
Sydney FC sign Ghoochannejhad on loan
The 31-year-old moves to the A-League for the remainder of the campaign and will wear the number 16 shirt Sydney FC have strengthened their attack by signing former Iran international Reza Ghoochannejhad on loan from APOEL until the end of the season. Ghoochannejhad joined the Cypriot club ahead of the 2018-19 campaign and scored two goals…
Dances with wolves, Russian style: Man keeps a whole WOLF PACK as pets (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
Follow RT on A Russian man with a burning passion for animals has a wolf pack living on his estate as pets. It’s not all fun and games with his toothy and clawy friends however, as he hopes to establish a center for wild animal rehabilitation. The wolves have been living with the businessman from…
Love, don’t hate, even in the name of fighting hate: What we can learn from Mahatma Gandhi
Follow RT on One hundred and fifty years on from the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, what lessons can we draw today about the way he helped achieve Indian independence? He was the ‘great soul’, a modest, saintly man whose campaigns of ‘satyagraha’, non-violent civil disobedience, shook what was then the largest Empire in history to…