Speaking in a televised address aired on Friday, President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not heed Chinese demands and would continue to push for sovereignty over islands and reefs in the South China Sea. “We have a stand here and I want to state it here and now again that …
Read More »‘Go back to England’: Prince Harry angers Americans after calling First Amendment ‘bonkers’
During a Thursday appearance on Hollywood actor Dax Shepard’s ‘Armchair Expert’ podcast, the prince – who now lives in California after stepping down from his royal duties – said, “I’ve got so much I want to say about the First Amendment. I still don’t understand it, but it is bonkers.” …
Read More »Big Ben behind bars: Siberian prison installs British-style red phone boxes to create ‘atmosphere of London’ for inmates
Authorities in Correctional Colony 8 also got the prison’s art students to draw an illustration of the Palace of Westminster’s Elizabeth Tower, known worldwide as Big Ben. According to the Federal Penitentiary Service, placing payphones inside red phonebooths helps to “maximize the atmosphere of London.” According to Russian law, inmates …
Read More »CIA spying scandal in Switzerland shows the best way for intelligence services to read your messages is to OWN the platform
On May 12, the head of Switzerland’s federal intelligence service (Nachrichtendienst des Bundes, NDB), Jean-Philippe Gaudin, announced his resignation. Local media reports say Gaudin’s departure stems from a falling-out with Defense Minister Viola Amherd over his handling of the Crypto AG scandal – namely, he failed to inform her about …
Read More »‘Stunning hypocrisy’: Top Democrats rape & assault with impunity due to media protection, Tara Reade tells RT’s Rick Sanchez
Tara Reade, 57, worked for the current US president in the early 1990s, when she claims he sexually assaulted her in Congress. She went public with the accusation during the 2020 presidential race. In her interview with RT America, Ms. Reade recalls that when she first came forward in 1993, …
Read More »Cybersecurity tycoon Kaspersky claims CIA hackers could actually be behind US Colonial Pipeline attack blamed on Russian group
After a massive systems failure caused the Colonial Pipeline to shut down, Natalya Kaspersky, the founder and former CEO of security software firm Kaspersky Lab, as well as one of Russia’s wealthiest women, made the explosive suggestions in an interview with RIA Novosti on Friday. She alleges that the US’ …
Read More »US panic-buying feeds into fuel shortage, sending gasoline prices higher – analyst
The biggest fuel-carrying infrastructure facility on the US East Coast was targeted by a ransomware cyberattack last Friday. The attack forced the Colonial Pipeline Company, the pipeline’s operator, to halt supplies to the entire network for nearly a week. The company has since reportedly paid the $5 million ransom and …
Read More »Hundreds take to streets in Barcelona to protest closure of Nissan plants, as thousands fear losing jobs (VIDEO)
At least 700 people marched in the capital of the Catalonia region on Thursday, local media reported. Protesters blew whistles and horns, and set off firecrackers outside a government building in central Barcelona, as seen in footage from RT’s Ruptly video agency. Workers and trade union members held banners that …
Read More »Israel DENIES sending ground troops to Gaza as cross-border attacks intensify
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) clarified to AFP that its troops have not crossed into the Gaza Strip, blaming an “internal communication” error for the confusion. The Israeli army initially told the media that its soldiers were in the Palestinian enclave, but two hours later it sent a new statement …
Read More »Greenwald blasts Intercept over ‘hit piece’ that claims conservatives’ riot video ‘smears’ Black Lives Matter
“Meet the Riot Squad: Right-Wing Reporters Whose Viral Videos Are Used to Smear BLM,” blares the headline of the Intercept article, written by Robert Mackey and published Thursday. It names eight reporters who “roam from city to city, feeding the conservative media’s hunger for images of destruction and violence on …
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