North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged his nation’s support for Russia in its standoff with the US and its allies. He is making a rare visit to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at the space facility in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur Region. “Russia has risen for a sacred fight …
Read More »‘Always ready’ for US & Israel: Iran launches massive military drill
The drill, dubbed ‘Zolfaghar-1400’, includes maneuvers in parts of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Oman, which is connected to the Persian Gulf through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian Navy and the Air Force were practicing striking targets, using various drones among other weapons, in the southern …
Read More »Grass isn’t always greener? Russians are increasingly skeptical of Western-style democracy, and young are turning against the left
Western-style democracy, however, doesn’t appear to be on the list. A new poll by Moscow’s internationally acknowledged Levada Center (registered as a foreign agent over links to overseas funding) has found that more Russians say they aren’t “a democrat,” or “a person with democratic beliefs,” than those who claim they …
Read More »‘Racism has always been a scam’: World Cup winner calls for ‘race suicide’, transcendence from black, white & gender ‘categories’
Lilian Thuram, who played a key role in France’s famously multicultural squad winning the World Cup in 1998, has combined his political activism with authoring a new book, ‘White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity’. The 49-year-old critic of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy believes it is “hypocritical” that players who …
Read More »Galloway: I’m devastated by the killing of David Amess – I always felt it could happen to me. Politicians have no protection
Alas poor David Amess, I knew him well. As a parliamentary colleague for almost 30 years, as a Christian activist on issues such as abortion and euthanasia and, of course, on Brexit where he was literally indefatigable. Stabbed to death at his constituency surgery on Friday, he leaves a widow …
Read More »‘You will always be missed’: Khabib Nurmagomedov pays tribute on his birthday to his late father Abdulmanap as UFC hails ex-champ
While promotion president Dana White would love lightweight great Nurmagomedov to come out of retirement, the newly-turned 33-year-old has shown he is as busy as ever in the build-up to his birthday. The legendary Dagestani portrayed himself going for a walk with his coach, Javier Mendez, on Sunday after the trainer turned 51 …
Read More »Afghan invasion was never a ‘good war,’ it was always an imperialist project, John Pilger tells RT
Pilger joined RT’s Going Underground program to reflect on the lessons that should be learned from two decades of occupation in Afghanistan, which ended in an ignoble withdrawal last month. He warned against remembering the military misadventure as a sort of “good war” justified by the threat of terrorism. Just …
Read More »‘Always believed it can be done’: Mayor of town where Nord Stream 2 connects to Germany speaks to RT as FINAL pipe wielded
Lubmin is a tiny town of just over 2,000 residents, laying on Germany’s northeastern coast. It has found itself in the middle of big infrastructure projects and political games, as it houses receiving stations for Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. The latter had its last section welded on Monday …
Read More »Russia will always be a part of Europe, so it’s high time for relations to improve, Austrian foreign minister tells Moscow’s envoy
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday following talks with his Russian counterpart, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg lamented the dismal state of bilateral affairs. “It is painful to realize that relations between the EU and Russia have hit their worst point at the moment,” he said. “The gap between …
Read More »NHS data grab does have some benefits – just as the road to hell is always paved with good intentions
There is a plan to amalgamate patient records held by English GPs into a central database run by NHS Digital. The data will date back 10 years and include “information on patients’ physical, mental and sexual health, including details of diagnoses, symptoms, test results, medication and immunisations.” NHS Digital asserts …
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