Thick plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing from the transport hub on Monday in footage of the incident posted on social media. One video showed emergency workers and passersby watching the blaze before a giant fireball suddenly erupts from the side of a building. A total of 10 fire …
Read More »Bomb found in Italian official’s car close to Euro 2020 host stadium in Rome
The explosive device made of gunpowder and bolts was found wired into a vehicle a few kilometers from the stadium on Wednesday, Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano reported. A bomb alert was triggered and police cordoned off the street after the device was discovered by a passer-by in the Italian …
Read More »Better off as friends? Russia & China forging close partnership Moscow’s man in Beijing claims, but NATO-style alliance not needed
Andrei Denisov, Russia’s ambassador to the East Asian nation, wrote in a new essay collection made available on Tuesday that economic partnerships and positive political relations alone were enough in the short term. “I believe that a formal alliance, especially a military-political one, is not the most optimal scheme for …
Read More »EU leaders move to close skies & airports to Belarus over Ryanair incident, freeze €3bn investment until Minsk turns ‘democratic’
Meeting in Brussels on Monday, the European Council – heads of state or government of all EU members – issued a memo demanding the “immediate release” of Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega, two of the passengers detained on Sunday. It also called on the International Civil Aviation Organization to investigate …
Read More »Western nations want ‘democracy’ in Syria so badly they close embassies and prevent Syrians from voting in presidential elections
Western leaders hypocritically claimed concern for Syrians and wanted to ensure they live democratically – by funding and arming terrorists from around the world to slaughter them and destroy their homes, governmental buildings, and historic and cultural places–but continue to do everything in their power to make it difficult-to-impossible for …
Read More »1,700 bikini-clad snowboarders & skiers hit Siberian slopes to close season in style (VIDEO)
Some 1,700 people braved the icy temperatures to take part in the sexy descent at the popular Sheregesh ski resort on Saturday, according to the organizers. Despite the numbers being impressive, they fell short of a Guinness world record for the most crowded semi-naked downhill event, which was set at …
Read More »WATCH: Mesmerizing drone footage captures close-up of Fagradalsfjall volcano eruption in Iceland
Footage from RT’s video agency Ruptly shows the mountain ejecting bursts of lava as rivers of boiling orange liquid cascade down the rock formation. A huge plume of smoke rises into the sky as the camera, attached to a drone, surveys the stunning natural phenomenon. The volcano, located some 40km …
Read More »Will Guantanamo ever close or is America just waiting for the remaining 40 prisoners to die one by one?
After a while, some things that at first seemed shocking and disturbing somehow become normalised and melt into the background. Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a prime example. Apart from military geeks, hardly anyone has paid attention recently to the controversial prison at the US Naval Base in Cuba, itself …
Read More »Fury as SNL joke about Israel vaccinating ‘Jewish half’ of population comes too close to calling it ‘apartheid state’
The punchline was delivered by Michael Che in the Weekly Update segment of the show, accounting for just a few seconds amid numerous dunks on Ted Cruz taking a vacation in Mexico amid the Texas power crisis. Critics say the joke was “stoking hatred against Jews by perpetuating libels.” Taken …
Read More »Google & Facebook ‘very close’ to striking deals with news orgs, Aussie treasurer says as media reform bill moves on
Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code, which first emerged in 2019, became the focus of a rather loud public feud between Canberra and the two digital advertising behemoths in recent weeks. The new regulations would significantly change how the Australian media and companies like Google and Facebook, which use news content …
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