Australian police officers were filmed using pepper spray on Monday to disperse a crowd of tennis star Novak Djokovic’s supporters following his victory in his visa case. People, some wrapped in Serbian flags and chanting “free Nole,” swarmed a car leaving the office of the athlete’s legal team in Melbourne. …
Read More »‘No more blah blah blah’: Greta Thunberg drops F-bombs demanding more climate action as Biden appears to FALL ASLEEP at COP26
“We say no more blah blah blah, no more exploitation of people and nature and the planet,” the 18-year-old Thunberg told protesters at a park near the COP26 venue in Glasgow on Monday. “No more exploitation, no more blah blah blah. No more whatever the f**k they’re doing inside there.” …
Read More »‘Very demanding place to film’: Veteran cosmonauts speak to RT about challenges faced by first-ever film crew in orbit
Actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko have become the first-ever professional crew to travel to space to make a feature movie during a 12-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS). The project comes as a collaboration between Russia’s TV Channel 1 and the space agency Roscosmos, with RT …
Read More »‘This is MASSIVE hypocrisy’: Fans call out Premier League clubs for demanding ‘emergency meeting’ over Newcastle’s Saudi takeover
British news outlets have reported that there is “understood to be frustration from clubs about how the deal passed the owners’ and directors’ test”, in reference to alleged human rights abuses in the kingdom and the alleged involvement of the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who heads the Public Investment Fund, in …
Read More »Hollywood crew members vote to go on strike, demanding changes to ‘unsafe’ work conditions and low pay
The IATSE, which represents over 150,000 members in the US and Canada, announced on Monday that the proposed action would be “the first nationwide strike in our 128-year history.” Among the group’s eligible voters, approximately 98% or over 52,000 members voted in favor of a strike. Overwhelming support for the …
Read More »‘No means no!’ Protests erupt across New York demanding end to vaccine mandates & passports (VIDEOS)
The protesters were seen marching in Manhattan, Staten Island and elsewhere in the city on Monday afternoon and carrying into the evening, with one reporter on the scene estimating a crowd of at least 1,000 in the former borough. Marchers were heard chanting “My body, my choice!” in footage making …
Read More »Navalny allies say Google demanding they delete ‘Smart Voting’ list, as Moscow accuses American firm of ‘election interference’
Navalny’s team posted on its Telegram account what it said was a notice from the US-based tech giant, informing them about a complaint from the Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor (RKN). The complaint said materials hosted on Google servers were in breach of Russian law, according to the screenshot. Unless the …
Read More »‘Free Assange’: Corbyn joins protesters demanding release of Assange as US extradition appeal reaches London’s High Court
Scores gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London on Wednesday morning as a legal challenge made by the US government reached Britain’s top magistrates. The appeal looks to overturn a January ruling which stated that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could not be extradited to the US. Former …
Read More »WATCH LIVE: Tear gas & rubber bullets used against Lebanese protesters demanding justice for victims of Beirut blast
Hundreds of protesters – some wearing respirators and helmets – set fire to barricades in the streets outside the Lebanese parliament and clashed with police on Wednesday evening. Green lasers could also be seen cutting through the smoke. Video from Beirut shows smoke and crowd control ammunition being used against …
Read More »State gets sued over law demanding transgender people give proof of surgery if they want to change sex on birth certificate
The law in question was signed by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte in April and requires the state health department to receive “a certified copy of an order from a court with appropriate jurisdiction indicating that the sex of the person born in Montana has been changed by surgical procedure.” Activists …
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