US President Donald Trump’s administration has mounted a four-year “onslaught” against the media that has had a powerful negative impact on press freedom globally, the UN rapporteur for free expression has said. UN special rapporteur David Kaye described the “Trump effect” on Monday, in remarks to journalists in Geneva, suggesting […]
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A two-member advance team of the World Health Organization (WHO) dispatched to Wuhan to probe the origins of the Covid-19 outbreak will undertake preliminary work with local scientists, the agency’s emergencies chief has said. The team is currently under mandatory quarantine, the WHO’s Mike Ryan said at a press briefing […]
Petr Yan’s triumphant world title victory against Jose Aldo at UFC 251 has been immortalized on the streets of St. Petersburg with a picture-perfect mural of Russia’s latest UFC champion. Yan joined Khabib Nurmagomedov as one of just two Russian titleholders in the world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion when […]
Planetary geophysicists have used a new numerical model to determine that the moon is in fact 85 million years younger than previously thought, having formed from the extremely violent and unlikely collision of two protoplanets. The boffins at the German Aerospace Center, led by Maxime Maurice, produced a model to […]
A blaze has broken out in one of the World Trade Center’s towers in the capital city of Nigeria, Abuja. Footage from the scene shows a large plume of smoke billowing from the building’s top floors. The fire ignited at the massive tower, which is still under construction, on Monday. […]
After Russia’s famed figure-skating specialist Eteri Tutberidze was named best coach by the International Skating Union (ISU), furious fans have voiced fierce criticism and disappointment across the internet. But why? The Inaugural ISU Skating Awards ceremony was held on July 11, with Tutberidze leapfrogging two other nominees – Rafael Arutyunyan […]
A surge in Covid-19 cases across Latin America has made it the second-worst hit region for virus deaths, outpacing the US and Canada and trailing only Europe. The situation has been exacerbated by poverty and lack of mass testing. A total of 144,758 people have died from the coronavirus in […]
The government in Hanoi has agreed to resume commercial flights to and from China after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Transport Ministry, however, said on Monday that the frequency and timing of flights was still being discussed. With 372 infections and no deaths, Vietnam has seen […]
The leader of Spain’s Catalonia Quim Torra has called on the residents of the city of Lleida to follow his government’s home confinement orders, after a rise in coronavirus cases. The statement came despite a Spanish judge’s decision to bar the lockdown. Quim Torra told reporters on Monday it was […]
Russia is upgrading its fleet of Sukhoi Su-25 attack planes to further boost their survivability. The latest variant of the armored aircraft is shown in action in a video released by the Russian military. The Su-25 is among the most-used Russian aircraft, having left a mark in over a dozen […]
Polish President Andrzej Duda is leading the polls by a slim margin with the nationwide vote count nearly over. The election commission has said the final tally will not change significantly. Duda, an ally of the ruling right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, got 51.2 percent of the vote, the […]
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda appears to have just about managed to snatch victory from his opponent, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, in an incredibly tight race, with exit polls showing he’s just one percent ahead. Duda has gained just over 50 percent of the vote, while his opponent secured 49.6 percent, […]
In response to a viral video of a Bronx man putting an officer in a headlock, that outraged police unions, New York mayor Bill de Blasio said there is “a lot to do to heal the relationship between police and the community.” “That starts with standing together and advancing reforms, […]
Donald Trump’s ex-adviser Steve Bannon has doubled down on the man-made nature of the coronavirus, claiming that Chinese “virus experts” have defected to the West and are now cooperating with intelligence agencies. The explosive allegations were made by Bannon in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail. Describing the Wuhan […]
Pennsylvania authorities have launched a probe after a video, showing an officer kneeling on a man’s neck in Allentown, went viral, further fueling the outrage and nationwide protests against police brutality. Captured outside St. Luke’s Hospital-Sacred Heart hospital and widely shared by Black Lives Matter activists and even George Floyd […]
USA Today had egg on its face after running a “fact check” story verifying the theory that a Trump campaign T-shirt depicts a Nazi symbol. After causing outrage, it clarified that the bald eagle is a “longtime US symbol too.” “The claim: Trump campaign shirts feature imperial eagle, a Nazi […]
Comments from Alexandria Ocasi-Cortez on her theory about crime spiking in New York City have gone viral and been slammed relentlessly, as the congresswoman believes it all boils down to people being broke and hungry. Asked about the increase in crime in her city during a recent virtual town hall, […]
West Midlands Police raised some eyebrows on social media after proudly announcing they had arrested a 12yo boy just hours after he sent racist threats and images of the Ku Klux Klan to footballer Wilfried Zaha. Prior to a Sunday match between Aston Villa and Crystal Palace, Zaha tweeted out […]
CNN’s Jake Tapper was confronted with coverage from his own show claiming masks were “not needed” during the Covid-19 pandemic, after he tweeted Donald Trump may have saved lives if he’d worn them in public months ago. “Some day someone will do a study on how many lives might have […]
The World Health Organization has registered a record increase in coronavirus cases worldwide. The confirmed-cases number has jumped by nearly a quarter million over the past 24 hours. The record increase of 230,370 was registered by the global health watchdog on Sunday, with the largest number of new cases coming […]
12 Jul, 2020 18:44 Follow RT on The USS Bonhomme Richard has caught fire at a naval base in San Diego. Footage from the scene shows a large plume of smoke emitting from under the ship’s deck; at least one explosion and injuries among the crew have been reported. […]
Russian’s Petr Yan says he plans on accepting any and all challenges during his reign as the UFC bantamweight titleholder, and even opened the door to a potential showdown with former two-division ruler ‘Triple C’ Henry Cejudo. Yan, who defeated Jose Aldo by fifth-round stoppage to claim his first UFC […]
At least two soldiers have been killed in a border clash between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Baku says. It is the latest flareup in a decades-old conflict between the two states. The clash happened on the Armenian-Azeri border on Sunday at about midday local time, both sides confirmed. The exact details […]
Pope Francis has added his voice to those objecting to the museum status of Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia having been revoked. Originally a Byzantine Christian church, the Turkish government has turned it back into a mosque. “My thoughts go to Istanbul. I’m thinking about Hagia Sophia. I am very distressed,” […]