Follow RT on A two-person film crew, who became the first to shoot footage for a feature film in Earth’s orbit, are set to travel home from the International Space Station on Sunday. They also helped out with the regular work in space. The Soyuz MS-18 spaceship, piloted by veteran…
Breaking the Red Wall: Tory candidate wins in Labour stronghold Hartlepool for 1st time since 1974
Follow RT on A UK Conservative Party candidate has won a by-election in Hartlepool, upstaging the Labour opponent for the first time in nearly five decades. Tory candidate Jill Mortimer came in first with 51.88%, beating her Labour opponent, Paul Williams, by almost 7,000 votes. She will be the first…
Venezuelan President Maduro gets first shot of Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine
Follow RT on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is the latest world leader to take his first dose of Russia’s Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine, once maligned by the Western media, is gaining popularity in Europe too. A masked Maduro took his jab in a video shared by TeleSUR on Saturday,…
Iranian parliament calls for President Rouhani to be prosecuted over ‘illegal’ agreement with IAEA
Follow RT on A majority of Iranian lawmakers voted on Monday to pass a motion condemning the country’s president, Hassan Rouhani, for agreeing a deal between his government and the UN nuclear watchdog, and called for his prosecution. The damning resolution in Iran’s parliament also stated that a report by…