Follow RT on Tesla shares have dropped over 4% in premarket trading on Tuesday, on course to lose some of last week’s $300 billion in gains, after CEO Elon Musk cast doubt on the massive potential deal with car-rental firm Hertz Global. Last week, Hertz Global announced in a press…
19 months into pandemic, Russia’s daily official Covid-19 death toll surpasses 1,000 for first time since deadly virus emerged
Follow RT on Russia has officially registered more than 1,000 daily coronavirus deaths for the first time since the start of the killer pandemic, with the skyrocketing number of registered infections now beating one grim record after another. The daily death toll from Covid-19 has been on the rise for…
Human cases of mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus grow across US, risk level raised due to ‘significant expansion’
Follow RT on New cases of the West Nile virus, spread through bites from infected mosquitos, were recorded in Massachusetts and Arizona. Officials urged people to take precautions and raised the risk level for the potentially fatal infection. At least three cases of the West Nile virus (WNV) have been…
Chinese tech stocks rally as Tencent leads recovery after five-week selloff
Follow RT on Chinese technology stocks rebounded from nearly a 10-month low in Hong Kong on Monday as the market’s dive into bear territory has turned the oversold sector into a bargain buy. The Hang Seng Tech Index gained 4.5%, the biggest jump since July, after a slump of almost…
European case against Facebook’s WhatsApp must be decided by Irish data body within a month, EU privacy watchdog rules
Follow RT on The EU’s privacy watchdog has given Ireland’s data protection agency a month to produce its long-delayed decision on Facebook’s WhatsApp compliance with EU laws, forcibly settling the agency’s dispute with other national bodies. The months-long probe into WhatsApp’s compliance with transparency obligations envisioned under the EU’s General…
‘Cheap stunts?’ Pro-censorship activists lay body bags outside Facebook office, claim platform spreading deadly ‘disinformation’
Follow RT on A group of pro-censorship activists has laid body bags outside Facebook’s Washington, DC office, claiming that “disinformation” on the platform “kills.” Like the Biden administration, they want Facebook to censor Covid-skeptics. Blue body bags lined the curb outside Facebook’s office in Washington, DC on Wednesday, each bearing…
WATCH: Russian Pirs module undocks from International Space Station ahead of destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere
Follow RT on By Jonny Tickle Nearly 20 years after it was attached to the International Space Station, Russia’s Pirs module has undocked from the planet’s only inhabited satellite and is now heading for a destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. The Pirs segment, which served as a docking port…
Canada to open borders to Americans for first time since March 2020…but only fully vaccinated visitors will be allowed
Follow RT on Canada’s government plans to start allowing non-essential US travelers to cross its border for the first time since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, beginning August, as long as they’re fully vaccinated against the virus. The border will open to Americans on August 9, but they…
Chinese officials blast US ‘fearmongering’ advisory to business operating in Hong Kong
Follow RT on The governments in Beijing and Hong Kong have lashed out at Washington’s notice to companies doing business in the Chinese city, which warned of various risks, including retaliation for complying with US sanctions against China. The US Treasury on Friday added seven more individuals to its roster…
‘Porn literacy’ teacher gets new wave of outrage from parents over videos about masturbation shown to first graders in New York
Follow RT on A controversial ‘health and wellness’ teacher is back in the spotlight, with parents and critics outraged over ‘educational’ videos on masturbation and consent being shown to first graders. Justine Ang Fonte, who has said on her website that she has “reveled in disrupting health education for 10…
Sean Paul & Konshens Featured On “Fast & Furious 9” Soundtrack
Sean Paul and Konshens are among the star-studded lineup for Fast 9 soundtrack. Fast and Furious 9 is expected to hit theatres on June 25, and dancehall and reggae fans should be in for a treat when they hear the voices of Sean Paul and Konshens who are both included…
Zinedine Zidane LEAVES Real Madrid manager’s post with immediate effect – reports
Follow RT on Club legend Zinedine Zidane has left his post as Real Madrid manager ‘with immediate’ effect, according to reports, following the club’s first trophyless season since 2009/2010 where they fell short in both Spain and Europe. The news was reported as an exclusive from transfer market expert Fabrizio…
Cautious Clay – Wildfire Lyrics
[Verse 1] Your eyes are like weapons Your lips could teach lessons Don't use them so reckless 'Cause for you I'm helpless You gotta take caution You know that I'm all in The chance of me to fall in You know that it's often [Pre-Chorus] But if you don't wanna…
Western media outlets raise familiar Russian hacker bogeyman in ransomware attack that shut down ‘safety risk’ US fuel pipeline
Follow RT on Citing various “cybersecurity” sources, multiple US media outlets have attributed the shutdown of the country’s biggest fuel pipeline to a ransomware attack by a cyber-criminal gang called “DarkSide” with alleged links to Russia. Nearly 100GB of data was stolen from Colonial Pipeline’s network over two hours on…
Estonian prime minister resigns amid corruption scandal, citing loss of public confidence in government
Follow RT on Juri Ratas, the Prime Minister of Estonia, announced on Wednesday that he will stand down from the role amid a row over state-backed loans and government contracts, which were allegedly offered to political donors. In a Facebook post, Ratas said that he “made a value-based decision to…