Tag: RT

Categories Middle East

Iraqis capture ISIS mufti so obese a TRUCK has to take him into custody, sparking slew of Twitter memes

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A top ISIS leader dubbed ‘Jabba the Hutt’ has been captured in Mosul – but proved so obese that removing him from his bolthole required the assistance of a truck, drawing a deluge of memes and jokes at his expense on social media. … Read More >Iraqis capture ISIS mufti so obese a TRUCK has to take him into custody, sparking slew of Twitter memes

Categories Asia & Pacific

Mixed signals? Beijing says it closely monitored US warship sent to Taiwan Strait after US & China inked trade deal

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China has claimed that it kept a close eye on a US Navy vessel that sailed through the Taiwan Strait. The naval maneuver occurred shortly after Beijing and Washington agreed to ‘phase one’ of a trade deal. … Read More >Mixed signals? Beijing says it closely monitored US warship sent to Taiwan Strait after US & China inked trade deal

Categories World

‘We don’t have political problems with India’: Iran’s Zarif urges Delhi to defy US sanctions & resume buying Iranian oil

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on India to shirk Washington’s “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign and continue sourcing its energy from the Islamic Republic, arguing it’s in the country’s best interest. … Read More >‘We don’t have political problems with India’: Iran’s Zarif urges Delhi to defy US sanctions & resume buying Iranian oil

Categories EU

Chemicals in tap water are causing thousands of cancer deaths across Europe – but the EU probably won’t do anything about it

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Each year, more than 6,500 cases of bladder cancer, roughly five percent of all cases in Europe, are found to be attributable to exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking water – and it’s all perfectly legal. … Read More >Chemicals in tap water are causing thousands of cancer deaths across Europe – but the EU probably won’t do anything about it

Categories USA

The Reds are back! Voice of America ‘promotes’ Communist leader to PM… showing once again MSM can’t do Russia

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US-government sponsored Voice of America is well aware that Russia’s new PM Mikhail Mishustin is “a career bureaucrat who never had political ambitions” but, strangely enough, it doesn’t seem to know what the man looks like. … Read More >The Reds are back! Voice of America ‘promotes’ Communist leader to PM… showing once again MSM can’t do Russia

Categories World

‘We wanted to be Red Army soldiers’: Polish veterans recall childhood memories of Warsaw’s liberation

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It is often said that truth is the first casualty of war – and, indeed, when the bombs have stopped falling, the blood has been shed and the troops have stood down, another kind of war begins: A war of memories. … Read More >‘We wanted to be Red Army soldiers’: Polish veterans recall childhood memories of Warsaw’s liberation

Categories Shows

The News with Rick Sanchez – January 16, 2020

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Rick Sanchez explains the politics inherited by President Putin and how they inform the nuances of Russia’s unfolding political shakeup. He examines newly minted Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin and what his elevation to premiership says about Russia’s future. Then RT’s Ilya Petrenko joins from Moscow with more. (TIMECODES) RT’s Paula Slier reports from Tel Aviv on the Turkish military intervention in Libya. … Read More >The News with Rick Sanchez – January 16, 2020