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UFC 248: Israel Adesanya BOOED after title fight with Yoel Romero fails to excite fans (VIDEO) For a man whose whole personality is about entertaining the crowd, the most painful aspect of UFC 248 for UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya may well be the reaction of the crowd to his win. In a fight that could best be described as a chess match, or a tactical battle, Adesanya deservedly outpointed Yoel Romero on all three of the judges' scorecards to complete his first defense of his 185-pound title with scores of 48-47, 49-46, 48-47. But, while he may have won the fight, he wasn't a winner in the eyes of many watching inside T-Mobile Arena. Also on rt.com UFC 248: Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk produce an ...

Death on the Nile: Iconic pyramid in Giza becomes scene of SUICIDE after Egyptian man jumps An Egyptian man has reportedly committed suicide by falling from one of world’s most iconic tourist attractions, the Pyramid of Khafre in Giza. The incident happened on Sunday morning and is being investigated by police, local media reported citing a statement from the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry. It was not immediately clear why he chose to use the historical structure in ending his life. The Pyramid of Khafre is the second-tallest and second-largest of the ancient Egyptian mega-tombs in Giza. It served as the burial place of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre. Measuring over 136m, just a few meters smaller than the Great Pyramid of Cheops, it’s distingu...

Transparency & unification: Putin envisions new migration and citizenship policies, initiates reform President Vladimir Putin has approved fresh guidelines for Russia’s migration and citizenship policy, entrusting the government with reforms expected to make procedures more transparent, unified, and digitalized. A document outlining policies for the next five years has been rolled out by the Kremlin. “[The] standing migration rules are not clear and unified enough. The level of digitalization in the fields of government services and state control of migration remains low,” it reads. Read more Putin's constitutional changes: Proposals include ban on same-sex marriage & special place for God These flaw...

Bahrain Grand Prix F1 race to be participant-only event due to coronavirus Formula One's Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead as planned, the organizers have announced, but no fans will be allowed to attend. The restriction was imposed due to concerns over the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic. The race – scheduled for March 20-22 – will be participants-only, organizers decided following consultations with international partners and Bahrain’s health authorities. “Given the continued spread of Covid-19 globally, convening a major sporting event, which is open to the public and allows thousands of international travelers and local fans to interact in close proximity, would not be the right thing to do at the present time,” the Bahrain International Circuit sa...

Huawei teaming up with Russia’s largest bank to develop cloud services for businesses Chinese technology giant Huawei announced this week a strategic partnership with Russia’s Sberbank to provide cloud services for Russian businesses. The clients of SberCloud.Advanced are projected to range from large businesses to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. They will have access to 37 new cloud services, which will be fully integrated into one system. Also on rt.com Chinese tech titan Huawei buys Russian facial recognition technology According to Huawei’s Director General in Russia, Wang Wei, the deal with Sberbank could significantly improve Russia’s digital prospects. “This partnership truly...

Italy ‘QUARANTINES’ 16 MILLION people in Lombardy & 14 other provinces in attempt to stop coronavirus outbreak Italian PM Giuseppe Conte has signed an emergency decree, virtually locking down the Lombardy region and 14 other provinces until April 3, to curb the spread of coronavirus that killed at least 233 across the country so far. While the central government stopped short of enforcing a mandatory quarantine and introducing a complete travel ban, calling it a “reduced mobility” regime, the bill virtually banned citizens from entering or leaving the “red zones” unless for an emergency or “essential work reason.” The quarantine measures – the most drastic outside of mainland China so far – affect an estimated 16 million people across Lombardy, ...

‘Medical terrorism’: Zarif blames US sanctions for widening coronavirus outbreak that killed 145 in Iran, including top officials As authorities struggle to contain the outbreak that infected nearly 6,000 in Iran so far, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has accused US President Donald Trump of deliberately exacerbating the crisis with mounting economic pressure. At least 145 people have died across Iran as of Saturday, while the number of officially confirmed infections has jumped by over a thousand in just one day to 5,823 people, including several top officials. In yet another high-profile case, Fatemeh Rahbar, a newly-elected member of the Iranian Parliament, died of coronavirus on Friday – just a day after Hossein Sheikholeslam, adviser to Iranian F...

Two-man ‘bloodbath’: Bernie calls out ‘billionaires buying elections’ as Biden attacks his ‘increasingly negative’ bros Joe Biden warned supporters about “the Bernie brothers” running an “increasingly negative campaign” and that a “bloodbath” between the two candidates (as Tulsi gets lost in the shuffle) will only help re-elect Donald Trump. The fight between Biden and Sanders for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination is intensifying as the two candidates campaign in the Midwest this weekend ahead of primary votes in states like Michigan and Missouri in the coming days. Speaking to donors in Bethesda, Maryland, Biden seemed to call for a positive battle between him and Sanders, but he also managed to get in some digs on the Vermont senator ...

Danger cruises: Dozens infected with Covid-19 on ANOTHER quarantined ship – this time on Egypt’s Nile A cruise ship on Egypt's River Nile, carrying some 150 tourists and crew, has been quarantined and 45 people aboard have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, country's health authorities have said. Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed confirmed 33 new cases of coronavirus aboard the cruise vessel on Saturday. The virus cluster had been discovered a day before, when 12 crewmembers of the ship, which was travelling between Luxor and Aswan, tested positive for the coronavirus. Of the total 45 infected, 19 people are foreign tourists, but the officials did not elaborate on the nationalities of the patients. The cruise ship outbreak made the Egypti...