Month: آگست 2019

‘No rest until we learn the truth’: Family of baseball star Skaggs after autopsy reveals overdose The family of late pitcher Tyler Skaggs have vowed “not to rest until we learn the truth” after claims a Los Angeles Angels employee “may” have been involved in their son’s death due to an accidental drug overdose. Autopsy results released on Friday showed that alcohol as well as high levels of opioid painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone had been found in Skaggs system at the time of his death, which was ruled accidental. Skaggs, 27, was found dead after choking on his own vomit in his hotel room in Texas on July 1 at the age of 27, sending shock and grief throughout the baseball community. 'Gone too soon': Baseball world mourns sudden loss of LA Angels p...

‘Anti-Semitic’: Benjamin Netanyahu slams HBO series about murder of Palestinian Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a boycott of the producers of a HBO series which, he says, is “anti-Semitic” and “slanders Israel.” Netanyahu took to Facebook to call for a boycott of “propaganda” Channel 12 and its owner Keshet for creating the show ‘Our Boys’, which he says “besmirches the good name of Israel.” He urged his followers to stop watching the channel, especially those who have a ratings meter in their homes.  Also on rt.com ‘Kill first!’ Netanyahu claims Israel’s Syrian strikes thwarted imminent ‘Iranian aggression’ ‘Our Boys’ tells the story of the murder of Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir...

A modest proposal indeed: Academia considers cannibalism The thought-leaders and philosophers of the Western world have recently turned their attention to a rather radical method of reducing our carbon footprint and self-regulating the Earth’s population. Ever since we diverged from our chimpanzee cousins five million years ago, human beings have picked up a diverse skillset. We sharpened rocks into axes, mastered fire, built civilizations and came up with the atomic bomb. It’s been a rocky couple of eons, but one thing we’ve managed to completely leave behind is the ultimate taboo: cannibalism.  Read more Cannibal cookies? Student accused of baking grandmother’s ashes and feeding classmates However, is ther...

India looks to import more LNG from Russia’s resource-rich Arctic region Indian companies are going to purchase more Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), including from new projects in the Arctic region, according to Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak. “The LNG market will expand and our Indian partners are interested in increasing LNG supplies in the future, including from the new Arctic LNG 2 project and future project, Arctic LNG 3,” Novak said, commenting on the results of his talks with Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan. The Russian minister added that the two sides are eyeing other joint projects and will continue cooperating on the matter. Also on rt.com Russian ...

‘Good morning, Donald Trump’: Iran shows off satellite ‘undamaged’ in launch pad explosion An Iranian satellite involved in this week’s failed launch miraculously survived a large on-site explosion, according to a Tehran minister who taunted the US president with the photo of the “undamaged” device. “Me & Nahid 1 right now. Good Morning Donald Trump!” tweeted Communications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi, uploading a picture that purported to show him with the Nahid 1 – a solar-powered communications satellite that was set to be taken into space this Thursday. But the mission failed before it started, as the Safir-1B rocket reportedly exploded on the launch pad. Commercial satellite imagery published by international media also indicated ...

Hi-Tech's High Five - Vasyl Lomachenko's 5 biggest & best wins Pound for pound king Vasyl Lomachenko faces Britain's Luke Campbell in London on Saturday with the WBA, WBO, WBC and Ring magazine titles on the line. RT sport takes a look back at Loma's five biggest victories. Rocky Martinez, KO Round 5 - Becoming a Two-weight World Champ Despite having captured the WBO featherweight title in his third paid outing, sceptics about Lomachenko was without a signature KO win over a genuine world class fighter ahead of his step up from featherweight to super featherweight. In his seventh fight, rough tough Puerto Rican Roman ‘Rocky’ Martinez, already a three-time world champion at super featherweight, provided by far the sternest test of his career, ha...

Russia’s Medvedev trolls jeering US Open crowd after middle-finger gesture during 3rd-round win Russia’s Daniil Medvedev appeared to give the New York crowd the middle finger amid jeers during his fiery third-round victory over Feliciano Lopez at the US Open, later mocking fans in his post-match speech. Fifth seed Medvedev defeated Spain’s Lopez in four sets at Louis Armstrong Stadium, 7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 – but the game will largely be remembered for the bitter exchange waged between Medvedev and the New York crowd. Tensions emerged when Medvedev snapped at a ball boy during the first set when he appeared to bring the tennis star his towel unrequested. The Russian snatched the towel from the ball boy’s hands before tossing it away, leadin...

Internet loses its mind over ‘racist’ Dior perfume ad featuring Johnny Depp & Native American dancer Dior has pulled posts promoting its ‘Eau Sauvage’ men’s perfume after a new ad for the fragrance triggered the PC cyber police. The ad’s unspeakable crime? Featuring a Native American grooving to Johnny Depp’s guitar. A clip of the promotion, called ‘We are the Land’, was posted on Dior’s social media accounts on Friday. The teaser shows Depp, clad in a poncho, shredding on an electric guitar as a Native American, decked out in full ceremonial garb, performs a tribal dance. //www.youtube.com/embed/cYyGHOwxjUY In an apparent attempt to preempt internet outrage over alleged ‘cultural appropriation’, Di...