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Follow RT on The Trump administration has opened another front in its global trade war, slapping the EU with a hefty 25 percent tariff on a variety of industrial and agricultural products, risking a tit-for-tat response. The new duties will apply to Scotch whisky, French wine and cheese from Italy, among other goods from Germany, […]

Follow RT on The US Embassy in Lima said Washington would continue to work with Peru as a “partner in democracy,” even as its government moves to shut down the country’s legislature amid an unprecedented political crisis. The embassy declared its support for Peru’s “democratic institutions” in a brief statement cited by Reuters on Tuesday […]

Follow RT on The latest US sanctions against Russia over alleged 2016 election meddling has triggered an angry response in Moscow, which dismissed them as a reflection of a political crisis in Washington. A fresh batch of restrictions was unveiled Monday by the US Treasury Department, which invoked President Donald Trump’s executive order about election […]

Follow RT on The UK is suffering from a serious drug shortage that affects all 36 categories of medicine, according to a new survey. The crisis has been attributed to a number of factors – none of them related to Brexit. Druggists are struggling to explain the medicine shortfall to “angry and desperate” patients, according […]

Follow RT on Ivanka Trump ignited a Twitterstorm after posting a family photo with a caption that suggests she really needs to bone up on her Star Wars knowledge. In the snap, Ivanka poses with husband Jared and their three young children, one of whom is dressed as a Stormtrooper, which she doesn’t seem to […]

Follow RT on Dutch farmers blocked hundreds of miles of major roads with their tractors to protest what they say are attempts to scapegoat their industry and paint them as a “problem” that needs fixing in discussions over climate change. Up to 10,000 farmers took to the highways in their tractors on Monday to slowly […]

The French chamipons tried to sign the Toffees star before the transfer window closed, but his manager insists the midfielder is happy to stay put Idrissa Gueye is happy at Everton despite being targeted by Paris Saint-Germain in the January transfer window, according to Marco Silva.  Gueye was the subject of bids from the Ligue 1 champions before Thursday’s deadline, […]

Follow RT on Air travelers passing through Moscow’s busy Domodedovo Airport were surprised to see an unlikely jetsetter poking around the luggage belt and check-in area: a full-grown fox. In social media footage filmed during the recent close encounter, the red fox can be seen wandering around behind the check-in desks, possibly trying to escape […]

Follow RT on A man has reportedly doused himself with petrol outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London with British police rushing to the scene. Emergency services were on the scene shortly before 11am BST on Tuesday, as Conservative MP Huw Merriman tweeted that a man he was standing next to outside Parliament’s carriage […]

Follow RT on The Peruvian military and police pledged loyalty to President Martin Vizcarra after he was accused of launching a coup by dissolving parliament. The opposition, meanwhile, voted to remove him from office. The slow-burning political crisis in Peru reached the boiling point after Vizcarra dissolved the opposition-controlled parliament on Monday and called for […]