Russia rebuilding Syria’s energy sector
Russian oil and gas companies have started work on restoring and developing Syria's energy infrastructure, according to Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak.
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Disney Offers to Buy Sky News to Aid Rupert Murdoch’s Bid for Sky
Disney Offers to Buy Sky News to Aid Rupert Murdoch’s Bid for Sky Photo Disney has offered to buy Sky News outright to help Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, the bulk of whose assets it hopes to buy, gain regulatory approval its own bid to buy the news channel’s parent company. Credit David Moir/Reuters LONDON — The Walt Disney Company offered to buy Sky News on Tuesday — but not because the British news channel is core to Disney’s business.
Instead, the offer is meant to help Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox buy full control of Sky News’s parent company, the broadcaster Sky, a deal that has languished amid concern here in Britain that Mr. Murdoch could assume too much control over the country’s media.
Disney has a stake in the outcome of that transaction. It agreed late last year to buy the bulk of Fox’s assets — including Mr. Murdoch’s international broadcasting operations, of which Sky is a part — for $52.4 billion. And it is competing against Comcast, the American cable giant tha..
Saudi oil tanker hit by Houthi rebels in Red Sea
A Saudi oil carrier has been struck by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, Al Arabiya reports, citing a Saudi-led coalition statement. The tanker has continued on its route.
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Seed bank saved from war to serve Syrian agricultural resurrection
A major seed bank once based in the Aleppo countryside hopes to use its vast collection of crop samples to help Syria’s agriculture sector to recover after the devastation caused by seven years of conflict.
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Moscow homebuying surges as Britain spooks wealthy Russians
The forced return of wealthy Russians from Europe as a result of explicit threats issued by UK authorities has boosted demand for premium property in Russia’s real estate market.
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Suffocating on condoms & self-immolation: When internet challenges go wrong
The ‘condom challenge’ is the latest internet craze harming teens the world over. In light of this new stunt, RT.com takes a look back at some of the strangest internet crazes people willingly undertook on camera.
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Teacher’s adopted child taken away over classroom sex abuse claims – while he wasn’t even working
A teacher accused of groping female pupils had his newly adopted child taken away, although it later emerged all the claims were untrue.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov wants ‘legacy fight’ with St-Pierre next, but what does GSP think?
Khabib Nurmagomedov has said that if he beats Max Holloway and wins the UFC lightweight title, he will demand a fight against Georges St-Pierre. RT Sport looks at what the Canadian has previously said about a potential match-up.
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Sanctions against Russia are ‘absurd’ & harm Italian industry – Northern League leader
The EU's anti-Russia sanctions are “absurd” and are causing “immeasurable harm” to Italy's economy, the leader of the Northern League party said, calling for an end to the economic restrictions.
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China Insists on Control of Religion, Dimming Hope of Imminent Vatican Deal
China Insists on Control of Religion, Dimming Hope of Imminent Vatican Deal Photo Bishop Joseph Li Shan, center, who was appointed by the Chinese authorities rather than the Vatican, during a Holy Saturday Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a government-approved church in Beijing. Credit Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press BEIJING — China will not allow any foreign interference in religious affairs in the country, a senior official said on Tuesday, dousing expectations of an imminent deal with the Vatican over control of the Roman Catholic Church here.
“I think there is no religion in human society that is above the state,” the official, Chen Zongrong, said during a briefing on religious affairs in China, underscoring the government’s intention to maintain strict control over all religious organizations and their believers.
Mr. Chen’s remarks came amid reports that the Vatican was prepared to make concessions to Beijing in the appointment of the church’s bishops — inclu..