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A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against enforcing California’s decades-long ban on assault weapons, defending the use of AR-15 rifles for home protection. Liberals blasted the move as a threat to public safety.
Scotland has been hit by an increase in the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 with the Indian variant of the virus behind as many as 50% of new cases in the country, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.
Follow RT on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan both agreed to cease all hostilities and withdraw troops from their shared border on Saturday following several days of clashes between the militaries of the two Central Asian countries. The former Soviet republics have conflicting territorial claims over a water distribution point on the Isfara River. On Wednesday, a quarrel between Kyrgyz and Tajik civilians in that area escalated into a full blown military standoff. The fighting, which continued on Thursday, left over 40 people dead and around 200 injured on both sides. Bishkek and Dushanbe ag...
Follow RT on The World Health Organization has classified the strain of coronavirus currently devastating India as a global “variant of concern.” The variant is thought to be more transmissible, and could be more resistant to vaccines. First identified in India last year, the B.1.617 strain is believed to be behind the wave of infections and deaths in the country in recent months. More than 400,000 cases were recorded on multiple days last week in India, with deaths hitting a record 1,187 on Friday. Also on rt.com BioNTech says ‘no evidence’ it needs to...
Follow RT on The French government will ease travel restrictions for people coming in from seven non-EU nations, officials said on Thursday, adding there was no “compelling reason” for extra Covid rules to apply to the shortlist of countries. French Tourism Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said on Thursday that the easing of restrictions was possible because of the improving health situation in the seven countries – Australia, Israel, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand and the UK. Leymoyne added that Britain was included “because the UK variant now also circulates widel...