American elites don’t understand that Russian ‘liberals’ are more similar to Republicans than Democrats. What’s more, Joe Biden, and other US centre-leftists, are politically closer to Vladimir Putin than the Moscow opposition. ...

The UK transport minister has said there is confidence within the scientific community that existing vaccines will be effective against the new variant of Covid found in Brazil, after Britain banned all travel from the continent. Read F...

The prosecution of journalists, who worked with Russian news outlets in Latvia is nothing but outright “repression” aimed at gagging alternative news sources, particularly those linked to Moscow, one of them told RT. Read Full Artic...

OPEC’s major output cut may be a lifeline for US shale, which is struggling under the weight of the new pandemic world order. Read Full Article at RT.com

A tandem bus in New York was left hanging from the edge of an overpass in the Bronx. Images from the scene show the articulated vehicle split along the joint and balancing on its front end, which rammed into the roadway below. Read Full...

At least 13 people have died in Norway due to side effects of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, the national medicines regulator has revealed. All were frail and elderly people who had unusually strong reactions to the jabs. Read Fu...

The outgoing Trump administration is using its final days to further escalate tensions with Beijing as it blacklists more Chinese firms, including one of the biggest global smartphone makers, Xiaomi, and oil giant CNOOC. Read Full Artic...

Mexico said it will not prosecute former Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos, whose arrest by the US on drug trafficking charges led to diplomatic tensions between the countries. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian gold and foreign currency holdings have increased to a total of $597.4 billion as of January 8, according to the latest data released by the country’s central bank. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Pentagon said it will reinforce its zero-tolerance policy towards white supremacists and violent extremists after a crowd of Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol last week. Read Full Article at RT.com

Scores of military hardware, including what is said to be a new version of North Korea’s submarine-launched ballistic missile, touted as the world’s most potent, were shown off in a grandiose military parade in Pyongyang. Read Full ...

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, killing over two dozen people and injuring hundreds, while scores of houses and a major medical facility were reduced to rubble. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pledged to spearhead a global campaign against internet censorship, insisting platforms cannot act as a “Spanish Inquisition” or stifle free speech using safety as a “pretext.” R...

Twitter chief Jack Dorsey has suggested plans for a far-reaching crackdown on his social media site in footage reportedly leaked by a company insider, implying the purge campaign would extend well beyond Joe Biden’s inauguration. Read...

New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued the New York Police Department over its allegedly long-standing pattern of abuse deployed against protesters, focusing on the response to last year’s George Floyd demonstrations. Read F...

The Utah activist who captured the fatal shooting of a woman by Capitol Police during the unrest on video, and told CNN and ABC about it, also instigated the destruction inside, federal charges against him say. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Prosecutors have moved to alter bond conditions for Kyle Rittenhouse – the teen charged with killing two people at a protest in Wisconsin last year – saying he drank beer and cavorted with the right-wing Proud Boys group at a bar. R...

As details of Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief proposal were leaked to mainstream media, Americans impacted by months of lockdowns griped about the amount of one-time relief that has become a partisan political football. Read Full Article ...

In his last days in office, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order whose impact might be felt through 2040 and beyond, directing agencies to work on new kinds of nuclear power for space exploration and military use. Read Fu...

Peter Meijer (R-Michigan) says he and other Republicans fear for their lives after voting in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump. Read Full Article at RT.com

Armie Hammer, who has called Trump a “racist” and bizarrely once referred to his rear end as cake, continues to face fallout from allegations of cannibal fantasies as an ex-girlfriend has come forward with a firsthand account. Read ...

The US has indicted 14 of the leaders of the MS-13 criminal gang on terrorism charges in the most comprehensive action yet against the organization, the US Department of Justice has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Secret Service personnel assigned to guard the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were forbidden to use the pair’s 6.5 bathrooms, allegedly forcing them to rent an entire apartment at taxpayer expense. R...

Premier League legend Didier Drogba has reluctantly announced on social media that his marriage is over, ending his relationship of more than 20 years after a mysterious video of him in bed with another woman surfaced last year. Read Fu...

Liberal critics are blasting Politico for daring to give “prime real estate” to conservative Ben Shapiro, who argued Republicans voting against Trump’s impeachment are pushing back against cancel culture. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Max Holloway is all set for the main event spotlight at the UFC's first show of 2021, but it's the main headlining next weekend at UFC 257 that he'd love to be facing in the future. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former child actor Macaulay Culkin has lent his support to fans’ call to replace a cameo in his film ‘Home Alone 2’ by Donald Trump – a mere real estate tycoon at the time – with an adult version of Culkin himself. Read Full A...

The entirety of France will be placed under a 6pm-6am curfew for at least 15 days from Saturday in a bid to ease the pressure of Covid-19 on the country's health system, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday. Read Full Articl...

Sputnik-V, the Russian-developed coronavirus vaccine, was back on Twitter after getting locked out of its official account on Thursday. When the official explanation finally came, it cited a suspicious log-in attempt from the US. Read F...

A venture capitalist who spent a staggering $5.2 million on an ancient rookie picture of a 1950s baseball player has hinted at the spiraling sports card market by claiming the deal was a bargain, leaving fans stunned at the price. Read ...

Two young journalists could be handed prison sentences over accusations that they participated in opposition rallies in Belarus, despite their insistence that they were covering events as reporters for a Western-backed news site. Read F...

Former light heavyweight boxing king Sergey Kovalev, who is due to return after more than a year out of the ring later this month, has asked testing chiefs to check a B sample after testing positive for synthetic testosterone. Read Full...

People inoculated against Covid-19 in the Far East’s Sakhalin Region will be given a badge to show they are exempt from wearing a face mask. That’s according to Valery Limarenko, acting governor of the island, located near Japan. Re...

A row has broken out over the replacement of Russia’s banned national anthem at major sporting events, with the commission of athletes receiving a mixed response to patriotic song ‘Katyusha’, which was popular during World War II....

The UK will ban all travel from South America and Portugal from 4am GMT on Friday after the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant in Brazil, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.com

French police have launched an investigation after an alleged “black supremacist” blew up an apartment while making homemade explosives, injuring himself and another person in a Parisian suburb. Read Full Article at RT.com

An explosion at an automotive parts plant in Tianjin, northern China has killed one person and injured at least seven others, according to local authorities. Read Full Article at RT.com

Football fans in the US have jokingly asked who ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman is after his 18-year-old daughter, Trinity, became the youngest player ever to have been chosen in a National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) draft. Read Full Articl...

CNN has corrected an article about the Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol last week, after dramatically claiming Rep. Ted Lieu fled his office with a “crowbar” during the incident. He had actually grabbed an energy bar. Rea...

Joaquin Buckley, the man who scored the UFC's 'Knockout of the Year' for 2020 in a finish that inspired Kanye West to make music, says he hopes to lock up the award for 2021 at the very first UFC show of the year, UFC on ABC 1. Read Ful...

Customers who were recently caught on tape heckling Republican Senators Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) are now banned from flying with Delta Airlines, says its CEO. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Polish government has decried social media platforms’ (mis)handling of US President Donald Trump’s accounts as Warsaw prepares to pass its own legislation to stop ideological censorship. Read Full Article at RT.com

A special commission has been set up by the government of Lithuania to restrict Belarus’ flagship new nuclear power plant from the country’s energy grid, after warnings of possible safety concerns at the Russian-built reactor. Read ...

Russia's healthcare watchdog Roszdravnadzor has announced a ban on the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, after reports revealed that an Israeli-owned private facility had been offering the inoculation to paying clients. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to a hospital in Monaco for tests after suffering an irregular heart beat, his spokesman and doctor said on Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang has officially launched his campaign to become New York City’s mayor, with a flashy video and some very bold promises. Read Full Article at RT.com

More than 101,000 hens are to be slaughtered at a single farm in Hungary after a laboratory confirmed the presence of avian flu at the site, the country’s food safety authority (NEBIH) said on Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has expressed his concern that the capital is not getting enough coronavirus vaccines, as the city’s healthcare system battles against soaring Covid-19 hospitalisations. The NHS has rejected the claim. Read ...

During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, both the Armenian and Azerbaijani militaries purposely attacked the local civilian population, and not just opposing armed forces. Read Full Article at RT.com

With less than a week left before the inauguration of Joe Biden, Washington is getting ready for the event with 15,000 members of the national guard in the streets of the capital, with closures and roadblocks. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Five-time NBA-winnng head coach and US Air Force veteran Gregg Popovich has branded the impeachment of Donald Trump "a good move" after the "horrific" Capitol riots - and blasted the "hypocrisy" of Senators who voted against it. Read Fu...

A decision by US tech giants to permanently block US President Donald Trump’s accounts could have chilling implications for the democratic values America holds dear, Russia’s Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman warned. Read Full Articl...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it is worried that the US designating Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist group will severely hurt much-needed humanitarian aid to the war-torn country. Read Full Article a...

Russian former flyweight star Ali Bagautinov is back and ready to make his mark for Bahraini promotion Brave Combat Federation as he makes his return to the cage at Brave CF 46 in Sochi. Read Full Article at RT.com

The developer of Russia’s pioneering Covid-19 vaccine says monitoring of recipients has shown no side effects that had not been identified during earlier clinical trials. Russia is to boost vaccination pace starting next week. Read Fu...

Civil liberties and privacy activists have demanded an explanation from the government after a company was awarded £75,000 to develop and trial a Covid-19 immunity and vaccination passport app. Read Full Article at RT.com

With just weeks before the start of the season-opening Grand Slam in Melbourne, the effect of Covid-19 is already causing major concerns and putting the participation of several top-class players, including Andy Murray, at risk. Read Fu...

French officials cannot use drones to make sure citizens are following curfew, staying apart, and wearing masks, the nation’s privacy watchdog has said. It’s the third such dressing down for police in eight months Read Full Article ...

A devastating blaze swept through a decades-old UN Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh in the early hours of Thursday, destroying more than 550 homes and displacing about 3,500 people, UN aid workers said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Turkey has started administering the Covid-19 jab produced by Chinese company Sinovac as the nation kicks off its inoculation program against the virus, which has killed more than 23,000 people in the country. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Beijing has cited the death of American black man George Floyd as evidence of Washington's hypocrisy after it imposed a ban on all tomato and cotton products from China's western Xinjiang region over alleged human rights abuses. Read Fu...

Allegations that the Nord Stream 2 project’s implementation could lead to Europe’s over-reliance on Russian energy supplies are groundless, says a member of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), Jochen Schulte. Read Full Articl...

Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service has said that it will take “all available steps” to arrest opposition figure Alexei Navalny. The Moscow protest leader has said he will fly back to the country from Germany later this week. Re...

A study by Public Health England has found that most people who have previously been infected with Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least five months. Read Full Article at RT.com

Rachel Uchitel, the ex-nightclub manager who was at the center of a sex scandal with Tiger Woods in 2009, has pleaded for the media and public to stop being "very angry" with her, adding that she owes an apology to "one person". Read Fu...

The World Health Organization is ready to assist in speeding up the process of certifying the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine for emergency use worldwide. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, has started sales in Germany. The company announced plans for entering other markets of the European Union in the near future. Read Full Article at RT.com

Experts from St. Petersburg have discovered that the general public in almost half of all Russian regions has no access to Covid-19 vaccines, with just five of the country’s 85 federal subjects reporting ‘high’ availability. Read ...

Serum Institute of India’s CEO Adar Poonawalla says his organization is hoping to launch a new Covid-19 vaccine every quarter to help combat the virus, as the group seeks to ramp up its production capacity by the end of the year. Read...

Messaging app Telegram said it has suspended multiple channels breaking its rules against hate speech. The service recently reported an explosive growth in its user base as competitors in the US ramped up deplatforming. Read Full Articl...

Russian figure skating legend Evgeni Plushenko has come out fighting in reply to an offer from choreographer Alexei Zheleznyakov, insisting he is available for a fight that the Russian Boxing Federation appeared ready to arrange. Read F...

A teacher at an elementary school in California outraged parents after reportedly making the young students engage in critical race theory and identity exercises where they had to confront their own “privilege" in a math class. Read F...

Conor McGregor may be preparing for his UFC return against Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 on January 23, but the Irishman has dropped his biggest hint yet that he could return to the boxing ring – and it could even happen this year. Read F...

Jewish groups joined people online in blasting author and pundit Glenn Beck for saying US tech companies are behaving like Nazi Germany did against the Jews. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hungary has reached an agreement with Sinopharm to bring the Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine to the central European nation, according to the prime minister’s chief of staff, who claimed that EU procurement had been too slow. Read Full ...

Conor McGregor is ready for his return to action at UFC 257, and the Dubliner has revealed that he was baffled by Khabib Nurmagomedov's decision to retire from the sport at his peak, accusing the Russian star of "scurrying away." Read F...

One of Europe’s top international tribunals will consider a complaint brought by Ukraine into alleged human rights breaches by Russian authorities on the disputed Crimean Peninsula, according to a ruling published on Thursday. Read Fu...

Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert explore what will happen when inflation hits “dangerous levels.” They talk with Alasdair Macleod of goldmoney.com about the US dollar, gold, and bitcoin. Read Full Article at RT.com

With Alexey Navalny due to return to Russia on Sunday, his lawyer has revealed that the opposition figure was placed on the federal wanted list last year and could therefore be arrested as soon as he lands in the country. Read Full Arti...

Four months after Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar slapped Alvaro Gonzalez and accused the Marseille star of racist remarks that he was cleared of, the feuding pair have clashed again after PSG triumphed in the French Super Cup. Read ...

Ireland’s government has warned that the country faces “a major challenge over the next three weeks” after the spread of the new virus strain saw it record the world’s highest number of new Covid-19 cases per million. Read Full ...

Nike just did it and joined numerous other corporate behemoths withholding support for Republican lawmakers who challenged the outcome of the presidential election and allegedly threatened US democracy by doing so. Read Full Article at ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says two of its investigators have been unable to enter China, after a coronavirus test found antibodies in their systems. The agency has sent a team to study the origins of Covid-19 in Wuhan. Read Fu...

The Turkish defense minister has said that negotiations for a second consignment of the Russian S-400 defense system are ongoing despite US opposition to the program and Washington’s threat of further repercussions. Read Full Article ...

China’s trade surplus has hit $535 billion, its highest level since 2015, amid the global coronavirus pandemic and an ongoing trade war with Washington. Read Full Article at RT.com

It may be counterintuitive to say that the oil demand crash and the resulting glut in 2020 could lead to an oil supply crunch in just a few years. Read Full Article at RT.com

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of Sputnik V, the world's first vaccine against Covid-19, sections of the Western media have taken aim at a formula they’ve dubbed both dangerous and ineffective. Read ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro tore into the outgoing administration of Donald Trump, blasting its “complete moral decline,” as he decried the debilitating US sanctions and the move to put a bounty on his head. Read Full Articl...

A demonstration over an incident in which a young black man died shortly after his detention by police in the Belgian capital, Brussels has ended in clashes with law enforcement as angry protesters torched a police station. Read Full Ar...

A team from the World Health Organization (WHO) has arrived in the Chinese city of Wuhan to study the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The mission had been delayed for months as the global health body held talks with Beijing. Read Full...

Freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) has pledged to bring articles of impeachment against Joe Biden on his very first day in office, mirroring a similar move by Democrats early on in Trump’s presidency. Read Full ...

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has stood by his platform’s move to block President Donald Trump’s account, while acknowledging that the arbitrary removal of content by Big Tech could spell the demise of online debate. Read Full Article at ...

US President-elect Joe Biden has called on the Senate to leave space for his administration’s agenda as it hears a case for impeachment against President Donald Trump, who he accused of “inciting” a deadly riot at the Capitol. Rea...

Social media site Parler may never come back online after Amazon dropped the conservative-friendly platform from its servers, its CEO said, as the company insists in court that its termination was motivated by “political animus.” Re...

Former foreign minister of Ethiopia Seyoum Mesfin was among the three leaders killed by government forces in the ongoing crackdown on the northern region of Tigray, which the authorities in Addis Ababa accused of insurrection. Read Full...

Snapchat has banned US President Donald Trump from its platform for good, turning a temporary suspension into a permanent one while arguing the commander in chief used his account to “incite violence” and spread disinformation. Read...

Shortly after the House voted to impeach him for the second time, President Donald Trump decried the assault on the US Capitol by his supporters, saying that those who participated in the unrest “attacked” his movement as well. Read...

UK customers who refuse to wear masks inside HSBC branches will be refused service and may have their accounts closed, the bank says. The threat was not well-received, particularly given HSBC’s criminal history. Read Full Article at R...

Staff for Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts) is claiming there is an investigation into office “panic buttons” being removed before the US Capitol riot while other Democrats are demanding a probe into “suspicious activity.” ...

Arguing he incited an “armed rebellion” against the US, the Democrat-dominated House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump again. But with his term expiring in a week, it is unclear when the trial will proceed. Read Full Artic...