Long-awaited news about Elon Musk was confirmed during a Twitter exchange with Indian entrepreneur Kunal Shah, who asked the busy CEO how he could manage so many different companies. “I’m an alien,” he wryly responded. Read Full A...

Remember the grubby flying taxi Bruce Willis drove in "The Fifth Element"? That was a very 90s view of the future. Read Full Article at RT.com

Peru’s health minister has resigned over a scandal involving former President Martin Vizcarra, who stands accused of jumping the line and getting vaccine jabs for himself and his wife months before its rollout. Read Full Article at RT...

China continued to attract more foreign capital in the first month of this year, after a record 2020, when it overtook the US as a major destination for foreign direct investment (FDI). Read Full Article at RT.com

A UN special rapporteur on human rights has called for an immediate end to US and allied sanctions on Venezuela, saying they’ve had a “devastating” humanitarian toll and cut the flow of medical supplies amid the Covid-19 crisis. R...

Facebook has deleted the official account of actor Kevin Sorbo, marking the latest Big Tech takedown of a conservative. Sorbo, an avowed Donald Trump supporter, has been openly critical of Covid-19 restrictions. Read Full Article at RT....

A lawyer for former president Donald Trump said the current impeachment drive is a partisan effort that could backfire on Democrats if they lose leverage, suggesting ex-secretary of state Hillary Clinton could also be impeached. Read Fu...

Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is shrugging off her recent purge from House committees to co-sponsor bills that would punish illegal aliens for voting in US elections and make English the official language. Read Full Ar...

People weary of a pandemic that has dragged on longer than advertised may need to brace themselves for a troubling prospect, as the head of the EU's ECDC health agency has warned that Covid-19 will likely stick around forever. Read Full...

The Joe Biden administration will carry out a “robust review” of the Guantanamo Bay prison, aiming to shutter the detention center before his term is up, the White House said, some 12 years after Barack Obama vowed to do the same. R...

Claiming victimhood, fatigue and victory over the hated Donald Trump alike, co-founder Steve Schmidt has resigned from the Lincoln Project as the outfit found itself rocked by sexual abuse and doxxing scandals. Read Full Article at RT.c...

A critic of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been locked by Twitter for inciting “abuse and harassment” over a post that simply quoted a famous anti-Trump speech by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California), with names changed. Read Full ...

Leftist internet warriors who sought to destroy Gina Carano’s career for politically incorrect speech have apparently misfired, as the recently fired actress landed on her feet with a deal to produce and star in her own film. Read Ful...

France’s National Rally leader Marine Le Pen, oft-criticized for her party’s positions on migration and Islam, was put in the unusual position of all but defending the minority faith amid a debate with Macron’s interior minister. ...

Twitter is under fire for seemingly opting to take no action when the Lincoln Project posted one of its ex-members’ direct messages without her consent. Critics saw it as a proof that “all’s fair when you hate Donald Trump.” Rea...

The Biden administration is preparing to bring an estimated 25,000 asylum-seekers across the US border who had been waiting in Mexico under policies enacted to curb illegal immigration that have now been revoked. Read Full Article at RT...

Researchers at Sweden’s Uppsala University aim to embark on the world’s first comparative study evaluating the parade of Covid-19 jabs coming to market. They promise it will be voluntary and won’t disrupt the vaccination program. ...

Former chief of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi, who has been chosen as Italy's next prime minister, has told the country's president Sergio Mattarella that he has enough support to form a government. Read Full Article at R...

While US President Joe Biden vowed to fire anyone for disrespectful behavior, deputy White House spokesman TJ Ducklo has merely been suspended without pay and made to apologize to a reporter he had threatened. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Kamaru Usman could eclipse Georges St-Pierre's haul of 12 consecutive 170lb victories if he defends his crown against Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 but despite Dana White's praise, Usman must test himself further to be called the best. Read ...

It may have taken him more than 20 fights but Russian featherweight Dzhikhad Yunusov finally has a legitimate knockout on his record - and we are sure you will agree that this one was more than worth waiting for. Read Full Article at RT...

Pep Guardiola has insisted that Manchester City do not feel invincible despite their record winning run, although Jose Mourinho knows it will likely take something special from a shaky Tottenham team to derail them this weekend. Read Fu...

Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel is no fan of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, and her latest anti-BLM declaration, in which she called the demonstrations “dreadful,” has ignited a storm of controversy online. Read Full ...

Some people in South Africa have been re-infected with variants of Covid-19 after they had already recovered from the virus, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist, Soumya Swaminathan, said on Friday. Read Full Article ...

Researchers studying an ancient monument in west Wales believe it may have had some of its standing stones taken and repurposed to construct Stonehenge some 280 kilometres away. Read Full Article at RT.com

For a second successive Friday, a court in Moscow has adjourned a libel case against Alexey Navalny. This time until next Tuesday. The Russian opposition figure is accused of defaming an elderly World War II veteran in a tweet. Read Ful...

Love them or hate them, Hamantaschen are a staple of the Jewish holiday of Purim. But when a non-Jew said that these cookies left her unimpressed, a woke war of biblical scale broke out, and her magazine apologized to the mob. Read Full...

New York state’s attorney general has dismissed Amazon’s move to preemptively sue the office over its inquiries into the e-commerce retailer’s alleged neglect of employee safety amid the pandemic as a “sad attempt” at distract...

Basketball star Liz Cambage has set pulses racing by posting a raunchy pre-St.Valentine’s Day video where she proudly shows her curves in skimpy pale-blue lingerie. Read Full Article at RT.com

Protesters have clashed with security forces outside Lebanon’s military court in Beirut, as demonstrators demanded a fair investigation and trial for people detained during protests in Tripoli two weeks ago. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The western Turkish province of Izmir was subjected to the full fury of mother nature overnight, as a tornado flung cars into the air, uprooted trees and toppled a crane, injuring at least 18 people. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has joined the growing parade of Republicans eager to publicly distance themselves from former president Donald Trump amid his second impeachment proceedings. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The European Union has been influenced to take a Russophobic position by an aggressive minority, including the Baltic States and other Eastern European countries, according to Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. Read ...

France’s public health authority HAS (Haute Autorité de Santé) has recommended that just one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine be given to people who have previously contracted the virus, instead of the two currently being administered. Re...

Chinese state TV has been labelled “racist” after its Spring Festival Gala kicked off with a celebration of African culture featuring Chinese dancers in African-style costumes and black face makeup beating drums. Read Full Article a...

Ex-employees of the ‘Never Trump’ Lincoln Project have reportedly asked to be released from nondisclosure agreements so they can speak openly about allegations that the group’s co-founder is a serial sexual harasser. Read Full Art...

Anti-lockdown protestors gathered outside the Australian Open in Melbourne Park ahead of the beginning of so-called 'circuit-breaker restrictions' being implemented to help mitigate the spread of Covid-19. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Germany has become an unwitting casualty in the ongoing media war between the UK and China. A licence-sharing agreement means that China’s CGTN news network may no longer broadcast in Germany after a ban in Britain. Read Full Article ...

Despite all the noises from Khabib Nurmagomedov to the contrary, UFC boss Dana White is still reluctant to extinguish hopes that he can lure the lightweight champion back to the octagon. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Gamaleya Institute behind Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine said it’s working on a technology that will lead to an effective jab against several coronavirus variants and which could also be swiftly updated to tackle new mutations. Read...

Fans attending the Australian Open were ordered to leave the stadium midway through the match between Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz as Melbourne entered a five-day Covid-19 lockdown. Read Full Article at RT.com

Coronavirus rates continued to fall across the nations of UK last week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported Friday, with an estimated 695,400 people infected in the week ending Feb 6. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s Foreign Ministry is entirely correct when it talks about links between opposition figures in the country and hostile foreign governments, according to Sergey Naryshkin, Moscow’s top intelligence official. Read Full Article ...

Hungary has become the first EU country to begin using Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. Budapest has repeatedly criticized the bloc’s sloppy vaccination drive, and secured Russian and Chinese vaccines despite no approval from Brussels. R...

The governments of France, Germany and the UK have jointly condemned Iran’s production of uranium metal, branding it a major step on the road to building atomic bombs, according to a joint statement released by the trio on Friday. Rea...

Winston Churchill was a white supremacist and the British Empire “morally poorer than the Third Reich,” a group of Cambridge University academics have declared. Their comments infuriated patriotic Brits. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Despite the fact Crimea has been de facto administered by Russia for seven years now, the American government will never view Moscow’s rule as legitimate, insisting it remains part of Ukraine. Read Full Article at RT.com

The President of the Philippines has conceded that the “exigency” of the geopolitical situation makes the presence of US troops in the country a necessity, but warned Washington it won’t be getting anything for free this time. Rea...

UFC veteran Frankie Edgar has spoken on the impact of the flying knee KO he suffered to Cory Sandhagen last weekend, saying that he had no recollection of who he had fought or how long he had been preparing for the contest. Read Full Ar...

The UK has recorded its worst year on record for cancer diagnosis as the coronavirus pandemic hit the National Health Service (NHS), according to official statistics, sparking fears over the care cancer patients receive. Read Full Artic...

Liverpool fans in Myanmar are leading droves of protesters against the military coup in the country, carrying unique football-themed placards that express their hatred for the military as greater than that of rivals Man United. Read Ful...

NASA scientists have proposed searching for advanced extraterrestrial civilizations among the stars by looking for a specific kind of pollution associated with combustion and, therefore, most likely some form of technology. Read Full Ar...

The city of Vladikavkaz in southern Russia was rocked on Friday morning by a colossal blast that tore through a superstore, reducing it to a pile of rubble and leaving authorities scrambling to rescue possible survivors. Read Full Artic...

Nick Kyrgios’s roller-coaster ride at this year’s Australian Open came to a halt in typically dramatic fashion as the home hero relinquished a two-set lead on the way to defeat against Austria's Dominic Thiem in the third round. Rea...

Jailed Russian activist Alexey Navalny and his team have received around $300,000 in bitcoin donations in just over a month. His movement has been accepting cryptocurrency since 2016 as a means to make it harder to track funding. Read F...

13 people have been arrested in Denmark over the past few days in connection with a suspected terrorist plot. They are believed to have been preparing attacks either in Denmark or Germany, where one person has also been arrested. Read F...

The over-65s will shortly get their first Covid shot, as the 15-million-strong cohort of over-70s, care-home residents and staff, frontline NHS workers and the clinically vulnerable will all have received one jab by February 15. Read Fu...

Online payments operator PayPal is unlikely to pour money into bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, its Chief Financial Officer John Rainey said, stressing that the firm sees a variety of opportunities in the digital wallet space. Read F...

World number one Novak Djokovic has treated fans to an insight into his gravity-defying yoga routine while preparing for his Australian Open matches in Melbourne. Read Full Article at RT.com

Bill Michael, KPMG’s UK chairman, has tendered his resignation after he was criticised for comments made during a virtual town hall where he demanded employees “stop moaning” about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full Ar...

Recovering Covid patients across the world have reported numerous lingering neurological symptoms, including fatigue, memory loss, and confusion, nicknamed ‘brain fog’ or ‘Covid brain’. Scientists may now have found the culprit....

A senior British health official has warned that it’s too soon to talk about summer plans, predicting that some of the country’s coronavirus measures will likely stay in place until the entire adult population is vaccinated. Read Fu...

The US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell has made a decision to keep interest rates low amid a grim economic outlook. RT’s Boom Bust talks to Octavio Marenzi of Opimus LLC about the decision. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mino Raiola is refusing to reveal his hand amid renewed reports that Juventus are seeking to reunite with Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba at the end of the current campaign, saying only that he will "do what I have to do." Read ...

The Supreme Court of India has sought a response from Twitter and the government concerning a petition filed last May asking for a mechanism to check fake news and regulate seditious and incendiary content through fake accounts. Read Fu...

Japanese ace Naomi Osaka added a kind touch to the uncompromising battles taking place on Melbourne courts by carefully removing a butterfly which landed on her midway through her third-round match. Read Full Article at RT.com

President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has denied media reports that Russia will imminently sever diplomatic ties with Brussels, saying his government would consider extreme measures only in response to hostile actions. Read Full Articl...

UFC title contender Megan Anderson says she is prepared to speak with male fighter Casey Kenney following "utterly degrading" comments made by the bantamweight on a podcast in which he was critical of Anderson's appearance. Read Full Ar...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers in Australia have demonstrated how it is possible to train a system to manipulate human behavior and decision-making, highlighting the double-edged sword that is modern high tech. Read Full Artic...

England’s new Covid quarantine scheme faced difficulties almost immediately, with the booking system for international arrivals from ‘red list’ countries being taken offline minutes after it launched due to a “technical issue”...

One of Belarus’ most prominent opposition figures, Maria Kolesnikova, is facing criminal charges for her alleged role in organizing long-running demonstrations against the country’s embattled leader, Alexander Lukashenko. Read Full ...

Serena Williams overcame a wobbly start to defeat Russian teen Anastasia Potapova and move into the Australian Open fourth round, afterwards being asked what “love” meant to her in a cringey post-match exchange. Read Full Article at...

Water levels along the Mekong River have fallen ‘considerably’ since the start of the year, decreasing to “worryingly” low levels, after China reduced outflow from the Jinghong Dam, the river’s governing body said. Read Full A...

The world’s largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, crossed $900 billion in market valuation on Friday for the first time in history, as the digital asset’s price hit new record highs. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Japanese government has given a cabinet minister the task of addressing concerns about an increase in social isolation among the population, which has been linked to an uptick in suicides. Read Full Article at RT.com

Fresh economic sanctions under consideration in Brussels could lead to Russia deciding to walk away from dealings with the European Union altogether, the country’s foreign minister has said in comments broadcast on Friday. Read Full A...

The UK economy suffered the biggest contraction on record, in 2020, experiencing an unprecedented slump in economic and business activity after a series of lockdowns imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Pep Guardiola has challenged former club Bayern Munich after they picked up a remarkable ‘sextuple’ of titles, matching the feat achieved by Guardiola’s iconic Barcelona team of 2009. Read Full Article at RT.com

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori has stepped down from his role, again apologizing for making sexist remarks about women “talking too much” that caused a major international scandal. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia's military may soon have a new state of-the-art Unmanned Combat Ground Vehicle for use in combat, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as for providing vital engineering and logistics support to troops in the field. Read Full...

The founder of Project Veritas has fired shots at Twitter for letting CNN get away with a 2018 ambushing of a Trump supporter in her home, but taking down the watchdog’s account for allegedly violating its ‘anti-doxxing’ policy. R...

Some Covid-19 measures imposed by the Czech government are expected to be lifted after the country’s parliament refused to extend a state of emergency that provided a legal framework for the restrictions. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Jailed opposition activist Alexey Navalny returned to a Moscow court on Friday morning facing charges that he defamed a World War II veteran after calling him a traitor. The case was adjourned last week after a day of drama. Read Full A...

Khamzat Chimaev's scheduled UFC Fight Night main event bout against Leon Edwards on March 13 is off due to the lingering effects of Covid-19 suffered by the Russian-born Swedish fighter. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Australian state of Victoria will enter a new five-day lockdown due to the discovery of a new cluster of Covid-19 cases, its premier said. The capital, Melbourne, endured one of the world’s harshest lockdowns last year. Read Full ...

A senior aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has reportedly owned up to concealing the state’s nursing home data amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying the numbers would have fueled attacks from then-president Donald Trump. Read Ful...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's use of an animated rap video to urge black people to get Covid-19 vaccines has gone down like a lead balloon, getting ratioed on Twitter and called "insulting," "racist" and "condescending." Read Full Ar...

New York City mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang has vowed to transform the Big Apple into a hub for cryptocurrencies if he is elected, as bitcoin soared to a new high after America’s oldest bank said it would deal in the digital token. Read...

Radio host and financial pundit Dave Ramsey set off a bout of controversy after arguing that those relying on stimulus checks amid the Covid-19 pandemic were “already screwed” and may suffer from mental issues. Read Full Article at ...

Two Buffalo, New York police officers escaped criminal charges for shoving an elderly man during last year’s George Floyd protests. Their indictment for breaking his skull prompted the resignation of the city’s riot police unit. Rea...

Hackers have reportedly sold off the source code of CD Projekt’s ‘The Witcher 3’ and ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ titles, after attempting to hold the Polish video game developer and publisher to ransom. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Kenosha, Wisconsin judge has declined a request from prosecutors for a fresh arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen accused of killing two people at a protest last year, whose lawyer claims he’s been forced into hiding. Read ...

The app founded to share cute photos is now using AI to censor “hate speech” in direct messages, enforcing an Anglo-American notion of banning the ever-increasing expanse of unapproved thoughts on the rest of the planet. Read Full A...

Turkey won't abandon the S-400 missile systems it ordered from Russia despite the threat of US sanctions, but is eager to resolve the divisive issue through talks with its NATO ally, the Turkish presidential spokesman has said. Read Ful...

The Jewish National Fund (JNF) is reportedly poised to resume buying land in the West Bank after a five-decade hiatus, clearing the way to speed settlement developments amid the threat of US opposition under President Joe Biden. Read Fu...

Facebook has patted itself on the back for nuking almost all “hate speech” that supposedly violated its rules. But not only was most content deleted before anyone could flag it, users weren’t even allowed to appeal most deletions....

The US has slapped a raft of sanctions on Myanmar’s top military to block their access to more than a billion dollars in government funds being held in America, and will redirect millions in US aid to “strengthen civil society.” R...

Conservative watchdog group Project Veritas has been banned from Twitter, hours after one of its tweets was blacklisted. The suspension came after Project Veritas revealed some of Facebook’s censorship mechanisms. Read Full Article at...

The BBC has expressed its disappointment over the removal of its international World News channel from the air in China, while the UK's foreign secretary blasted the move as an "unacceptable curtailing of media freedom." Read Full Artic...

After three diplomats were kicked out of Russia for taking part in rallies in support of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Moscow’s representative to the EU believes it’s unimaginable that Russian officials would do the same. Read F...