If snow and bears are quintessential for any video from Russia, this one definitely makes the cut. An agitated ursus was filmed chasing a man down the street of a Siberian city… shortly after escaping from a hotel. Read Full Article a...

Taiwan has bolstered its military presence in the disputed South China Sea, as the US approved the export of submarine technology for the island’s fleet, the newly appointed defense minister has said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Protesters denounced a controversial bill aimed at protecting the identity of police officers as they rallied outside the French Senate building in Paris on Tuesday. The government has affirmed its support for the legislation. Read Full...

The UK oil industry is facing a marked decline in production due to a drop in investment amid the pandemic, Bloomberg reports, citing data from Oil & Gas UK. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Japanese district court has ruled that the government’s refusal to recognize same-sex unions is unlawful, marking the country’s first judicial decision on gay marriage. Read Full Article at RT.com

Conservative commentator Candace Owens said she will take rapper Cardi B to court for supposedly spreading falsehoods about her husband and brother during a fight on Twitter. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Joe Biden has urged migrants and refugees to stay home, telling them not to attempt to cross the US border, even as his own officials sound alarms over what they say is the largest influx of immigrants in two decades. Read ...

The Joe Biden administration is reportedly preparing new sanctions against Russia after an intelligence assessment claimed to find attempts at interference by Moscow, Tehran and other usual suspects in the 2020 presidential race. Read F...

A series of shootings at three different spas in the Atlanta, Georgia area has left at least eight people dead and several others injured. A 21-year-old suspect was taken into custody following an intense manhunt. Read Full Article at R...

Russia is no longer the No. 1 geopolitical bogeyman in the eyes of Americans, falling from that spot for the first time in three years, as a new Gallup poll shows people are far more concerned about the threat posed by China. Read Full ...

Legislation vastly expanding the UK government’s powers to suppress peaceful protests for the sake of public order, promoted by Home Secretary Priti Patel, has been backed by the House of Commons after heated debate. Read Full Article...

Co-host of ABC's The View talk show, Joy Behar, lobbied for the removal of a Republican senator by repeating misinformation about the US Capitol riot and arguing that Antifa is a “fictitious idea.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Texans who suffered through a week-long snowstorm made worse by severe power outages have been relieved of some of their suffering after the state repealed ridiculously high electricity costs they were unable to pay. Read Full Article a...

Syria’s air defenses were activated in response to an alleged ‘Israeli airstrike’ in the Damascus countryside in the south of the country, state media reported, claiming that several ‘hostile projectiles’ were shot down. Read ...

An enormous explosion has shaken the city of Ontario, California, sending a mushroom-shaped cloud towering above the streets. Officials say a fireworks stash ignited, killing at least two people. Read Full Article at RT.com

Israel has paid a hefty price for its pacy Covid-19 immunization drive, with the health ministry saying that it has already spent $788 million on vaccines against coronavirus – and is set to dish out the same again if necessary. Read ...

Marvel Comics has unveiled a gay version of Captain America, perhaps pandering to LGBTQ readers ahead of Pride Month, but drawings of the new character have left some target buyers feeling more insulted than inspired. Read Full Article ...

Public Health England (PHE) has started investigating after a new pair of mutated Covid-19 cases were discovered in England, it said in a statement on Tuesday. This particular strain was first detected recently in the Philippines. Read ...

Norwegian TV presenter Linn Wiik has proclaimed that she would "love to die" from AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine if her sacrifice would help ease public concern over the inoculation and win humanity's war with the pandemic. Read Full Ar...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been branded a hypocrite by Iran's foreign minister for raising concerns of the risk of Tehran developing nuclear weapons minutes after announcing an expansion to the UK's own nuke arsenal. Read ...

Vanity Fair is seemingly holding Donald Trump responsible for murdering 400,000 Americans with Covid-19. Needless to say, there’s no mention of Andrew Cuomo or Joe Biden. Some suggested a libel suit might teach the mag a lesson. Read ...

Journalist Anton Krasovsky says his documentary 'Epidemic' is being shadowbanned by YouTube. Failing to coax any sort of solution out of the platform, he is now turning to the head of Roscomnadzor, the Russian media regulator. Read Full...

Barcelona president-elect Joan Laporta was said to be facing a race against time to raise the necessary funds to complete his bid for the club's top job, or face a second election. Read Full Article at RT.com

Some 1,200 Microsoft email servers in the Netherlands are almost certainly infected, the country's National Cyber ​​Security Center (NCSC) said on Tuesday, as it urged companies to update their software and assess the damage. Read F...

Stargazers were on high alert as a plane-sized asteroid made an extremely close flyby of Earth overnight, but three more space rocks are due to graze the planet’s backyard before Tuesday is done. Read Full Article at RT.com

One of Indonesia’s top female volleyball players, Aprilia Manganang, has been confirmed as biologically male, sparking debate online over what that meant for her team's previous performances. Read Full Article at RT.com

Celebrating the end of the annual spring festival by burning an effigy is Russian enough on its own. But do you want to make it even more Russian? Well, try shooting it to pieces with an iconic World War Two-era T-34 tank. Read Full Art...

The Netherlands has seen its sharpest weekly rise in new Covid-19 infections since December, Dutch health officials reported on Tuesday, as a minister warned that hospitals were preparing for having more patients than beds. Read Full Ar...

Floyd Mayweather has offered a helping hand to Anthony Joshua as he prepares for his world heavyweight title unifier against Tyson Fury, with the American ring icon also claiming he could earn $100 million from his own next bout. Read F...

Ivy League Columbia University has joined the growing pool of colleges hosting identity-politics-based graduation ceremonies, offering students not one but six commencements in a baffling bid to scatter their sense of belonging. Read Fu...

Huge crowds supporting Bolivia's ex-president, Jeanine Anez, took to the streets across the country late on Monday to protest her arrest for being involved in a 2019 coup that deposed long-time leader Evo Morales. Read Full Article at R...

Researchers at a French university have finally identified a meteor fragment discovered in the Algerian Sahara desert in May 2020, which had likely been there for “at least 100 years”. Read Full Article at RT.com

In planning to build a scientific station on the Moon, Russia and China are not taking aim at the West – it’s simply about international cooperation in lunar exploration, according to Russian space agency head Dmitry Rogozin. Read F...

The Scottish government is to begin easing its strict Covid-19 lockdown rules in early April, with the ‘stay-at-home’ restrictions being replaced with ‘stay local’ advice, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday. Read Ful...

Comedian Bill Burr has angered the cancel crowd with offensive jokes. They’re calling him racist, but the fact that he’s married to a black woman isn’t placating them. To one, it actually means he owns a “minority sex servant.�...

A video from Russia's Leningrad Region has gone viral on the internet after the traditional burning of a giant scarecrow almost turned into a disaster when it exploded, nearly setting a worker on fire in front of a gathered crowd. Read ...

A columnist for the Daily Telegraph has apologised for accusing a Muslim journalist of supporting terrorism and paedophilia for worshipping the Prophet Muhammad, sparking a huge debate about racism in the British press. Read Full Articl...

Nearly two weeks from their controversial fight at UFC 259, there is no sign that the war of words between newly-crowned bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan is set to slow down. Read Full Article at RT.com

The British prime minister has said China should be brought into international efforts to reduce the global stockpile of nuclear weapons as the UK itself plans to increase its own arsenal by 40%. Read Full Article at RT.com

For the millions around the world who claim Irish heritage, March 17 is a day to celebrate all things green, down some alcohol and say cheers to St. Patrick – but Irish ministers are calling for more sober celebrations this year. Read...

A scandal has erupted in Ukraine after it was revealed that an eight-year-old blogger with millions of followers is dating a 13-year-old boy, with the complete blessing of her mother, who controls all her social media accounts. Read Ful...

A team of scientists has developed a model that would allow for the existence of traversable wormholes that adhere to the laws of physics without the need for theoretical matter to keep them open. But there’s a catch. Read Full Articl...

Russian freestyle skier Anna Orlovskaya has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of drug distribution, having been caught in possession of a large amount of heroin which she had allegedly intended to sell. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US is set to encounter more migrants on its southwestern border than it had over the past 20 years, warns Secretary of Homeland Security, defending Washington’s handling of the ongoing influx of unaccompanied child migrants. Read ...

With hospitals and health systems stretched by the pandemic, Russian expats working elsewhere in Europe are now forced to book flights back home in order to get treatment in the country’s own clinics, a top lawmaker has said. Read Ful...

China and Russia are working hand in hand to provide global access to Covid-19 vaccines. Read Full Article at RT.com

A spokeswoman for Belarus’ embattled leader Alexander Lukashenko has been forced to deny he was handed a victory in a skiing competition after footage circulated online that appeared to show his opponent deliberately falling over. Rea...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said initial data suggest there is “no indication” the AstraZeneca jab caused blood clots after a number of thromboembolic events were recorded in people who had been inoculated. Read Full Art...

Sweden's all-time record goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic has confirmed his sensational return to international football at the age of 39, and he announced the move in a typically effervescent manner. Read Full Article at RT.com

Cryptocurrency bitcoin is now more valuable than the world’s two biggest payment networks Visa and Mastercard, which have a combined market capitalization of $871 billion. Read Full Article at RT.com

China is set to relax Covid border restrictions and allow foreigners into the country for the first time since it limited most travel last March if arrivals have been vaccinated with a Beijing-made vaccine. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ajax ultras turned out to honor supposed hooligan Martin van de Pol, 56, after he was executed in front of his young daughter in what Amsterdam police are describing as a 'gangland hit' moments after collecting her from school. Read Ful...

Sustained underfunding in health systems across Europe, and a failure to invest in medical staff left the continent wide open to the Covid pandemic, a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The French government has been accused of dystopian designs after authorizing the use of surveillance cameras to tally how many commuters are masking up. Read Full Article at RT.com

US pharmaceutical firm Moderna has commenced trials of its Covid-19 vaccine on kids ranging from just 6 months to 11 years old, the youngest so far to receive any Covid jab. Read Full Article at RT.com

In a breakthrough that will be welcomed across the globe, University of Surrey researchers claim to have developed a highly accurate Covid-19 test using non-invasive skin swab samples. Read Full Article at RT.com

San Francisco is famous for its Alcatraz Island prison so it was perhaps fitting that retired UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was in the city as he compared the life of an active fighter to being in the confines of a jail. Read Full Ar...

Russian officials are poised to announce a ban on the Twitter social media network within weeks, if the platform fails to comply with demands to take down unlawful posts featuring child pornography, calls for suicide and drug use. Read ...

It’s been a year since the Covid-19 pandemic began, and scientists are still learning about the virus. In Russia, a senior doctor has noted that the disease may be responsible for kickstarting the aging process. Read Full Article at R...

NASA has announced the discovery and isolation of four strains of bacteria at different locations aboard the ISS, three of which were previously unknown to science and may unlock the future of space farming. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The price of bitcoin has fallen back, following a record spike of just above $61,500 over the weekend. RT’s Boom Bust explores what’s driving the cryptocurrency’s surge and whether central banks could hold it as an asset. Read Ful...

Fight fans are giddy at the prospect of a high-stakes showdown between elite UFC lightweights Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler amid rumors that the two title contenders are set to meet in what should be a firework-filled bout. Read F...

South Korea’s capital has launched a two-week coronavirus testing campaign targeting foreign workers and their employers. The move mirrors an operation in the province of Gyeonggi that sparked allegations of xenophobia. Read Full Arti...

Russia’s Junior Ice Hockey League (MHL) has suffered a tragic loss after Dynamo St. Petersburg captain Timur Faizutdinov died from injuries sustained during a play-off game in Yaroslavl. Read Full Article at RT.com

Donald Trump has hit back at the Washington Post after it corrected an article claiming that the former US president tried to strongarm a Georgia official, criticizing the report as an example of biased journalism. Read Full Article at ...

Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Rui Patricio was thankfully “conscious and sitting up” last night after fears for his health following a sickening blow to his head in the Premier League clash with Liverpool. Read Full Article at ...

The 2020 World Air Quality Report has found that, despite Covid shutdowns briefly improving air quality, deadly pollution in several nations exceeded the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendations. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Rescued animals that cannot be re-homed could be euthanized by Russian authorities under rules put forward by government MPs that would make it easier for local officials to free up shelter space and crack down on packs of strays. Read ...

RT’s Keiser Report hosts, Max and Stacy, look at the tumbling purchase power of the US dollar, with $1.9 trillion having been printed in stimulus in the past week. Read Full Article at RT.com

France’s health ministry has warned that a new variant of Covid-19 found in the country’s north may evade conventional PCR testing, but initial analysis suggests it is not more contagious or deadly. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The biggest heavyweight fight in a generation took a giant leap forward on Monday as Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua signed contracts to fight each other, but there is still a lot to be agreed before they set foot in the ring. Read Full A...

The Israel Antiquities Authority has announced the discovery of a new series of ancient fragments of biblical scrolls, found perfectly preserved in a cave in the Judean Desert nature reserve. Read Full Article at RT.com

Australia's PM has come under a storm of criticism after he praised the country's “vibrant liberal democracy” and gave himself a pat on the back for not meeting women rights protests “with bullets.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US Treasury has announced that the share of its government securities and bonds owned by Russia rose in January, with Moscow spending more money to acquire Washington’s debt, as the country’s borrowing rises still further. Read ...

Lionel Messi moved level with the great Xavi on the list of Barcelona’s all-time appearances as the Argentine star marked the occasion with two goals and an assist in a comfortable La Liga victory over Huesca at the Camp Nou. Read Ful...

Activists and commentators have accused British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of turning his back on disarmament after his government signalled that it would drastically increase the limit placed on the UK’s nuclear stockpile. Read Ful...

The head of a scientific equipment supplier targeted by officials in Washington over supposed links to a shadowy Russian “chemical weapons” program has insisted the US’ accusations are untrue and it’s being unfairly singled out....

The foreign secretary has warned that making exceptions to Covid-induced lockdown restrictions for protest movements could lead to further ‘disobedience’ and rule breaking, as critics question police at Sarah Everard vigil. Read Ful...

A health official at Germany’s Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases (RKI) has warned the country is experiencing an undisputed third wave of Covid, as eased restrictions have sped up the “exponential growth” of cases. Rea...

The widow of ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler has spoken out against social media speculation that claimed the boxing icon had died due to the effects of the Covid-19 vaccine. Read Full Article at RT.com

Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) are to take part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), according to the event’s organizing committee. Read Full Article at RT.com

India’s foreign exchange holdings amounted to $580.3 billion as of March 5, the country’s central bank has said. Only China, Japan and Switzerland have bigger forex reserves, according to the International Monetary Fund. Read Full A...

There will be a full crowd in attendance at a UFC event for the first time in more than year when the octagon heads to Florida for UFC 261 on April 24, Dana White has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Pyongyang has issued a peculiarly-worded warning to Washington, telling the Biden administration that it should tread lightly if it’s sincere about wanting to restart dialogue. Read Full Article at RT.com

Facebook has reached an agreement with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp in which the social media giant will pay to use the company’s Australian content, a deal prompted by a contentious new media law passed in the country. Read Full Arti...

An officer with the US Capitol Police was placed on leave after a congressional aide spotted a notorious anti-Jewish tract sitting out in the open near his workspace on Capitol Hill, prompting an internal probe. Read Full Article at RT....

The Biden administration reportedly plans to use a Dallas convention center to hold as many as 3,000 migrant teenagers, easing overcrowding in detention facilities as open-borders policies spur a surge in illegal immigration. Read Full ...

Two people were killed and two others injured after a small plane crashed in south Florida, erupting into flames as it smashed into a car carrying a mother and child, leaving them in a serious condition. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

President Joe Biden apparently doesn't share his chief Covid-19 adviser's view that Donald Trump would be a “game changer” in promoting vaccines, instead saying local church leaders and doctors would have the biggest impact. Read Fu...

Spain has suspended its rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, after reports of adverse side effects prompted more than a dozen other states to do the same, despite assurances from EU regulators that the jab is safe. Read Full Art...

The UK’s fantastically expensive overhaul of 9 Downing Street’s press briefing room has left much to be desired, panned by early viewers as a setting for “dictator-like party-political broadcasts” and by others as “a bit cheap...

As the Biden administration deals with a record-breaking surge in illegal immigration, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed that people on the “terrorist watch list” are “rushing” the southern border. Read Full Article a...

The Washington Post has quietly corrected a January story accusing Donald Trump of pressuring a Georgia election official, admitting it had misquoted him – but it then used the new information to target the ex-president again. Read Fu...

The constitutional court of Portugal has turned down a bill approved by parliament earlier this year to decriminalize the euthanasia of terminally-ill patients, saying that it threatened the principle of "inviolability of life". Read Fu...

Benny Thomas, Facebook's Global Planning Lead, told a reporter from Project Veritas that his company is as powerful as a country, and needs to be broken up. “No king in history” is as powerful as Mark Zuckerberg, he claimed. Read Fu...

Hundreds of protesters marched through the heart of Westminster, London, for a third straight day on Monday to protest a new UK policing bill and to vent their anger at violence against women after the murder of Sarah Everard. Read Ful...

Lawyers for Minneapolis ex-cop and accused murderer Derek Chauvin are desperate to postpone his trial, hoping to find impartial jurors to hear the high-profile case after the city of Minneapolis delivered a massive settlement. Read Full...

CBS has canceled episodes of "The Talk" for Monday and Tuesday amid an "investigation" of a heated exchange last week in which co-host Sharon Osbourne defended the right of Piers Morgan to opine about Meghan Markle, reports claim. Read ...

There is no imminent threat of a military attack from Russia – or China – against any NATO member states, but the bloc’s very existence is the main reason for this situation, its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told the EU....

Serious questions are being asked as to the efficacy of Real Madrid's medical team after record signing Eden Hazard picked up his ELEVENTH injury in less than two seasons with the Spanish giants last weekend. Read Full Article at RT.com...