Saudi state-controlled oil giant Aramco said last year’s profits saw a dramatic drop to $49 billion as the Covid-19 pandemic turned 2020 into one of the hardest years for one of the world’s most valuable companies. Read Full Article...

Residents in the UK and Cuba have described seeing shiny objects falling from the sky, which were followed by a loud noise. Unconfirmed meteor sightings were also reported in the US. Read Full Article at RT.com

A drone dispatched to Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula has relayed spectacular images of a volcano that continues to spew lava days after it erupted. Read Full Article at RT.com

A rally held in New York City against Covid-19 measures devolved into shouting matches and scuffles as police tried to separate anti-lockdown activists and counter-demonstrators. Read Full Article at RT.com

Natural disasters, climate change, and grain and livestock diseases are exacerbated by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on agriculture and food security, says a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report. Read Full Artic...

The number of unaccompanied migrant children in US custody is growing by roughly 500 per day, with some 5,000 minors currently housed in “temporary facilities” at the border, many of them well beyond the legal 72-hour limit. Read Fu...

Australian Open hero Aslan Karatsev has broken into the top 30 and ensured that a remarkable run for Russian tennis players continued in style, winning as a wildcard in Dubai to become the third champ from his country this season. Read ...

The mayor of Miami Beach, Florida has declared a state of emergency, shutting down roads leading into the city and imposing a nightly curfew on the entertainment industry, to stop the “out-of-control” influx of spring breakers. Read...

At least 33 people have been arrested for ‘breaching Covid regulations’ amid scuffles with riot police after thousands marched through central London in defiance of national lockdown and restrictions.  Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A crowd supporting a notorious Ukrainian far-right leader, sentenced to seven years in prison for the kidnapping of a politician, has vandalized the presidential office in Kiev as they demanded his release. No arrests were made. Read Fu...

Light heavyweight world champ Artur Beterbiev defended his WBC and IBF world championships and unbeaten record with a 10th-round TKO of Russian-born German opponent Adam Deines in Moscow on Saturday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Tens of thousands took to the streets in Israel to protest Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership, only days before the country’s next election. Read Full Article at RT.com

A British boxer has denied that the referee gave him a huge helping hand after he controversially won a title with a vicious shot while his opponent was returning to a ring corner with his back turned, causing a row among fans. Read Ful...

MSNBC regular Malcolm Nance has suggested that Donald Trump Jr. tweeting a parody video of his father using a golf ball to make Joe Biden fall on the steps to Air Force One “mainstreams the potential for danger.” Read Full Article a...

Ex-UFC star Paige VanZant has teased her legion of followers on Instagram with a racy story involving her squirting cream on herself, telling her fans that she was looking forward to a bare-knuckle card featuring Leonard Garcia. Read Fu...

A defamation suit from Project Veritas against the New York Times is moving forward, as a judge has ruled the newspaper posed opinion as fact in their coverage of the conservative news outlet. Read Full Article at RT.com

Peter Szijjarto has become the first European official to receive the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, as his nation prepares to receive another batch of hundreds of thousands of doses from Russia. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ex-UFC champ Conor McGregor has been told to “quit cocaine” by high-profile toughman and former Deputy of the State Dmitry Nosov, mocking Khabib Nurmagomedov's former rival following the Russian's official retirement. Read Full Art...

Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder has once again called for the speedy approval of Russia’s Sputnik V as his government considers vaccine production in the German state, and a Russian company plans to invest in it. Read Full Artic...

Former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has reignited the argument over whether lightweight great Khabib Nurmagomedov should be considered the greatest UFC fighter of all time, failing to resist having a dig at the Dagestani. Read F...

Richard Grenell, the Trump administration’s former acting director of national intelligence, is now president of the United States… at least according to some Google searches. Read Full Article at RT.com

Multiple scuffles broke out on the streets of Kassel, Germany as Covid-19 lockdown skeptics and counterprotesters gathered, and police deployed mace and batons to contain the demonstration. Read Full Article at RT.com

In an era of egotistical owners pulling the trigger on managers on a whim, Daniel Levy's devotion to Jose Mourinho at Tottenham seemed set to survive whatever the weather. How much more mediocre misery can both parties now endure? Read ...

An investigation by French police, who earlier announced they had seized €1 million worth of drugs, was apparently revealed to be fruitful in a quite unexpected way. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia could easily become a production site for Italian companies that are actively exporting to Eurasian markets and outside, according to Ernesto Ferlenghi, vice president of the General Confederation of Italian Industry. Read Full A...

Amsterdam police deployed two water cannons and officers in riot gear to prevent an unpermitted protest against Covid-19 restrictions, ultimately making the crowd leave the area. Read Full Article at RT.com

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the best player from Serie A’s 2019-2020 season, with the Juventus talisman hailing a “strange” but “positive” year and picking his goal of choice before saying he could play on until he hits 4...

The European Parliament’s decision to pave the way for the extradition of Catalan pro-independence politicians to Spain is a threat to European democracy, Catalonia’s former leader, Carles Puigdemont, told RT. Read Full Article at R...

While talking to the media after meeting with their US counterparts, top Chinese diplomats have emphasized that they will stay firm in defending their national interests. Read Full Article at RT.com

Rangers star Glen Kamara has revealed what Slavia Prague captain Ondrej Kudela allegedly told him during an explosive mid-game incident this week, urging UEFA and social media bosses to do more while blasting them over "tokenism". Read ...

The world’s largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, increased its crude oil exports to 6.582 million barrels per day (bpd) in January 2021, up from 6.495 million bpd in December 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two hospital staffers in Denmark experienced blood clots and cerebral haemorrhaging after they were vaccinated against Covid-19 with AstraZeneca's jab. One has since died. Read Full Article at RT.com

Critics of Joe Biden had a field day after his awkward boarding of the Air Force One, bringing up his past mockery of Donald Trump’s mobility issues. But some say (in jest) Joe should blame the Kremlin rather than strong winds. Read F...

South American superstars Neymar and Lionel Messi will play together again at the Camp Nou next season, according to reports – and a move is underway to complete the new-look forward line with Erling Haaland under Joan Laporta. Read F...

Global economic growth will accelerate faster than expected this year, according to renewed data announced by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Read Full Article at RT.com

Ursula von der Leyen has warned pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that the European Union would consider a complete export ban on its Covid-19 vaccine if it doesn’t supply the bloc with the jabs before other nations. Read Full Articl...

Organizers have confirmed that the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be held without foreign fans and volunteers, dealing a huge blow to an event that had already sold around 900,000 tickets to overseas visitors. Read Full Article at RT....

UFC fighter Julija Stoliarenko has apologized to her opponent and said she is "very upset" at not being allowed to compete following worrying scenes at her fight weigh-in, where she collapsed twice before being stretchered away. Read Fu...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for the coronavirus, the government has announced. The diagnosis was made just two days after Khan had received first dose of the Chinese-made vaccine. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US tech giant Apple has reportedly been hit with a $1.9-million fine by Procon-SP, the Brazilian consumer protection agency for the State of Sao Paulo, for selling its latest iPhone models with no power adapters. Read Full Article at RT...

International rating agency Moody’s has upgraded its outlook for the growth of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) from 9% to 12% in the current calendar year due to more positive near-term prospects. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Trigana Air Boeing 737 freighter has ended up in a field after crash-landing and going off the tarmac in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Saturday. There were no casualties, officials have said. Read Full Article at RT.com

What matters more: Rulings from overseas courts, or laws made by politicians back home? That’s the question Russian officials are weighing up, after a string of court orders they say are at odds with the country’s own principles. Re...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck off the coast of Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture on Saturday evening, prompting the local meteorological agency to briefly issue a tsunami advisory. Read Full Article at RT.com

Kamala Harris made a not-so-subtle jab at ex-President Trump as she decried a surge a violence against Asian Americans. Trump and his supporters are accused of fueling hate in their attempts to blame China for Covid-19. Read Full Articl...

Russia is considering introducing a tax on bloggers who receive donations from their viewers. This comes as lawmakers look to cut off the flow of money to ‘trash streamers’ after the death of a girl was broadcast live online. Read F...

Tesla chief Elon Musk said the company has a strong incentive to not be used for espionage in foreign countries. His remarks came shortly after reports that China placed restrictions on Tesla cars. Read Full Article at RT.com

Microsoft founder Bill Gates brushed away “crazy” conspiracy theories about himself, 5G and coronavirus vaccines during an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session on Reddit, where he promoted his new book and sung the praises of synthetic mea...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has opened a probe into conditions at detention centers for underage migrants, one of which faces a Covid-19 outbreak, blasting President Biden for his handling of a “humanitarian crisis” at the border. Re...

Syria’s petroleum minister has condemned US forces for acting “like pirates” as Washington continues to plunder most of the oil wealth from the country’s resource-rich northeast, where the Pentagon backs Kurdish militia groups. ...

German scientists have found out that administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine could potentially produce antibodies that would in turn stimulate formation of blood clots in “rare” cases as the WHO sees no such “causal” link. Re...

Former US president George W. Bush claimed that despite the jaw-dropping violence unleashed by his own policies in Afghanistan and Iraq, he was left “sick to my stomach” by the January 6 raid on the US Capitol. Read Full Article at ...

A volcano has erupted in southwest Iceland following heavy seismic activity and a series of small earthquakes in the area. All inbound and outgoing flights have been briefly halted amid the eruption. Read Full Article at RT.com

Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-California) has defended the Biden administration’s lack of transparency at migrant facilities, claiming it’s “not necessarily appropriate” for the media to see the conditions because they aren’t “perma...

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has opened up on his enduring passion for the club, blasting discrimination while lavishing praise on the Blues' women's team and admitting that he has never wanted to have a "public profile". Read Full Ar...

Italian PM Mario Draghi has said he will have the AstraZeneca vaccine, becoming the latest world leader to pledge their faith in the jab after the EU drugs regulator said it was safe, amid fears it may cause blood clots. Read Full Artic...

The Taliban warned the Biden administration to honor a Trump-era agreement and pull US and NATO troops out of Afghanistan by May 1, warning a “retaliation” if the deal is violated. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Joe Biden has landed in the deep fryer after bragging he called out Vladimir Putin for having “no soul” – a claim that led many to cry foul when the politician refused to talk to his Russian counterpart on the phone. ...

President Joe Biden struggled to climb the stairs to Air Force One on Friday, stumbling multiple times, leading to a wave of mockery – and sympathy – over the unfortunate moment, which was caught on video. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Golden State Warriors legend Stephen Curry has waded in to a gender equality row after women's basketball ace Sedona Prince caused outrage by sharing a video showing the starkly different weights rooms for male and female players. Read ...

Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger have gone down, users around the world and service issue monitor Downdetector reported on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The British government failed to make it clear that protests were still permissible under Covid-19 restrictions and confused both the public and the police on the issue, a parliamentary committee has concluded. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The president of three Russian sports federations, Alexey Vlasenko, who was arrested this week on allegations of fraud, is said to have warned that the move could negatively affect the performance of athletes at the Olympic Games. Read ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized his US counterpart Joe Biden for calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "killer," saying that such statements about a head of state are "not fitting of a president." Read Full Artic...

A federal grand jury has charged four prominent members of the far-right Proud Boys movement with conspiring to impede Congress in certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory on January 6. Read Full Article at RT.com

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders will meet in front of what could be the biggest sporting crowd since the start of the pandemic a year ago, with a fight venue and date now confirmed for their title showdown. Read Full Ar...

The Biden administration has been vigilant in weeding out staffers who have admitted to past marijuana use, despite the drug being increasingly legal across the US, a new report suggests. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare has said it is suspending the administration of the heavily scrutinized AstraZeneca vaccine after two incidents of blood clotting were recorded 4-10 days after receiving the jab. Read Full Ar...

Superheavyweights Mariusz Pudzianowski and Serigne Ousmane have faced off for the first time before their clash on Polish MMA promotion KSW on Saturday, when the brawling behemoths are expected to weigh more than 600lb combined. Read Fu...

Northern Ireland unionists' fury over Brexit arrangements threatens to destabilise the region, Secretary Brandon Lewis has warned, after the Loyalist Communities Council told the EU it was opening a “Pandora’s box” of unrest. Read...

French Prime Minister Jean Castex received his AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab on live TV Friday as the country restarted its use of the vaccine. Earlier, the EU's drug regulator said it was safe, despite fears it causes blood clotting. Read F...

World light-heavyweight champion Arutr Beterbiev insists he will talk with close friend Georges St-Pierre and fellow Russian fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov should he make the decision to cross over into mixed martial arts. Read Full Articl...

UFC star Conor McGregor has wished his former foe Khabib Nurmagomedov a happy retirement on social media – but in typically provocative fashion, the ex-champion relished the opportunity to take a dig at the Russian icon. Read Full Art...

A request from former cop Derek Chauvin’s defense team to push back the date and change the location of his trial in the death of George Floyd has been rejected. Read Full Article at RT.com

In a departure from the guidance given by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), France has deemed it too risky to administer AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to people under 55 amid concerns of more thromboembolic events. Read Full Artic...

US conservative commentator Candace Owens believes President Joe Biden is not mentally capable of publicly debating his Russian counterpart and offered Vladimir Putin an invitation to be a guest on her show instead. Read Full Article at...

Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin has sent a request to the country’s Investigative Committee demanding that it look into a rally held at Moscow’s 81,000-seat Luzhniki Stadium and attended by President Vladimir Putin. Read Full ...

Famed Russian ice dancer Tatyana Navka has spoken of her "pride" in Vladimir Putin after the Russian president was drawn into a political controversy following comments by his US counterpart, Joe Biden, calling him a "killer". Read Full...

Europe does not have enough vaccine to stave off a third wave of Covid-19 infections, the German health minister said on Friday, just days after the EU warned it would review the export of jabs from the bloc amid a shortfall. Read Full ...

An autopsy on the body of a Spanish woman who suffered a brain bleed two weeks after receiving a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine has found she did not die from complications linked to the Covid-19 jab. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio has stunned Americans by suggesting cops should confront people at their homes if they have been accused of “hurtful” but non-criminal acts. Many are asking exactly how that would work in practice. Re...

The mayor of a small border town in Arizona has told RT that federal agents did not provide crucial information about the migrants that are being released in the US after the White House relaxed border policies. Read Full Article at RT....

As part of a push to internationalize the yuan, China has been testing its digital currency on trading platforms around the world where it can be freely traded with other fiat currencies. Read Full Article at RT.com

Twice recovering from being decked to the canvas by his Puerto Rican foe Alberto Machado, Mexican fighter Angel Fierro produced a Knockout of the Year candidate with a left hook that thrilled fans watching live on US television. Read Fu...

Turkish police have detained at least 36 members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), days after launching a court case to ban the group over claims it’s linked to militants from the banned Kurdish PKK organization. R...

The European Union has launched legal proceeding against the UK concerning London’s failure to recover €100 million ($119mn) of state aid which allegedly gave multinational companies based in Gibraltar an unfair advantage. Read Full...

German track and field star Alica Schmidt, who has been dubbed the world’s sexiest athlete, has generously attempted to hone Borussia Dortmund defender Thomas Meunier's fitness skills in a sweaty training session with him. Read Full A...

An employment tribunal judge has ruled that a physics lecturer at the UK’s University of Loughborough, acted in an “unnecessarily aggressive” and “intimidating” way by putting lots of question marks at the end of messages. Rea...

A right-wing Romanian political bloc has announced it will soon begin operating in neighboring Moldova, as part of a campaign to return it to Bucharest’s control. That’s despite its leader being banned from entering the country. Rea...

Five months after Khabib Nurmagomedov announced he was stepping away from the octagon, Dana White has finally recognized his UFC retirement in an emotional shared announcement – with a May clash set to decide the new champion. Read Fu...

Billionaire Elon Musk could be interviewed by Jordan Peterson, the controversial critic of political correctness. The two appear to have set up a sit-in on Peterson’s YouTube talk show. Read Full Article at RT.com

Joe Biden’s ‘yes’ to an interviewer’s question about Vladimir Putin being a killer sounds outrageous even against the backdrop of the dreadful relations between Washington and Moscow, which have been in free fall for a long time...

Embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko should begin talks with the organizers of mass street protests that have rocked the nation since last summer’s disputed presidential election, American diplomats have urged. Read Full A...

Space exploration used to be almost entirely exclusive to governments, but private firms have also joined the race, with competition picking up in recent years. Read Full Article at RT.com

An Italian public prosecutor has impounded four B1 Centauro tank destroyers, one of which is suspected of firing its gun in the direction of a farm and killing multiple hens with a direct hit. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Georgian nurse who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving the first dose of the British AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has died, leading to fears that many locals will now be wary of being inoculated against the virus. Read Full A...

Scientists at the University of Warwick have stated that the UK’s vaccine rollout alone won’t contain Covid infections, in a potential warning to the government, as it proceeds with the roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions. Read Fu...

Czech football international Ondrej Kolar was treated for a fractured skull in hospital after suffering gory cuts to his face in a horrific foot-high challenge, departing on a stretcher in a Europa League game full of controversy. Read ...

The German health minister has dampened hopes that the government may relax Covid-19 measures in the coming weeks, noting that backward steps may be needed to control the third wave of the virus. Read Full Article at RT.com

The manager of a Jack in the Box fast food restaurant in Texas was reportedly stabbed after telling a homeless customer to wear a coronavirus face mask. Read Full Article at RT.com