The cryptocurrency market fell sharply on Friday amid concerns over new taxes that could be unveiled by US President Joe Biden, and after one of Turkey’s largest crypto exchanges went bust. Read Full Article at RT.com

China has now administered more than 210 million vaccines to protect its citizens against Covid-19, a figure only surpassed by the US, despite state officials talking about a shortage of shots in some regions. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Russia’s foreign exchange holdings have continued to rise, reaching $583.7 billion as of April 16, the latest data released by the country’s central bank shows. Read Full Article at RT.com

A woman in Texas who was administered the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 shot is receiving medical treatment after exhibiting signs of potential blood clots, mirroring cases that prompted authorities to halt the vaccine’s use. Read Full A...

Over a dozen patients have been killed in a blaze that ignited in the intensive care unit of the multi-story coronavirus hospital in the coastal Indian city of Virar, 70km (43 miles) north of Mumbai.  Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A hospital helipad in the English city of Cambridge was knocked out of commission by a US Air Force helicopter during an exercise, blowing the pad to pieces and compelling a diversion of emergency flights elsewhere. Read Full Article at...

Dozens of arrests were made following rioting and clashes in downtown Jerusalem, where Jewish and Arab demonstrators squared off with security forces – and reportedly with each other – as police struggled to keep them apart. Read Fu...

The UK has reported another 55 cases of the ‘double mutant’ Covid-19 variant, first detected in India, while Belgium tracked down its first cases of the strain that scientists fear could be more resistant to vaccines. Read Full Arti...

Iowa corrections officials are monitoring 77 inmates at a maximum-security prison for adverse reactions after they were inadvertently given up to six times the normal dosage of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Read Full Article at ...

The US military has paused development of a new logistics system for the F-35 fighter jet, pointing to cuts to funding for the problematic plane as the $1 trillion program is plagued by cost overruns, delays and faulty equipment. Read F...

Security footage has revealed a new angle on the shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, with many arguing it proves the officer who fired his weapon had no choice. Read Full Article at RT.com

Athletes who may be tempted to violate the ban on protesting at the Olympic Games in Tokyo got some encouragement from the World Players Association and a German activist group, which pledged to help them fight any sanctions. Read Full ...

A black associate professor at a North Carolina university triumphed over a snarky city councilman when – after repeatedly refusing to refer to her as “doctor” – the council unanimously fired him and accused him of racism. Read ...

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has signed into law legislation that protects drivers from being prosecuted or sued if they injure or kill demonstrators while fleeing what they reasonably perceive to be threat of harm in a riot. Read Full...

Multiple rockets reportedly fell near Baghdad International Airport. There have also been reports of air-raid sirens going off inside Camp Victory, which houses US coalition forces. No casualties are being reported. Read Full Article at...

A new bilateral agreement has been reached between Bahrain and Israel to mutually recognize each other’s Covid-19 vaccine documentation, the countries’ foreign ministries have announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

The three largest producers of Covid-19 vaccines could have funded the entire cost of vaccinating Africa with the money they paid stockholders this year – and vaccine-sharing charity COVAX isn’t bridging the gap, analysis shows. Rea...

The number of major blood clots reported in recipients of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine has risen from 100 cases last week to 168, the UK's medicines regulator has said, but added that the jab's benefits still outweigh the risks. Read ...

Ex-Arsenal and Russia star Andrey Arshavin has revealed he would have forgotten about the date of his career-high club football achievement were it not for social media. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former Arsenal and Russia star Andrey Arshavin says his hometown St. Petersburg will be more than ready to step in and host more matches at Euro 2020, with UEFA potentially set to relocate games to the city from Dublin. Read Full Artic...

The Czech Republic has warned that as many as 22 Russian envoys and 48 support staff could soon be sent home in the wake of a growing row over allegations Moscow’s intelligence agencies blew up an ammunition depot in the country. Read...

Ben Shapiro has been ridiculed after posting a video of himself purchasing a single plank of wood at Home Depot to push back against activists calling for a boycott over the company’s apolitical stance on Georgia’s new voting law. R...

France is through the worst part of its third wave of Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister Jean Castex has said, as the country prepares for the easing of health measures designed to curb the spread of the virus. Read Full Article at RT....

NBA legend LeBron James has been savaged online by ex-baseball player Aubrey Huff, who suggested that the LA Lakers star "may want to move to China" after his controversial tweet about a US police shooting. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Backed by President Biden, the House has passed a bill that would make Washington, DC, a state, and with it lock down the Democratic Party’s control of Congress. However, the bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate. Read Full Articl...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene claims she will debate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the proposed Green New Deal, but was ridiculed for seemingly taking a week to read the “14 page [communist] manifesto.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The premier of Germany's Saxony region has revealed that the country wants to buy 30 million doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, assuming that the EU's European Medicines Agency approves the jab. Read Full Article at R...

A debate on “structural racism” has erupted on social media after the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) apologised for not properly commemorating as many as 350,000 black and Asian soldiers who died fighting for Britain. R...

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that Covid-19 is no longer the biggest killer in England and Wales, falling from the top spot for the first time in four months as the nations emerge from lockdown. Read ...

Authorities in North Dakota have vetoed a bill that aimed to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' sports, risking a backlash from the right. Read Full Article at RT.com

The European Commission has said it hasn't launched legal action against AstraZeneca after the drugmaker fell short of Covid-19 vaccine delivery targets, despite Ireland's health minister saying a case had been started. Read Full Articl...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford broke down and issued a tearful apology after his province implemented, then relaxed, the strictest coronavirus restrictions in North America. His critics weren’t appeased. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The LA Dodgers have announced there will be a special section for vaccinated fans for their game against the San Diego Padres on Saturday, although anyone in attendance hoping for a return to full freedoms will be disappointed. Read Ful...

The top official at the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called on nations to not throw out Covid vaccines over confusion about whether the jabs received had expired, stating they are safe to use. Read ...

Russian hockey coach Vladimir Plushev has hit out at New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin, saying he doesn’t deserve to be on the national squad at major events. Read Full Article at RT.com

Members of the controversial Extinction Rebellion climate-change protest organization dumped over a dozen wheelbarrows of cow manure outside the White House in protest of President Joe Biden’s climate policies. Read Full Article at RT...

The shutdown of production at Libya's Hariga port and hints of expanding the suspension is a cause for concern as the oil industry remains essential for the country's recovery from a “very costly” conflict, a UN mission said. Read F...

The Singaporean authorities have moved 1,200 migrant workers from their dormitory to a quarantine facility after coronavirus cases were identified. There were 17 cases found in workers who had previously recovered from the virus. Read F...

Downing Street is investigating the leak of text messages between Boris Johnson and billionaire vacuum cleaner tycoon James Dyson following outcry over the PM’s phone ‘lobbying’. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd took his final breath has become a sort of Mecca for devotees of the BLM movement, who have declared it an “autonomous zone.” The zone’s rules, however, are raising eyebrows. Read Fu...

The Czech Senate has declared two explosions at ammunition depots, in 2014, as acts of state terrorism, following a statement by Prime Minister Andrej Babis blaming Russian intelligence officers for orchestrating the incidents. Read Ful...

Israel has launched a probe to determine why its air defenses were not able to shoot down a missile that landed in the country near a nuclear reactor, prompting a retaliatory strike from the IDF. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s electronic warfare specialists will practice creating ‘protection areas’ in the country’s airspace that could render foreign satellite navigation systems completely useless, disabling an enemy’s high-precision weapons...

UEFA is still considering imposing sanctions on the 12 rebel clubs that attempted to breakaway in a European Super League, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.com

Germany’s Bundestag, the country’s upper house of parliament, has approved a law that gives Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government greater powers to combat coronavirus, including overruling federal states to impose restrictions. Re...

British spy agency MI5 is now on Instagram, promising to show off the ‘secret of successful spying’ and demonstrate how to ‘consider all angles.’ It has already beaten its sister service, GCHQ, in number of followers. Read Full ...

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has announced that troops deployed in the west and south of the country in recent days will soon begin returning to base, saying they have now passed tests of their combat readiness. Read Full Arti...

American motormouth Colby Covington will get another crack at welterweight gold and could face the winner of the Kamaru Usman versus Jorge Masvidal rematch this weekend, according to UFC boss Dana White. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US fintech giant PayPal plans to set up a local wallet in China, focusing on cross-border payments instead of competing with dominant domestic players, said the firm’s China CEO Hannah Qiu. Read Full Article at RT.com

French drug maker Valneva has not met the EU’s conditions to reach a deal to supply a Covid-19 vaccine to the bloc, the EU Commission said. The company has signaled it would switch to bilateral talks with member states instead. Read F...

LeBron James has explained why he removed a tweet taking aim at the officer who shot a black teenager in Columbus, Ohio, stating that he didn’t want it to fuel hate. But his clarification seems to have only made things worse. Read Ful...

It’s an open secret that Russians love cats. So much so that many estimate the country has the most feline companions of anywhere in Europe. But one Moscow man’s furry friend is now causing a furore, and faces being made homeless. R...

A spokesman for the European Commission has said that no decision has been made as to whether the body will pursue legal action against the Anglo-Swedish firm but confirmed reports it won’t purchase any more of its vaccine. Read Full ...

The UK government is under fire for its “systemically biased” approach to Covid-related procurement, after a new anti-corruption report raised red flags for over £3.7 billion worth of contracts – several awarded via a “VIP lane...

Manchester United fans held a protest against plans to join the Super League and the team's owners at the club's training ground on Thursday morning, and were involved in a brief exchange with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Read Full Art...

Athletes competing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and Beijing will be banned from protesting at the podium and on the playing field “to avoid the risk of politicization” of the events and protect athletes from “external pressure.�...

Belgium’s ambassador in Seoul, Peter Lescouhier, has formally apologized after CCTV footage showed his wife hitting two staff over a confrontation about shoplifting, prompting an investigation from South Korean police.  Read Full Art...

An Italian man who was supposed to work as a fire response officer at a public hospital has allegedly not been doing his job for a whopping 15 years in a row, while still receiving a salary. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukraine has requested that the European Union consider the possibility of disconnecting Russia from SWIFT, the international system of transfers between banks, suggesting that the measure be added to a new package of sanctions. Read Ful...

World heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has supported close friend Billy Joe Saunders ahead of his super-middleweight title unifier with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Chinese foreign minister said they have not received any reports that their citizens were hurt after a car bomb ripped through a hotel where the ambassador to Pakistan was staying but called on Islamabad to carry out justice. Read F...

Overproduction of parasitic elites has been identified by historian Peter Turchin “as a key element in social disorder that brings down governments and states,” Charles Hugh Smith of OfTwoMinds.com tells RT’s Keiser Report. Read F...

Floyd Mayweather versus Logan Paul appears to be back on, with tentative plans in place for the boxing icon to face the YouTube celebrity on June 5, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.com

On what would have been the 151st birthday of Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Communists of Russia party has appealed to the UN and UNESCO to put monuments of the politician on the cultural heritage list. Read Ful...

Germany and other European countries, which invested billions of dollars in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to get cheaper Russian gas, still support the project despite mounting US pressure and threats of sanctions. Read Full Article at RT....

A female teacher from Lamar Elementary in Greenville, Texas has been suspended after she texted a photo of her foot on a black pupil’s neck to the boy’s mother on the same day Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd. R...

India is enduring a massive Covid-19 wave, having set a new global record in daily infections. The situation is particularity tense in New Delhi, with hospitals running out of space and supplies to tackle the influx of patients. Read Fu...

Syria has received its first delivery of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as part of the COVAX vaccine sharing program. The UN has stated that more than 200,000 doses have been delivered to the country. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez returned to Spanish airwaves last night to give another bizarre interview in which he claimed the Super League isn't dead before going into conspiracy mode. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Twitter thread detailing the tragic death of a newborn baby has gone viral and sparked accusations that the hospital involved may have provided suboptimal care due to the parents’ race. Read Full Article at RT.com

RT Creative Lab nabbed four nominations along with three honoree acknowledgements at the 25th Annual Webby Awards. Now, it’s up you to make it count – vote for the best RT Creative Lab content by May 6! Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Spain’s tourism secretary has spoken of his country’s willingness to welcome British holidaymakers this summer, saying talks were going ahead to reach an agreement on Covid-19 certificates to ease movement and safety. Read Full Arti...

An inquiry by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has found around 350,000 black and Asian troops who died for the British Empire were either not commemorated by name or not recognised at all, due to “pervasive racism.” Re...

Brett Favre has found himself on the end of more liberal fury after the NFL icon asserted it was “hard to believe” that US cop Derek Chauvin “intentionally meant to kill George Floyd.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Direct exports from China’s northwestern Xinjiang region to the US surged 113% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021 despite Washington’s import ban on cotton and other products. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has slammed Australia’s decision to tear up the Belt and Road agreement signed between China and the state of Victoria, labelling Canberra’s move a “historic reversal” in bilateral relations. Read Fu...

An Ilyushin Il-78 tanker plane carrying 16 crew members has made a landing at the Zhukovsky International Airport near Moscow. Some reports said there was an emergency on board, but others said it was a test flight. Read Full Article at...

A group of female climate activists protested outside the headquarters of HSBC in London, breaking multiple windows and staging a sit-in over the bank’s involvement in financing the fossil fuel industry. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The European Commission is reportedly preparing to launch legal proceedings against AstraZeneca over its failure to deliver the promised volumes of its vaccine against Covid-19, which has hampered the EU immunization campaign. Read Full...

Global carriers could face nearly $48 billion in losses this year as the troubled sector is struggling to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Pfizer has reportedly identified for the first time counterfeit doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, with some selling for as much as $1,000. Thankfully no one appears to have been harmed by the scam jabs. Read Full Article at RT.com

Cristiano Ronaldo was accused of caring more about preserving his good looks than defending the Juventus goal as the Portuguese star made a feeble attempt to block the ball as he lined up in the wall against Parma. Read Full Article at ...

A Florida nurse did not waste any time as she was waiting for her case to be heard by a judge, and instead of sitting idle by the webcam, injected a male patient in the buttocks for the whole virtual courtroom to see. Read Full Article ...

India has topped the world’s record for daily coronavirus case tallies, recording more than 300,000 infections over the last 24 hours as the country sees a major spike in its outbreak. Read Full Article at RT.com

A deputy in North Carolina shot and killed an African American man while attempting to serve a search warrant. The incident immediately sparked a wave of protests, seeing activists besiege the local City Council. Read Full Article at RT...

An explosives-laden car detonated outside the posh Serena Hotel in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province in Pakistan, killing four, as a Chinese delegation was staying there. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast. Read ...

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and a coalition of liberal and conservative parties have agreed to impose tighter controls on citizenship, vowing to deny naturalization to criminal convicts and the recently unemployed. Read Full...

Syria’s air defenses responded to an Israeli attack in the Damascus countryside, according to state media. The report comes after a blast near Israel’s nuclear plant, which IDF pinned on a missile launched from Syria. Read Full Arti...

Sirens have pierced the air in Israel’s southern Negev province near the secretive Dimona nuclear facility, with reports of multiple blasts heard far away from the site and anti-missile systems responding. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Unbeaten UFC fighter Tracy Cortez has been left to frustratedly reflect on coming in just half a pound over the limit for her latest victory, when she says doctors refused her the chance to take an hour to cut the extra weight. Read Ful...

NBA star LeBron James quickly deleted a tweet targeting the officer in the Ma’Khia Bryant shooting in Ohio, promising he’s “next” after the Derek Chauvin verdict. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Bundestag has passed the controversial amendments to the national Infection Protection Act that significantly tightens Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. The bill passed despite harsh criticism from the opposition. Read Full Article at...

Lt. William Kelly, who worked in the internal affairs department for the Norfolk Police Department in Virginia, was fired after it was discovered he made a small donation to the defense fund of Kyle Rittenhouse. Read Full Article at RT....

While some of the most high-profile football clubs in the world have suffered a week of public relations disasters, the likes of Spartak Moscow have produced ingenious Super League ripostes, picking up new fans along the way. Read Full ...

Thousands of Russians joined rallies in support of jailed activist Alexey Navalny on Wednesday. However, despite attracting over 466,000 pledges to attend online, far fewer actually turned out for the unauthorized demonstrations. Read F...

Khabib Nurmagomedov has shown off one of four watches made by the UFC legend in collaborative partnership with a luxury brand, including one design that is said to reflect the "versatility, style and toughness of a champion". Read Full ...

Black Lives Matter has called for Joe Biden to “demilitarize” the police, claiming black communities are being “terrorized” more under the current president than Donald Trump. Read Full Article at RT.com

US health inspectors have ordered a Baltimore plant that was manufacturing Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine to rectify a series of issues that could potentially contaminate the jab and seriously jeopardize its safety. Read Full Arti...

Dana White has denied rumors that he owes Snoop Dogg $2 million after Jake Paul knocked out Ben Askren and insisted that he has never illegally betted in his life – despite the rapper publicly asking him to pay up after the fight. Rea...

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has evaluated the chances of Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi becoming a genuine rival, admitting that the man in the lead at the Candidates Tournament is a serious threat to him. Read Full Arti...