A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, which said Israel has crossed the threshold and is committing the crimes of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians, was angrily rejected by Israeli officials. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Health workers who are blocking roads to the country’s biggest shale play at Vaca Muerta have rejected a reported 53% salary increase, paid in installments until April 2022, amid high inflation and a third wave of Covid-19. Read Full ...

The maker of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine believes the US has pressured Brazil into refusing approval of its formula for political reasons. Brazil’s health regulator says there are “inherent risks” and defects with the ja...

Post-election victory parades have been banned in India after a court blamed the county’s top election officials for exacerbating the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic by tolerating large campaign events. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Germany’s new law granting Berlin sweeping powers when it comes to imposing harsh Covid-19 restrictions has sparked a wave of indignation and prompted dozens of complaints filed with the Constitutional Court. Read Full Article at RT.c...

With Jeff Bezos’ aerospace firm challenging NASA’s decision to hand a high-dollar moon lander contract to SpaceX, Elon Musk has mocked the Amazon kingpin, joking in a trollish tweet that he can’t “get it up” – to orbit, of c...

US climate envoy John Kerry has denied passing information on Israeli military ops in Syria to his one-time Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who made the claim in leaked audio, enraging GOP critics. Read Full ...

The US Marine Corps is downsizing. Tanks and armored vehicles are on the way out, drones are in, and there will be fewer Marines – but more educated and trained to handle multiple weapons systems, USMC generals said. Read Full Article...

The CEO of a telemedicine company was quickly identified and criticized after a viral video appeared to show him accosting a male high school senior for choosing to wear a dress to his prom – ultimately costing the man his job. Read F...

A petition to remove California Governor Gavin Newsom from office has gained enough signatures to trigger a recall election, state officials said, noting that more than 1.6 million residents had endorsed the effort. Read Full Article at...

After years of dismissing bitcoin and crypto as little more than useless child’s playthings, JP Morgan Chase’s eating its own words, poised to debut a new actively-managed fund for wealthy private clients by the end of the summer. R...

US Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) is reportedly considering running for president in 2024, a prospect that has many Republicans mocking the embattled politician rather than lining up to support her candidacy. Read Full Article at...

As rising Covid-19 infections threaten to collapse Pakistan’s healthcare system, Islamabad has deployed troops across the country, with particular attention to 16 major cities, in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. Read Full A...

Hamilton, a Canadian port city on Lake Ontario, has responded to a jump in Covid-19 cases by making vaccines available to all adults in “hot spot” neighborhoods, but only to residents whose skin isn't white. Read Full Article at RT....

Half of US voters, including 60% of independents, say Vice President Kamala Harris is unqualified to assume the role of president – a troubling poll stat, given that many Americans don't expect Joe Biden to serve his full term. Read F...

The first results of the 2020 US census are in, showing a population of over 331 million. Seven states each lost a seat in Congress, including New York and California. Texas and Florida were among six that gained representation. Read Fu...

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been completely absent from Covid response phone calls with US governors, leaving New York bungler Andrew Cuomo in charge of those, but the White House says that’s no big deal. Read Full Article at RT....

Governments around the world have increased their military spending to a level not seen since 1988 despite their economies suffering during the pandemic, a fresh study has said, adding that the US was ahead of the curve again. Read Full...

Americans will be able to travel to the EU this summer when the bloc’s nations reopen for tourism, the head of the European Commission has said – but only those who show proof of vaccination with an “approved” jab will be let in...

The UK’s police watchdog has said it is investigating complaints against London’s Metropolitan Police Service made by the mother of a teenager who went missing and was found dead in a lake this month. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

After Facebook deleted the official page of Craig Kelly for spreading “misinformation” about the coronavirus and vaccines, the independent MP said the “book-burning” US social media giant was interfering in Australia’s democra...

The US Department of Justice will investigate the police and government of Louisville, Kentucky, where black woman Breonna Taylor was shot dead by officers at her home in 2020, Attorney General Merrick Garland has said. Read Full Articl...

The US will be sending its supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine Vaxzevria to other Covid-hit nations, a senior White House adviser has confirmed. The jab has not been approved by American regulators for use in the US. Read Full Article at ...

John Keller, the standout quarterback for college team Central Michigan University, is understood to be fighting for his life after being shot in the chest while attending a house party on Saturday night. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Rick Santorum, a CNN contributor and former senator, is being accused of racism for declaring that the US was built “from nothing” by European settlers and saying there isn’t “much Native American culture in American culture.”...

An investigation has been launched after the Targa Tasmania car rally race was hit by two tragedies in as many days around the circuit, killing three participants after horrific crashes at the annual event around public roadways. Read F...

Turkey will enter a nationwide lockdown later this month until May 17, which will include school closures and intercity travel curbs, in a bid to halt the spread of Covid-19, President Tayyip Erdogan has announced. Read Full Article at ...

Veteran AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is understood to be under investigation by UEFA due to an alleged 'financial interest' in a sports betting company which may be in breach of their financial regulations. Read Full Article at R...

The Black Lives Matter movement was savaged by conservatives for portraying the death of teenager Ma’Khia Bryant as “police senselessly taking another black child,” while omitting crucial details of how the incident unfolded. Read...

Purported footage has emerged of a damaged Mercedes said to belong to rising UFC star Khamzat Chimaev, with the Chechen-born fighter reportedly escaping unscathed after crashing the car in the capital city of Grozny. Read Full Article a...

A woman has sued social media giant Reddit over its alleged repeated refusal to remove pornographic images of herself from a whopping 36 subreddits. The platform knows it’s a hub of illegal child porn activity, the suit claims. Read F...

The mayor of Elizabeth City, North Carolina has caused concern among activists after declaring a state of emergency ahead of releasing bodycam footage of the killing of 42-year-old black man Andrew Brown Jr. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A suggestion to waive patent restrictions on Covid-19 vaccines has been rejected by Bill Gates, who said he doesn’t believe intellectual property has anything to do with the drawn-out global effort to rein in the pandemic. Read Full A...

Dozens of people suspected to be members of a Nigerian mafia group, including the gang’s alleged leader, have been detained in Italy after a series of raids around the country, police have said. Read Full Article at RT.com

A leading Israeli football referee is set to announce that they are undergoing sex reassignment surgery, becoming a woman named Sapir Berman and the first transgender match official in the history of the country’s top flight. Read Ful...

An alliance of international health agencies has warned that up to 228 million people, mostly children, are at risk from serious disease after the Covid pandemic derailed around 60 mass immunization campaigns in 50 countries. Read Full ...

Alaska State Senator Lora Reinbold was forced to take a huge ferry and road journey to the state's capital city, Juneau, after Alaska Airlines banned her from flying for refusing to wear a mask. Read Full Article at RT.com

As part of its major ambitions in the field of space exploration and development, China has confirmed that its next robot lunar lander in 2024 will feature equipment from France, Sweden, Russia and Italy. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The highest court in America has agreed to hear an appeal, backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA), against New York State's restrictions on carrying concealed handguns in public for self-defense purposes. Read Full Article at RT...

One man has been arrested after police in West Sussex, England, responded to reports of gunfire near Crawley College. Two people were injured in the incident, officers said, and college staff and students have been evacuated. Read Full ...

NASCAR driver Joey Logano is counting his lucky stars today after escaping unharmed from a high-speed collision that sent his car airborne during Sunday's race at the world-famous Talladega Superspeedway. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

New Delhi has reached out to the EU, seeking medical oxygen and antiviral drugs to fight its ongoing surge in coronavirus cases. The EU Commission said the aid is expected to become available shortly. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Only 22% of unvaccinated Americans say they are willing to get the one-shot Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine following the pause on distribution after concerns over blood clots. Read Full Article at RT.com

The naming of Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry as the first two entrants in the newly-established Premier League Hall of Fame has led to legions of social media trolls having their say about who truly deserves such an accolade. Read Full ...

The Indian government has ordered the country’s armed forces to provide support to medical facilities in a bid to alleviate pressure on hospitals as the nation faces an overwhelming surge in Covid cases. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Two of Europe’s top politicians have urged Brussels to change its tactics in dealing with Russia, arguing that constructive talks and open dialogue, rather than new sanctions, are the best way to secure stability on the continent. Rea...

Several police cars have been damaged and covered in graffiti in Rungis, a southern suburb of Paris, with vandals placing a broom reportedly topped with a pig’s head against one of the vehicles. Read Full Article at RT.com

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has drawn fierce backlash after saying he “felt a little bad” for former cop Derek Chauvin as the guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder trial were delivered. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

China has blasted a wave of new sanctions imposed by the US on Russia, saying it will work with its counterparts in Moscow to protect against external interference and urging Washington to take a different approach instead. Read Full Ar...

The world’s most popular digital currency, bitcoin, climbed 8% on Monday to $53,544 per coin, in a sign that the cryptocurrency market is recovering from a broad sell-off in recent days. Read Full Article at RT.com

A row has broken out over scholarships and school championship titles in Connecticut after the latest ruling on transgender athletes in the US, with a judge throwing a case out because the two sprinters involved had graduated. Read Full...

Israeli and Canadian researchers say they have uncovered evidence the prehistoric inhabitants of a South African cave were fashioning stone tools nearly two million years ago, making the cave one of the world’s oldest ‘homes’. Rea...

Exports of Russian wheat saw a significant year-over-year surge since the beginning of July 2020 through April 22, 2021, the country’s agricultural ministry reported on Monday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Someone sent a package with a knife to a Spanish minister, the government has confirmed. The incident came after several politicians received letters with death threats ahead of a regional election. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued a stern rebuke aimed at Canberra, after Australia’s minister of defense urged its allies to work together to ensure the dispute over Taiwan does not turn into a war. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

British-Iranian journalist and aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been handed a further one-year jail term after she was found guilty of propaganda activities against Iran, her lawyer has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Three-quarters of Italy have begun to ease Covid measures as the nation starts to emerge from months of lockdown after regional governments and residents protested continued restrictions amid a deepening recession in the country. Read F...

The White House and Kremlin are actively discussing a potential summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden, with summer looking like the most likely time for a face-to-face meeting. Read Full ...

Isaac Newton may have laid the foundations of modern physics, but professors at Sheffield University reportedly think he benefited from “colonial-era activity,” and the engineering curriculum should be “decolonized” as a result....

Champions League holders Bayern Munich want RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann, 33, to replace Hansi Flick when he makes a likely move to coach Germany this summer – and the move could cost the German champions a cool $36 million. Read...

A small, remote town in British Columbia, Canada was practically plunged into the dark ages this past weekend, after a marauding mob of beavers gnawed their way through fiber optic cables supplying phone, TV and internet. Read Full Arti...

World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on countries to stop targeting China if they want cooperation on global reforms, claiming that putting pressure on Beijing will only get “resistance.” Read Full Art...

The head of Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service has said that Russia is getting weaker and weaker as a country, while simultaneously warning that it poses a significant military threat to the UK’s allies in Eastern Europe. Re...

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has been fined, after being pictured during a meeting without wearing a mask to ward off Covid-19, in a breach of current restrictions. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian and American soldiers fought to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II, and it is now the duty of both nations to stop unfair readings of history. That’s according to Sergey Koshelev, Russia’s Charge d’Affaires in Washington....

Russian synchronized swimmer Anzhelika Timanina has marked her 32nd birthday by sharing a revealing photoshoot in which she poses topless, with the Olympic surfing hopeful covering his bosom with her palms in the Instagram snaps. Read F...

Taking a longer pause between the two required shots of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 to speed up the global immunization campaign is viable, and may even build up a stronger immune response, its developer has said. Read F...

Russian tennis sensation Aslan Karatsev has described his win over Novak Djokovic on the world No.1's home soil as the "most significant" of his career, beating the all-time great in an epic marathon encounter at the Serbia Open. Read F...

A two-week lockdown has been imposed in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, and travel from India suspended in an effort to contain the rise in Covid-19 deaths. Read Full Article at RT.com

A former service member was filmed marching down a road in Perth in defiance of the lockdown restrictions that had prevented Anzac Day celebrations. The one-man protest caught the attention of local media and of Twitter users. Read Full...

UFC superstar Conor McGregor has laid into Justin Gaethje after revealing that his lightweight rival asked him to pose for a photograph with him during the Irishman's run to featherweight gold several years ago. Read Full Article at RT....

A rocket hit a government compound in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar on Monday, while the facility was hosting a competition for Koran recitals. The building sustained minor damage and at least 16 children were wounded. Read Full ...

Customs data released on Monday showed that the Chinese capital Beijing saw an 8.75% year-on-year increase in its foreign trade in the first quarter, with the volume totaling 677.37 billion yuan ($104.45 billion). Read Full Article at R...

The EU has commenced legal action against the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, for under-delivering on vital Covid-19 shots, the European commissioner for health said in a tweet. Read Full Article at RT.com

Gold prices rose on Monday as the number of coronavirus cases globally continued to grow. Ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting, scheduled for his week, bullion was also given a boost, thanks to a weakened US dollar. Read Full Articl...

A series of new photographs showing the burning of mass funeral pyres and the tears of family members dressed in full personal protective equipment looking on illustrates the extent of India’s coronavirus turmoil. Read Full Article at...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has denounced “cherry-picked” media reports of a “routine and confidential” internal discussion, in which its top diplomat reportedly said diplomacy had taken a backseat to military goals in the country...

Allies of opposition figure Alexey Navalny will be banned from holding rallies, appearing on state media or taking part in elections in Russia until a court determines whether the political group is an "extremist organization." Read Ful...

US filmmaker Tariq Nasheed has stirred Twitter anger by sharing a controversial video showing a receptionist who caved in under an angry customer’s pressure, and by making it about the skin colors of the two people involved. Read Full...

NASA’s Ingenuity aircraft completed its longest and fastest mission on Sunday, breaking records on Mars and pioneering a new era of off-world spaceflight. Time is running out for the team to complete their final missions, however. Rea...

Russia, a country known for its vast reserves of oil and gas, has the potential to become a world leader in 'green' hydrogen and solar power. That's according to Dr Ajay Mathur, head of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Read Full ...

Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar has announced that his latest venture is a starring role in all-conquering video game Fortnite, with fans reacting by questioning the Brazil playboy's notorious fondness for play-acting. Read Full Arti...

The uneasy relationship between Russia’s Communists and opposition figure Alexey Navalny took another turn at the weekend, when the party refused to expel members of the faction's Central Committee who openly praise the activist. Read...

YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has upped the ante in his feud with UFC president Dana White, saying that he earned more in his one round fight with Ben Askren than the vast majority of UFC fighters. Read Full Article at RT.com

A record jump in Covid infections is threatening to derail India’s projected double-digit economic recovery from the pandemic-driven slowdown last year. Economists are reassessing their bullish forecasts. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the Moderna Covid vaccine will be reviewed by its technical advisory group (TAG) ahead of a decision on granting it emergency-use listing in the next few days. Read Full Article at ...

The Chinese foreign ministry has said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed to Beijing that it will be inviting its experts to join a working group on Japan’s disposal of nuclear waste into the ocean. Read F...

Northern Ireland faces serious turmoil unless the British government takes a more direct role in resolving grievances stemming from Brexit, a group of former political, security and religious leaders has warned. Read Full Article at RT....

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the arrest of 532 suspects, mostly serving military personnel, believed to have links to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused by Ankara of having staged the 2016 botched coup attempt. Read Ful...

In August last year, Russia became the first country in the world to register a vaccine against Covid-19. Despite Sputnik V's well-earned global reputation, domestic uptake has been disappointingly slow but there are many reasons. Read ...

A Tunisian national who murdered a police administrative worker in France last week was radicalized into Islamic terrorism and was suffering from a mental illness, a top prosecutor has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

London has defended the UK’s decision to send a strike group, including its new £3 billion aircraft carrier, to the East Asia to visit allies and take part in exercises, claiming it is not being “provocative” towards China. Read ...

A report claiming that Boris Johnson exclaimed that he would rather allow a surge in deaths than place the UK in another lockdown has enraged pundits. The government has strongly denied the claims. Read Full Article at RT.com

Seoul says two domestic vaccines may be used in its national immunization campaign against Covid-19. The country already has more than enough contracted doses to immunize its entire population, but it fears supply disruptions. Read Full...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s office has said it would be wrong to dwell on criticism leveled by former US leader Donald Trump, who cast doubt on Moon’s leadership and negotiating skills. Read Full Article at RT.com

Fans of the late actor Chadvick Boseman tweeted their fury at the Oscars after the ‘Black Panther’ star failed to win the Best Actor award. The show conspicuously changed the running order, making it the final category. Read Full Ar...

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying 36 satellites, produced by the British firm OneWeb, has successfully blasted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome in the country's Far East. Its payload is poised to help expand global internet coverage. Read Fu...

Former Peruvian president Martin Vizcarra has said he has Covid-19 and is symptomatic, nearly two months after provoking a major political crisis when it was revealed he’d received a vaccine as part of a clinical trial. Read Full Arti...

Newly released dashcam footage shows Michigan lawmaker Jewell Jones trying to wield his political influence, even threatening to call Governor Gretchen Whitmer, as state troopers try to arrest him after an alleged drunken crash. Read Fu...

Pizzagate 2021 isn't about pedophiles or satanic rituals; rather, the political controversy this time is over the way that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis eats pizza – an image that's too triggering for some Democrats to stomach. Read F...