Dublin has blasted a reported proposal that London will take unilateral action and introduce a ban on prosecuting Northern Ireland veterans from allegations of unresolved crimes during the ‘Troubles’ as Brexit tumult continues. Read...

Canada has allowed children as young as 12 to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. The company said the move will help protect them before the next school year starts. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday that the average price for domestic Urals oil benchmark stood at $62.50 per barrel in April, which is a 340% increase in annual terms. Read Full Article at RT.com

Beijing has axed a high-level channel for economic talks with Canberra, blasting Australian leaders for having a “Cold War mentality” after the country canceled two contracts linked to its Belt and Road project. Read Full Article at...

Lawmakers in South Carolina have approved legislation that will make death by firing squads a legal option for capital offenders, amid chronic shortages of the drugs used for lethal injections. Read Full Article at RT.com

The multi-billion-dollar social media platform Facebook has announced the debut of a new super-local feature called “Neighborhoods,” aimed at challenging hyperlocal social media networks like Nextdoor and “making new friends.” R...

An international body representing a who’s-who of Big Pharma firms has rejected a US-backed proposal to lift intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines, insisting the move will not speed up global distribution. Read Full Ar...

For the first time ever, SpaceX’s Starship prototype managed to land safely after a successful test, marking a major milestone in CEO Elon Musk’s plan to use it as a lander for missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Read Full Articl...

Real Madrid fans have called for ex-Chelsea hero Eden Hazard to leave after he was seen laughing on the pitch after the Blues ousted his current side from the Champions League on an awkward night for Zinedine Zidane. Read Full Article a...

An Italian court has convicted two US tourists for fatally stabbing a Carabinieri officer during a botched drug buy on their Roman holiday. One of them admitted to the act but claimed self-defense. Both received a life sentence. Read Fu...

Nine years after beating Bayern in Germany and 13 years since his Moscow misery in a defeat on penalties to Man United, Roman Abramovich has a Champions League final to look forward to following Chelsea's win over Real Madrid. Read Full...

An account sharing posts from former US President Donald Trump’s ‘desk’ page – and operated by his PAC – was banned by Twitter after angry Democrats flooded the platform with demands to “#RemoveTrumpJack”. Read Full Articl...

Twitter is raising concerns with critics by introducing a new feature that prompts you to “pause or reconsider” a tweet the platform may deem “offensive,” and the social media behemoth implies it’s something the users want to ...

London has announced it would send two patrol vessels to the island of Jersey in the English Channel as a “precautionary” measure as French fishermen threaten to block its port amid a row over fishing rights. Read Full Article at RT...

The Biden administration has announced its support for waiving intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines “to help end the pandemic.” Pfizer and Moderna stocks immediately took a hit. Read Full Article at RT.com

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has rejected urgent appeals to temporarily suspend the country’s night-time Covid-19 curfews, although it has stressed that its ruling does not mean the measures are legally sound. Read Full Ar...

UFC superstar Kamaru Usman has fired a warning to YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, saying that Paul could "truly get hurt" if he keeps pushing forward with his desire to box the UFC welterweight champion. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Hospitalizations and deaths of younger people linked to Covid-19 are on the rise across the Americas, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned, adding that the situation in Brazil is particularly alarming. Read Full Articl...

Surface tension boiled over for Daniil Medvedev as the world number three admitted he did not want to play on clay in an outburst at the Madrid Open – only to make a mockery of his predicament by reaching the round of 16. Read Full Ar...

A US federal judge has ordered a stay on a ruling that found the CDC overstepped its authority when it imposed a pause on evictions during the Covid-19 pandemic, delaying the decision amid objections from the Justice Department. Read Fu...

The US Ninth Circuit Appeals Court has reversed an earlier decision in support of Snapchat, the ‘disappearing’ message microblogging platform. The app offers a “speed filter” it claims led to users’ reckless driving and death....

The British government has agreed to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s ambassador to the UK, João Vale de Almeida, and his 25-strong mission, ending London and Brussels’ acrimonious dispute over post-Brexit arrangements. Rea...

Donald Trump has released a statement calling social media companies like Facebook and Twitter a “total disgrace” to the country, following the former upholding a ban on the ex-president. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Atlanta Civil Service Board has ignited controversy after reversing the firing of Garrett Rolfe, an officer previously charged with the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, a black man killed after he grabbed a cop's taser. Read Full ...

Russian Olympic hopeful Elizaveta Tuktamysheva has recalled her horror when she took to the ice with "huge holes" in her tights that almost forced her to leave a competition, as well as discussing her dresses and future. Read Full Artic...

A poll taken in 53 countries has found that 44% of people around the world consider the United States to be a threat to their democracy – significantly less than those who believe the same about China and Russia. Read Full Article at ...

Ex-Arsenal shot-stopper Jen Lehmann has been sacked from Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin's supervisory board after reports emerged that he referred to television pundit Dennis Aogo as a "token black guy" in a WhatsApp message. Read Full A...

The president of Serbia has announced what is likely the world’s first cash-for-jabs plan, offering to pay any citizen who gets a Covid vaccine before the end of May some 3,000 dinars ($30) in an attempt to boost uptake. Read Full Art...

The president of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, has asked opposition leader Yair Lapid to form a government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to secure enough support to form a coalition. Read Full Article at RT.com

New polling shows that Americans are three times more concerned with people in their areas not getting vaccinated against Covid-19 than they are with the availability or distribution of the jabs. Read Full Article at RT.com

Four German lawyers have filed a criminal complaint against Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, with the German Prosecutor General’s Office accusing him of crimes against humanity over his crackdown on protests. Read Full Artic...

A huge investment agreement between the EU and China is “important,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said, a day after a senior European Commission figure stated that the bloc had suspended ratification efforts amid soured relations. Read ...

Speaking for the first time since Sunday's wave of anti-Glazer protests in and around Old Trafford, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has thrown his weight behind "civilized" demonstrations but hit out at fans responsible for injuring police. Read F...

Egypt’s prime minister has announced a new set of Covid-19 restrictions that will run for a fortnight to slow the spread of the virus during the last days of Ramadan and the Eid celebrations to follow. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Last year saw the lowest number of births in the US since 1979, a new government report shows. The statistics indicate that the current generation of Americans don’t have enough kids to replace themselves as the population ages. Read ...

India’s highest court has set a strict deadline for officials to devise a plan for solving the medical oxygen crisis in the capital. A lower court had previously threatened to charge the government with contempt. Read Full Article at ...

The island of Jersey buys almost all its electricity from French suppliers. A Jersey official called the threat “disproportionate”, claiming French fishermen haven’t provided the necessary information for full licences. Read Full ...

The price of crude continued to rise for a third day on Wednesday amid reports of a sharp drop in US stockpiles and expectations of a summer surge in fuel demand. Read Full Article at RT.com

A "global reset" is needed to fight future pandemics, Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn told a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing on Wednesday as the UN agency announced the creation of a new research hub in Berlin. Read Full...

Europol has announced the arrests in an international operation with German and Italian authorities, as officers targeted members of the ’Ndrangheta mafia group over allegations of drug trafficking and money laundering. Read Full Arti...

Canelo Alvarez was unable to contain his feelings when he was goaded by opponent Billy Joe Saunders' entourage over their ring row at a hotel ahead of their fight on Saturday – labeling the Brit a "f*cking p*ssy" as he walked by. Read...

The number of adults reporting symptoms of depression in the UK more than doubled in early 2021, compared with pre-pandemic levels recorded in 2019, with one in five people suffering from “some form” of depression. Read Full Article...

Facebook's Oversight Board has upheld the social network's decision to ban Donald Trump following the January 6 storming of the Capitol, however it criticized the way in which Trump was banned in vague and indefinite terms. Read Full Ar...

After prompting fierce backlash and accusations of promoting “racial segregation,” a rock-climbing course geared exclusively towards ethnic minorities at Cornell University in New York has now opened enrolment to all students. Read ...

Former UFC title contender Diego Sanchez says that he fears for his life amid a a furious fracas with the fight league – and he says that the UFC could conspire to murder him for continuing to speak out against them. Read Full Article...

The Turkish Riviera apparently has it all – sun, sea and... stark-naked models. But locals near the popular tourist town of Fethiye reportedly aren’t happy with their raunchy new guests, and police have swept in to make arrests. Rea...

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel is aiming to qualify for his second Champions League final in succession when his side take an away goal into Wednesday's crucial semifinal second leg against Zinedine Zidane's visiting Real Madrid. Read Full...

The Norwegian prime minister has said the country will bring in Covid vaccine passports, which will allow holders to attend events before the government brings in EU-compliant certificates later that month. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A hotel on England’s Isle of Wight has issued a ban against guests who wear masks and support vaccination against Covid-19, branding them “sheep” and “woke occultists.” Read Full Article at RT.com

The British Prime Minister has said that now is not the right time for a second Scottish referendum as the United Kingdom emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic as one of the worst-hit nations in western world. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has warned Nepal’s health system is at risk of being overrun by rising Covid cases, as India’s outbreak spills across into neighboring nations around South Asia. R...

"Foxy and feisty" UFC fighter Jessica Eye has defended her decision to pursue a lucrative side-hustle offering racey content to her many online admirers, including topless videos, fully nude selfies and pictures donning lingerie. Read F...

People’s satisfaction with the Covid-19 response in “more democratic” Europe has “dropped sharply” in 2021 compared to last year, while people in “less democratic” Asia have “remained consistently positive,” finds a gl...

Encrypted messaging app Signal was kicked off Instagram’s ad platform after running a series of advertisements showcasing how the social network harvests personal details from users to target them with ads using their own info. Read F...

Fans of Manchester United have launched an online boycott of the club's commercial sponsors amid ongoing fury at the handling of the Premier League giants by the US-based Glazer family – and their owner has declined to apologize. Read...

As leaders from the world’s seven most industrialized nations gathered in London, the US has called on the G7 club to challenge the increasing power of China. Read Full Article at RT.com

Myanmar’s National Unity Government has said that it is setting up the People’s Defence Force, a precursor to a Federal Union Army, which will protect its supporters from attacks by the ruling military junta. Read Full Article at RT...

Notorious hockey brawler Tom Wilson has been accused of a "horrifying act of violence" by the New York Rangers after hitting Pavel Buchnevich to the back of the neck and body-slamming Artemi Panarin, ending the winger's season. Read Ful...

A key committee in France’s parliament has given the green light for the so-called Covid-19 ‘health passes’ that people will have to carry when attending crowded events and venues. Some MPs have said it may lead to discrimination....

The New Zealand parliament has expressed ‘grave concern’ about China’s alleged treatment of Uighur Muslims but, in a break from its Five Eyes spy network partners, the government has refused to call it a genocide. Read Full Articl...

German police have conducted raids on offices and locations belonging to Ansaar International, after Berlin outlawed the organization on the grounds that it had financed Islamist terrorism around the world. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

For most people, propaganda has simply come to mean deception and lies. However, throughout history, the dark arts of media manipulation have long been known to be a far more powerful tool than falsehoods and dishonesty alone. Read Full...

Data from the Federal Customs Service showed that Russia’s exports of gold surged by 220% in March year-on-year, amounting to 26.5 tons, worth almost $1.5 billion. Read Full Article at RT.com

The biggest importer of Russian natural gas, Germany, doubled year-on-year purchases of the pipeline fuel in March 2021, according to the latest figures revealed by the Federal Customs Service. Read Full Article at RT.com

A woman from Mali has safely given birth to five girls and four boys in Morocco, the African country’s government has announced. The nonuplets and their mother may have set a new world record. Read Full Article at RT.com

A survey has shown that 53% of citizens living in democracies feel their freedoms are being infringed upon by their government’s response to Covid-19, and the dissatisfaction has grown since last year. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) showed that foreign direct investment flows (FDI) worldwide plummeted to $846 billion in 2020, which is a 38% drop compared to 2019. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to secure a governing coalition despite weeks of negotiations after the March election, leaving President Reuven Rivlin to decide whether to pass the job to another candidate. Read Fu...

White House health expert Anthony Fauci may have quite some time remaining to rule as “master” of all things Covid-19 as he told CNN that Americans are “at least halfway through” the pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US military is tracking the remnants of a Chinese rocket as large pieces of the craft race back to Earth at thousands of miles per hour, making an uncontrolled reentry after the first launch for Beijing’s new space station. Read F...

President Joe Biden may have revoked his predecessor’s ban on critical race theory and embraced its concept of “equity,” but several US states have adopted laws against the doctrine, setting up a showdown with the White House. Rea...

After months of hinting at his frustrations with the high taxes and strict Covid-19 restrictions of the Big Apple, rapper Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson has joined the ranks of New Yorkers and Californians moving to Texas. Read Full Artic...

Madrid premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso, a fierce critic of Covid-19 lockdowns, secured a major victory in Spain’s regional elections, prompting the head of the left-wing Podemos to end his political career after taking fifth place. Read Ful...

Explosions could be heard in the Syrian coastal cities of Latakia and Tartus, where Russian forces are based, as air defenses reportedly responded to Israeli missiles striking further inland, the state news agency SANA has said. Read Fu...

The lawyer for Derek Chauvin, former Minneapolis cop convicted of murdering George Floyd, has filed a motion seeking a new trial, alleging prosecutor and jury misconduct and saying the case should have been moved to another venue. Read ...

Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, whose father helped push the Bush administration into two catastrophic, expensive wars, seems anxious to return to a “rules-based international order” in which the US starts more wars it can't finish. Rea...

Uncompromising Dutch ref Bjorn Kuipers, who was once branded "disrespectful" by Neymar after booking the Brazil playboy for arguing with him, has been backed by many fans after two PSG players accused him of swearing at them. Read Full ...

Former US president Donald Trump is back online... sort of. Months after being banned by most social media giants, he is now using a “desk” run through his campaign website to post content resembling his trademark tweets. Read Full ...

Big-spending Paris Saint-Germain failed to manage a shot on target as they went out of the Champions League with a 2-0 defeat at Man City – and fans know that will mean a summer of speculation that Neymar will return to Barcelona. Rea...

A Democrat official out of Texas, Gary O’Connor, has resigned after referring to black Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) as an “Oreo” in response to his rebuttal to Joe Biden’s address to Congress. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

France is prepared to retaliate against new rules governing fishing near the Channel Islands – and could even go as far as leaving Jersey without electricity, French Maritime Minister Annick Girardin has hinted. Read Full Article at R...

Two Asian women were assaulted with a hammer in New York City's Times Square, a hub of tourism in pre-Covid times, but now apparently the latest dystopian scene in a wave of vicious and apparently unprovoked alleged hate crimes. Read Fu...

US President Joe Biden has announced that his administration now aims to have 70% of the population partially vaccinated and 160 million fully protected by July 4. Biden also pleaded with skeptics to get the shot. Read Full Article at R...

A dozen activists from the Extinction Rebellion ecological activism group chained themselves to the gates of France’s National Assembly in Paris ahead of the approval of new climate legislation on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A new poll has found that only half of Americans believe the US is winning the war against Covid-19, and almost half believe even those vaccinated against the virus should continue mask-wearing in public. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

There aren't many more inspirational figures in MMA than reigning strawweight queen Rose Namajunas – and the Chelsea women's team would likely agree after she was used as inspiration for their historic run to a European final. Read Fu...

Canelo Alvarez foe Billy Joe Saunders has been mocked after his father, Tommy, claimed that the fighter was preparing to fly back to Britain today because the two sides cannot agree over the size of the ring for Saturday's scrap. Read F...

The unidentified man shot by FBI agents outside the entrance to the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, has died from his wounds after being taken to an area hospital. The shooting is now under investigation. Read Full Article at RT....

Five illegal aliens from Central America and Mexico are facing federal human-smuggling charges in Texas, after police discovered they had allegedly hidden and locked 97 migrants in a suburban Houston ‘stash house.’ Read Full Article...

A 28-year-old man has been charged by Greater Manchester Police in relation to an incident at the Lowry Hotel which occurred during Sunday's chaotic protests in opposition to the Glazer family's ownership of Manchester United. Read Full...

The EU has suspended its efforts to ratify a huge investment deal with China due to a row and a sanctions battle over Beijing's alleged human rights violations, the deputy chief of the bloc's executive branch has told AFP. Read Full Art...

Vice President Kamala Harris again addressed the migrant surge at the US’ southern border, this time citing a ‘lack of climate adaptation’ and ‘resilience’ as some root causes of the problem. Her critics weren’t convinced. R...

A teenager has attacked a nursery school in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, killing three children, a teacher and an educational aide before injuring himself and being arrested at the scene, police have told local media. Read Ful...

Germany has seen its highest number of politically motivated crimes in a decade in 2020, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said, calling it a “very worrying” trend and adding that more than a half of them were far-right offenses. Rea...

A group of fitness-loving Russian women have been filmed squatting in front of a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, causing Muslim leaders to reportedly label the posterior-pronouncing clip "provocative" and "unacceptable". Read F...

The latest surge in the price of the world’s second biggest digital asset, ethereum, turned its co-founder Vitalik Buterin into the youngest crypto billionaire in history. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police in Paris have launched an investigation to identify people who let off fireworks over the weekend in what was reported to be an attack on drug users and dealers by local vigilantes. Read Full Article at RT.com

If you like your mixed martial arts unencumbered by the constraints of gravity then perhaps the newly-announced 'Galactic Combat' is for you, as an MMA league announces plans to hold fights in a spaceship orbiting the earth. Read Full A...

Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner has released her first ad in her bid to become governor of California, pointing a finger at both Nancy Pelosi and incumbent Gavin Newsom, and triggering critics with Donald Trump connections. Read Fu...

Iraqi health minister Hassan al-Tamimi has formally resigned from the government over a deadly fire that took the lives of 82 people after an oxygen tank exploded at a Baghdad hospital that was treating Covid patients. Read Full Article...