The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a Eurasian regional bloc that unites several countries, including Russia, China and India, is preparing to mark the group’s 20th anniversary. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged the country’s metallurgical companies to reduce their oxygen consumption in the production of steel. The request is designed to free up supply for Covid-19 patients on ventilators. R...

The Hungarian prime minister has issued a stern rebuke of his Dutch counterpart, telling Amsterdam to keep out of Hungarian politics after criticizing Budapest’s move to prevent the portrayal of homosexuality to minors. Read Full Arti...

The share of Chinese currency held by global central banks reached a new high of 2.45% in the first quarter of 2021, the IMF’s Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) survey states. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Bagram Air Base, one of the largest military sites in Afghanistan, has been fully vacated by the US and other foreign troops, news agencies reported. The base was a crucial element of the NATO-led mission. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

An entire village in British Columbia, Canada was devoured by fire, which ignited shortly after the country’s all-time high temperature record was smashed amid a heatwave in the western part of the country. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Protesters tore down several statues at the Manitoba legislature, including a bust of Queen Elizabeth II, during a heated rally on Canada Day, venting outrage over the discovery of unmarked graves of indigenous schoolchildren. Read Full...

The White House has taken credit for cutting the cost of July 4th cookouts by a whopping 16 cents compared to last year (don’t ask about 2019). Ungrateful netizens were unfazed by the immense savings, however. Read Full Article at RT....

A factory-fresh Tesla Model S Plaid flared up, with its driver barely escaping, before turning into a giant fireball and lighting up skies in a Philadelphia neighborhood for about three hours. Read Full Article at RT.com

British billionaire Richard Branson will apparently reach orbit before American business magnate Jeff Bezos. The Virgin Galactic flight is scheduled for July 11, nine days ahead of the Amazon mogul’s Blue Origin blastoff. Read Full Ar...

Facebook is testing a new prompt that asks users if they know anyone flirting with a violent ideology, also warning others that they may have been exposed to “extremist” content – an update that many have slammed as Orwellian. Rea...

Californians will take to the polls on September 14 to determine whether Governor Gavin Newsom is to stay or be replaced. Recent polls show Newsom’s fate will depend on Democrats’ reactions to Covid-19 reopenings. Read Full Article ...

A Florida anti-censorship law threatening to fine social media platforms if they censor political candidates or discriminate on a viewpoint basis was blocked by a federal judge, who said it would threaten their editorial judgment. Read ...

Anissa Weier, 19, will be released from a Wisconsin mental hospital after being admitted over charges she stabbed a classmate in 2014 at the age of 12 to please the fictional character Slender Man. Read Full Article at RT.com

TikTok has been banned in Pakistan for a third time following a court ruling on the back of a citizen’s complaint that the platform promotes obscene and immoral content, with access to the app suspended for at least a week. Read Full ...

Hunter Biden’s laptop shows he brought his Mexican business partners to a meeting with his then-VP father in Washington, while his emails list favors he did for them – including one sent from Air Force Two with Joe Biden on board. R...

Investigators in France have raided the country’s Ministry of Justice as part of an inquiry into Eric Dupond-Moretti, the man appointed by President Emmanuel Macron to shake up the legal system, his lawyer has said. Read Full Article ...

Jason Miller, a former spokesperson for Donald Trump, has launched a new social media network called GETTR, which will directly challenge “social media monopolies” and battle “cancel culture.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A group of cat burglars who stole millions of dollars' worth of goods from the Paris residences of big names in sport, television and music, including ex-PSG stars Thiago Silva and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, have been sentenced. Read Ful...

The man rumored to be in talks to lead Russian champions Zenit is in St. Petersburg on Friday, but Vladimir Petkovic insists he is fully focused on shocking Spain – including Man City star Aymeric Laporte – with Switzerland. Read Fu...

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said it's awaiting explanations from Berlin following a reported top-secret meeting with officials from Luxembourg over a broadcasting license for RT’s planned German-language TV channel. Read Full Art...

Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of Trump Organization, has pleaded not guilty to charges of grand larceny, tax fraud, falsifying business records and conspiracy brought by New York prosecutors. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A man who launched a crowdfunder for a girl who was mocked by fans after being caught crying on TV cameras while Germany lost 2-0 to England at Euro 2020 has raised thousands of dollars – although not everyone is convinced. Read Full ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed a new hottest-ever temperature in mainland Antarctica, suggesting the result is in line with global warming data observed by the agency. Read Full Article at RT.com

Meghan McCain has announced she is departing from her position as co-host of ‘The View’, to which the talk show’s left-leaning audience has responded by blasting the conservative and celebrating her exit. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The Portuguese government is introducing new nighttime curfews from 11pm tonight in 19 municipalities, including the capital Lisbon and the city of Porto, in a bid to limit the spread of Covid-19, a minister has said. Read Full Article ...

A new report citing numerous current and former associates of Vice President Kamala Harris paints the work atmosphere in her office as a “tense and at times dour” environment for employees. Read Full Article at RT.com

Conor McGregor's friend, bare knuckle brawler Artem Lobov, has hit back at suggestions that the UFC legend should leave long-time coach John Kavanagh, adding that a lack of commitment has been behind some of his defeats. Read Full Artic...

Knighted British tennis ace Andy Murray used the moments after winning a five-set epic to take aim at the UK government's payrise for healthcare workers, branding it "pathetic" in front of a crowd featuring some of the recipients. Read ...

A total of 27,989 new Covid-19 infections have been recorded across the UK in the past 24 hours, pushing the number of people testing positive for the virus up by 72% in the past seven days. Read Full Article at RT.com

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled the detention of pro-Kurdish politician Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu earlier this year on terrorism charges violated his rights, ordering his release from prison and reinstatement in parliament. Read...

The residents of a village in Canada’s British Columbia province have been ordered to evacuate after a wildfire sparked by the country’s hottest-ever temperatures ripped through homes and other buildings. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The EU’s Digital Covid Certificate scheme has officially launched, permitting easier travel for EU citizens across the bloc amid ongoing pandemic restrictions. However, Ireland will be late to join due to a cyber-attack. Read Full Art...

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court upheld voting measures in Arizona that supporters say prevent potential fraud, but critics cite as one of multiple recent attempts to restrict voter access. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Dutch television broadcaster has been forced to apologize after it subtitled the German national anthem with lyrics linked to Nazi-era Germany before Die Mannschaft's Euro 2020 last 16 clash with England at Wembley Stadium. Read Full ...

Amazon founder and aerospace entrepreneur Jeff Bezos will take 82-year-old Wally Funk, a female aviator who undertook astronaut training in the 1960s but never flew to space, to join him on his test flight later this month. Read Full Ar...

The Kremlin has said that harsh public health measures are absolutely necessary to save lives and protect people as Russia sees a steep Delta-variant driven rise in coronavirus cases and a record number of daily deaths, this week. Read ...

Allen Weisselberg will plead not guilty to the charges filed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, his lawyer has said. The chief financial officer of the Trump Organization and his employer are suspected of tax evasion. Read F...

A German minister has branded European football governing body and Euro 2020 organizers UEFA "utterly irresponsible" over allowing mass crowds at the tournament, as the continent suffers a covid spike from the new Delta Variant. Read Fu...

A new study has said that monitoring lightning and invisible electrical bursts, known as “vent discharges,” at volcanoes could help predict imminent and explosive ash-rich eruptions which may be dangerous for people and planes. Read...

Turkey has administered 50 million coronavirus vaccines in its efforts to return to normality and decrease infections, deaths, and hospitalizations. Meanwhile, the country’s own shot is in phase-three clinical trials. Read Full Articl...

A well-known Ukrainian author has slammed the country’s new footballing hero Artem Dovbyk as a “Muscovite” after he answered a journalist in Russian during an interview following the national team’s victory over Sweden on Tuesda...

Oil prices shot up early on Thursday as reports started to emerge that OPEC and its non-OPEC partners led by Russia were discussing another gradual increase in oil supply of 2 million barrels per day between August and December. Read Fu...

As the UK government plans to remove the bubble system that has seen thousands self-isolating, pupils are flooding to TikTok, hoping to find out how to get a false-positive Covid test result so they can stay at home. Read Full Article a...

A famous Spanish TV football program piled on the drama around Barcelona by running an epic countdown until the expiry of the deal held by Lionel Messi, who has also been depicted in gigantic form by an artist on a lake in Iran. Read Fu...

Top UK officials are doing a disservice to the public when they claim the planned lifting of coronavirus-related restrictions will be final and “irreversible,” a World Health Organization Covid-19 envoy told RT. Read Full Article at...

Despite there being four domestically developed coronavirus vaccines on offer, Russia should allow its citizens to receive jabs made by US and UK pharma giants, the leader of one of its most prominent political parties insists. Read Ful...

France’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has set a nine-month deadline for the government to take “all the necessary steps” to meet its climate targets or face potential financial sanctions.  Read Full Article...

Citing “multiple failings” in the police handling of the Sarah Everard vigil and a ‘Kill the Bill’ protest in March, an all-party UK parliamentary inquiry has accused the respective forces involved of violating fundamental right...

They can scale walls and infiltrate terrorist cells, but for some of Russia's top secret agents, getting a table in a Moscow restaurant is apparently a bridge too far, as the city cracks down on diners amid a new wave of Covid-19. Read ...

New data shows that full vaccination with any of the four Covid-19 jabs approved for use in the EU offers protection against Delta and other variants of the virus circulating in Europe, the bloc’s drug regulator has said. Read Full Ar...

A Swedish police officer died from his wounds after being fatally shot in Gothenburg on Wednesday. It reportedly marks the first killing of a law enforcement officer in 14 years, as gun violence in the country continues to soar. Read Fu...

A 10-week decline in Covid cases in Europe has ended as infections rise, prompting the head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European branch to implore citizens and decision makers to exercise caution. Read Full Article at RT....

When it comes to issues of 'human rights' and individual liberties, every country in the world takes a different stance. Culture, religion, and nationality all play their roles, but now it's clear the West wants to change this. Read Ful...

RT’s Keiser Report looks at the US’ quantitative easing measures, which were initially sold to Americans as a temporary emergency measure after the 2008 financial crisis, but have since become permanent.  Read Full Article at RT.co...

The notorious Road of Bones in Russia’s Far East has been cut off by hellish wildfires as forests lining the famous and dangerous route burn in the summer heat. Approximately 40 kilometers of the highway are inaccessible. Read Full Ar...

The Japanese embassy in Manila has announced that Japan and the Philippines will deepen their defense ties by holding their first-ever joint exercises next week, in an apparent attempt to counter Chinese influence in the region. Read Fu...

International Boxing Association boss Umar Kremlev has joined Russian-American icon Roy Jones Jr to promise again to clean up the sport, calling corrupt judging "a huge crime" and pledging to name the perpertrators "name by name". Read ...

International Boxing Association (AIBA) president Umar Kremlev has enlisted Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren to independently investigate “great crimes” of corruption and manipulation of results by previous association heads. Read Fu...

Allen Weisselberg, who has served as chief financial officer of the Trump Organization for over two decades, has surrendered to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to face criminal charges, his lawyer confirmed to the media. Read...

The share of the US dollar held by global central banks totaled 59.5% from January through March, up from 58.9% recorded in the previous quarter, according to data revealed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Read Full Article at ...

A historic Alberta church has been destroyed in what many suspect to be the latest arson attack in a string of retaliations for the historic abuse of Canada’s indigenous community by the Catholic Church. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

In recent months, NATO forces have doubled down on their stand-off with Russia, with Ukraine at the epicenter. Massive military exercises are roaring ahead in Eastern Europe which only seem to be making the situation more tense. Read Fu...

Turkey has formally left an international treaty intended to prevent violence against women, months after announcing plans to exit the agreement over concerns it had been “hijacked” and was no longer compatible with family values. R...

PSG superstar Kylian Mbappe has put the likes of Real Madrid on red alert by deciding not to renew his contract, according to reports in France. The end to France's Euro 2020 campaign, meanwhile, appears to have been fractious. Read Ful...

The pilot of an F-16 fighter plane in the Netherlands was injured after ejecting himself from an aircraft on Thursday morning at Leeuwarden Air Base, prompting speculation as to what happened. Read Full Article at RT.com

With Russian Covid-19 cases rising, it has been revealed that some of the country’s regions have begun to re-vaccinate citizens who received their second jab more than six months ago and want to boost their level of antibodies. Read F...

As the death toll continues to climb in the wake of the Miami apartment building’s collapse, the owners of the condo are facing mounting lawsuits. Read Full Article at RT.com

China’s Mighty Dragon J-20 stealth fighter jets flew over Beijing’s historic landmark in their largest display yet – a show of might to commemorate the founding of the Communist Party 100 years ago. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Philippines’ volcanology and seismology agency has raised its warning level for volcanic activity from level two to level three, after the Taal volcano spewed a plume a kilometer into the air. Read Full Article at RT.com

Officials in the Australian state of New South Wales have warned that the current two-week lockdown has failed to curb the spread of the Delta Covid variant, with new cases springing up for a third consecutive day. Read Full Article at ...

Russia will join forces with the US to organize an event commemorating those who were killed by terrorists in 2001’s 9/11 attacks, as Washington prepares to mark the world-changing incident’s 20th anniversary later this year. Read F...

An Indian drugmaker has applied for Emergency Use Approval (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, which is administered in a three-dose regimen. The firm claims the shot is the first ever plasmid DNA vaccine. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US has much better vaccination rates than the world in general, so the World Health Organization’s advice for fully vaccinated people to wear masks doesn’t apply here, the CDC director said. But localities may rule otherwise. Re...

Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) saw a year-on-year growth of 10.9% in May as the country gradually recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, the economy ministry announced on Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.com

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to boost the “strategic” relationship with his main ally, China a day after scolding his own officials for the Covid-19 response. Beijing earlier promised to provide help if needed. Read Ful...

The OPEC+ alliance expects a significant overhang of oil supply on the market after April 2022 when the current production cut pact expires, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing an internal report of an OPEC+ panel it had seen. Read Fu...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged his compatriots to “smash” any attempts at independence from Taipei, calling for “reunification” with the island in an address marking the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party. Read Ful...

At least 17 people were injured in Los Angeles on Wednesday after an attempt to safely detonate an enormous stockpile of confiscated fireworks caused an uncontrolled explosion that tore through the neighborhood. Read Full Article at RT....

Residents of the Big Apple vented their anger after an official notice urged them to limit their energy usage amid a major heat wave, asking why they should swelter without AC as Times Square remains lit up like a Christmas tree. Read F...

Breaking with its usual fashion advice and celebrity gossip, Teen Vogue was cheered after posting a fiery obituary for Donald Rumsfeld, dubbing the ex-Pentagon head an “accused war criminal” and a cheerleader for torture. Read Full ...

Soundcloud reversed the suspension of reporter Andy Ngo’s podcast on their platform only days after being accused of censoring it for political reasons. Read Full Article at RT.com

In a new twist to claims the NSA has spied on Fox News host Tucker Carlson, House Republicans now want their top intelligence overseer to investigate the agency the way he probed the FBI spying on President Donald Trump. Read Full Artic...

Transgender Americans have been given the option to change the gender that appears on their passports, joining other nations who’ve adopted similar practices. Nonbinary options are also on the way, the State Department said. Read Full...

German biotech firm CureVac said its coronavirus vaccine showed just 48% efficacy against Covid-19 following its final analysis, marking only a slight improvement on the company’s last trial while sending its stock value tumbling. Rea...

CNN’s former White House correspondent and anti-Trump resistance hero Jim Acosta took a break from his anchor duties to follow the ex-president to the US-Mexico border in a bid to trigger a testy exchange, but the stunt backfired. Rea...

News of ex-congressman and defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s death soon attracted critics of his role in the Iraq War, but when the media described the Bush-era official as all but a victim of circumstance, tempers blew up. Read Ful...

The New York City Democratic primaries were characterized by a dumpster fire of abnormalities and apparent fraud, as observers wondered why a city couldn’t get done what a whole country could have years ago. Read Full Article at RT.co...

USAF plans to roll out a new physical fitness test, allowing airmen to “choose their own adventure.” Does it amount to much-needed flexibility, or is the ‘chair force’ getting too soft – along with the rest of the US military?...

People traveling through two of Paris’ main airports have been warned to expect “possible delays” after three French trade unions announced workers would strike over a controversial new contract plan. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) has called for an investigation into Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s claims that the National Security Agency (NSA) is spying on him in order to take his show off the air. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Donald Rumsfeld, former congressman and US defense secretary, best known for his role in advocating the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has passed away just short of his 89th birthday, according to his spokesman. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Canadian indigenous group has said 182 unmarked graves have been discovered in the South Interior of the province of British Columbia, the third such discovery in the past two months near former Catholic schools. Read Full Article at ...

Jake Paul has become an unlikely advocate for the issue of fighter pay in the UFC – and has fired another shot across Dana White's bow by donating to Sarah Alpar's crowdfunding page after she revealed she couldn't afford to train. Rea...

An ancient skull found by a river in modern-day Latvia may well hold clues as to how the bubonic plague wiped out tens of millions of people across Europe in what would eventually become the deadliest pandemic in human history. Read Ful...

A total of 1,991 recent cases of Covid-19 in Scotland have been linked to fans watching Euro 2020 games, with 397 infections confirmed in supporters who attended the game against England at Wembley, say public health experts. Read Full ...

Russian football star Lina Yakupova copped two black eyes and a trail of blood seeping from her head after being smashed to the floor in a sickening collision during a game for Zenit St. Petersburg, wiping the brave forward out. Read Fu...

Ahead of Canada’s annual celebration of nationhood on July 1, calls by indigenous groups for a day of reflection instead – after the recent discovery of the graves of nearly 1,000 indigenous children – have drawn mixed reactions. ...

An unnamed French woman has surrendered to authorities who were seeking a spectator on suspicion of causing the massive crash which involved several riders during the first day of the Tour de France. Read Full Article at RT.com

American TV actress Allison Mack has been handed a three-year prison sentence for her involvement in the NXIVM sex cult after she pleaded guilty to charges relating to her role in recruiting women to the secret group. Read Full Article ...