The Chinese foreign ministry has announced that it is recalling its ambassador to Lithuania and demanding Vilnius do the same after the Lithuanian government permitted Taiwan to establish a representative office in the country. Read Ful...

The Canadian government has blasted China over the “cruel and inhumane” capital punishment faced by a Canadian citizen, whose death sentence for drug trafficking was upheld by a Chinese court. Read Full Article at RT.com

AMC Entertainment will reportedly start accepting bitcoin as payment for tickets and concession purchases at its US theaters, making it the first cinema chain to accept cryptocurrency as a payment option. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Authorities have vowed to strengthen the enforcement of the lockdown in the Greater Sydney area, in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), after new Covid-19 infections hit a daily record. Read Full Article at RT.com

After falling to a 2021 low in June, crude oil imports to China began to recover last month as refineries exited maintenance season. Read Full Article at RT.com

After promoting a tearful story about a single mom facing imminent eviction due to the moratorium expiring, CNN quietly admitted that the woman was just a babysitter, but not before driving donations up. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a challenge by state Democrats seeking to overturn a move by Governor Greg Abbott that could deprive the legislature of funds for the next two years as part of a standoff over voting laws. Read Full A...

North Korea has pledged to improve its ability to launch “pre-emptive” strikes as joint war games kick off between Seoul and Washington, insisting the yearly drills only threaten stability and propel tensions in the region. Read Ful...

A fan accused of shouting a racial slur at a Major League Baseball player mid-game actually used the name of a team mascot, the Colorado Rockies said, clarifying the issue after footage of the spectator stoked charges of racism. Read Fu...

A Cincinnati, Ohio man who pleaded guilty to possession of the drug fentanyl is challenging the decision by a county judge to condition his probation on getting a Covid-19 vaccine, saying he doesn’t want or need it. Read Full Article ...

The West African nation of Guinea has confirmed the first case of the Marburg disease, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever caused by a virus similar to Ebola. This is the first such case in the region. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Virginia Giuffre, whose lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell revived the interest in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking and ultimately brought him down, has sued Prince Andrew for the British royal’s participation in her abuse. Read Ful...

US President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is in full support of a “fresh review” of 9/11-related documents previously unreleased by the government, which some of the victims' families have campaigned for. Read Full Article ...

Germany should make its military forces “available” for another operation in Afghanistan to stop the Taliban from conquering it, the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee head said. His fellow MPs did not share the sentiment. Read...

A firebrand Florida Republican has re-upped his proposal to name the longest road in the state after former US President Donald Trump, arguing the gesture would cement his legacy as the establishment tries to “destroy” it. Read Full...

The victims’ compensation fund for young girls abused by deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has paid out its last award, the fund administrator announced in a statement on Monday, signaling a near-end to the main Epstein saga. Read Fu...

Protesters gathered outside New York City Hall on Monday to make clear their objections to a recently announced mandate from Mayor Bill De Blasio requiring proof of a Covid-19 vaccination to enter a restaurant or gym. Read Full Article...

Nine people have died after an oxygen pipe burst in an emergency care hospital in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz. The pipe was supplying oxygen to an intensive care unit where 71 Covid-19 patients were being treated. Read Full...

Newly-installed Spurs boss Nuno Espirito Santo says that wantaway striker Harry Kane will be available for Sunday's Premier League opener with champions Manchester City despite Pep Guardiola's open pursuit of the England skipper. Read F...

The Dallas Independent School District has announced that masks will be required for students and staff, in defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott’s order banning such Covid-19 mandates. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hundreds of football fans have gathered at Paris Airport-Le Bourget ahead of the expected arrival of Lionel Messi to sign for the club, who are rumored to have hired the Eiffel Tower for the legendary striker's official unveiling. Read ...

Apple pushed back against criticism that its new anti-child sexual abuse detection system could be used for “backdoor” surveillance. The company insisted it won’t “accede to any government’s request to expand” the system’s...

Police in France have begun enforcing the vaccination pass mandate to enter cafés and restaurants, leading to many of their tables being empty during the usually busy lunchtime, as the French lunched on public benches instead. Read Ful...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he will seek White House permission to mandate Covid-19 vaccinations for all members of the military by mid-September or when the jabs get regulatory approval, whichever comes first. Read Full Arti...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has hit back at Ukraine's defense ministry in a row over pictures of two athletes embracing at the Olympics, responding to a suggestion that they could become part of "special operations". Read Fu...

A Barcelona fan has launched a legal complaint aimed at forcing PSG to back out of their bid for Lionel Messi, claiming that French football chiefs failed to enforce Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations on the club. Read Full Article a...

In spite of video evidence online, police in Berlin, Germany, have rejected the criticism by the United Nations special rapporteur on torture of their heavy-handed response to anti-lockdown rallies that saw hundreds arrested. Read Full ...

Roberta Kaplan has resigned from her position as chairwoman at the anti-sexual harassment charity Time’s Up after a report alleged she helped discredit one of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment accusers. Read Full Ar...

During his first reported call with a Western leader since taking office, President Ebrahim Raisi called on his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to ensure Iran’s “interests” are protected during nuclear deal negotiations. Read F...

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has set her sights on the fashion industry as a contributor to global warming and worker exploitation during an interview with Vogue Scandinavia, even gracing the front page of the mag. Read Full ...

Local authorities have reported that three villages near the Mali-Niger border have been attacked by suspected Islamist extremists, killing at least 51. The attack is the latest such incident in the greater Sahel region. Read Full Artic...

One of Manny Pacquiao's keenest fans rushed to gain a glimpse of the boxing legend and politician after hearing he had been spotted driving through West Hollywood – and pornstar Christiana Cinn earned a signed glove from him. Read Ful...

A US district judge has blocked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis from enforcing his ban against cruise ships requiring proof of Covid-19 vaccination after Norwegian Cruise Line complained about the measure. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Italian police said they’ve busted 32 operations involving people selling fake Covid health passes via the Telegram messaging app for up to €500 a pop, just days after the “green pass” came into force across the country. Read Fu...

Indonesia's government has said it will extend its Covid 'level 4' mobility restrictions in some parts of the country including areas of Java and Bali until August 16, but will reduce measures where infection rates are declining. Read F...

The White House has announced a tranche of new economic measures against the government of Belarus, hitting a range of state industries including those in defense, energy, agriculture and the country’s National Olympic Committee. Read...

An army, it is often said, marches on its stomach. Now, a newly released trove of previously secret files reveal how WWII Japan planned to take out the Soviet Red Army by targeting what was on their plates and in their cups. Read Full A...

The Colorado Rockies have launched a probe into allegations that one of their fans hurled repeated racial abuse at Florida Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson in Sunday's Major League Baseball game between the two teams. Read Full Article ...

Campaigners gathered in Westminster on Monday to protest the planned euthanasia of an alpaca named Geronimo after he twice tested positive for bovine tuberculosis, an infectious deadly disease. Read Full Article at RT.com

Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has been labeled “dangerous” by his critics over a video encouraging Americans to defy Covid-19 regulations from the “petty tyrant” health officials and the government, including mask mandates. Rea...

A Ukrainian Olympic medalist has lashed out over the political row that has seen his country's defense ministry order a meeting with an athlete who hugged a Russian rival, while her home city's mayor has passionately defended her. Read ...

The UK government has defended buying pricey artwork by insisting it does so to promote British culture, after Labour MPs accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being “selfish” amid upcoming cuts to benefits. Read Full Article at R...

Global prices for gold abruptly dipped to their lowest in more than four months as commodity markets absorbed a strong US jobs report, boosting expectations of monetary tightening by the Fed.  Read Full Article at RT.com

The deal between the US and Germany over the controversial Nord Stream 2 project will have absolutely no effect on the construction of the gas pipeline and isn’t even legally binding for the two signatories, let alone for Russia. Read...

The governor of disaster-hit North Rhine-Westphalia has said that a planned fund to help the worst-affected parts of Germany recover from devastating fatal floods in July will need between €20 and 30 billion. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Italian rider Lorenzo Savadori was involved in a crash with fellow racer Dani Pedrosa during the Michelin Grand Prix of Styria in an accident which triggered an intense inferno on the track. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced on Monday that dozens of people have been arrested and 25,000 illegally hacked webcams seized as part of a crackdown on illegal voyeurism in the Asian nation. Read Full Article at R...

Despite Laurel Hubbard crashing out of Tokyo 2020 on the day the weightlifter became the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics, her inclusion shows women’s sports are still under threat from 'wokeness'. Read Full...

Iranian media have estimated that one person succumbs to Covid-19 every two minutes there. The report comes just as the Islamic Republic experienced a record tally of daily Covid fatalities. Read Full Article at RT.com

Shocking footage of a man bursting into the grounds of a junior school in Russia's second city, St. Petersburg, has sparked fears for the safety of students and teachers after he was seen waving a knife and shouting relentlessly. Read F...

Russian cosmonauts will create a greenhouse in the International Space Station’s newly-arrived Nauka module, with the eventual plan to grow various plants on “an industrial scale” inside the planet’s only inhabited satellite. Re...

BBC studios at Television Centre in West London were targeted by an agitated group of protesters opposing the government’s Covid-19 plans. The crowd attempted to break into the building, causing clashes with police. Read Full Article ...

The French government is pushing ahead with enforcing the extension of France’s new Covid-19 ‘health pass’, which now admits entry to bars and restaurants, as well as flights and trains – and restricts unvaccinated citizens. Rea...

Talk of Belarus, a former Soviet republic, being fully absorbed as part of Russia is premature, the country’s embattled leader Alexander Lukashenko has said, arguing that the two can still have a close relationship without it. Read Fu...

A Russian politician on the country's sports committee has said gymnast Dina Averina was a victim of "political games" when she was controversially denied a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Read Full Article at RT.com

The West’s insistence that climate change will be terrible for everyone is just an ideology. In reality, as with all things, some people will gain and others will lose. Russia, it seems, could emerge in a far stronger position. Read F...

Social media users as well as political commentators have reacted angrily after a Californian food blogger claimed the word “curry” was rooted in colonialism and invented by lazy white people. Read Full Article at RT.com

UK digital news outlet Unilad was mocked this week for spotlighting a new and “innovative” clean energy technology that turned out to be a slightly more advanced version of the ancient water wheel. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Revenues from sales of Russian crude oil abroad increased by 21.5% in the first six months of 2021 compared to the same period last year, according to data revealed by Russia’s Federal Customs Service. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has decided to release Samsung Vice-Chairman Lee Jae-yong early after serving more than half of his sentence for bribery in a detention center in Seoul. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Taliban has seized control of its sixth provincial capital in Afghanistan within a matter of days, according to a spokesperson for the group, as the militants continue to secure territory after America’s military withdrawal. Read ...

Hundreds of hospitals, nearly a fifth across the Philippines, are almost at full capacity as coronavirus cases run rampant, with the south-east Asian country’s capital, Manila, just having entered a period of lockdown. Read Full Artic...

Barcelona stalwart Gerard Pique has admitted that the departure of Lionel Messi is a seismic blow to the club as the Catalan giants prepare for life without the influence of the club's 'best player ever'. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Australia’s Senator Pauline Hanson has been slammed by health professionals and mocked online for arguing that people must have an option to reject Covid-19 vaccination, even if they die from the virus. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russia is among the nations facing increasingly harsh natural disasters, such as the massive wildfires in the eastern Siberian region of Yakutia. An RT crew joined a group of firefighters doing their best to contain the blazes. Read Ful...

International organizations are warning that months of severe drought in the former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan are causing livestock to perish from hunger and thirst as supplies of food and water vanish in the sweltering heat. Read F...

The Olympic exile who has moved to Poland after escaping repatriation to Belarus has called her new home "forever in my heart", auctioned a medal in support of athletes from her birthplace and made her return to running. Read Full Artic...

A Catholic priest has been killed in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, a commune in the Vendee, by a man who had reportedly been placed under police supervision, having set fire to a cathedral in Nantes in 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Slamming the US-Taliban peace deal as “rotten” and “flawed”, UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace has revealed that Britain tried to form a military coalition of “like-minded” allies to support Afghan forces after American troops...

A notorious Russian MP, known for making inflammatory remarks, has dubbed gay people the “lowest stage of development of the animal world” and called for the country’s homosexual population to be “sterilized” like stray cats. ...

Chinese technology giant Alibaba fired a supervisor at the company and sanctioned several other employees after the man was accused of raping a drunk female employee last month. Read Full Article at RT.com

Afghan officials have reported that Toofan Omar, a radio station manager, has been shot and killed and that Nematullah Hemat, a local journalist, has been kidnapped. They are holding the Taliban accountable for both incidents. Read Full...

Australian officials extended coronavirus restrictions to the coastal region of Byron Bay on Monday morning, amid concerns that the virus has spread from the capital city of New South Wales, Sydney, to the state’s northern tip. Read F...

India’s Supreme Court has ruled that the antimonopoly probe into the business practices of Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart should continue, rejecting the e-commerce giants’ pleas to stop the inquiry. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Tottenham fans gave Bukayo Saka a warm ovation when he came off the bench during a friendly game on Sunday, just weeks after the teenage star was racially abused online after missing a crucial penalty in the Euro 2020 final. Read Full A...

The United Nations has warned there is increasing evidence that climate change is already delivering extreme weather conditions across the world. and that many changes might be irreversible for centuries or even millennia. Read Full Art...

Devoid of crowds yet enthralling in drama, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics delivered rich entertainment, controversy and storylines. Read Full Article at RT.com

The punishment for corruption in Russia’s military-industrial complex should be made much tougher, with the possibility of death by firing squad. That’s according to Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, the country’s space agency. R...

Australia’s pharmaceutical body has granted Moderna’s Covid vaccine conditional approval for use in the country in a bid to boost inoculation rates, with the first million doses set to arrive in September. Read Full Article at RT.co...

More than 500 anti-Semitic incidents have been linked to the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany, during which Jews were blamed for both the virus and the lockdowns, a report by a watchdog group shows. Read Full Article at RT.com

China is not particularly forthcoming when it comes to reporting its strategic commodity reserves, leaving analysts playing a guessing game. Read Full Article at RT.com

More than 80,000 people have been evacuated from their homes by the authorities as Sichuan is hit by extreme rains, triggering floods, with nearly half a million people impacted across six cities. Read Full Article at RT.com

Global crude prices dropped nearly 2%, hitting more than two-week lows, amid rising concerns over new pandemic-related restrictions in China and a strengthening US dollar. Read Full Article at RT.com

Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo since 2017, has abruptly resigned, as her boss faces a criminal complaint and potential impeachment after a state investigation found that he sexually harassed 11 women. Read ...

The city of Wuhan has tested virtually every resident, except for children under six and those on vacation, in a sweeping effort to prevent a new Covid-19 outbreak in the metropolis where the pandemic is believed to have started. Read F...

Amid a surge of Covid-19 cases in Israel, including within the military, the IDF said it will call up for duty only those reservists who have been vaccinated or recovered from the virus, and can present a valid Green Pass. Read Full Art...

In his latest bid to promote Covid-19 jabs, White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci upped his pandemic warnings and cautioned vaccinated individuals about an even “worse variant” that could come after Delta. Read Full Article ...

A Special Air Service (SAS) team has arrived in Yemen to hunt down those allegedly responsible for launching a recent drone attack against an Israeli-operated tanker off the coast of Oman, the Daily Express reported. Read Full Article a...

CNN’s Brian Stelter tried defending his network’s handling of host Chris Cuomo’s relationship to his governor brother by blasting Fox News, a stretch for most critics who slammed the network and Reliable Sources star. Read Full Ar...

The UK has extracted some 3,000 people it employed in Afghanistan, but the relocation program has come under fire as the situation deteriorates. Hundreds are set to have been left behind at the mercy of Islamist militants. Read Full Art...

Facebook has introduced a new feature allowing users to request prayers – an update that has been roundly mocked and skewered by critics, who say Facebook has far larger issues to focus on. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former president Barack Obama is facing further scrutiny over his allegedly “scaled-back,” celebrity-filled birthday party, with footage of the maskless Democrat at the shindig causing massive outrage. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ireland's latest Olympic boxing gold medalist, Kellie Harrington, has been praised for her "pure class" as she invited her losing rivals to the top of the podium after she was crowned Olympic lightweight champion on Sunday. Read Full Ar...

European powerhouses Paris Saint-Germain have made a formal approach to secure the signature of free agent Lionel Messi by offering the Argentina star a two-year, $59 million deal to trade Catalonia for the French capital. Read Full Art...

Iran’s newly sworn-in President Ebrahim Raisi was vaccinated with a locally developed Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday, as Iran marked a record daily increase in infections and over 500 new deaths. Read Full Article at RT.com

It has been a hectic few weeks for Tyson Fury after a Covid-19 diagnosis derailed his trilogy bout with Deontay Wilder, so perhaps he could be forgiven for spelling his new baby daughter's name wrong on Twitter. Read Full Article at RT....

One of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s closest allies, Lubov Sobol, has left Russia days after she was sentenced to a year-and-a-half of restrictions over her role in organizing unauthorized protests in early 2021. Read Ful...

Team USA superstar Megan Rapinoe congratulated the first openly transgender Olympic medalist as they shared a podium at the Tokyo 2020 Games – then kissed girlfriend Sue Bird after she won her fifth gold basketball medal. Read Full Ar...

Over 60% of Americans say they will continue masking up if they feel sick, even post-Covid 19 pandemic, and over 40% say they will don face coverings in crowded spaces going forward, according to a new poll. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ukraine's defense ministry will meet a high jumper "immediately" upon her return from Tokyo, condemning her hug with a Russian because of the civil conflict in the country’s east, which it called the "Russian-Ukrainian war". Read Full...