Blue hydrogen, the kind that involves fossil fuels combined with carbon capture, could be worse for the environment than natural gas or even coal, a new study has suggested. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom has increased gas supplies to Western Europe in the first six months of the year by 28.52% compared to the same period last year. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Serbian-Russian Economic Forum will take place in Belgrade October 4-5, as the two nations eye closer cooperation after Serbia joined the free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union. Read Full Article at RT.com

New York’s Democrat-controlled legislature has halted an impeachment probe into Governor Andrew Cuomo, arguing his impending resignation will make the procedure illegal, while clearing the way for a potential reelection bid. Read Full...

Japan's meteorological service has put three prefectures and the city of Hiroshima on the highest possible emergency alert, which means it’s too late to evacuate elsewhere, as torrential rains cause flooding and mudslides. Read Full A...

Oregon Governor Kate Brown will deploy some 1,500 National Guard soldiers to aid hospitals flooded with coronavirus patients, citing the spread of the Delta variant as the state’s already short supply of ICU beds dwindles. Read Full A...

US Representative Cori Bush (D-Missouri), a leading advocate for defunding police, has inadvertently pared a law enforcement payroll, as two deputies hired to protect her were reportedly fired for moonlighting without permission. Read F...

Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler says he was dropped from an advertising campaign for Uber Eats delivery service after siding with Tennessee parents protesting against mask mandates for elementary school children. Read Full Article at ...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a terror warning that appears to put Americans pushing back against Covid-19 restrictions on par with jihadists who might strike on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Read Fu...

The Canadian government has pledged to evacuate and resettle 20,000 Afghans, including women, aid workers and diplomatic staff, citing concerns about Taliban reprisals as the militant group overruns cities across Afghanistan. Read Full ...

US special counsel John Durham is reportedly pursuing criminal charges against several low-level FBI employees and people who gave false tips in the 2016 investigation of Russian ties to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Read Full...

Citing blocked valves in the propulsion system, Boeing has decided to remove the CST-100 Starliner capsule from the booster rocket at Cape Canaveral and return it to the shop. It is unknown if another launch will happen in 2021. Read Fu...

Russia’s refusal to extend the visa of BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford is an attack on media freedom, the British state broadcaster has claimed. Moscow had said it would retaliate to the UK imposition of ‘Magnitsky’ sanctions. R...

Canada’s government will soon require all public servants to be vaccinated against Covid, two ministers have said, while mandatory vaccinations are also looming for air and train travelers. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK’s police watchdog has opened an investigation into the police force that returned a gun and a permit to the shooter who went on to kill five people and himself in Plymouth, southwest England. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The ‘reality czars’ at Reuters and USA Today were quick on the scene to pour cold water on the notion that Friday would see the return of former president Donald Trump to the White House. QAnon was blamed – or was it trolls? Read ...

The US withdrawal is becoming increasingly fraught amid Taliban advances, as embassy staffers in Kabul have reportedly been told to destroy sensitive documents and computers as they prepare to evacuate. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Kiev-born Tokyo 2020 Olympics gold medalist took to social media on Friday afternoon to explain racist abuse he suffered on the streets of the Ukrainian capital where he was told to "Go to Africa" and called a "black monkey". Read Ful...

Amazon’s decision to shift production of its billion-dollar ‘Lord of the Rings’ series from New Zealand to the UK sparked heated debate online about the real ‘Middle-earth’ – and even Frodo Baggins actor Elijah Wood weighed ...

As illegal border crossings surged to new highs every month this year, Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas insisted there was no “crisis.” But behind the scenes, he admitted that the US was “going to lose” at the border. ...

France’s Constitutional Council has approved a controversial ‘anti-separatism’ bill, upholding its main provisions. The legislation, which drew criticism on various points, has been seen as a tool against hard-line Islamists. Read...

YouTube prankster Jake Paul will not face federal charges in relation to a riot at an Arizona mall last year, and has sparked debate online after daring to compare his boxing record to that of pound-for-pound 'Canelo' Alvarez. Read Full...

A Bolivia-based NGO has raised alarm about the impact of destructive wildfires, saying they tore through 749,000 hectares of the country’s woodland between January and July earlier this year, in a new report released on Thursday. Read...

Snopes bills itself as “the internet’s definitive fact-checking resource” and a beacon of truth against “misinformation.” However, the website’s co-founder has just been caught publishing dozens of plagiarized articles. Read...

The US Treasury Department has announced that it will enforce sanctions on two Cuban Ministry of Interior officials and a military unit, in the latest round of penalties imposed by Washington over a crackdown on recent protests. Read Fu...

Attorneys of a Texas prisoner set to be executed next month have filed a lawsuit claiming that the inmate’s wish to have a pastor lay hands on him as he dies had been denied by prison officials. It might see the execution stayed. Read...

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling on the southern end of Washington, DC was placed on lockdown for several hours on Friday, after an armed suspect from a local shooting was spotted on the premises. Read Full Article at RT.com

A majority of the UK citizens say they would not return to a professional they’d used in the past if the person hadn’t been vaccinated, as the country continues to warm to its government’s restrictions on commerce and movement. Re...

Dagestan-based football club FC Legion Dynamo Makhachkala have hinted at the signing of local lad and ex-UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov to help the 'great battle' they face in their attempt to win the Russian Cup. Read Full Article at...

A troubled former NFL star has again fallen foul of the law by reportedly "plowing through mailboxes and hitting a parked car", and now faces DUI and criminal mischief charges after being arrested in Kentucky on Wednesday. Read Full Art...

Algerian authorities have announced an investigation into the lynching of a 38-year-old man by a mob after he was accused of starting a series of deadly wildfires that have killed at least 69 people. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Czech Republic’s interior minister has confirmed that the country will not halt deportations of asylum seekers back to Afghanistan, unlike several other European nations, amid the Taliban’s rapid gains in the war-torn country. R...

Denmark and Norway have announced plans to close their embassies in Kabul, while Germany has said it will minimize operations at its consulate in Afghanistan, as allied governments scramble to get their citizens out. Read Full Article a...

Italian authorities have evacuated 25 families from their homes to the east of Rome as a wildfire spread through the Monte Catillo nature reserve and temperatures in some parts of the country neared 50 Celsius. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Prominent Afghan warlord and politician Ismail Khan has been captured by the Taliban as his home city of Herat fell to the militants. Khan and his supporters have now joined the Taliban, according to the group. Read Full Article at RT.c...

A Canadian police watchdog is probing allegations of excessive force during an incident in which a police officer knelt on the neck of a man being arrested despite him being pinned down and repeatedly crying out “I can’t breathe.”...

Glenn Greenwald has urged internet users to leave behind YouTube’s ceaseless content-policing and migrate to Rumble, after he and a group of prominent pundits set up shop at the laissez-faire video platform. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Russia’s joint military exercise with China, the first time servicemen from both nations have participated together on operational and strategic drills, was a “complete success” and demonstrated a “high level” of cooperation. ...

A joint operation between a Spanish tax agency and national police forces has seen the seizure of 1,100 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container in Valencia. Read Full Article at RT.com

Skirmishes have erupted once more in Bangkok between Thai police and demonstrators, who demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha for his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

An NBA star has shared horrifying footage from his family home on social media which has gone viral, after his young son took a fall into their swimming pool and had to be saved through quick thinking from his parents. Read Full Article...

The Taliban have captured Logar province and its capital Pol-e Alam, leaving the militant group just 50km from the Afghan capital following a rapid offensive which has seen the Kabul government lose vast swathes of the country. Read Ful...

The US Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday that border guards have caught a record number of migrants attempting to illegally cross the Mexico border in July, with more than 200,000 individuals stopped. Read Full Artic...

As the last men of the dwindling American garrison in Afghanistan pack their bags, there is an echo of the Soviet Union's own withdrawal from the country, more than 30 years ago. But, in truth, Washington's defeat is far greater. Read F...

The requirement to wear face masks for standing passengers on Danish buses, trains and subways will be lifted on Saturday, two weeks earlier than initially planned, the country’s transport minister has announced. Read Full Article at ...

Former Manchester City and Italy star Mario Balotelli has been cleared of allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in France after the judge hearing the case ruled he has been the victim of a €100,000 extortion attempt. Read Full Article a...

The Central Bank of Russia purchased $196 million worth of foreign currency on the domestic market on Thursday amid a surge in currency sales among Russian citizens. Read Full Article at RT.com

Lithuania’s defense minister has blamed Russian hackers for a cyberattack that saw documents stolen from his country’s foreign ministry in November 2020. The hack only recently came to light after another alleged attempted breach. R...

Panel voting for South by Southwest (SXSW) 2022 has begun. RT Creative Lab has submitted two panel proposals, which you can vote for from now until August 26. Community voting makes up 30% of the selection process. Read Full Article at ...

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s economic hub, have decided to extend Covid-19 restrictions amid soaring infections and fatalities in the country’s largest city, which is now the nation’s coronavirus hotspot. Read Full A...

Controversial TV presenter and journalist Piers Morgan has been attacked by football fans after digging up an old abusive tweet aimed at him by a potential signing for his beloved Premier League team Arsenal. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The Scottish government has kicked off a storm on social media after issuing “deeply disturbing” LGBT inclusivity guidelines that allow children as young as four to change their gender and name at school without parental consent. Re...

At least a quarter of a million people in France are expected to take to the streets over the weekend to protest controversial anti-Covid measures, local media have said, citing a police intelligence note sent to the government. Read Fu...

President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced on Friday that he and his administration will skip next month’s United Nations conference on racism over concerns about “a history of anti-Semitic remarks” made at the event. Read Ful...

A Russian study analyzing which regions of the country can afford the most portions of the much loved Borsch soup has estimated that residents of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug are the richest, beating Moscow into third place. Read ...

New South Wales registered a new daily record for positive Covid cases and hospitalized patients on Friday. The military, who are already enforcing lockdown restrictions, will reportedly send an extra 200 troops on Monday. Read Full Art...

A wannabe car thief picked the worst possible victim this week when trying to steal the vehicle of a UFC star who prevented a robbery and then chased him off, with footage of the incident later shared on social media. Read Full Article ...

The iconic Moscow Metro has begun the testing of a contactless fare payment system using facial recognition tech that would allow residents of Russia’s capital to use public transport without the need to carry a card or cash. Read Ful...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will fly to Moscow next week for a meeting with her Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as work finishes up on the jointly-backed Nord Stream 2 pipeline and ahead of her departure from office. Read Full ...

The United Nations has urged countries neighboring Afghanistan to keep their borders open as conflict escalates, warning of impending food shortages and the need of many Afghans to seek refuge internationally. Read Full Article at RT.co...

In a bid to widen vaccine coverage amid a surge in cases, Israel has rolled out the offer of a third Covid booster shot to people over 50, as well as other members of society and workers from certain sectors. Read Full Article at RT.com...

A British foreign correspondent working for the BBC in Moscow has been told her visa will not be renewed she must now leave the country, in a move that comes as relations between the two countries worsen amid a diplomatic rift. Read Ful...

Home prices in the US have been soaring at a record rate, jumping nearly 23% in the second quarter of 2021 against last year’s figures, data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows. Read Full Article at RT.com

NASA is planning a mission to explore asteroid Psyche 16, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, which is supposed to contain massive amounts of precious metals. Read Full Article at RT.com

Chinese authorities have fully vaccinated over 777 million citizens against Covid-19, according to the National Health Commission, as a recent outbreak of the virus appears to have been brought under control. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Internal conflicts in Afghanistan could lead to civil war and create a breeding ground for terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned, as a Taliban offensive closes in on Kabul. Read Full Article...

Beijing opposes the renewed probe into the origins of the coronavirus by the World Health Organization (WHO) as it’s driven by political, rather than scientific, concerns, Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said. Read Full Article at R...

Oil-producing states outside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) alliance may increase global crude supply threefold next year, led by the US, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Read Full Articl...

The Taliban has claimed complete control over Kandahar following fierce fighting, as officials confirm that government forces have retreated from the second-largest city. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved vaccine booster shots for those with compromised immune systems, saying a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna jabs could offer better protection against Covid-19. Read Full Article ...

Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been released from prison after serving more than half of his already shortened 30-month sentence for bribing South Korea’s former president in a major corruption scandal. Read Full Article at RT...

Canadian special forces troops will be deployed to help evacuate diplomatic staff from Ottawa’s embassy in Afghanistan, according to multiple reports, following similar moves by the US and UK amid a devastating Taliban offensive. Read...

The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked New York’s eviction moratorium, ruling that the policy violates landlords’ right to due process. The decision will remain in force as litigation on the dispute continues. Read Full Articl...

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from students who sought to strike down Indiana University’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, leaving in place a potentially key legal precedent for forced inoculations. Read Full Article a...

Mark Morgan, a top US border official under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, reportedly estimated that the Biden administration has dropped at least 40,000 illegal aliens infected with Covid-19 into American cities. Read Full A...

Responding to Chinese concerns over the probe into the ‘lab hypothesis’ of the pandemic’s origin, the World Health Organization said it wasn’t playing politics but seeking the necessary data and following the science. Read Full ...

Algerian authorities have arrested 22 suspects believed to have set off dozens of deadly wildfires across the country’s north, in which at least 65 people have perished as soldiers and first responders race to battle the flames. Read ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has called on Republican leaders to condemn a statement from Donald Trump in which he criticized the Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the January 6 riot. Read Full...

Newly released data from the US Census Bureau show the percentage of white Americans declining sooner than demographers expected, while Asian, Hispanic, and Other categories are on the rise. Most Covid-19 deaths weren't counted. Read Fu...

Dr. Anthony Fauci said all Americans will likely need Covid-19 vaccine booster shots, and people with compromised immune systems should get an extra jab right away, even as many nations face years-long waits for adequate supplies. Read ...

My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has claimed he was physically assaulted outside his hotel in South Dakota where he is hosting a symposium alleging fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK will deploy around 600 troops to Afghanistan to help Britons and local translators flee the country. Amid the Taliban’s whirlwind advance, the US is also putting boots on the ground to assist with evacuations. Read Full Article...

Washington’s Covid-19 political gamesmanship has escalated, with Joe Biden praising local officials who defy governors over mask mandates and Republicans debuting a bill making states with vaccine passports also require voter ID. Read...

An "unbelievable" tennis star baffled her match's commentator and spectators at a pre-US Open tournament in Pennsylvania by refusing to warm up after play resumed following a temporary suspension due to heat on Wednesday. Read Full Arti...

Five people as well as the suspected shooter have been killed in a “serious firearms incident” in the British port city of Plymouth that drew a massive response from police and emergency services. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US State Department is cutting staff at its Kabul embassy down to a “core diplomatic presence,” as the Taliban closes in on the Afghan capital. Meanwhile, American citizens in Afghanistan have been urged to flee the country. Rea...

A bus has exploded downtown in the central Russian city of Voronezh. Footage emerging from the scene shows the vehicle torn apart, as local media report multiple people injured. Read Full Article at RT.com

A massive blast has rocked a Pakistani military industrial site located in the northeastern town of Wah. At least three people were killed and two more injured by the explosion which shattered windows across the town. Read Full Article ...

The Lincoln Project has drawn ire for a “psychotic” attack ad against anti-mask mandate Republican governors Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott, which accused them of asking people to “sacrifice” their children “for the economy.” ...

A British sprinter who formed part of Team GB's men's 4x 100m silver medal-winning team at the recent Toyko 2020 Olympic Games has been suspended from competition upon testing positive for a banned substance. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The second-largest school district in Colorado has reportedly informed teachers to use a “gender unicorn” to understand transgender students and not tell parents if their children are showing gender confusion at school. Read Full Ar...

The popular Russian children's animation show ‘Masha and the Bear’ has reportedly become one of the most globally demanded among its peers. Read Full Article at RT.com

Chelsea have announced the re-signing of former striker Romelu Lukaku, who heads back to the club for a near-British record fee as spending from owner Roman Abramovich with a view to defending the Champions League commences. Read Full A...

Shops, apartments and vehicles belonging to Syrian refugees living in Altindag, a suburb of the Turkish capital, were targeted by a mob of rioters incensed over the death of an 18-year-old Turk blamed on two Syrians. Read Full Article a...

Over 9,000 incidents of anti-Asian hate have been recorded in the US since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with nearly half of the incidents being anti-Chinese in nature, an advocacy group reported. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that all public-facing federal healthcare workers will be required to get a Covid vaccine, following similar moves by other parts of the Biden administration. Read Full ...

Conor McGregor has attacked fellow UFC legend Daniel Cormier once more by calling him a "fat mess" and criticizing his "abysmal" way of life, after the pundit told him to "worry about the dudes that keep beating your ass". Read Full Art...

Kylian Mbappe has welcomed Lionel Messi to PSG despite reports he is unhappy with his arrival. Meanwhile, Real Madrid are allegedly preparing an offer for him while the Parisians dream of landing Cristiano Ronaldo in 2022. Read Full Art...

The Taliban has reportedly made major advances in Kandahar, reaching the city’s center. The country’s second-largest city is now apparently on verge of collapse, and the militants have already seized some 10 provincial capitals. Rea...

English actress Una Stubbs, best known for her television roles in ‘Sherlock’, ‘Benidorm’ and ‘Eastenders’ and a star of the West End, has died at the age of 84, her agent and family have said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...