US planemaker Boeing has upgraded its long-term demand forecasts on the expectation that domestic travel will recover to pre-Covid crisis levels in 2022 and international flying will rebound in 2024. Read Full Article at RT.com

Clashes erupted with police in Melbourne, Australia after a crowd of anti-lockdown protesters gathered to demand an end to weeks of draconian restrictions, despite an all-out effort by authorities to prevent demonstrations. Read Full Ar...

The US federal government has granted itself the power to apprehend and quarantine individuals infected with measles, with the White House ordering the move after the illness was detected among newly arrived Afghan refugees. Read Full A...

Diplomatic acrimony with France over a planned submarine sale between the US and Australia sent “Freedom Fries” trending on Twitter – with many users recalling a Bush-era campaign to punish Paris for opposing the invasion of Iraq....

Washington has insisted that Paris remains a “vital partner” after France recalled its ambassadors from the US and Australia, in protest over the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal that killed a French shipbuilding contract. Read Full Art...

Officials in Minnesota have received heavy backlash for promoting cheap, clear plastic bags to store documents in vehicles as an easy way to “reduce deadly force encounters” with police during traffic stops. Read Full Article at RT....

Amazon’s massive new distribution centers, soon to be surrounded by infrastructure built to serve workers, are being compared to Gilded Age company towns. While many are aghast at the idea, fellow billionaires are praising it. Read Fu...

The US Justice Department has charged 138 people, including 42 licensed medical providers, for over $1.4 billion in healthcare fraud committed during 2020, including extensive defrauding of Covid-19 aid funds and drug rehab scams. Read ...

There have been unspecified “threats” tied to the upcoming rally in support of jailed January 6 rioters, the US Capitol Police chief has said, justifying increased security measures including calling for National Guard backup. Read ...

The Syrian capital was thrown into darkness after an “attack” on a gas line feeding a major power plant, the country’s electricity minister told state media, noting repairs are underway and that the issues would soon be resolved. ...

US President Joe Biden will be following his highly controversial Covid-19 vaccine mandate with a virtual summit calling for a “higher level of ambition” in the effort to push inoculations. Read Full Article at RT.com

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has released some 191 detainees from New York City’s troubled Rikers Island jail, which has been in a critically understaffed crisis state for months, with some units lacking guards entirely. Read Full A...

Alex Jones’ InfoWars has filed a lawsuit against the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over its recent ban on drones capturing footage of thousands of migrants accumulating in Del Rio, Texas. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A new antibody drug, Ronapreve, will become available for coronavirus parents across Britain next week, the UK government has said. The drug was used to treat then-US President Donald Trump, who hailed it as a "cure" for Covid-19. Read ...

A panel of judges in North Carolina has struck down the state’s voter ID law, saying that asking voters to identify themselves discriminates against black people. Read Full Article at RT.com

Footage has emerged purportedly showing a teenager taking down a man who left him needing stitches with a bite on the ear as he sat on a bench on a street in England – and the junior champion's coach has hailed him as a hero. Read Ful...

Ahead of his farewell fight at a Moscow event run by Khabib Nurmagomedov, a revered MMA star has spoken about growing up with the ex-UFC champ and his father, legendary coach Abdulmanap. Read Full Article at RT.com

Paris has recalled its ambassadors from Washington and Canberra for consultations, citing the “unacceptable behavior” of the US, UK and Australia in striking a nuclear submarine deal that scuttled a French shipbuilding contract. Rea...

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine committee has voted against a blanket authorization for booster doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 jab. However, the panel recommended boosters for vulnerable people and the over-65s. Read F...

Ireland's data privacy watchdog has expressed concerns over new smart glasses, produced by Facebook in partnership with Ray-Ban, stating it's asked the tech giant whether the device can properly notify people they're being filmed. Read ...

Buffalo Bills star Cole Beasley is perhaps the most prominent anti-vax voice in the NFL. The wide receiver has doubled down on his recent notoriety by offering unvaccinated fans free tickets to away games. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

After weeks of insisting the August 29 drone strike in Kabul killed an ISIS-K terrorist, US Central Command has admitted that the victims were all civilians, including children, but reportedly won’t discipline anyone involved. Read Fu...

Pornstar Kendra Lust's adoration of sports and the UFC is as well-known as her reputation for racy photoshoots. Now she has stepped in to sponsor a glamorous bare-knuckle stunner's next fight. Read Full Article at RT.com

Despite Florida Governor’s office calling the move “illegal” and an active ban on Covid mandates, a landlord who owns 1,200 apartments in the south of the state is standing by his decision to require tenants get vaxxed or get out....

San Francisco Mayor London Breed cheerfully gave interviews while partying alongside Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza at a just-reopened jazz club. Apparently, her own strict mask mandate did not apply in this instance. Read F...

The Pentagon has put 100 National Guard troops on standby ahead of a rally in Washington, DC in support of the Capitol Hill rioters. The rally itself is controversial, with former President Donald Trump calling it a “setup.” Read Fu...

Racing driver Ira Sidorkova has admitted that the "shocking news" of her selection by lads' mag Maxim in their list of the top 100 of Russia's hottest women was a very welcome surprise. Read Full Article at RT.com

French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has urged schools to “reinforce vigilance” against a cyberbullying campaign high-school seniors are waging against incoming juniors on TikTok and Twitter under the hashtag #Anti2010. Re...

A chess icon is suing Netflix for being "grossly sexist" by including a line in a hit series claiming that she "never played men", launching a $5 million lawsuit that also takes issue with being depicted as Russian. Read Full Article at...

The Dutch defense minister has announced her resignation, following the foreign minister’s departure on Thursday. The political exodus follows a parliamentary vote to censure the cabinet over chaotic evacuations from Kabul. Read Full ...

Ten men accused of being involved in the March 2016 bombings in Brussels, which killed 32 people, are to face trial, prosecutors have announced. Six of them are already accused in France over the Paris attacks a year before. Read Full A...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on more countries in the Arab world to normalize diplomatic ties with Israel, offering rare praise to Trump’s diplomacy as he marked one year since the signing of a landmark peace deal. Read...

New York judge Lewis Kaplan ruled on Friday that Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, can be served with legal papers in the ongoing civil case launched by Virginia Giuffre, who claims the royal assaulted her at three locations. Read Full A...

Bayern Munich and France winger Kingsley Coman is recovering after having minor heart surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat issue, his club manager Julian Nagelsmann has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Russian man suspected of murdering three family members and of setting off an explosion at a police station in the small town of Liski was found on Friday with an arsenal of weapons, including guns, grenades, and cartridges. Read Full...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that under-16s do not lack the capacity to give informed consent concerning medical treatment which delays the onset of puberty, overturning a controversial ruling from last year. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was completed a week ago. However, the US continues to pressure its European allies to delay the project’s certification. Read Full Article at RT.com

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio confused New Yorkers after he published a threatening video on social media which showed a row of illegal dirt bikes being crushed by a bulldozer. Read Full Article at RT.com

A flight attendant has claimed that WWE legend Ric Flair spun his penis at her and asked him to touch it on an infamous trip with an open bar – and a fellow wrestler has been condemned for joking about the incident. Read Full Article ...

Right-wing activist Laura Loomer has announced she has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing fairly extreme symptoms, though she continues to reject the vaccines, saying she is relying on Regeneron treatments. Read Full Artic...

A court in southern France has slapped a billboard owner with a €10,000 fine for "public insult" after President Emmanuel Macron was depicted on the man's public advertising panel as Hitler during anti-Covid-rules demonstrations. Read...

The dollar’s role in both the Russian and global markets is still substantial, but interest in it will gradually decline in favor of other currencies, in particular the euro, the governor of the Bank of Russia predicted on Friday. Rea...

China’s second-largest real estate developer by sales, Evergrande, admitted this week it is under “tremendous pressure” and may not be able to meet its crippling debt obligations. Read Full Article at RT.com

Brexiteer Nigel Farage is among those celebrating ‘the return of Britishness’ after a government statement outlined plans to let businesses re-adopt imperial measurements and print the Crown Stamp on pint glasses. Read Full Article ...

The Welsh government announced on Friday that, from 11 October, over-18s will be required to prove they have been fully vaccinated against Covid or tested negative in the past 48 hours to enter clubs or large events. Read Full Article a...

The US Food and Drug Administration will vote on whether to approve booster doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. The vote comes after the drug firm published data showing major decline of potency of its two-shot regimen over time. Read...

RT has asked the Russian authorities to put pressure on American tech giant Facebook over what it has described as an act of censorship against its digital content project Redfish, whose Instagram account was suspended this week. Read F...

Terming it a “setup”, Donald Trump has distanced himself from an upcoming rally in support of those arrested during the January 6 US Capitol riot – but expressed solidarity with those “persecuted” by a “two-tiered” justice...

New Zealand's first cricket tour of Pakistan in 18 years is off after their opening match was cancelled at the 11th hour amid government fears of a potential terrorist attack against the visiting players. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The European Ombudsman has demanded that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen explain how she lost text messages that she exchanged with the CEO of Pfizer during talks about vaccine procurement.   Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Despite the US spending months planning its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the events that unfolded looked more like an escape than a coordinated maneuver, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a forum of Eurasian leaders on Friday. Read ...

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has warned, after a meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, that a US-UK post-Brexit trade deal would be “very unlikely” if “there is a destruction of the Good Friday accords.” Re...

A former UFC star has become the latest voice to join the debate around transgender fighters facing opponents born as women – and the debate shows no signs of slowing across sport. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s state-run energy giant Gazprom estimates the country’s reserves of natural gas will last 100 years with some deposits capable of delivering the fuel until 2132. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Beluga whale, born last month at the Primorsky Aquarium in Vladivostok, has been shown to the public for the first time in its short life, the facility announced on Wednesday, marking a historic event for the tourist attraction. Read ...

Taipei has reported that 10 Chinese aircraft crossed into its air-defense zone, just one day after Taiwan pledged an extra $9 billion to beef up its military against Beijing. Read Full Article at RT.com

German tennis legend and former Novak Djokovic coach Boris Becker has said that the spotlight placed upon the world's top player is "unfair" compared to fellow stars Rafal Nadal and Roger Federer after his US Open defeat. Read Full Arti...

Russia goes to the polls this week to elect the lower house of parliament, the Duma. One thing, however, is already certain: If the pro-Putin United Russia party wins a big majority, critics will dismiss the result as fraudulent. Read F...

New Delhi has signed preliminary agreements with US tech giants to share farm statistics as part of an ambitious government-led productivity drive aimed at transforming the nation’s outdated agricultural industry. Read Full Article at...

Armin Laschet, the new head of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) & her possible successor, has said migrants must be thoroughly integrated into society while terrorists must be expelled from the country. Read...

The US secretary of state has caused confusion by deleting a post critical of Hong Kong’s unseating of opposition council members and issuing a milder remark instead. A department spokesperson stuck to the original wording. Read Full ...

Conservative commentator Darren Grimes, among others, posted footage on Twitter as he claimed that British police were helping climate activists in their attempts to block London’s orbital motorway during a week of demonstrations. Rea...

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma’s plea to overturn his 15-month prison sentence handed to him after failing to attend a corruption hearing has been rejected by the country’s top court. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Dutch police have arrested a suspect in a knife attack in the city of Almelo after two people were killed and a third person was injured in a “stabbing incident.” The assailant also sustained injuries. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Andrew Neil opened fire on TV news channel GB News just days after leaving the company as its chairman, unfavourably comparing the channel to Fox News and claiming it had strayed too far from his original vision. Read Full Article at RT...

Congolese professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the virologist who first discovered Ebola more than 40 years ago, has declared that it has been defeated, marking the end of a decades-long battle against the “deadly disease.” Read Full Art...

One of America's most prominent diplomats, widely cast as the leading foreign force behind calls for regime change in the unrest that hit Ukraine in 2014, is hoping for a summit with officials in Moscow, Russian media reports. Read Full...

An online tactical voting initiative backed by jailed campaigner Alexey Navalny has been removed from app stores on the eve of Russia's parliamentary elections, after Moscow hit out at tech firms it says were circumventing a ban. Read F...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has insisted that he made it “very clear” to his French counterpart that scrapping the 2016 submarine deal was a possibility, rejecting Paris’ claims that Canberra had not forewarned them. ...

A top arm wrestler wants a reward if he breaks former world's strongest man Thor Bjornsson's nose on Saturday, stepping in to provide the next challenge as the Game of Thrones star continues his escapades in boxing. Read Full Article at...

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The world’s second-largest economy, China, has filed an application to enter the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which currently includes 11 nations. Read Full Article at RT.com

Fitch Ratings has trimmed its outlook for global economic recovery for 2021, citing supply-chain disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic that is still affecting many countries. Read Full Article at RT.com

Indonesia’s foreign ministry has said it is concerned about the sale of US and UK nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, claiming it is contributing to an arms race and increasing power projection in the Indo-Pacific. Read Full Arti...

Russia’s Central Bank has revealed it is holding talks with the country’s financial institutions to convince them to slow down payments to cryptocurrency exchanges in order to stop citizens from making bad monetary decisions. Read F...

Three crew members of China’s Shenzhou-12 space mission have returned home after spending three months onboard the Tianhe space station, preparing it for future expansion missions. Read Full Article at RT.com

Australia will remain undeterred on its path towards obtaining nuclear-powered submarines with the help of the US, despite stern warnings from China, the country’s defense minister has said.  Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Federal Aviation Administration has barred drones from flying over a south Texas bridge where more than 10,000 migrants have gathered, preventing local media from capturing aerial footage showing conditions at the site. Read Full...

British researchers are set to study the effects of mixed vaccine schedules on children and teens, hoping to figure out whether second doses have the intended immune response in youths amid concerns of possible side effects. Read Full A...

A third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine could cut the risk of Covid infection by more than 10 times in elderly patients, according to an Israeli study, which was peer-reviewed just ahead of a key FDA meeting on boosters for Americans. Read F...

No longer content to just go after bots and trolls, Facebook has established a new category of “social harm” posted by genuine users, starting with purging pages and Instagram accounts of the German anti-lockdown group Querdenken. R...

There has been no change of the approval status of the Russian-developed Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, which is still waiting for additional paperwork, a World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson has told news agency TASS. Read Full...

Special Counsel John Durham has charged a partner at Perkins Coie, a law firm representing the Democrats and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, for allegedly lying to the FBI in the Trump-Russia probe. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Australia’s new defense treaty with the US and UK will feature muscular defenses, courtesy of US deployment of military aircraft in addition to the agreed nuclear-powered submarines, officials said after a meeting in Washington. Read ...

As thousands of migrants try to enter the US, Texas Governor Greg Abbott closed six crossing points in the state, “to stop these caravans from overrunning our state.” Abbott blames the Biden administration for the crisis. Read Full ...

The Netherlands' foreign minister, Sigrid Kaag, has stepped down from her post after the country's parliament censured her and the Dutch defense minister over a chaotic Kabul evacuation that left many behind. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Seven southern US states, mostly led by Republican governors, say they are now facing shortages of monoclonal antibody treatments for Covid-19 after the federal government took over the distribution, citing the need for “equity.” Re...

Insisting it was his "job," a man took it upon himself to publicly shame an unvaccinated woman as she shopped at Target, calling on others to join in. The viral clip drew comparisons to a scene from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Read ...

A recent pair of defeats, including one to Antonina Shevchenko, compelled Ariane Lipski to uproot herself in search of a new training environment at ATT in Florida – and she says she's eager to show off new skills this weekend. Read F...

The Italian government has approved a plan to make its Covid 'Green Pass' certificate mandatory for all workers. The plan, which would see those without the pass put on leave without pay, is set to be implemented next month. Read Full A...

Moscow’s Ministry of Defense has released a spectacular video from the active phase of the Zapad 2021 joint strategic exercise, which finished on Thursday after being hosted at nine military training ranges in Russia and Belarus. Read...

Triller's latest attempt at boxing nostalgia was condemned on all sides as ring veteran Evander Holyfield was shellacked in Florida last weekend, and has forced its chief into a change of tack – and not a second too soon. Read Full Ar...

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has urged police in Washington, DC to “take a firm line” at an upcoming rally for Trump supporters jailed following the Capitol Hill riot. Trump himself reportedly views the protest as a “setup.” R...

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry fired his justice minister hours after dismissing the country’s chief prosecutor, who had tried to charge the leader over his alleged involvement in the late president’s assassination. Read Full Ar...

The World Health Organization has suspended its approval process for Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, after the UN agency found one of the production facilities for the shots had followed the wrong manufacturing practices. Read F...

Fresh from an on-air feud with rapper Nicki Minaj, MSNBC host Joy Reid has drawn scorn and ridicule for accusing Republicans of trying to spread Covid-19 into schools, offices, and stores. Read Full Article at RT.com

World football governing body FIFA has claimed that surveys show the majority of fans want the World Cup to be played more regularly, setting itself further on a collision course with groups which oppose the plans. Read Full Article at ...

Johnson & Johnson's Covid jab has been added to Iran's arsenal for emergency use, the country's medicines regulator has announced, despite its import bans on vaccines made by the UK and the US earlier this year. Read Full Article at RT....

Officials on the Spanish island La Palma have warned of a potential volcanic eruption, after an ‘earthquake swarm’ of 4,222 tremors was detected near the Teneguía volcano by the country’s National Geographic Institute (IGN). Read...

Scotland’s health secretary wasn’t impressed when a BBC editor posted a video from the Scottish parliament, in which the already-injured SNP minister trips over the wheel of his scooter. It didn’t stop the clip from going viral. R...