Russian diamond miner Alrosa increased production by 26% in the third quarter of 2021, according to the latest data released by the company. Read Full Article at RT.com

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that global government debt is estimated at 97.8% of the world’s gross domestic product in 2021. Read Full Article at RT.com

With the first-ever film crew to shoot footage in space for a feature film set to return to Earth, RT talked to seasoned spacefarers about the challenges the crew faced, as well as the impact of the mission on the space industry. Read F...

The return capsule carrying Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko, the first people to conduct location shooting for a movie in space, has successfully landed, the space agency Roscosmos has reported. Read Full Arti...

A Russian movie crew behind the first-ever film shoot aboard the International Space Station are returning home after their pioneering endeavor. Watch RT’s special coverage of the groundbreaking cinematographic achievement. Read Full ...

The spaceship Soyuz MS-18 has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and is on its way back to Earth. Two of the crew members were in space to film footage for an upcoming feature-length movie. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Pennsylvania state’s association of school boards has voted to leave the national federation for such governing bodies, saying the “final straw” was a letter to President Joe Biden that likened parents to “domestic terrorists.�...

Video footage of Melbourne police checking whether a man’s coffee cup was empty to verify his excuse for not wearing a mask is stirring the latest round of online outrage over Australia’s dystopian Covid-19 policies. Read Full Artic...

Police are investigating an incident in which they say passengers on a crowded Philadelphia commuter train stood by and did not even call 911 while a woman was assaulted and raped by a 35-year-old man in plain view. Read Full Article at...

Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton told RT’s Going Underground that Moscow has chosen the wrong strategic path by building stronger ties with Beijing instead of mending relations with the US and Western Europe. Read Full ...

UFC superstar Conor McGregor has been in Rome with his family for the christening of his son Rhian in the Vatican, and also touched bases with Roma boss Jose Mourinho on a whistlestop tour of the Italian capital. Read Full Article at RT...

Edouard Mendy was sensational in the Chelsea goal as the Blues edged out west London rivals Brentford to climb back to the Premier League summit on Saturday. Read Full Article at RT.com

NFL fans reacted in disbelief after it was reported that the league hasn't found any other team or personnel that sent emails which contained racist, anti-gay or misogynistic language amid the resignation of Jon Gruden. Read Full Articl...

Fans have reacted after Manchester United fell to a Premier League defeat at Leicester, with further calls for the head of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and criticism of Cristiano Ronaldo. Read Full Article at RT.com

Norma Dumont says UFC fighters could be given a monthly salary by the promotion as the featherweight contender detailed her financial woes as she prepares to face Aspen Ladd in their Las Vegas main event. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

An ambitious project aiming to learn more about the birth and development of the solar system has launched from Florida ahead of a 12-year mission to reach asteroids near Jupiter. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock won’t become the special envoy for a United Nations commission working on Africa’s recovery from Covid-19, after the UN suddenly decided not to take his appointment forward. Read Full Article ...

A two-person film crew, who became the first to shoot footage for a feature film in Earth’s orbit, are set to travel home from the International Space Station on Sunday. They also helped out with the regular work in space. Read Full A...

Hockey fans had a night they'll never forget during the Seattle Kraken's second-ever match in the NHL, as their brawling in the stands went viral while a woman casually enjoyed her drink with fighting in her lap. Read Full Article at RT...

Social media users have reacted after it was reported that scandal-hit wrestling legend Ric Flair will act as an honorary host at a fundraiser held by former US President Donald Trump in December. Read Full Article at RT.com

Protective measures will be reviewed for lawmakers during meetings with voters, the UK interior minister says. After visiting the site of Friday’s fatal stabbing of an MP, she described the incident as an attack on democracy. Read Ful...

Russia has emerged as the world’s third largest bitcoin miner, with its share in the total computing power of miners – known as the ‘hash rate’ – reaching 11.23%, data from the University of Cambridge published this week shows...

After mesmerizing football fans with a wonder goal against Manchester City earlier this month, Liverpool star Mo Salah repeated the trick in Saturday’s Premier League clash against Watford. Read Full Article at RT.com

A player in Ukraine’s second-tier league has received a call from the country’s football authorities after being seen appearing to celebrate when his team conceded a goal in a 2-0 defeat earlier this month. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Russia has officially registered more than 1,000 daily coronavirus deaths for the first time since the start of the killer pandemic, with the skyrocketing number of registered infections now beating one grim record after another. Read F...

A protest against the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is set to be held on Sunday near St James' Park as Newcastle United play their first Premier League match under their new Saudi ownership. Read Full Article at RT.com

The global supply chains are collapsing, leaving empty shelves and people queuing for basic goods, but stock prices continue to rise because of money-printing behind the scenes, collapsing the value of currencies. Read Full Article at R...

A Danish hotel boss has reprimanded staff after allegations of a wild pool party involving female workers and stars of the national football team ahead of a World Cup qualifier, prompting an investigation. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Serena Williams says she “loved” her meeting with Maria Sharapova at the Met Gala last month, after photos hinting at a thaw between the two former warring tennis rivals shocked fans. Read Full Article at RT.com

Islamic State terrorist group says Friday’s suicide bombing attack on a Shia mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and left dozens wounded was carried out by its members. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claims he is “relaxed” about footage showing Manchester United managerial legend Sir Alex Ferguson appearing to criticize his omission of Cristiano Ronaldo from the staring line-up for the game with Everton. Rea...

At least three people have been killed and seven others injured after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's tourist island of Bali just before dawn on Saturday, the country's search and rescue agency has said. Read Full Article ...

The value of Russian exports to European countries from January to August 2021 reached $109.7 billion, allowing Russia to remain the third largest EU exporter, European statistics agency Eurostat announced this week. Read Full Article a...

China’s second manned mission reached the Tiangong space station, which is still under construction, on Saturday. The three astronauts left the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft and entered the station’s core module. Read Full Article at RT.co...

There's no point talking to Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says, arguing Russia should wait for a friendlier government in Kiev. The only problem is there's almost no chance of that happening any time soon. Read Full ...

Australia continues to back its coal industry as many Western nations have turned their back on the dirtiest fossil fuel, approving a third coal mine extension in a month and bolstering partnerships for long-term coal exports. Read Full...

The Kamchatka Region in Russia’s Far East will reject potentially profitable projects if they are deemed to pose a danger to the environment, its Governor Vladimir Solodov announced this week. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US military is offering “condolence payments” to a family in Afghanistan after a badly planned drone strike killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in the country’s capital in August, though did not provide any numbers....

Several people were wounded after shots rang out during a high school football matchup in Mobile, Alabama, according to local police, who noted that one person was rushed to the hospital with “life-threatening” injuries. Read Full A...

The German state of Hesse has become the first to allow businesses to deny the unvaccinated access even to basic necessities, setting a troubling precedent as its neighbors wrestle with protests against vaccination mandates. Read Full A...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s battle with the city’s police union over her Covid-19 vaccine mandate has escalated, with both sides suing each other in a dispute that may hinder efforts to fight rampant violent crime. Read Full Arti...

Gage Grosskreutz, one of the armed activists shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during last year’s riots in Kenosha, is blaming the authorities and police in the Wisconsin city for his injuries and is seeking monetary compensation. Read Full Ar...

Covid-19 ‘vaccine lottery’ schemes across 19 states had no noticeable effect on vaccination rates and may have squandered millions in tax dollars, according to newly published research that suggests the programs were a major flop. R...

The Metropolitan Police officially declared the murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess in Essex to be a terrorist incident, and put Counter Terrorism Policing in charge of the investigation. Read Full Article at RT.com

Responding to Moscow’s protests over the approach of the warship USS Chafee to Russian territorial waters, the US Pacific Fleet has labelled Moscow's account as false and insisted its guided missile destroyer did nothing wrong. Read F...

One of the organizers of a walkout protest planned by Netflix employees over Dave Chappelle’s new comedy special and its alleged transphobia has reportedly been fired. Read Full Article at RT.com

Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who confessed to killing 14 students and three staffers at a high school in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, plans to plead guilty to all of the murders in a case that sparked a major US gun control campaign. Read Fu...

Withdrawing from Afghanistan was bad, sanctions are good, regime change in Iran is the only way, and Donald Trump is to blame for US Covid-19 deaths, his former advisor John Bolton told RT’s Going Underground. Read Full Article at RT....

A veteran Capitol Police officer has been charged with obstruction of justice after allegedly urging a participant of the January 6 riot to delete Facebook posts showing him inside the building, and warning him of investigation. Read Fu...

British counter terrorism police are leading the probe into the killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess on Friday to determine if the attack was terrorism-related. Read Full Article at RT.com

The deputy secretary at the US Treasury has put Americans on notice that the only way to end the plague of empty shelves around the country is for every resident to be vaccinated. The frank warning came off as a threat to many. Read Ful...

The model on-off lover of former Real Madrid and PSG star Jese Rodriguez has taken to the internet to give her side of a story that allegedly saw her run over the forward in her car. Read Full Article at RT.com

A day after recommending Moderna’s Covid-19 booster proposal, an advisory vaccine panel to the Food and Drug Administration endorsed Johnson & Johnson boosters as well, to be offered at least two months after the initial shot. Read Fu...

A large riot has broken out in a penal colony located in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, with up to 600 inmates reportedly taking part in the violence. Police eventually brought the situation under control, authorities said. Read Full ...

School administrators at Virginia's Loudoun County Public Schools reportedly allowed the alleged ‘gender fluid’ perpetrator behind the rape of a female student in the girls’ bathroom to move to a new school without warning anyone....

An error by Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station during engine testing accidentally rotated the satellite 57 degrees, causing American astronauts on board to sound a distress signal, it was revealed on Friday.  Read Fu...

America’s military attache has been summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry to explain an “unprofessional” incident in which a US destroyer reportedly attempted to violate the country’s territorial waters, Moscow said on Friday...

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller has been issued a letter of reprimand and docked $5,000 in pay for his public criticism of the US’ heavily-scrutinized withdrawal from Afghanistan, which left 13 Americans dead. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Reigning US Open champion Daniil Medvedev has become the latest tennis star to pull out of the upcoming Kremlin Cup, and joins an extensive list of absentees including female Flushing Meadows counterpart Emma Raducanu. Read Full Article...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has set off a fiery debate on paternity leave as critics are outraged to find he has been off work since mid-August amid supply chain chaos and infrastructure stalemates. Read Full Article at RT.c...

US Army Major General Jo Clyborne was ridiculed on social media after she protested that the military would not allow her to wear a French manicure to work. Read Full Article at RT.com

China sent its second manned mission to the Tiangong space station on Friday, with the crew including the station’s first female Taikonaut, Wang Yaping. Read Full Article at RT.com

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant has spoken out on the predicament of his teammate Kyrie Irving, who is sidelined due to a refusal to take the Covid vaccine, and claimed that being "mad" at the point guard will not change his mind. Read ...

A new sexual assault lawsuit has been filed against comedian Bill Cosby following his release from prison this year, after his conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent assault was overturned. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Richard Branson’s spaceflight business Virgin Galactic has announced that recent analysis highlighted safety concerns around the strength of materials used in its rocket ships, forcing delays to its commercial manned launches. Read Fu...

The Cypriot government announced on Friday that it has decided to formally strip passports from 39 people who obtained citizenship under a disgraced investment scheme, as well as six of their dependents. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Combat sports fans were left stupefied after Armenian-Italian kickboxing icon Giorgio Petrosyan was handed a brutal knockout defeat by Thai sensation Superbon Banchamek in their ONE Championship title bout. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian sailors were scrambled to head off the American missile destroyer USS Chafee as it set course to violate their country’s maritime borders in waters closed off for military exercises, Moscow’s Ministry of Defense has said. Re...

Mental illness remains the main driver behind the deadly bow-and-arrow attack in Norway, police have said. While the suspect is being held in a psychiatric institution, other motives, including terrorism, have not been ruled out. Read F...

International visitors who are fully inoculated against Covid-19 will be allowed to enter the US from November 8, the White House has said, as the country continues to ease its travel restrictions. Read Full Article at RT.com

Panamanian authorities have reportedly exhumed several bags filled with human remains from a mass grave as the country conducts searches to identify victims of the 1989 US invasion that toppled General Manuel Noriega's regime. Read Full...

Staff of the Memorial Human Rights group in Moscow were reportedly locked inside their offices for hours after the screening of a film about Ukraine’s Soviet-era famine was disrupted by masked protesters forcing their way inside. Read...

Germany’s Social Democrats, Greens and Liberal Free Democrats have reached a draft agreement to form a government after exploratory talks that move onto formal negotiations to form a majority coalition. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Moscow is set to become the world’s first major city to have its public transport entirely powered by electricity, its mayor revealed on Thursday, explaining that there will be no diesel buses in the Russian capital at all by 2028 Rea...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has predicted that Premier League rivals and "new superpower" Newcastle United, who have just been purchased by a Saudi consortium, will play a dominant role in football in the next decades. Read Full Arti...

The cost of aluminum on Friday exceeded $3,200 per ton for the first time since 2008, trading data shows. In October alone, the price of the metal – used in everything from soft drink cans to microchips – gained 12%. Read Full Artic...

An operation to evict squatters from the left-wing Kopi trailer camp in Berlin has turned into a medieval-style standoff as shield-bearing police officers used siege towers and armored vehicles to ram the walls of the compound. Read Ful...

UFC lightweight contender Rafael Fiziev has taken to Instagram to reveal he plans to leave Kyrgyzstan and stop fighting under its flag following alleged pressure from religious figures in the Central Asian country. Read Full Article at ...

Dan Reed, the director of controversial Michael Jackson documentary ‘Leaving Neverland’, claimed this week that British police would have “opened fire” on the January 6 US Capitol protesters had they made a similar move in Londo...

More than ten people thought to be affiliated with terrorist groups have entered Lithuania through Belarus by taking advantage of the huge influx of migrants attempting to enter the EU, a senior defense official has revealed. Read Full ...

South Africa’s health minister has announced that the country will start giving Covid vaccines to 12- to 17-year-olds from next week, using the Pfizer jab, as part of a plan to boost inoculation before exams start. Read Full Article a...

Poland’s prime minister has lashed out with accusations that EU institutions impede on the rights of its member nations following a ruling by the country’s Constitutional Tribunal that Warsaw’s laws reign supreme over Brussels’....

A Conservative MP has died after being stabbed “several times" as he held a meeting at a Methodist church in his constituency of Southend West. Police have been deployed to the area in considerable numbers. Read Full Article at RT.com...

UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev has defended friend, teammate and trainer Khabib Nurmagomedov after the Russian MMA icon used a vicious assault on the Moscow Metro to taunt rival Conor McGregor. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A UK health sector watchdog has warned that pregnant women were exposed to “avoidable harm” due to shortages of trained maternity staff at NHS hospitals under a trust that is at the centre of a high-profile infant deaths scandal. Re...

Several thousand people staged a rally at the port of Trieste on Friday to protest the Italian government’s decision to make coronavirus health passes mandatory for all workers, which went into force on that day. Read Full Article at ...

A spokesperson for the German government has said Berlin rejects any further negotiation concerning the Northern Ireland Protocol, but it supports European Commission attempts to find a solution. Read Full Article at RT.com

The world’s most popular cryptocurrency has soared to its highest level since May on Friday, propelled by traders’ optimism about a US approval of the first bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF). Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Moldova has introduced a state of alert over falling gas supplies and the lack of a new deal with Russian energy provider Gazprom. The previous contract ended in September, and the two parties have failed to agree on a renewal. Read Ful...

Hundreds of people have gathered at Italian ports protesting the requirement for all workers to show Covid-19 health passes, which has now come into force. Failure to comply could result in suspension from the workplace and fines. Read ...

The US has now officially become the world leader in bitcoin mining, doubling its share in the energy-intensive activity after miners were forced out of China by a sweeping mining ban. Read Full Article at RT.com

At least 56 people have been detained and will likely face kidnapping charges after ANC anti-apartheid veterans held three ministers hostage in hotel in Pretoria, South Africa, demanding compensation for fighting white rule. Read Full A...

Lionel Messi has criticized a Brazilian referee who led last night's World Cup qualifier between Argentina and Peru, as a pair of his teammates mocked a member of the opposition for missing a penalty. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Moscow has joined Beijing in hitting out at a new military pact between the US, UK and Australia, saying that the move puts the West on a collision course with China and could lead to a sharp escalation in international tensions. Read F...

Covid testing by a private laboratory in Wolverhampton has been suspended after an NHS Test and Trace investigation found around 43,000 people in England and Wales may have received the wrong results. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The ruble continued to strengthen against the US dollar on Friday, reaching levels last seen in July 2020. The Russian stock market MOEX also surged, hitting a record high on rising oil price prices. Read Full Article at RT.com

The husband of Kenyan Olympic distance runner Agnes Tirop has been arrested after apparently trying to make a desperate escape from police after the athletics star was found stabbed to death earlier this week. Read Full Article at RT.co...

An explosion at a Shia mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan during Friday prayers has left at least 33 people dead and 73 injured, according to officials, with victims being transported to hospital in ambulances and cars. Read Full Article a...

Phoenix police say they have arrested the owner of a drug lab on wheels, which they found strikingly similar to what the protagonist of the hit TV series ‘Breaking Bad’ used in his criminal enterprise. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The European Union must make significant concessions regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol, Britain’s Brexit Minister David Frost has said, if Brussels and London are to reach an agreed solution. Read Full Article at RT.com