Further mutations of the Covid-19 virus could spawn a strain as contagious as the Delta variant and as deadly as the Ebola virus. That's the stark warning from the World Medical Association. Read Full Article at RT.com

LA Lakers star Lebron James has been slapped with a fine by the NBA for making an obscene gesture and has been warned about using inappropriate language during media events. Read Full Article at RT.com

A fresh round of rallies against mandatory Covid vaccination has hit Australia, with hundreds of thousands protesting in dozens of cities. Aerial footage captured huge crowds blocking central streets. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Serbia has managed to reach a compromise deal on gas supplies with Russia. The new contract allows the Balkan nation to keep purchasing Russian gas at a bargain price despite the severe gas crunch in Europe. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A top Covid-19 adviser to the South African government is refusing to panic like his foreign colleagues, asserting that the ‘super-mutant’ Omicron strain won’t cause a major spike in cases and vaccines will work against it. Read F...

China’s foreign ministry has publicly supported of Russia in condemning the US-backed so called ‘Summit for Democracy’ due to take place next month, criticizing it as a distortion of the values Washington claims to champion. Read ...

The largest international oil and gas firms wrote down assets worth $150 billion last year when prices crashed with the demand slump in the pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

A number of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms have announced strategies to address the newly identified Covid-19 variant, dubbed Omicron, including plans to alter existing vaccines and develop new boosters. Read Full Article at...

An individual toting a knife was shot and killed outside a Marine Corps recruiting center in San Diego, California, the military has confirmed, saying the person ignored commands to stay in their car and showed “hostile intent.” Rea...

A newly identified, heavily-mutated coronavirus strain dubbed ‘Omicron’ is triggering alarm across much of the globe, prompting a rash of travel restrictions amid fears that existing vaccines will be unable to stop the variant. Read...

As growing fears of the Omicron variant trigger global travel bans, at least 61 of the 600 arrivals from South Africa tested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport have turned out to be positive for Covid-19. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US President Joe Biden will apparently allow new leasing of federal lands for oil and natural-gas exploration, though with new restrictions and higher fees on producers, rather than fulfill a campaign promise to halt drilling. Read Full...

Stephen Sondheim, the composer and lyricist made famous by his work on such musicals as ‘West Side Story’ and such songs as ‘Send in the Clowns,’ has died at the age of 91. Read Full Article at RT.com

The World Health Organization (WHO) decision to name the new coronavirus variant of concern ‘Omicron’ has raised some eyebrows, as under its Greek alphabet naming scheme the next ones up should have been ‘Nu’ and then ‘Xi’. ...

US Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) has apologized for a joke portraying Democrat colleague Ilhan Omar (Minnesota) as a potential terrorist, saying she created an “unnecessary distraction.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A mall in Durham, North Carolina has been put on lockdown following reports of shots fired. Videos show customers fleeing in panic and waiting in shuttered stores on what is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year. Read Full ...

Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to properly demarcate their border, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, following talks with the leaders of both countries, aimed at bringing the decades-long conflict to an end. Read F...

Three people, including at least one teenage student, were killed in the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo when one or several gunmen opened fire on a bus.  Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian teenage figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva smashed another world record as she produced a stunning performance at the Rostelecom Cup Grand Prix in Sochi. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US has imposed restrictions on incoming travel from South Africa and seven neighboring countries, in a bid to prevent the spread of the ‘Omicron’ variant of Covid-19, according to media reports. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Scientists warn that a new coronavirus variant, dubbed Omicron, has the makings of a “super-contagious” virus. Here’s a quick look at how we got here, and how the new variant name came about. Read Full Article at RT.com

The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that countries restricting travel to and from southern Africa to prevent the spread of a “super-mutant” Covid-19 variant are acting too hastily. Read Full Article at RT.com

Bodybuilder Yuri Tolochko, who has shot to online notoriety after 'marrying' a sex doll, has shared details of his honeymoon with his second plastic bride Luna after the happy couple spent a week lapping up the sights in Bulgaria. Read ...

Fans of football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo have reacted with outrage after the play-off draw for the 2022 World Cup put his country Portugal on the same path as Italy. Read Full Article at RT.com

The World Health Organization (WHO) has named the new Covid-19 variant first detected in southern Africa “Omicron”, the UN health agency said after a meeting on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

People who have high levels of antibodies after recovering from Covid-19 should be allowed the same rights as those who have been fully vaccinated, the head of the body backing Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V jab has told RT. Read Full ...

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has defended the decision to allow a Saudi-backed consortium to take over Newcastle United, saying he was “satisfied” that the Saudi state would not be running the club. Read Full Artic...

American drugmaker Merck has stated that the latest data on its Covid-19 treatment showed the pill to be less effective than initially reported, just days before a panel meeting where US regulators will review the new drug. Read Full Ar...

The UK’s Covid genomics chief, Professor Sharon Peacock, has warned that it's only a matter of time before the newly mutated “worst-ever” strain reaches the country, but that officials can buy some time to prepare. Read Full Artic...

YouTube prankster-turned-boxer Jake Paul has fired back at Tyson Fury after comments about his Instagram influencer girlfriend, Julia Rose. Read Full Article at RT.com

Britain’s transgender prison popuation has grown by a fifth in two years, a new report states. Most are biological men identifying as women, and the increase was noted after the High Court ruled they could be jailed with women. Read F...

One of Italy or Portugal will not qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after the two titans were drawn in the same section of the European play-offs for the tournament. Read Full Article at RT.com

Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys last week, but other less fortunate fowl ended up on his family’s Thanksgiving plates, celebrities’ calls to go vegan notwithstanding, as evidenced by the president’s lavish holiday menu. Read Full A...

The Danish National Board of Health has recommended that children aged between five and 11 should be able to get vaccinated against Covid-19, becoming the first EU nation to make the move. Read Full Article at RT.com

Denmark’s public broadcaster has been accused of promoting a “wokeness on steroids” agenda, after featuring artists who criticized the excessive “whiteness” and lack of ethnic diversity in the country’s art museums. Read Ful...

Russian chess world championship hopeful Ian Nepomniachtchi is up against it when facing the dominant Magnus Carlsen in Dubai. But could a supercomputer help him to realize his potential? Read Full Article at RT.com

Belgium’s prime minister has warned that the coronavirus facing the world today is very different from the one that appeared in Wuhan two years ago, claiming it is three times more contagious than the original strain. Read Full Articl...

The Ukrainian armed forces are preparing to use all available resources to hold the front line against any Russian invasion, the country’s foreign minister has insisted, as the war of words between East and West ramps up. Read Full Ar...

Climate activists Extinction Rebellion have disrupted Amazon’s operations, targeting 15 of its fulfilment depots across the world, while warehouse workers and delivery drivers have started a strike in Germany, France, and Italy. Read ...

French fishermen have blocked British vessels from accessing the ports of St. Malo and Calais in a protest over UK authorities “withholding” their licenses. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian cross-country skiing star Veronika Stepanova has shared her thoughts on the International Olympic Committee’s recent guidelines on transgender athletes – asking fans if they want to see her race rivals who were born men. Rea...

South Africa has hit out at the UK after the British government rushed to impose a travel ban on multiple African nations over concerns about a mutated strain of the Covid virus, which has been detected in a small number of cases. Read ...

After overseeing the introduction of Jake Paul as a professional prizefighter, Triller Fight Club are set to launch a combat sports novelty which will feature several MMA and boxing veterans - but can it capture fans' imagination? Read ...

Germany’s new government will have to “take another look” at the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline because it’s a “strategic project” aimed at putting Ukraine under pressure, the incoming German vice-chancellor has cl...

Five London Underground lines across the UK capital have been affected by a train drivers’ strike on Black Friday, with more disruption expected over the weekend. Read Full Article at RT.com

Madonna has hit out at Instagram over its decision to delete the pop star’s raunchy photoshoot on Wednesday, arguing that the nipple should not be the only part of a woman’s body that can be sexualized. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Passengers on board two KLM flights from South Africa have been forbidden from disembarking at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. With authorities fearing the spread of the ‘Omicron’ variant of Covid-19, all on board are being tested. R...

Amazon is “nearing a deal” to make a TV show based on the iconic Mass Effect gaming franchise, media reports have claimed this week. Well, I would definitely have sold my kidney to binge watch such a series in the early 2010s. Read ...

A court in Moscow has sentenced three bloggers to three-and-a-half years behind bars on charges of car theft following a practical joke that involved stealing a taxi while the driver was loading luggage into the trunk. Read Full Article...

Washington is using the migrant crisis to stage a conflict with Belarus, the country’s embattled leader Alexander Lukashenko has declared, in his latest tirade against the West, as the region’s border humanitarian crisis drags on. R...

The latest rioting in the Solomon Islands’ capital and its Chinatown had been incited from abroad, the country’s prime minister claimed. Australian police officers have landed in the troubled country to help restore public order. Re...

The first case of the new Covid-19 variant has been detected in Belgium, according to local media reports corroborated by a leading doctor, who said the health authorities have handled two “suspicious” samples. Read Full Article at ...

A shadowy non-profit known as the Voter Participation Center reportedly spent over $100 million ahead of the 2020 presidential election to attract hundreds of thousands of votes from those considered likely to support Joe Biden. Read Fu...

Researchers have discovered a type of gut bacteria that improves the memory and cognitive function of bumblebees, and believe the findings could be applicable to humans too. Read Full Article at RT.com

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that it could take “a few weeks” to understand the risk posed by the transmissibility of the newly mutated strain of the Covid variant that’s been detected in South Africa. Read Full ...

Scientists have raised the alarm about the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, first identified in Botswana, which has an “extremely high number” of mutations that may drive new waves of infection. So how dangerous is it? Read Full Articl...

One of Asia’s largest airlines, Cathay Pacific, was forced to cancel some of its passenger flights to Hong Kong after some of its crews refused to follow the carrier’s quarantine rules. Read Full Article at RT.com

Reports have claimed that Lionel Messi has won the 2021 Ballon d'Or awarded by France Football, which would be the seventh time the star has received the accolade. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Israeli government will act “fast and strong” in its fight against the new Covid variant, as the country is now “on the verge of an emergency,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has stated. Read Full Article at RT.com

Belgium administered a 19-0 hammering to Armenia on Thursday in what was just one of an assortment of ridiculous scoring mismatches across Women's World Cup qualifying matches. Read Full Article at RT.com

A host of foreign sports teams have begun to flee South Africa amid reports that a new and highly transmissible variant of Covid-19 has been detected in the region. Read Full Article at RT.com

A lockdown imposed on the three coastal towns on the Spanish island of La Palma was ended on Wednesday, as officials announced that toxic fumes had partially dissipated amid the ongoing eruption from the Cumbre Vieja volcano. Read Full ...

Controversial congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) has been accused of “anti-Muslim bigotry” after a video emerged of her joking about lawmaker Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) being part of a “jihad squad.” Read Full Article at RT...

A China-bound plane carrying the Foreign Minister of Switzerland was rerouted to Moscow, on Friday afternoon, over technical issues, Bern has revealed. It landed safely. Read Full Article at RT.com

When the news broke on Thursday that Ralf Rangnick was primed to join Manchester United as their new interim manager, the nature of the timing seemed apt. Read Full Article at RT.com

The price of crude recorded its steepest daily decline since July on Friday as reports of the new heavily-mutated coronavirus strain raised concerns of fresh travel restrictions that could cripple fuel demand. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Levels of HIV drug resistance are on the rise and a new approach is urgently needed. Nearly half of all infants diagnosed with the virus are resistant to intervention, figures just published by the World Health Organization show. Read F...

A Russian-backed plot to topple the Ukrainian government within days has been exposed, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has claimed, pointing the finger at a high-profile oligarch as one of the backers of the coup. Read Fu...

Bitcoin dropped 6.7% Friday on reports of the aggressive new coronavirus variant from southern Africa, the spread of which threatens to bring the global economy to a halt. Read Full Article at RT.com

A lone hunter has been rescued and taken to hospital after being attacked by a bear in the vast Russian wilderness, managing to get help by crawling for hours across frozen wasteland, despite crippling injuries. Read Full Article at RT....

The Cumbre Vieja has spewed fresh lava flows, devouring everything in its path, with the volcano apocalypse running into its third month. Read Full Article at RT.com

Dick Pound, the vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), says he is "puzzled" by the reaction to the recent video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai amid ongoing queries as to her safety. Read Full Article at R...

Several government websites in Iran have been hacked, with calls for the death of the Supreme Leader posted all over them, as well as support for the country’s opposition group. Read Full Article at RT.com

At least 14 members of FC Barcelona's most infamous ultras group have been arrested following raids that threw up €300,000 in cash and various illegal weapons, drugs and Nazi paraphernalia. Read Full Article at RT.com

With the migrant crisis in Belarus still unresolved, Ukrainian border guards have staged a joint exercise near the frontier town of Ovruch to practice their response if groups of asylum seekers attempt to cross into the country. Read Fu...

The new Covid variant of major concern, which was first spotted in Botswana, has now been identified in Israel and Hong Kong, with experts fearing its mutations may allow it to spread quickly, evading existing Covid-19 immunity. Read Fu...

A ‘super mutant’ Covid variant has sparked a ban around the world on non-essential travel to South Africa and neighboring states, with several EU countries, the US and Russia becoming the latest nations to impose restrictions. Read ...

The UK has warned that the mutated strain of the Covid virus is “the most significant” yet, as London announced it will bar flights from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Read Full Article at RT.com

European and Asian stock markets plunged on Friday following reports of a new Covid-19 strain from South Africa, which, investors fear, could result in new travel curbs. Read Full Article at RT.com

The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) has provided families with the resources needed to “decolonize” Thanksgiving, including guidance on indigenous land acknowledgement. Read Full Article at RT.com

Warsaw is setting up a special research institute tasked with studying the damage inflicted on Poland by Nazi Germany, and pushing for reparations from Berlin, the Polish premier revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

The total annual volume of cryptocurrency transactions by Russian citizens amounts to $5 billion, according to the latest data by the country’s central bank. Read Full Article at RT.com

A “dormant” UK transport department website has been deleted after it displayed explicit pornography instead of traffic statistics and business development charts. It is not clear whether the site was hacked. Read Full Article at RT...

The UEFA Europa League match between Leicester City and Legia Warsaw was marred by ugly scenes in the stands as visiting clashed with police in what observers claimed was a planned attack which made use of a smokescreen. Read Full Artic...

Russian Communist MP Valery Rashkin has been stripped of his parliamentary immunity by the country’s State Duma after the country’s prosecutor general asked for permission to charge the politician for illegal hunting. Read Full Arti...

France has withdrawn UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s invitation to a meeting in Calais, following the publication of a letter by PM Boris Johnson to his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, regarding migrant crossings. Read Full Artic...

Security forces fired tear gas as thousands of protesters hit the streets of Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday to decry a power-sharing deal between the North African country’s civilian prime minister and the military. Read Full ...

The European Commission has mooted stopping all air travel from southern Africa amid rising concerns about a variant of Covid-19 that appears to have mutated to circumvent the body’s immune system. Read Full Article at RT.com

Rescue workers carrying out searches after a colossal explosion at a Siberian coal mine claimed the lives of an estimated 52 people have announced that a survivor has been recovered and is being taken to hospital. Read Full Article at R...

Alcoholic drinks, including wine and champagne, could be absent from store shelves in Britain this upcoming holiday season due to the truck-driver shortage, the country's drinks association has warned. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The former Soviet Republic of Georgia and its population are so special and unique that citizens will likely not be subject to strict rules on their Covid passes if they have recovered from the virus, its health minister has said. Read ...

A costly ice wall, set up to prevent an outflow of contaminated water from Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, may have partially melted, the country’s state-run broadcaster NHK has warned. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Canberra has confirmed reports of a Chinese spy vessel spotted off the Australian coast, with officials decrying the “alarming” action despite noting that Beijing was within its rights to sail in international waters. Read Full Arti...

Canberra has sent police, soldiers and diplomatic staff to the Solomon Islands in an bid to quell violent demonstrations over the county’s ties with China, with protesters recently attempting to storm the national parliament. Read Ful...

A newly discovered coronavirus strain with a significant number of mutations has prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to convene a special emergency meeting, set to discuss how to address the evolved variant. Read Full Article a...

A US congressional delegation has gone through with a trip to Taiwan, brushing off a demand from China to cancel the visit amid rising geopolitical tensions over the self-governing island. Read Full Article at RT.com

Israel’s Ministry of Defense is reportedly placing new limitations on where the country’s cybersecurity firms can sell their surveillance and hacking tools, sharply narrowing its list of approved nations for such deals. Read Full Ar...

Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has torpedoed an effort to raise $5 million to bail out Darrell Brooks, the suspect in last weekend’s car-ramming attack on a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Read Full Article at RT.com

Turkish riot police unleashed tear gas to disperse a large crowd of demonstrators protesting violence against women in Istanbul, as well as the government’s withdrawal from an international treaty devoted to combating it. Read Full Ar...

The Ridley Scott movie ‘House of Gucci’ is a star-studded, dramatically incoherent, big-budget soap opera, jam-packed with a hearty abundance of caricature and over-acting. Read Full Article at RT.com