Israel has increased the quarantine period for people infected with the ‘super-mutant’ Omicron variant of the coronavirus over suspicions they could remain contagious longer than other Covid patients. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A clay tablet retelling part of the ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’ – one of thousands of ancient artifacts looted and smuggled out of Iraq, mostly to the US – has been formally returned to its rightful owner. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A union of South Korean parent groups has rejected the looming ban of unvaccinated students from libraries and public study rooms. The new restriction was adopted in response to the surge in Covid-19 infections. Read Full Article at RT....

Chelsea’s legion of Russian fans was out in force in St. Petersburg on Wednesday as supporters enjoyed the rare opportunity to watch their team in the flesh as the London club played Zenit in the Champions League. Read Full Article at...

Hundreds of people gathered outside Westminster Palace late on Wednesday to protest against the bill granting sweeping powers to the UK police. The rally quickly spiraled into clashes between protesters and police officers. Read Full Ar...

US President Joe Biden will lean on his Ukrainian counterpart to make progress on autonomy for Kiev's breakaway regions and indicate that NATO membership is off the table for at least a decade, AP has reported, citing sources. Read Full...

The USSR, the communist super-state that was once the world’s largest country, could have avoided collapse if a number of flaws had been rectified, one Russian politician has claimed as the 30th anniversary of its demise looms. Read F...

A protest was held on Wednesday against a pending vaccine mandate and other pandemic-related restrictions in Munich, Germany’s third-largest city. The country’s new government hopes to have compulsory vaccination early next year. Re...

Cuba has given emergency authorization for its locally-made Soberana vaccine to be given to children from the age of two who have already had the coronavirus. Read Full Article at RT.com

A well-known Russian public intellectual has said that he supports taking down statues of Vladimir Lenin across the country, arguing that his compatriots should reject the legacy of the Soviet Union's founding leader. Read Full Article ...

A majority in the Senate voted to repeal President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses with more than a hundred employees, with two Democrats joining Republicans to oppose the policy. Read Full Article at RT.com

Defending Taiwan from Chinese invasion has become an “urgent” and “priority” task for the US military, a senior Pentagon official told lawmakers, claiming Beijing has plans to forcefully “unify” the island under mainland rul...

Israel and the US will discuss the possibility of a joint military exercise to prepare for attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, according to multiple reports, just days after Washington and Tehran sat down for renewed negotiations. Read Fu...

California is planning to become an abortion sanctuary for Americans from other states as pro-abortion activists warn that many states could soon ban the practice. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Food and Drug Administration is cooperating with a Freedom of Information Act request for clinical data associated with Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, but may require 75 years to do so – even longer than a prior estimate. Read Fu...

A New York judge has ruled that an 11-year-old girl may be vaccinated against Covid-19 despite vocal protests from her dad, siding with the child’s mother amid a lengthy divorce case while claiming the virus poses a “dire” threat....

A photo of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell at Queen Elizabeth II’s log cabin was released during Maxwell’s trial, with the two sitting in the same spot where the Queen was photographed. Read ...

A Maryland woman charged in connection with selling US nuclear submarine secrets to a foreign power wanted to flee the country because she despised President Donald Trump, not because she feared arrest, her lawyers said. Read Full Artic...

NBA stars who are not vaccinated face new travel restrictions following a government ruling on Covid rules, according to a report claiming that teams have been told to give league bosses a list of unjabbed players immediately. Read Full...

Nearly 500 public school employees in Los Angeles were fired after refusing to comply with a Covid-19 vaccine mandate, with the city making terminations permanent after previously suspending a number of workers. Read Full Article at RT....

The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot has informed former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows they have “no choice” but to refer him for criminal prosecution. Read Full Article at RT.com

The “acute phase” of the Covid-19 pandemic will end in 2022, billionaire Microsoft founder and vaccine enthusiast Bill Gates has predicted on his blog, also deeming the rise of the Omicron variant “concerning.” Read Full Article...

Russia’s second-richest man could be forced to pay one of the largest divorce bills in history, as his ex-wife sues him for a quarter of his fortune in a British court. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has revealed the victory speech she meant to give in 2016 after the presidential election, even getting emotional in a video about it, spurring a wave of mockery from her critics. Read Full Ar...

British PM Boris Johnson has unveiled revised Covid-19 rules, which he said are designed to stop the spread of the Omicron variant. Most will be familiar to Brits, who may feel a sense of deja vu from earlier pandemic ‘waves’. Read ...

A brand new poll focused on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the USSR has revealed that Russian people see former President Mikhail Gorbachev as the most hated figure from the Soviet era, ahead of leader Joseph Stalin. Read Full Arti...

French security services have prevented a planned stabbing spree in public places during the Christmas season. Two suspected Islamic State sympathizers, who hoped to knife holiday shoppers and die as martyrs, have been arrested. Read Fu...

British cyclist Mark Cavendish has asked the public for help after being robbed at knifepoint in front of his family when thugs broke into his home, stealing luxury goods just days after the star returned from intensive care. Read Full ...

A half-naked man was apprehended by police for attempting to nail his genitals to the pavement on Moscow’s iconic Red Square, Russian media outlets have reported, in what appears to be a repeat of a notorious 2013 display. Read Full A...

Twitter has suspended an account dedicated to covering the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial, raising alarm bells among the platform’s critics. The popular account sported over half a million followers. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden could soon hold a second round of talks, the Kremlin has revealed, after the two leaders held negotiations over key topics, including Ukraine and NATO. Read Full Ar...

HBO’s new documentary recounts the brutal CIA torture of Abu Zubaydah in chilling detail, but fails to focus enough of its fury at those running Washington, who were happy to let this atrocity happen. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Recreating a communist superstate would be impossible and is not something Russia is working towards, the Kremlin has said in response to US claims that Moscow wants to revive the USSR, which dissolved 30 years ago this week. Read Full ...

A former NFL player whose death following his arrest for minor offenses has shocked the sport was a victim of brutal police negligence in jail, according to a report which claims a police chief could not explain the tragedy. Read Full A...

Russia's Foreign Ministry has handed the American embassy in Moscow a protest note over a series of incidents in which it said NATO aircraft endangered the safety of the country's airspace and the lives of civilians. Read Full Article a...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new Covid restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the new Omicron variant, including the return of work from home advice and introducing coronavirus passes in certain settings. Read Ful...

Boris Johnson spokesperson Allegra Stratton has announced her resignation hours after the prime minister publicly apologized for jokes she made about a potentially illegal Downing Street Christmas party last year. Read Full Article at R...

The US moral and legal obligation to defend NATO allies if they come under attack does not extend to Ukraine, President Joe Biden said. The US sending troops there unilaterally is not an option, he added. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Russian sports ministry has reiterated the country's interest in hosting the Olympics but conceded that its hopes depend on a "political decision", adding that the US move to boycott Beijing is "counter to geopolitics." Read Full Ar...

China’s medical regulator has approved Brii Biosciences’ antibody combination Covid-19 treatment for adults and adolescents, making it the first therapy of this kind given the green light in the country. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Pharmaceutical company AbbVie has settled a lawsuit from New York claiming the drugmaker helped fuel the opioid crisis in the state. The company has agreed to pay out $200 million. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Joe Biden hopes to announce a high-level meeting with Russia and four major NATO allies by the end of the week, to discuss Moscow’s concerns and calm things down on what he called the “eastern front.” Read Full Articl...

Americans are quitting their jobs in near-record numbers, according to the latest data released by the US Department of Labor, with over four million leaving their places of employment in October. Read Full Article at RT.com

An independent government review has recommended that UK legislators make hostility against individuals because of their sex or gender a hate crime, to help stamp out the “growing threat” of “extreme misogyny.” Read Full Article...

Former ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett hit out at the prosecutor at his trial for ordering him to answer strict “yes” or “no” questions including the ‘n-word’ on the witness stand, insisting it was disrespectful even in q...

A rushed transition into renewable energy would cause spiraling inflation and social unrest, the chief executive of Aramco warned at the World Petroleum Congress in Texas this week. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK’s first fully electric hearse, based on the Tesla Model S, has hit the roads of the British county of Hampshire to let mourners pay their final respects not just in style, but in the most sustainable manner. Read Full Article a...

The collapse of the Soviet Union is frequently seen as small nations gaining independence from Russia. In reality, the events of 30 years ago were very different, with Russia playing a leading role in the dismantling of the USSR. Read F...

Boris Johnson has set out the approach UK ministers will be taking to the controversial Beijing Olympics after being asked about China's "genocide" of Muslim and religious minorities. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes Ukraine should be under the control of Moscow and he may be trying to recreate the USSR as a “legacy project” before leaving office, the US State Department claimed on Tuesday. Read Full Art...

The Berlin authorities have expanded the Covid-19 health pass rules to railway and metro platforms, with its latest decision effectively banning the homeless, who often seek protection from cold weather there. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The archbishop of Canterbury has slammed the UK’s Covid-19 travel restrictions as “travel apartheid” and described the revival of its red list over the Omicron variant as “morally wrong.” Read Full Article at RT.com

#GameDevPaidMe is once again trending on Twitter, with countless video game industry workers around the world sharing their salaries, in hopes of encouraging employers to pay developers fair wages. Read Full Article at RT.com

India's Serum Institute, the world's largest vaccine maker, has announced that it is stuck with around half a billion doses of the Covishield jab due to a lack of orders, forcing the company to halve production. Read Full Article at RT....

A California mother is claiming that Los Angeles’ Barack Obama Global Prep Academy gave her son a Covid-19 vaccine without her consent, bribing the child with incentives like pizza. Read Full Article at RT.com

The price of natural gas in Europe topped $1,150 per 1,000 cubic meters on Wednesday, or €99 per megawatt-hour in household terms, trading data shows. This comes as Russia, a major energy supplier, faces threats of US sanctions. Read ...

Russia has legitimate fears over the risk of American military hardware being stationed close to its borders, the country's president, Vladimir Putin, has said, insisting he still hopes talks with Washington can ease tensions. Read Full...

Sporting icon Pele has returned to hospital less than three months after being treated in intensive care for a colon tumor, doctors in Brazil have announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

A journalist and historian has been summoned for questioning in Poland after tweeting that Nazis didn’t want to exterminate Poles during World War II. The probe was launched under the law that bans the denial of Nazi crimes. Read Full...

A heated exchange between the Turkish interior minister and an opposition MP in parliament ended up in a scuffle between several lawmakers amid the 2022 budget talks. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab might not be enough to protect people against the Covid-19 Omicron strain, the US pharma giant said, citing its own study and adding that one more booster shot could still do the trick. Read Full Art...

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologized for going out to a nightclub after coming into contact with Covid-infected person in her office, citing a misunderstanding of the rules as the cause of her mishap. Read Full Article ...

In a first-of-a-kind report, YouTube revealed that in just the first half of 2021 the site received over 729 million copyright claims, of which over 3.6 million were disputed as being incorrect. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia's media watchdog has added the main website of the Tor Project to a list of restricted addresses. The Seattle-based NGO responded with a call to ramp up support for its operations in the world's largest country Read Full Article ...

General Bipin Rawat was killed in a helicopter crash in the south of the country, which claimed the lives of 12 other people and left one survivor. Read Full Article at RT.com

The sudden death of a popular Russian Premier League coach has mystified his colleagues and friends, with Russia national team boss Valeri Karpin and Zenit striker Artem Dzyuba among those to voice their shock. Read Full Article at RT.c...

For the first time ever, Russia has entered the top 10 of the world’s chocolate exporters, beating ​the famed Swiss chocolatiers in terms of value of products sold abroad, the Russian Association of Confectionary Producers said. Rea...

A Saudi national arrested in France on suspicion of being involved in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is reportedly set to be released. French officials confirmed him to be a different person, local media reported. Read Full Article at RT...

Chelsea’s visit to St. Petersburg this week offers another reminder of the impact Roman Abramovich has had on the English club, but the oligarch’s role in Russian football down the years is much less widely known. Read Full Article ...

Australian computer scientist Craig Wright, who claims to be the creator of bitcoin, won a major US court case over the estate of former business partner David Kleiman on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

American diplomats in Kiev have rejected claims in Western media that Washington is reviewing how to ensure government personnel and citizens can be kept out of harm’s way in case of conflict with Russia. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

American President Joe Biden said that he would confer with NATO about the possibility of providing guarantees about the bloc’s expansion after talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, a top Kremlin advisor has claimed. Read...

Four major British broadcasters have agreed to avoid using the acronym BAME, which means “black, Asian and minority ethnic”, following the recent recommendation to use “more nuanced” terms for specific ethnic groups. Read Full A...

Massive rollout of mid-band 5G systems might pose an aircraft safety risk by interfering with navigation equipment and causing flight diversions, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned in a series of directives. Read Fu...

The Deputy Chairman of the European Parliament has called on the EU to oppose China's human rights record and "speak out for an all-out boycott" of the forthcoming Beijing Olympics. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police have detained a man shortly after a Christmas tree in front of Fox News’ main office in New York caught fire. The man was reportedly seen climbing the tree. Read Full Article at RT.com

The share of wealth owned by the world’s super-rich soared during the coronavirus pandemic, while 100 million people sank into extreme poverty, a major study has found. Read Full Article at RT.com

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has revealed his country's decision following the US diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics – and China has reacted by defending itself and claiming "nobody cares". Read Full Article...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire over claims a Christmas party was held at Downing Street last year in violation of Covid rules after a video surfaced of government officials joking about the event. Read Full Article at RT....

Twenty young men received death sentences in Bangladesh for murdering a fellow student on campus grounds after he criticized the government on social media. Five other defendants were jailed for life. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Despite disagreements on many issues, Moscow and Washington could find common ground over Beijing, especially as Russia risks becoming an “appendage of China,” an ex-advisor of former US president Donald Trump has claimed. Read Full...

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager involved in a high-profile court hearing following the shooting of three men during a Black Lives Matter protest in the US, has reacted to NBA star LeBron James claiming he cried crocodile tears. Read Full...

The US government has sold Iranian petroleum products confiscated by the Navy in the waters of the Arabian Sea for $26.7 million, the Department of Justice said in a statement released on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Angela Merkel’s 16-year reign has ended with a new chancellor – Social Democrat Olaf Scholz – taking office. The former finance minister in Merkel’s most recent government was officially elected by MPs on Wednesday. Read Full Ar...

A military helicopter carrying Indian Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has crashed in the south of the country. At least two of the 14 people on board reportedly survived the incident, but were seriously injured. Read Full Art...

Chile has become the latest country to allow LGBT couples to marry and adopt children after its parliament passed a bill that was introduced four years ago. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US State Department, along with America’s allies in Europe, is considering the possibility of completely isolating Russia from the global financial system if it attempts to invade Ukraine, it revealed on Tuesday. Read Full Article...

France has reported 59,019 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, which is the highest number since April, the national agency for public health said. Hospitalizations have also been on the rise. Read Full Article at RT.com

The split US Senate voted 30-67 to reject a resolution that would block the $650 million sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia. American voters of all political stripes strongly oppose the deal. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two Japanese space tourists and a Russian cosmonaut have embarked on a trip to the International Space Station (ISS), where they are set to conduct a series of medical experiments during their nearly two-week stay in orbit. Read Full Ar...

The Tor browser, which allows users to surf the internet anonymously and access prohibited webpages, has been blocked across much of Russia, according to recent reports from an internet-monitoring group. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has honored the role of Nazi collaborators during WWII, but failed to mention the soldiers who died serving in the Red Army, while celebrating the anniversary of the country’s armed forces. Read ...

Hundreds of American college professors have signed an open letter criticizing the campaign to get rid of advanced mathematics in schools, as activists attempt to create more equality by reducing student “achievement gaps.” Read Ful...

Republican Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker gave a disturbing interview with Fox News where he floated the possibility of a ground deployment and nuclear strike against Russia should the US engage in a conflict over Ukraine. Read Full A...

Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly signed a “secret” $275 billion deal with Chinese authorities to bypass restrictions on his company’s operations, according to newly published internal documents. Read Full Article at RT.com

ITV breakfast television show ‘Good Morning Britain’ received backlash on social media after deleting a poll which showed a vast majority of respondents opposed mandatory Covid-19 vaccination. Read Full Article at RT.com

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has again teased plans to begin human testing for his company’s brain chip implant, Neuralink, giving another aspirational date after previously claiming human trials would soon begin. Read Full...

Charlottesville, Virginia has decided to turn over the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee to an African American museum that wants to use the bronze for something “more representative” of the city’s new values. Read Full ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed that his country will not send government officials to the Winter Olympics in China next year, following in the footsteps of the United States. Read Full Article at RT.com

Donald Trump says Russian President Vladimir Putin is “not worried” about the Joe Biden administration, criticizing his successor after Biden sat down for an online meeting with the Russian leader. Read Full Article at RT.com ...