Giorgos Tragas, an outspoken opponent of Covid-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates, has died from the deadly virus. He was admitted to hospital on December 4 with acute breathing issues, and his condition then worsened. Read Full Artic...

The glamorous wife of Manchester United and Sweden defender Victor Lindelof has revealed her fears and issued an update after he was forced out of his side's win on Saturday because of chest pains and breathing difficulties. Read Full A...

Legally speaking, third-party fact-checks used on Meta’s social network Facebook are just ‘opinions’ and not statements of fact, according to the tech company. It earlier said it reserves the right to fact-check opinion pieces. Re...

A Korean singer known as V – a member of the popular K-pop group BTS – has broken two Guinness World Records for the fastest-growing Instagram account. Read Full Article at RT.com

The submarine deal, which forms part of the AUKUS pact, might come at a high price for Australians, one of the country’s think tanks revealed in a fresh report that estimates the project’s ultimate cost at up to US$121 billion. Read...

UK health officials were forced to correct Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab following interviews on Tuesday during which he twice gave the wrong number of Omicron cases currently in hospital, providing wildly inaccurate figures. Read ...

The US is considering sending troops to Eastern Europe in case the situation over Ukraine escalates, the White House said on Monday, warning that the American military could be mobilized. Read Full Article at RT.com

Seven people were killed and four others wounded after a car carrying illegal migrants slammed into a building and overturned in a failed attempt to flee the police in southern Hungary. Read Full Article at RT.com

Nigeria is going to destroy a million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, a top health official has said, promising that the country will no longer be accepting jabs with short shelf life. Read Full Article at RT.com

Moscow is leading the rest of the world in the development of advanced weapons of war, surpassing Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed, arguing that his country is out in first place in a new arms race. Read Full Art...

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has laid into his own country’s prime minister, criticizing him for making a visit to Ukraine last week that the head of state branded “plain charlatanism.” Read Full Article at RT.com

The melting of permafrost due to global warming may not only lead to the release of methane gasses and potential devastation to arctic infrastructure but could also see old viruses and bacteria waking up, Russia has warned. Read Full Ar...

The Premier League match between Brentford and Manchester United has been postponed after a Covid outbreak at the Old Trafford club. The decision comes as England’s top flight reported a record number of coronavirus cases. Read Full A...

The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating Amazon after one of the company’s warehouses in Illinois collapsed during a storm, killing six people who were allegedly prohibited from leaving. Read Full A...

A veteran actor is suing ABC for religious discrimination after he was fired from America’s longest-running soap opera for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Read Full Article at RT.com

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Flores Island in Indonesia, prompting local authorities to issue a tsunami warning for parts of the world’s largest island country. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two crew members of a British cargo ship that collided with a Danish ship in the Baltic Sea were revealed to have been drunk when the incident, which led to at least one fatality, occurred. Read Full Article at RT.com

A German court has jailed the team behind the CyberBunker darknet service provider that operated from a Cold War-era NATO bunker, finding them guilty of aiding nearly 250,000 illegal transactions, mostly linked to the drug trade. Read F...

Norway has banned the sale of alcohol in bars and restaurants in an effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, which continues to push infections in the country on a sharp rise. Read Full Article at RT.com

A video of South Dakota teachers on their hands and knees grabbing cash for their classrooms has caused massive outrage on social media, including from some lawmakers. Read Full Article at RT.com

Over two dozen US Air Force service members have been discharged for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 – the first in the US military to be punished over President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has revealed that his company is working on a program to take CO2 out of the atmosphere by turning it into rocket fuel – claiming that the program will be important for his mission to Mars. Read Full Article a...

Thousands of people took to the streets of multiple cities in former East Germany to express their dismay at coronavirus restrictions and vaccine mandates introduced amid the Omicron variant spread. Read Full Article at RT.com

Citing the rising number of coronavirus cases, California has reimposed an indoor mask mandate and will require the unvaccinated to show negative tests before entering enclosed venues with 1,000 people or more. Read Full Article at RT.c...

US President Joe Biden said that Finland’s decision to buy American-made F-35 fighter jets will pave the way to closer military ties in the coming years, and shared “concerns” about Russia with his counterpart in Helsinki. Read Fu...

Ghislaine Maxwell has found sympathy from Amanda Knox, who was wrongfully jailed and convicted of murder in Italy in 2007. This is despite her admitting that the evidence against the socialite is “pretty damning.” Read Full Article ...

Terry Gilliam’s ‘Into the Woods’ has found a new venue, having been canceled by London’s Old Vic over statements the ‘Monty Python’ star made in the past on controversial subjects such as #MeToo and trans issues. Read Full A...

Over 500 female gymnasts who sued over the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of Dr. Larry Nassar will receive a $380 million settlement from USA Gymnastics, the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee, and their insurers. Read Full Arti...

If Russian President Vladimir Putin gets his wish, his next meeting with his American counterpart Joe Biden will be in person rather than via video link, he revealed on Sunday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has revealed that 'big plans' will be announced at an upcoming press conference in Miami, as the Russian star continues to build his Eagle FC promotion. Read Full Article at RT.com

No members of the US military involved in the Kabul drone strike that killed 10 civilians including 7 children during the retreat from Afghanistan will be penalized in any way, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reportedly decided. Read ...

Russia has vetoed a draft UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution, linking climate change to security threats. Russia's ambassador to the body claimed the document would have set a dangerously one-sided approach to future conflicts. Read ...

Lewis Hamilton fumed that the race had been “manipulated” as he lost the F1 world title to Max Verstappen in astonishing circumstances in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, a newly-released radio message has shown. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

An artificial intelligence tool trained on info taken from Wikipedia and Reddit has reportedly weighed in on the ethics of machine learning, arguing that the “ultimate defense” against an “AI arms race” was to not have AI at all...

A law due to take effect by the end of the year requiring nearly all foreigners in Russia to be regularly screened for a range of diseases with blood tests, as well as X-rays, will make the country less appealing for talent. Read Full A...

US President Joe Biden has said he will visit disaster-struck Kentucky this week, after a tornado cluster took dozens of lives and destroyed thousands of properties in the state. More than 100 people remain missing. Read Full Article at...

There’s an urgent need for talks to stop NATO’s eastward expansion and prevent the bloc’s deployment of offensive weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told British leader Boris Johnson, citing the situation in Ukraine. Re...

UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov says he might not be Dagestan's most famous export for long after revealing that diminutive blogger Hasbulla Magomedov has a lengthy list of suitors seeking his signature. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US Navy submarine that stoked international tensions after colliding with an underwater mountain in the South China Sea pulled into the California coast on Sunday, bearing visible surface damage from the crash in October. Read Full ...

The trailer for the latest film in J.K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ universe, ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’, has given viewers a look at Johnny Depp’s replacement, Mads Mikkelsen. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

There’s a lot of confusion and “unilateral verbal threats” around the Nord Stream 2 project, according to the former foreign minister of Austria, Karin Kneissl. She has described the whole situation as “very ambiguous.” Read F...

Swiss prosecutors have dropped a money-laundering case linked to Spain’s ex-King Juan Carlos. Despite finding that his offshore fund got $100 million from Saudi Arabia, they failed to prove it was an “illegal commission” payment. ...

If Julianna Pena's seismic upset win against Amanda Nunes taught us anything it is that in MMA, the bigger they come, the harder they fall - and this has been a lesson learned the hard way by several fighters down the years. Read Full A...

Belarus is threatening to cut off European gas supplies from Russia via the country’s pipeline network if more Western sanctions are imposed over the ongoing migrant crisis on its western border. Read Full Article at RT.com

The EU has imposed sanctions on the Wagner Group, a private paramilitary organization deployed around the world, which Western observers have long claimed is secretly aligned with the Kremlin. Read Full Article at RT.com

As 2021 draws to a close, cryptocurrencies are now just a stone’s throw away from becoming a fully valid part of mainstream finance, according to some analysts. Read Full Article at RT.com

Washington’s self-declared goal to spread democracy globally is being undermined by the failure of its values at home, a top official from Russia’s Security Council has claimed amid strained relations between the two states. Read Fu...

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for members to establish a plan that imposes “restrictions on the use of certain types of autonomous weapons” at the start of the Review Conference. Read Full Article at ...

The salaries of some New York City sanitation workers have approached $300,000 due to staffing issues and massive overtime pay, which a spokesperson chalked up in part to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

The EU’s public health agency has said some 70% of Omicron infections recorded across the 27-nation bloc were transmitted locally, suggesting the highly infectious variant is already spreading rapidly in Europe. Read Full Article at R...

The NHS website for booking Covid-19 vaccinations went down as tens of thousands of people logged on to reserve their booster shot after the UK government rolled out its plan to offer one to all adults by the end of the year. Read Full ...

The problem of rising prices is the latest worry for the global economy, causing hardship for billions of people. Why is this happening and what can be done to prevent things spiraling out of control? Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Manchester United have temporarily halted first-team operations at their training base as the club grapples with an outbreak of Covid-19. The team’s Premier League meeting with Brentford on Tuesday could be canceled. Read Full Article...

At least 64 people have been confirmed dead in Kentucky after a devastating tornado cluster tore through the state over the weekend, Governor Andy Beshear has announced. At least 105 Kentuckians remain unaccounted for. Read Full Article...

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko has angrily called out fellow Ukrainian ring star Vasiliy Lomachenko for not posing with the country’s flag after his victory in New York at the weekend. Read Full Article at...

An Illinois Amazon warehouse worker’s girlfriend claimed in an interview on Sunday that her boyfriend had not been allowed to leave his work site during Friday’s storm. He later died when the building collapsed in the tornado. Read ...

The founder and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, has been named Time’s 2021 Person of the Year for being a “clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman, and cad.” Read Full Article at RT.com

More than 100 alleged supporters of a Ukrainian neo-Nazi youth ‘murder cult,’ thought to be planning to carry out attacks, were detained in an operation spanning across Russia, the country’s security service has said. Read Full Ar...

Defending champions Chelsea were again handed a meeting with French team Lille in a re-run of the Champions League last 16 draw in Switzerland, which also produced a clash between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. Read Full Article a...

In December 1991, the Soviet Union came to an end. Thirty years on, its last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, has taken much of the blame. Russians may not want a return to communism, but they blame him for the way it ended. Read Full Article...

Former Danish immigration minister Inger Stojberg has been handed a 60-day prison sentence for illegally ordering the separation of underage couples who sought asylum in the northern European nation. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hillary Clinton has warned that American democracy may not survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, should the Republican win the 2024 election. Read Full Article at RT.com

The White House reportedly ordered that a Taiwanese minister’s video feed be cut during the US-led ‘Summit for Democracy’ last week, after her presentation featured a map that marked the island in a different color to China. Read ...

The UK’s NHS Blood and Transplant service has warned it’s facing a “critical” situation over the winter, as seasonal viruses such as cold and flu halt donations, leaving blood stocks at a dangerously low level. Read Full Article...

UEFA has been forced to order a re-run of the draw for this season’s Champions League last 16 after a botched ceremony in Switzerland – and some fans pointed the finger at Russian legend Andrey Arshavin. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Attempts to expand NATO eastwards will lead to “dire consequences” for the US-led bloc, and there is no way Moscow will shift from its position opposing the alliance’s enlargement, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Monday...

The secret strike cell behind a bombing that killed 70 civilians in Syria reportedly had a habit of playing fast and loose with the rules to keep Hellfire missiles raining down on militants, regardless of collateral casualties. Read Ful...

Global miners have generated 90% of all obtainable bitcoin, according to figures revealed by a blockchain data tracker on Monday. That means 18.89 million bitcoins have been mined so far of a maximum total of 21 million. Read Full Artic...

With relations between Belarus and the EU worsening amid the ongoing migration crisis, Minsk’s long-time leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has warned he could cut off supplies of Russian gas to the West if new sanctions are imposed. Read ...

The current definition of a “planet” is rooted in folklore and astrology, and must be dropped due to not meeting the needs of modern astronomy, a new study states, opening the doors for the Pluto comeback. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 was a tragedy and saw the disintegration of a historical Russia that had been built up over a thousand years, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday. Read Full Article at RT.com

UEFA will repeat the draw for the Champions League last 16 after a mistake involving Manchester United, who ended up being paired with French giants Paris Saint-Germain. Read Full Article at RT.com

Thailand has said it will reduce the period between the second and third Covid-19 shots, as it strives to boost immunity amid a fresh wave of infections sparked by the Omicron variant. Read Full Article at RT.com

‘The penised individual who raped you is a woman,’ J.K. Rowling tweeted on Sunday, in response to Police Scotland’s decision to log male rapists as women if that is how they self-identify. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russians who received Covid-19 jabs abroad will be able to apply for vaccine passes, allowing them to avoid restrictions on public gatherings, Moscow’s top coronavirus response official announced on Monday. Read Full Article at RT.com...

South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa was caught on video dancing maskless during a trip to Ghana, only days before he tested positive for Covid-19, as his country battles a wave of cases sparked by the Omicron variant. Read Full A...

The new Omicron strain has claimed its first victim in the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed during a visit to a vaccination clinic in West London. Read Full Article at RT.com

New Zealand’s prime minister has given some Kiwis an early Christmas present as she announced that newly relaxed Covid-19 restrictions, based on a ‘traffic light system’, allow for orgies of up to 25 people. Read Full Article at R...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are set to meet in the Champions League after Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain were paired together in Monday’s draw for the last 16 of this season's tournament. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

American gothic novel writer Anne Rice, best known for her book ‘Interview with the Vampire’, has died at the age of 80 after suffering complications from a stroke. Read Full Article at RT.com

In an effort to limit infections, South Korea is to trial an artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system to track Covid cases in one of its most densely populated cities, according to an official cited by Reuters. Read Full A...

The Turkish currency weakened to another record low on Monday, dropping below 14 lira per US dollar amid investor concerns ahead of a policy-setting central bank meeting later this week. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK has said that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 now represents around 40% of all infections in London and was growing at a “phenomenal rate” as the government called for more people to get their third vaccine dose. Read Full Ar...

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has promised Nicholas Latifi a “lifetime supply” of the energy drink after the Williams driver’s crash paved the way for Max Verstappen’s remarkable F1 title victory. Read Full Article at...

At least three people were killed and several others wounded after rival Palestinian armed groups Hamas and Fatah clashed during a funeral at a refugee camp in Lebanon on Sunday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US, North Korea, and China have signaled their willingness to seal a peace agreement that would formally put an end to the bloody 1950-53 Korean War. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two cargo ships registered in Denmark and Britain have collided on Monday in the Baltic Sea, the Danish and Swedish authorities have reported. Two people are missing after the incident. Read Full Article at RT.com

Attempts to turn social media into an exclusive club where only elites have a right to speak in the name of rooting out dangerous misinformation are fundamentally wrong, a senior Meta official said. Read Full Article at RT.com

At least eight people have been injured at a convent in the Russian city of Serpukhov, 100km south of Moscow, after a teenager blew himself up with an improvised explosive device on Monday in an apparent attempted suicide bombing. Read ...

Several gunshots were fired on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles late on Sunday as fans of Vicente Fernandez staged a memorial for the late Mexican music legend. Read Full Article at RT.com

Harnaaz Sandhu of India has outshone finalists from Paraguay and South Africa to claim the Miss Universe 2021 crown at the 70th global beauty pageant held this year in Eilat, Israel. Read Full Article at RT.com

Fewer than three in 10 Americans approve of how Joe Biden is handling the US inflation crisis, and most give the president low marks on every major issue other than the Covid-19 pandemic, a new poll has revealed. Read Full Article at RT...

German police have been filmed in a viral video displaying their meticulousness by using measuring sticks to determine whether people at a protest against Covid-19 vaccine mandates are following social-distancing rules. Read Full Articl...

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he signed a bill allowing non-citizens to vote, despite having doubts about the measure’s legality, leaving the decision to city council members as he focuses on fighting Covid-19. Read Full Article ...

Social media has become “one of the main sources of threat to today’s democracy,” the Turkish president has declared, adding that platforms make it difficult to “protect” the “vulnerable” without imposing undue censorship....

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to offer booster shots to every English adult by the New Year, warning that two doses are “simply not enough” for the coming “tidal wave” of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Read...

MSNBC’s national affairs analyst John Heilemann shocked many Americans by claiming on a Sunday show that “20 to 30 million people” are ready to “take up arms” to remove President Joe Biden from office. Read Full Article at RT....

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, 69, has delegated his responsibilities to the deputy president after testing positive for Covid-19. Read Full Article at RT.com

Germany’s new foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has said the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia can’t be launched yet because it doesn’t meet EU energy requirements and “safety” concerns are outstanding. Read Fu...

Documents released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reveal that drugmaker Pfizer recorded nearly 160,000 adverse reactions to its Covid-19 vaccine in the initial months of its rollout. Read Full Article at RT.com