A nationwide 24/7 lockdown for cats is just around the corner in Australia, officials believe, as figures reveal that billions of unique native animals fall prey to feline hunters annually. Read Full Article at RT.com

World top-50 star Benoit Paire has seen his plans for the start of the new season disrupted after the frustrated French ace said he had tested positive for coronavirus “for the 250th time.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Animal preservation activists had reason to rejoice this Christmas, after one of Britain’s last-known big bats was spotted hibernating in Sussex. A search for a mate to save the almost-extinct species has now begun in earnest. Read Fu...

A US military base in Alaska has updated its guidelines regarding goods allowed to be sold on its grounds, after a vendor plied anti-Biden figurines to personnel. Read Full Article at RT.com

Though scientists say the new variant is less deadly, hospital admissions in the British capital tripled in December Read Full Article at RT.com

The investigation into the failure of the October test launch of South Korea’s Nuri rocket zeroed in on an anchoring device on its third stage as the culprit. It may lead to delays of the next scheduled launch. Read Full Article at RT...

Over three-quarters of Russians have a positive outlook about their family’s financial situation, a recent poll has shown, as the world’s largest country faces high inflation rates and rising prices. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russia is doubtful that its demand to stop NATO’s eastward expansion will gain any traction, and it is highly likely the US-led bloc will simply ignore Moscow’s security concerns, the Russian Foreign Minister said on Monday. Read Fu...

John Madden, the iconic NFL figure who was a Hall of Fame coach and beloved broadcaster, has died unexpectedly at the age of 85, the league has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Chinese government has demanded that US officials act to prevent mishaps in orbit after Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites nearly crashed into Beijing’s new space station. It accuses Washington of recklessness and hypocrisy. Read F...

A US federal judge has ruled against the Oklahoma government and a group of soldiers in a lawsuit challenging the military’s vaccination requirements, denying a requested pause on the policy for National Guard troops in the state. Rea...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has bought another 110 acres of land on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, assuming ownership of territory that includes a reservoir and a pristine forest, despite protests from locals. Read Full Article at R...

US President Joe Biden said he would agree to impose new travel rules for the unvaccinated should his medical team advise it, after the White House’s most senior Covid official suggested the move would be “reasonable.” Read Full A...

Some “essential” workers who come down with Covid-19 in Quebec, Canada will be permitted to remain on the job, the province’s health minister said, citing an “urgent” need for healthcare staff amid a surge in cases. Read Full ...

Results of a newly published poll have revealed that media outlets and Democratic politicians have made zero progress over the past year in convincing skeptical Americans that President Joe Biden was legitimately elected. Read Full Arti...

Adulterating black coffee with white milk is an act of racism, a tongue-in-cheek Swede has proclaimed in an essay – only to find his work praised by a critical race theory (CRT) teacher at Stockholm University, he claims. Read Full Ar...

A Polish politician has accused prosecutors of refusing to act on his complaint over an alleged hack of his phone, believed to have involved the Pegasus software created by the Israel-based NSO Group. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A district attorney in New York announced on Tuesday that former governor Andrew Cuomo wouldn’t be charged for two separate incidents in which he attempted to kiss two women against their will. Read Full Article at RT.com

If Washington DC had been a place of “peace and calm” on January 6, 2021, Donald Trump ally Peter Navarro would have executed a “perfect plan,” he says – and that has had some accusing him of having tried to thwart the electio...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has corrected its Covid-19 reporting, saying its previous estimate for the percentage of new cases caused by the Omicron variant was more than triple the actual figure. Read Full A...

The Californian woman arrested for attacking a fellow traveler on a Delta Air Lines flight has been identified as a former actress, Playboy model and NFL cheerleader, but the reason she punched the man is particularly bizarre. Read Full...

The team of Russian scientists behind a new Covid-19 drug, Avifavir, have issued a statement in which they insist that it is highly effective against the two strains of coronavirus, Delta and Omicron, that are currently dominant. Read F...

China agrees with Russia that the West’s desire for a dominant position on the world stage is unacceptable, and the two countries must work together for “mutual development,” Beijing said on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian chess star Alexandra Kosteniuk has become world champion in the game's rapid-format version for the first time with victory in Warsaw, Poland. Read Full Article at RT.com

Five people were taken into custody by New York City police officers on Monday night during a protest against mandated vaccinations against coronavirus. The incident, which was caught on camera, has since gone viral. Read Full Article a...

A court in Belgium has reversed the government’s closure of cinemas, theaters, and other entertainment venues. Previous restrictions, such as vaccine pass requirements, have also been struck down by the country’s courts. Read Full A...

President Joe Biden has declared an end to the travel ban that barred visitors from eight countries in southern Africa, citing progress made in understanding Omicron – the Covid-19 variant that triggered the restrictions. Read Full Ar...

Russian chess prodigy Daniil Dubov has hit back at chess figures who criticized him for helping Danish world champion Magnus Carlsen prepare for his world title match against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Read Full Article at RT.com

Washington’s contemplation of harsh new measures that could limit Russia’s ability to convert its own currency are something conjured up out of fiction and unlikely to happen, Moscow has warned amid strained relations with the US. R...

Being prepared to accept Russia’s requests to rule out NATO expansion closer to its borders would be an unprecedented loss of dignity for the US and the military bloc, Ukraine has said as tensions grow between the West and Moscow. Rea...

The Welsh government has been criticized for a “bonkers misuse of public money” after it drew up a style guide that instructed civil servants to avoid using certain “banned words” in order to communicate without causing offense....

Reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen has lost to 17-year-old wonderkid Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan in their meeting in the rapid-format version of the game. Read Full Article at RT.com

Germany’s new agriculture minister, Cem Ozdemir, has called for the price of foodstuffs and agricultural goods to be raised so citizens appreciate the value of food. Read Full Article at RT.com

Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced the early election in a bid to unite the nation “around a common cause” and “behind a single government” after the island nation formally transformed into a republic. Read Full ...

At upcoming talks with Washington, Moscow will not only obstruct but will put a complete stop to any eastwards expansion of the US-led NATO military bloc, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The volume of trade between Russia and China from January to November this year has already exceeded $130 billion and is set to hit a new historic high by the end of 2021. Read Full Article at RT.com

Japanese UFC veteran Yoshinori Horie announced on social media that he took on gay sex work in order to pay his gym costs as he pursued his mixed martial arts dream, but insists that he is not homosexual. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Amazon says it has updated its voice assistant after it transpired that Alexa had suggested a 10-year-old girl touch a coin to the prongs of a partially inserted plug as a challenge. Read Full Article at RT.com

The latest raging debate on cancel culture is centered around Lindsay Ellis, who sports over one million YouTube followers but is deleting social media, following accusations of racism. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukrainian Premier League team NK Veres Rivne have been sanctioned by the national football authorities after players reportedly conducted interviews in Russian following a recent match. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Chinese satellite has snapped high-resolution imagery around the US city of San Francisco in just 42 seconds. The spacecraft is said to be able to remain very stable while spinning at high speeds, keeping the picture clear. Read Full ...

Amid China’s tough stance on the video game industry, many users couldn’t access the international version of the gaming platform Steam around Christmas Day, leading many to believe it might have been banned. Read Full Article at RT...

World number one Novak Djokovic remains a participant for the start of this weekend's ATP Cup in Australia amid rumblings that the Serb's vaccination status would rule him out of both that event and the upcoming Australian Open. Read Fu...

With Ukraine again at the forefront of a recent peak in tensions between Russia and the West, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt has pitched in on the debate, condemning Moscow and calling for the West to toughen up. Read Full Art...

President Joe Biden has been rated less favorably than Vice President Kamala Harris and Dr. Anthony Fauci in a new Gallup survey of the performance of US federal leaders published on Monday. Read Full Article at RT.com

With his latest strop, Cristiano Ronaldo showed that whenever things don't go his way, he becomes a spoiled baby who pays little mind to the fans who pay premiums to see him in action. Read Full Article at RT.com

According to prophesies by the long-dead French plague doctor, astrologer and seer Nostradamus, next year promises more food shortages and inflation, while many will seek financial stability by turning away from traditional money. Read ...

Researchers have “digitally unwrapped” the mummified body of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh using 3D computerized tomography (CT) scans, allowing the carefully preserved remains to be viewed for the first time in three millennia. Read ...

The Yamal-Europe pipeline, which usually brings Russian gas to Europe, reversed its flow last week, adding pressure to an already tight European gas market as winter demand peaks. Read Full Article at RT.com

An Australian father says he's forbidden from leaving Israel for any reason until December 31, 9999 unless he pays his Israeli ex-wife $2.4 million in future child support under a local divorce law. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian energy giant Gazprom has revealed it has pumped a record daily volume of gas to China, with the world’s largest country and its most populous nation seeking to strengthen ties amid strained relations with the West. Read Full A...

Despite constant threats from the West about disconnecting Russia from the SWIFT international bank payment system, there is no real prospect of that actually happening, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday. Read F...

European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic has told Der Spiegel that the bloc’s relationship with Switzerland is at risk of becoming “obsolete” if the two sides don’t address their differences over internal market rules. ...

Authorities in Taipei lashed out at Nicaragua’s decision to hand over to Beijing the building in Managua that previously served as the embassy of Taiwan. Read Full Article at RT.com

Olympic gold medalist Dmitri Soloviev has been released from a Moscow hospital a week after suffering serious head injuries when he was attacked by a trio of thugs, according to his manager. Read Full Article at RT.com

Riot Games, the studio behind League of Legends and Valorant has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit that had accused the company of gender-based discrimination. Read Full Article at RT.com

Since their rise to power in August, Afghanistan’s new rulers have considerably limited women’s rights, stopping short, however, of reviving some of the more draconian rules they enforced in the past. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Scientists have found that the proverbial ‘battle of the sexes’ begins before birth, with “greedy” genes inherited from the father competing with those from the mother over how much nutrition a fetus should receive. Read Full Ar...

Hugo Maradona has died at he age of 52 at his home in Naples after suffering a heart attack, it was announced on Tuesday. The death comes 13 months after his brother Diego Maradona passed away from a cardiac issue. Read Full Article at ...

Speaking to the Washington Post, Greta Thunberg has condemned President Biden for overseeing fossil fuel infrastructure expansion across the US despite having set ambitious climate goals that would see it hit net zero by 2050. Read Full...

Russia's deputy prime minister has argued that countries staging a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics should have their flags and anthems removed while taking part at the spectacle. Read Full Article at RT.com

The first photo of a UK teen who had been arrested at the Windsor Castle premises with a crossbow on Christmas Day has been published by the Sun tabloid. The suspect was earlier identified by the media as Jaswant Singh Chail, 19. Read F...

Sean Strickland, who has emerged as one of the UFC's more controversial figures in recent months, says that he would consider himself a 'failure as a man' if he raised a homosexual son in a string of tweets overnight. Read Full Article ...

An outbreak of avian flu in Israel has killed at least 5,200 migratory cranes and forced farmers to cull as many as 500,000 poultry birds to contain what has been called the “worst blow to wildlife” in the country’s history. Read ...

A court in Moscow has ordered the liquidation of a prominent NGO dedicated to preserving the memory of those who died under communist rule, after prosecutors said the group was seeking to rewrite the history of the Soviet Union. Read Fu...

Be it films or comics, audiences seem to be growing tired of what the Western entertainment industry has to offer and many are turning their attention to the East. Read Full Article at RT.com

France and PSG star Kylian Mbappe has embarrassed FIFA by slamming its plans to stage a World Cup every two years instead of the current four-year format. Read Full Article at RT.com

Researchers at the University of Alaska Anchorage have revealed how alcoholic hamsters are, discovering that the small rodents will regularly consume the human equivalent of a liter and a half of 95% alcohol per day. Read Full Article a...

The Chinese government has turned to domestic tech companies in a drive to become ‘self-reliant’ and has also set a goal for the country to take the global lead in the production of microprocessors. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The refusal to allow NHL stars to appear at the Beijing Olympics supposedly because of Covid concerns is a commercial step based on North American snobbery and greed, says Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Chernyshenko. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Countries across Europe are imposing restrictions on social life during the holiday season in response to a growing number of Covid-19 cases. The authorities fear hospitals could be overwhelmed by Omicron-variant patients. Read Full Art...

A bank in Montenegro was seized by a man who claimed to be armed with explosives and who accused the financial organization of stealing money from workers. The suspect ultimately surrendered to the police peacefully. Read Full Article a...

Belarus has unveiled its proposed new constitution, opening up the possibility of the country stationing nuclear weapons on its territory and potentially enabling veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko to stay in office until 2035. Read Fu...

Russia and the US will hold talks on arms control and the situation in Ukraine on January 10, ahead of a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council and an assembly of the OSCE later that week, the Americans confirmed on Tuesday. Read Full Artic...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s petulant behavior is having a debilitating effect on Manchester United, according to former teammate Gary Neville, after the Portuguese star cut a frustrated figure in the draw against Newcastle. Read Full Article ...

Queensland’s PCR testing requirement for Covid-19 causes long lines and increased the risks of infection, yet its head stubbornly refuses to switch to self-administered rapid tests, the top NSW official lamented. Read Full Article at ...

Russia’s foreign minister has shared some stern words amid another spat between Moscow and the military bloc Read Full Article at RT.com

As China and Japan continue their long-running spat over contested islands in the East China Sea, Tokyo and Beijing are set to establish a communications line in a bid to improve relations, Japanese defense officials have said. Read Ful...

A private jet has crashed in a residential area in El Cajon, San Diego County, California, knocking out power lines and bursting into flames on impact. It is unclear yet if there were any casualties. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Joe Biden has signed into law a $768 billion defense package. It represents an overall increase in military spending and includes $300 million to be set aside for security initiatives related to Moscow and Beijing. Read Fu...

Syrian air defences were activated after the country’s principal port city of Latakia came under missile attack, sparking a major fire and resulting in significant damage to the port, Syria’s state media reported. Read Full Article ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has cut its guidance regarding quarantine for those infected with Covid-19 from 10 days to five, saying the virus is typically passed on early in the course of the illness. Read Fu...

The Syrian government has sharply denounced an Israeli plan to double the population of Jewish settlers in the occupied Golan Heights – captured from Damascus in 1967 – and argued that the move is fomenting tensions. Read Full Artic...

White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci has broken the bad news to Americans awaiting his guidance on New Year’s Eve parties, saying they should again forego large gatherings because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full Article at RT...

How is a white rapper from Canada spearheading a cultural revolution that is undermining cancel culture, wokeism, the Biden administration, and everything the left values? Read Full Article at RT.com

Airplane makers Boeing and Airbus have renewed their warnings that 5G cell phone signals – scheduled to be rolled out in earnest in early January – may threaten the ability of aircraft to operate safely in low-visibility areas. Read...

US President Joe Biden has apparently backed down from his pre-election pledge to stop Covid-19 in its tracks, telling governors it’s up to state governments to end the pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

After breaking for Christmas, jurors returned to a federal court in Manhattan on Monday to decide the fate of Ghislaine Maxwell. Accused of grooming and abusing four young women, Maxwell faces 80 years behind bars if convicted. Read Ful...

Minnesota’s state health department has adopted new ethical standards that include considering a person’s skin color in determining who can receive a potentially life-saving treatment for Covid-19 patients. Read Full Article at RT.c...

There is no intention to remove the body of former Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin from his mausoleum on Red Square, and such a move won’t take place in the foreseeable future, the Kremlin has revealed. Read Full Article at RT....

Had Moscow not reabsorbed Crimea in 2014, radical groups from Ukraine as well as Western private military soldiers would have made it their stronghold, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has claimed. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Chinese government has filed a complaint with the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, claiming that its space station had to take evasive action to dodge starlink satellites on two occasions this year. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Speaking during a briefing for military attachés and other foreign diplomats, in Moscow, on Monday, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin accused NATO of readying up for an all-out war with Russia. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Delta Air Lines halted service to Shanghai so suddenly that it turned back a flight from Seattle that was already halfway to China, reportedly leaving some passengers stranded with expiring Covid-19 tests and visas. Read Full Article at...

Covid testing providers are “alphabet hacking” the UK government's list of approved firms by using punctuation and numerals to beat the site’s filters and promote their products as the preferred choice, an investigation has found....

Supporters of Russian figure skater Elizaveta Tuktamysheva have launched a petition for her to be called up to the Beijing Olympics, after a disappointing performance at the national championships means she is set to miss out. Read Full...

Israel’s minister of public security recently invoked the fury of right-wingers after he vowed to fight “settler violence.” The news was announced by the official in a Twitter post on Monday.  Read Full Article at RT.com

The EU’s policy towards Russia is not helping to bolster relations and is merely a manifestation of “political Kama Sutra”, Moscow’s top diplomat has claimed as tensions flare on the continent.  Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Beijing has received visa applications from more than a dozen US officials for the Winter Olympics, according to a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ethiopian Airlines announced on Monday it plans to resume flying Boeing 737 MAX planes in its fleet in February 2022, saying it was satisfied with their safety. Read Full Article at RT.com