Side-by-side comparisons of how New York City and Wuhan, China rang in the new year have sparked a heated debate on social media about whether the US should have embraced Beijing’s approach to handling the coronavirus pandemic. Read F...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a rare written new year address to his fellow citizens, thanking them for their “invariable trust” and support, as well as pledging to work harder to bring the country into a “new era.” R...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has officially launched a section of the TurkStream gas link from Russia, known as Balkan Stream. The new supplies are set to significantly cut household gas prices and attract new investors. Read Full...

One person was killed and four others have sustained injuries after a semi-truck crashed into a residence in Mesa, Arizona. Police are still investigating how the accident happened. Read Full Article at RT.com

The first case of a new, more infectious Covid-19 strain has been identified in Florida – the third US state to spot a mutant variant first seen in the UK. The find came as Florida broke its record for daily infections. Read Full Arti...

Virginia school teacher Rodney Robinson, named National Teacher of the Year in 2019, came under fire and later apologized for a Twitter message suggesting US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should be attacked by a neighbor. Read ...

The Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorist organisation has claimed responsibility for a knife attack on police in the Chechen Republic that left one of the officers dead. The two attackers were fatally shot on the spot. Read Full ...

Dozens of vehicles were set ablaze across Strasbourg, after groups of vandals flouted an 8pm curfew order, taking to the streets for a fiery New Year’s Eve custom that’s seen hundreds of cars torched over previous holidays. Read Ful...

Three people have been injured in a reported knife attack in downtown London that sparked a massive police response. Footage from the scene shows ambulance crews and police cars at the site of the incident. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

New York’s iconic Times Square – usually the site of raucous mass celebrations on New Year’s Eve – will be nearly deserted this year, with crowds banned from the area for the first time in over a century, thanks to Covid-19. Rea...

Within minutes of Brexit taking effect, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted a message to Brussels that Scotland would be rejoining the EU “soon,” responding to recent demand for another independence referendum. Read Full...

The Grafton hospital employee who admitted to deliberately removing 57 vials of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine from cold storage – and was fired over it – has now been arrested on three felony charges, police have announced. Read F...

As the clock strikes 11pm in London on New Year’s Eve, the UK formally exits the EU – more than four years after British voters opted to leave, sparking political turmoil and terse talks over its future relationship with the EU. Rea...

Conservatives are crying censorship hypocrisy again, after Twitter refused to take down an allegedly false tweet by Democrat candidate Jon Ossoff accusing Republican Kelly Loeffler of campaigning with a Ku Klux Klan member. Read Full Ar...

Senator David Perdue (R-Georgia) has been sidelined from the campaign ahead of the January 5 runoff that will decide control of the US Senate, having been in ‘close contact’ with a person who tested positive for Covid-19. Read Full ...

Officials have admitted to an “error” that resulted in 42 people receiving the Regeneron antibody treatment instead of the intended Covid-19 vaccine. Read Full Article at RT.com

John Paul Mac Isaac, the computer repairman at the center of the Hunter Biden laptop story, says Twitter labeling him a “hacker” has destroyed his business and he plans on refiling a dismissed lawsuit against the company. Read Full ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has claimed “intelligence from Iraq” suggests the US is plotting to “fabricate” a reason to wage war on Iran. Stressing Tehran “doesn’t seek war,” he warned such a scam will be met with...

The first vaccine against the novel coronavirus approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization is Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA one produced by Pfizer/BioNTech, the WHO has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Editors and section chiefs at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty have sent a letter to Congress claiming their agency head is threatening their journalistic autonomy and stellar reputation, both of which are dubious concepts at best. Read ...

Twitter has blocked a link to an article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal that suggested the antiparasitic drug ivermectin could be useful against Covid-19. The platform claims the journal's website is “potentially unsafe.” Rea...

With thousands of California's frontline hospital workers refusing to take new Covid-19 vaccines, the mainstream media faced the awkward task of explaining why those seen as most knowledgeable would take a pass on inoculation. Read Full...

The police contingent deployed across France has been increased fivefold for New Year's Eve in order to prevent people from violating the Covid-19 curfew and staging illegal parties to mark the arrival of 2021. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Beijing has slammed Washington after two guided-missile destroyers sailed across the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the thirteenth such mission through the contested waterway this year, adding to already fraught US-China relations. Read Ful...

Ontario’s Finance Minister Rod Phillips has resigned after he was caught taking a midwinter vacation in the Caribbean while his province was under lockdown. During the trip, Phillips hid the truth with fake social media posts. Read Fu...

A doctor-led lobby group has raised concerns over the UK government's radically altered Covid-19 vaccination strategy to prioritise first doses, as daily infections in the country surged to a new record high on Thursday. Read Full Artic...

A post is turning heads and showing new levels of woke madness as a woman claims her sister wants to name her son Adolph so he doesn’t take away opportunities from “marginalized communities.” Read Full Article at RT.com

2020 may have been a tough year for most, but one man who thrived during a rollercoaster 12 months is Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, who picked up a truckload of trophies in a remarkable year for the Polish hitman. Read Full ...

Ireland has faced a wave of BLM-styled mass protests after a knife-wielding black man was shot dead by the country’s police (gardai) after all the less lethal attempts to subdue him failed. Read Full Article at RT.com

As nations across the globe say ‘good riddance’ to 2020, NASA has warned that a monstrous 220-meter asteroid is headed Earth’s way early in the new year. Read Full Article at RT.com

Manchester United hitman Edinson Cavani has been handed a three-game ban and a £100,000 ($136,000) fine by the English Football Association after admitting he used a racial term in an Instagram post in November. Read Full Article at RT...

Paulina Gretzky and golf star fiance Dustin Johnson enjoyed a successful 2020 as Johnson won the US Masters and returned to world no. 1 status – and the pair looked ready to ring in the New Year in a chirpy TikTok video. Read Full Art...

The commander of a Jerusalem police station has been charged with assault after video emerged of him slapping a 12-year-old boy and harshly shoving a man during a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews in early October. Read Full Article at RT....

Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to declare the outcome of the presidential election in the state of Wisconsin void and order its legislature to assign a new group of electors, his campaign has announced. Read Full Article at...

Cristiano Ronaldo turns 36 in February but the five-time Ballon d’Or winner says he is eyeing success for “many, many years to come” as the prolific forward chases more glory with Juventus and Portugal in 2021. Read Full Article a...

Paris police chief, Didier Lallement, has caused a stir after quoting Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky in his official New Year greetings cards, sent out to hundreds of elected officials and institutions across the region. Read Full A...

Assassins reportedly dressed as members of the medical staff carried out an audacious hit inside a hospital in northern Mexico, killing a man who was under the protection of the country’s National Guard. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The hosts of RT’s Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert, look at what 2021 has in store for one of the fastest growing assets of the year, bitcoin, and the impact of its triumph on the fiat money. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Newsweek has been bombarded with derision after acknowledging that it incorrectly claimed that a senior Georgia official had no brother, in an article mocking accusations leveled against the sibling by Donald Trump. Read Full Article at...

The leader of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has struck out at relatives of two men who his administration say were killed during a fatal attack on police officers in the regional capital, Grozny. Read Full Article at RT.c...

In what may well be 2020’s last act of woke symbolism, or next year’s first, Australia will change the lyrics of its national anthem on New Year’s Day to recognize the country’s indigenous history and foster a “spirit of unity...

An NHS spokesman has said that the UK’s emergency Nightingale hospitals are once again being readied for use, having lain dormant since the first wave of the virus earlier in 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com

Britain and Spain have reached an agreement on their border at Gibraltar, according to Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya. The agreement will see the rocky peninsula join the EU’s Schengen zone. Read Full Article at RT.com...

UFC president Dana White has made no secret of his desire to bring Khabib Nurmagomedov back to the octagon, and now he's gone on record to reveal the fight he hopes to make for the Russian, should he decide to return. Read Full Article ...

Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has been knighted in UK’s New Year’s honors list but Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of chicanery by adding the star to the ‘Diplomatic and Overseas List’ for the title....

While tourists are drawn by its gleaming cathedral domes and breathtaking nature, like everywhere, Russia has some dodgy neighborhoods. Now, they’ve been compiled into a new list of the country’s supposed crime hotspots. Read Full A...

New Year celebrations have kicked off across the globe with the Pacific Island nations and New Zealand becoming the first to wave goodbye to the turbulent 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com

Total trading volume across markets on the Moscow Exchange could reach 924 trillion rubles ($12.34 trillion) in 2020, setting an all-time high, according to the Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO Yury Denisov. Read Full Article at ...

In life, he wasn’t known for worrying about profits, but in death Vladimir Lenin has become a surprise moneymaker for Russian officials. Now, his popularity among paying tourists is saving the Father of the Revolution’s legacy. Read...

Those $2,000 paychecks may not materialize, but they may be good for a few bitter laughs. The internet had plenty of creative ideas about what Bernie Sanders should have used as a prop instead of Trump tweets during Senate speech. Read ...

The newly introduced US tariffs targeting aircraft parts could backfire on American workers, European aerospace giant Airbus has warned, calling on Brussels to issue an “appropriate” response. Read Full Article at RT.com

YouTuber and celebrity boxer Jake Paul has taken aim at his older brother Logan over his upcoming bout with Floyd Mayweather, saying that the exhibition match is "bad for the sport" and "just for clout." Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The British defence secretary has vowed the UK’s armed forces will be utilised to deliver hundreds of thousands of Covid-19 vaccines every week, allowing the government to immunise millions of vulnerable people over the winter. Read F...

AC Milan ace Zlatan Ibrahimovic didn't shy away from confronting the winter elements as the giant Swede shared a video of himself taking a plunge into the snow while dressed only in his underwear. Read Full Article at RT.com

The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is joining the hundreds of thousands of Britons who have already applied for citizenship of a European country as the Brexit transition period comes to an end on New Year's Eve. Read Fu...

President Biden's security detail will include faces familiar to him from the days of his vice presidency, Washington Post sources have said, with possible Trump loyalists reportedly a concern for the upcoming administration. Read Full ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned the public to stay vigilant during the “difficult” winter ahead, saying that 2020 was the toughest year of her tenure. She also confirmed she will not seek reelection in 2021. Read Full Art...

New Year in Russia is a major holiday and regarded as a time for optimism and friendship. The president has been getting into the spirit but as is customary, not everyone on his radar can expect the equivalent of a Christmas card. Read ...

French director and actor Robert Hossein has died after contracting Covid-19, just hours after he celebrated his 93rd birthday. The multi-talented star carved out a decades-long legacy in theater, cinema, and television. Read Full Artic...

On April 23, the popular Russian YouTuber Yury Dud released the video “How the World’s IT Capital Works.” It featured just eight Russian men. But what about the women who have made a name for themselves in Silicon Valley? Read Ful...

WWE stunner Lacey Evans’ purported Christmas gift of a handgun featuring an image of her eight-year-old daughter on the handle has split opinion among fans, with some accusing the star of being “odd and weird.” Read Full Article a...

Technical excellence will take on "Legendary Polish Power" on March 6 when UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya steps up to 205 pounds to challenge Jan Blachowicz for the UFC light heavyweight title. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

As the year draws to a close, Chinese bottled water billionaire and vaccine investor Zhong Shanshan has become the new richest man in Asia, overtaking the region’s long-tern leader, Indian business magnate Mukesh Ambani. Read Full Art...

Israel’s mass vaccination campaign has hit a snag after local officials were forced to toss unused Covid-19 jabs, blaming red tape for the wasted doses. The country’s health ministry sees things differently. Read Full Article at RT....

Dana White has never been one to shy away from a challenge, and the UFC president took on the challenge of Covid-19 head-on and, in his view, came through victorious. Read Full Article at RT.com

France’s European Affairs minister has said that Brexit is an act of self-punishment for Britain and claims the UK government came to its senses after realizing the consequences of a no-deal Brexit would be “an economic disaster.”...

Donald Trump is just a few days away from going to the “dustbin of history”, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said, reiterating Tehran’s resolve to avenge the death of General Qassem Soleimani assassinated by the US. Read Ful...

Footage showing a penny farthing bicycle rider slamming into the side of a DPD delivery van has sparked fierce debate online about whether Victorian-era modes of transport are road safe in the 21st century. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

UFC pundit and podcast superstar Joe Rogan was among those left in disbelief after the woke mob forced a UK fitness magazine to apologize for a “toxic” message encouraging women to “burn off Christmas calories.” Read Full Articl...

A scientist who advises the UK government has warned that yet another national lockdown may be just around the corner as the new virus variant rampages across the country and case numbers in Britain continue to rise. Read Full Article a...

A black man has tested positive for Covid-19 soon after a maskless white officer mistakenly detained him at a mall in Virginia, his fiancee has said. Police previously apologized and admitted the officer had broken Covid-19 rules. Read ...

A man in Russia’s Urals region has been convicted of murder after a young boy was hit by a stray bullet from his rifle. While he didn’t actually pull the trigger, he was found guilty anyway for his role in the tragic event. Read Ful...

Neighbors don’t always make the best of friends but, faced with growing international tensions, China and Russia are being drawn closer together. It comes as Chinese citizens increasingly write off better relations with the US. Read F...

Shares in Asia-Pacific were trading higher on the final day of this year as vaccine rollout elevated hopes for next year’s economic recovery. However, the market’s optimism also pushed the dollar lower. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

With all the originality of a Hollywood remake, the story about some state paying militants in Afghanistan bounties for targeting US troops has made a comeback. This time the villain is China, rather than Russia or Iran. Read Full Artic...

An employee deliberately removed vials of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from a Wisconsin hospital refrigerator, destroying around 500 doses, an internal probe has found. The FBI and police are now investigating the incident. Read Full Articl...

A large crowd has gathered in Minneapolis near the scene of a traffic stop that ended in a deadly shootout, marking the first police-involved killing since the death of George Floyd. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ontario’s Finance Minister Rod Phillips faces calls to resign after he went on a weeks-long trip to the Caribbean, flouting Canada’s Covid-19 guidelines, and apparently posted specious tweets to suggest he hadn’t left the country....

Beijing has approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by the China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), for public use. It comes a day after the inoculation was reported to have shown nearly 80 percent efficacy. Read Full Article a...

The Algerian government has reached an agreement with Russia to obtain doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, the world’s first-registered inoculation against Covid-19. Distribution is scheduled to begin next month. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Citing the ‘unfairness’ of European Union subsidies to Airbus and tariffs imposed on US-based Boeing products, the US Trade Representative’s office said it would raise dues on certain French and German wines and spirits. Read Full...

A group of UN experts have joined the chorus denouncing US President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon Blackwater contractors involved in the slaughter of Iraqi civilians, saying it “opens the door” for more abuses by mercenaries....

Actress and progressive crusader Alyssa Milano was torched online after offering questionable advice to “anti-maskers,” explaining that face coverings will “protect you more” than an AR-15 rifle. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire has called off the planned inauguration ceremony for himself and other state officials, saying there was ‘too much risk’ after an armed protester was arrested outside his house. Read Full Artic...

A new variant of the novel coronavirus first detected in the UK has made its way to California, Governor Gavin Newsom announced during a talk with Dr. Anthony Fauci, a day after the first US case was recorded in Colorado. Read Full Arti...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is continuing to resist calls, including from the president, for larger Covid-19 relief checks for Americans, as he does not approve of the standalone House bill. Read Full Article at ...

Consistent with its view in the past, the Post – owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world – has warned that giving $2,000 checks to Americans making under $70,000 is a poor use of government funds. Read Full ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he shouldn’t get ahead of seniors and medical workers in line for the coronavirus vaccine just because he’s an elected official, and will take it when there’s enough supply for people under 45. R...

A blazing row has broken out after a Premier League team made fun of a female TV pundit who claimed they had been helped to promotion by the pandemic, leading to outrage, claims of sexism and barrages of abuse on social media. Read Full...

A new poll shows that more than one in three Americans believe a “deep state” is working to undermine the president and remove him from office. The survey also found a majority concerned with the spread of false information. Read Fu...

The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca was approved by Argentina on Wednesday, the second nation to greenlight the jab after the UK. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Bolivia has become the third Latin American nation to strike an agreement with Russia’s Direct Investment Fund for supplies of its Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19. Under the deal, La Paz will receive 2.6 million doses. Read Full Ar...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has denounced Senate Republicans for refusing to take up Covid-19 relief that would send $2,000 to every American. However, she previously admitted she’d blocked any such relief for months. Read Full Article...

The Republic of Ireland will be placed under its most severe Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions until January 31 amid rising numbers of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Wednesday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Mike Tyson has stunned Logan Paul on an extraordinary episode of the YouTuber-turned-boxer's provocative podcast, casually chomping an industrial amount of psychedelics before giving a grim warning to his host on Floyd Mayweather. Read ...

We now know the reason for the cancellation of the welterweight bout between Khamzat Chimaev and Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night on Fight Island on January 20. Read Full Article at RT.com

A passenger bus on the road between Deir ez-Zor and Palmyra came under attack by terrorists, resulting in the death of at least 25 people on board, reported the Syrian state news agency SANA. Another 13 people were injured. Read Full Ar...

A smartphone app claiming to serve as a gateway to a world of secret (and possibly illegal) parties — pandemic be damned— has been dropped by Apple’s app store and removed from TikTok for allegedly encouraging unsafe behavior. Rea...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) is being accused by Biden supporters of “threatening” democracy with his newly-announced plan to object on January 6 to the certification of the Electoral College’s vote. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Some schools in England will delay their reopening in the new year so that mass testing can be rolled out for all pupils and staff in an attempt to reduce the spread of Covid-19, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has said. Read Full ...