The South Korean authorities have held a drill at Incheon international airport to prepare for the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines, ensuring the government’s rollout can begin as planned later in February. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Irish foreign minister has said that Brexit is the cause of increasing tensions in Northern Ireland, not the Protocol, as reports of “menacing behaviour” and graffiti threatening border staff sees the EU withdraw officials. Read...

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl was in no mood to entertain obvious questions after watching his team suffer a record-equaling Premier League hammering for the second time in two seasons. Read Full Article at RT.com

Grain exports by Russia in the current agricultural year, from last July to June 2021, have already hit 34.3 million tons, 25 percent more than during the same period last season. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s president has warned that social media giants are making decisions about what to publish and what to censor in their own interests alone, and without any regard for the broader consequences of their actions. Read Full Article...

India’s key stock indices extended their winning streak to reach new record highs on Wednesday. The rally is driven by positive economic data and government plans to boost spending to secure further recovery from the pandemic. Read Fu...

India’s Foreign Ministry has lashed out at “foreign individuals and entities,” accusing them of attempting to tarnish the country’s image with “irresponsible” comments about recent violent protests by Indian farmers. Read Fu...

Clashes broke out in Istanbul between police and students demonstrating against the appointment of a new rector at their university and demanding the release of LGBT activists. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian star Ekaterina Alexandrova produced a stunning performance to beat reigning French Open champion Iga Swiatek at the Gippsland Trophy, a warm-up event ahead of the Australian Open. Read Full Article at RT.com

Just months after a Russian-brokered accord paused hostilities in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of restarting fighting, sparking concern for the fragile ceasefire. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will soon meet with top financial regulators to review volatility triggered after amateur traders drove GameStop’s share price to soaring heights in a bid to punish short sellers on Wall Street. Read...

Mexican regulators have approved the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the country’s coronavirus czar said, hours after the UK’s esteemed Lancet journal published data showing the Russian drug is 91 percent effective. Re...

US President Joe Biden has signed three executive orders that would help immigrants obtain citizenship, but a review on migrant children separated from their families could take months, despite vows to reunite them on “day one.” Rea...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has terminated hundreds of members from 42 Pentagon advisory boards, part of an aggressive bid to oust appointees brought on in the waning days of the Donald Trump administration. Read Full Article at R...

Twitter has banished MyPillow after company founder Mike Lindell used the account to reiterate claims of election fraud and accuse the social media platform's chief executive, Jack Dorsey, of being “tied into” the alleged crimes. Re...

While the probe into the Capitol Police’s fatal shooting of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt during the January 6 unrest is ongoing, multiple outlets have reported that it is unlikely the officer involved will face charges. Read Full Art...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki appeared to be gobsmacked when a reporter asked about President Joe Biden's plans for the Space Force and equated the new military branch's significance to a paint job for Air Force One. Read Full A...

After a fierce tug-of-war between hedge funds and amateur traders drove the share price of video game retailer GameStop through the roof, squeezing billions of dollars out of big-time investors, the price is beginning to sink. Read Full...

Condemnation poured in from western leaders after a Moscow court sentenced opposition figure Alexey Navalny to nearly three years in prison. The Russian government cautioned the concerned westerners to mind their own business. Read Full...

Police have dispersed demonstrators at unauthorized rallies in Moscow and several other Russian cities, where protests took place over the sentencing of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, who was jailed for violating his probation. Read ...

Social media users are recoiling at Bill Gates' call for a global disease alert system, questioning why a tech billionaire with no medical expertise or elected office is plotting what they fear could become a platform for tyranny. Read ...

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos will step down as the company’s CEO in the third quarter of 2021, handing the position to Andrew Jassy as he transitions to serve as executive chair of the e-commerce giant’s board. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is open to Germany using Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 jab after a study in The Lancet reported its effectiveness as 91.6 percent against the virus overall and 100 percent against severe cases. Read...

Striving to silence voices with which the mainstream media disagrees, the New York Times has urged President Joe Biden to appoint a “reality czar” to lead the fight against “disinformation and domestic extremism.” Read Full Arti...

The Russian fund behind Sputnik V has thanked Lancet for putting science ahead of politics after the prestigious British medical journal published peer-reviewed results of clinical trials, showing the jab’s 91.6 percent efficacy. Read...

Lawyers for former US President Donald Trump are arguing that the impeachment article against him filed by the House of Representatives is false, and that his Senate trial is moot and illegal since he’s no longer in office. Read Full ...

A SpaceX prototype Starship SN9 has exploded after crashing down on its landing pad during a high-altitude test of the vehicle from the company’s site in southern Texas on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Results of the Phase III clinical study of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus jab should dispel any skepticism and help the global fight against Covid-19, Dr. Hildegunt Ertl from the Wistar Institute for vaccine research told RT. Read Ful...

The Covid-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is 76 percent effective against the virus 12 weeks after it is given as a single dose, scientists from the university said on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

After four years of bitterly opposing Donald Trump, CNN has seen its ratings fall off a cliff since President Joe Biden took office. Seemingly, the leader CNN hated was great for business. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police in East Sussex have arrested a local man for handing out free soup in a park, insisting the charitable act violated pandemic policy by gathering more than two people outdoors. Meanwhile, real crime in the UK still climbs. Read Fu...

The estate of well-connected pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has paid out nearly $50 million to victims of the late financier in just six months, new court filings have revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

Neymar has agreed terms for a four-year contract extension at Paris Saint-Germain, according to reports, in a step which if confirmed would keep the big-money Brazilian star at the club until 2026. Read Full Article at RT.com

Grace periods for new Brexit rules should be extended to give businesses more time to adapt, UK Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday, following delays on goods entering Northern Ireland due to border checks. Read Full Ar...

British smoothie company Innocent Drinks was hauled before the court of social justice and issued a groveling apology for the crime of following one allegedly transphobic pensioner on Twitter. Read Full Article at RT.com

Germany could end up divided like the US if the country’s left won’t stop with moralizing and attempts to suppress any opposing opinions, Sahra Wagenknecht, former Left Party leader, said in a harsh attack on her own allies. Read Fu...

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny will serve two years and almost eight months in prison after being found guilty of breaking the terms of a suspended sentence, handed down for an embezzlement case in 2014. Read Full Article at R...

Diego Maradona's daughter Dalma has said she vomited after listening to audio of an alleged conversation between her late father's neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque and the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov from the day of his passing. Read Full...

Astronomers have discovered a unique kind of star behaving rather strangely around 15,000 light years away, blasting its radio wave beam in odd directions and appearing to flip its polarity. Read Full Article at RT.com

The curtain may have definitively been brought down on the career of UFC lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov, but that does not mean that the undefeated Russian’s time in MMA is over. Read Full Article at RT.com

Tech giant Google has agreed to a $3.8 million settlement with the US Department of Labor after a lawsuit accusing the company of “systemic compensation and hiring discrimination” with thousands of women and Asian applicants. Read F...

British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore, who raised millions of pounds to support health service workers in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic, has died aged 100 after contracting the virus, his family said on Tuesday. Read Full...

More than half of New Delhi's population of 20 million has been infected with the coronavirus and since developed antibodies, a survey by the Indian government has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Scottish first minister has extended the nation’s lockdown amid severe pressure on the NHS and says the country will bring in new measures to prevent potentially harmful variants entering Scotland from abroad. Read Full Article at...

More people have died in England and Wales from drinking alcohol during the first three quarters of 2020 than at any other time in the past two decades, according to records kept by the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS). Read F...

Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is expected to have a prolonged immunization effect, providing protection against the deadly disease for at least two years, the developer said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Though policymakers in Kiev are embroiled in a bitter row over the constitution and access to Covid-19 jabs, the country’s deputy prime minister says Ukrainians should be setting their sights firmly on a voyage to the stars. Read Full...

One of the reservoirs in the Crimean capital of Simferopol is almost running dry as the Black Sea peninsula's water crisis continues to worsen. As things stand, many parts of the region have introduced rationing. Read Full Article at RT...

Researchers at Penn State University have developed a wearable sensor that can provide real-time medical data on eye or mouth diseases by monitoring a person’s saliva or their tears. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two agents were killed, three wounded during a raid in Sunrise, Florida, the FBI said in a statement to media. They were attempting to serve a warrant on a suspect for child pornography possession when he opened fire on them. Read Full ...

As more people develop antibodies to Covid-19, Russia has begun relaxing pandemic restrictions. Now, as experts say that the number of cases are unlikely to fall to zero, the country is contemplating a return to near normality. Read Ful...

Hundreds of advanced centrifuges with a higher capacity for uranium enrichment have been installed at Iran's Natanz nuclear site, the country's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday. Read Full Artic...

The San Francisco Unified School District Arts Department has decided to abandon its acronym, apparently in a bid to end racism – but many Twitter users have failed to appreciate this historic step forward for equality. Read Full Arti...

The head of Russia’s space agency, Dmitry Rogozin, has slammed Washington’s proposals to have the US Department of Defense operate in space, calling the militarization of the Moon and lunar research “unacceptable.” Read Full Art...

After showing some signs of recovery, the euro area economy shrank again in the final quarter of 2020 as governments imposed fresh restrictions to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Read Full Article at RT.com

The “knee-jerk” decision by Robinhood to stop the trading of high-flying stocks is “a bit troubling,” according to Jordan Belfort, the author of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’. They could have just as easily raised the margin, he...

Japan’s prime minister has announced an extension of the country’s state of emergency until March 7 as hospitals remain flooded with serious cases and the country's inoculation campaign has yet to start. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Texas senator and apparent superhero geek Ted Cruz has been roasted online for his peculiar takeaway from the smash-hit Marvel movies, namely that “rabid environmentalists” were the bad guys all along. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russia’s first ever Olympic champion in women’s figure skating, Adelina Sotnikova, says she continues to receive death threats from South Korean fans who were not happy with her sensational triumph in Sochi. Read Full Article at RT....

The EU's staff based at ports in Northern Ireland will be temporarily withdrawn due to security concerns for the workers, a spokesperson for the European Commission said on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Researchers in Australia have developed a new kind of cryogenic quantum computer chip which operates at close to the theoretical coldest temperature in the universe and may spark a new technological revolution. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Six people, including five small children, were killed in a shooting in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The suspected gunman was arrested after a brief chase, but police are still investigating the circumstances of the hideous crime. Read Full Arti...

Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the most widespread variant of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The latter remained in first place for around two decades. Read Full Article at RT.com

A defense white paper published on Tuesday by South Korea has downgraded its official description of neighboring Japan, dropping the word ‘partner’ in a sign of deteriorating relations between the two nations. Read Full Article at R...

Former Aston Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich doesn't believe current club captain Jack Grealish will make a move to another one of his old teams, Manchester United, and instead stay and challenge for honours with his boyhood side. Read Fu...

Financial scams soared to a record high last year, as fraudsters sought to exploit the Covid-19 outbreak to target vulnerable individuals in the UK, according to new data from British bank Barclays. Read Full Article at RT.com

A UK government report into the economics of biodiversity has outlined how prosperity has come at a “devastating” cost to nature, calling on the government to change its decision-making process to protect the natural world. Read Ful...

After her run-in with basketball megastar LeBron James, Juliana Carlos has found herself propelled to social media infamy – with some even demanding that the woman now known as ‘Courtside Karen’ be banned from NBA games. Read Full...

A UK scientist who advises the government has warned of a “worrying” and “spontaneous” mutation of the British Covid-19 variant which may impact the efficacy of the vaccines currently in use. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian officials have expressed concern over the potential for foreign interference in the trial of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny, after Western diplomats arrived en masse at his hearing on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.co...

In a major breakthrough for Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet has published preliminary Phase III trial results showing it is highly effective – notably, for all age groups. Read...

Max Keiser interviews Egon von Greyerz of GoldSwitzerland.com about the impossibility of price discovery because of the paper gold market, in which $70 trillion is traded every year against $213 billion annual mine production. Read Full...

Joe Biden is expected to sign several decrees as part of an overhaul of the Trump administration’s hardline stance on immigration, according to multiple reports. The orders could lead to the naturalization of millions of migrants. Rea...

After 10 months of restrictions to battle Covid-19, including a period with one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, Russia’s federal statistics service says that GDP decreased by an estimated 3.1 percent in 2020. Read Full Articl...

The Israeli energy minister has said he predicts it will take Iran six months to reach a position where it has enough fissile material for a single nuclear weapon, while a small arsenal could be achieved in one to two years. Read Full A...

One French police officer is lucky to be alive after being attacked with a massive sword while intervening in a marital dispute in Nantes, France. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia's top parliamentarian has submitted a proposal to criminalize calling for sanctions against Russians. The move comes after opposition figure Alexey Navalny published a list of people he wants to see targeted by the West. Read Ful...

Indian Super League team Odisha FC have sacked coach Stuart Baxter after he made a bizarre analogy claiming his players “would have to rape or get raped” in order to win a penalty. Read Full Article at RT.com

Monday morning’s coup in Myanmar caught most people there by surprise. But the Facebook followers of PE teacher Khing Hnin Wai watched the coup unfold live as she worked out on the road leading to the nation’s parliament. Read Full ...

Elon Musk has announced that he is staying off Twitter for the time being, after a headline-grabbing week in which he made market-shaking comments about cryptocurrencies and the ongoing GameStop stock drama. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Singapore’s government has introduced a bill limiting the police ability to use contact-tracing data collected from the nation’s residents over the ongoing pandemic. The use would be restricted only to the most “serious” offence...

The bloodbath in the energy markets created by the Covid-19 pandemic has left a multi-billion dollar hole in BP’s finances, the oil giant’s quarterly and annual reports have revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

Social media was ablaze with wild speculation about a fallen meteorite which had allegedly landed in the playground of a school in Far North Queensland, with NASA reportedly called in to investigate. But all was not as it seemed. Read F...

World no. 2 Rafael Nadal has sparked concerns about his readiness for the season-opening Grand Slam after he pulled out of a match in Spain's ATP Cup tie against Australia. Read Full Article at RT.com

UFC sensation Khamzat Chimaev is a man on a mission and nothing – including some bulky training equipment – seems like getting in his way. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has urged Washington to invite the WHO to conduct traceability testing in the US, citing the fact the American authorities found Covid-19 antibodies in blood donations as early as December 2019. Read Full Ar...

The US-China ‘phase one’ trade deal has paused a tariff fight between the world’s top two economies that started in 2018. Boom Bust explores US President Joe Biden’s plan for China and Huawei. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The UK universities minister rejected calls for all international travellers to quarantine in a hotel after returning to the UK, rather than just those arriving from Covid-19 red-list countries, calling the proposal “unfeasible.” Re...

Sweden recorded a surge in gun-related violence last year, according to new figures released by the government amid accusations that authorities have turned a blind eye to rising crime in the country. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

An all-out war between Russia and the West would be decided by bloody fighting in the picturesque Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, American analysts say in a study that gives rare insight into how a new world war might play out. Read ...

Beijing and Washington should put their relations back on a constructive track, a top Chinese diplomat has said, urging the US to abandon its “major-power rivalry” mentality and stop interferring in the country’s domestic affairs....

A British minister has warned people to think twice before leaving their homes if they live in areas of the UK where the South African variant has been found, saying Covid-19 restrictions need to be reinforced in these areas. Read Full ...

A number of supporters of opposition figure Alexey Navalny have been detained by police after they gathered outside a Moscow court where the activist is standing trial over claims that he violated terms of a suspended sentence. Read Ful...

LeBron James has laughed off a heated verbal exchange with fans at the Los Angeles Lakers game against the Atlanta Hawks, labelling one woman “courtside Karen” after she claimed the star called her “a b*itch.” Read Full Article ...

IndiGo, India’s flagship airline, has said it expects passenger numbers on international flights to fully recover before the end of 2021, and sees room for growth after the pandemic is over. Read Full Article at RT.com

‘Westworld’ actor and activist Evan Rachel Wood, 33, has gone public with allegations against shock rocker Marilyn Manson, 52, claiming years of physical, domestic and sexual abuse as psychological torment. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The recent Reddit-fueled buying frenzy, which sent silver prices up by as much as 13 percent on Monday, could go on for some time, according to Commerzbank. Some metals and commodities could also be next in line to rally, it said. Read ...

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) revealed she is a survivor of sexual assault while recounting last month’s Capitol riot. Many hailed her for the deeply personal story, while others questioned her motives. Read Ful...

The Iranian military has test-launched a new rocket, designed to carry satellites into space and featuring what officials called the country’s “most powerful” solid-fuel engine. Read Full Article at RT.com

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has responded to a scathing attack by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – who dubbed her a “cancer” for the GOP – insisting that “weak” Republicans would be the country’s downfall. ...