Restrictions on public gatherings put in place to slow the spread of coronavirus in the Russian capital may soon be scrapped ahead of a series of planned events marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, local media reported on Thursday. Read ...

Police have arrested two care home staffers in England as part of an investigation into the coronavirus-linked deaths of residents. The care home has confirmed an outbreak at the facility. Read Full Article at RT.com

Always eager to see more “guardrails” and “content curation” applied to competitors, the Gray Lady is coming after Google Podcasts, which supposedly didn’t do its homework on purging undesirable voices. Read Full Article at RT...

The British leadership has grown increasingly hostile towards Moscow, Russia’s ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin, has told RT. The diplomat calls it a dangerous, and unprovoked, trend that could backfire for European security. Read F...

A series of twisters tore through several Alabama cities, leaving at least five people dead while inflicting major damage on homes and knocking out power supply for tens of thousands of residents. Read Full Article at RT.com

The beleaguered editor-in-chief of German tabloid Bild, Julian Reichelt, who stepped aside amid a sex scandal, will return to his post after admitting having affairs with female staff, the paper’s publisher said on Thursday. Read Full...

A production of the classic folk tale ‘Cinderella’ was abruptly canceled by a Minnesota theater, whose director said the play’s “98% white” cast did not meet a self-imposed diversity quota, opting to start over from scratch. R...

The conservative-friendly social media network Parler said it directed the FBI to dozens of posts encouraging violence in the weeks before the January 6 Capitol riot, also arguing other sites permitted “far more” violent content. Re...

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law a bill that bans biological males from competing in female school sports programs, marking the third Republican-controlled state to enact such legislation. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

As lawmakers from both parties talk regulation, the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter headed to Capitol Hill for a hearing. With Democrats in charge, the focus this time was on “disinformation,” and of course Donald Trump. Read F...

A pilot for Southwest Airlines was heard launching into a curse-filled tirade against “liberals” living in California’s Bay Area – all caught on a live mic. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US state of Georgia once again became a battlefield in the political war, thanks to an election reform bill most Republicans saw as too little, too late – and Democrats denounced as racist, evil and immoral voter suppression. Read...

An attack on an oil terminal on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast set one fuel tank ablaze, the country’s petroleum ministry said, after several Houthi drones reportedly targeted two cities not far from the border with Yemen. Read Full A...

US Women's football team icon Megan Rapinoe's speech at the White House has caused a predictable stir – and not everyone has been swayed by the veteran's appearance after she accepted an invitation from new president Joe Biden. Read F...

President Joe Biden apparently had some crucial things to say about reforming the Senate filibuster, the legislative speed bump against ruling-party dominance, but his descent into unintelligibility left his plans a mystery. Read Full A...

Independent publishing website Substack has faced recent criticism from mostly liberal critics looking for more policing of views and speech on the platform, but the company has shot these wishes down. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

North Korea has said it test-fired an upgraded tactical guided projectile, which South Korean and Japanese military earlier described as a short-range ballistic missile. The launch was Pyongyang’s second in a week. Read Full Article a...

President Joe Biden doubled the Covid-19 vaccination goal for his first 100 days in office, saying he aims to have 200 million Americans inoculated by April 30. Reporters chose not to ask him anything pandemic-related thereafter. Read F...

An Israeli-owned container ship was hit and damaged by an Iranian missile in the Arabian Sea on Thursday, unconfirmed reports by the Israeli media claim. Read Full Article at RT.com

The city of Oakland, California, has announced a “guaranteed income” project to support local low-income families – but curiously, poor white families won’t be included, leading many to slam the move as racist. Read Full Article...

Tennis ace Jack Draper was forced to retire from his opening match at the Miami Open on Thursday after the 19-year-old collapsed on court during the finals stages of his match against Mikhail Kukushkin. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The United Arab List (UAL), a small Palestinian-Israeli party, is set to clinch five seats in Israel’s election, and though the number is small, it could cast the party as kingmaker in a race that is going down to the wire. Read Full ...

Hunter Biden has once again become the center of attention, this time thanks to an alleged gun-related incident in 2018 in which the Secret Service unofficially intervened on behalf of the now-president’s son. Read Full Article at RT....

With detention facilities filling up along the US-Mexico border and President Joe Biden struggling to accommodate the influx, he nevertheless insists that he’s holding back even more migrants. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mexican researchers have solved the problem of eating and drinking while keeping the mouth-space hermetically sealed against viral contamination. A new mask design blocks nasal exhalation, supposedly saving the wearer and others. Read F...

President Joe Biden has confirmed the US military is not ready to meet a May 1 pullout deadline in Afghanistan, previously agreed to by the Trump administration and the Taliban. Read Full Article at RT.com

Regardless of whether or not he raises aloft the UFC heavyweight title at this weekend's UFC 260, Francis Ngannou's rise to the summit of mixed martial arts has been a triumph against the odds. Read Full Article at RT.com

President Joe Biden said he expects to run for re-election in 2024, despite widespread concerns over his already advanced age, but he stopped short of predicting a rematch with Donald Trump. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is in an “extremely unfavorable” state of health and is experiencing pain in his back and leg. That’s according to his lawyer Olga Mikhailova, contradicting claims from prison officials. Re...

Revered Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova has marked her return to Moscow following an 18-month absence from her home country ahead of the Olympic Games – and couldn't resist setting pulses racing with a new bikini shot, Read Full Article...

US President Joe Biden has promised to be less confrontational towards China than his predecessor Donald Trump, even as he outlined the same sticky foreign policy issues with Beijing and dismissed it as an autocracy. Read Full Article a...

Contrary to popular belief and long-standing public policy, new research claims that exposure to high background radiation may, in fact, provide beneficial health effects to humans. Read Full Article at RT.com

Child poverty hit a record high in the UK even before the pandemic hit, with three-quarters of children in need living in working families, and campaigners say the fallout from Covid over the past year has only made things worse. Read F...

Dutch police on Thursday evacuated the Parliament building in the Hague and the surrounding streets, while military officers were spotted sweeping the area, in an incident that turned out to be a false alarm. Read Full Article at RT.com...

In the first official press conference of his presidency, Joe Biden dodged questions from friendly reporters with rambling digressions and wondered if there will be a Republican party to oppose him in 2024, should he run again. Read Ful...

Manchester United supremo Ed Woodward is "convinced" that boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the right man to lead the club forward and is preparing a massive contract offer for the club legend, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.c...

A photojournalist covering the crisis at the US-Mexico border has detailed the media blackout imposed on the area, which he says has included him being prevented from snapping images of struggling migrants. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The mainstream media cheered for Joe Biden’s inauguration, but two months in, are they prepared to ask the tough questions their job demands at his first solo presser? If CNN is anything to go by, the answer is a resounding no. Read F...

The Bank of England has unveiled its new £50 note design featuring iconic British mathematician Alan Turing, but some Brits were quick to criticize the bank –and the BBC– for seemingly glossing over his persecution by government. R...

Russia's Anna Shcherbakova has produced a masterclass in the women’s short program to take the lead at the world championships – but the judging scores have been met with caustic remarks over Russian dominance on social media. Read ...

An influential NGO has warned that it’s impossible for Italy to meet the EU’s goal of vaccinating all over-80s before the end of March, as the country’s prime minister complained that some regions are “neglecting their elderly.�...

The US and UK have sanctioned entities linked to Myanmar’s military, amid two months of protests and chaos in the country following a military coup that ousted the civilian government. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian government proposals that would have forced internet users to upload documents and postal addresses in order to access social networks and messenger apps have been shelved, officials told reporters on Thursday. Read Full Article...

Authorities detained a man who boarded an empty aircraft at the airport in Mauritania’s capital and threatened to set it on fire, according to state media, apparently because he held a grudge against the West African nation. Read Full...

The uneven distribution of Covid-19 jabs across the EU could cause lasting damage to some member states, the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said, as leaders met to discuss the bloc’s troubled vaccine rollout. Read Full Article at ...

Police were called to Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire on Thursday as angry parents gathered at the school’s gates to protest the alleged showing of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon during a religious education lesson on Monday. Read...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not particularly interested in the West's opinion of him. That's according to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who noted on Wednesday that Putin says what he wants, when he wants. Read Full Art...

Champions League club Lazio are in mourning after Daniel Guerini, a 19-year-old who had featured for Italy at youth level, was killed in a car crash in his homeland after taking a trip to buy food with friends in his homeland. Read Full...

South Korean officials have warned the public against undermining the vaccination campaign, after rumors appeared online that President Moon Jae-in was secretly inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine instead of the one by AstraZeneca. Read ...

Germany has asked the European Commission to begin negotiating with Moscow over Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, despite it not yet receiving approval or registration from the EU's regulatory body, the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Read F...

Israel's High Court of Justice has ruled that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shouldn't get involved in selecting high-ranking law enforcement and justice officials while he himself is on trial for "serious offences." Read Full Articl...

COVAX co-leader GAVI has warned that India’s delay in granting export licenses for Covid-19 vaccines amid a domestic spike in cases is hurting the rollout in poorer countries relying on the jabs to bring the virus under control. Read ...

Britain’s competition watchdog has said Giphy and Facebook have five days to offer legally binding proposals to address concerns over their merger deal, which could see the social media giant further monopolize digital adverts. Read F...

A Twitter storm has erupted after Minister Vicky Ford praised ‘super’ efforts by Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford to provide free school meals for poor children, but claimed he’d simply ‘supported’ the UK government’s c...

Dominance MMA chief Ali Abdelaziz says that Khamzat Chimaev is undertaking a "special training program" ahead of his UFC comeback this summer, admitting that his fighter's return will likely be against veteran Neil Magny. Read Full Arti...

Denmark’s health authority has confirmed the country is extending the temporary suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for three more weeks, as it can’t rule out a connection between the jab and blood clots. Read Ful...

Researchers from the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a possibly revolutionary treatment for a range of neurological conditions and diseases using a machine found in an average dentist's office. Read ...

At least $400 million worth of crude oil as well as liquefied natural gas (LNG), refined fuels, and containers full of goods have come to a standstill, after a massive container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal on Tuesday. Read Full A...

Prolonged use of steroids to build muscle mass also prematurely ages the brain, scientists say, making those who use the banned athletic-enhancement drugs more susceptible to Alzheimer’s, dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Read Full ...

A former Russian official has been deported from Austria to Moscow after being accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the world-famous Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. He had asked Vienna for political asylum. Read Full Art...

Canadian tennis star Vasek Pospisil has apologized for a furious, expletive-ridden on-court rant at the Miami Open during which he threatened legal action against tournament organizers after he was censured by officials. Read Full Artic...

The Presidential Palace has spoken of its leader’s “concern” after hundreds of Chinese boats, reportedly manned by maritime militia, anchored in Philippine waters. Beijing says “bad weather” forced the vessels to seek refuge. ...

This week was marked by a bombshell dropped by a spokesperson for former US president Donald Trump, Jason Miller, who said that Trump is coming back to social media – but this time on his own network. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The human brain is buzzing with activity after a person dies, researchers have revealed, although there appears to be a logical, non-zombie-related explanation for the bizarre phenomenon. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK government has again been accused of overreliance on expensive consultants in its Covid-19 response, after Deloitte was hired to ‘support’ civil servants in responding to MPs’ questions and Freedom of Information requests. ...

Amazon is facing major backlash after it disputed claims that warehouse employees were made to urinate in bottles to avoid wasting time and meet quotas, despite several sources documenting the practice. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

One of Ukraine’s most prominent politicians is facing a probe by Kiev’s successor to the Soviet-era KGB domestic intelligence agency, over claims he and his supporters worked to hand over the disputed Crimean peninsula to Russia. Re...

Beware of men in their 30s and 40s, especially if they’ve had a drink! That’s according to new data released by authorities in Russia, showing this demographic was responsible for more offenses in the country than any other. Read Fu...

French snowboarding champion Julie Pomagalski has tragically died at the age of 40 after being buried by an avalanche on the 10,000ft-high Gemsstock mountain in the Swiss Alps, where she was submerged by a huge sheet of snow. Read Full ...

A BAE Systems Hawk military trainer jet belonging to the Royal Navy has crashed in Cornwall. Both pilots in the plane have ejected safely and have been airlifted to hospital. Read Full Article at RT.com

Anyone who has ever spent time on a golf course will know the feeling of seeing a drive swerve away from its intended direction – but golf star Jordan Spieth has proved that even the sport's top pros aren't immune to errant shots. Rea...

With a large proportion of Moscow’s elderly population still yet to be vaccinated, the Russian capital is deploying an army of social workers to inform the city’s over-60s that they can be inoculated for free. Read Full Article at R...

Thailand’s health minister has announced that the country has granted emergency authorization for the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine, making it the third jab approved there, after the AstraZeneca and Sinovac doses. Read Fu...

Taiwan said it is now mass producing a long-range missile capable of striking deep into China and is actively developing three more models – with the missile program deemed “a priority” by Taipei. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Fearing nuclear firepower and one of the world’s largest armies, foreign states are keen to avoid direct conflict with Russia, a top Moscow official has said, warning that they are waging a hybrid war against its society instead. Read...

French President Emmanuel Macron has admitted Europe wasn’t fast and ambitious enough in its coronavirus vaccine rollout, and promised to speed up the immunization campaign in France from April. Read Full Article at RT.com

Turkey is the EU’s immediate neighbor, as well as a major NATO ally, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, calling for closer cooperation between the bloc and Ankara. Still, Turkey’s domestic issues must be addressed. Read Full ...

The Chinese foreign ministry has dismissed accusations made by clothing giants Nike and H&M that Xinjiang cotton is harvested using forced labor, and hit back at the US by highlighting its historical use of slave labor. Read Full Articl...

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has landed in hot water in New Zealand, where the country's Deputy Prime Minister has hit out at the mixed martial artist for directing a "rape" comment at rival fighter Kevin Holland. Read Full...

Social networks and messenger apps that fail to request documents, addresses, and other identifying information from users setting up accounts could face fines under a draft law being prepared by Russia’s communications regulator. Rea...

New analysis of data from one of humanity’s most powerful space observatories, Gaia, suggests that the nearest star cluster to Earth is being torn asunder by the phenomenal gravity of a massive object we cannot see. Read Full Article ...

Hugely popular former UFC bantamweight Miesha Tate has stunned fans by announcing that she will fight for the first time in almost five years in July – although some have voiced fears that it could prove to be the wrong decision. Read...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was condemned by publicans and drinkers alike after he announced that pubs could ban people from entering if they haven’t been vaccinated against Covid-19. Read Full Article at RT.com

The hosts of RT’s Keiser Report, Max and Stacy, look at the US economy which can no longer react to price signals because all of the so-called ‘signals’ are now fake. Read Full Article at RT.com

US footwear producer Skechers has lauded equal pay and promotion opportunities offered to its Uighur workers in China, after competitors Nike and H&M reportedly came under fire from Beijing over their statements on forced labor. Read Fu...

Artwork by a world-famous robot that was digitized in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) was sold at auction for more than half a million dollars, amid a boom in the crypto-art scene. Read Full Article at RT.com

Tough talk on energy issues doesn’t stop the US from purchasing a record share of Russian crude in 2020. American refineries reportedly loaded 538,000 barrels of Russian crude and oil products daily, breaking a decade-old record. Read...

The Suez Canal Authority has fully suspended traffic through the channel, as eight tugboats engage in an ongoing re-floating operation to try to free the ship days after it ran aground in high winds. Read Full Article at RT.com

The German Chancellor has said her government was right to back the EU’s joint vaccine procurement program, but accepted there have been challenges in European production that need to be addressed. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russians have come to realise that the ‘Europe’ they earnestly sought to integrate with after the Soviet collapse no longer exists. The final ‘divorce’ between Moscow and the rest of the continent needs to be managed carefully. ...

The world’s top cryptocurrency, bitcoin, is enjoying its moment in the sun, but could soon face major resistance by governments looking to rein in the decentralized currency, says the founder of Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio. Read ...

A Russian politician has proposed banning the singer Manizha from performing at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest under the country’s flag, claiming the competition is never won by the best singer but is completely politicized. Re...

More than half of Israel’s 9.3 million population has received two doses of coronavirus vaccines, the country’s health minister has announced, urging citizens to continue following “guidelines” to fully emerge from the pandemic....

The firm working to dislodge the container ship that’s blocking traffic in the Suez Canal has warned that “it might take weeks” to free the tanker, comparing it to trying to remove “an enormous beached whale.” Read Full Articl...

An online revolt has forced Reddit to fire a newly hired administrator, Aimee Challenor, a transgender activist and former politician who had been previously suspended by two UK political parties over pedophilia scandals. Read Full Arti...

New guidance that will require all government buildings in England, Wales and Scotland to fly the Union flag has ignited a fierce debate about whether the policy is long overdue or jingoistic. Read Full Article at RT.com

After a successful launch, a Russian Soyuz rocket is on its way to low Earth orbit to drop off 36 satellites created by UK firm OneWeb, set to join a “constellation” of small devices designed to expand internet coverage worldwide. R...

An updated review of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine showed the jab is 76% effective against the illness, downgraded from the 79% reported in earlier tests, which US health officials said were based on “outdated” information. Re...

Big Tech’s influence over government has only grown between the last two election cycles. Facebook and Amazon now outspend the largest tobacco and oil giants when it comes to buying political favor, a new report states. Read Full Arti...

The Pentagon has approved a request to house underage migrants detained at the border at two military bases in Texas, as the Joe Biden administration scrambles to address a dramatic spike in immigration and unaccompanied minors. Read Fu...