Chelsea forward Timo Werner was guilty of another glaring miss as Germany suffered a first defeat in World Cup qualifying for 20 years as Joachim Low’s beleaguered team lost to minnows North Macedonia. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A single-shot Covid-19 vaccine by CanSino Biologics has shown a decrease in efficacy over time, the manufacturer has said. Getting a “booster shot” six months after the first jab, however, propels its efficacy to over 90%. Read Full...

Russian world number two Daniil Medvedev obliterated his racket not once but twice on the way to defeat against Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut in their Miami Open quarter-final. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Los Angeles-based jeweler has unveiled a necklace featuring a digital screen that displays non-fungible tokens (NFTs), as enthusiasm for blockchain-based art continues to grow. Not everyone thought it was a cool flex, though. Read Ful...

US liquefied natural gas has the potential to be vital geopolitical tool for the US, and a key part of its energy future, but the emissions associated with the fuel may become a problem. Read Full Article at RT.com

A North Carolina police officer who was caught in viral footage beating and body-slamming his own K-9 companion has left the force, stepping down on his own accord after the department took action to have him fired. Read Full Article at...

Four people are dead after a gunman opened fire at an office complex in Orange, California, with a child believed to be among the victims. One police officer exchanged gunfire with the suspect, who was injured in the shootout. Read Full...

Harvard University, long accused of discriminating against Asians in its admissions policies, is apologizing after botching its campaign to fight anti-Asian racism by presuming students may feel ashamed of their own ethnicity. Read Full...

NASA has apparently updated its popular Mars project page after Chinese newspapers lashed out at the US space agency over an “unforgivable” mistake of including Taiwan as a country in a dropdown menu and hinted at consequences. Read...

Apple is no longer going to risk anyone “misgendering” Siri. The company will now force users setting up their new smartphones to make a deliberate decision whether they want a male or female voice for their digital assistant. Read ...

Researchers have developed new and improved xenobots, tiny biological machines constructed from frog cells that are now able to organize themselves into a single body as a ‘swarm’ and even ‘remember’ their surroundings. Read Ful...

Deliveries of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine face delays in the US after a factory mixup tarnished some 15 million doses of the inoculation, prompting a pause on shipments as regulators probe the mishap. Read Full...

Waukegan, Illinois was set to change the name of a middle school from American founder Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama, when ‘Latinx’ activists launched a protest campaign, saying the 44th president was their “oppressor.” Read ...

Finland's government has withdrawn a proposal to impose strict lockdowns in five cities, including the capital Helsinki. PM Sanna Marin has accepted the measures were deemed illegal by the country's constitutional law committee. Read Fu...

The Pentagon will pay Microsoft billions of dollars to build augmented-reality headsets for its soldiers. The devices will be backed by the tech firm's Azure cloud computing services, which was compromised by hackers last year. Read Ful...

US Border Patrol agents, with assistance from a special unit of Texas Rangers, have rescued a six-month-old baby who was thrown into the Rio Grande River by the human traffickers paid to smuggle her to the US. Read Full Article at RT.co...

New York City police have arrested a suspect in the brutal attack on a 65-year-old Asian American woman outside a Manhattan apartment building, saying the black New Yorker was on parole for the 2002 stabbing murder of his mother. Read F...

The graduation photo that made Kaitlin Bennett famous or notorious – depending on one’s politics – has been removed from Instagram. The Facebook-owned platform termed her defense of gun rights “violence and incitement.” Read F...

The Supreme Court of the British Virgin Islands has sided with Russia’s VEB.RF state corporation in its dispute with a firm linked to the Ukrainian government over the illegal expropriation of the Russian Prominvestbank by Kiev. Read ...

From Saturday, France will widen regional lockdown measures to the entire country in a bid to halt rising Covid-19 infections, President Emmanuel Macron has said, while defending his government's approach to tackling the virus. Read Ful...

Argentine model-turned-agent Wanda Nara was left unimpressed when her husband Mauro Icardi referred to her as a 'dog' in a cheeky social media post. Read Full Article at RT.com

Paige Spiranac was once told "no one will ever take you seriously if you keep posting pictures with cleavage" but that doesn't seem to be advice she is following too closely judging by the new range of racy towels she is selling. Read F...

UFC star Conor McGregor has flashed his wealth on social media while also taking digs at former octagon rival Nate Diaz. Read Full Article at RT.com

An immediate review of safeguarding policies in British state and independent schools will be launched, the government has announced, following the online posting of thousands of reports of sexual abuse. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A gang of thugs who terrorized London with a series of violent armed robberies, including holding ex-Arsenal star Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac at knifepoint, have been sentenced to serve more than 100 years in prison. Read Full Article...

After President Biden lifted Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people joining the military, the Pentagon is set to unveil its new transgender policy. The military will now reportedly handle the medical bills of trans personnel. Read F...

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has said it will encourage players to get vaccinated against Covid-19, to “allow our world to move back to a place of normalcy,” after several athletes expressed reluctance to get the jab. Read...

More than two dozen American organizations have called on US President Joe Biden to put an end to a series of public spats with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and instead take a more “constructive” approach with Moscow. Re...

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has announced that he will begin a hunger strike to protest his prison conditions. He claims his health is deteriorating due to the refusal of proper medical care and “sleep deprivation.” Rea...

The University of Winchester has unveiled a statue of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. The project invoked a storm of criticism, with students of the austerity-enduring university fuming over the questionable use of funds. Read ...

Jon Jones has taken to social media to address his money row with UFC president Dana White, asserting that $10 million would not be enough for him to step into the octagon with heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. Read Full Article at ...

US tech giant YouTube has unblocked the channel of RT Arabic, one of the most popular news sources in the language. Earlier on Wednesday, the page was removed following a series of “coordinated” copyright claims over old images. Rea...

Global Covid-19 deaths and cases have continued to rise, the World Health Organization has said as health chiefs warn of the threat of stronger variants and the growing number of young people in intensive care with the virus. Read Full ...

While many in the fitness industry bemoan the sedentary lifestyle which predominates in industrialized nations around the world, as it turns out, even the most active hunter-gatherer ways of life don’t actually burn more calories. Rea...

The European Commission has said the bloc will receive a shipment of 107 million Covid jabs from three pharma firms before the end of March, significantly below initial targets, as it battles to speed up its vaccine rollout. Read Full A...

Russia's Euro 2020 Organizing Committee has said that the stadium in St. Petersburg will be filled to 50% capacity during matches of the upcoming continental tournament. Read Full Article at RT.com

Donald Trump has again teased the prospect of a third run for the presidency in 2024 in a new interview, and promised his fans that he’ll hold more rallies “relatively soon.” The interview has been blacklisted by social media. Rea...

Conor McGregor may not have an accessible path towards UFC gold at the moment but no matter as the Irish mixed martial arts superstar called on Dana White to issue him with his very own UFC title, The McGregor Belt. Read Full Article at...

A young woman was kidnapped and repeatedly raped by sex predator Jeffrey Epstein and alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell while the victim’s son watched, and trafficked to Epstein’s powerful friends under dire threats, she has claimed. R...

With the EU suffering from an acute Covid-19 vaccine shortage, the leaders of France and Germany discussed the potential import of the Moscow-made Sputnik V in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday night. Read Fu...

The Twitter account for Russia’s national rugby team was among those to pile in after their footballing counterparts suffered defeat to Slovakia in their World Cup qualifier on Tuesday night. Read Full Article at RT.com

The planned relaxation of some of Sweden's Covid-19 measures has been delayed until at least May 3, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said after the country recorded its highest number of new coronavirus cases this year. Read Full Articl...

Facebook VP of global affairs Nick Clegg has blamed users for spreading “polarizing” content on the platform in a blog defending its algorithms, saying the spread of harmful posts is “not simply the fault of faceless machines.” ...

The Kremlin has rubbished an analysis from the US State Department that says Russia is plagued by human rights breaches, police surveillance and poor jail conditions, insisting that Washington just rehashes the claims each year. Read Fu...

US President Joe Biden is expected to unveil a massive infrastructure spending plan, the first of a two-part proposal to help the nation's economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

New UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has said he won't wait on former light heavyweight king Jon Jones, while discussing potential opponents. Read Full Article at RT.com

The case against a former Nazi concentration camp guard, recently deported from the US to face charges in Germany, has been closed due to lack of evidence, after the 95-year-old declined to be questioned, prosecutors have said. Read Ful...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the data it has been given by Chinese firms Sinopharm and Sinovac suggest that their vaccines meet the WHO’s efficacy requirements for emergency-use listing. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A flood of conspicuously subpar tweets defending Amazon from its critics led many to assume the firm had unleashed a swarm of bots, but the messages may have actually been penned by masters of snark, leaked documents reveal. Read Full A...

NHL team the Carolina Hurricanes appear to have walked themselves into a 'woke' corner after some sports fans took issue with their attempt to play the gender equality 'pronoun game' online. Read Full Article at RT.com

Doctors the world over can take a glance and know a newborn baby’s sex, but CNN doesn’t seem to believe the science. In an article discussing a ban on transgender women in women’s sport, the liberal news site went full woke. Read ...

“The Russians are coming!” They’re not, of course, but more and more commentators are saying that if they ever do, there will be nothing that can stop them. Western militaries are now so weak that Moscow will crush them like ants....

The EU Commission has taken Poland to the European Court of Justice over a reform it thinks undermines the independence of the country’s judiciary. Poland claims the EU has no legal right to meddle in its internal politics. Read Full ...

New figures from the Global House Price Index have revealed that the cost of buying property in Moscow rose by a whopping 21.1% in the last year, putting the Russian capital into 7th place on the planet for annual price increases. Read ...

A popular internet meme in which a man seems to be smiling through suppressed pain was unwittingly deployed by a Swedish healthcare provider while encouraging elderly residents in Stockholm to come forward for their Covid-19 jabs. Read ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov may have retired but the seemingly never-ending conveyor belt of talent from one of MMA's most famous fighting families is showing no sign of slowing as Usman Nurmagomedov prepares for his Bellator debut. Read Full A...

Anna Khramtsova, who once won a competition to be dubbed ‘the Beauty of the Russian Guard,’ has lost a lawsuit against her former police chiefs after being fired from the force, reportedly over a security-breaching Instagram post. R...

Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has laid into the organization's president Dana White. Read Full Article at RT.com

BlazeTV host Steven Crowder has had his YouTube channel restricted after posting a video that reportedly challenged the legitimacy of the recent US presidential vote, and after also being restricted by Twitter. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Two Russian envoys have been told to pack their bags and leave Rome, after Italy arrested two people alleged to be part of a shadowy espionage network, which security agencies claim fed confidential information back to Moscow. Read Full...

A new study, undertaken by Ipsos MORI, has found that Britons would back plans to introduce vaccine passports for a wide range of activities, with 78% supporting the idea of jab certificates for overseas travel. Read Full Article at RT....

Chinese tech giant Huawei achieved a record profit last year despite pandemic headwinds and US blacklisting. However, those factors still took a toll on the pace of the company’s growth. Read Full Article at RT.com

The world’s second-biggest cellphone manufacturer, India, wants to lure semiconductor companies to the country to boost its smartphone assembly industry and strengthen its electronics supply chain, sources told Reuters. Read Full Arti...

UFC featherweight Megan Anderson has taken on toxic Twitter trolls who sensationally accused her of ‘cancel culture’ when she retorted to vile sexist abuse criticizing her appearance and blaming her for the hate. Read Full Article a...

Retired US Army Lieutenant General Ben Hodges has been accused of an “outright and primitive lie,” after casting doubt on the consensus that Russia lost millions of lives during World War II, claiming they were all Ukrainians. Read ...

Football fans have spotted an embarrassing blunder in Inter Milan's new badge after the Italian giants unveiled the design to much fanfare this week. Read Full Article at RT.com

With the total number of shark bites increasing worldwide each year, and the global human population set to increase, researchers are suggesting personal electronic deterrents to save lives and protect the tourism industry. Read Full Ar...

German football star Toni Kroos has criticized the decision to allow Qatar to host the World Cup, but has called any boycott plans for the tournament pointless. Read Full Article at RT.com

A woman was shot and killed in Jakarta, Indonesia, after exchanging gunfire with officers, police have confirmed. The nation’s police chief said the woman was a “lone wolf” assailant and followed Islamic State’s ideology. Read F...

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced on Wednesday that its Covid-19 vaccine has shown 100% effectiveness in preventing the virus in children aged 12-15, following the completion of phase three clinical trials. Read Full Article at RT...

Enraged activists have responded after reports that trans players in England might be required to submit to height and weight checks to determine if they could potentially harm their fellow players in women's rugby. Read Full Article at...

Russian tennis player Anastasia Potapova has celebrated her 20th birthday in style, resting and sunbathing on a yacht together with friends after her early exit from the prestigious WTA Miami Open tournament. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The world experienced a “climate emergency” in 2020, as deforestation increased 12% on the previous year, despite the global slowdown caused by the Covid pandemic, according to a newly released report by Global Forest Watch (GFW). R...

Beijing has unleashed another attack on the BBC after one of its correspondents, accused of fake reporting on Xinjiang and Hong Kong by China, purportedly “ran” to Taiwan without informing Chinese authorities of his leaving. Read Fu...

A ban on RT’s Russian-language news service is coming into full force in Latvia after officials began implementing a controversial decision by the country’s online media watchdog, which has already seen RT channels taken off air. Re...

A disgruntled Slovenian reportedly fed up with his country’s Covid-19 restrictions was detained by security personnel on Tuesday after he approached the country’s parliament building with his dog… and a chainsaw. Read Full Article...

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant has issued an apology of sorts after actor and comedian Michael Rapaport shared an expletive-filled message exchange supposedly between the pair in which the NBA star appeared to threaten him. Read Full A...

The dollar-based long-term price predictions for bitcoin are flawed, according to cryptocurrency exchange Kraken’s CEO Jesse Powell. He proposes measuring bitcoin in luxury car prices, due to the inflationary nature of fiat money. Rea...

Reports from one of Catalonia's leading daily newspapers claim that Manchester City have given up on their pursuit of Barcelona legend Lionel Messi. Read Full Article at RT.com

China has rejected allegations made by the World Health Organization (WHO) chief, who claimed researchers had trouble “accessing raw data” while in Wuhan. It insists that local and foreign scientists used the exact same databases. R...

Leon Edwards has had a frustrating couple of years inside and out of the Octagon but he will finally get the high-profile fight he has been craving when he takes on one of the sport's most colorful characters in Nate Diaz. Read Full Art...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison blamed the European Union (EU) on Wednesday for Australia’s slow vaccine rollout, claiming its blocking of jab shipments to Canberra has caused the country to fall far behind its inoculation target. Read ...

The mayor of Paris has called for all schools to close, as the number of Paris students currently out of class due to sickness or virus-induced closures rises to 20,000, amid a very serious third wave of Covid-19. Read Full Article at R...

Berlin will require residents to show that they have tested negative for Covid-19 before being allowed in certain shops and cultural institutions, as part of new restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the virus. Read Full Articl...

The World Bank has raised its outlook for the Russian economy. Despite existing sanctions and pandemic-linked risks, it expects the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by around 3%. Read Full Article at RT.com

A pioneering new formula that protects animals against coronavirus has been registered in Russia days after one of the country’s top scientists warned that the deadly pathogen could soon begin spreading through homes and farms. Read F...

An Elite Eight game in Indianapolis was marred by a scary incident when veteran college basketball referee Bert Smith, who was officiating at the match, collapsed on the floor during the first half. Read Full Article at RT.com

A senior Spanish minister has said she believes that the EU’s digital vaccine certificate could be rolled out as early as May but says it will be ready by the end of June at the latest despite the bloc’s inoculation challenges. Read...

Cristiano Ronaldo moved to within six goals of the all-time international record as the Portugal star struck against lowly Luxembourg, but fans have revived claims that the forward has ‘stat padded’ against lesser teams. Read Full A...

The southwestern city of Ruili, which abuts China’s border with Myanmar, has imposed a quarantine and launched a mass testing campaign after new locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 were detected. Read Full Article at RT.com

In a rare break with protocol, the Archbishop of Canterbury has defended the right to freedom of speech amid an ongoing row about the showing of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Read Full Article at RT.com

Utah Jazz players have been posting their gratitude after their charter flight was forced into an emergency landing when it hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

China’s crude oil imports from Iran this month could reach close to one million barrels per day (bpd) as the country continues to gobble up 'cheap' crude from the Islamic Republic. Read Full Article at RT.com

The roster of a four-person SpaceX crew that will man the first all-civilian spaceflight has been finalized after the last two team members were selected as part of a charity drive. Read Full Article at RT.com

With Germany’s federal elections less than six months away and Angela Merkel’s alliance in disarray over corruption and mishandling of the pandemic, the Greens have surged in the polls, sparking the idea of a new Green Chancellor. R...

Foreign investors and entrepreneurs show growing interest in the development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR), Russian Ambassador at Large for the Arctic Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Korchunov told TASS. Read Fu...

New York’s state legislature has passed a bill legalizing the use of recreational cannabis for adults aged 21 and older, while ending most pot-related arrests in the state. Governor Andrew Cuomo has pledged to sign the measure. Read F...

G. Gordon Liddy, a Nixon aide perhaps best known for his central role in the scandalous 1972 break-in at the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex, has passed away at the age of 90.  Read Full Article at RT.com

US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) has claimed that the Biden administration aims to force all Americans to have Covid-19 vaccine passports, comparing it to the “mark of the beast” prophesied in the Bible. Read Ful...

A white New Jersey college professor has sued his employer for racial discrimination after learning that two black co-workers with credentials allegedly inferior to his own were making at least 49% more money than him. Read Full Article...