Brent Crude oil prices could fall to $10 per barrel by 2050 if the world accelerates the energy transition with decisive action to achieve the Paris Agreement climate goals, energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Thursday. Read Full ...

New Zealand is currently mulling a series of proposals aimed at eliminating smoking in the country, including a radical initiative that would prohibit the sale of tobacco to an entire generation. Read Full Article at RT.com

Amid some concerns over the efficacy of the vaccines in use, Beijing has put more than 180 million Covid-19 shots into the arms of its citizens, in an effort to immunize the nation against the virus. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Chinese economy has shaken off the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis, expanding at a record pace of 18.3% in the first three months of 2021 compared to a year ago. Read Full Article at RT.com

French lawmakers have adopted a law cracking down on sex with children and incest, following a social media firestorm touched off by allegations of incestuous abuse against a prominent intellectual earlier this year. Read Full Article a...

Eight people have been killed and numerous others wounded in a shooting that occurred at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana, police said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Lawmakers in Florida have passed a bill that increases punishments for rioting, looting and destruction of monuments, while making it harder for local jurisdictions to defund the police. Democrats condemned it as racist. Read Full Artic...

Pressed in a House hearing to provide clear targets for restoring individual freedoms or answer for the apparent failures of Covid-19 lockdowns, Dr. Anthony Fauci struggled to the point that Democrats cut off GOP questioning. Read Full ...

Chicago's mayor and the family of a 13-year-old boy who was killed by police called for calm after the release of bodycam footage that appears to show him throwing his gun behind a fence and raising his hands before being shot. Read Ful...

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of ex-president Bill and presidential failure Hillary, seems to be dipping her toes into the family business, as she renewed her demands for Trump-supporting white males to get vaccinated immediately. Read Full...

Explosions lit up the night sky over Gaza as Israeli fighter jets and attack helicopters bombed several locations inside the Palestinian enclave. Tel Aviv said the strike was a reprisal for a rocket fired into Israel earlier. Read Full ...

Twitter has banned Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe for alleged violation of its policies on “platform manipulation and spam,” silencing his account amid a series of undercover scoops on CNN's propagandist tactics. Read Full Ar...

US President Joe Biden called for “dialogue and diplomatic process” with Russia, after ordering sanctions against Moscow for allegedly being behind the SolarWinds hack and interfering in “sacred” elections and American democracy...

A press conference by the Turkish and Greek foreign ministers after a key meeting on Thursday quickly descended into an exchange of mutual accusations, suggesting the two states still have plenty of issues to settle. Read Full Article a...

The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care says it has “no plans to halt” rapid coronavirus testing, despite rumors that the testing programme would be scaled back due to false positive results. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Riot police and protesters have clashed in Berlin following a ruling by Germany's constitutional court that the capital's state government could not impose a controversial rent freeze due to existing federal legislation. Read Full Artic...

The US government moved a step closer to paying slavery reparations to black people, as a bill calling for a study of the issue was passed by the House Judiciary Committee after languishing in Congress for more than 30 years. Read Full ...

Big Business’ mega-lobby, the Chamber of Commerce, is striving to block a major pro-unionization bill – deploying a creepy campaign similar to the infamous Orwellian ads against ‘fake news’ airing on Sinclair channels in 2018. R...

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has lodged a complaint with its counterparts in Moscow, claiming that its sailors are being banned from the Russian-controlled Kerch Strait, which divides the east coast of the country from the west. Read ...

An act of sabotage at the Natanz nuclear facility and earlier incidents reveal Iran’s exposure to security violations, an adviser to the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, calling for swift system changes. Read Fu...

In the latest undercover sting video by Project Veritas, CNN technical director Charlie Chester admitted that his network tries to help the Black Lives Matter movement, but reality keeps getting in the way. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

With Donald Trump safely ousted, US intelligence agencies now admit they have only “low to moderate confidence” that Russia offered bounties on US troops in Afghanistan – yet still demand that the Kremlin answer for the crimes. Re...

Despite whistleblower leaks casting doubts on the OPCW’s findings, the EU Parliament is determined to enforce the organization’s anti-Assad line on Syria. MEP Mick Wallace was accused of spreading “fake news” when he spoke out. ...

Ex-Juventus star Luca Toni has questioned the attitude of Cristiano Ronaldo for throwing the club's jersey on the ground last weekend. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian pioneer in cancer laparoscopic surgery Igor Khatkov has officially been proclaimed Honorary Fellow of the American Surgical Association, the country's oldest and most prestigious organization of surgeons. Read Full Article at RT...

Just a month ago, US President Joe Biden indicated he believes his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin is a “killer.” But on Tuesday, he spoke to the ‘killer’ by phone and proposed that the pair meet for a face-to-face summit. R...

London and Brussels' post-Brexit trade and cooperation deal has secured a huge majority in a vote by the EU's foreign affairs and trade committees, paving the way for its full approval later this month. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Brooklyn Nets star LaMarcus Aldridge has announced his retirement from basketball following an irregular heartbeat scare. Read Full Article at RT.com

House and Senate Democrats have unveiled a new act that would expand the US Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices after President Joe Biden refused to be drawn on his position on such a move during his election campaign. Read Full Arti...

A community in North Carolina are mourning the death of a high school basketball coach and Spanish teacher who was killed in a gruesome shootout with a Mexican cartel. Read Full Article at RT.com

The office and apartments of journalists behind the online DOXA journal have been searched after the publication’s editorial board was accused by Russian authorities of encouraging minors to take part in unauthorized protests. Read Fu...

After the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) unveiled the team’s uniform this week, some of the Western media exploded with angry messages claiming that the country’s tricolor could clearly be seen on the kit presented by Zasport. Read...

A Paris court has sentenced two Ivorian men and a Belarusian mercenary to life in prison over a bombing in the Ivory Coast almost a decade ago that killed nine French peacekeepers and a US aid worker. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a grim new report confirming that sexually transmitted disease rates have hit a record high for the sixth straight year. Read Full Article at RT.com

The office of Czech President Milos Zeman has issued an extraordinary rebuke to UEFA after the decision by European football’s governing body to slap Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela with a 10-game ban for “racist behavior.” R...

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that it would soon respond in kind to a new package of sanctions unveiled against the country by US President Joe Biden, with Washington also expelling ten of Moscow’s diplomats. Read...

In August last year, Russia became the first country in the world to register a vaccine against Covid-19. But eight months later, despite Sputnik V’s International success, there’s been a slow uptake domestically for inoculation. Re...

Kids under 16 who have been prescribed puberty blockers may rely on parental consent to maintain access to the life-changing meds instead of seeking court approval, England's National Health Service (NHS) has said in new guidance. Read ...

The Institute of Public Health in Norway has recommended that the government stop using the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after a lengthy review of the jab. Oslo suspended its use on March 11. Read Full Article at RT.com

Polish health authorities began rolling out doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday, rejecting the concerns of the majority-Catholic country’s religious community and fears about the side effects of the jab. Read F...

Dozens of children’s advocacy groups have called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to scrap plans for a version of photo-sharing and body-shaming app Instagram for kids under 13, saying it would “put young users at great risk.” Read...

The Irish government has said it is considering whether to space out the administering of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in order to reach more people with a first dose as the country looks to open up from tough restrictions. Read Full Art...

UFC strawweight title contender Rose Namajunas has doubled down on anti-communist comments made ahead of her upcoming championship clash with Zhang Weili. Read Full Article at RT.com

Japan’s government has scrapped a mascot promoting the plan to dump contaminated Fukushima wastewaters into the ocean just a day after its release, after the cute character received an extremely poor reception from the public. Read Fu...

Russia may complete construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline already in summer, said Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Energy Pavel Zavalny. The pipeline aims to boost gas supplies to Germany and other European states. Read ...

A senior Disney executive has acknowledged that some projects get turned down because they are deemed inadequately diverse, reinforcing suspicions that quality content has taken a backseat to political agendas. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Football fans were left in stiches after Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur were embarrassingly trolled by Dulux just minutes after unveiling the paint company as their new sponsors. Read Full Article at RT.com

The enrichment of weapons-grade uranium is within Iran's reach, but it chose to stick to a lower purity level because it does not want to make a bomb, President Hassan Rouhani has said as talks to revive the nuclear deal continue. Read ...

Russia is preparing Crimea for the potential storage of nuclear weapons, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Andrey Taran. He claimed that troops based in the region may "undertake substantive military provocations" this year. Read ...

Russia’s parliament has passed a bill that will, once signed into law, prohibit pets from being taken away from their owners by bailiffs as repayment for debt. Currently, cats and dogs can be seized to pay off outstanding arrears. Rea...

The Danish Health Authority is exploring sending its AstraZeneca Covid vaccines to poorer nations, despite flagging the jab as having a “real risk of severe side effects,” according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Read Full ...

The French parliament has passed a controversial bill on “global security” and its heavily criticized provision on penalizing the malicious dissemination of images of the police, after deputies voted in its favor. Read Full Article ...

A Russian government committee has approved proposals that would simplify the process of obtaining a residency permit for foreigners who buy real estate or put at least ten million rubles ($130,000) into the country's economy. Read Full...

Football fans have reacted to the confirmed fixtures in the Champions League semi-finals, which have pitted new money titans PSG and Manchester City against each other. Read Full Article at RT.com

Researchers at the University of Oxford say Covid-19 leads to a risk of rare blood clots that's several-times higher than that of current vaccines, amid concerns that the jabs may be to blame for the potentially deadly condition. Read F...

The Russian figure skating squad has taken the lead after the first competitive day at the World Team Trophy in Japan, with the women’s event dominated by Russian stars who pulled off a stunning performance on Thursday. Read Full Arti...

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has come under siege from liberals after daring to suggest that politics are hurting sport and should remain separate. Read Full Article at RT.com

Delays for routine operations and procedures in England have hit the highest level since records began, with around 4.7 million now on waiting lists, as hospitals were forced to divert resources to fighting Covid-19. Read Full Article a...

US President Joe Biden signed a decree on Thursday imposing a new round of sanctions on Russia. They target more than 30 individuals and organizations. The White House also moved to expel nearly a dozen of Moscow’s diplomats Read Full...

Barack Obama was barraged by sarcastic tweets after arguing that President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was necessary because the US military had done all it could after nearly 20 years of war. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A civil rights group in Iran has reacted after local broadcasters repeatedly censored the legs of a female English Premier League official. Read Full Article at RT.com

Using advanced language analysis techniques, researchers in Spain have found that Twitter posts with negative sentiments are more likely to go viral than their positive counterparts, once all external factors are controlled for. Read Fu...

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation issued an apology for editing video in a way that misleadingly showed dignitaries watching a twerking dance routine during a ship launch in Sydney. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Danish authorities have charged three members of an Iranian separatist group for financing terrorist activity in Iran in collaboration with Saudi Arabian intelligence services. The three men could face 12 years in prison. Read Full ...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to step in after a £300 million Saudi-backed takeover of Premier League club Newcastle United collapsed, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The bosses of some of the largest American companies enjoyed higher compensation while millions of people were struggling to keep their jobs, a recent Wall Street Journal analysis has found. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Chinese capital has been engulfed by dust, accompanied by rain and thunder, with the Beijing Meteorological Observatory predicting the weather phenomenon could continue for a few more days. Read Full Article at RT.com

Some 37 people in Denmark are requesting compensation over adverse effects they say were suffered after getting a Covid-19 jab. Most of the cases are related to AstraZeneca’s vaccine, which the country has stopped using. Read Full Art...

Toshihiro Nikai, the secretary-general of Japan's ruling party, has said that cancelling the upcoming Tokyo Olympics “remains an option” if the coronavirus pandemic spreads further and continues to worsen. Read Full Article at RT.co...

A sexual assault case against UFC star Conor McGregor on the island of Corsica has been dropped due to a lack of evidence, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.com

Why are some genocides incessantly remembered while others are tossed to the trash heap of history? In ‘Forgotten Genocides: The Sin of Silence’, airing April 23, RT America asks these questions and more. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has called on politicians in Tokyo to use Fukushima’s wastewater for drinking, cooking, washing clothes, or irrigation in order to prove it is safe enough to be discharged into the ocean. Read Full Article...

A proposed summit offered to Russian President Vladimir Putin by his American counterpart, Joe Biden, won’t go ahead in the near future, the Kremlin has said. It comes amid speculation that new US sanctions on Moscow are imminent. Rea...

India is scrambling to counter a new hybrid of coronavirus detected in the country, as medical professionals warn that the new strain could be resilient against the domestically produced Covishield vaccine. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

German Health Minister Jens Spahn has called on regional administrations to introduce stricter measures to contain a dangerous third wave of Covid, warning officials know from last year “what happens when we don’t act quickly.” R...

UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier has apologized for his ugly public spat with Conor McGregor after accusing the Irishman of reversing a promise to donate $500,000 to Poirier’s ‘The Good Fight Foundation’. Read Full Article at RT.com...

In a small phase two trial, Imperial College researchers have found that psilocybin, the active ingredient of magic mushrooms, is at least as effective as pharmaceutical medication at treating depression. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian exports of clean hydrogen could top $100 billion by 2050 if global demand for this type of environmentally-friendly fuel rises significantly, the Energy Ministry reportedly forecasts. Read Full Article at RT.com

Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert look at the easy sell of Ponzi economics as the human imagination prefers the fantasy of impossible gains to the hard slog of actually producing or manufacturing profits. Read Full Article at RT.com

The French embassy in Pakistan has told its citizens to temporarily leave the country amid increasing anti-French sentiment and action by a now-banned radical Islamist group over the showing of Prophet Mohammed cartoons. Read Full Artic...

Luka Doncic wowed basketball fans, stars and pundits with a stunning buzzer-beater that went viral on Wednesday evening. Read Full Article at RT.com

A criminal case has been opened in the Far East of Russia after rangers in a vast national park discovered the decapitated body of an adult tiger floating in the Anyui river, with poachers thought to be to blame for the killing. Read Fu...

Manchester City star Phil Foden was said to be angered after the company which manages his Twitter account posted a challenge to Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe before the players meet in the Champions League semi-final. Read ...

Taiwan is “very willing” to work with the US and other “like-minded countries” to deter China, the island’s president has said, as she met an unofficial delegation from Washington sent as a “personal signal” by Joe Biden. ...

Security forces for Myanmar’s military government have fired on protesting medical workers in the city of Mandalay, killing one and reportedly arresting six demonstrators. A further 14 individuals were detained in the city. Read Full ...

The direct listing of the biggest US cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, on Nasdaq this Wednesday has generated a lot of euphoria, says crypto enthusiast Michael Novogratz. He warns the market could be in store for “a washout.” Read ...

A CNN journalist has insisted that he and his crew are fine and will continue to report on the aftermath of the police killing of Daunte Wright, after they were attacked by angry demonstrators in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Read Full Ar...

A $75,000 robot dog seen leaving a Manhattan housing project has outraged city residents who heard less than a month ago that the pricey Boston Dynamics bots would be banned from being used as weapons. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

As the summer months draw nearer, usually meaning a rise in oil demand for India, increased pandemic restrictions threaten this trend in the world’s third-largest oil importer. Read Full Article at RT.com

A crowd of protesters has once again descended on the Minneapolis precinct of Brooklyn Center, with signs and noisemakers, days after a policewoman shot a young black man with an outstanding warrant during a traffic stop. Read Full Arti...

The UK’s ongoing back-and-forth over who’ll be legally required (or able) to take a Covid-19 jab has gotten murkier, as the country’s independent equalities watchdog suggested the certificates might amount to discrimination. Read ...

A CDC panel declined to vote on whether to resume US use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, effectively putting the jabs on ice until more data is available on rare cases of blood clotting linked to the product. Read Full Article ...

A female Canadian MP raised a point of order about appropriate attire for official Parliament business, after her male colleague was caught inside his office wearing not a stitch during a Question Period live stream. Read Full Article a...

Public outrage over the grisly murder of a 16-month-old South Korean girl, allegedly by her adoptive mother, has already led to tougher child-abuse laws. Next, it may prompt the country to end its moratorium on capital punishment. Read ...

Production of Sputnik V, the world’s first registered vaccine against Covid-19, has started in Serbia, the Russian developers of the jab have announced. Italy, India and Iran are expected to follow suit in the coming months. Read Full...

Brazil's Supreme Court upheld an earlier decision by one of its judges that its Senate should investigate the handling of Covid-19 pandemic by the federal government of Jair Bolsonaro amid a surge in cases across the country. Read Full ...

Phil Foden fired Manchester City into a Champions League semi-final date with Paris Saint-Germain and wasted little time in signaling his relish at the showdown with French phenomenon Kylian Mbappe. Read Full Article at RT.com

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Joe Biden’s ambassador to the United Nations, is facing criticism after saying “the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy” into America’s “founding documents and principles.” Read Full Artic...

Real Madrid held off a siege from Liverpool to knock the English club out of the Champions League and advance to the semi-finals. Read Full Article at RT.com

Manchester City finally broke their Champions League quarter-final curse under Pep Guardiola as they won 2-1 in Germany to see off a spirited Borussia Dortmund 4-2 on aggregate and book a semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain. Read Ful...