The Chinese president has spoken of his wish to see a fairer world which isn’t dominated by a single country as he called for an end to the artificial “building of walls” and “decoupling” amid simmering tensions with the US. R...

Germany’s center-right CDU/CSU Union will field CDU chairman Armin Laschet as its candidate for chancellorship at the upcoming general election. He was overwhelmingly supported by his party’s bosses. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey says the state’s progress in the immunization campaign means the nearly yearlong school mask mandate can be repealed and that there is no need for people to present proof of vaccination. Read Full Article a...

New research by the Joint Petroleum Statistics Initiative (JODI) showed that, in February, Russia remained in second place in terms of global oil production, with a national daily output of 9.398 million barrels per day (bpd). Read Full...

US immigration enforcement agencies will no longer announce that ‘illegal aliens’ have been deported, as the term is being scrapped in favor of ‘undocumented migrant’ or ‘noncitizen’, according to a memo obtained by the medi...

The American Humanist Association has withdrawn its top honor from evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins over a tweet calling for dialogue on transgender issues, accusing the atheist speaker of “demeaning marginalized groups.” Read...

A century-old church in northeast Minneapolis has caught fire and partially collapsed as protests erupt ahead of a jury verdict in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial. Read Full Article at RT.com

Citing “unprecedented risk” from the Covid-19 pandemic, the State Department is urging Americans to reconsider going abroad and is updating its travel advisory to the highest, Level 4 warning for most of the planet. Read Full Articl...

A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck not far from Nias Island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, according to the US Geological Survey, which put the tremor at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km). Read Full Article at RT.com

Rep. Maxine Waters’ public calls for protests and ‘confrontation’ in the event Derek Chauvin is acquitted could bolster an appeal that gets his case thrown out, the judge said, though refused to declare a mistrial. Read Full Artic...

Russian jets have struck a terrorist training camp northeast of Palmyra, destroying 24 vehicles and half a ton of explosive materials while killing up to 200 militants, the Russian military has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Jurgen Klopp said he was told on Sunday about Liverpool's plans to join the European Super League (ESL), claiming his squad had copped an unfair backlash as two players spoke out strongly against the controversial proposals. Read Full A...

Officer Brian Sicknick of the US Capitol Police died after suffering two strokes, but there was no evidence of internal or external injuries from the January 6 unrest, the Washington, DC medical examiner has finally revealed. Read Full ...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has found himself dealing with yet another public controversy as the state’s attorney general is now investigating whether any state resources went into the governor’s book. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Arguing that President Joe Biden’s words aren’t the official position of his administration, the White House said his use of “crisis” was referring to something completely different and not the surge of migrants at the border. R...

Russia’s nuclear energy corporation Rosatom won’t be invited for a security assessment as a bidder vying to renovate the Dukovany nuclear power plant, the Czech industry minister said, amid the diplomatic spat initiated by Prague. R...

The prosecution and defense lawyers have made their closing arguments in the trial of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, with his legal team earning ridicule online for their “reasonable police officer” argument. Read Full Articl...

Social media giant Facebook says it plans to crack down on the conversation regarding the imminent verdict at former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial. Information surrounding the verdict will be tightly controlled, they said. Read...

The Philippines will send naval vessels into the disputed South China Sea in a bid to defend what it claims are its oil and mineral resources, President Rodrigo Duterte has said, in remarks he partly directed at China. Read Full Article...

Trump superfan and pillow-peddling conservative Mike Lindell has launched a new social media platform to coincide with a $1.6 billion lawsuit he’s filing against Dominion Voting Systems, which he blames for Trump’s election loss. Re...

Detroit Police Chief James Craig has blasted Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) for calling policing “inherently and intentionally racist,” saying he hopes the lawmaker resigns. Read Full Article at RT.com

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson has thrown his weight behind the fan fury at the proposed European Super League mutiny, telling his Twitter following of nearly 36 million that the plans have come from "greedy f*ckers at the top." Read F...

Jose Mourinho has hinted that he will return to football very soon as he gave brief comments to the media hours after the Portuguese boss was sacked from Tottenham Hotspur after 17 months in charge. Read Full Article at RT.com

Joe Biden’s administration has closed a migrant shelter located at a warehouse in Houston housing hundreds of unaccompanied underage girls, after media reported conditions there were “unbearable.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Football giants Chelsea, Real Madrid and Man City will be expelled from this season's Champions League on Friday over joining the European Super League (ESL), according to a Danish supremo who sits on UEFA's executive committee. Read Fu...

A Rwandan government-commissioned report on the 1994 genocide has accused France of “enabling” the slaughter, going further than a recent French report that held the country responsible but stopped short of judging it complicit. Rea...

Russian Playboy model and OnlyFans star Maria Liman has expressed her admiration after Premier League giants Chelsea reaching the final of the FA Cup, beating top-of-the-table Manchester City at Wembley over the weekend. Read Full Artic...

A consistent global approach to the Covid-19 pandemic could bring it under control before the end of the year, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, despite a record week for Covid-19 infections. Read Ful...

Two British gunboats will soon be cutting through the waters off the south coast of Russia, amid escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over troop deployments and NATO military activity on Russia’s border with Ukraine. Read F...

A section of Manchester United fans have begun a protest outside the club's Old Trafford stadium in opposition to the club's stance on joining the upstart European Super League, which has prompted a civil war within the sport. Read Full...

The self-proclaimed ‘free speech social network’ Parler will be allowed to return to Apple's App Store after it was previously banned for not censoring enough content and was also accused of allowing threats of violence. Read Full A...

Russia “did not attack” the Czech Republic and the 2014 explosions at the Vrbětice arms depot were “not state terrorism,” Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis told reporters, but insisted the ‘GRU’ was still involved in the b...

India has been added to the UK government's so-called travel 'red list' of countries in response to a new Covid-19 variant, just hours after Boris Johnson cancelled his visit to Delhi amid a surge in infections there. Read Full Article ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has staunchly rejected the use of Covid passports to reopen travel in a meeting of its emergency committee, over concerns that vaccinations alone won’t prevent the transmission of the virus. Read Fu...

The EU has defended a newly-unveiled plan to increase its activity in the Indo-Pacific region, insisting the measures are not targeted at China, despite rising international tensions over the South China Sea. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Footage from a drag show in Los Angeles is causing uproar on social media as it shows children posing for the crowd and being tipped cash. Read Full Article at RT.com

Irrespective of how they play out, the plans for a European Super League are a grim symbol of the rampant capitalism and avarice that the world needs less of, let alone its most popular sport. Let this mess finally stem the greed. Read ...

In another potential ‘Autopilot’-related accident, two people were killed in a fiery crash in Texas with no-one in the driver’s seat of the Tesla vehicle – on the same day the carmaker touted its vehicle safety record. Read Full...

A former deputy sheriff has been arrested over a triple shooting in Austin, Texas at the weekend, a local police chief has said. Officers had launched a manhunt for the suspected shooter, following Sunday’s killings. Read Full Article...

London has urged UN experts to read its race report before dismissing it as something that “normalises white nationalism,” after the body issued a scathing assessment of the UK’s findings that the country has no systematic racism....

The Bank of England said it would team up with the UK Treasury to explore a potential national virtual currency as Britain eyes joining the crypto-frenzy that has gripped state regulators across the world. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Russian Covid-19 vaccine has an even higher efficacy rate than previously reported in the Lancet journal, its developer has said after crunching infection data from the domestic immunization campaign. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer was dramatically kicked out of a pub in Bath by an angry licensee, who chastised him for supporting Covid-19 lockdowns. Read Full Article at RT.com

The EU’s chief diplomat has said there are positive signs coming out of talks in Vienna which would see the US and Iran rejoin the nuclear pact that former US president Trump ditched in 2018, introducing sanctions on Tehran. Read Full...

Former Russian rhythmic-gymnastics star Alexandra Soldatova has swapped her leotard for a skydiving outfit to undertake her first-ever parachute jump, plunging through the sky before telling her fans that she would "do it again". Read F...

Authorities in Prague have said they believe a 2014 blast at an ammunition depot was accidental, but doubled down on previous claims that Russian special services were involved as part of a plot to destroy arms exports to Ukraine. Read ...

The leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Soeder, has said his intention to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor is really a matter for the wider Christian Democratic party (CDU) to decide upon. Read Full Article at ...

Football finds itself in its deepest crisis in generations as the newly announced European Super League threatens to rip the game from its foundational institutions, but is this an inevitable symptom of profits trumping prestige? Read F...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has joined in the condemnation of plans to set up a separate competition involving a dozen of Europe’s top football clubs. The idea is bad all-around, he argued. Read Full Article at RT.com

UEFA boss Aleksander Ceferin has come out all guns blazing against controversial plans for a breakaway European Super League, reiterating that participating players would be banned from the European Championships and World Cup. Read Ful...

The UN secretary general has urged the US to set the bar high when Washington decides on its emissions reduction targets, claiming that the US’ move could trigger other heavily polluting countries to do the same. Read Full Article at ...

The Tomtor deposit of niobium and rare earths located in Russia’s Yakutia Republic is one of the world’s three biggest by reserves, Russian miner Polymetal, which owns a minority stake in the project, said on Monday. Read Full Artic...

Five officials close to Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov have become targets of a claim filed by LGBT rights activists in Germany over accusations that the authorities are responsible for persecution on the basis of sexual orientation. Read ...

A museum dedicated to Jane Austen in the English countryside is introducing displays on the writer's “colonial roots” and connection to the British Empire following Black Lives Matter protests. Read Full Article at RT.com

America’s NASA celebrated the world’s first successful flight of a helicopter on another planet on Monday, after the Ingenuity aircraft flew above Mars in a major milestone for science and technology. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The head of Taiwan’s defense ministry’s strategic planning section has told lawmakers that the government is seeking to procure, from the US, air-to-surface missiles with a possible range of 925km, to bolster its defenses. Read Full...

The price of gold reached a seven-week peak on Monday as a softer dollar and lower US Treasury yields lifted the precious metal’s appeal even as the appetite for riskier assets remained strong. Read Full Article at RT.com

Joe Biden has been blowing hot and cold. Last week in a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he was making a renewed case for constructive diplomatic talks. But by Friday, he had unveiled harsh new sanctions against Moscow. Read ...

A visa wrangle that saw the president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) accuse the US of “violating international rules” has ended with a reprieve for a hockey ace, allowing him to feature in a showpiece with a week to spare. R...

Britain’s security apparatus may finally get long-anticipated extended powers under new legislation, including a US-style foreign-agents register. The prime minister will reportedly announce the change next month. Read Full Article at...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that a Royal Commission will be established to investigate the rising number of suicides among military personnel, after public outrage pressured the government to act. Read Full Ar...

From Monday night, the Indian capital will be under a strict lockdown for six days, amid growing Covid-19 concerns. These include a lack of hospital beds and medical supplies to treat the growing number of people with coronavirus. Read ...

Russia's prison service has announced that opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been moved from jail to a specialist hospital facility for convicts. His supporters claim the activist has been refusing food for almost three weeks. Read F...

As if the news of Jose Mourinho’s departure from Tottenham wasn’t enough of a bombshell, football fan accounts – some with millions of followers – were duped by dubious claims from a troll over the nature of the sacking. Read Fu...

A meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has still not been agreed, America’s top security official has revealed, adding that it’ll only happen if it can “move the relationship forward.�...

In a major acknowledgement of China’s concerns, New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said her country is “uncomfortable” with the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance’s efforts to expand its scope into dictating policy....

Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of Google’s video platform YouTube, was awarded the Freedom Forum Institute’s ‘Free Expression Award’ on Friday in a ceremony sponsored by her own company – despite YouTube’s track record of censorshi...

Pakistan’s interior minister has confirmed that 11 police officers who were taken hostage by Islamist radicals during violent anti-France demonstrations last weekend have been released but more talks are needed to resolve issues. Read...

The oil inventory glut that amassed during the Covid-19 pandemic is almost gone, Bloomberg reported citing industry data. The tightening could further prop up crude prices, according to expert projections. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Singapore’s anti-drugs authority announced on Monday that it has seized the nation’s largest haul of illegal substances in 25 years, after busting an attempt to distribute around US$1.7 million worth of narcotics. Read Full Article ...

International use of the digital yuan will not replace the US dollar as the world’s main reserve currency, according to People’s Bank of China Deputy Governor, Li Bo. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Swedish government wants to make Holocaust denial a criminal offense. Critics see it as a virtue-signaling exercise that fails to address actual hate problems in the country. Read Full Article at RT.com

Spurs have sacked Jose Mourinho following a disastrous run that has left their season in tatters, bringing the temperamental boss's rancorous reign to an end by becoming the third Premier League club to dismiss him since 2015. Read Full...

The Chinese foreign ministry has blasted the US and Japan, criticizing their own historical human rights record, after the two nations issued a joint statement pledging a new partnership and slamming China’s behavior. Read Full Articl...

Multiple shooting victims have presented at hospitals in the Shreveport area of Louisiana, after a gun battle in a city parking lot. Media say five are in hospital, two of whom are critically injured. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Police deployed cavalry and used flashbangs to disperse protesters in the city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, where a rabbi was beaten by locals when scouting for a new place for a yeshiva he runs. Read Full Article at RT.com

A former police officer and defense witness in the George Floyd murder trial of Minneapolis ex-cop Derek Chauvin has been targeted by vandals who left a severed pig’s head at the front porch of a house he no longer lives in. Read Full...

A Utah paramedic who donated $10 to a legal defense fund for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen who shot three Wisconsin rioters, allegedly in self-defense, has been outed as some kind of villain by Salt Lake City's ABC TV affiliate. Read Full ...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is blaming “snowbirds” returning from winter Florida trips for Michigan's spike in Covid-19 infections, just days after calling for “grace” when a top staffer was caught escaping to the Sunshine State. ...

An online flashmob is pleading with the producers and the audience to let a Russian man, who never wanted to be a pop star, leave a popular Chinese talent show. The young man, known as Lelush, is bound by contract – and his fame. Read...

Manchester United, Real Madrid and 10 other top European football clubs have formed a new Super League, promising investment in “higher-quality” football and greater revenues for themselves, despite threats of bans from UEFA. Read F...

A group of Black Lives Matter protesters in Minnesota were apparently ready to march to the scene of a police killing of an armed suspect, who reportedly opened fire at the officers, and was caught on tape trying to carjack a car. Read ...

Donald Trump has blasted President Joe Biden for not sticking to the former administration’s May 1 withdrawal from Afghanistan and using the September 11 anniversary instead. Read Full Article at RT.com

Spanish police have seized weapons, including a replica assault rifle and explosives, in a raid on what has been called the first illegal 3D-printed weapons workshop in Spain, capable of producing weapon parts in minutes. Read Full Arti...

More than half of all American adults have had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, and a third have been fully inoculated. Yet some groups are still holding out, and the Biden administration is pressing them to get jabbed. Read Ful...

‘Passion of the Christ’ actor Jim Caviezel is being aligned with the QAnon movement by critics after delving into what he called “adrenochroming of children” at a right-wing conference. Read Full Article at RT.com

In an extraordinary rant on live TV, Gary Neville has slated owners of top clubs including Roman Abramovich and asked for Man United, who he played for, to be relegated from the Premier League if they back a European Super League. Read ...

The NBA has warned teams to be prepared to potentially cancel upcoming games amid fears of civil unrest related to the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial for his part in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May. Read Full Artic...

Twenty Czech diplomats have been declared personae non-gratae and must now leave Russia before the end of April 19, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, a day after Czech officials expelled 18 diplomats to Moscow. Read Full Arti...

CNN anchor Brian Stelter shot down suggestions that the network had covered up an incident of its news crew being assaulted by violent protesters, while one of the reporters said he “cannot blame” his attackers for “being angry.�...

British driver George Russell has detailed his testy words for Formula 1 rival Valtteri Bottas after the pair were involved in a huge collision during Sunday's second race of the season at Imola. Read Full Article at RT.com

White House advisor Anthony Fauci is being blasted by critics for attacking Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy while continuing to promote restrictions even for those inoculated, and weighing in on gun violence as a “public health issue.” R...

Police in Austin, Texas have been attending an active shooter situation in which three people were pronounced dead. Read Full Article at RT.com

Manchester United legend Roy Keane has condemned plans for a European Super League as "pure greed" and Premier League winner Micah Richards has labeled them an "absolute disgrace" following a series of explosive new developments. Read F...

Most people don’t think ‘Jingle Bells’ is a racist song, but most people aren’t Kate Pollard, a lecturer in music education determined to root out any trace of unwokeness from the classroom. Read Full Article at RT.com

A wave of ridicule was unleashed on Russian social media after the Czech police identified two suspects, who appeared to be related to a 2014 blast. They are the same people the UK accused of the high-profile Skripal poisoning. Read Ful...

With smartphones seemingly ubiquitous in the industrialised world, sleep researchers have confirmed what many already suspected – technology is disrupting human sleep in ways we still don’t fully understand. Read Full Article at RT....

Bayern Munich have reacted furiously to manager Hansi Flick's announcement that he wants to leave the club at the end of the season, saying that they "disapprove" of his live television declaration in a tersely-worded statement. Read Fu...

Russia's Rosatom will likely be barred from tendering for refurbishing the Dukovany nuclear power plant, the Czech industry minister said, amid scandal over a 2014 munitions depot blast, blamed by Prague on Russian intelligence. Read Fu...

Thousands of winter sports lovers dressed in nothing but bikinis or swim shorts have raced down the slopes in Russia’s Kemerovo Region as part of an annual event to mark the end of the Siberian ski season. Read Full Article at RT.com ...