As travel destinations reopen, new Covid-19 strains threaten the tourist industry’s revival. RT asked the experts whether the relief from lockdown stress is set to bring about another surge in infections. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Black Panthers and a number of gun club members from across the US gathered in Tulsa, Oklahoma for a series of protest events. The city is currently marking the anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Russia’s industrial production grew by 7.2% in April compared to the same period last year. It followed a rise of 2.3% in March, according to data from the Federal Service for State Statistics (Rosstat). Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Protesters rallied outside a HatWRKS shop in Nashville, while several brands rushed to distance themselves from the scandal over an anti-vaccine patch that resembles the yellow Star of David the Nazis once forced on Jews. Read Full Arti...

The US Missile Defense Agency said that an Aegis ship fired two SM-6 interceptors, but failed to hit a medium range ballistic target – with a Russian intelligence-gathering vessel allegedly closely monitoring the botched test. Read Fu...

Victorious Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has admitted that he only met the man who appointed him, Roman Abramovich, for the first time when the owner went on the pitch to celebrate with the squad after the Champions League final. Read Full...

Football fans have poured praise on Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel after the German yet again got the better of Pep Guardiola to guide the Blues to the Champions League title against a disappointing Manchester City in Portugal. Read Full...

Over a dozen customers visiting Six Flags Fiesta Texas over the Memorial Day weekend got stuck on a roller coaster when the ride shut down, forcing first responders to help get them down. Read Full Article at RT.com

A large ferry with some 200 people on board caught fire on Saturday while sailing to a remote Indonesian island. Passengers and the crew had to jump into the sea to escape the flames but, amazingly, no one died in the incident. Read Ful...

Kai Havertz rewarded owner Roman Abramovich and transfer guru Marina Granovskaia's record-breaking spend on him – and said he didn't "give a f*ck" about his huge fee after seeing off Manchester City to end an extraordinary season. Rea...

Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger was accused of resorting to football’s dark arts after his cynical block on Kevin De Bruyne flattened the Manchester City playmaker, forcing him out of the Champions League final in tears. Read Full Ar...

A middle-school art teacher in Texas is on administrative leave pending an investigation, after parents complained that the school’s yearbook cover was too political. Read Full Article at RT.com

Footage of radar showing more than a dozen unidentified flying objects moving at great speed and swarming a US warship is genuine, a Defense Department official has confirmed, after the video was released by a UFO enthusiast. Read Full ...

Timo Werner critic, social media show-off and ardent Chelsea fan Belle Silva cheered her husband on from the stands as Chelsea took on Manchester City in the Champions League final – but he lasted just 39 minutes of the showpiece. Rea...

Movie theater chains AMC, Cinemark, and Regal Cinemas have removed their mask mandates for customers vaccinated against Covid-19, sending some critics into a tailspin panic. Read Full Article at RT.com

Jeers and whistles were heard ringing out as players and match officials took the knee before the Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester City in Porto. Read Full Article at RT.com

19-year-old Swiss rider Jason Dupasquier has been airlifted to hospital after coming off his motorcycle in a horrific crash during qualifying for Moto3's Mugello Grand Prix in Italy. Read Full Article at RT.com

A fully self-driving vehicle using rechargeable batteries that can be replaced in five minutes has been by unveiled by a tech company owned by Russian bank Sber, and developers say it’s what a taxi would look like in the future. Read ...

Juventus and Netherlands defender Matthijs de Ligt has backtracked after he became the latest name to voice his apprehension at taking a Covid-19 vaccine, issuing a statement to say that he will take the jab "as soon as possible". Read ...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has opted for out-of-form Raheem Sterling to start the Champions League final while rivals Chelsea will have both Edouard Mendy and N’Golo Kante in their line-up after they won fitness battles. Read ...

Controversial gamer and eSports favorite Alinity Divine has shocked fans by admitting that she rakes it in on subscription site OnlyFans, where her content includes being "playful in bed", naked yoga and showering. Read Full Article at ...

China on Saturday successfully launched a cargo rocket to stock up the core module of its in-construction space station, Tiangong. The supplies include traditional cuisine, even allowing the future crew to feast on fried dishes. Read Fu...

Maria Liman, the Russian Playboy model and die-hard Chelsea supporter, has thrown her support behind her beloved Blues ahead of Saturday's Champions League Final – but warned that 'sexy' Pep Guardiola could spoil their party. Read Ful...

A cafe owner in California is challenging mask-wearing customers by charging them an extra $5 to pay for the “damage they have collectively caused.” Read Full Article at RT.com

An attorney for a college athlete star who wrote of her misgivings about competing against transgender athletes has claimed editors made changes because of a woke backlash, accusing them of censorship. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Hard-hitting hulk Thor Bjornsson has issued another ominous warning to the fellow giant he will meet in the ring later this year, threatening Eddie Hall after facing former Commonwealth Games champ Simon Vallily in a tune-up bout. Read ...

After many of last year’s movies went straight to digital release or delayed due to the Covid-related restrictions, silver screens in the US are welcoming cinema lovers back, as summer blockbuster season starts right this weekend. Rea...

A protest in London has drawn a large number of participants, united by their mistrust of how the British government is handling the Covid-19 situation. Such events are part of a larger movement that’s gripping Western countries. Read...

Rutgers University-News Brunswick in New Jersey has apologized after a pro-Palestinian group slammed its statement against anti-Semitic attacks in the US. The institution’s apology then drew more backlash. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Reports on Saturday of a second volcanic eruption near the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were found to be a "false alarm" as thousands of evacuees awaited news on a dreaded "limnic eruption." Read Full Article at ...

David Beckham's Inter Miami have been handed a $2 million fine for violating MLS rules in the signing of French World Cup winner Blaise Matuidi after they were found to have violated the so-called 'Beckham rule' in signing him. Read Ful...

Next week Mexicans should vote against their popular president's party because he is a dangerous populist, The Economist has said. The newspaper's hit piece has been met with outrage and ridicule in the country. Read Full Article at RT....

Floyd Mayweather is undefeated through 50 professional fights and, despite being several weight classes smaller than Logan Paul ahead of their upcoming exhibition match, he says that all he has to do to win is step into the ring. Read F...

During a rant on the network’s ‘Have I Got News For You’, British comedian David Mitchell claimed former BBC journalist Martin Bashir may have become the organisation’s unwitting “executioner”. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

John Fury, the father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson, wants his son to vacate the title he won from Deontay Wilder last year to pursue the so-called 'Battle of Britain' with fellow UK heavyweight Anthony Joshua. Read Full Article at ...

A dose of caffeine can only help sleep-deprived people in dealing with certain easier chores, but it “doesn’t do much” to increase effectiveness in higher-level tasks, a new US study has shown.  Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A new cryptocurrency, which came under the self-explanatory name of DubaiCoin saw a wild surge and a dramatic nosedive within 24 hours. The heavy fall came shortly after reports alleged it has nothing to do with the city of Dubai. Read ...

Julius Baer, the third largest bank in Switzerland, has been ordered to pay a fine of more than $40 million and forfeit another $36 million after being found to have laundered money which was paid as bribes to football officials. Read F...

Despite the severe sanctions imposed on Iran's energy sector by the White House, the US nonetheless imported a substantial batch of crude from the Islamic Republic for the first time in 30 years, its Department of Energy reports. Read F...

Tennessee Titans cornerback Janoris Jenkins has raged at airport bosses over a lack of “empathy” after he returned from a holiday to Florida to find his $250,000 Rolls Royce car stolen from a parking lot. Read Full Article at RT.com...

An elementary school gym teacher in Virginia, US has been placed on leave right after he spoke out against the county school board policy proposal that says teachers must allow students to use gender pronouns of their choice. Read Full ...

The Curiosity rover has captured images of highly unusual atmospheric phenomena on Mars unlike anything on Earth – clouds that form so high that they mostly consist of crystalized CO2 instead of water. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Germany will fund 62 large-scale hydrogen projects with as much as $10 billion in federal and state funds as it aims to become the world’s leader in hydrogen technologies, the German ministries of economy and transport said. Read Full...

Alexey Navalny, the West's favorite Russian opposition figure, is loved abroad, but remains a divisive figure within the country. However, that doesn’t mean Russians don’t want change, and there is plenty of local civic activism. Re...

Podium-placing Russian weightlifter Rodion Bochkov has proved his innocence in a “complicated” battle to clear his name over a banned substance, representatives of the world championships contender have said. Read Full Article at RT...

A record-breaking number of Americans are testing positive for cannabis use during employment drug tests, according to the latest report from Quest Diagnostics, a major US clinical laboratory. Read Full Article at RT.com

WhatsApp functionality will not be limited for users who did not accept the messenger’s new controversial rules, the company said. The rules change, which benefit owner Facebook’s monetization, sparked a global outcry. Read Full Art...

 A new mutation of the coronavirus with characteristics of both the UK and the Indian variant was detected in Vietnam, the country’s top health official has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

The World Bank has improved its economic outlook for Russia, predicting that the country’s GDP will grow 3.2% in 2021. In March, the bank’s analysts had put Russian economic growth at 2.6% this year. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee the Special Forces said officials should “strongly consider” deploying American commandos to Taiwan, where they could school local troops on how to deter a potential “Chinese invasion....

A hat shop in Nashville, Tennessee is taking heat after unveiling an anti-vaccine patch modeled on the yellow star forced on Jews during the Holocaust, with observers online rejecting the comparison as wildly offensive. Read Full Articl...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has permitted children fully vaccinated against coronavirus to attend youth camps mask-free. The rest must be masked for all indoor activities and some outdoor gatherings. Read Ful...

The main event commemorating the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, featuring singer John Legend and politician Stacey Abrams, had to be canceled because lawyers for the survivors demanded more money than previously agreed, organizers said. Read Ful...

Greece and Denmark have become the first to launch Covid-19 vaccine passports for travel within the EU, as the bloc pushes for all member states to adopt the system and US officials say they’re considering the idea. Read Full Article ...

Ex-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, hyping the gravity of the US Capitol riot after Republicans blocked a special probe, falsely claimed the mob killed a police officer. Twitter users quickly set the record straight. Read Full Ar...

The Biden administration’s Covid-19 czar, Anthony Fauci, was keenly aware of how dangerous gain-of-function virus research was, but reportedly pushed for its renewal without alerting the White House during the HHS churn in 2017. Read ...

Sen. Rand Paul, Congress’ most fervent deficit hawk, has warned that the US is poised to implode financially if it keeps spending ridiculous amounts of money on studying quail sex, while borrowing from the state it brands a rival. Rea...

A team of scientists from Australia and the US has announced the development of an “experimental” Covid-19 treatment. Russia embarked on the same path months earlier, with a drug now undergoing phase-two trials, RT has learned. Read...

President Joe Biden appears to have made quite the turnaround on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, now saying he’s doing a “hell of a job” with Covid-19 after previously calling for him to resign over a racist photo. Read Full Arti...

Disgraced US comedian Bill Cosby has been denied parole after he refused to take part in sex-offender therapy programs and to acknowledge wrongdoing, even if it meant serving out his 10-year jail term in full. Read Full Article at RT.co...

A UN report found that autonomous drones armed with explosive devices may have “hunted down” fleeing rebel fighters in Libya last year. If true, the report chronicles the world’s first true robot-on-human attack. Read Full Article...

Idaho's ban on local Covid-19 mask mandates lasted just one day, as Governor Brad Little revoked an executive order issued by his lieutenant while he was traveling out of state, and rebuked her for "irresponsible abuse of power." Read F...

Russia has signed a deal with Pakistan to build a major gas pipeline linking the nation’s southern port of Karachi to industrial hubs in the north. The deal is set to be the biggest between Moscow and Islamabad since the 1970s. Read F...

Efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus are being “poisoned by politics,” the head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies program has said amid a row between the US and China over the Wuhan ‘lab leak’ the...

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has forced shooting bosses to reopen the bidding for the world championships that were due to take place in Russia in 2022, according to a report – risking potentially crippling legal action. Read F...

Mike Tyson carefully cultivated the reputation of being the 'baddest man on the planet' throughout his boxing career, but the former heavyweight champ claims that hallucinogenic drugs enabled him to access his softer side. Read Full Art...

Republicans stalled progress in the Senate on a House bill that would create a commission to study the January 6 Capitol riot, leading to renewed calls by Democrats to end the filibuster and eliminate the need for bipartisanship. Read F...

Technical problems onboard a 249-meter-long oil tanker have led to a temporary suspension of traffic in the Bosphorus, provoking a major rescue operation and conjuring uneasy memories of the Suez Canal blockage earlier this year. Read F...

Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian protester during clashes in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry has said, as tensions remain high despite the ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Read F...

A further 4,182 Covid-19 cases have been reported in the UK on Friday, marking the highest daily increase since April 1, while the latest government data shows signs of a slight climb in the infection rate in England. Read Full Article ...

Joe Biden’s troubled son Hunter is facing new controversy as alleged audio from an infamous laptop appears to reveal him bragging about smoking crack with late Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry. Read Full Article at RT.com

A cargo ship stalled on the Suez Canal this week, media reports have revealed. Unlike the Ever Given blockage in March, which took six days to fix while 12% of world shipping stood still, the situation was, luckily, soon resolved. Read ...

Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal says he doesn't understand Naomi Osaka's controversial decision to skip her media requirements throughout the French Open, speaking as criticism swells surrounding the Japanese player's stance. Read Ful...

The UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock committed a “minor breach” of the ministerial code governing MPs behaviour after a government contract was given to his sister during the pandemic, a report on the issue has found. Read Full ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the international consternation triggered when Belarus ordered a plane to land and arrested two passengers overlooks the fact that other nations have taken similar action in the past. Read ...

Brazil ace Neymar has hit back over allegations that his Nike contract was ended prematurely because he failed to co-operate with an investigation into a claim by an employee that he tried to force them to perform oral sex on him. Read ...

An appeals court has struck down the Biden administration’s racial and gender preferences in handing out Covid aid with a temporary injunction. Anti-white and anti-male discrimination, a judge ruled, is still discrimination. Read Full...

A group of international researchers has come to the surprising conclusion that reforesting the entire tropical regions of Earth would have an almost negligible effect on atmospheric carbon dioxide. Read Full Article at RT.com

A joint statement from 53 countries has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to address “deep concerns” about allegations of sexual abuse, exploitation, and harassment by staff at the agency. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved the Covid-19 vaccine made by US-German partnership Pfizer-BioNTech for children aged 12 to 15, allowing kids in the bloc to be vaccinated against the virus for the first time. Read Full A...

Pope Francis will dispatch a team to investigate if the Archbishop of Cologne mishandled sexual abuse claims in the Catholic Church. Parishioners have been protesting against the diocese and demanding accountability. Read Full Article a...

A new poll suggests Republicans have a very different idea about who was behind the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, with the majority of them blaming “left-wing protestors.” Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian government is to ramp up its focus on non-recyclable products, with a deputy prime minister revealing that the authorities are planning to impose a ban on certain plastics, such as cotton swabs and disposable utensils. Read ...

Five former detectives have been handed lengthy jail terms in Russia for their roles in fabricating evidence against a reporter in a case that sparked outrage across the country, with President Vladimir Putin wading into the row. Read F...

The UK prime minister has been cleared of violating the ministerial code by an inquiry into the pricey refurbishment of his residence, but he acted “unwisely” for failing to know the source of funding for the work before it began. R...

Former US president Barack Obama has paid tribute to Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford after the two took part in a video call aimed at showcasing the impact that young people can make to help change society. Read Full Article a...

Cristiano Ronaldo will be reunited with Max Allegri if he stays at Juventus after the former boss was abruptly reappointed hours after Andrea Pirlo was sacked, with the departing legend claiming he had "achieved" his "objectives". Read ...

TikTok has been given a month to respond to EU regulatory authorities over a string of concerns raised by consumer groups, including claims that kids are being bombarded with ads on the video-sharing app. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has revealed new plans to re-open his country’s borders for residents of foreign countries who wish to receive a vaccination against Covid-19 with the Russian-made Sputnik V jab. Read Full Art...

The Twitter handle @DUPleader, which was long used by Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster in her messaging, cannot be accessed by the new party head. Instead, it has become a parody account. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Covid-19 has killed 32 lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the National Assembly’s vice president has said, though the whole country has to date registered just 31,000 confirmed cases. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

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The world’s crypto pioneer, bitcoin, slumped below $36,000 on Friday, marking a day-over-day decline of almost 10% as its market rivals, including ether and dogecoin, also saw declines. Read Full Article at RT.com

An upcoming punk concert in St. Petersburg, Florida, is charging attendees who are not vaccinated 55 times more for tickets than those who can prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. Read Full Article at RT.com

Taiwan’s minister of health has vowed that at least 60% of the country’s population will have received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by October, but admitted the current infection level does not look good. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Prosecutors in Russia have demanded that Facebook block the page of the Russian LGBT Network, with the authorities alleging that it harms the development and health of minors. The profile is followed by over 5,000 people. Read Full Arti...

England rugby international Henry Slade has prompted a media storm in his home country after revealing that he refuses to take a Covid-19 vaccine, saying that he "doesn't trust" the science behind the jab. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Scientists have discovered record amounts of mercury accumulated in deep Pacific trenches, with marine sediments there showing several times worse contamination than in other parts of the world’s oceans. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 jab, adding a fourth coronavirus vaccine to the country’s inoculation programme. Read Full Articl...

Scotland has been hit by an increase in the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 with the Indian variant of the virus behind as many as 50% of new cases in the country, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. Read Full Articl...