"Revolutions" are a messy business and, once they’ve started, it isn’t always clear when they end. Is it when the last shot is fired? When the final old flag is taken down? Or is it when – or if – stability once again returns? R...

Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia’s second poorest nation, is sitting on a pile of gold, quite literally. For years, the bulk of profits from the colossal Kumtor Mine have been sent abroad. Now, a new government is trying to change that. Read...

The governments in Beijing and Hong Kong have lashed out at Washington’s notice to companies doing business in the Chinese city, which warned of various risks, including retaliation for complying with US sanctions against China. Read ...

A Covid-19 infection has been discovered in the Olympic Village in Tokyo, Japan a week before the start of the games, officials have confirmed. The tournament is set to be held without spectators and under strict health protocols. Read ...

Artificially generated ‘deepfake’ audio used to replicate Anthony Bourdain’s voice in a new documentary has triggered backlash, as the celeb chef’s widow says she did not sign off on the AI voice, contrary to the director’s cl...

Scores of Palestinian protesters have been injured in clashes with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) near an evacuated illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Palestine Red Crescent has said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Foreign visitors no longer need to open a bank account to make e-payments in China, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Navy set off a mini-quake off Florida’s coast as part of shock trials for its newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford. The ship has been plagued by delays, with four of its weapons elevators reportedly still broken. Rea...

California gubernatorial hopeful and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner may have to choose between those two titles as rumor has it she jetted to Australia for Celebrity Big Brother. Jenner said she is honoring a pre-race work pledge. Read ...

The White House has released a bizarre video of actress and singer Olivia Rodrigo reading glowing tweets about Dr. Anthony Fauci to the man himself, a “cringe” moment for many. Read Full Article at RT.com

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has declared victory in a “war” few knew was even being fought, standing up for a chicken sandwich chain that will open a restaurant at an Indiana university defying woke activists. Read Ful...

A US federal judge has struck down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, ruling it illegal. Those already enrolled under the Obama-era border policy will be allowed to remain in the country for now, however. Read Fu...

A Dallas, Texas resident who had recently returned from Nigeria was confirmed as the newest case of monkeypox in the US. While officials say that the risk is low due to the air travel mask mandate, the news riled up Twitter. Read Full A...

A northern Virginia man who used to police NASA spending couldn’t manage his own finances, using hundreds of thousands of dollars in falsely obtained pandemic relief aid to pay off his debts – and spend even more on luxury goods. Re...

After President Joe Biden accused Facebook of “killing people” by not doing enough to censor Covid-19 misinformation, the company fired back and claimed they are actually “helping save lives.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US President Joe Biden claimed social media platforms are “killing people” with misinformation about Covid-19, as his press secretary Jen Psaki made a case for deplatforming ‘offenders’ across the ostensibly private networks. Re...

Conservative pundit Candace Owens is being lambasted by critics after she pushed back against a report calling the newly announced Big Tech competitor Freedom Phone “a cheap, Chinese knockoff.” Read Full Article at RT.com

As the UK government prepares to drop Covid restrictions in England, people there are now facing another disease – a diarrhoea-causing norovirus also known as the winter vomiting bug, Public Health England has warned. Read Full Articl...

A 31-year-old man has been charged by UK police for racially abusing former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand while the ex-England player was working as an analyst on the final day of the Premier League season. Read Full Article ...

Newly unsealed charges against two California men allege they plotted to firebomb the Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento after Joe Biden was declared victor of the 2020 US presidential elections. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

UEFA has looked ahead to Russia hosting the Champions League final for the first time since Chelsea's epic defeat to Man United in 2008 – and fans will be hoping for no repeat of the saga that has haunted the last two hosts. Read Full...

A black staffer for the office of Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Illinois) has claimed in a lawsuit that she faced a hostile and possibly racist work environment. Read Full Article at RT.com

A cyclist who won the latest Tour de France stage two days after a raid by cops on his team appeared to use the 'zipped lips' gesture once deployed by controversial icon Lance Armstrong – then insisted he had "nothing to hide". Read F...

The small rural district of Ahrweiler, in western Germany, seemingly faced the full wrath of the week’s severe floods, with the foul weather leaving dozens of people dead, hundreds injured, and scores of homes reduced to rubble. Read ...

Russian rescuers searching for a plane that disappeared from radar en route to the Siberian city of Tomsk have now confirmed that all passengers and crew on board survived when the plane hit the ground and landed on its roof. Read Full ...

Some Scots are hitting out at the SNP government after it launched a consultation to further the teaching and use of Gaelic, claiming the move was an unacceptable waste of money. Read Full Article at RT.com

The 21-strong Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade group has agreed at virtual meeting to work to swiftly increase vaccine manufacturing to bolster supplies in the region, speeding up their inoculation programs. Read Full Arti...

A professional baseball game in New Jersey threatened to turn ugly on Thursday after players from both teams stormed the stands to confront supporters after a player was allegedly showered with beer by a fan. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The Biden administration has announced that it will ship 25 million doses of Covid vaccines to 49 countries across Africa through the Covax jab distribution scheme, as infections and deaths on the continent rise dramatically. Read Full ...

Phil Andrews, the boss of USA Weightlifting, says that gender parity can be achieved in the sport but warns that transgender people who compete should also see their performances met with "fairness in competition". Read Full Article at ...

A South African cabinet minister has announced that the death toll from the looting and violence, triggered by the sentencing and arrest of former President Jacob Zuma, has risen to 212. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two previously unknown trips shared by Ghislaine Maxwell and Bill Clinton have been revealed, and journalist Vicky Ward has described the relationship between the two as an “escape” from the late Jeffrey Epstein. Read Full Article a...

At least 19 people have been injured in fresh unrest in Lebanon, medics said, after protesters and the military clashed in the wake of the resignation of Lebanon’s prime minister-designate after he failed again to form a cabinet. Read...

Liz Cambage, the 6ft 8in basketball star who has been involved in a series of controversies including threatening to boycott the Olympics and accusing bosses of a lack of diversity in team pictures, has withdrawn from the games. Read Fu...

Turkey’s coastguard fired warning shots at a Cyprus patrol boat searching for undocumented migrants off the coast of the island on Friday, Cypriot police said, raising tensions ahead of the Turkish president’s visit. Read Full Artic...

Uber has been giving its drivers in San Francisco the wrong figures for how much their riders pay, apparently understating the share of the money the company keeps for itself, a local news platform has reported. Read Full Article at RT....

France’s justice minister has been formally placed under investigation following claims he abused his position in the government to settle scores with magistrates with whom he had trouble when he was a practicing lawyer. Read Full Art...

Belarusian law enforcement searched the homes of more than a dozen journalists from foreign-funded media outlets on Friday, detaining three, in the third consecutive day of raids against opposition-leaning activists and lawyers. Read Fu...

One of the French capital’s most notable landmarks, the Eiffel Tower, has reopened after nine months, marking the longest period in recent history that the attraction has been shut since the Second World War. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Scottish mountaineering groups have warned that hikers using Google Maps to climb some of the UK’s highest mountains are being set up for “potentially fatal” falls. One such route on the app apparently directs people off a cliff. ...

Saudi Arabia appears to be on the brink of launching a joint bid with Italy to host the 2030 World Cup, in news which could be a crushing blow to England's hopes of their own quest to hold the event with the Republic of Ireland. Read Fu...

What do you want to watch? Well, if the answer is a foreign-language film or TV show, and there’s no translated version available, you might be out of luck. Now one of Russia’s biggest tech firms is working on a solution. Read Full ...

GB News, a free-speech-centred UK news channel that launched just last month, has reportedly taken one of its hosts off air “indefinitely” for taking a knee “rejecting racism” on his show. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Ukrainian official has slammed politicians in Berlin and Washington for failing to stand by his country and support it on a range of major geopolitical issues that, he believes, are putting it on a collision course with Russia. Read F...

A UK university says it has withdrawn an offer to a prospective student as a result of online abuse towards Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford, with fans on social media showing overwhelming support for the move. Read Full Ar...

Every player at Russia’s CSKA Moscow soccer club has refused vaccination against Covid-19, it was reported on Thursday, with the team allegedly rejecting inoculation against the virus that has killed at least 146,000 Russians. Read Fu...

Wikipedia fails to reflect relevant viewpoints on hot-button topics and describes center-left establishment worldviews, its co-founder Larry Sanger said. This consensus reality is prone to nefarious manipulation by powers that be. Read ...

Danish Siddiqui, a Reuters journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018, has died after being caught in crossfire between Afghan special forces and Taliban militants near the Pakistani border, where he was covering the conflict. Read F...

Mixed martial arts star Joe Schilling has been hit with a $30,000 lawsuit by the man he knocked out after a brief altercation in a Florida bar after a clip of the savage attack went viral on social media. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The United States has decided to temporarily waive sanctions on Iranian oil funds abroad but without returning Tehran's access to its bank accounts in Japan and South Korea. Read Full Article at RT.com

Britain’s Office for National Statistics has said that Covid-19 prevalence in England has reached one in 95 people, as the government prepares to drop statutory restrictions on Monday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that intense fighting in Afghanistan risks destabilizing neighboring nations in Central Asia, as American troops pull out of the country and the Taliban take yet more territory. Read Ful...

The Singaporean government has said it will reintroduce strict Covid-19 measures to slow the spread of the virus despite having the highest rate of vaccinations in the southeast Asian region. Read Full Article at RT.com

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Friday that the country’s security force has identified individuals responsible for instigating the “anarchy and mayhem” that led to the recent outbreak of deadly unrest. Read F...

Relations between Moscow and Beijing have reached “unprecedented heights,” with Russo-Chinese cooperation being an example of how to work together despite “ideological constraints,” the Russian foreign minister claimed on Friday...

A brave NHL goalkeeper who died from huge damage to his heart and lungs after being hit by a firework at a coach's party sacrificed his life to save "a lot" of others, according to a team-mate's moving eulogy to him at a memorial. Read ...

In its latest compliance report, WhatsApp reveals that it banned over two million accounts in India between May and June for “harmful behavior” and other rules violations, including sending a “high and abnormal rate of messages.�...

Russia has allocated around 3.7 billion rubles ($50 million) to build a state-of-the-art space telescope with the ability to observe in ultraviolet, designed to see parts of the cosmos inaccessible to ground-based equipment. Read Full A...

China’s Xiaomi Corporation has become the world’s second biggest smartphone producer, beating US rival Apple Inc by 3% in global shipments. Read Full Article at RT.com

Aerial footage shows the scale of destruction in a German village after the western part of the country was hit by devastating flood this week. The death toll has risen to over 100 as rescue helicopters were sent to the area. Read Full ...

Bryson Dechambeau is embroiled in a feud with his own club manufacturer, Cobra, Cfter they called him "stupid" for saying that his driver "sucked" in the controversial golf star's latest tantrum on the fairway. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control has said it expects the prevalence of Covid-19 to increase sharply in the coming weeks, reaching 420 cases per 100,000 by August 1, five times more than last week. Read Full Article...

Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has claimed that monkey emojis sent to England players were "mistakenly" identified as acceptable content by the social media giant platform – and one of the stars targeted, Bukayo Saka, has spoken out. Rea...

If you believe The Guardian, leaked Kremlin papers prove that the Russian state hatched a secret plot to have Donald Trump elected as US president. However, based on the evidence, it seems fair to be more than a little sceptical. Read F...

Many Britons have taken to social media to register their anger at the government’s Health and Care Bill after MPs passed a contentious motion on its second reading, with some claiming it will lead to further NHS privatisation. Read F...

Speaking on his country’s state radio on Friday, Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban decried the European Commission’s infringement action against his government’s LGBT propaganda law as “legalized hooliganism.” Read Full ...

As the country experiences its worst drought in five decades, citizens took to the streets of southwest Iran to protest water shortages, with demonstrations spilling over from late night to early morning. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that if the US established a central bank digital token, there would be no need for bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US and Germany have opposing views on the Nord Stream 2 project, but with the controversial pipeline almost completed, it makes more sense to work together than against each other, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday. Read Full ...

The Iraqi PM’s office says he and the top White House envoy for the Middle East discussed the withdrawal of combat troops from the country. A senior Biden administration official denies it ever happened. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

At least 81 people have died during massive flooding due to heavy rain in western parts of Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged federal support for victims as the disaster left many houses destroyed. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allied producers project global oil demand to grow by six million barrels a day in the second half of 2021, reaching pre-pandemic levels by next year. Read Full Article at...

Days of heavy rains have triggered major floods across parts of the Netherlands, with the southern Limburg province declared a disaster area as police, firefighters and even soldiers help thousands of residents to find shelter. Read Ful...

California is poised to create the nation's first state-funded program making guaranteed-income payments to some residents after lawmakers unanimously passed a bill calling for the monthly checks. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the discussion of racism doesn't belong in math classes, confirming the province's decision to back down from a plan to inject anti-racism ideology into its 9th grade mathematics curriculum. Read Full Arti...

The defacing of a mural in honor of UK footballer Marcus Rashford after a penalty miss was likely not motivated by racial hatred, police said. The striker received an outpouring of support, including from anti-racism activists. Read Ful...

Racial justice group Black Lives Matter has publicly condemned the decades-long US embargo on Cuba as the socialist nation was swept by protests against food and drug shortages. The stance alienated some devotees. Read Full Article at R...

The lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in Los Angeles was short-lived, as the county government has reimposed an indoor mask mandate, even for vaccinated residents, after an increase in new infections. Read Full Article at RT.com

American Marines will be sent to the US Embassy in Haiti, President Joe Biden said, though he added that a larger deployment to stabilize the country in the wake of President Jovenel Moise’s assassination is “not on the agenda.” R...

Calling Cuba a failed and repressive state, US President Joe Biden said he was looking at ways to provide internet access to Cubans, but not allowing remittances or lifting the embargo that has strangled the island for decades. Read Ful...

A three-story apartment building in Hialeah, a city in Miami-Dade County, has been evacuated after a portion of its roof broke off and crashed on the ground outside. It is located some 15 miles from the collapsed Surfside condo. Read Fu...

Raging floods have killed at least 59 people and left more than 1,000 missing across multiple German states after a torrential downpour, as police officers, soldiers and other relief workers undertake a massive rescue effort. Read Full ...

US Capitol Police detained nine people, including the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, for an “illegal demonstration” inside a Senate office building demanding the passage of Democrats’ election reforms. Read Full Article ...

Former President Donald Trump has issued a scathing rebuke of US General Mark Milley, after book excerpts revealed Milley had allegedly compared Trump’s supporters to Nazis and planned to resist a hypothetical “coup” by Trump. Rea...

Belgium’s Doel 2 nuclear reactor was manually shut down overnight Wednesday, after its operator suspected there was a hydrogen leak in the generator, the nation’s nuclear watchdog AFCN/FANK has said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

China still hasn’t handed over raw Covid-19 case data that the World Health Organization requested in early 2020, undermining a probe into how the virus emerged amid rising speculation that it leaked from a Chinese lab. Read Full Arti...

As the Biden administration called “medical misinformation” a public health threat, the White House said it was working with social media to flag “problematic” posts. Critics called it an end-run around the First Amendment. Read...

Ever since former US President Donald Trump’s shock 2016 election victory rocked the American political establishment, commentators and talking heads have been looking for someone to blame. The easy answer has always been Russia. Read...

Islam Makhachev, the heir apparent to Khabib Nurmagomedov's throne in the UFC lightweight division, must show why he is so highly-regarded when he faces Thiago Moises this weekend in his first ever UFC main event fight. Read Full Articl...

Russian MMA starlet Diana Avsaragova has warned she is "in the head" of Valerie Loureda after her fellow Bellator sensation claimed that she did not know who she was – and there was drama as she weighed in for her fight on Friday. Rea...

England has seen an unprecedented yearly increase in deaths due to alcohol during the Covid-19 pandemic, driven by excessive alcohol consumption at home, Public Health England (PHE) has said, in a fresh report. Read Full Article at RT.c...

An additional US government link to suspects in last week’s assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise has emerged, as the Pentagon has admitted that some of the alleged murderers had received American military training. Read Fu...

Two major highways in Georgia have been blocked after a dump truck struck an overpass and shifted it by six feet. Authorities plan to demolish the damaged bridge, and it may take up to 10 days to fully reopen the I-16 interstate. Read F...

A bizarre video of the White House Press Secretary advising on “communicating clearly” about vaccines, after she’d told Americans they “can still kill you,” has half the internet shocked, while the other half hasn’t quite no...

The creative geniuses behind the emojis we use every day have released a slew of new designs. The new emojis include a gender-neutral “person with crown,” interracial handshakes, and, weirdly, a mustached “pregnant man.” Read Fu...

Moscow has reacted furiously to a series of claims, backed up with anonymous and unverifiable sources, that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his security officials to support Donald Trump’s campaign to become US president. Rea...

An Israeli billionaire has reportedly implicated himself in a corruption scandal after filing court documents that allegedly show he’d paid $360 million in bribes to officials for mining rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rea...

In a video update to fans after he was released from hospital following surgery to insert a titanium rod into his broken leg, Conor McGregor has claimed that that the UFC were aware of 'stress fractures' he carried into UFC 264. Read Fu...

The Russian Ministry of Justice has designated eight journalists, including one working for US state media, as ‘foreign agents,’ with officials banning an online news publication as ‘undesirable,’ after police raided its offices...

The England fan who has earned notoriety for having a lit flare protruding from his bottom says he has no regrets over the drink and drug-addled scenes that marred the Wembley final of Euro 2020, adding that he bribed his way in. Read F...