Russian investigators have accused jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny of violating the rights of the country’s citizens and posing a hazard to the public over the purported actions of one of his political campaigning groups. Read...

An Indian space agency mission to launch a weather monitoring satellite into orbit has failed at the final hurdle after the rocket’s cryogenic upper stage ignition malfunctioned following a smooth liftoff. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has asked an appeals court to strike down a masking requirement imposed by a country judge and promised more lawsuits against officials who rebel against his ban on mask mandates. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiev has denied he gave $1million to Olympic freestyle wrestling champion Abdulrashid 'Russian tank' Sadulaev and maintains he simply met with the double-champ to congratulate him. Read Full Article...

A new outbreak of Covid-19 in China has led to another wave of lockdowns. Professor Richard Wolff shares his perspective on what it means for the global economic recovery. Read Full Article at RT.com

Japanese authorities have been working to contain oil leaking into the sea after a cargo vessel that ran aground at a port in the north of the country broke apart early Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.com

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced a bill to curb the monopolistic policies of Apple and Google regarding their respective app stores which, they claim, hinder free competition. Read Full Article at RT.com

More troops may be deployed to patrol the streets of Sydney to deter lockdown violators, officials said amid concerns the virus is spreading beyond the area, with the Australian capital, Canberra ushered into a snap lockdown. Read Full ...

Senator Rand Paul was accused of “insider trading” after he revealed that his wife bought stock in the firm that makes antiviral drug remdesivir in early 2020, disclosing the purchase more than a year after the reporting deadline. R...

A racial sensitivity seminar held by American Express reportedly told employees that capitalism is predicated on exploitation and “systemic racism,” while white workers were urged to acknowledge their “unconscious” bigotry. Read...

Eight people are believed to have been killed after a Mi-8 helicopter crash-landed into a lake in the national reserve on the south of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East. A total of 16 people were aboard the aircraft. Read F...

Over one-third of the $613 million in cryptocurrency stolen from blockchain platform Poly Network has been returned, with the hacker saying he did it for fun following one of the largest crypto heists ever. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the Taliban must consider its “role in the international community” as the US hopes to negotiate peace amid a rapid military blitz. Her comments were slammed as out of touch by critics. Rea...

Russian authorities have launched a criminal probe after a vast quantity of oil leaked into the Black Sea off Russia’s southern coast, covering an area of some 80 square kilometers. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday that pregnant women should be vaccinated for Covid-19, claiming there is no proof of increased risk of miscarriage. Read Full Article at RT.com

Barcelona still owe Paris Saint-Germain newcomer Lionel Messi $45 million in relation to an unpaid 'loyalty bonus' , according to a Spanish source. Read Full Article at RT.com

A double Olympic wrestling champion appears to have struck gold again courtesy of a politician, claiming he received a $1 million reward from a Russian State Duma official for his heroics at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Read Full Article at RT...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a Covid-19 vaccine mandate or weekly testing for teachers and school staff, saying it is “the right thing to do” and making his state the first to pass such a requirement. Read Full Art...

Turkey’s northern provinces have been inundated by devastating floods, turning streets into mud-laden streams. The disaster struck as the country continues to reel from major wildfires in the south. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The boss of a top bare-knuckle fighting promotion has accepted that events in New York could be difficult if the state presses ahead with potentially mandating Covid-19 vaccinations – and plans showdown talks with one fighter. Read Fu...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have adjusted their Covid-19 tracking data for the state of Florida after state officials complained their case numbers were artificially high. Read Full Article at RT.com

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro suffered a defeat in Congress, failing to change the country’s electronic voting system to one with a paper ballot. The leader has claimed the current system can be manipulated. Read Full Article at ...

Paris Saint-Germain have always followed fair play rules, the club's Qatari supremo has insisted after they handed Lionel Messi a whopping deal to join them – and motormouth Piers Morgan says shirts sales alone can cover the cost. Rea...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has demanded Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, arrested in China for alleged spying, be released “immediately and unconditionally” after he was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday. Re...

Journalist Richard Medhurst claims that he initially didn’t recognize Julian Assange, who looked “awful and ill,” as the WikiLeaks founder appeared in London’s High Court while the United States pushes to have him extradited. Re...

CNN’s Brian Stelter is getting a roasting following a late-night appearance where he worked overtime to defend his network’s handling of host Chris Cuomo and his former governor brother. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Kenyan government has ordered all civil servants to get a Covid vaccine dose by late August or face disciplinary action, as the country weighs up introducing a coronavirus cert or health passport. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ice hockey fans have been divided by a swift U-turn on a hiring. Just three days after his new role for an American Hockey League team was announced, a coach has been axed over controversial tweets causing a mob to criticize him. Read F...

Indigenous leaders have cautiously welcomed Ottawa's $320-million funding pledge to support communities looking for unmarked graves at former residential school sites and to help survivors, deeming it a “long overdue step.” Read Ful...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said it is investigating three new possible side effects that may be linked to mRNA Covid vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, after reports of allergic skin reactions and kidney disorders. Read F...

Spain’s drug regulator has approved the first human trials of a domestic Covid-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has revealed, and will be administered in a two-dose regimen. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukraine’s ongoing culture wars have found a new target in the country’s own government officials, who are being forced to demonstrate proof of competency in the Ukrainian language, rather than the widely spoken Russian tongue. Read ...

The BBC has come in for some heavy criticism online for apparently overreporting stories about vaccine sceptics hospitalised with Covid-19 who are since urging others not to make the same mistake they did. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The French government has unveiled plans to provide a third shot to people considered most at risk from Covid-19 as cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across the country. Read Full Article at RT.com

Josh Kelley was born with serious birth defects after his US Marine father was exposed to Agent Orange, a highly toxic chemical Americans sprayed in Vietnam. He told RT how the war has taken a toll on his whole life. Read Full Article a...

The attempted revolution in Belarus has failed because the street has been lost. That’s according to opposition activist Roman Protasevich, who spoke to RT’s Russian service about his involvement with last year’s protest movement....

In an abrupt U-turn, Berlin said on Wednesday it will halt deportations to Afghanistan for security reasons just days after it urged the EU not to block deportations. The decision follows a similar reversal by the Netherlands. Read Full...

A former kickboxing champ told a court he wants to represent Belarus after being sentenced to a colony for causing bodily harm to police officers following a protest – and his wife in Russia says she will fight for his freedom. Read ...

The Swiss government has dismissed calls from the Glacier Initiative referendum drive to ban fossil fuels, saying the country is on course to meet its pre-established target of hitting net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Read Ful...

Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland has revealed himself as a fan of Russian comedy mixed martial arts sensation Hasbullah by printing an image of the social media star onto his mug. Read Full Article at RT.com

The seismic impact of six-time Ballon d'Or-winning superstar Lionel Messi joining PSG is already being felt, with the Argentina icon beefing up the club's social media following – as "embarrassing" reporters chanted his name. Read Ful...

RSPCA Australia has condemned a social media video which showed a teenager forcing a quokka to vape from an e-cigarette at Rottnest Island in Western Australia (WA). Read Full Article at RT.com

The US is looking to ask the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase crude oil output to reign in petrol prices and curb shortages, deeming the group’s current production boost plan insufficient. Read Full...

The Netherlands has reversed its decision to send Afghans back to their war-torn country and has said it will freeze deportations for the next six months. Read Full Article at RT.com

The High Court in London has allowed the US to challenge a psychiatric evaluation of Julian Assange, which was key in an earlier court ruling refusing Washington’s request to extradite him for trial. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A series of crackdowns aimed at anti-lockdown demonstrators in the US and EU show that the West applies a double standard to protests happening at home, while supporting unrest in Russia, one of Moscow’s top diplomats has said. Read F...

The French president has called on all people to get jabbed as he spoke of his concern about the trajectory of the Covid-19 pandemic in France as the increasing prevalence of the Delta variant drives up hospitalizations. Read Full Artic...

The supreme leader of Iran has stated that the coronavirus pandemic is the Islamic Republic’s “number one problem” as the country’s daily fatalities continue to surpass 500 and Covid cases reach new highs. Read Full Article at R...

Russia will reach 2019 levels of trade by year’s end, which points to steady economic recovery, the country’s Federal Customs Service said on Wednesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

A kitten in Russia's Ural region has had a lucky escape that left all nine of its lives intact thanks to coronavirus patients who sounded the alarm when the adventurous baby cat became stuck in a network of pipes under a clinic. Read Fu...

The head of Russia’s Space Agency has asked the authorities in the country’s Sakhalin Region to provide an explanation after a bas-relief monument to the first-ever cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, was found among a large pile of garbage. R...

It’s important for people in the West to know that the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine works great, but politics prevents it from hitting wider markets, a renowned Australian epidemiologist told RT. Read Full Article at RT....

The Indonesian military’s chief of staff has confirmed that the country’s armed forces will no longer conduct virginity tests on female recruits after criticism that the practice is cruel, degrading and has no scientific validity. R...

The latest public hearing on how children should be taught in Loudoun County was as contentious as previous ones. A teacher used her speaking time to announce her resignation, tearfully rejecting the board’s “politicized agendas.”...

A senior Texan lawmaker has signed an arrest warrant for 52 Democrats who fled the state to avoid voting on a controversial Republican bill which cannot be passed into law without the presence of five more lawmakers. Read Full Article a...

Just one year on from Belarus’ disputed presidential election, the tense situation in the country has ground into a stalemate between the government and opposition activists. The next move seems unclear even to the major players. Read...

The mayor of the Evia island town of Istiaia says the fire fronts are slowly being brought under control, though blazes continue to rage through Greece, as PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces scrutiny for a lack of preparation. Read Full Artic...

On August 11, 2020, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had become the first country in the world to register a Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V. One year later, the pioneering jab has inoculated millions around the world. Read Fu...

For years, the NYPD used a “surveillance slush fund” for a range of policing tech with no public oversight – under a shadowy deal with city officials that kept equipment used in “confidential operations” secret. Read Full Arti...

Protesters, including former opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, have demanded the release of Julian Assange outside London’s High Court as a preliminary hearing concerning a US appeal to extradite the WikiLeaks co-founder begins. Read F...

Some $611 million worth of crypto assets have been stolen by cybercriminals using the multinational blockchain platform Poly Network. Read Full Article at RT.com

A government spokesperson has announced that Thailand will launch human clinical trials for two domestically produced nasal coronavirus vaccines by the end of the year following successful tests on mice. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A plastic factory blaze has been brought under control after authorities evacuated the building near the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, with no injuries reported, the Government of Dubai Media Office confirmed on Wednesday. Read Full Ar...

The New Zealand National Party condemned the Green Party for getting a portrait of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill relocated in Parliament, while another party accused the Greens of embracing fascism. Read Full Article a...

The umpire involved in Novak Djokovic's US Open disqualification has astonished tennis star Daniil Medvedev and his Kazakh opponent, leaving them laughing after the top seed was handed a penalty for talking during a point. Read Full Art...

Is Russia plotting a return of the Soviet Union? That is the question Western politicians and talking heads ask every time Moscow so much as contemplates the more positive aspects of its history, imagining imperialism everywhere. Read F...

The social media giant announced on Tuesday that it has permanently shut 65 Facebook and 243 Instagram accounts which have been linked to a campaign to pay influencers to smear the AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid vaccines. Read Full Articl...

Two American Olympic gold medalists are mourning the loss of their son after he died at the age of 26 in an unexplained incident that has led to an "outpouring of prayers and support". Read Full Article at RT.com

As Beijing continues its clampdown on major domestic businesses, some international investors are dialing back their involvement in China. Read Full Article at RT.com

Australian authorities have announced Melbourne’s lockdown will be extended by another week, with its 5 million people subject to the longer restrictions after 20 new Covid-19 cases were recorded. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Taliban has taken complete control of Afghanistan’s borders with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, Russia’s defense minister revealed on Tuesday, noting that the terrorist organization has promised not to move across either frontier. R...

A security guard working at the British embassy in Berlin has been arrested by authorities on charges of spying for Russia. Prosecutors claim that he forwarded on sensitive materials to officials in Moscow in exchange for cash. Read Ful...

Senator Cory Booker (D-New York), a vocal proponent of criminal justice reform in the US, has rubbed some people the wrong way with a sarcasm-dripping endorsement of a measure against defunding the police. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russia’s economy is showing signs of recovery, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in its interim report, which sees most major economies also expanding, although at a slower pace. Read Full Article a...

The Taliban has continued assaults on major Afghan cities, reportedly capturing the nine provincial capitals in less than a week. The US earlier said it will press the militants to stop their attacks during peace talks in Qatar. Read Fu...

The Chinese authorities have hit a new milestone, administering 1.8 billion vaccines in the fight against Covid-19, as shot-maker Sinovac says efficacy concerns can be overcome using a third jab. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian gymnast Dina Averina, who was denied gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics despite Israeli eventual winner Linoy Ashram dropping her ribbon in her routine, has said she is ready to take revenge at the Paris 2024 Games. Read Full Artic...

Operations at 53 shuttered coal mines in China will once again come to life, as China struggles to keep up with increased power demand, according to a statement by the National Development Reform Commission in China. Read Full Article a...

Authorities in Nebraska's Adams County have lifted an active shooter warning hours after an overnight gun incident. One person was taken to hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot injury. Read Full Article at RT.com

Canadian businessman Michael Spavor has been sentenced to an 11-year prison term in China on espionage charges. Ottawa condemned the verdict, which it sees as part of retaliation for the arrest of a Huawei executive in Canada. Read Full...

A Texas judge has ruled in favor of county officials who wish to revive mask mandates in their public schools, temporarily overriding a statewide ban on such measures as a number of school districts also vow to resist the order. Read Fu...

Tesla tycoon Elon Musk has volunteered to help bridge the gap between current spacesuit models and the advanced tech astronauts will need for NASA’s planned 2024 return trip to the Moon as the mission gets bogged down in delays. Read ...

The inspector general for the NSA will investigate whether the spy service targeted Fox host Tucker Carlson for surveillance, several outlets reported, after the agency denied the charge with a carefully worded statement in June. Read F...

It’s a matter of life and death for children returning to school to wear masks, an Oklahoma public school board member said, suggesting that maskless kids who aren’t eligible for vaccination will be killing their vulnerable peers. R...

A baffling decision by Manchester City to mock up stars as members of the gang portrayed in British TV hit 'Peaky Blinders' has backfired spectacularly on social media, with mystified fans widely deriding the strange stunt. Read Full Ar...

The Taliban has seized two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, taking control of eight major cities in just four days amid a relentless wave of attacks as US President Joe Biden urges Afghans to fight for their country. Read Full A...

Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) still believes in free-market ways to fight censorship, after YouTube banned him from posting for a week over a video in which he dared question the effectiveness of cloth masks against Covid-19. Read Full...

Football superstar Lionel Messi and Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari president, have spoken of their shared plans for the club for the first time after the new number 30 completed his move to the French giants. Read Full...

Decades after the US dropped millions of gallons of the toxic chemical Agent Orange on Vietnam, it still fails to apply “common sense” even to the plight of American veterans exposed to it, the head of an advocacy group told RT. Rea...

The three billionaires have faced scorn and mockery on social media for their part in a venture mining “natural resources” in Greenland. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police and protesters clashed in the Thai capital Bangkok on Tuesday, the latest in a string of demonstrations over the government and its handling of the pandemic, with riot cops using tear gas and rubber bullets on the crowd. Read Ful...

US President Joe Biden sought to limit the impact of Andrew Cuomo’s resignation by saying the Democrat did a great job as governor of New York and calling it “sad” that he had to resign over a sexual harassment scandal. Read Full ...

A French women's handball player has expressed outrage after her country's gold medal-winning team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was snubbed on the cover of a national newspaper in favor of new PSG star Lionel Messi. Read Full Article at R...

Twitter bosses have said that the United Kingdom was "by far" the biggest origin of "abhorrent racist abuse" on its platform when a trio of black players were targeted following England's Euro 2020 final defeat last month. Read Full Art...

According to a “confidential” email sent from the White House to social media influencers, the Biden administration is seeking TikTok stars for “intimate” Zoom calls on Covid-19 vaccines with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Read Full Article...

An English footballer has bravely breezed on despite appearing to stink out his new club's home stadium during an explosive interview, leaving fans howling after loud flatulence could be heard emanating from the fresh signing. Read Full...

Algeria’s government has announced an investigation to identify the “criminal hands” responsible for 50 “horror” fires that destroyed swathes of forest to the east of the country’s capital city and killed more than 20 people...

Twitter has suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) from the platform for a week after claiming the firebrand Republican spread misleading information on “failing” Covid-19 vaccines. Read Full Article at RT.com

Denmark footballer Christian Eriksen, who suffered a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020, has sent a touching message to a nine-year-old girl who is about to undergo a similar procedure to the defibrillator fitting he had this summer. Read Full...

As schools prepare to reopen their doors to students, White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has called for a vaccine mandate for teachers, while Republican Governor Ron DeSantis continues to battle face covering guidance. Read F...