The UK government will present new border control rules soon, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said. He expressed hope that the new lockdown may be eased in March. Read Full Article at RT.com

Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo is in hot water after one of its employees died after reportedly working grueling hours long after midnight and its verified social media account said people “should live with their own choices.” R...

In a sudden reversal, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) said it will no longer delist China's three largest state-owned telecommunications corporations allegedly linked to the Chinese military. Read Full Article at RT.com

China’s leader Xi Jinping has directed the military to bolster training in 2021 and use more hi-tech in its drills. The order comes after tense standoffs with India and Taiwan last year. Read Full Article at RT.com

Emma Jones, the hugely popular presenter known for her model looks and tight outfits, has received a deluge of support after claiming that she was sent an unwanted sexual photo just hours after news of the UK's latest lockdown. Read Ful...

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has been accused of plagiarizing a story from Martin Luther King after internet sleuths spotted uncanny similarities between “personal” anecdotes told by the civil rights leader and the VP-to-be. R...

Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has demanded the immediate release of Julian Assange after a UK judge declined a US extradition request, telling RT the WikiLeaks founder’s battle is far from over as Washington eyes an appeal. Read Fu...

Days before blowing himself up, the Nashville Christmas bomber penned lengthy messages to “acquaintances” speaking of “alien attacks,” a faked moon landing and DNA experiments by “lizard people,” among other conspiracy theor...

Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio, whose group torched a BLM banner torn from a black church last month in Washington, has reportedly been arrested after returning to the nation’s capital for a pro-Trump protest. Read Full Article at...

Black Lives Matter and Muslim organizations led a protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota against the police shooting of a suspected gun felon who shot first. The protesters hoisted a Somali flag over a building at one point. Read Full Articl...

Signing a law that would no longer require Ohioans to retreat in the face of violent crime, Governor Mike DeWine – a Republican – urged the new crop of state legislators to take up gun-control measures next. Read Full Article at RT....

US Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) has been an official member of Congress for only one day, but she’s already managed to trigger political adversaries by advertising her vow to carry a Glock pistol to work. Read Full Artic...

Environmentally minded social media users seized the opportunity to ridicule the less fortunate after the New York Times published an article on fresh college graduates unable to find jobs in the oil industry because of Covid-19. Read F...

All 10 former US defense secretaries who are still living have warned President Donald Trump not to involve the US military in his dispute over 2020 election results – despite Trump not even having hinted at taking such a step. Read F...

Land, air and sea borders between Saudi Arabia and Qatar will reportedly reopen ahead of the upcoming Gulf Cooperation Council summit. The US-brokered deal ends the diplomatic standoff that began in June 2017. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has requested National Guard troops and urged residents to avoid downtown as Donald Trump supporters plan to descend on the US capital to protest the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. Read F...

Health authorities in Portugal are investigating the sudden death of a pediatric surgery assistant in Porto, who was reportedly in “perfect health” when she received the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus. Read Full Article at R...

The UK court has spared WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from extradition to the US, but Monday’s ruling came as a grim verdict for free speech, Fidel Narvaez, a former Consul at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, told RT. Read Full Ar...

England will enter a new national lockdown until at least mid-February, when vulnerable groups should be vaccinated against Covid-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Scottish police have arrested former Scottish National Party MP Margaret Ferrier and charged her with reckless conduct, after the politician took a train 400 miles home from London despite testing positive for Covid-19. Read Full Articl...

An unidentified Benfica player had an embarrassing moment on national television after cameras peered into the team's dressing room, showing the completely naked footballer displaying his derriere to the watching audience at home. Read ...

Feed the birds, tuppence a bag? Not in the new UK coronavirus lockdown. A video circulating on social media shows an elderly woman, who was feeding bread to pigeons, being told by London police to ‘disperse.’ Read Full Article at RT...

Hospitals that don’t use up their supply of Covid-19 vaccines within a week of receiving them will be punished with hefty fines and barred from receiving further doses, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared. Read Full Article at...

Denmark will follow the UK in delaying administering second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 jab beyond the recommended 21-day period, despite safety warnings from the manufacturer against altering the vaccine regimen. Read Full Ar...

Ex-NBA star Lamar Odom has shunned speculation that he has relapsed on drugs after posting footage of his alter ego "Black Jesus" character, having previously claimed that his ex-girlfriend had "stolen" his social media passwords. Read ...

Brazil icon Pele has trolled modern great Cristiano Ronaldo by rewriting history on social media just a day after the Juventus star thought he had broken his goals record, updating his total to claim he scored a vast 1,283 times. Read F...

After decades of inactivity a volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent has rumbled back to life. As authorities brace for a potential eruption, misinformation about evacuation orders on major news outlets is spreading panic. Read ...

With the coronavirus pandemic still looming large as we enter the new year, one Orthodox bishop has sought to put it all into perspective with a cheery message of hope for his followers, and for people across the world. Read Full Articl...

US President Donald Trump has called out his fellow Republicans ahead of rival Democrat Joe Biden’s inauguration, accusing them of being spineless cowardice for not rejecting ‘fraudulent’ vote totals as soon as they were unveiled....

A row in Kiev over the government’s decision not to register a Russian-made coronavirus jab has worsened, with one of the country’s most senior doctors saying officials are not being straight about the reasons behind the move. Read ...

Internet security firm FireEye has revealed the enormous SolarWinds hack that left upwards of 250 agencies and businesses unprotected for weeks was launched from inside the US – but that hasn’t stopped them from blaming Moscow. Read...

The Russian government will consider developing and distributing new documents for those who have been vaccinated against coronavirus, in an effort to cut risks associated with international travel. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s second city has passed a grim landmark in the country’s fight against coronavirus, with St. Petersburg registering more positive tests than the capital for the first time since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020. Read...

Mexico’s president has offered asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, hours after a British judge refused to extradite Assange to the US to face espionage charges. Read Full Article at RT.com

A UK court’s refusal to extradite Julian Assange to the US on medical grounds is a blow to journalism since the judge has sided with the US in its justification for prosecuting him, UN rapporteur Nils Melzer told RT.  Read Full Artic...

State prosecutors in Poland charged two men with conspiring to attack a mosque with explosives. The suspects are also accused of planning poisonings, while one wrote a manifesto on the need to “exterminate religious groups.” Read Fu...

French police have launched an investigation and one person has been arrested after two motorcycle officers were brutally beaten by a group of up to 15 attackers during a routine traffic stop on the outskirts of Paris. Read Full Article...

Despite tensions in recent years, US attempts to torpedo one of the world’s longest gas pipelines are so brazen, says Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, that his country and EU capitals have put aside their differences to fight them Re...

Scotland will enter national lockdown from midnight, with people legally required to stay at home until February, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said, warning that existing Covid-19 rules may not be enough to stop its spread. Read F...

The Uruguayan players' union has blasted the FA for the three-game ban imposed on Edinson Cavani for a controversial Instagram post, furiously claiming that the Manchester United striker has been discriminated against. Read Full Article...

The South Korean Defense Ministry has said that it will send its anti-piracy Cheonghae unit, normally based in the Gulf of Aden, along with helicopters to the Persian Gulf where a South Korean vessel was seized by Iran. Read Full Articl...

The communications platform Slack, which has more than 75 million active users, has crashed, leaving many businesses without their core means of communication as workplaces remain closed due to Covid restrictions. Read Full Article at R...

Premier League star Lys Mousset's Lamborghini has been pictured wrecked on the road after police were called to a post-midnight smash in the city where he plays, resulting in two men in their 20s being arrested at the scene. Read Full A...

The likely extension of Germany's national lockdown will reportedly have a major negative impact on the country's economy, turning 2021 into a year of economic frustration. Read Full Article at RT.com

Beijing has hit out at Washington over its “unwarranted suppression” of foreign companies after the US ordered the delisting of three Chinese firms from the New York Stock Exchange. Read Full Article at RT.com

Oddsmakers have predicted who might be the next manager in the Stamford Bridge dugout after Frank Lampard became the odds-on favorite as the latest Premier League boss to be sacked after Chelsea's 3-1 surrender to Manchester City. Read ...

With a British judge refusing to extradite Julian Assange to the US, supporters of the embattled WikiLeaks founder celebrated as he was spared the ordeal of the American prison system. Read Full Article at RT.com

People who have reservations about India’s newly-approved Covid-19 jab are likely feeble-minded, Dharmendra Pradhan, the country’s minister of petroleum and natural gas, has proclaimed. Read Full Article at RT.com

The conditions faced by prisoners in the United States’ incarceration system was the key factor in a judge’s decision not to extradite Julian Assange to face espionage charges. Read Full Article at RT.com

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of working to develop nuclear weapons, after Tehran claimed on Monday that it has resumed uranium enrichment to the 20-percent level at its Fordo site. Read Full Article at RT...

Cosmopolitan magazine is getting chewed out on social media for suggesting there is nothing unhealthy about being overweight, prompting accusations the UK edition is endangering lives amid the Covid-19 crisis. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran has confirmed detaining a South Korean-flagged oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The ship had earlier been spotted off-course in the country's waters. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Bellator MMA pin-up Valerie Loureda has thanked UFC star-turned-commentator Michael Bisping after she was named the hottest fighter of 2020 on his podcast, dancing for the camera in a shimmering dress while looking ahead to 2021. Read F...

The new year is off to a rocky start as, days after a 220-meter asteroid flew past Earth, an even bigger space object is en route. To make matters worse, infamous seer Nostradamus predicted an asteroid strike some time in 2021. Read Ful...

Health experts have slammed the government of India’s decision to give the green light to an indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, which hasn’t even released stage-three trial data. Read Full Article at RT.com

The world’s leading digital asset, bitcoin, has suddenly lost as much as 15 percent of its value, dropping to nearly $28,000, while alternative cryptocurrencies grow, catching up with the leader. Read Full Article at RT.com

Iranian media reports that the country has started enriching uranium to 20 percent, implementing the latest deviation from the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. Tehran began the drift a year after the US broke the agreement.  Read Full A...

Unbeaten Russian boxer Dmitry Bivol has joked that the sporting schedule will be able to resume "when everyone is chipped" and hinted that he has been asked to engage in weigh-in ruckuses with opponents on his long unbeaten run. Read Fu...

Throughout its long history, Russia has faced a variety of tough challenges – including wars, famines and revolutions – but now, according to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, his boss Donald Trump may be added to that list. Read F...

A dad’s supposedly heartless lesson to his daughter on how to use a can opener went viral… but also triggered the wrath of internet ‘warriors,’ with some real-life consequences for their target. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

MMA fans are calling for UFC welterweight Mike Perry to receive help after the controversial fighter posted a video on social media showing him with a deep wound to his leg while sitting in a puddle of blood by a smashed door. Read Full...

The head of the French health authority has justified their slow progress in immunizing people against Covid-19 and suggested that there are still things we don’t know about the Pfizer vaccine. Read Full Article at RT.com

China Daily EU bureau chief Chen Weihua publicly shamed the New York Times, Washington Post, and Australian PM Scott Morrison for their lack of support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he faced extradition to the US. Read Full Ar...

UK scientists and public health officials are said to be extremely worried that a new, highly infectious strain of the coronavirus discovered in South Africa may be resistant to the current generation of vaccines. Read Full Article at R...

Authorities foiled two Islamist plots last year, France's top counter-terrorism official has said. The country suffered five high-profile terrorist attacks in 2020, including the murder of Samuel Paty and the stabbing in Nice. Read Full...

A double in Juventus's 4-1 Serie A win against Udinese on Sunday saw Cristiano Ronaldo surge past Brazil icon Pele in the all-time goalscoring ranks, making the Portugal captain the second highest marksman in football history. Read Full...

Jubilant scenes have greeted Judge Vanessa Baraitser’s decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges at London's Old Bailey courthouse. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Moscow stock exchange (MOEX) index reached a new all-time high on Monday, as Russia's national currency, the ruble, opened the first trading day of 2021 with an upward move, triggered by rising oil prices. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The UK has become the first country to immunise people against Covid-19 using AstraZeneca’s long-awaited vaccine, but the health secretary has warned that vaccination capacity is being undermined by supply challenges. Read Full Articl...

A Pakistani judge has ruled that ‘virginity tests’ performed on women who are victims of sexual assault are unconstitutional, describing the archaic examinations as discriminatory and inhumane. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian UFC icon Khabib Nurmagomedov has been hailed for flanking a wheelchair-bound fan with his MMA fighter cousin, Umar, in a heartwarming photo taken after a training session with MMA newcomer and countryman Imamshafi Aliev. Read Fu...

The UK health secretary has admitted that measures previously in force under ‘Tier 3’ are no longer sufficient to contain the new strain of the virus as he failed to rule out another national lockdown amid soaring infection rates. R...

Oil prices reached the highest levels in nearly a year on expectations that OPEC and allied producers led by Russia may keep the production quota in February unchanged amid weak oil demand caused by the global pandemic crisis. Read Full...

Just three days after announcing that the USS Nimitz was leaving the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon has reversed the decision, saying the warship would remain in the Middle East due to Iranian ‘threats’ against President Donald Trump. R...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has lodged an appeal to stop South Korea from seizing its assets in order to compensate people who were drafted into forced labor during WWII, when Korea was Japan’s colony. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Tokyo could soon be placed in a state of emergency over a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, even as the Japanese capital gears up to host the Olympics. Read Full Article at RT.com

President Donald Trump has reportedly filed lawsuits against Georgia’s secretary of state after a call was leaked to the media in which he seemingly demanded that officials “find” votes in his favor to flip the state. Read Full Ar...

A clip of two semi-naked men shooting fireworks at each other on New Year's Eve has gone viral in Russia, reminding netizens of scenes from the Harry Potter movies. Police, near Moscow, are now looking for the wannabe magicians. Read Fu...

Missouri Democrat and United Methodist pastor Emanuel Cleaver has come under fire after he wrapped up his prayer in the US House by saying "amen" and "awoman" in an apparent nod to gender equality. Read Full Article at RT.com

Pope Francis has weighed in again on Covid-19 politics, this time scolding people who traveled abroad during the holiday season to avoid lockdowns – saying he was "pained" and "saddened" by their selfish desire for "having fun." Read ...

Former US House speaker Paul Ryan issued a rare statement condemning a group of Republicans for trying to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's election victory, only to earn scorn from both sides of the political divide. Read Full Article at R...

Nancy Pelosi has been re-elected as US House speaker, overcoming division with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other left-wing lawmakers as Democrats were forced to consolidate behind her to avoid handing the gavel to a Republican. Read Fu...

A lawyer who worked under two Republican presidents is calling for Joe Biden to select Barack Obama as his attorney general to help "re-establish the rule of law" and boost his administration's credibility among estranged voters. Read F...

Parliamentarians and government officials in Kiev have traded blows in a fresh row over the country’s refusal to register a Russian coronavirus vaccine, despite Ukraine facing challenges in accessing UK and US made formulas. Read Full...

Donald Trump has seemingly pressured Georgia’s secretary of state to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory there, saying in a leaked phone call there will be political and legal consequences for letting the presidency be stolen. Rea...

President Donald Trump and disease expert Anthony Fauci publicly traded barbs after Trump claimed that the US' Covid-19 situation is “exaggerated.” With Trump sour over Fauci’s positive media coverage, commenters took sides. Read ...

A pastor in the Texas town of Winona was killed with his own gun after a fugitive hiding in his church’s bathroom disarmed and shot him. The suspect then stole the pastor’s car, but was arrested shortly afterwards. Read Full Article...

Dozens of Donald Trump supporters demonstrated outside the home of US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), demanding that he join a Republican effort to fight congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral win. Read ...

More Russians will become eligible for the country’s mass immunization program against Covid-19 from Monday, with plans already made in the capital to hand out jabs to people working in a range of different industries. Read Full Artic...

Pressure is rising on Chelsea boss Frank Lampard following Sunday's 3-1 surrender to Manchester City at Stamford Bridge, with sections of supporters calling for Roman Abramovich to sack the club legend. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

After pushing phony stories of ‘Russian interference’ and working for an agency that interferes in elections, ex-CIA agent now Congressman Will Hurd thinks the GOP should accept Joe Biden’s win, or risk helping the US’ “enemie...

Abraham Kawa, manager of UFC star Jorge Masvidal, says that his fighter is eyeing a high stakes showdown with former training partner Colby Covington after petitioning Florida governor Ron DeSantis to host the fight in his state. Read F...

Russian officials have accused a senior politician in Tallinn of seeking to reignite old tensions, after the Estonian parliament's speaker said his country still lays claim to swaths of territory on Russia's Baltic coast. Read Full Arti...

A Harvard astronomy professor believes a mysterious interstellar object that visited our solar system in 2017 was a type of alien technology and may even have been the discarded trash of another civilization. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Moscow and Beijing have ramped up the share of settlements in national currencies to 25 percent this year against a modest two percent recorded seven years ago, according to the Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov. Read Full Arti...

In a PR stunt gone wrong, the millionth recipient of the Covid-19 vaccine in Israel, who got his jab in front of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, was revealed to be a former criminal who did time for stabbing a man to death. Read Full Article at ...

Manchester City are poised to take disciplinary action against their French defender Benjamin Mendy after he admitted to hosting a New Year's Eve party with guests from outside his household - a direct breach of Covid-19 rules. Read Ful...

Football megastar Cristiano Ronaldo has cemented his status as the world’s most popular person on social media, with the Juventus and Portugal ace hitting the staggering mark of 250 million followers on Instagram. Read Full Article at...

Donald Trump has lashed out at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, claiming the health agency has exaggerated the pandemic in the US by using a broad definition of what constitutes a Covid-19 case or death. Read Full Article...

Spooked by the US’ latest punitive measures, a Norwegian Nord Stream 2 contractor has refused to support the Gazprom-led gas pipeline project after eight years of close cooperation with Russian energy giant. Read Full Article at RT.co...