A vast crack in the Earth has opened near the Ponticelli Hospital in Naples following a loud noise that was initially thought to have been an explosion. The facility’s Covid patient center was evacuated immediately. Read Full Article ...

The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine appears to be working against the new highly-contagious coronavirus variants detected in Britain and South Africa, according to the early findings of a study by Pfizer. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

USA Today newspaper has published 29 photos from the Capitol building takeover and asked readers to ID Trump supporters shown in them, leaving a few people puzzled and getting a sharp response from many others. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Washington has backed down from plans to hit $1.3 billion of French products with new tariffs. The levies were meant to be in retaliation to France’s attempt to hike taxes on American tech giants. Read Full Article at RT.com

The chorus of doom mongering Western experts and media commentators has failed to send Russians scrambling to buy tinned goods or trading cash for precious metals, as their gloomy predictions again failed to come to pass in 2020. Read F...

A Capitol Police officer who was injured during clashes with rioters in Washington, DC has died, the force has announced, marking the fifth fatality connected to the unrest. Read Full Article at RT.com

US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has resigned, becoming the second cabinet official to step down from the Trump administration over a violent disturbance in the nation’s capital, arguing his “rhetoric” only fanned the flames. Re...

The chair of the House Homeland Security panel has called on the FBI and TSA to expand a federal no-fly list to include all who took part in unrest at the US Capitol this week, calling the incident a “domestic terrorist attack.” Rea...

A major US publisher is refusing to release a book penned by Republican Senator Josh Hawley over his challenge of the 2020 election results, a move the lawmaker blasted as “Orwellian,” calling the company a “woke mob.” Read Full...

Former First Lady Michelle Obama has joined demands to purge President Donald Trump from all social media, insisting he used the platforms to “fuel insurrection” as much of the US corporate press urges Big Tech to do the same. Read ...

US President Donald Trump has condemned rioters who stormed the US Capitol building, saying he is “outraged” by the “heinous attack” while vowing to oversee an “orderly” and “seamless” transition to a Joe Biden administr...

The US Capitol police chief is stepping down amid heated criticism over the response to the riot. Meanwhile, the department has refuted reports that one of its officers died of unknown causes following the violent disturbance. Read Full...

Calling the storming of the US Capitol “appalling, reprehensible, and antithetical to the American way,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the Trump administration was committed to orderly transfer of power. Read Ful...

Attorney Jerome Marcus has pleaded with the US District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania to be allowed to pull out of the Trump campaign case regarding ballot counting, claiming it was used to commit crimes. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

In a now-deleted tweet, ABC News political director Rick Klein said “cleansing” the “movement Trump commands” is the true challenge going forward, leading many to wonder what exactly liberals may mean by that. Read Full Article ...

More than 90 people were arrested in connection with the storming of the US capitol, and some may face federal rioting, insurrection and sedition charges, the DOJ’s acting US attorney for Washington, DC told reporters. Read Full Artic...

Boeing will pay some $2.5 billion to resolve criminal charges linked to two deadly crashes involving its 737 MAX aircraft, agreeing to hand over a small fraction of its yearly revenue as the DOJ charges it with “fraud conspiracy.” R...

Streaming service Twitch is the latest social media platform to ban President Donald Trump, following Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement of an indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram. Read Full Article at RT.com

NFL legend Terrell Owens has condemned an American football coach who sent a tweet to Stacey Abrams, losing his job after attacking the democrat politician and activist over her weight and race and accusing her of being a cheat. Read Fu...

The pro-Trump rioters who breached and occupied the US Capitol in Washington, DC should be called domestic terrorists, US President-elect Joe Biden has said, in his strongest comments yet on the dramatic events a day prior. Read Full Ar...

Edward Snowden and others have reacted to news, and ensuing celebration, that Facebook will ban content from Donald Trump for two weeks by warning that giving such power to social media platforms sets a dangerous precedent. Read Full Ar...

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk has surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the richest person in the world, his fortune having grown to over $185 billion. The billionaire seemed surprised by the announcement. Read Full Article at RT....

US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao became the first Cabinet member in the Trump administration to resign citing Wednesday’s storming of the US Capitol, blaming the outgoing president for instigating the “traumatic” event. Rea...

US President Donald Trump should not stay in office even for one more day, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has argued, calling for his immediate removal after crowds of the president’s supporters stormed the Capitol. Read Full Ar...

Survival rates for critically ill Covid patients could be significantly improved and the time they spend in intensive care cut by up to 10 days with the use of existing arthritis drugs, clinical trial results showed on Thursday. Read Fu...

Premier League side Aston Villa have been dealt a hammer blow ahead of Friday's FA Cup clash with Liverpool after the club revealed a "significant coronavirus outbreak." Read Full Article at RT.com

WhatsApp users must share their personal data with parent company Facebook going forward, the app’s new privacy policy has declared – flying in the face of everything that attracted privacy-oriented users to the platform. Read Full ...

Tyson Fury has launched his first barb of the year at Anthony Joshua ahead of their mooted megafights in 2021, laughing off his countryman's claim to be a "great modern fighter" while calling him a "chump" for losing to Andy Ruiz. Read ...

Coronavirus isn’t the only pandemic sweeping through society, the Russian Orthodox Church’s top cleric has said. According to Patriarch Kirill, disbelief is public health enemy number one, ahead of purely biological threats. Read Fu...

Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has joined others in condemning the violence that took place at the US Capitol – but his comments are falling on deaf ears, as shortly before the breach he called for a “trial by combat.” Read Ful...

Controversial Russian F1 debutant Nikita Mazepin has ignited a rivalry with his new teammate at Haas F1, saying fellow newcomer Mick Schumacher is not his friend ahead of the coming 2021 season. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukrainian tennis ace Dayana Yastremska has said she is "astonished and in shock" after being suspended for testing positive for an anabolic steroid, arguing that she gave a negative sample at a tournament two weeks earlier. Read Full Ar...

After months of fervent denials and rioting, Antifa is no longer being written off as a mere ideology by a US establishment outlet, which graduated them to “a loosely organized collective of antifascist activists.” Read Full Article...

The UK may need to revaccinate people for immunisation to coronavirus every six months, while Covid-19 testing will still be required in 2022, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said during a select committee hearing on Thursday. Read Full A...

Ice skating champion Aliya Zagitova has copped criticism for her first foray into TV presenting because Russians "cannot simply be happy for others", her co-host, Alexei Yagudin, has claimed in his latest defense of the teenager. Read F...

The government-backed China Consumers Association (CCA) has accused tech firms in the country of violating consumer rights by misusing data, distorting algorithms and subjecting users to “technical bullying.” Read Full Article at RT...

The chief of the US Capitol Police has announced that the officer behind the fatal shooting of a protester taking part in Wednesday’s breach is suspended and the incident is being investigated. Read Full Article at RT.com

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is once again throwing open the doors of his club's hotel for the English National Health Service (NHS) to help heathcare professionals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Indian actress Priyanka Chopra blatantly violated new Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in the UK, with police being alerted to an illegal hair appointment and giving a verbal warning to the business owner. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram will continue blocking Donald Trump’s content until after president-elect Joe Biden is ensconced in the Oval Office, Mark Zuckerberg has said, citing Wednesday’s riots at the Capitol. Read Full ...

A football club is in mourning after doctors were unable to save 24-year-old Brazilian player Alex Apolinario, who was rushed to hospital and placed into a coma after suddenly collapsing on the pitch during a match on Sunday. Read Full ...

The WHO’s regional director for Europe has warned that European nations are at a dangerous point in the pandemic and has called on leaders to “intensify” their efforts to tackle the virus. Read Full Article at RT.com

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, who once counted himself as a close confidant of Donald Trump, made an impassioned and profanity-laced speech on his show calling for the president’s arrest and implying racism in the Capitol Police. Read Fu...

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has claimed the country could easily enrich uranium to the 90 percent weapons-grade level if needed. France, Germany and the UK this week objected to its 20 percent enrichment move. Read Ful...

Iconic comedian-turned-sex-offender Bill Cosby was ripped for condemning the “shameful assault” on the US Capitol by pro-Trump protesters on Wednesday in a statement from prison. Read Full Article at RT.com

Investigators at the FBI have asked the public for information on the instigators of violence at the US Capitol. If the public replies are any indication, agents will be sifting through hundreds of images of politicians. Read Full Artic...

After seven months of consecutive growth, food prices finally reached a three-year peak for the whole pandemic year, according to the UN food security agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted Thursday morning, forcing some 500 residents to flee amid fears of a larger eruption as seismic activity continued throughout the day. Read Full Article at RT.com

A group of leading nuclear fusion scientists and researchers has submitted a report to the Department of Energy calling for a nuclear fusion pilot plant to be constructed and operational in the US by the 2040s. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The boss of biotech company Moderna has claimed that the “nightmare” worst-case scenario in which a Covid-19 vaccine will only offer protection against illness for a few months is not something we need to worry about anymore. Read F...

The US Capitol building turned into a warzone as supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump disrupted the certification process for Biden’s election win, looting lawmakers’ offices and clashing with police. Read Full Article at R...

French international striker Karim Benzema is set to face criminal trial for his involvement in an attempted blackmail involving a sex tape of former international teammate Mathieu Valbuena. Read Full Article at RT.com

Goalscoring legend Pele has said that he has never changed his claim to have scored an unbeatable 1,283 goals during his celebrated career - but his personal response to the ongoing row has failed to convince many football fans. Read Fu...

Three people have been arrested in Germany over their alleged financing and support for terrorism abroad, including raising online donations for a Syrian Islamist group, federal prosecutors said in a statement on Thursday. Read Full Art...

After serving as a DC federal judge for well over two decades, Judge Merrick Garland will be returning to his former place of employment, the DOJ, as attorney general under President Joe Biden, according to media reports. Read Full Arti...

NHS England’s London Medical Director Dr. Vin Diwakar has warned senior doctors that the UK capital could run out of hospital beds within two weeks under even the best case Covid-19 scenario, according to media reports. Read Full Arti...

A court in Baghdad has asked that President Donald Trump be detained as part of an investigation into the assassination of a Shia militia chief who died in a US airstrike alongside Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Read Full Article at ...

The British health secretary’s visit to a GP surgery to mark the start of the AstraZeneca jab rollout went significantly off the rails when it transpired that the Covid vaccine’s delivery had been pushed back a day. Read Full Articl...

The UK Labour Party has launched a nationwide campaign to tackle anti-vaccine disinformation and encourage people to volunteer to help at health centres distributing the jab, in a bid to boost the numbers being inoculated. Read Full Art...

A long list of world presidents and prime ministers condemning the invasion of pro-Trump protesters into the US Capitol building compiled by Twitter for some reason includes Venezuela’s Juan Guaido. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

NBA head coach Doc Rivers has claimed that the police response to the protests on the Capitol "prove a point" about racial discrimination in the US, leading to an online row that has been stoked by other prominent sports figures. Read F...

For the first time in 35 years, no oil flowed from Saudi Arabia to the United States last week, according to EIA data, in a show that the US — at least for now — isn’t as reliant on oil from the Middle East like it used to be. Rea...

The assault on the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump lays bare fault lines in American democracy, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday, joining a chorus of countries in expressing concern. Read Full ...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has branded the “thugs, extremists and villains” who stormed the US Capitol Building on Wednesday a “disgrace,” adding that Beijing hopes Americans can experience stability in the near future. Read F...

Scottish Justice Minister Humza Yousaf advised UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to consider banning US President Donald Trump from entering in the future after a group of Trump supporters stormed Congress. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Europe's largest low-cost airline Ryanair slashed its annual traffic forecast by around five million passengers, describing the latest Covid-19 lockdown restrictions imposed by the UK and Irish governments as “draconian.” Read Full ...

The German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern may have a plan to facilitate the completion of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline amid US attempts to sink the $11 billion gas project in the Baltic Sea. Read Full Article at RT.com

Storming the Capitol building in Washington DC sets a precedent for freedom-loving people in Venezuela and shows them that they too can defeat communism and globalism, according to one of the riot’s most colorful members. Read Full Ar...

The Iranian president has said that the storming of the US Capitol building by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump demonstrates how weak Western democracy is. Read Full Article at RT.com

YouTuber and celebrity boxer Logan Paul has issued a groveling apology to Dana White and begged the UFC boss to "take me back", insisting that he "loves" the UFC and does not echo inflammatory comments made by his brother, Jake. Read Fu...

As Arctic ice retreats further each year, it helps to open up another front in the perennial standoff between Russia and the US, with both nations racing to dominate the space and control the emerging maritime trade route. Read Full Art...

Japan’s PM has cited a “strong sense of crisis” while placing the Tokyo metropolitan area in a state of emergency over a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, even as the Japanese capital gears up to host the Olympics this summer. Read Fu...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that up to 4,000 financial firms in the UK are at “heightened risk of failure” due to the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the country’s economy. Read Full Article at RT...

Donald Trump is to blame for violence inflicted on police during the shocking protests at the US Capitol and should be dumped from the WWE hall of fame, wrestling legend Mick Foley has urged in a series of political tweets. Read Full Ar...

Three-time Dakar Rally finisher CS Santosh was taken to a Riyadh hospital and placed in a coma after a huge crash at the race in Saudi Arabia, with two of his fellow riders rushing to save him before he was airlifted to hospital. Read F...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has slammed outgoing US President Donald Trump over his long denial of his election defeat, saying that the political uncertainty led to violence on Capitol Hill. Read Full Article at RT.com

British Home Secretary Priti Patel has blasted US President Trump saying his comments directly led to the violence that took place in Washington, adding he didn’t do enough to de-escalate the situation. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The total value of all the digital currencies has reached $1 trillion for the first time ever after the leading crypto asset, bitcoin, continued its bull run to the next all-time peak. Read Full Article at RT.com

Shortly after the electoral votes cast for Joe Biden were counted in Congress, US President Donald Trump said despite his continued insistence that the election was stolen from him, a transition of power will happen on January 20. Read ...

Japan's NEC Corp has unveiled a facial recognition system which can verify a person’s identity even when they are masked, in a move which it claims will boost “the revival of economic activities under the ‘New Normal.’" Read Ful...

US Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger has resigned in response to Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis on Capitol Hill, media have reported. His boss, Robert O’Brien, reportedly considers doing the same. Read Full A...

Joe Biden’s presidential election victory has been certified by Congress despite objections by Trump loyalists. The certification process was disrupted earlier when a mob broke into the Capitol. Read Full Article at RT.com

Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, has reportedly been barred from entering the White House. President Trump heavily criticized the VP for deciding not to interfere in the confirmation of Biden’s victory. Read F...

Footage has emerged which appears show the moment when a woman was shot in the Capitol building during its takeover by pro-Trump supporters. Three other fatalities were reported amid the protest. Read Full Article at RT.com

Congress has voted down an attempt by President Trump loyalists to invalidate the results of the presidential election in Pennsylvania. Lawmakers will now continue the certification process for Joe Biden’s victory. Read Full Article a...

Shares of Alibaba and Tencent have dropped in Hong Kong on the news that two of China’s most valuable companies could be the next target of the outgoing Trump administration’s investment ban. Read Full Article at RT.com

Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida went after Democratic lawmakers in a debate that followed the takeover of the Capitol building by protesters, accusing them of angering Trump voters and applying double standards for violence. Read Full...

Representative Scott Perry and Senator Josh Hawley formally objected the validation of the presidential election results in Pennsylvania. The Senate voted 92-7 to reject the challenge, and the House is due to vote next. Read Full Articl...

A series of world leaders have weighed in on an explosion of violent unrest in Washington, DC, calling for de-escalation on all sides after protesters stormed the US Capitol, seeing one woman fatally shot by police amid the chaos. Read ...

At least four people lost their lives during the unrest on the US Capitol grounds, and 14 officers suffered injuries while conducting over 50 arrests during clashes with Trump supporters who besieged the Congress. Read Full Article at R...

Livestreaming platform Twitch has declared that a popular emote known as ‘PogChamp’ will be removed from the site after the real-life man behind the meme was accused of promoting further unrest during a riot at the US Capitol. Read ...

Three former presidents united in condemning the crowd that stormed the Capitol, while Democrats led calls to impeach President Donald Trump for what they called his incitement of the demonstrators. Read Full Article at RT.com

The EU has made a point of not calling former Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido by his adopted title, fueling speculation that the US might relax sanctions without requiring President Nicolas Maduro’s exit. Read Full Article at...

Having spent four years insisting Russia ‘hacked’ the US election for President Donald Trump, some prominent Democrats are now blaming Moscow for Americans who stormed the US Capitol protesting the 2020 results. Read Full Article at...

Lawmakers have gathered to continue certifying Electoral College votes for the 2020 race, reconvening at the Capitol hours after a massive group of demonstrators stormed the building, prompting an evacuation of officials. Read Full Arti...

US President Donald Trump’s Twitter and Facebook accounts have been locked due to “policy violations,” with Twitter threatening an outright ban unless he scrubs select posts, even as he called for calm amid riots in the capital. R...

After some of his supporters stormed Congress, US President Donald Trump said they had been wronged and mistreated but should go home in peace and “remember this day forever,” as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube restricted his posts. R...

Syria’s air defenses were activated to repel an Israeli rocket attack near a town south of Damascus, Syrian state media reported, sharing footage of the assault in progress. Read Full Article at RT.com

Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has declared a 6pm curfew for select towns and issued a statewide emergency order after a massive crowd of protesters stormed the US Capitol, seeing a demonstrator fatally shot amid the chaos. Read Fu...

Backers of outgoing US President Donald Trump remain outside the US Capitol, where a heated protest rally saw demonstrators storm the building, prompting a city-wide curfew and National Guard deployments. Read Full Article at RT.com ...