NFL star Antonio Brown has been ordered to pay his rape accuser $100,000 after he allegedly broke a confidentiality agreement in a prior settlement. Read Full Article at RT.com

The training is done, they've made weight and now Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier have faced off on stage for the last time ahead of their main event clash at UFC 257 on "UFC Fight Island." Read Full Article at RT.com

Supporters of the prominent Russia anti-corruption campaigner, and Moscow protest leader, Alexey Navalny have staged unsanctioned rallies in the eastern part of Russia. Further gatherings are expected in Moscow and other cities. Read Fu...

The official Star Wars Twitter account has called out “bullying and racism” targeting the host of its new show, who has a record of remarks apparently labeling all white people racist, or at least racism-adjunct. Read Full Article a...

Russia pumped 59.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas through the Nord Stream pipeline in 2020, bringing exports via the offshore gas link between Russia and Europe to the highest level ever. Read Full Article at RT.com

Life-threatening allergic reactions to the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine occur “rarely,” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said after analyzing data from millions who have had the first shot. Read Full Article at RT...

India will regain its status as the fastest-growing global economy as early as this year at the expense of neighboring China, which has topped the rankings for two years in row, according to data and analytics firm GlobalData. Read Full...

US President Joe Biden was pilloried online after saying he is powerless to change the “trajectory” of the coronavirus pandemic in the coming months, directly at odds with repeat campaign vows to “shut down the virus.” Read Full...

Pfizer has pressured regulators to declare its vials contain an “extra” dose of the vaccine and will now count them in deliveries, after frontline health workers found they could dispense six shots from one vial, instead of five. Re...

The UK’s Socialist Workers Party was temporarily booted from Facebook, restored hours later with no explanation given for what the left-wing org deemed a “silencing of political activists.” Dozens of related pages remain banned. R...

Senate Democrats have announced that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will begin in two weeks, leaving time to confirm President Joe Biden’s cabinet as part of a deal with the GOP leadership. Read Full Article at...

US President Joe Biden has apologized for 5,000 National Guard troops sleeping in a parking garage outside the US Capitol, and the First Lady brought them cookies, amid reports that up to 200 troops may have caught Covid-19.  Read Full...

US President Joe Biden has ordered an intelligence review on “domestic extremism,” part of a sweeping offensive against homegrown militants in the aftermath of the Capitol riot, including a probe into the “role of social media.”...

Using smartphone information bought from data brokers enabled the US Defense Intelligence Agency to spy on people without a warrant, including some Americans, the DIA admitted in a memo to a senator that’s now been made public. Read F...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has received his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine after putting millions into development and distribution, but most used the moment to bring up numerous conspiracy theories that center on the man. Read Fu...

A powerful explosion has hit a market in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. At least one person died in the blast and two were injured. Read Full Article at RT.com

AstraZeneca has warned the EU’s executive that there will be delays to its delivery of Covid-19 vaccines in the first three months of the year, prompting the bloc’s health commissioner to express “deep dissatisfaction.” Read Ful...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) was a noticeable no-show at Joe Biden’s inauguration and she’s now claiming part of the reason was “very real security concerns” from “other members of Congress.” Read Full Article ...

The Czech Republic has reported its second H5N8 bird flu outbreak in as many days after not seeing any for nearly a year, its State Veterinary Administration said on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The global transmission of Covid-19 must be drastically curbed to ensure that the virus does not mutate further, potentially undermining the current deployment of vaccines, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Friday. Read F...

Undefeated Moroccan lightweight Ottman Azaitar has incredibly been cut by the UFC just one day before he was due to fight at UFC 257 on Fight Island. Read Full Article at RT.com

The world number one could have saved himself a slating by not raising seemingly valid points about how to make life easier for players. Some of their experiences so far show that he was, at least, entitled to ask questions. Read Full A...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered more than 600 National Guard troops to return home from Washington, DC following controversial reports of soldiers being forced out of the Capitol and into parking garages. Read Full Article at ...

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has proved she has a sense of humor ahead of the Australian Open, laughing at a tweet featuring herself as part of the Bernie Sanders meme which has gone viral since Joe Biden’s inauguration. Read Full...

Microsoft has been granted a patent to “revive” the dead as chatbots, recreating their personality from social postings, writings, and videos to keep their grieving loved ones company. Assuming it doesn’t totally freak them out. R...

Dr. Anthony Fauci continues to ramp up his criticism of the Trump administration, telling CNN – a network whose reporting he directly contradicted only a day before – saying a “lack of candor” likely led to unnecessary deaths. R...

Former Democratic presidential candidate and millionaire Andrew Yang has landed himself in controversy after comparing the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to “fascist” anti-Jewish campaigns. Read Ful...

The UK’s new Covid-19 variant may be linked to higher mortality, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned in a press conference, citing early analysis of the mutated strain which was discovered late last year. Read Full Article at RT.c...

US President Joe Biden's newly-signed executive order on “combating discrimination” has sparked controversy among many critics, who say it will destroy women’s sports by allowing transgender athletes to participate. Read Full Arti...

The US Senate confirmed President Joe Biden's choice for defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, in a landslide vote on Friday, making him the first black person ever to run the Pentagon and oversee the country's military. Read Full Article at...

NBA star Jaylen Brown has warned that just because there's a different man in the White House, the battle for social justice is far from over. Read Full Article at RT.com

Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the death of a 10-year-old girl who reportedly took part in the ‘blackout challenge’, a viral game that has gained popularity on TikTok. Read Full Article at RT.com

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, kicking off what Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer claims will be a “fair trial.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Around 1,000 Swedes have received Moderna Covid-19 shots that were kept too cold while being transported, the company in charge of deliveries, Apoteket AB, said on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Boxing playboy Floyd Mayweather has trashed widespread reports that he will marry his stripper girlfriend after she was pictured with a huge ring on her finger, insisting on Instagram that he has "never been engaged or married". Read Fu...

A Texas lawyer who posted Instagram videos of himself participating in the US Capitol riot is taking legal action to avoid being arrested, through a bizarre lawsuit demanding every member of Congress be removed. Read Full Article at RT....

Famous Serbian film director Emir Kusturica can’t wait to get a jab against Covid-19, preferably with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, and stop being so anxious about catching the disease, he told RT. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova has opened up about her reasons for retiring, explaining that injuries and her doping ban made it difficult to find "moments of inspiration" that would "keep me going". Read ...

Conor McGregor arrived in prime shape as he made championship weight for his non-title bout with Dustin Poirier at UFC 257. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hong Kong has ordered thousands of residents to remain in their homes ahead of the city’s first Covid-19 lockdown, with China deploying 1,700 officers to enforce the restrictions in hopes of containing the outbreak. Read Full Article ...

The UK prime minister’s office has denied reports it is planning to make a payment of £500 to people with Covid-19 in a bid to encourage them to stay at home and not take the virus to their workplace. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

It’s easier to recover from Covid-19 when air quality is better and more saturated with oxygen. That’s according to Russian immunologist Vladimir Bolibok, who claimed that giving your bedroom a clean might just stimulate recovery. R...

Republican Congressman Andy Harris is reportedly being investigated by the US Capitol Police after he allegedly set off metal detectors while trying to take his gun onto the House floor. Read Full Article at RT.com

Time is running out to prevent the collapse of a vital nuclear agreement between Russia and the US, but a last-minute deal could be on the cards as Washington signals it may be about to come back to the table. Read Full Article at RT.co...

UFC flyweight Andrea Lee, whose husband, Donny Aaron, was jailed after allegedly attacking her in 2018, has written a gushing public message to her new love - promotion newcomer Tony Kelley - alongside a photo of the pair kissing. Read ...

Around 1 in 35 people in London tested positive for Covid-19 in the week ending January 16 – the highest rate of infection anywhere in the UK, according to new data from the government's Office of National Statistics (ONS). Read Full ...

Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce the ideologically driven base of US foreign policy fuelled great resentment among those who believed it betrayed Washington’s leadership position in the so-called “liberal international order.” R...

Passengers will be mandated to wear higher-grade masks against Covid-19 when flying German airlines and their subsidiaries, starting next month. Tougher mask rules have also been introduced in malls and on public transport. Read Full Ar...

The Metropolitan Police busted a wedding celebration in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in London. Around 400 guests had convened behind covered windows in violation of the UK’s strict social distancing rules. Read Full Article at RT....

Plunging temperatures in Moscow have prompted a run on cold weather gear, despite previous predictions that, given the impact of global warming, Russia’s coldest days were behind it. Read Full Article at RT.com

The European Union has said further contact is needed with Pfizer after it was reported that the pharmaceutical giant will be reducing deliveries for the second week running as the company upgrades its manufacturing plant. Read Full Art...

Real Madrid head coach and French football legend Zinedine Zidane is the latest big name from sport to announce that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Read Full Article at RT.com

The elevation of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny to the country’s leader would be worse for Kiev than the status quo with President Vladimir Putin. That’s according to Yuri Lukanov, a Ukrainian blogger and journalist. Read ...

Iran’s petroleum minister has bragged about the country’s rising oil exports in the face of US sanctions, as the nation claims that its international petroleum sales have hit record highs. Read Full Article at RT.com

Alexander Ovechkin's wife, Anastasia Shubskaya, has spoken out in defense of the Russian Washington Capitals players who have been punished for breaching Covid-19 protocols, lambasting the NHL hours after her husband apologized. Read Fu...

Democrats in the US Congress have urged major social media platforms to eliminate algorithms and recommendations that breed extremism and undermine the sense of “objective reality.” Read Full Article at RT.com

When four friends took a photo after a train trip between two English cities on a drunken day out, the idea of the snap ending up on a Manchester City team news announcement to millions of fans, it is fair to say, seemed remote. Read Fu...

The head of Russia's Association of Parents’ Committees and Communities has called on the government to ban TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing platform. Olga Letkova claims the app is being used to incite children to riot. Read Full Ar...

Business activity in the eurozone fell to a two-month low in January, preliminary data revealed on Friday shows, as tougher coronavirus-related lockdowns come into effect to stop the spread of new Covid-19 strains. Read Full Article at ...

A special unit within the Crown Office is set to investigate the circumstances surrounding coronavirus-linked deaths in 474 Scottish care homes to decide whether to hold a fatal accident inquiry or launch a prosecution. Read Full Articl...

A new cluster of Covid-19 has been detected in Harbin, in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, with authorities registering 10 symptomatic Covid-19 cases and 31 asymptomatic infections. Read Full Article at RT.com

The BBC has come under fire after admitting that it spent more than £1 million in the last three and a half years fighting legal battles over equal pay and discrimination cases brought by its own employees. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The UK government is considering mandatory hotel quarantines for people returning from overseas, according to reports. Many Brits, however, were not too keen on the idea. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Indian prime minister has talked up his country’s capacity to overcome the coronavirus pandemic using indigenous vaccines and those manufactured in the world’s second most populous nation. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Joe Biden’s Treasury secretary pick, Janet Yellen, said on Tuesday that the new administration would focus on winning quick passage for the recently revealed $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Recap the action as ithappened as the fighters took to the scale on "UFC Fight Island" as Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, Michael Chandler and Dan Hooker take the scale ahead of their huge lightweight bouts at UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi Read ...

Young people attracted by calls for civil unrest from opposition activists could be putting themselves in harm’s way, say Russian officials, telling parents to get their kids to watch a movie instead. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Boston cleaner is reported to have accidentally ruined 1,900 doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine by unplugging a freezer. It’s the latest case highlighting how logistical problems can seriously undermine immunization efforts. Read Ful...

Dustin Poirier has revealed that UFC 257 foe Conor McGregor will "help a lot of people" after offering to support his foundation, while the mutual admirers plan to trade whiskey and hot sauce after their much-anticipated rematch. Read F...

Longtime teammate and training partner Daniel Cormier is uniquely placed to discuss Khabib Nurmagomedov's mindset as he mulls over a potential return, but he admitted he isn't worried whether his friend decides to return or not. Read Fu...

Shortly after becoming the first EU country to approve Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, Hungary has agreed to buy two million doses from Moscow. Budapest will receive its first delivery in February. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said the country needs a new facility to ensure steady domestic vaccine production and to manufacture its own Covid-19 jab. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Polish government has warned it will take legal action against drugmaker Pfizer, after the company only delivered half the expected doses of Covid-19 vaccine this week, jeopardizing the country’s inoculation program. Read Full Art...

Russia’s foreign debt dropped $21.3 billion and totaled $470.1 billion as of January 1, according to the latest data revealed by the central bank. Read Full Article at RT.com

The price of crude dropped on Friday, receding from the 11-month highs hit last week. Experts say the new coronavirus restrictions in China could curb fuel demand for the world’s biggest oil importer. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The British environment minister has warned that additional measures may be necessary to combat lockdown fatigue and those guilty of repeatedly breaking Covid-19 restrictions as the government dismisses relaxing rules. Read Full Article...

The US Capitol Police are in hot water again, after ordering National Guardsmen protecting the Capitol in Washington, DC to leave and find accommodation elsewhere. The decision was overturned hours later amid a public outcry. Read Full ...

Russia is set to supply Myanmar with Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems, Orlan-10E surveillance drones and radars. The deal was signed during Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu’s visit to the country on Thursday. Rea...

India hopes it could diversify its oil suppliers under the new US Administration that could relax restrictions on oil exports from Iran and Venezuela, India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told Bloomberg TV in an interview. Read Ful...

Australians could soon be deprived of Google’s ubiquitous search engine, with the web behemoth threatening to cut off service should lawmakers pass a hot-button measure forcing tech firms to cough up revenue to media outlets. Read Ful...

Dallas County, Texas has jettisoned a plan to prioritize its most “vulnerable” neighborhoods in its Covid-19 vaccination drive after the state health department fought the idea, threatening to cut back its supply of the jab. Read Fu...

Fewer than half of Americans trust mainstream media, according to PR firm Edelman’s annual “trust barometer.” But rather than attempt to repair the relationship, media outlets blame their audience’s poor ‘information hygiene.�...

A new lawsuit has accused Twitter of turning a blind eye to child pornography on its platform, claiming that it snubbed repeat requests from an underage sex trafficking victim to remove explicit images obtained through blackmail. Read F...

A group of close associates of the Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, including activist Lyubov Sobol and his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh have been detained in Moscow ahead of illegal protests announced for this weekend. Read Full A...

Despite a CNN report claiming there was no Covid-19 distribution plan in place for Joe Biden’s administration, Dr. Anthony Fauci contradicted the claim during a White House briefing. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Japanese government “privately” concluded that the Tokyo Olympics, rescheduled from 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will have to be canceled altogether, The Times reported citing sources inside the ruling coalition. Read F...

A Republican member of the US House of Representatives has filed articles of impeachment against newly inaugurated President Joe Biden, underscoring how the whole process has become politically weaponized. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Saving human lives amid the raging global pandemic is much more important than following political considerations, Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund that sponsored Sputnik V vaccine development, told RT. Read Fu...

President Joe Biden has painted a grim picture of what’s in store for the US as the pandemic continues, enacting travel restrictions and suggesting half a million Americans will have died with the virus by the end of next month. Read ...

Social media platform Parler is facing more bad news as a federal judge has rejected a lawsuit from the company seeking to have Amazon restore hosting services following ties being severed after the US Capitol riot. Read Full Article at...

US President Joe Biden will seek to prolong the New START treaty with Russia by five years, his press secretary has said, before one of the last major arms control deals between the nuclear superpowers expires early next month. Read Ful...

An EU parliament resolution, backed by 581 MEPs out of 675 present, has directed its member states to ramp up sanctions against Russia to stop the Nord Stream 2 project “once and for all,” linking it to Alexey Navalny’s arrest. Re...

House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney is requesting the FBI investigate social media platform Parler as a “potential facilitator” of the US Capitol riot earlier this month. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US has announced it will resume funding the World Health Organization (WHO), months after former President Donald Trump withdrew the country’s membership, and has also earmarked $1.9 trillion to fight Covid-19 domestically. Read F...

The Biden administration is halting nearly all deportations of illegal aliens, citing limited resources and the need to protect public health and safety, as thousands of migrants from Central America approach the US-Mexico border. Read ...

Conor McGregor has fervently sought a rematch with heated rival Khabib Nurmagomedov. But as the Russian champion demands something "spectacular" this weekend to tempt him out of retirement, McGregor faces a make-or-break moment. Read Fu...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has confirmed that the second impeachment of Donald Trump could “soon” be moving to its next stage, claiming that the trial is consistent with Joe Biden’s message of unity and won’t create more divisio...

In a bid to stem the ongoing spread of coronavirus, revellers will be slapped with £800 fines if they attend house parties with more than 15 people present during lockdown, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel announced on Thursday. Read Full...

Man United legend Andrei Kanchelskis believes Paul Pogba should tell agent Mino Raiola to "shut up" if he is happy at the club, insisting it is the in-form midfielder's responsibility to categorically express his wishes. Read Full Artic...

New York Times opinion writer Will Wilkinson raised red flags on social media after appearing to call for Mike Pence to be lynched. He is now claiming the “error in judgement” was just “sharp sarcasm.” Read Full Article at RT.co...