Businessman Steve Cohen appears to have deleted his Twitter account amid uproar over the GameStop short squeeze debacle. The Mets owner’s hedge fund drew suspicion after bailing out fellow financiers hit hard by small investors. Read ...

After his alleged poisoning, accusations that the Kremlin was responsible, then his immediate arrest on returning home, Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is enjoying notoriety like never before. But who is he, exactly? Read Full ...

Russia’s liquefied natural gas production rose by 3.5 percent last year to a total 30.5 million tons, according to data from Rosstat, the country’s official statistics agency. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered Americans to wear masks on all forms of public transport, including airplanes, trains, and buses. They also must remain masked up in airports and bus terminals. Read Fu...

The GameStop saga has shaken the entire world of financial markets, remaining one of the hottest topics for media outlets across the globe over the past week. Read Full Article at RT.com

One of the largest global smartphone makers, China’s Xiaomi, has filed a legal complaint in a US court, urging the government to strike it from a blacklist of firms allegedly tied to China’s military while denying any such links. Re...

Eleven active duty US soldiers are in the hospital after consuming a liquid they believed to be alcohol, but which turned out to be antifreeze, leaving two troops “seriously ill” and requiring intensive care. Read Full Article at RT...

Brussels has back-pedaled on its plan to impose export controls on vaccine shipments from the EU to the UK through Northern Ireland amid the bloc’s rollout woes, after London, Belfast and Dublin saw red over the idea. Read Full Articl...

Democratic Rep. Cori Bush said she was forced to move her office for her own safety after Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene allegedly “berated” her on Capitol Hill, a charge the GOP upstart has emphatically denied. Read Full...

The US accused China of ramping up tensions in the South China Sea amid new drills. The statement came shortly after a notorious pro-NATO lobby group published an anonymously-authored proposal for long-term conflict with Beijing. Read F...

US stocks have plunged across all major indexes, with the Dow Jones tanking more than 600 points in an “ugly day” for traders, as amateur investors continue to send GameStop’s share value soaring, up nearly 70 percent for the day....

The market insanity that began with short-selling drama at GameStop has escalated beyond day-traders’ wildest nightmares, as the once-popular brokerage app Robinhood is now effectively preventing users from buying some 50 stocks. Read...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued civil investigative demands to more than a dozen entities involved in blocking small investors from trading GameStop and other stocks, saying their behavior “stinks of corruption." Read Ful...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) is demanding action from the Security Exchange and Commission (SEC) to address the recent surge of GameStop, AMC, and other stocks based on buyers motivated by a subreddit group. Read Full Article...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has dismissed residents’ concerns he undercounted nursing home deaths by 4,000, sniping that it didn’t matter where they died because the “bottom number” remained the same. Read Full Article at RT....

Chelsea's board will be anticipating a first win for Thomas Tuchel, but opponents in resurgent form could give the new manager the blues this weekend. Here's why his wait could be prolonged, plus four other key clashes to watch. Read Fu...

The French government will shut the state’s borders to all traffic to and from countries outside of the EU as of Sunday, Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced, in an effort to ward off yet another Covid lockdown in France. Read Ful...

There is no reason for Brussels not to consider using the Covid-19 vaccines developed by Russia or by China if their safety and efficacy has been demonstrated, France’s vaccination program coordinator, Alain Fischer, has said. Read Fu...

The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian MP Petter Eide, who claims the impact of BLM’s anti-racism rallies has been felt far beyond the US alone. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

LeBron James is set to join a very exclusive list in 2021 when it is estimated that he will take his career earnings past the $1 billion threshold, joining the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi among sport's wealthiest. Read F...

A fire has broken out at a former army barracks in Kent, which protesters and an MP are demanding be closed due to the poor conditions hundreds of asylum seekers are living in while they wait for their application to be processed. Read ...

Talk show legend Larry King went down memory lane with RT America’s Rick Sanchez, taking a look at how his life took a lucky turn and put him in a position to do what he loved most: sating his curiosity about other people. Read Full A...

UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has published a picture on Instagram of himself with totemic Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk, telling the Liverpool talisman to be patient as he continues his rehab from a serious knee injury. Read ...

The only FBI official charged in the improper use of FISA warrants to spy on President Donald Trump via campaign aide Carter Page got a slap on the wrist. Kevin Clinesmith's sentence was a year of probation, and community service. Read ...

Russia has no plans to absorb the Donbass region of Ukraine and the Kremlin is solely focused on protecting the Russian-speaking population of that area, according to comments on Friday from spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Read Full Article at...

The EU will impose export controls on Covid-19 vaccines made within the trading bloc, the European Commission said on Friday, in the wake of its huge row with manufacturer AstraZeneca over vaccine shortages. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Eagle-eyed social media users spotted that the controversy-embroiled trading app, Robinhood, has posted a job listing for a Federal Affairs Manager in Washington, DC, as members of Congress call for a hearing into its actions. Read Full...

Russian chess grandmaster Andrey Esipenko earned a huge upset by beating world chess champion Magnus Carlsen at a tournament – then claimed he had not felt pre-match nerves and humbly reflected that he “could have played better.” ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill extending the New START nuclear arms reduction agreement, the Kremlin has announced. Should his US counterpart Joe Biden follow suit, the treaty will remain in force until 2026. Read Fu...

Germany’s Finance Ministry has found itself in hot water over immodest publicity expenses that have seen its PR budget more than double over the past four years – and counting – even as the country battled the Covid-19 pandemic. R...

Women's UFC strawweight sensation Claudia Gadelha has thrilled her vast fan following by revealing a shot from a naked photoshoot, offering kisses and love to her supporters while showing off her mental and physical fitness. Read Full A...

Eyebrows were raised on social media after former US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official Laura Unger made a “revealing” comment comparing the frantic buying of GameStop and other stocks to the US Capitol riot. Read Ful...

Over a million Beijing residents have been swabbed anally to test for infection by a more contagious British strain of Covid-19, according to Chinese authorities, who insist the intrusive method is more accurate than nasal swabs. Read F...

A Spanish court ruled on Friday that postponed regional elections in Catalonia must go ahead next month. The ruling puts the restive province's independence drive back on the national agenda in a nation preoccupied with Covid. Read Full...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the UK’s University of Oxford for use in people aged 18 and over, the regulator said on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Italian government is reportedly set to announce an easing of Covid-19 restrictions in certain regions despite warnings from health experts that it is too soon to relax measures designed to control the spread of the virus. Read Full...

Finnish skier Joni Maki was forced to make his Instagram account private after being bombarded by Russian fans who blamed him for a clash with Olympic medalist and Russian team leader Alexander Bolshunov at the end of a race. Read Full ...

Euthanasia is to become legal in Portugal after the country’s parliament voted on Friday to allow terminally ill patients to seek assistance from a doctor to end their lives, becoming only the seventh nation in the world to do so. Rea...

Two months after a Russian livestreamer’s girlfriend died on YouTube, the country’s internet community lost another popular character. On Thursday, a man known as “Grandfather” passed away on air in front of around 150 viewers. ...

Google has come to the rescue of the stock-trading app Robinhood, deleting negative reviews flooding the company after it had blocked the purchase of stock in companies like GameStop, AMC, and others. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Dangerous Russian kickboxer Beybulat Isaev needed less than 90 seconds to land an early candidate for Knockout of the Year after he felled Serbian foe Mihajlo Kecojevic with a devastating right hook. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by US company Johnson & Johnson has been found to be 66 percent effective at treating moderate and severe infections 28 days after vaccination, a large-scale phase 3 clinical trial has found. Read Fu...

The raging battle between Wall Street hedge funds and retail traders organized on Reddit over companies such as GameStop and AMC has stolen the spotlight this week. RT’s Max Keiser explains what’s it all about. Read Full Article at ...

The South Korean government has hit back at the opposition, dismissing claims it moved to close its own nuclear plant earlier than scheduled in order to build one in North Korea. Read Full Article at RT.com

Premier League strugglers West Brom have called for the "toughest available punishment" to be taken against racist football supporters after Romaine Sawyers became the latest footballer to receive a torrent of vile online hatred. Read F...

The personal details and data of potentially thousands of Dutch citizens who took part in their country’s Covid-19 track-and-trace system has been leaked, health officials confirmed on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

After a year marred by Covid-19, increased living costs, and a sharp rise in unemployment, newly published data reveals that 13.3 percent of Russians lived below the subsistence minimum during the first three quarters of 2020. Read Full...

As Russia rolls out its domestically produced Covid-19 vaccines, the director of polling company VCIOM has revealed that more than half of all Russians are in favor of mass inoculation against coronavirus. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has called on Washington to destroy its chemical weapons and end the “baseless insinuations” that Moscow still has its own stockpiles. Russia says it has eliminated its entire supply. Rea...

With her blonde hair and an assault rifle, one Siberian police officer arrested hearts online. But now the woman once dubbed Russia's most beautiful cop is suing her former department for firing her from the service. Read Full Article a...

The Russian Embassy in Vilnius issued a fiery statement on Thursday slamming a Lithuanian MP and accusing him of attempting to shift the blame for the Holocaust in the country onto its historic Jewish population. Read Full Article at RT...

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is facing a heavy backlash after he attempted to defend his trading app’s decision to stop users from buying certain stocks, claiming it had “no choice.” Read Full Article at RT.com

The national lockdown has not resulted in a drop in Covid-19 cases during past seven days, according to the latest weekly infection survey by the Office for National Statistics, as numbers remain largely unchanged. Read Full Article at ...

The European Commission has published a redacted version of the EU’s contract to procure millions of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca amid a bitter row between the two parties over supply shortages. Read Full Arti...

The restrictions imposed by popular trading platform Robinhood on buying GameStop, AMC, Nokia, and Blackberry shares triggered a huge reaction on social media, with the app receiving over 100,000 one-star reviews on Google Play. Read Fu...

Former light heavyweight boxing world champion Sergey Kovalev has insisted that he didn't knowingly take performance-enhancing drugs following his recent failed test, calling on fans to wait for the results of an investigation. Read Ful...

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has left fans puzzled by his latest show of unorthodox behavior ahead of the Australian Open, pulling out of an exhibition event in Adelaide before emerging back on court midway through a match. Read F...

UFC bantamweight Casey Kenney has apologized to upcoming women's featherweight title challenger Megan Anderson after making sexual remarks about her which the Australian described as "utterly degrading". Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Indian farmers and authorities clashed at a protest site near New Delhi on Friday, with one police officer and a demonstrator injured after tear gas was thrown and stones were pelted at the Singhu border. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Spain’s gross domestic product plunged 11 percent last year, data from the National Statistics Institute showed on Friday. That’s more than the economy shrank over the five years during and after the global financial crisis. Read Fu...

An explosion has been reported outside the Israeli embassy in New Delhi. The emergency services say no one was hurt but nearby cars have been damaged. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hungary has become the first nation in the EU to register a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine. The country is looking to accelerate its inoculation schedule amid very public supply challenges in the EU’s vaccine procurement program. Read ...

With its supposedly lavish furnishings, long swimming pool and digital dance studio, an opulent manor said to belong to Russian President Vladimir Putin shocked viewers of a documentary made by Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny. Read Full A...

A study in Brazil has found two patients infected by two strains of the novel coronavirus at once. Such cases, in turn, can generate even more new strains of the virus, researchers say. Read Full Article at RT.com

Infamous ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli, who is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for securities fraud, has said he is “willing to testify” to Congress on the GameStop-Robinhood stocks controversy. Read Full Article at...

The average health of 60-year-olds from England’s Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Arab and Roma groups is equivalent to that of 80-year-old white British people, and that’s down to poorer medical treatment, a new study reports. Read Full Ar...

MMA powerhouse Kuat Khamitov has launched his own political party after earning a six-month punishment for telling people to shoot at helicopters, issuing another video saying Covid-19 is fake and Kazakhs should "live like Arabs". Read ...

Iran’s foreign minister said the country won’t accept US demands to reverse the acceleration of its nuclear program, adding that Washington should make the first move and remove sanctions, as it was the party that left the JCPOA. Re...

The Dyatlov Pass incident, in which a group of experienced young skiers perished in 1959, has inspired a generation of cyber-sleuths, books and even a horror film. Read Full Article at RT.com

After run-ins with the boards of both Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund, new Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel admits that he will have to keep himself in check if he is to avoid a similar situation with the Blues' hierarchy. Read Ful...

A UK minister has announced that the government won’t publish vaccine-supply data, for “security reasons,” amid an ongoing row with the EU over delayed deliveries and in spite of Scotland’s plan to reveal its stock figures. Read...

An apartment building in Langenzersdorf near Vienna partially collapsed on Friday morning after an apparent explosion started a fire that ripped through the top of the four-story building. Read Full Article at RT.com

There have been fresh calls for Iran to be banned by major sporting bodies following the reported death of a second leading wrestler, who was said to have been executed by hanging in prison at the age of 30 earlier this week. Read Full ...

Amateur investors managed to beat Wall Street at its own game, so the rich and powerful swiftly made it clear that their favorite gambling parlor is not for the riffraff. If you missed that story, here’s a quick catch-up. Read Full Ar...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said there is no evidence to link Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine with post-jab deaths, after Norway’s authorities reported that 33 elderly and frail people had died following their first dose. Read...

China’s Vice President Wang Qishan has stressed that the mutual benefits from focusing on “win-win” cooperation with the US have a stronger influence than their disagreements on the world stage have. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Cryptocurrencies are offering traders protection against the debasement of fiat money, but pose a serious risk of losing the bulk of the investment, Ray Dalio, the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund believes. Read Full Article ...

Beijing has said that the British National Overseas (BNO) passport will no longer be recognized as a travel document or form of identification in China from Sunday, when the UK’s new visa program opens to millions of HK citizens. Read...

Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone this week, and the issue of extending the vital New START nuclear treaty is now as good as settled. Read Full Article at RT.com

Students in Russia will soon be dusting off their travelcards as the country prepares for a return to traditional, in-person teaching at universities and colleges, with Covid-19 lockdown measures due to be relaxed. Read Full Article at ...

An independent review has found that UK’s leading Muslim charity, Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), is not rife with anti-Semitism, despite a string of controversies over comments made by its high-ranking staffers last year. Read Full A...

Expanding refining capacity in the world’s largest oil importer, China, continues to support the global oil market and demand, even at times when demand elsewhere is tepid. Read Full Article at RT.com

The value of shipments of finished products and goods from Russia exceeded $160 billion in 2020, representing 3.5-percent growth from the previous year, according to CEO of the Russian Export Center (REC) Veronika Nikishina. Read Full A...

The first installment of Sputnik V vaccines have reached Bolivia, which is set to kick off its own vaccination drive on Friday. The plane with the inoculation was greeted by Bolivian President Luis Arce at the airport. Read Full Article...

The man who showed up to the Capitol riot sporting fur and a horned headdress – known as the “QAnon Shaman” – is willing to testify at ex-president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, his lawyer said. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Hundreds of protesters convened at the Wyoming State Capitol to voice rage at GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney, blasting the war-loving rep in her home state after she backed the impeachment of ex-president Donald Trump. Read Full Article a...

Streaming music platform Spotify has won a patent enabling it to snoop on users’ speech and even background noise in order to gauge emotional states and location types to serve up an appropriate soundtrack. Not creepy at all! Read Ful...

A popular stock trading chat group has been booted off Facebook due to alleged violations of its “sexual exploitation” rules, claims the page’s founder, who accused “major institutions” of trying to avenge the GameStop debacle...

The US Capitol Police has called for permanent fencing and other beefed-up security measures in the wake of the January 6 riot, raising concerns the move will wall off the government from the American people. Read Full Article at RT.com...

A hedge fund manager who famously cried over a Democrat tax proposal – then voted for Joe Biden anyway – slammed Robinhood investors buying GameStop stock as “losers” spending government stimulus money to gamble on the markets. ...

After forbidding its users from buying several volatile stocks, including shares in GameStop, trading app Robinhood was allegedly caught selling its users’ stocks against their will, and in doing so hammering down their value. Read Fu...

New York Attorney General Latitia James said her office will review the Robinhood trading app and activity related to GameStop, as investors sue the firm after it froze stock buys for the games retailer during a major price surge. Read ...

Regulations are needed to reign in companies like Twitter so that their actions, such as the banning of former US president Donald Trump, are “in line with the law,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Read Full Article at R...

Even with an upcoming Senate impeachment trial and numerous Republican lawmakers more boldly criticizing him, Donald Trump is reportedly offering his help in getting Republicans control of the House. Read Full Article at RT.com

Covid-19 cases in the US have declined 35 percent over three weeks, a record drop that conveniently coincides with the ascension of President Joe Biden – and a handful of other explanations media reports have ignored. Read Full Articl...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has demanded additional security for lawmakers, citing threats from “within” the House, while the temporary fence around the Capitol is on the way to becoming permanent. Read Full Article at...

The GameStop stock rebellion is playing out like a revealing Rorschach test, drawing political figures as divergent as Donald Trump Jr. and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez together, and prompting legacy media to demonize the uprising. Read Ful...

The suspension by US President Joe Biden on selling F-35 fighter jets to the UAE won’t derail normalization between Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi, as the process has gone too far already, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted. Read Ful...

Short-selling investors lost a staggering $70.8 billion this month, according to financial data analytics firm Ortex. Their losses were partly driven by small traders pumping money into stocks like GameStop. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

President Joe Biden has signed two executive orders on healthcare. His decrees reopen enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and lift a Trump administration ban on funding for nonprofits that promote abortion. Read Full A...