The People’s Bank of China has agreed a partnership with the global interbank settlement organization SWIFT, as part of an effort to internationalize the yuan and develop a digital Chinese currency. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A blast has occurred at the German Red Cross building in Memmingen, leaving five in need of medical attention. Police say another explosion cannot be ruled out, and have evacuated the surrounding area. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The new US administration has unveiled its approach to working with Russia, as the country’s top diplomat used a call with his counterparts in Moscow to set a more confrontational tone than the Kremlin might have hoped for. Read Full ...

As Joe Biden promises to make racial justice a top priority for his administration, rapper Ice Cube has revealed that he could soon be meeting with the US president to discuss reparations for black Americans. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Indonesia has received an investment proposal from US electric car maker Tesla, according to the country’s deputy head for investment and mining coordination, Septian Hario Seto, as quoted by Reuters. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US Senate overwhelmingly voted to ensure the continued funding for the operation of the US embassy in Jerusalem, sealing Donald Trump’s snub to Palestinians that made a two-state solution even more elusive. Read Full Article at RT...

Three days after Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail, minus time served, the anti-corruption activist is back in court on Friday over accusations he defamed a war veteran. Read Full A...

Alberta, Canada’s oil heartland, may seek compensation from the United States after newly inaugurated President Joe Biden moved to nix the Keystone XL Pipeline, Bloomberg said on Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Pfizer says it has withdrawn a request to have its Covid-19 vaccine authorized for use in India. The company has promised to resubmit the application once it gathers more data. Read Full Article at RT.com

In his first major foreign policy address, President Joe Biden vowed to confront the enemies of ‘democracy’ globally, while seeking to reclaim America's ‘moral credibility’ and leadership in LGBT and climate change issues. Read ...

Turkey’s interior minister has accused the United States of orchestrating a coup attempt that rocked the country in 2016, prompting a denial from Washington, which blasted the claim as unbefitting of a NATO partner. Read Full Article ...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, central bankers and financial regulators essentially declared victory over a populist investor uprising, agreeing that markets proved “resilient” through a trading rally that is now being tamed. R...

After refusing similar requests for years, Germany has finally revealed to the authorities in the Netherlands the names of Dutch citizens who are still getting monthly benefits for fighting for the Nazis in World War II. Read Full Artic...

Let the pillow fight begin, as two of the most polarizing activists in American politics are soon to be business competitors, with gun-control crusader David Hogg taking on Donald Trump ally Mike Lindell, founder of MyPillow. Read Full ...

Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin, a Democrat, issued a new statewide mask order an hour after the Republican-majority legislature voted to repeal his previous one saying he lacked the authority. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police in Florida are on the lookout for a thief who made off with a car filled with dozens of vials of coronavirus vaccine worth some $10,000, posting a nationwide alert in their hunt for the suspect. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Democrat-dominated US House of Representatives has voted to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) from two committees, as Republicans protested the “lasting and damaging impact” of the “dangerous new precedent.” Read Ful...

Adult entertainment behemoth Pornhub has rebranded itself as a quasi-responsible business, beefing up content filters, employing a “live content audit team,” and continuing its ban on downloads while opening up non-member uploads. R...

Snopes has rated the claim that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “exaggerated” the danger she was in during the Capitol riot as “mostly false,” insisting the New York Democrat faced “imminent” harm in a different building. Read...

Fox News is facing a rise of the machines, voting machines that is, as election software firm Smartmatic is suing the network, three of its anchors and lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell for allegedly false claims of fraud. Read Fu...

The Church of England is investigating one of its clergymen after he posted a Twitter message smearing fans of WWII veteran Captain Tom Moore, who died this week of Covid-19, as being part of a “cult of white British nationalism.” R...

Former President Donald Trump apparently doesn't have plans for a post-politics career in Hollywood, as he resigned from the Screen Actors Guild after the union threatened to expel him for “inciting” the January 6 US Capitol riot. R...

Democrats seeking to impeach the former US president Donald Trump have asked him to testify at his Senate trial and threatened him if he refuses, after his lawyers challenged the charges and the trial itself as illegitimate. Read Full A...

The Dutch Health Council has followed other medical regulators in limiting its approval of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to those aged under 65, as it issued a warning about the jab's efficacy due to limited data. Read Full Article a...

The US military will stop supporting attacks carried out by the Saudi-led coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen, President Joe Biden has confirmed, though America will continue to support Riyadh in “defending its sovereignty.” Re...

While peace activists cheered the news that the US will be ending its support for Saudi-led “offensive operations” in Yemen, that’s a far cry from actually ending the six-year war that began with Barack Obama’s tacit blessing. R...

Despite recent street protests and the Covid-19 pandemic, almost two in three Russians say they approve of Vladimir Putin’s record as president, according to a new poll, representing a slight drop since late last year. Read Full Artic...

A row has broken out over conditions in Russian jails as facilities struggle to accommodate the large number of arrests made at protests earlier this week in support of imprisoned opposition figure Alexey Navalny. Read Full Article at R...

The latest undefeated fighter from the Nurmagomedov assembly line, Khabib's cousin Umar, has signaled he is flying to Las Vegas amid talk that the Russian standout could be set to make his sophomore UFC appearance next month. Read Full ...

China's 70-meter-wide steerable reflector antenna has completed its operational checks and is ready to receive signals from the country's Tianwen-1 mission, which is expected to enter the orbit of Mars next week. Read Full Article at RT...

The United Nations Security Council has expressed its "deep concern" at the military coup in Myanmar and has called for the release of all detainees, including State Counsellor Aung Sang Suu Kyi, who was detained on Monday. Read Full Ar...

Lionel Messi doesn't expect his future to be resolved until the summer as Paris Saint-Germain and Man City jockey for position to sign him and despite Ronald Koeman slamming PSG's Angel Di Maria for talking up a big-money deal. Read Ful...

Police in New Delhi have opened a conspiracy investigation into the creators of a “toolkit” with instructions on how to amplify the farmers’ protests in India – a document that has been shared by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg....

A nationwide strike has kicked off in France, with public sector workers demanding better pay and working conditions and condemning sloppy government support amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

They were supposed to be ‘the Games that conquered Covid’ but this year’s Tokyo Olympics look increasingly like being a pale imitation of a great sporting event which will play out in the shadow of the virus. Read Full Article at ...

Brazilian winger Emerson Carioca has been handed an eight-game ban for violating disciplinary protocol after his bizarre naked goal celebrations sparked an on-pitch riot in December. Read Full Article at RT.com

A CIA veteran has argued that counterinsurgency tactics similar to those used by US forces in war zones should be employed at home to crackdown on domestic “extremists,” but the idea has received a lukewarm reception. Read Full Arti...

More than 200 Catholic dioceses received billions in funding from the Paycheck Protection Program, the taxpayer-backed rescue fund for bailing out businesses dying of Covid-19 shutdowns – reportedly more than any other applicant. Read...

CNN President Jeff Zucker has confirmed he will stay on at the network’s helm until the end of 2021, when his contract runs out, having u-turned on his decision late last year to leave the mainstream media outlet. Read Full Article at...

A Belarusian power station, once dubbed ‘Chernobyl II’ due to reported safety concerns, is set to do a roaring trade on the European energy market as neighboring countries increasingly find themselves in need of cheap energy. Read F...

The 20-year jail term handed down to an Iranian diplomat by a Belgian court for his role in a foiled bomb plot is illegal and a clear violation of international law, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Read Full Artic...

The UK's state-run BBC news outlet has rejected accusations by China’s Foreign Ministry that the agency reported "fake news" when covering the Covid-19 crisis in China, saying it stands by its "accurate and fair reporting." Read Full ...

Russian citizens who have legitimate complaints about their treatment at the hands of law enforcement should file a lawsuit with the prosecutor's office in order to protect their civil rights. Read Full Article at RT.com

The former Commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Dominic Ongwen, was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Thursday, after the International Criminal Court found him guilty of 61 out of 70 crimes. Read Full A...

Following Alexey Navalny's jailing, US senators have proposed measures against the Russian officials they deem responsible. On the same day, it was reported that Washington is “sanctioned out” after years without any success. Read F...

A video showing unmasked shoppers in a Florida supermarket has gone viral due to an NBC reporter’s complaining. Among the more extreme reactions was one now-deleted tweet by a doctor who seemingly thought they deserved to die. Read Fu...

A Welsh pharmaceutical company has thrown out hundreds of packs of vital cancer treatments meant for EU patients after the time-sensitive drugs were held up due to post-Brexit border delays, MPs have heard. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Researchers in Austria’s Klagenfurt Clinic are reporting promising results from CBD trials on Covid-19 ICU patients that show reduced inflammation and quicker recovery times. Read Full Article at RT.com

Combat queen Paige VanZant is leaving no stone unturned ahead of her Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship debut, with the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition stunner appearing ready to risk her All-American good looks once more. Read Full...

A transgender Russian woman has won a court case against an employer who fired her after she legally transitioned from male to female. It is the third time a court has recognized her dismissal as illegal. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

New legislation is being introduced by the UK government to change the law that will allow pregnant ministers to take maternity leave for six months, instead of having to resign their position, as is currently the case. Read Full Articl...

Piers Corbyn, the elder brother of ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has been arrested in London for distributing leaflets comparing the UK's Covid-19 vaccine rollout with the Holocaust, police said on Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is in hot water after saying that his female colleagues talk too much during meetings. His comments sparked outrage, critics cried sexism, and he apologized. Read Full Article at RT.com

A member of the WHO team in Wuhan has said more work is needed to trace genetic elements of Covid-19 in bat caves as the group tests the possibility that the virus circulated long before it was first identified. Read Full Article at RT....

Even at 54, Mike Tyson is showing little sign of slowing down as the ring veteran prepares for a mooted $200 million trilogy fight showdown with former foe Evander Holyfield as part of the his 'Legends Only' fight league. Read Full Arti...

A new and dangerous wave of infections is sweeping the globe. But instead of coughs and sneezes, it’s spread via clicks and emails. Now, with more people working from home, hackers are having a field day targeting our hard drives. Rea...

Beijing has said it continues to monitor US military maneuvers near the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, warning that China is ready to respond to American threats and provocations. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK Home Office detained more than 2,900 potential victims of human trafficking between January 2019 and September 2020, a report by the not-for-profit organisation Women For Refugee Women has found. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A maskless gunman held up a restaurant in Pasadena, California but rather than emptying the cash register, the suspect demanded chicken that he had been refused because he wasn’t wearing a face covering. Enjoy the rest of 2021. Read F...

A team of researchers associated with NASA’s search for extraterrestrial intelligence has developed a new theory about the shifting sands visible across Mars, with possible ramifications for future human colonization. Read Full Articl...

Two days after Elon Musk’s self-proclaimed break from Twitter, the eccentric billionaire took to the microblogging platform to set off another crypto craze that evoked an unprecedented surge for dogecoin cryptocurrency. Read Full Arti...

The temptations of Twitter were apparently too great for Elon Musk, who ended his short-lived hiatus on the platform with a series of characteristically zany messages. Read Full Article at RT.com

Popular platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as messaging services like Telegram and video site TikTok could become unavailable in Russia if they fail to ban illegal calls to participate in protests. Read Full Art...

Georgian UFC star Merab Dvalishvili got more than he bargained for when what he thought would be a cool swim in an icy lake instead turned into some nasty head wounds and a trip to the emergency room. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A New Zealand woman has been sentenced to 12 months of intensive supervision and community work after getting caught smuggling a $7,000 haul of assorted succulents and cacti tucked into her stockings. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

An Iranian diplomat accused of plotting to bomb a meeting of an emigrant opposition group has been jailed for 20 years in Belgium. The diplomat's accomplices also received lengthy prison terms. Read Full Article at RT.com

The woman accused of killing British teen Harry Dunn was “employed by an intelligence agency in the US” at the time of the fatal road traffic accident that left the 19-year-old dead, a court has heard. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

As US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is meeting officials to discuss the GameStop saga, Boom Bust explores why such Reddit activity is deemed to be wrong when hedge funds have been doing it forever. Read Full Article at RT.com

After Tokyo Games officials unveiled new guideless for athletes, outlining that no undue physical contact will be allowed during the Olympics, the internet has erupted with skepticism at the presumed ban on sex and parties. Read Full Ar...

A close associate of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny faces prosecution over claims she broke pandemic prevention laws by promoting two successive weekends of demonstrations in support of the jailed activist. Read Full Article a...

A preschool in the Swedish city of Gothenburg has been ordered to replace its entire board or face closure after security police found ties between its founding chairman and violent Islamist extremists operating in the country. Read Ful...

Floyd Mayweather and boxing wannabe Jake Paul have engaged in an ugly social media back-and-forth after the ring icon called out the YouTuber for an exhibition bout this year. Read Full Article at RT.com

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has slammed Said-Muhammad Dzhumaev, the man who gained notoriety after fighting multiple riot police at a Moscow protest. He was caught last week attempting to flee to Latvia. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ireland’s foreign minister has said “there is not going to be a dramatic change” to the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol despite talks about extending the grace period following an EU and UK dispute over vaccine deliveries. R...

Days after Dustin Poirier defeated Conor McGregor both fighters have verbally agreed to do it all over again, this time maybe with a world title on the line - and the rest of the division will just have to sit back and watch. Read Full ...

According to a statement issued on Thursday, the broadcasting regulator Ofcom has revoked China Global Television Network's license to air its programs in the UK. Read Full Article at RT.com

After some of his own videos were pulled by YouTube, progressive reporter Jordan Chariton has had a change of heart about Big Tech’s crackdown on extremist content, arguing that it’s a pretext to purge all alternative views. Read Fu...

The hosts of RT’s Keiser Report, Max and Stacy, look at the ‘revolt of the public’ as ordinary "schmucks" learn Wall Street tricks that deliver an advantage over the rest of the market. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US’ biggest carrier, American Airlines, said nearly 13,000 employees could be furloughed after the second round of federal payroll aid for airline workers ends on April 1, if lockdowns keep planes grounded. Read Full Article at RT...

Thomas Tuchel is a fresh face in the Premier League but Jose Mourinho is already working his mind games on the German, claiming “it’s not difficult” to manage Chelsea as the Portuguese prepares his Spurs team to meet the Blues. Re...

Britain’s vaccine minister has warned that the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions is reliant on further positive data showing case numbers falling, but said the economy could start reopening in March. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The editors of some of Russia’s best-known newspapers and online outlets have released statements condemning the jailing of Sergey Smirnov, the editor-in-chief of Mediazona. He was detained for breaking laws regarding protests. Read F...

Mafia in Naples, Italy have begun attacking ambulance crews whose sirens are reportedly interrupting drug deals and scaring off business, as customers fear police are on their way. Read Full Article at RT.com

South Korea’s PM Chung Sye-kyun has ordered a revamp of the country’s social distancing guidelines. The enduring restrictions have faced mounting criticism, especially from business owners suffering losses. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The Indian government’s efforts to privatize state-owned companies provide a “great opportunity” for the country to become a $5 trillion economy, a top Indian business leader told CNBC. Read Full Article at RT.com

In a world’s first, British researchers will examine whether jabs developed by Pfizer and AstraZeneca can be safely combined as part of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine regimen. Read Full Article at RT.com

An attempt by a controversial Dutch Muslim party to sweeten its image backfired when a Jewish baker who was set to stand for the group refused to stop selling X-rated cakes and was forced to withdraw. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Big Oil recorded one of its worst years in history because of the coronavirus pandemic that pushed their financial results deep into negative territory. Read Full Article at RT.com

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has shared a “tool kit” with tips and talking points for backers of India’s farmer protests, stoking a wave of backlash and accusations she aided a foreign plot to destabilize the country. R...

The prestigious corporate consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay up $573 million to settle investigations into its work with Big Pharma, namely its role in boosting sales of the powerful opioid narcotic oxycodone. Read Ful...

Irish Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar blasted the European Union for a slow-moving vaccination initiative, saying the program has not been the bloc’s “finest hour” while lamenting the EU’s aversion to Russia’s Sputnik V. Re...

The American Civil Liberties Union, which has been AWOL from the fight over free speech on social media, has apparently kept itself busy studying science, finding that biological males don't have physical advantages over females. Read F...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being compared to the actor who staged an attack on himself, after her account of fearing for her life during the January 6 riot was fact-checked, exposing that she wasn’t in the Capitol building. Read Full...

Parler CEO John Matze has been terminated from the company after a decision by its board, the now-former chief executive said, noting that he played no part in the move, which comes after the site was booted from Amazon’s servers. Rea...

Prosecutors in Kenosha, Wisconsin have called on a judge to issue an arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen who shot two people dead during a protest last summer, claiming he did not report an address change to the court. Read Fu...

US climate czar John Kerry defended his choice of taking a private jet to Iceland to receive an environmental award in 2019, pointing to his importance in the battle against carbon and suggesting that he had no other options. Read Full ...

A British woman questioning the Covid-19 crisis in the UK has been banned from visiting any hospital across the country save for emergency, after she repeatedly filmed and shared videos of what she claimed were “empty wards.” Read F...

Syrian air defenses have responded to an Israeli missile attack near al-Quneitra, according to reports in the country’s state media. Read Full Article at RT.com

Video sharing app TikTok will slap warning labels on videos it suspects contain “misinformation” and discourage users from sharing them. The move brings TikTok’s policies closer in line with those of Twitter. Read Full Article at ...

As the UK hit the marker of 10 million people receiving a first dose of Covid vaccine, PM Boris Johnson has warned that levels of infection in the country remain “alarmingly high,” as he hoped to start easing lockdown this month. Re...