Only 147 cases of the South African variant of the coronavirus have been recorded in Britain so far, Health Minister Edward Argar said. He added that the AstraZeneca vaccine prevents hospitalisation and saves lives. Read Full Article at...

The European Union pushed for early harvest trade and investment deals with India at the high-level dialogue held on Friday. The two sides have decided to focus on boosting their economic partnership. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ukrainian authorities are reportedly considering bringing a criminal case against a journalist who they believe questioned the country’s statehood and asked whether it would fare better if it were run from Moscow. Read Full Article at...

As China gets ready to celebrate one of its biggest holidays, the Lunar New Year, authorities in Beijing and Suzhou are handing out 40 million yuan ($6.2 million) in another public lottery as part of digital currency tests. Read Full Ar...

Members of Israel’s Orthodox Jewish community took down metal barriers and clashed with police at the funeral of a senior rabbi who passed away due to Covid-19. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mass peaceful demonstrations in Myanmar against the military coup continued for the third day in a row, with thousands participating throughout the country. In the capital, Naypyidaw, police briefly used a water cannon. Read Full Articl...

Australia’s health minister rushed to reassure citizens about the safety and efficacy of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, after a preliminary study in South Africa showed poor results against a local strain. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Reddit surprised Super Bowl viewers with a five-second commercial, praising the power of its diverse communities, with a clear reference to the recent stock market frenzy caused by its r/WallStreetBets forum. Read Full Article at RT.com...

A charter school in Utah made a U-turn on its decision to allow families to “exercise their civil rights” and opt their children out of lessons relating to Black History Month, after facing a major backlash online. Read Full Article...

South Africa is putting on hold the rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, after disappointing study results suggested the jab offers significantly less protection against the locally prevalent variant of Covid-19. Read ...

Haitian law enforcement have arrested 23 people, including a Supreme Court judge and a high-ranking police officer in the wake of what the nation’s president, Jovenel Moise, called a coup and assassination attempt. Read Full Article a...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) has claimed that the upcoming impeachment trial for Donald Trump is a diversion for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and her own actions, a vague theory that’s earning plenty of scorn. Read Full...

As former President Donald Trump is set to begin his impeachment trial in the Senate this week, a new poll shows support for the endeavor is rising as a narrow majority support conviction. Read Full Article at RT.com

Khabib Nurmagomedov has quoted a war poem and called for societal change following the killing of the former head of a Dagestani village, while UFC fighters Timur Valiev and Islam Makhachev have voiced their grief at the news. Read Full...

A Utah charter school is facing a major backlash after it was revealed to be allowing parents to opt their students out of lessons relating to Black History Month. Read Full Article at RT.com

"Very girly and tough" NFL official Sarah Thomas, who will become the first female to officiate a Super Bowl showpiece, has explained that she relates to 300lb players when they remonstrate with her about decisions during games. Read Fu...

Millionaire celebrities like filmmaker Guy Ritchie have taken advantage of the UK taxpayer-funded job retention programme, the Sun has reported, sparking a heated debate on Twitter on whether they should be allowed to do so. Read Full A...

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell continues to push controversial election fraud claims, this time saying he could possibly sue voting software companies like Dominion in an effort to get to “the truth.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

An article that revealed Republican Senator Josh Hawley had billed nearly $200 worth of Universal Studios fast food to his senate campaign, before reimbursing the cost, attracted mockery and scorn on social media this week. Read Full Ar...

Russia's commanding win at the $7.5 million ATP Cup this weekend showed that this could be an even more impressive year for the country's top tennis stars - and they will rightly confident when the Australian Open starts tomorrow. Read ...

An incident in Maryland in which a driver attacked a deputy sheriff with a stick before being shot to death was caught on film by a witness. The man can be heard calling on the deputy to use his gun. Read Full Article at RT.com

In a new excerpt from his pre-Super Bowl interview, President Joe Biden made it clear there is no chance of the US lifting sanctions on Iran unless they "stop enriching uranium first," a step Tehran is not willing to take. Read Full Art...

Google announced plans to shut down its internal Stadia game development division, as the US tech giant refocuses it into a platform for streaming games from existing developers instead of producing its own exclusive game content. Read ...

Russian combat queen Diana Avsaragova is set to fight for the first time in almost two years after revealing that she has secured a visa, paving the way to a potential place on a Bellator bill in the US later this year. Read Full Articl...

Jurgen Klopp has admitted that Liverpool are looking for a knockout blow reminiscent of the Rocky films as Liverpool aim to halt Manchester City's charge for the title at Anfield today, needing a shock run of poor results to end. Read F...

Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi denied claims that the UK government is planning to introduce a “vaccine passport” detailing which Brits have been vaccinated and which haven't, calling the idea “discriminatory.�...

The head of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde rejected calls to write off debts incurred by members of the eurozone to uphold their economies during Covid-19 lockdowns. Read Full Article at RT.com

The WHO's Covid-19 envoy has praised ‘brave’ Britain for trying an experimental vaccination regimen and proving its viability. The UK should think about sharing some of its stocks with poorer nations soon, he also suggested. Read Fu...

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called on the US to drop all of its sanctions against the country if it wants Iran to return to its own commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian powerhouse Alexander Volkov hammered Alistair Overeem at UFC Vegas 18 before comforting his fallen foe in the octagon – and rival fighters joined the likes of footballer Artem Dzyuba in hailing his fearsome performance. Read F...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced an ambitious plan to make Turkey the 10th largest economy in the world. The state leader said that engaging in major investments would boost the country’s GDP. Read Full Article at ...

More than 100 people were reported missing after a glacier broke off and caused a flood that damaged a power plant in northern India. The military was deployed to look for survivors. Read Full Article at RT.com

UFC contender Cory Sandhagen knocked out veteran Frankie Edgar with a brutal flying knee at UFC Vegas 18, only to have rival Petr Yan remind him of his defeat to his next opponent after saying he wanted to fight the Russian champ. Read ...

Thousands of people in Myanmar participated in protest marches over the weekend, decrying the military coup. As tensions escalated, shots were reportedly fired in the air as police confronted one of the rallies. Read Full Article at RT....

Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev have won the ATP Cup for Russia, as Medvedev adds to his now 14-match winning streak. Read Full Article at RT.com

People opposing the Danish government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic marched through the capital in a fresh protest on Saturday. Unlike some previous events, this week’s gathering remained peaceful and prompted no arrests. Read...

For many years, China sacrificed environmental stewardship at the altar of economic growth, adopting a growth-at-all-costs strategy. Read Full Article at RT.com

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said he would take the Russian-made Sputnik V or a vaccine developed by China if they are certified by a European regulator. Geopolitics should not be the issue, he added. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

World food prices rose in January for the eighth consecutive month, led by cereals, vegetable oils and sugar, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The founder and editor of the right-wing Gateway Pundit website has been permanently banned from Twitter, leaving the liberal left “thrilled” and conservatives wondering who will be silenced next. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

President Biden will let his intelligence team make the final call on whether to entrust his predecessor, Donald Trump with classified briefings that are traditionally given to former leaders, according to the White House. Read Full Art...

A New York City police officer was caught on video wearing pro-Trump patches, leading to an investigation after liberals claim the entire force is “Trump’s Army” and label the cop a “domestic terrorist.” Read Full Article at R...

Germany has set aside €21 million ($25.3 million) as part of its new “action plan” aimed at supporting opponents of the Belarusian government, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has told an improvised pro-opposition online conference. Re...

Myanmar has registered Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus, as efforts to stem the coronavirus continue, despite the ongoing political crisis that culminated in a military coup. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Georgian UFC star Merab Dvalishvili has shown that his sense of humor has remained intact after he returned to "rematch" the frozen lake which led to a nasty head wound and a trip to the emergency room earlier this week. Read Full Artic...

After two Republican lawmakers were fined $5,000 each for avoiding security protocol in Congress, Nancy Pelosi was herself accused of doing the same thing, but will not be facing the consequences. Read Full Article at RT.com

Cristiano Ronaldo smacked a shot off the bar before asking the referee if he could check that his watch hadn't shown the strike had crossed the line, making the official laugh after opening the scoring for Juventus against Roma. Read Fu...

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has helped dozens of drug addicts to overcome their addiction in his homeland of Dagestan, a local fighter signed to his Eagle Fighting Championship promotion has said in an interview. Read F...

Photographs from France showed orange skies above layers of snow as the sandy wind from the Sahara, known as sirocco, made its way across Europe weeks earlier than expected. Read Full Article at RT.com

NBA fans never got to see Michael Jordan and LeBron James on the court at the same time, but NFL supporters will be treated to a showdown between the 'GOAT' and the man seen as his successor, Patrick Mahomes, at Super Bowl LV. Read Full...

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court denied California’s ban on indoor church services, but did say the state has the right to limit capacity to 25 percent amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

Donald Trump and other fans are expressing support for Lou Dobbs after the sudden cancellation of his “number one news program” on Fox News, but liberals are so giddy they want other conservatives like Sean Hannity pulled. Read Full...

Evergreen Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be charged with any manner of racist abuse after his heated confrontation with ex-Manchester United colleague Romelu Lukaku at last month's Milan derby at the San Siro. Read Full Art...

Mutual trade between China and 17 nations in Central and Eastern Europe in 2020 exceeded $100 billion for the first time ever, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce. Read Full Article at RT.com

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is the "best thing to ever happen to the Premier League" - that's the verdict of football super-agent Jonathan Barnett, who counts Welsh supremo Gareth Bale among his galaxy of clients. Read Full Article a...

Reports suggesting that the UK government is contemplating a ban on alcohol when pubs reopen after lockdown in April have provoked fury and disbelief from Brits on Twitter. Read Full Article at RT.com

As the world continues to push a green energy narrative, experts are warning that a full transition away from oil and gas may not be possible. Read Full Article at RT.com

"Fun-loving" Gabbi Tuft - best known for her years in the WWE as wrestler Tyler Reks - has said that her "intimate life" with her wife has changed because of the "thrilling" gender transition that she announced publicly this week. Read ...

Facebook has called on Myanmar to allow its citizens to freely log onto social media. A “near-total” internet shutdown has been reported in the country, after the military seized power there earlier this week. Read Full Article at R...

Just hours before the Kansas City Chiefs look to secure their second straight Super Bowl, defensive coach Britt Reid was involved in a multi-car pileup leaving two children with injuries, with one described as "life threatening". Read F...

A German farmers’ group has staged a tractor ride through central Berlin to protest against the looming approval of new regulations, which they predict will cost many of their livelihoods in the name of environmental protection. Read ...

The Russian-led Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipeline project shouldn’t be tied to the case of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, who was sentenced to jail for violating his probation, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said. Read Fu...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly planning to reverse the controversial NHS reforms introduced in the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, returning elements of the public service to the control of the Secretary of Health. Read ...

Six-time MLB All-Star Jose Canseco promised a quick night for his opponent, sports blogger 'Billy Football', at a celebrity boxing event on Friday night - but instead it was Canseco who was hit with a home run shot 10 seconds in. Read F...

A long-running legal battle over the legacy of defunct energy giant Yukos, has resumed in the Netherlands, this week. RT spoke to Russia's Deputy Justice Minister about the landmark case and why it also matters for other nations. Read F...

Paige VanZant lost her closely-contested Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship debut on a decision to professional boxer Britain Hart, claiming at least one of her rival's teeth and a mixed reaction before revealing her bruised face. Read ...

Five people have been rescued and two are missing after an explosion rocked the French city of Bordeaux on Saturday morning. A gas leak is believed to have caused the blast, a report has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

The sharp price rise in the shares of the ailing video games retailer GameStop seen last month may have been triggered by institutional investors rather than by Reddit’s army of retail traders, data revealed by JP Morgan show. Read Fu...

Twitter has had a field day with a report claiming that the UK government at one point had considered sending Prince Edward up north to live in Scotland, as part of a plan to combat the rise of the Scottish National Party. Read Full Art...

Many Russian liberals and foreign pundits saw Ukraine's 2014 'Maidan' as an event that would inspire change in Moscow. Today, as an increasingly dysfunctional Kiev clamps down on free speech, it looks more like a cautionary tale. Read F...

US President Joe Biden has said that his predecessor Donald Trump is too “erratic” to be entrusted with classified information that is being traditionally provided to former presidents. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the creation of a mechanism for regulating grain exports, to help domestic agriculture and curb rising food prices on the domestic market. Read Full Article at RT.com

Microsoft said its political action committee will bar all donations to Republican lawmakers who refused to certify Joe Biden’s election win, while announcing a change in focus to the “promotion of democracy.” Read Full Article at...

America’s top law enforcement agency mistakenly used a photo featuring a well-circulated internet meme of a large, nude man sitting on a bed in its criminal complaint against a suspect accused of rioting on Capitol Hill. Read Full Art...

Donald McNeil Jr., the New York Times' top reporter on the Covid-19 pandemic, has resigned after management's decision not to fire him for innocuously using the “N-word” left many staffers at the newspaper “outraged and in pain.�...

Self-described progressives, leftists and socialists have reacted furiously to the Politico article claiming that they love the new US President Joe Biden, which reveals that a number of their activists have been brought on board. Read ...

Voice of America is a dysfunctional outlet where navel-gazing and partisan activism get in the way of its mission, says a former director replaced by the Biden administration, revealing turmoil at the bastion of US propaganda. Read Full...

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter briefly hit bestseller status in Amazon’s ‘Chinese biography’ section for a new memoir, for which he was reportedly paid $2 million by the same publisher who scrapped GOP Sen. Josh Hawley’s boo...

The head of US Strategic Command is warning that nuclear war with Russia or China is “a real possibility,” pointing to “destabilizing” behaviors of America’s rivals. He also claims the Pentagon is not “stuck in the Cold War....

HBO is developing its own movie on the GameStop stock frenzy, the seventh film project to emerge from the debacle as major Hollywood production houses race to milk every penny out of the grassroots “rebellion” against Wall Street. R...

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak is trying to lure high-tech firms into his state with an offer to allow them to effectively form independent governments at county level, capable of levying taxes and even forming courts. Read Full Article ...

The fact that the woman behind the crash that killed British teen Harry Dunn may be a US spy raises a lot of questions for the government, in a case already doing "terrible damage" to bilateral ties, the family's lawyer told RT. Read Fu...

The International Criminal Court has claimed jurisdiction over the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, meaning it could probe war crimes there. Israel has objected to the move. Read Full Article ...

Though he’s a Democrat who has openly criticized Donald Trump, political pundit Van Jones was accused on ‘The View’ of losing the “trust” of black people for daring to work with the former president. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Cristiano Ronaldo often resembles a man determined to permanently defy the ageing process, and his goals since his last birthday have not betrayed any signs of slowing down. From Catalonia to Stockholm, here are six to remember. Read Fu...

Juventus ace Cristiano Ronaldo has eschewed the traditional trip to sunnier climes such as Dubai or Abu Dhabi for this 36th birthday, instead preferring to celebrate his big day with partner Georgina Rodriguez in snowy Turin. Read Full ...

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell aired his promised documentary alleging voter fraud against Donald Trump on Friday to a wave of mockery, with even One America News Network airing a telling major disclaimer before the show. Read Full Artic...

Drug companies should share their manufacturing sites to boost the global rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

After New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez admitted she wasn’t even inside the Capitol building during last month’s raid she’d framed as a near-death experience, the Democrat convinced her fans to help bury the embarrassment. Re...

A golf marshal was left writhing in agony after being struck on the shoulder by an errant drive courtesy of American golfer Dustin Johnson in Friday's action at the Saudi International tournament. Read Full Article at RT.com

Canadian actor Christopher Plummer has died at the age of 91, his manager said on Friday. At 82, Plummer became the oldest actor to win an Oscar, when he took the best supporting gong for ‘Beginners’. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have unveiled an incredibly powerful, AI-powered method for producing new potential Covid-19 vaccine candidates in a matter of minutes or even seconds. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Moscow's Alexander Volkov knows that he could take a giant step towards a future heavyweight title shot if he gets past wily veteran Alistair Overeem in Saturday night's UFC main event in Las Vegas. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian figure skaters who were returning from a competition in Krasnoyarsk had their flight delayed after a man locked himself in a toilet on board their plane, refusing to leave until police arrived in a baffling stand-off. Read Full ...

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has admitted that the pressure on him is rising after his side failed to impress in a home defeat to old club Chelsea, with the Portuguese also under fire for bizarre remarks made to a female reporter. Read ...

The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) overseen by the UN has elected an interim prime minister and three-member Presidency Council to lead the war-ravaged country until elections at the end of this year. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has again responded to critics of her account of the Capitol riot on January 6, blasting them for “politicizing” her story and possibly preventing other “survivors” from coming forward....

The space race is heating up once again after China’s Tianwen-1 Mars probe beamed back its first image of Mars amid the country’s historic first trip to the Red Planet. Read Full Article at RT.com

The inaugural figure-skating jumping tournament in Moscow has seen an unexpected upset, with the women’s squad sensationally destroying the men’s team as they beat their male counterparts by almost 50 points. Read Full Article at RT...

A study by researchers at the University of Cambridge has found that climate change played a key role in Covid-19 spreading from animals to humans, as the two groups were forced closer together as populations grow. Read Full Article at ...