Max Keiser talks to Chris Fenton, author of 'Feeding the Dragon,' about why the United States is falling so far behind China in high tech, and whether or not it could ever compete against an economy like China’s. Read Full Article at ...

The European Parliament has voted to strip MEPs Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comin and Clara Ponsati of immunity, paving the way for their extradition to Spain over their roles in the outlawed 2017 Catalonia independence referendum. Read Ful...

Beijing has launched a certificate that verifies Covid-19 status for citizens traveling abroad. The initiative comes amid a raging debate about the global adoption of a health passport. Read Full Article at RT.com

A British minister has confirmed that UK prison inmates will not receive priority Covid-19 vaccines, as the virus ravages prisons throughout the country and prisoners find themselves locked up 90 percent of the day. Read Full Article at...

The market value of bitcoin has surpassed a $1 trillion mark for the second time in its history after the world’s biggest digital asset saw another surge while moving along its parabolic curve. Read Full Article at RT.com

In the face of perceived censorship from US-based tech companies, Russia will tighten laws and protest to international bodies, the country’s top parliamentarian has said, as part of a row over the blocking of online news stories. Rea...

A study has found that Pfizer’s Covid vaccine successfully neutralizes the Brazilian strain of the virus, a mutation that has sparked concerns due to its contagious nature and ability to evade immunity from previous infection. Read Fu...

The new editor-in-chief once posted insensitive tweets about Asians and gays, angering members of staff at the magazine, who feel hiring her would be inappropriate. The problematic old posts first came to public attention in 2019. Read ...

Joe Biden avoided using Defense Secretary Llyod Austin’s name during an event at the White House. The apparent gaffe left many on social media wondering if Biden had suffered a memory lapse. Read Full Article at RT.com

A blast ripped through a classroom at a Michigan high school, injuring five students and prompting all county schools to lock down. Police believe the explosive device was brought by a student and detonated in a freak accident. Read Ful...

The US Capitol’s policing and surveillance measures are woefully inadequate, a security review launched in the wake of the January 6 riot concluded, calling for hundreds of new officers and a permanent barrier around the building. Rea...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem vowed to sign the legislation that will ban biological males from competing in female sports, following other Republican-controlled states in sending a message on gender politics. Read Full Article at R...

The Joe Biden administration will offer temporary protections to thousands of Venezuelan migrants living in the US, vowing to step up pressure on Caracas even while acknowledging sanctions failed to topple the Maduro government. Read Fu...

The social media site Gab blamed “oligarch tyrants” who keep the US “under occupation” for being forced offline, after they refused to pay a ransom in bitcoin to a hacker who had pilfered gigabytes of user data through an exploi...

Wyoming became the latest state to ease its Covid-19 rules in defiance of the Biden administration's guidelines, as Governor Mark Gordon announced that his mask mandate and restrictions on businesses are ending. Read Full Article at RT....

US President Joe Biden marked International Women’s Day by announcing that two female generals will head US military commands, and by establishing a White House Gender Policy Council to promote ‘equity.’ Read Full Article at RT.co...

Republicans in the New York Assembly have begun an effort to force a vote on their resolution to impeach Governor Andrew Cuomo, saying he no longer has the credibility to run the state amid a widening sexual-misconduct scandal. Read Ful...

Disease, death, and lockdowns have taken their toll on the world, and a group of Canadian researchers set out to quantify the suffering. They found that their own country suffered severely, along with the UK, Spain, and France. Read Ful...

Conservatives are celebrating a culture war victory after "Blue Anon," the embarrassing new branding of left-wing conspiracy theorists that plays on the ‘QAnon’ smears used by the media, was restored to the Urban Dictionary. Read Fu...

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has cancelled all sentences against the country's former leftist president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, restoring his political rights to run again for office ahead of next year's election. Read Full Artic...

The US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen has declared that women must be prioritized in any post-Covid-19 economic recovery, describing the pandemic’s disproportionate effect on women to be “extremely unfair.” Read Full Artic...

An influenza-like illness is a likely side effect of being inoculated against Covid-19, the World Health Organization's global advisory committee on vaccine safety said in a statement on Monday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The CDC has issued new guidelines that grant – in the words of US mainstream media – "limited freedoms" to Americans who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, leading some to wonder when the Bill of Rights was abolished. Read...

Italy has signed an agreement with Russia to launch the production of the Sputnik V vaccine, with first batches expected to come out of an Italian plant as early as June. This would make it the first EU nation to produce the jab. Read F...

Kai Havertz gave Chelsea fans a long-awaited glimpse of the player they thought they were signing when he arrived at Stamford Bridge as the German playmaker pulled the strings in a 2-0 win over Everton in the Premier League. Read Full ...

The death toll following multiple blasts at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea has risen sharply to 98, the country’s health ministry said, as the search for victims continues. Over 600 people were injured in the incident. Read ...

More than 100,000 people have now died from Covid-19 in Italy, the health ministry said on Monday, as the country’s new prime minister, Mario Draghi, called on Italians to stick to the health measures to avoid an infection surge. Read...

Iran has reportedly managed to ship record volumes of oil to China below the radar of the US economic penalties that have banned the Islamic republic from selling its crude to China, India, Japan and South Korea since 2018. Read Full Ar...

UEFA has suspended Romanian fourth official Sebastian Coltescu until the end of the season after he was involved in a storm of racism allegations during the hot-tempered Champions League game between PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir. Read Fu...

A disillusioned Mo Salah is the last thing that a struggling Liverpool need, but the Reds can at least sleep easy in the knowledge that traditional predators in Spain are far too mired in their own problems to capitalize. Read Full Arti...

Joe Biden has gone longer without giving a press conference with questions and answers than any US president in modern history. Now the elation of his inauguration’s worn off, even his allied media are beginning to wonder why. Read Fu...

Former president Donald Trump has seen his last remaining chance to reverse the outcome of November’s election slip away, with the Supreme Court refusing to take up his last challenge to Wisconsin’s voting process. Read Full Article...

Pepe Le Pew, whose amorous adventures have amused audiences for decades, is now the face of “rape culture,” at least according to the New York Times. However, Pepe has already been axed from an upcoming ‘Space Jam’ sequel. Read ...

At least 28 people have been arrested at anti-lockdown protests in Amsterdam, after around 700 gathered in the city on Sunday to vent their fury at the Dutch government’s handling of the pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Dutch startup has reportedly engaged in automated drone warfare, albeit on a miniature scale, protecting sensitive crops inside greenhouses from the menace of wayward moths. Read Full Article at RT.com

As expected, the ‘explosive’ and ‘bombshell’ interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with Oprah Winfrey has sent Piers Morgan into a rage-filled tirade that, in turn, has led to calls online for him to be taken off air. Read...

The EU will prevent future exports of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines leaving the bloc unless the drugmaker significantly steps up its supply efforts, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen warned on Monday. Read Full Article at R...

Former UFC title contender turned commentator Dan Hardy has confirmed that he has parted ways with the UFC and broadcaster BT Sports amid reports that he became involved in a "disagreement" with an employee. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Two protesters in Myanmar died on Monday after being shot in the head, eyewitnesses told reporters, with graphic footage of the injuries shared online. A workers strike has been launched in opposition to the ongoing military coup. Read ...

In a bizarre medical case, a teenager who simultaneously experienced a loss of smell but emitted an inexplicable "foul odor" whenever he blew his nose over a period of eight years, finally discovered the culprit. Read Full Article at RT...

The European Commission has requested Belgium make changes to its ban on non-essential foreign travel in an attempt to slow the spread of Covid-19, saying the measures could result in “fragmentation” in the bloc. Read Full Article a...

Nearly 19 out of 20 people across England and Wales now think positively of Covid vaccines, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Monday. However, young people in general and black adults are most hesitant to get one. Read Fu...

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has carved out a unique piece of tennis history after he finally beat Roger Federer's record for the most weeks spent at the summit of the men's rankings. Read Full Article at RT.com

Saudi Arabia’s defense spokesman has accused Iran of supplying missiles and drones to Houthi rebels in Yemen, for use against Saudi targets. Meanwhile, the US has made similar accusations regarding Iran-backed forces in Iraq. Read Ful...

The Italian government has approved the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for people aged over 65, the health ministry has said, a month after Italy and other EU states barred the elderly from getting the jab amid efficacy fears. Read Full A...

Hong Kong officials are investigating a death and two medical episodes reported days after individuals were given China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine. So far no links have been established between the drug and the incidents. Read Full Ar...

Petr Yan has scolded the man who controversially took the 135lbs title from him at Saturday's UFC 259, saying that he is 'glad' that Aljamain Sterling seems to have recovered from the controversial fight-ending illegal knee. Read Full A...

Coastguard and naval forces have been deployed by Mauritius after a Chinese-flagged trawler carrying 130 tons of petroleum ran aground off the island nation, sparking fears of an environmental disaster if it starts to leak oil. Read Ful...

In what may sound like an eerie, next evolution of dating apps like Tinder, researchers have developed an AI system which can learn and predict which faces individual humans might find attractive based on their brain waves alone. Read F...

Colombian pop princess Shakira has been supported on social media after widely shared images purportedly showed fans of French football giants Paris Saint-Germain with a banner insinuating she was a prostitute. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Tel Aviv has begun vaccinating Palestinian laborers from the West Bank who work in Israel following heated debates over who should be responsible for inoculating people against Covid-19 in the occupied territories. Read Full Article at ...

The European economy reportedly risks losing tens of billions of euro, as the slack pace of its anti-Covid inoculation program causes serious concern among investors over potential growth and poor progress in business re-openings. Read ...

Singapore Airlines has announced that its flights to London will begin using a mobile app that verifies passengers’ Covid-19 status, as part of a pilot program for a health passport that could be adopted around the world. Read Full Ar...

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has hit out at "disgraceful" Rangers fans who gathered in Glasgow to celebrate their side's first title win in a decade in scenes which she described as "deeply unfair to the entire country." Read Full Ar...

Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma went into self-isolation on Monday, after their coronavirus tests returned positive, the president’s office said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Newly-elected Barcelona president Joan Laporta and his team were forced to explain a viral video in which he was heard telling a female fan to “call me when you’re 18” amid the club’s crucial poll at the weekend. Read Full Artic...

In a bid to revive its tourism industry, Thailand has announced it is slashing its mandatory Covid quarantine period for foreigners who can show proof of vaccination from 14 to seven days. Read Full Article at RT.com

Three SWAT team officers were injured as violent revellers bombarded first responders with bricks and rocks, setting off fireworks and flipping a car during a wild Colorado university street party which attracted up to 800 people. Read ...

An internal government investigation has found that Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic and his family were illegally wiretapped over 1,500 times, and “high-ranking officials in the Ministry of the Interior” were involved. Read Full ...

Brussels will use undercover officers as part of an initiative to crack down on sexual harassment in the streets of the de facto EU capital. The move comes after activists called on police to do more to protect women in the city. Read F...

The French government has said that the level of Covid-19 vaccine uptake among those working in healthcare settings "is not acceptable" and said it could make the jab compulsory if vaccination rates don't improve. Read Full Article at R...

The Philippines human rights watchdog has launched a probe after nine unarmed people died during a police operation. The deaths followed the president’s order to troops to “kill” rebels, but the govt insists the move was legal. Re...

NBA great LeBron James has been branded a 'coward' by some fans online after refusing to say whether he will take the Covid-19 vaccine, though others have defended the Los Angeles Lakers superstar's stance. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Authorities in Minneapolis have erected steel fencing, barbed wire and concrete barricades outside the city’s courthouse and local police stations ahead of the Derek Chauvin trial, set to begin Monday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Beijing has announced this week its intention to construct a “Polar Silk Road” and actively participate in the development of Arctic and Antarctic regions as part of its new 2021-2025 “five-year plan.” Read Full Article at RT.co...

Tennis icon Serena Williams has come out in support of Meghan Markle after the former actress gave an explosive interview to Oprah Winfrey in which she accused the UK Royal Family of racism and said she had contemplated suicide. Read Fu...

Anger over Meghan Markle’s claims that she was mistreated by the British royal family has spilled over into Twitter, with many social media users calling for the abolition of the monarchy. Read Full Article at RT.com

The British schools minister has vowed that students returning to school on Monday in England will not be turned away if they refuse to wear a mask, as unions warn schools could close again if teachers don’t feel Covid-secure. Read Fu...

New Zealand’s government has announced it has bought enough Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer to inoculate its entire population following concerns about the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca jab, which the country initially ordered. Read ...

Global prices for crude oil extended gains to a more than one-year high on Monday, after an alarm message from Saudi Arabia that the world’s largest crude terminal at Ras Tanura had been attacked. Output remained unaffected. Read Full...

Leaked documents have revealed details of a massive secret British propaganda campaign aimed at making swathes of people in the Baltic states feel more positively about the West – and more negatively about their ethnic homeland. Read ...

By all accounts, Ivan Safronov was set for a stellar career at the heart of Moscow's political establishment. Aged 30, he'd left a prestigious journalistic role to become an aide to the head of Roscosmos, Russia's answer to NASA. Read F...

The Biden administration is gearing up to carry out cyberattacks aimed at Russian networks, the New York Times has reported, describing the provocation as a retaliatory measure designed to send Moscow a message. Read Full Article at RT....

The world’s most consumed raw material after water and an essential ingredient to people’s everyday lives is slipping through our fingers, scientists warn. Sand may become a scarce resource due to high demand, they say. Read Full Ar...

Two American B-52 bombers have performed a strategic fly-by, accompanied by Israeli fighter jets, in a show of force “pivotal in maintaining the security of Israeli and Middle Eastern skies,” according to the IDF. Read Full Article ...

The British royal family did not want her and Prince Harry’s son, Archie, to be a prince – at least partly – due to concerns about “how dark his skin might be” when he was born, Meghan Markle claimed, triggering a riot on Twit...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is taking border security into his own hands, sending National Guard troops and state police to combat drug and people smuggling as Biden administration policies spur a surge in illegal immigration. Read Full ...

The US and South Korea have finally reached an agreement on “sharing costs” for stationing American personnel, after talks stalled over demands by former president Donald Trump that Seoul quintuples its spending for the privilege. R...

Conservatives chalked up a victory in the battleground of pejorative labels, concluding that the trending ‘Blue Anon’ branding of left-wing conspiracy theorists is sufficiently stinging after the term earned censorship bona fides. R...

Leaders of New York’s Assembly and Senate called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign just hours after he said stepping down because of rising sexual-harassment allegations by former staffers would be “anti-democratic.” Read Full Ar...

Pro-life Christians who chose to support Democrat Joe Biden in last November's election said they're feeling “betrayed” after the new president rammed through Covid-19 relief legislation that includes taxpayer-funded abortion. Read ...

Lauren Witzke, a hardline right-winger who ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 2020, has been banned from Twitter. Her ban came after she called a trans activist “demonic” for suggesting that “little girls” can be “kinky.�...

German MP Nikolas Löbel, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party, will quit parliament and not seek re-election. The reason? A series of deals on protective face masks that landed Löbel around €250,000. Read Full Article ...

Manchester City's seemingly inevitable march towards the Premier League title hit a road bump on Sunday as Pep Guardiola's men surrendered their 28-game unbeaten streak to city rivals Manchester United at the Etihad. Read Full Article a...

French billionaire and National Assembly member Olivier Dassault has reportedly been killed in a helicopter crash in the northern Calvados town of Toques, according to reports by AFP and other media outlets. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Four explosions have rocked a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, killing at least 15 people. Videos show the devastation, and civilians fleeing, as local media report hospitals are overwhelmed with hundreds of injured. Read Full ...

The New York Times has been lambasted online for bizarrely claiming that violence surrounding Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 was merely “misinformation” and likening it to Deep State conspiracy theories. Read Full Article at RT...

Covering your face in public for non-medical reasons will become illegal in Switzerland after a proposal dubbed a “burqa ban” was accepted by a narrow margin of voters in a binding national referendum on Sunday. Read Full Article at...

Jurgen Klopp's dreams of a second successive Premier League title have turned into a nightmare after his team suffered their SIXTH home defeat in a row after another Anfield slump, this time against relegation-threatened Fulham. Read Fu...

The blue half of Glasgow is celebrating today after city rivals Celtic floundered to a 0-0 draw with Dundee United to hand their arch-rivals Rangers their first Scottish Premiership title in a decade. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin won’t say who was behind a recent rocket attack on an American airbase in Iraq, but his eyes are on Iran, and he says the US will strike again “at a time and place of our own choosing.” Read Full ...

A cold snap recently left millions in Texas in the freezing dark. Max Keiser talks with Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen’s energy program, to understand who's to blame for the massive power outage. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Yana Kunitskaya wasn’t about to take partner Thiago Santos’s unanimous decision defeat to Aleksandar Rakic lying down, with the Russian women’s bantamweight star venting her disgust on social media at the judges’ scoring. Read F...

Austrian health officials have flagged a batch of AstraZeneca as a precaution while probing the death of a nurse who received the vaccine. Authorities say they have yet to find evidence linking the fatality to the drug, however. Read Fu...

A 50-year-old man died by hanging from a tree near one of the main farmer protest sites on the outskirts of the Indian capital Delhi. He reportedly left a note blaming the government for his actions. Read Full Article at RT.com

World food prices spiked for the ninth consecutive month to hit a six year-high in February, led by sugar and vegetable oils, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Read Full Article at...

Bryson DeChambeau admitted to 'feeling like a kid again' after he stunned the crowd at the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a thunderous 370-yard drive over the water at the Bay Hill Club's infamous par-5 sixth hole. Read Full Article at...

Aston Martin has vowed to build its electric cars in the UK from 2025, Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll has revealed. The pledge comes in response to the British government’s push to abandon petrol and diesel vehicles. Read Full Art...

The battle lines of the culture war get redrawn every day. In the latest development, Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall has now been deemed a “nazi,” because he read, and enjoyed, a book critical of ‘Antifa.’ Read Ful...

A junior hockey match in Russia descended into a mass dust-up on the ice as youngsters traded blows during a regional tournament. Read Full Article at RT.com