The head of the French vaccination campaign has said there are no recorded thrombotic incidents in France and urged people to get the AstraZeneca vaccine as some other countries suspend its use. Read Full Article at RT.com

Violent clashes were once again witnessed overnight in central Portland, where a federal courthouse – the focal point of last year’s months-long violent protests – was stripped of its surrounding fence earlier this week. Read Full...

For two decades it used to be said that there were two Russias: Moscow and everywhere else. The difference between the quality of life in Russia’s capital and most of the other 84 (often far-flung) regions was sometimes enormous. Read...

Global oil demand is set to benefit from stronger economic recovery and vaccinations in the second half of this year, OPEC said on Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.com

After years of talking about abandoning the US dollar, Russia is finally transitioning towards conducting international trade in states' national tender, rather than relying on using foreign currencies like the greenback and euro. Read ...

Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds will be paying compensation for her jab at an alleged rape victim who she accused of lying. It is part of a defamation settlement and is expected to go to charity. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Catalan translator says his translation of a poem recited at the President Joe Biden’s inauguration was shelved after he was told that, being a white male, he had the wrong ‘profile’ to translate a black female poet.  Read Full...

British nationals should avoid traveling to Myanmar, and those already there are advised to leave the country due to the violent unrest taking place since last month’s coup, the Foreign Office said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Fox host Tucker Carlson returned fire after the Pentagon launched a “large and coordinated” PR blitz against his show over criticism that the military may be too “feminine,” saying the DOD has no place attacking a US news outlet...

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have demanded that Amazon cough up files and communications related to its alleged “viewpoint discrimination” against the right-of-center, penning a formal request to CEO Jeff Bezos. Read...

US President Joe Biden’s call to trust Dr. Anthony Fauci on the issue of vaccine safety while describing him “one of the most trusted voices in the world” has earned scorn from conservatives, accusing him of inconsistency. Read Fu...

UFC president Dana White has confessed his desperation to keep Khabib Nurmagomedov in MMA while heaping praise on Conor McGregor to boxing legend Mike Tyson – and said female UFC fighters carry a "huge chip on their shoulder." Read Fu...

President Joe Biden has said he ordered states to remove vaccine eligibility criteria by May 1. He noted, however, that the measure would allow Americans only to “get in line” for the shot, not to take it immediately. Read Full Arti...

Beaten MMA fighter Ibrahima Mane has said he is "disgusted" after losing to Uzbek warrior Nursultan Ruziboev in a fight finish labeled "crazy" by fans, locking his opponent in a triangle choke before being lifted and knocked out. Read F...

The New York State Assembly has given the nod to an impeachment investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo, who faces a litany of sexual harassment charges from several accusers and intense criticism of his pandemic response. Read Full Ar...

UK TV host Piers Morgan said he will not be coming back to Good Morning Britain despite more than 200,000 fans calling for his return in a series of petitions, amid drama over the presenter’s on-air criticisms of Meghan Markle. Read F...

LAPD was poorly trained, demoralized and disorganized during the May-June 2020 riots, and mistakenly believed they would be peaceful instead of featuring violent and organized “disrupters,” according to a new report. Read Full Artic...

Nursing home staff in France are hesitant to take a Covid-19 jab, according to local media, with a trade union official telling RT that the problem is the lack of communication and trust in authorities. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Pentagon and multiple senior military officials have targeted Fox News host Tucker Carlson over a controversial segment criticizing the US armed forces becoming “more feminine.” Read Full Article at RT.com

With 2016’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ supposedly failing to deliver the goods on this terrorist suspect or that mean tweeter, the UK is expanding its surveillance powers further with a law that makes the Patriot Act look cuddly. Read ...

The French Health Minister Olivier Veran has asked Paris’ regional health director to mobilize all public and private services amid fears that the capital’s hospitals could be overwhelmed by a spike in Covid-19 admissions. Read Full...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) came to President Joe Biden’s defense as a surge of unaccompanied minors have reached the border and the administration has been accused of not being able to handle the situation. Read ...

US President Joe Biden has signed the coronavirus relief bill, clearing the way for some Americans to get a one-time $1,400 check and giving billions to a number of other policy priorities. He left without taking questions. Read Full Ar...

Journalists, academics and even a Google executive have joined in to attack the independent publishing platform Substack, as the battle over ‘harassment’ of a New York Times reporter quickly escalated into a censorship war. Read Ful...

Germany’s face mask procurement scandal claimed another victim on Thursday, as a third MP quit the government over dramatic revelations threatening to derail Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party ahead of Sunday’s regional elections. R...

Minister Marek Krajci has announced his resignation as the government coalition risked breaking over discussions about the purchase of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine by Prime Minister Igor Matovic. Read Full Article at RT.com

After becoming Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s (BKFC) first Russian signing, rising star Evgeny Kurdanov has moved to the US and admitted that he has been stunned by the last year of his early MMA career. Read Full Article at RT....

At a Toronto City Council Zoom meeting, one unlucky official was caught on a hot mic cursing and expressing his frustration after a whopping 11 hours of deliberation. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mari Osaka, the low-ranked sister of four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka, has announced her retirement from professional tennis, candidly admitting that she didn’t “enjoy” her unspectacular career on the court. Read Full Artic...

Ex-Chelsea supremo Ken Bates has said that American-owned Man United and Liverpool should have been allowed to resign from the Premier League last year, slating England's "weak" Football Association (FA) over foreign owner rules. Read F...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing even more scrutiny as reports reveal group homes for developmentally disabled individuals were ordered by the state to accept positive Covid-19 patients, possibly leading to thousands of cases. Read ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday that it was investigating after two people inoculated from the same batch of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine died from blood clotting and several countries stopped using the jabs. Read F...

The French government will ease travel restrictions for people coming in from seven non-EU nations, officials said on Thursday, adding there was no “compelling reason” for extra Covid rules to apply to the shortlist of countries. Re...

Russian tennis ace Andrey Rublev is eyeing a whopping paycheck for winning just two games at the Qatar Open in Doha after making the semi-finals without even appearing on court – but the great Roger Federer could stand in his way. Rea...

Backing for Russia's ruling party has fallen again, with an opinion poll revealing that the number prepared to vote for the pro-Kremlin United Russia has dropped to the lowest level since 2013, with an election due this fall. Read Full ...

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is now facing an additional charge in his trial over the May 25 death of George Floyd, after Judge Peter Cahill reinstated a previously dismissed charge of third-degree murder. Read Full A...

A Green Party politician has been labelled 'deranged' after she called for a 6pm curfew on men following the tragic murder of a London woman, with some urging the party to instead focus on the broadly popular green agenda. Read Full Art...

A report by the UK’s independent police watchdog has warned the nation’s police to consider their actions before engaging with protestors during demonstrations by taking a knee, skateboarding or dancing with activists. Read Full Art...

Author and lawyer Jill Filipovic came under fire online after she seemed to imply that stay-at-home mothers were setting a bad example for their children by not working. Read Full Article at RT.com

Cristiano Ronaldo was "absolutely" a "wrong purchase" when he joined Juventus from Real Madrid in 2018, a former chairman of the troubled Italian giants has insisted as part of a damning assessment of the club's current hierarchy. Read ...

After the US bought a seat on a Russian spacecraft to send a NASA astronaut to the International Space Station, the chief of Russia's Space Agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin claimed that American spaceflight is still “unstable.” Read ...

Health regulators in Norway have put the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine on hold and Italy has banned a batch of the jab as officials in Denmark and Austria investigate 1 fatality in each country among reported recipients. Read Ful...

The first wave of the Covid pandemic eliminated six million jobs across the EU, particularly impacting sectors dominated by temporary contractors, young people and female employees, according to a study conducted by an EU agency. Read F...

A year of living through Covid has left many Americans drinking more, struggling with their weight and sleeping less – and parents, key workers, the young, and people of color are feeling the stress more. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Hungary and Poland have filed complaints with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over a new EU regulation allowing the 27-state bloc to withhold funding from member countries deemed to be bending the rule of law. Read Full Article at R...

Two Russian strategic nuclear-capable Tu-95-MS bombers have performed a scheduled flight over the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean, including the Japanese Sea. At some point, they were shadowed by Japan’s fighters. Read Full Art...

One of the world’s most advanced armored vehicles is on track to be showcased to the public this spring in Moscow as part of Russia's celebrations honoring the Soviet Union’s victory in WWII, its manufacturers have confirmed. Read F...

Prominent Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova has talked about her preparations for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, saying the sex ban imposed by the organizers doesn’t trouble her as she stays focused on the rescheduled showpiece. Read Full Ar...

The EU’s drug regulator has given its backing to the Covid-19 vaccine produced by American pharma giant Johnson & Johnson. The single-shot vaccine has also been approved by the EU, meaning it can now be rolled out in the bloc. Read Fu...

The EU’s ambassador to London has called on the British government to stop trying to “score points” against Brussels and seek to repair ties following the UK’s exit from the 27-nation economic bloc. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Tankers full of Iranian oil are reportedly causing a traffic jam at ports in China’s Shandong, as other countries are reluctant to snatch it up, wary of US sanctions. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukraine has so few foreign investors because the country is seen abroad as a place where they will get scammed. That's according to the former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili, who now heads Kiev's National Reform Committee. Read ...

Sharon Osbourne went ballistic after a tacit accusation of racism leveled by a fellow TV co-host. She demanded an explanation of how a personal dislike by a white person directed at a person of color is implied to be about race. Read Fu...

Air France has started testing a health passport system for passengers on selected flights, who will be required to show proof of vaccination or negative Covid-19 test results. Read Full Article at RT.com

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun declared a “war on property crime” on Thursday amid a growing investigation into insider speculation by government employees at the country’s state-owned housing corporation. Read Full Ar...

The massive $1.9 trillion stimulus bill has made its way through both houses of Congress and is expected to become law on Friday. Boom Bust talks to Professor Richard Wolff, host of the Economic Update, about the relief bill. Read Full ...

More than 75 years since fighting stopped, a still-active WWII-era conflict over a Pacific Island archipelago could see Russian and Japanese warships face off once again in a struggle for control, if one ex-diplomat gets his way. Read F...

A week after laughing off her alleged suicide attempt as a social media joke that audiences had failed to understand, the wife of footballer Pavel Mamaev appears to have announced that she is now splitting from her ex-con husband. Read ...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has welcomed the upcoming meeting between top diplomats from Washington and Beijing, but it has also called on the US to be “objective” and approach the nations’ disagreements in a “rational manner.�...

Conservative commentator Candace Owens tore into “narcissist” Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, following reports that she had made a formal complaint to ITV after comments Piers Morgan made about her mental health. Read Full Ar...

Outspoken TV host Piers Morgan has left ‘Good Morning Britain’ (GMB) on an upbeat note, bragging that his last episode fulfilled a promise he made to beat its rival morning show on the BBC in terms of viewing figures. Read Full Arti...

More than half of cancer patients who receive one dose of the Pfizer vaccine are left with little protection against Covid. But if a second dose is given three weeks after, their immunity is on par with non-cancer patients. Read Full Ar...

The rollout of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine in Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia has been suspended as the health authorities investigate a possibly serious side effect in the form of fatal blood clots. Read Full Article ...

With record numbers of skyscrapers built in Moscow last year, Russia is breaking ground on a vast number of construction projects. But officials warn pandemic restrictions on migrant workers are creating a crisis for the industry. Read ...

Body-cam footage used by cops who pulled over Johnny Damon in a drink-driving scandal has shown the ex-Major League Baseball star slurringly accusing officers of pulling him over because of his outspoken support for Donald Trump. Read F...

China’s parliament has voted in favor of “improving the electoral system” in Hong Kong, introducing a requirement that will only allow ‘patriots’ to govern Hong Kong if they pledge loyalty to the country’s Communist Party. R...

Russia’s snowy hinterland is set for an abnormal spell of relatively warm weather this week, with the mercury pushing up well beyond normal. Last year saw record-breaking summers, thawing ice and forest fires throughout Siberia. Read ...

Max Keiser talks to Jonathan Chester of Bitwage.com about the new reality of a post-pandemic world and his company’s business model of allowing everyone to be paid their wages in bitcoin. Read Full Article at RT.com

In the 1920s, after its violent exit from British rule, many in Ireland wanted to abandon the use of English. They lost the argument, and the country profited. Many former Soviet republics would do well to heed the Irish example. Read F...

Russia’s coal miners could boost exports to China, the world’s number one energy consumer, after Beijing slapped tariffs on Australian imports amid a growing trade rift. Read Full Article at RT.com

Myanmar’s military council has said it will hold elections and hand over control when an unspecified period of time has elapsed – but it also made fresh claims that former leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been involved in corruption. Rea...

Six people have been killed and eight injured after Myanmar’s military opened fire on a crowd of anti-coup demonstrators in the town of Myaing, as it keeps up its violent crackdown on protesters, according to local media reports. Read...

New documents raise serious questions about how well-deserved British state broadcaster BBC’s 'unimpeachable' reputation is, and also what impact its relationship with the UK government has on its supposedly ‘impartial’ output. Re...

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott waded into controversy by branding Gab, a minimum-moderation alternative to Twitter, an anti-Semitic platform. The problem is, the Texas GOP joined Gab in late January. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Peshawar High Court has ruled in favor of a man who petitioned it to ban the video sharing app TikTok, which is popular among teenagers, on moral grounds. The court ruled that the ban should be applied starting from Thursday. Read F...

Saudi Arabia will take the necessary measures to keep its oil resources and facilities safe and ensure the security of global oil supply, the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, said on Wednesday. Read Full Article a...

Chinese overseas commerce soared 41.2 percent year-on-year in the January-February period, amounting to $834.49 billion. Exports rose to $468.87 billion, customs data shows. Read Full Article at RT.com

Family and fans of Diego Maradona staged a protest in Buenos Aires to ramp up pressure on the investigation into the death last November of the revered Argentinian football legend, which they believe to be homicide. Read Full Article at...

Republican Senator Roger Wicker has taken heat online after he took credit for championing direct aid to the restaurant industry. The problem is, the assistance is included in a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 package that he opposed.  Read Ful...

A local reporter is suing Michigan’s health department after it denied repeat requests for its nursing home data amid the Covid-19 outbreak, piling pressure on the government as lawmakers demand a probe into its pandemic response. Rea...

In what appears to be the most far-reaching and detailed accusation of sexual harassment facing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, an aide said he groped her at the governor’s mansion. Read Full Article at RT.com

Top GOP Senator Mitch McConnell has likened stepped-up security in the nation’s capital to his trip to war-ravaged Afghanistan, arguing the measures are excessive and based on a non-existent threat to lawmakers. Read Full Article at R...

Lionel Messi scored an astonishing goal and had a penalty saved as Barcelona bowed out of the Champions League at the round of 16 stage, although the manner of Barca's defeat could say something about his future at the club. Read Full A...

A Republican lawmaker in Michigan has unveiled legislation that would require transgender student athletes to play on teams that correspond to their gender as “identified at birth,” mirroring bills proposed in 20 other states. Read ...

Asked what the “science” is behind health officials still advising against air travel, even for those vaccinated against Covid-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci earned backlash by admitting a lack of “data” behind the “judgement call.” ...

Twitter has protested over “attempts to block and throttle online public conversation” as its stock price dropped amid reports Russia was slowing it down, in an effort to force the Silicon Valley giant to remove illegal content. Rea...

The House of Representatives has adopted the final version of the American Rescue Plan, a long-awaited Covid-19 relief and “stimulus” package, which includes $400 billion to get a $1,400 check to many – but not all – Americans. ...

Nursing students attending the University of Pennsylvania are required to refer to their “preferred pronouns” and ask those of an imaginary patient or be punished with point deduction in one course. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will meet senior Chinese officials in Alaska next week in the first such meeting under the Joe Biden administration, the State Department said. Read Full A...

While praising President Joe Biden’s plans to give citizenship to Mexicans living in the US, Mexico is troubled by his policies that caused a surge of illegal immigrants from Central America and profited organized crime cartels. Read ...

The head of London’s Metropolitan Police has said detectives believe they have discovered human remains in their search for missing woman Sarah Everard. A serving officer is in custody on suspicion of the young woman’s murder. Read ...

The Madrid region will be the only one in Spain without a Covid-19 border shutdown for Easter, its President Isabel Diaz Ayuso said on Wednesday following a meeting of top-level health chiefs. Read Full Article at RT.com

Merrick Garland, a federal judge whose nomination for the US Supreme Court was blocked by Republicans in 2016, was easily confirmed as President Joe Biden’s attorney general in a 70-30 Senate vote. Read Full Article at RT.com

Amir Khan is used to getting opponents in trouble with his jab but has found himself on the receiving end of social media queries about how he managed to qualify for a Covid vaccine slot despite not being in a relevant age group. Read F...

One of ex-president Donald Trump’s most enthusiastic detractors has been unmasked as a Democratic operative who earned a sizable amount of cash just trolling the ex-president and his supporters on social media. Read Full Article at RT...

As President Joe Biden faces scrutiny over his lack of press conferences, and questions about his mental and physical health from the public, the Hill’s Sharyl Attkisson has suggested a solution: use a hologram! Read Full Article at R...

The starship of Din Djarin – the protagonist of the popular TV series ‘The Mandalorian’ set in the Star Wars universe – has just “landed” in the Russian Siberian city of Yakutsk, courtesy of a group of local cosplayers. Read...

There is no evidence so far to link the death and illness of two people in Austria to their vaccination with AstraZeneca's Covid-19 jab, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said after a preliminary review of the batch used. Read Ful...

ESPN Colombia host Carlos Orduz narrowly escaped without serious injury after he was hit on the head by a piece of the set which came loose just seconds into his appearance on a live television broadcast. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian freestyle skier Maxim Burov has used his remarkable aerial talent to take his second world title, twisting through the sky for ski acrobatics gold at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships in Kazakhstan. Read Ful...