Russia is considering introducing a tax on bloggers who receive donations from their viewers. This comes as lawmakers look to cut off the flow of money to ‘trash streamers’ after the death of a girl was broadcast live online. Read F...

Tesla chief Elon Musk said the company has a strong incentive to not be used for espionage in foreign countries. His remarks came shortly after reports that China placed restrictions on Tesla cars. Read Full Article at RT.com

Microsoft founder Bill Gates brushed away “crazy” conspiracy theories about himself, 5G and coronavirus vaccines during an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session on Reddit, where he promoted his new book and sung the praises of synthetic mea...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has opened a probe into conditions at detention centers for underage migrants, one of which faces a Covid-19 outbreak, blasting President Biden for his handling of a “humanitarian crisis” at the border. Re...

Syria’s petroleum minister has condemned US forces for acting “like pirates” as Washington continues to plunder most of the oil wealth from the country’s resource-rich northeast, where the Pentagon backs Kurdish militia groups. ...

German scientists have found out that administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine could potentially produce antibodies that would in turn stimulate formation of blood clots in “rare” cases as the WHO sees no such “causal” link. Re...

Former US president George W. Bush claimed that despite the jaw-dropping violence unleashed by his own policies in Afghanistan and Iraq, he was left “sick to my stomach” by the January 6 raid on the US Capitol. Read Full Article at ...

A volcano has erupted in southwest Iceland following heavy seismic activity and a series of small earthquakes in the area. All inbound and outgoing flights have been briefly halted amid the eruption. Read Full Article at RT.com

Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-California) has defended the Biden administration’s lack of transparency at migrant facilities, claiming it’s “not necessarily appropriate” for the media to see the conditions because they aren’t “perma...

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has opened up on his enduring passion for the club, blasting discrimination while lavishing praise on the Blues' women's team and admitting that he has never wanted to have a "public profile". Read Full Ar...

Italian PM Mario Draghi has said he will have the AstraZeneca vaccine, becoming the latest world leader to pledge their faith in the jab after the EU drugs regulator said it was safe, amid fears it may cause blood clots. Read Full Artic...

The Taliban warned the Biden administration to honor a Trump-era agreement and pull US and NATO troops out of Afghanistan by May 1, warning a “retaliation” if the deal is violated. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Joe Biden has landed in the deep fryer after bragging he called out Vladimir Putin for having “no soul” – a claim that led many to cry foul when the politician refused to talk to his Russian counterpart on the phone. ...

President Joe Biden struggled to climb the stairs to Air Force One on Friday, stumbling multiple times, leading to a wave of mockery – and sympathy – over the unfortunate moment, which was caught on video. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Golden State Warriors legend Stephen Curry has waded in to a gender equality row after women's basketball ace Sedona Prince caused outrage by sharing a video showing the starkly different weights rooms for male and female players. Read ...

Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger have gone down, users around the world and service issue monitor Downdetector reported on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The British government failed to make it clear that protests were still permissible under Covid-19 restrictions and confused both the public and the police on the issue, a parliamentary committee has concluded. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The president of three Russian sports federations, Alexey Vlasenko, who was arrested this week on allegations of fraud, is said to have warned that the move could negatively affect the performance of athletes at the Olympic Games. Read ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized his US counterpart Joe Biden for calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "killer," saying that such statements about a head of state are "not fitting of a president." Read Full Artic...

A federal grand jury has charged four prominent members of the far-right Proud Boys movement with conspiring to impede Congress in certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory on January 6. Read Full Article at RT.com

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders will meet in front of what could be the biggest sporting crowd since the start of the pandemic a year ago, with a fight venue and date now confirmed for their title showdown. Read Full Ar...

The Biden administration has been vigilant in weeding out staffers who have admitted to past marijuana use, despite the drug being increasingly legal across the US, a new report suggests. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare has said it is suspending the administration of the heavily scrutinized AstraZeneca vaccine after two incidents of blood clotting were recorded 4-10 days after receiving the jab. Read Full Ar...

Superheavyweights Mariusz Pudzianowski and Serigne Ousmane have faced off for the first time before their clash on Polish MMA promotion KSW on Saturday, when the brawling behemoths are expected to weigh more than 600lb combined. Read Fu...

Northern Ireland unionists' fury over Brexit arrangements threatens to destabilise the region, Secretary Brandon Lewis has warned, after the Loyalist Communities Council told the EU it was opening a “Pandora’s box” of unrest. Read...

French Prime Minister Jean Castex received his AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab on live TV Friday as the country restarted its use of the vaccine. Earlier, the EU's drug regulator said it was safe, despite fears it causes blood clotting. Read F...

World light-heavyweight champion Arutr Beterbiev insists he will talk with close friend Georges St-Pierre and fellow Russian fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov should he make the decision to cross over into mixed martial arts. Read Full Articl...

UFC star Conor McGregor has wished his former foe Khabib Nurmagomedov a happy retirement on social media – but in typically provocative fashion, the ex-champion relished the opportunity to take a dig at the Russian icon. Read Full Art...

A request from former cop Derek Chauvin’s defense team to push back the date and change the location of his trial in the death of George Floyd has been rejected. Read Full Article at RT.com

In a departure from the guidance given by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), France has deemed it too risky to administer AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to people under 55 amid concerns of more thromboembolic events. Read Full Artic...

US conservative commentator Candace Owens believes President Joe Biden is not mentally capable of publicly debating his Russian counterpart and offered Vladimir Putin an invitation to be a guest on her show instead. Read Full Article at...

Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin has sent a request to the country’s Investigative Committee demanding that it look into a rally held at Moscow’s 81,000-seat Luzhniki Stadium and attended by President Vladimir Putin. Read Full ...

Famed Russian ice dancer Tatyana Navka has spoken of her "pride" in Vladimir Putin after the Russian president was drawn into a political controversy following comments by his US counterpart, Joe Biden, calling him a "killer". Read Full...

Europe does not have enough vaccine to stave off a third wave of Covid-19 infections, the German health minister said on Friday, just days after the EU warned it would review the export of jabs from the bloc amid a shortfall. Read Full ...

An autopsy on the body of a Spanish woman who suffered a brain bleed two weeks after receiving a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine has found she did not die from complications linked to the Covid-19 jab. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio has stunned Americans by suggesting cops should confront people at their homes if they have been accused of “hurtful” but non-criminal acts. Many are asking exactly how that would work in practice. Re...

The mayor of a small border town in Arizona has told RT that federal agents did not provide crucial information about the migrants that are being released in the US after the White House relaxed border policies. Read Full Article at RT....

As part of a push to internationalize the yuan, China has been testing its digital currency on trading platforms around the world where it can be freely traded with other fiat currencies. Read Full Article at RT.com

Twice recovering from being decked to the canvas by his Puerto Rican foe Alberto Machado, Mexican fighter Angel Fierro produced a Knockout of the Year candidate with a left hook that thrilled fans watching live on US television. Read Fu...

Turkish police have detained at least 36 members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), days after launching a court case to ban the group over claims it’s linked to militants from the banned Kurdish PKK organization. R...

The European Union has launched legal proceeding against the UK concerning London’s failure to recover €100 million ($119mn) of state aid which allegedly gave multinational companies based in Gibraltar an unfair advantage. Read Full...

German track and field star Alica Schmidt, who has been dubbed the world’s sexiest athlete, has generously attempted to hone Borussia Dortmund defender Thomas Meunier's fitness skills in a sweaty training session with him. Read Full A...

An employment tribunal judge has ruled that a physics lecturer at the UK’s University of Loughborough, acted in an “unnecessarily aggressive” and “intimidating” way by putting lots of question marks at the end of messages. Rea...

A right-wing Romanian political bloc has announced it will soon begin operating in neighboring Moldova, as part of a campaign to return it to Bucharest’s control. That’s despite its leader being banned from entering the country. Rea...

Five months after Khabib Nurmagomedov announced he was stepping away from the octagon, Dana White has finally recognized his UFC retirement in an emotional shared announcement – with a May clash set to decide the new champion. Read Fu...

Billionaire Elon Musk could be interviewed by Jordan Peterson, the controversial critic of political correctness. The two appear to have set up a sit-in on Peterson’s YouTube talk show. Read Full Article at RT.com

Joe Biden’s ‘yes’ to an interviewer’s question about Vladimir Putin being a killer sounds outrageous even against the backdrop of the dreadful relations between Washington and Moscow, which have been in free fall for a long time...

Embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko should begin talks with the organizers of mass street protests that have rocked the nation since last summer’s disputed presidential election, American diplomats have urged. Read Full A...

Space exploration used to be almost entirely exclusive to governments, but private firms have also joined the race, with competition picking up in recent years. Read Full Article at RT.com

An Italian public prosecutor has impounded four B1 Centauro tank destroyers, one of which is suspected of firing its gun in the direction of a farm and killing multiple hens with a direct hit. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Georgian nurse who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving the first dose of the British AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has died, leading to fears that many locals will now be wary of being inoculated against the virus. Read Full A...

Scientists at the University of Warwick have stated that the UK’s vaccine rollout alone won’t contain Covid infections, in a potential warning to the government, as it proceeds with the roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions. Read Fu...

Czech football international Ondrej Kolar was treated for a fractured skull in hospital after suffering gory cuts to his face in a horrific foot-high challenge, departing on a stretcher in a Europa League game full of controversy. Read ...

The German health minister has dampened hopes that the government may relax Covid-19 measures in the coming weeks, noting that backward steps may be needed to control the third wave of the virus. Read Full Article at RT.com

The manager of a Jack in the Box fast food restaurant in Texas was reportedly stabbed after telling a homeless customer to wear a coronavirus face mask. Read Full Article at RT.com

Researchers say travel corridors between the UK and sunny destinations resulted in a large increase in Covid cases when travellers returned home – offering a warning as Brits get ready to travel after May 17 on vaccine passports. Read...

China has secured the top spot in the world’s rating of nations with most wind power facilities installed in 2020, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in its latest report. Read Full Article at RT.com

Seven people have died in Aungban town, southern Shan State, on Friday as more than 100 police and soldiers confronted anti-coup protesters. Another died of their wounds having been taken to a nearby hospital in Kalaw. Read Full Article...

Hungary’s prime minister has said Covid-19 restrictions could be eased in the summer if the country succeeds in vaccinating the elderly. He added that Budapest needs a replacement for the vaccines underdelivered by AstraZeneca. Read F...

Seven years after the Crimean Peninsula returned to Moscow’s control, Western state spooks are running a campaign to influence how Russians view the event, using unelected opposition groups as proxies, security officials warn. Read Fu...

The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) has announced it will cold test its redesigned Arak nuclear reactor, going further beyond the terms of the nuclear deal, as the US keeps stalling its return to the agreement.  Read Full Art...

The UK’s top sports and culture official has struggled to explain how “Covid-19 certification” for people visiting mass events would differ from “Covid-19 passports,” which the government pledged not to introduce. Read Full Ar...

The price of crude continued to slide on Friday for the sixth day in a row. It is down nearly 9% for the week, as a new wave of Covid infections across Europe has led to new lockdowns and doubts over recovery in fuel demand. Read Full A...

Russia was the only nation that refused to send its top UN representative to talks with US President Joe Biden on Thursday, electing instead to dispatch a deputy envoy, as a diplomatic row between Moscow and Washington worsens. Read Ful...

A federal judge in New York has ruled on requests for redactions filed by the US government and Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged madam of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some parts of her private life will now not be made public. Read ...

Instagram’s owner has confirmed it is thinking about creating a version of the platform that children under 13 can use. The move comes as the app faces criticism over the safety of minors online. Read Full Article at RT.com

Despite speculation that oil demand peaked in 2019, before the global pandemic hit the industry hard, a new IEA report suggests this assumption may have been overstated as demand is set to continue increasing until 2026. Read Full Artic...

The Russian government plans to invade Ukraine and set up a land corridor through the south of the country to Crimea, as a way to solve the peninsula's water drought. That's according to Kiev's first president, Leonid Kravchuk. Read Ful...

Less than a third of all Russians thinks Russia is a European country – a steep drop from the 52% who held that opinion 13 years ago. At the same time, just 27% of those surveyed said they consider themselves part of Europe. Read Full...

A campaign by the German Health Ministry to supply the most vulnerable with free face masks amid the Covid-19 pandemic risks turning into a scandal amid reports that the officials vastly overpaid pharmacies. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

China has extended an invitation to Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, to meet in Beijing following a round of talks with the US, illustrating closer ties between the two powers as both face increasing pressure from Washington. Rea...

A war of words erupted as talks between US and Chinese officials kicked off in Alaska, with Secretary of State Tony Blinken accusing Beijing of undermining the global order, prompting a harsh rebuttal from his counterpart. Read Full Art...

US President Joe Biden appears to have rebuffed an open invitation from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to hold a live public debate, with the White House press secretary claiming that he's “quite busy” with other things. Rea...

Jose Mourinho blasted his Tottenham players after they endured a stunning exit from the Europa League by spurning a 2-0 first-leg lead at Dinamo Zagreb, extinguishing their main route to Champions League riches next season. Read Full Ar...

More than 14,000 migrant children are currently held in US custody, a senior administration official said, insisting there’s no “crisis” at the border soon after Biden’s press secretary invoked the very same term. Read Full Arti...

Andriy Arshavin's ex-wife, model-turned-Instagram-influencer Alisa Arshavin, 38, is reported to be gravely ill in a St. Petersburg hospital after catching Covid-19 while in a coma in intensive care due to a separate illness. Read Full A...

US coronavirus czar Anthony Fauci has again butted heads with Republican senator (and fellow doctor) Rand Paul over the government’s mask mandates. Paul got under Fauci’s skin by denouncing current mask rules as “theater.” Read ...

Recently-hired Teen Vogue editor Alexi McCammond has resigned after a handful of 10-year-old ‘racist and homophobic’ tweets resurfaced ahead of her start date at the girls’ fashion mag turned social justice soapbox. Read Full Arti...

The International Air Transport Association has claimed a win for its vaccine certificate program, pointing to a Singapore-to-London flight as proof of concept for its health-tracking app. But not everyone’s thrilled by the idea. Read...

Some 16 areas of France, including the capital, Paris, will be locked down for four weeks from Friday in a bid to curb the third wave of Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday evening. Read Full Article at...

Norwegian scientists have linked the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots – a condition seen in some people that led countries around the world to halt its use. But British and Dutch medics say there’s no evidence for such a link. Re...

Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling have thrown the gloves off over the ex-champ's disqualification from their now-infamous UFC scrap, with the Russian elaborating on Sterling's perceived fake injury after being called a "dirty p****". Read ...

The rollout of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine will resume in Italy from Friday, Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said, as a handful of EU nations announced returns to the jab after the bloc's drug regulator reaffirmed it was safe. Read Full...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged his American counterpart, Joe Biden, to a livestreamed online discussion, without a delay, and suggested they debate bilateral relations and issues of importance to the wider world. Read F...

The president of the Russian Ski Association, Elena Vyalbe, has said she “doesn’t give a damn” whether on-track clashes between skiers help raise the profile of ski sports if Russian athletes are unfairly deprived of gold medals. ...

Former two-division champion Georges St-Pierre says that Dana White and the UFC are keen to see Khabib Nurmagomedov make a comeback to the cage because "they don't want to see him leave on his own terms". Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The head of the Pakistani army, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, said on Thursday that India should move beyond previous conflicts with its neighbor and towards peace, while making clear the US has a part to play in regional stability. Read F...

Despite an executive order in November mandating the withdrawal of all remaining troops in Afghanistan, Trump’s promise to end the US’ longest war collapsed – and was set up to fail, according to a senior Pentagon adviser. Read Fu...

The New York Times was accused of “soft racism” after running a headline about how China’s latest Covid-19 vaccine is “made from the ovary cells of hamsters” on the same day shootings in Georgia left six Asian women dead. Read...

A group of daring Russian hikers has gone viral after climbing up an active volcano in the Far Eastern region of Kamchatka. The daredevils went up to the volcano's rim and looked inside, before cooking sausages on cooling lava. Read Ful...

Iceland has become one of the first countries in the world to let in foreign visitors without mandatory quarantine or Covid-19 testing upon arrival since the pandemic hit. However, only vaccinated tourists are welcome. Read Full Article...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is continuing to study reports of rare blood clot events potentially linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine, but said on Thursday that the jab “is safe and effective in preventing Covid-19”. Read Full ...

The United Arab Emirates has canceled a state summit with Israel and Arab states that was due to be held in April over claims PM Benjamin Netanyahu had referenced his relationship with one of its leaders in a campaign rally. Read Full A...

Russian figure-skating star Elizaveta Tuktamysheva has spoken of her joy at being selected for the national team on the grandest stage, revealing how it drives her on and provides extra motivation to grow as an elite athlete. Read Full ...

Champion Russian diver Alexey Molchanov has broken the world record for constant weight freediving with a monofin, by plunging 80 meters below the ice of Lake Baikal, the world's largest freshwater lake, located in Siberia. Read Full Ar...

Fears of fake vaccines have been heightened after authorities in Mexico raided a private plane they say was attempting to smuggle a thousand vials of what appeared to be the Moscow-made Sputnik V coronavirus jab into the country. Read F...

Formula One has showcased images from the newly-built Jeddah street circuit which will host the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – but human rights campaigners have slammed the decision to hold the race in the region. Read Full Article a...

While supporting the idea that freedom of travel should be restored, EU member states may be dragged into endless debate about the details of the common pass that will contain data about Covid-19 immunity or proof of vaccination. Read F...

Police chiefs in the French city of Blois said on Thursday they are bracing for another night of violence after rioters attacked officers, ransacked a shop and lit fires following a car accident that killed a teenager. Read Full Article...

Police in Northern Ireland have arrested a 52-year-old man as part of an investigation into bomb-making activities by the self-styled New IRA, following a search for explosive devices in the Creggan area of Derry City. Read Full Article...