A SAGE scientist has said that if there is continued positive data relating to Covid-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths, there may be an argument to speed up Boris Johnson’s roadmap and relax restrictions more quickly. Read Fu...

The impending re-opening of restaurants and pubs in England won’t be tied to any form of coronavirus health certificates, but the government is still looking at the possibility of rolling out Covid-19 passports for domestic use. Read ...

The combined market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has surpassed $2 trillion for the first time in history, boosted by explosive growth in bitcoin and other coins. Read Full Article at RT.com

Australia is struggling to meet its Covid-19 vaccination targets, in part due to red tape involved with importing doses of the drug. Government officials have blamed Brussels for the shortfall. Read Full Article at RT.com

Border Patrol agents say they have apprehended two Yemeni men on the FBI’s terrorism watchlist in recent weeks, both arrested near a border crossing in California after illicitly entering the US. Read Full Article at RT.com

Video game retailer GameStop has announced a potential stock sale of up to 3.5 million shares, potentially worth $1 billion, hoping to capitalize on the Reddit-driven trading frenzy and solidify its shift to e-commerce. Read Full Articl...

North Korea has become the first country to bow out of the 2021 Olympics, set for Tokyo this summer, with the country’s sports ministry citing the ongoing threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin broke with department policy during the fatal arrest of George Floyd, the city’s police chief said, joining other officers who argued the neck restraint he used was not part of his training. Read F...

The Easter Bunny has made two appearances at the White House as the Biden administration celebrated Easter without a traditional egg roll, sending instead the giant mascot to coddle its pet media. Read Full Article at RT.com

Calling Israel a ‘banana republic,’ Pfizer has frozen further deliveries of the Covid-19 vaccine until it gets paid for the last 2.5 million doses, Israeli media reported. The blow comes amid political infighting in Tel Aviv. Read F...

The InfoWars founder’s fiercest critics have been more than happy about a decision by the Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal from him on a lawsuit stemming from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Obsessively disinfecting all surfaces may not be necessary to deal with the coronavirus, US health authorities are now saying, citing data that suggests that the odds of catching Covid-19 from surfaces are low. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The ongoing vaccination campaign in Germany will not be enough to stop the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Health Minister Jens Spahn has warned, urging the regions to return to lockdown measures if necessary. Read Full Article at ...

Disturbing video from on board a Spirit Airlines flight out of Florida shows a flight attendant trying to kick a Jewish family off the plane because their toddler wouldn’t put on a mask while eating. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian Premier League newcomer Aleksandr Yerkin, who is one of two Tambov players to have reportedly been summoned by national football bosses as part of a betting investigation, has detailed why a polygraph is not to be trusted. Read ...

CBS’ ‘60 Minutes’ is being accused of deceptively editing a video of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to fit a pay-to-play accusation involving Covid-19 vaccines and the Publix grocery store chain. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Basketball Federation of Armenia has announced its "deep sorrow" after reporting the body of former youth international Aram Mkrtchyan has been found months after his disappearance in the Armenia-Azerbaijan war in 2020. Read Full Ar...

A Tennessee Vols linebacker prospect has been accused of abusing a kitten so badly that the animal suffered injuries including brain damage, with a funding page leading to an outraged public response and furious condemnation. Read Full ...

Tennis lovers Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils have publicly announced their engagement – little more than a month after confirming they had split after both failed to impress at the Australian Open. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Justice Clarence Thomas has promised the power social media platforms have over speech will soon need to be legally addressed, just as the Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit over Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Read Full Article at RT....

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill which allows him to run for a fifth term as the country’s head of state in 2024. Under the previous legislation, he would have had to leave the Kremlin at the next election. Read Full...

Ex-champ Pat Cash has claimed that tennis chiefs are pushing stars to be vaccinated without giving them proper information or alternatives, adding that stars are not happy with the proposals while querying the origins of Covid-19. Read ...

It’s better to come and get a Covid-19 shot in Russia than to endlessly wait for it in the European Union, Italian politician Alessandro Ravaglioli has told RT after he received his second dose of Sputnik V in Moscow, this week. Read ...

SCOTUS has ruled that tech giant Google did not violate copyright law by reusing some 11,330 lines of code and other elements of fellow Big Tech player Oracle’s Java platform to build its wildly popular Android OS. Read Full Article a...

Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo did not make eye contact with Atalanta star Robin Gosens while bluntly refusing a request to swap shirts after a match, the "blushed and ashamed" Germany international has recalled. Read Full Article...

A pensioner from Russia's fourth-largest city Ekaterinburg has become an internet celebrity after getting 63 tattoos in just the last two years. Vladimir Sedakov is now inked on almost all of his body parts – including his face. Read ...

Referee Jukka-Pekka Koistinen was floored by a horror injury in the Finnish Liiga after being smashed straight in the mouth by a flying puck, sustaining a gruesome blow which cost the wiped-out official several of his teeth. Read Full A...

A new poll has found that approximately half of Republicans believe the January 6 US Capitol riot was mostly a non-violent protest, and 60% believe the election was “stolen” from Donald Trump. Read Full Article at RT.com

The deployment of military hardware and thousands of troops to Western Russia is not the beginning of an invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has said, but instead just a normal part of defending the country. Read...

Moscow has signed off on plans to extend an agreement that enables collaboration with the US in space, allowing Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts to go boldly into the skies together in the name of peaceful exploration. Read Fu...

A dozen women have been detained by Dubai police after posing for a nude photo shoot on a balcony in the center of the city on Sunday afternoon in broad daylight. According to local laws, they are facing six months behind bars. Read Ful...

Indian Railways said on Monday it has completed construction of the steel arch of the iconic Chenab Rail Bridge, which will be the world’s highest railway bridge after being completed by 2022. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukraine has become a ‘shield’ for Europe, and the troubled country’s accession to NATO would bolster the organization, according to Kiev’s military chief, Ruslan Homchak, who wants the state to become a full-fledged member. Read...

Iran claims it has arrested a number of agents of foreign intelligence services, including an “Israeli spy”, in the northwest of the Islamic republic. Read Full Article at RT.com

Washington is reportedly moving forward with its additional duties for hundreds of billions in imports from six nations in response to digital service taxes targeting the likes of Google and Amazon. Read Full Article at RT.com

A high school in Portland has delayed a change to its mascot after the city's public schools director expressed concern that an evergreen tree could be interpreted as a symbol representing lynching. Read Full Article at RT.com

UFC middleweight Marvin Vettori has admonished division king Israel Adesanya, vowing to put the “undeserved hype and bullshit” surrounding his name out for good before finally taking aim at ‘Stylebender’s’ dress sense. Read Fu...

Taiwan has reported on Monday that Beijing flew another ten military aircraft into its air space. The incident occurred weeks after Taipei recorded the largest flyover of Chinese planes to date. Read Full Article at RT.com

Democrat-loving Keith Olbermann, who has more than a million Twitter followers, has divided viewers by linking the Masters golf to slavery and urging sporting events and TV networks to follow baseball's lead by shunning Georgia. Read Fu...

Existence of unresolved problems on Earth is no reason not to invest in fundamental research like space programs, renowned astrophysicist and science author Neil deGrasse Tyson told RT. Read Full Article at RT.com

First witnesses have testified in a corruption trial of sitting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, as the PM’s supporters and opponents rallied outside the courthouse. Read Full Article at RT.com

A top Russian diplomat has warned that the US dollar is becoming an increasingly risky currency on which to base global financial transactions, because Washington is linking its currency more and more to its foreign policy aims. Read Fu...

UFC newcomer Michael Chandler has claimed that he could "easily" win the title vacated by "greatest of all time" Khabib Nurmagomedov, adding that he would happily take "biggest icon" Conor McGregor's proposed new belt if required. Read ...

Florida evacuated 345 Manatee County Central Jail inmates on Sunday, as the state prepares for a potentially 20-foot (six-meter) high flood that could wreak havoc in the area. Read Full Article at RT.com

French law enforcement is investigating claims that some government ministers took part in underground dinners at a posh restaurant in defiance of Covid-19 regulations. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Moscow Region Sports Ministry has launched an investigation after a match in the Moscow region ended in tragedy when Znamya Truda player Nikita Sidorov collapsed on the pitch five minutes after coming on as a substitute. Read Full A...

Los Angeles, California was hit with a 4.0 magnitude earthquake on Monday as Californians slept. The earthquake was followed by several aftershocks. Read Full Article at RT.com

Almost half of Russians think the decision of a Moscow court in February to sentence opposition figure Alexey Navalny to over two and a half years behind bars is fair, with fewer than a third disagreeing with the judgment. Read Full Art...

Amazon illegally fired two workers after they protested the company's working conditions and climate change impact, the New York Times has reported. Read Full Article at RT.com

The China State Shipbuilding Corporation has won its biggest ever contract – worth over 10 billion yuan ($1.52 billion) – to make a fleet of skyscraper-sized cargo ships, as global trade recovery boosts demand for the vessels. Read ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Monday that it has begun experiments to study the feasibility of issuing its own digital currency. The move sees it join other global central banks in exploring options in the digital sector. Read Full Ar...

Dozens of wealthy nobles have applied for aid that was intended to help struggling businesses survive the lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, a media report says. Read Full Article at RT.com

Less than two weeks after going public with his experiences of living with HIV, Russian blogger Ilya Bronsky has found himself in an emergency room after being punched in the face by an unknown assailant shouting homophobic abuse. Read ...

Super Bowl winner Carlton Davis has been caught up in a racism row after posting an anti-Asian slur on social media – with some critics refusing to "buy" his apology despite his confession that he did not know what the word meant. Rea...

Pop megastar Miley Cyrus declared that "a star is born" as she played a selection of hits in a midriff-baring all-black outfit at college basketball showdown the NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis – but not everyone was dazzled. Read Ful...

An audio statement attributed to Jordan’s Prince Hamzah, who was put under house arrest for allegedly conspiring against the royal family, says he will not stay silent – despite orders from the country’s security forces. Read Full...

As tensions escalate in eastern Ukraine, the real danger is not a Russian invasion, but that the Ukrainian government will misinterpret American signals of support as a green light for an assault on the rebel republics in Donbass. Read ...

The lead scientist behind Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V Covid-19 jab has claimed that Brussels is deliberately dragging its feet on approving the formula, as Moscow says more and more people at home are seeking to be vaccinated. Read ...

Turkish police have arrested 10 retired admirals, who among over 100 ex-navy officers, voiced concerns that the ambitious plan to dig a new canal between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara would endanger the country. Read Full Article...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised that everyone in England will be able to get a free rapid Covid-19 test twice a week, as he prepares to lift more restrictions. Options include doorstep delivery of testing kits. Read Full Ar...

With the EV boom squarely in the front view mirror, and with battery gigafactories promising to be heavy-hitting purchasers, lithium prices have started to rise at a fast pace. Read Full Article at RT.com

South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics has announced that it will no longer produce and sell smartphones after years of huge losses in the highly competitive market. Read Full Article at RT.com

Around 60 inmates from the St. Louis Justice Center started a riot late Sunday, local media reported, citing police. Videos from the scene show a crowd gathering outside as prisoners smash windows and throw out various objects. Read Ful...

Calgary Police were ridiculed for their response to a scandalous incident in which a conservative pastor chased health and law enforcement officials out, calling them ‘Nazis’ for trying to disrupt his Easter service. Read Full Artic...

A woman in her 30s has been found dead inside a charity bin outside a shopping center in Gold Coast, Queensland, with police and paramedics treating the bizarre incident as “non-suspicious.” Read Full Article at RT.com

London is working on a ‘catch-up’ education plan as hundreds of thousands of primary school children are struggling with basic reading and writing following months of Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, government sources told the Times. R...

White House health advisor Michael Osterholm has admitted a “message” problem on Covid-19 and what activities vaccinated people can now do, while also raising concerns about a “fourth wave.” Read Full Article at RT.com

The son of President Joe Biden has said he is “cooperating completely” with an investigation into his taxes and is certain he will be vindicated through the process. Read Full Article at RT.com

Top-flight Spanish side Valencia and ex-Manchester United Champions League winner Rio Ferdinand have been among those to back Mouctar Diakhaby after the enraged star was at the center of an extraordinary incident during a match. Read Fu...

A major newspaper investigation in the UK has found that a pair of athletes, whose accolades include being part of Team GB at the 2012 Olympic Games, were allowed to arrange their own lab analysis following positive drug tests. Read Ful...

Horrifying footage has shown the moment when the roof of a sports complex caved in just as a group of youngsters raced at an indoor event in Russia, narrowly missing their heads as chunks of debris hurtled onto the track. Read Full Arti...

Former President Donald Trump received a flurry of mixed reactions after using the Easter holiday to take a swipe at the “radical left” and further push election fraud allegations. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine has “a lot of good scientific data” behind it, the head of Germany’s Bionorica SE pharmaceutical company, Michael Popp, told RT, as he shared his company’s experience working with Russian specialists...

Rule-makers at cycling world governing body the UCI have been ridiculed and drawn an angry reaction after Michael Schar was shockingly disqualified from top event the Tour of Flanders for throwing his water bottle towards fans. Read Ful...

Mike Huckabee has been accused by many of fueling anti-Asian hatred with a tweet that mocks identity politics, saying the former governor now identifies as Chinese to get free stuff. Read Full Article at RT.com

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was reportedly among those affected in a mass data leak that revealed users’ phone numbers. Read Full Article at RT.com

Prince Hamzah bin Hussein of Jordan has been officially accused of plotting to undermine the country’s “security and stability.” Foreign parties participated in the plot, the Jordanian foreign minister claimed. Read Full Article a...

Ex-Boston Celtics NBA champ Paul Pierce has caused a stir among viewers including LA Lakers star Kyle Kuzma, having filmed an Instagram video that showed him partying with scantily-clad women while appearing to be worse for wear. Read F...

Ralf Schumacher has revealed that newspapers would "literally blackmail" F1 stars during his racing days, while also speaking about his legendary brother's son, Mick, and controversial Russian Haas teammate Nikita Mazepin. Read Full Art...

French artists have expressed their outrage against lockdown measures affecting their jobs, by stripping themselves half-naked in front of the Ministry of Culture in Paris. Read Full Article at RT.com

French counter-terrorism police have arrested a family of five women after one of them was suspected of planning to attack a religious site. A sword and dangerous chemicals were reportedly found in their home. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Vaccination campaigns that have been rolled out across the world are bringing fresh hope to millions of music fans, who are itching to once again attend concerts and music festivals. Read Full Article at RT.com

One of the Russian doctors who took part in an epic surgical procedure that required the medical team to ignore a developing fire at the hospital has published several videos detailing his experience. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Pope Francis condemned the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Libya, calling for an end to the “clash of arms” in his Easter message. Read Full Article at RT.com

Novak Djokovic's father has again slammed the media, claiming that they are "constantly bothered" by the Serb superstar while admitting that he does not watch the tennis number one's matches and calling Roger Federer a lesser man. Read ...

The world’s second-biggest consumer of gold, India, ramped up imports of the metal by 471% from a year earlier to a record 160 tons in March, Reuters reported, citing a government source. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom increased shipments of natural gas to Europe by 30.7% in the first quarter of the current year, preliminary data shows. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police used rubber bullets against rioters who hurled bottles and Molotov cocktails in the northeastern Swiss city of St. Gallen on Saturday. More than 30 people were temporarily banned from entering the city. Read Full Article at RT.co...

A controversial Canadian pastor has reported that he forced out six police officers, who are said to have tried to stop an Easter service due to Covid-19 restrictions, by repeatedly screaming “Out of this property” at them. Read Ful...

Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) Covid-19 vaccine reportedly will no longer be produced in a Baltimore factory after workers accidentally mixed ingredients with Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, spoiling 15 million doses. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Ex-UFC champ Khabib Nurmagomedov has looked back on training camp footage of himself working out to DMX, the rapper who is currently fighting for his life in hospital, and reiterated his message to his animal rights group critics. Read ...

A former champion has warned that hot prospect Tursynbay Kulakhmet, who is with the same management company as the likes of WBC heavyweight world king Tyson Fury, will struggle to find fights after a brutal quick knockout. Read Full Art...

Freedoms reserved for Germans with a recent negative Covid-19 test will be also offered to those who are fully vaccinated, the country’s health minister has promised, teasing an upcoming lifting of the much-loathed lockdown. Read Full...

More than 20 officers have been killed after their unit was ambushed by Maoist guerrilla fighters in India. The government has vowed to continue operations against the banned group. Read Full Article at RT.com

Images have emerged online showing the coast of the Russian Sakhalin Island in the Pacific Ocean covered with fish. With ecologists saying they’re safe to eat, excited fishermen hurried to the seafront for the easiest catch. Read Full...

Alaska's oil industry has seen a string of new discoveries and planned developments in recent months. Read Full Article at RT.com

The political system is rigged to favor the powerful and keep everyone else at each other’s throats to protect the status quo, Charles Barkley said in fiery commentary on the divisiveness in the US. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A group of protesters held a rally in Lansing, Michigan on Saturday, demanding justice for a man who died in a police station last year. Armed activists were spotted at the event. Read Full Article at RT.com

Beijing is exploring options to establish a new stock exchange that targets firms listed overseas and could bolster the global status of its onshore share markets, Reuters reported, citing sources. Read Full Article at RT.com

Egypt has relocated its ancient kings and queens, including Ramses II and Hatshepsut, one of the few known female pharaohs, to a new resting place in a grand ceremony designed to showcase the country’s heritage and boost tourism. Read...