Microsoft has concluded that the same hacker group blamed for the SolarWinds breach successfully stole data from one of its customer service agents, and then used the information to launch attacks on the company’s clients. Read Full A...

An infectious virus is sweeping across Europe, with businesses shutting down and hospitals filling up. That might sound like an account of last year but now, for Russia at least, there is a real risk of history repeating itself. Read Fu...

Earlier this week, Russia and the UK clashed after London dispatched a heavily-armed destroyer, HMS Defender, to disputed waters off Crimea. Moscow considers the region its sovereign territory, and its navy fired warning shots. Read Ful...

Russia may adopt temporary export tariffs on sales of ferrous and non-ferrous (copper, nickel, aluminum) metals and metal products from August 1 to December 3. Read Full Article at RT.com

Australia’s largest city, Sydney, is placed under strict lockdown for two weeks, expanding on Covid-19 measures already put in place in some areas in order to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

President Joe Biden declared that US support for the embattled Afghan government will not end, telling President Ashraf Ghani that Washington will prop up the country’s military and economy as US troops end a 20-year occupation. Read ...

If legitimate, the new species, dubbed Homo longi, would be the most closely related known hominid to modern humans, filling in gaps between humanity and its Neanderthal ancestors as the search into mankind’s origins continues. Read F...

A helicopter transporting Colombian President Ivan Duque and a number of top officials was fired upon by unknown assailants who reportedly hit the craft several times, in what the head of state denounced as a “cowardly attack.” Read...

The newly released US intelligence community report on unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) offers more questions than answers. It doesn’t mention aliens, says UAP might be a national security threat – and asks for more funding. Read ...

Fresh from a string of episodes celebrating gay marriage and explaining why skin color is core to black identity, Sesame Street has released a new song urging Asian-Americans to be “proud of your eyes.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A senior US official said Washington is committed to keeping troops in Syria in order to counter Islamic State terrorists and prop up its allies, the Kurdish-led SDF militia, against the government in Damascus. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Iran has no obligation to respond to the IAEA’s demand regarding the extension of the nuclear monitoring deal, an Iranian envoy said after the agency’s head insisted that a swift response from Tehran was needed. Read Full Article at...

John McAfee’s widow, Janice, has insisted that her husband was not suicidal, fueling speculation among supporters who have been posting past tweets from the tech giant insisting he would never take his own life. Read Full Article at R...

Vice President Kamala Harris has defended herself from criticism that she took too long to visit the US-Mexico border by saying her Friday appearance was not her first trip there, prompting a new wave of condemnation. Read Full Article ...

Former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in April on three charges related to the murder of 46-year-old black man George Floyd, has been sentenced to 22.5 years in prison, minus time served. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A makeshift camp erected outside the office of the French capital’s mayor was removed by police on Friday after more than 300 protesting migrants were provided temporary shelter by the Paris authorities. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ethan Mbappe, the younger brother of next generation footballing great and World Cup winner Kylian, is already on the road to following in his elder sibling's footsteps by signing a three-year contract with Ligue 1 giants PSG. Read Full...

Former US Vice President Mike Pence appeared to further distance himself from Donald Trump in a speech claiming he was “proud” to certify the election in Joe Biden’s favor and it would have been “unAmerican” to do anything els...

Montreal Canadiens fans took part in the bizarre ritual that sees hockey lovers destroy their city after a big win, and were filmed smashing a police car in what was described as 'not a good look' for the Francophone metropolis. Read Fu...

After the UK’s government climate change advisers urged it to implement policy to reduce meat and dairy consumption, Boris Johnson’s hand-picked food strategy planner reportedly says a meat tax “may be necessary” in the future. ...

The US Department of Justice has announced a lawsuit against the state of Georgia over the new voting law it says is “racially motivated.” The DOJ also vowed to prosecute any threats or intimidation of election officials. Read Full ...

Iceland’s health minister has announced that social distancing will be scrapped and that locals will be able to be move mask-free from this weekend, as the country ditches the last of its domestic Covid-19 curbs. Read Full Article at ...

Russia has detected its first case of the new ‘Delta Plus’ Covid-19 strain, a virus expert revealed on Friday. Officials believe it is isolated and was likely imported from another country. The variant was first found in India. Read...

ESPN analyst Jalen Rose has claimed white basketball star Kevin Love is only on the US men’s basketball team for the Tokyo Olympics because he’s the beneficiary of “tokenism,” although Rose’s knowledge of past teams appears mu...

Police in the German city of Wuerzburg have shot and arrested a suspect after three people were fatally stabbed and several others injured. A number of passers-by reportedly confronted the attacker before his apprehension. Read Full Art...

The funeral of a prominent critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA), who died after his arrest in the West Bank on Thursday, has turned into a large-scale protest against President Mahmoud Abbas. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Texas state senator and other Joe Biden supporters are alleging in lawsuits that Donald Trump backers tried to run them off the road in Texas during the 2020 presidential campaign. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate has shown off a stunning and shredded physique ahead of her comeback to the octagon next month and claimed she is in the best shape of her life for her showdown with Marion Reneau. Read Full ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for an “immediate response” from the Iranian government after Tehran allowed a monitoring agreement with the nuclear watchdog to expire overnight. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

One in ten Australians living in the state of Victoria have said they “seriously considered suicide” during the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, according to a new survey. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian MMA icon Fedor Emelianenko – the man deemed by many to be the greatest heavyweight the sport has ever seen – will headline a Bellator event in Moscow on October 23, the promotion has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) confirmed via Twitter on Friday morning that one of its temporary bases was attacked in a car bombing, resulting in the injury and evacuation of 15 German ‘Blue Helmet’ soldiers. Read Fu...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s apology for breaking coronavirus guidelines by smooching an aide. Some Brits are furious, given Hancock’s history of zero-tolerance on such encounters. Read F...

The minister for information technology in India has blasted Twitter after it locked him out of his account for an hour for an alleged copyright issue. New Delhi and Twitter are currently embroiled in a dispute over new IT rules. Read F...

The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has settled a trademark dispute with an adult-toy company over its ‘Ring O’ brand. The rock ‘n’ roll icon alleged the sex aid had a much too similar name that could have tarnished his reputation. ...

Public Health England (PHE) has recorded six cases of the new Lambda variant of Covid-19, widespread in South America. The UK has seen a recent surge in Covid cases as a result of the more easily transmitted Delta variant. Read Full Art...

A Russian man who received 95.2 million rubles ($1.3 million) in one night after a digital banking error has been sent to prison for six years after a court found him guilty of taking advantage of a software issue to commit theft. Read ...

British Olympic Association (BOA) chief executive Andy Anson has revealed that some Team GB athletes have refused to receive Covid vaccinations for the upcoming summer Games in Tokyo while offered to join a fast-track program. Read Full...

Rowdy students are accused of causing chaos as hundreds of people stormed the field at a cricket match between the Birmingham Bears and Derbyshire Falcons at Edgbaston in the UK on Thursday evening. Read Full Article at RT.com

In the past, the Russian state has championed the benefits of cultural exchanges and stood against those who would end them. Now though, by banning US liberal arts institution Bard College, is Moscow ignoring its own sage advice? Read F...

Fewer than half of young Americans have a positive view of capitalism, a new poll has found. Even young Republicans are increasingly skeptical – but don’t expect America to go full-on socialist just yet. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The German parliament has passed new legislation to ease the path to citizenship for descendants of people who fled Nazi Germany, closing certain loopholes on the issue from previous laws. Read Full Article at RT.com

Health-related semi-formal working groups of the British Parliament are taking millions in donations from the pharmaceutical industry, which presents an obvious potential for conflicts of interest, a new study has said. Read Full Articl...

For the first-ever time, Russia has deployed two MiG-31K interceptor aircraft to Syria. The fighter is capable of carrying the much-hyped hypersonic Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile, which has a range of around 2,000km. Read Full ...

Denmark announced on Friday that it will continue to suspend its use of the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines, citing “possible harmful effects” which are too much of a concern compared to the benefits. Read Full A...

Palestinians have marched with torches and used laser pointers to protest a newly-erected settler outpost in the West Bank on Thursday. Several protesters were reportedly hit by rubber bullets. Read Full Article at RT.com

Authorities have increased the number of missing people, and raised the confirmed death toll, after an apartment building in Miami, Florida partially collapsed. The search operation to locate survivors continues. Read Full Article at RT...

The French leader Emmanuel Macron has said “tensions have eased” between Paris and Ankara after relations became frayed over the past few months amid a war of words with Turkish President Recep Erdogan. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Gibraltar has voted 62% in favor of changes that will allow women to terminate a pregnancy before 12 weeks if the fetus has fatal physical defects, or if the mother experiences severe mental or physical health implications. Read Full Ar...

The French president has said he is not in favor of kicking Hungary out of the EU, despite leader Viktor Orban’s concerning new law banning the promotion of LGBT rights to school-aged children. Read Full Article at RT.com

Retired former UFC lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov misses the feeling of fighting but a potential comeback would have to be within two years of his previous bout or it will never happen, according to the Russian star’s coach. Rea...

Supplies of coronavirus vaccines are running short in two Russian cities, health authorities say, as citizens across the country sign up for jabs amid steep rises in the number of positive tests for the virus and new restrictions. Read ...

The GAVI vaccine alliance has approved a further $775 million to fund the provision of millions of Covid-19 vaccines to poor nations over the next two years as the African continent faces a “fast-surging third wave.” Read Full Artic...

RT Creative Lab got 5 shortlists at the 2021 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity – a five-day event considered to be the largest gathering of the advertising and creative communications industry. Read Full Article at RT....

Scientists may need to rethink how aging works, a new study suggests, as 70% of the genes in fruit flies traditionally believed to be linked to aging turned out to actually be involved in the immune response to bacteria. Read Full Artic...

Football fans have reacted to news that Manchester City are reportedly closing in on smashing the British transfer record by paying $140 million for England and Aston Villa star Jack Grealish after Euro 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The world's largest broker of fine art and jewelry, Sotheby's, will accept cryptocurrency for the first time as payment for a rare diamond, which is expected to fetch up to $15 million at an auction in Hong Kong next month. Read Full Ar...

A man accused of plotting an attack on Tel Aviv’s annual Gay Pride parade was detained by Israeli authorities before he could carry out his plan, while several other individuals were arrested for trying to disrupt the festival. Read F...

The world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer has started producing the Covid-19 vaccine developed by US firm Novavax. The shot has shone in trials, providing protection against a number of concerning variants. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

On Friday morning, Russia's Navy kicked off a joint exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, where, alongside the Air Force, it will conduct war games involving cruisers, frigates, and submarines from the country's Black Sea Fleet. Read Full ...

A fire has torn through a martial arts training center in Henan province, China, killing 18 and injuring 16 according to a local government statement. The fire has been extinguished but many require care in the hospital. Read Full Artic...

The Biden administration continues to slam the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany despite its reluctant admission that nothing can be done to stop the project. Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran’s supreme leader has received his first dose of the vaccine COVIran Barakat after expressing his strong preference to receive the domestic vaccine to honor the country’s scientific prowess. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ex-Trump administration official Miles Taylor vowed this week to run against a potential candidacy from former President Donald Trump in 2024 to “split the vote.” Many conservatives, however, were left wondering who Taylor is. Read ...

Citing suspicions that Amazon and Google have not adequately addressed their fake review problems, the UK’s competition regulator has launched probes against the tech giants in relation to breaches of consumer protection law. Read Ful...

The British government signed off on a plan to sail a battleship through disputed waters off the coast of Crimea, over the objections of its foreign policy chief, according to bombshell new claims in London's Telegraph newspaper. Read F...

The Israeli government has reintroduced a mask mandate in public places, 10 days after scrapping the Covid restriction, as officials recorded 227 new coronavirus cases on Thursday despite the nation's successful vaccine rollout. Read Fu...

Misfiring striker Alvaro Morata has revealed that he and his family have received death threats as a consequence of his poor performances for the Spanish national team at Euro 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com

England fans could be banned if they chant the controversial ’10 German bombers’ song at their Euro 2020 knockout clash with Germany at Wembley next week. Read Full Article at RT.com

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The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, said on Thursday that the recently passed law making bitcoin legal tender will take effect on September 7. He noted that the digital currency’s use will be optional. Read Full Article at RT....

Social media users have ridiculed the England football team after it was revealed that pop singer Ed Sheeran has paid them a visit to perform an exclusive acoustic set ahead of their Euro 2020 knockout match against Germany. Read Full A...

Two teams whose sum has fallen short of their abundant talents so far at Euro 2020 clash on Tuesday in a fixture that is as hugely anticipated as ever. The knockout threat, fans must hope, will spur more from England and Germany. Read F...

Hong Kong’s High Court ruled on Friday that housing policies “constitute unlawful discrimination” by not acknowledging same-sex partners as a tenant’s family member, marking a landmark victory for LGBT rights in the region. Read...

A police officer fatally shot a man outside a motel in Portland, Oregon on Thursday. The incident infuriated some Antifa activists, who gathered to protest at the scene and then clashed with officers. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

UEFA has launched an investigation into the Euro 2020 clash between Germany and Hungary in Munich over “potential discriminatory incidents”, which appears to be in response to an anti-LGBT banner and chanting at the match. Read Full...

The FBI searched for a fabled cache of buried gold in Pennsylvania, and feared that state authorities would try to claim the treasure for themselves should the mission end in success, court papers disclosed to US media show. Read Full A...

The British health secretary has been caught red-handed after photos of him snogging an aide in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, with no respect for his own social distancing rules, go viral. Read Full Article at RT.com

Roman Protasevich, the former editor-in-chief of a banned opposition Telegram channel, and his Russian girlfriend, Sofia Sapega, have reportedly been released from custody by officials in Belarus and placed under house arrest. Read Full...

Authorities in Sydney, Australia have slapped the city center and Bondi Beach with a week-long lockdown to curb the rise in infections, as the Delta variant poses a new risk to the country. Read Full Article at RT.com

Taiwan has announced new restrictions aimed at keeping the highly transmissible coronavirus Delta variant out of the country. New arrivals from five countries, including the UK, will be quarantined at state-run facilities. Read Full Art...

Foreign currency deposits in Chinese banks jumped by more than $260 billion in the year through May, having surpassed $1 trillion for the first time. That could allow greater freedom for capital to flow out of the country. Read Full Art...

The Supreme Court of Brazil has reset two cases against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which had been brought by a judge that the court had earlier found biased, bringing him closer to a new run for president. Read Full Art...

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said that the chief of the imperial household was sharing his own thoughts when he suggested that Emperor Naruhito was concerned about the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

When Sadyr Japarov became president of Kyrgyzstan, he pledged to tackle the corruption and grift of his predecessors. Now, the Central Asian former Soviet Republic is nationalizing one of its biggest assets – the Kumtor gold mine. Rea...

The Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday that Beijing has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Australia’s anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on three products. Read Full Article at RT.com

President Joe Biden has issued a state of emergency following a catastrophic building collapse near Miami, Florida that is feared to have killed dozens of people. Emergency workers are scrambling to find survivors. Read Full Article at ...

Nicolle Wallace, a Bush-era White House staffer-turned MSNBC pundit, was mocked after a “groveling” interview with Joe Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki, in which she heaped praise on the official and even offered her job advice. ...

In a decision hailed by the ACLU and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an US appeals court has sided with black activists and ruled that Baltimore’s AIR spying program violated the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches. Read F...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will create a select committee to investigate the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, but claimed the unrest was driven by white supremacist hate and anti-Semitism well ahead of the inquiry. Read Full A...

The much-touted bipartisan infrastructure compromise won’t become law unless Congress also enacts the $6 trillion Democrat proposal for social programs, US President Joe Biden has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

One America News (OAN) host Pearson Sharp triggered plenty of Donald Trump critics when he argued on the network that thousands were behind a “coup” against the former president and should be possibly executed. Read Full Article at ...

The scale of the fury provoked by the BBC's bizarre choice to continue broadcasting live footage of stricken Denmark star Christian Eriksen during his shocking collapse at Euro 2020 has been revealed, with thousands slamming them. Read ...

More than 150 people have been reported injured and several villages have suffered severe damage as an F3 or F4 category tornado touched down in the countryside in Moravia, along the Czech-Slovak border. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Two sections of a high-rise condo in Florida have collapsed one after the other, killing at least one person and leaving 99 residents missing, local police said. The building is located in Surfside, just north of Miami. Read Full Articl...

The boss of a Russian Premier League club with links to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says it is fighting for the right to freedom of information and sport in a legal challenge over strong US sanctions for human rights violations. Read ...

Facebook subsidiary Instagram has announced a test expansion of its “suggested posts” feature, which debuted last year showing users “additional content” after they’d already looked at what their friends had shared. Read Full ...

Barcelona legend Lionel Messi was woken in the middle of the night and given a surprise cake by his Argentina teammates to mark his 34th birthday at the Copa America on Thursday, with footage of the celebration revealed online. Read Ful...

Russia has released a video showing a coast guard vessel warning the HMS Defender that it was violating its state border and firing warning shots at the British warship, challenging London’s assertions about Wednesday's encounter. Rea...

US President Joe Biden has blasted press freedom in Hong Kong over the closure of Apple Daily, and called for the release of the “journalists and media executives” who have been detained. Read Full Article at RT.com