The South Korean president’s office has announced plans to elevate the country to be one of the world’s largest vaccine producers with an investment of 2.2 trillion won ($1.92 billion) over the next four years. Read Full Article at ...

The world’s largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, raised on Wednesday its official selling prices for crude oil loading for Asia in September in a widely expected move tracking stronger Middle East oil benchmarks. Read Full Article at R...

Albert Batyrgaziev made good on a promise to leave Tokyo with the gold medal as the Russian featherweight denied the US a first men’s Olympic boxing title in 17 years when he edged out Duke Ragan in their final. Read Full Article at R...

The anti-lockdown protest in Berlin wasn’t peaceful and the officers acted lawfully to contain it, the German Police Union head told RT when asked to comment on a viral clip of a cop tossing an elderly woman to the ground. Read Full A...

Chinese sports stocks jumped an average of 10% after Beijing announced a plan to boost sports activities across the country and investments in national health and fitness. Read Full Article at RT.com

Google co-founder Larry Page was allowed to travel to New Zealand after seeking medical treatment for his child, exempting him from rules that prohibit most non-residents from entry. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US men’s 4x100m relay team was hit by a barrage of derision after failing to reach the final in Tokyo, continuing a barren run for a nation that typically churns out some of the fastest men on earth. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Joint Russian-Indian military exercises have kicked off in Russia’s southern Volgograd Region. The militaries of the two nations will hone their skills in fighting terrorists and facing mock enemies in various combat environments. Rea...

Russia’s financial monitoring service has commissioned the creation of a system that will be able to track cryptocurrency like bitcoin, allowing Moscow to analyze the behavior of market participants and potentially identify users. Rea...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will issue a coronavirus vaccine mandate for the military’s 1.3 million active duty personnel in the coming days, according to multiple reports. All three jabs remain approved for emergency use only. Rea...

Japanese officials have agreed to tighten Covid-19 measures in eight more prefectures, with six already under full states of emergency, including this year’s Olympic host, Tokyo, which posted a record number of daily infections. Read ...

Nine months after the 2020 US election, a new poll shows that two-thirds of Republicans still refuse to believe President Joe Biden got his job “fair and square,” despite media efforts to dismiss any claims of fraud as conspiracy. R...

The US State Department authorized a $750 million arms sale to Taiwan, President Joe Biden’s first weapons transfer to the island following a flurry of deals under his predecessor – all over vocal objections from Beijing. Read Full ...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker ordered that all children and staff in schools and daycares wear masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19, and mandated that state employees in prisons and other congregate facilities be vaccinated. Read F...

The Biden administration is working on a plan to require foreigners wanting to legally visit the US to be fully vaccinated against Covid, as a prerequisite to lifting existing travel restrictions imposed at the pandemic’s outset. Read...

Senator Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) has proposed a law requiring US states that mandate proof of vaccination to also require voter identification – which Democrats denounce as racist – saying he wants to highlight the hypocrisy. R...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a series of airstrikes on Lebanese territory, calling them retaliation for cross-border rocket attacks after earlier firing scores of artillery rounds in response. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Democrat Boston Mayor Kim Janey has broken with many in her party by blasting vaccine mandates, including those introduced this week in New York City by Mayor Bill de Blasio. Read Full Article at RT.com

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida fired back at the White House telling him to ‘get out of the way’ of its Covid-19 policies, saying he doesn’t want to hear people letting in infected illegal migrants lecture him about the virus. R...

A massive wildfire raging in Turkey’s southern province of Mugla has encroached onto the site of a local power plant, threatening to burn the facility down. The plant has been evacuated, and the local electricity supply cut off. Read ...

Already struggling for political survival after a state investigation found that he sexually harassed 11 women, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo now faces criminal probes by district attorneys in at least four local jurisdictions. Read Fu...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is facing criticism after a video caught her masking up for a photo and then seemingly immediately removing the face covering when the picture was taken. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mexico is suing multiple major US gun makers, accusing them of negligent business practices that allegedly spawned illegal arms flows over the border, resulting in rampant violence and numerous Mexican deaths. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The attacker who fatally stabbed a Pentagon police officer took his gun and then shot himself, the FBI has said. The strange incident put the US Defense Department on lockdown and disrupted Washington, DC public transit for hours. Read ...

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has in essence ruled himself out of his team's opening Premier League fixture against Manchester City after taking extra holiday time in Florida, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins has hastily walked back a call for parents of unvaccinated kids to wear masks even at home after massive backlash on social media demanding evidence for the practice. Read Full Arti...

If Rhode Island’s chief Democrat strategist was expecting backing from her party’s left wing after she wished Covid-19 death on US Senator Lindsey Graham, she was mistaken, as a Black Lives Matter group has called for her ouster. Re...

UK boxing journalist Gareth A Davies has been berated online after making the claim that Australian 'Blonde Bomber' Ebanie Bridges could potentially be a 'Muhammad Ali' for the women's side of the sport. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has said he regrets the ban on mask mandates that he signed into law, in light of rising Covid-19 cases, prompting ridicule on social media. Read Full Article at RT.com

59% of New Yorkers – including the majority of New York Democrats – think Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign from his position or be impeached if he refuses, following a probe into allegations of sexual harassment. Read Full Articl...

Lebanese police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at rock-throwing demonstrators in Beirut, who are angry that no one has been punished for last year’s massive explosion that killed hundreds and devastated the city. Read Full Art...

Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic is already targeting the Paris Olympics in three years’ time – when he will be 37 years old – after seeing his medal hopes in Tokyo go down in an angry blaze of racket smashing. Read Full Ar...

Russia's ambassador to America, Anatoly Antonov, has said that hopes for a thaw in frosty relations between the two nations have failed to materialize in the weeks following a crunch summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Read Ful...

The collapse of the Soviet Union was not caused by the controversial policy of perestroika but should actually be blamed on the attempted coup in August 1991 and a conspiracy between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Read Ful...

Chinese officials have announced new restrictions on overseas travel, restricting the issuing of passports and other documents except in “non-essential” circumstances, as the state tries to curb rising Covid cases. Read Full Article...

The UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that all 16 and 17 year olds be included in the country’s vaccine rollout, with adolescents soon to be offered their first dose of Pfizer’s jab. Read ...

Iran’s health ministry has reported that new Covid-19 infections broke its single-day record for the third day in a row on Wednesday, as total case numbers soared above 4 million amid a spike driven by the Delta variant. Read Full Art...

The European Commission has approved a deal that allows EU member states to buy up to 200 million doses of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, once the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has deemed it safe and effective for use. Read Full Articl...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said Beirut needs to take responsibility for acts of hostility, notably Wednesday’s rocket fire originating in Lebanon, as the UN pleads with all involved to avoid an escalation. Read Full Article a...

Amazon has drawn backlash on social media for being “nefarious” after offering people $10 to enroll in its controversial palm print recognition system. The tech uses biometric scanners to identify shoppers and verify payments. Read ...

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-California) has filed a lawsuit against NBCUniversal and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, claiming they harbor “institutional hostility” towards him. Read Full Article at RT.com

UFC chief Dana White has joined the legions complimenting newly-crowned Olympic wrestling queen Tamyra Mensah-Stock, whose infectious enthusiasm and love of her American homeland has won her praise online. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on nations to not administer Covid booster shots until at least the end of September, in an effort to first ensure a base level of vaccine coverage across the globe. Read Full A...

Outspoken TV-star-turned-farmer Jeremy Clarkson has disappointed many vaccine sceptics after his rant against the government’s lockdown experts was seemingly misinterpreted by some. Read Full Article at RT.com

Denmark and Inter Milan star Christian Eriksen has returned to training for his club following his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020, as confirmed by the Italian Serie A reigning champions in a statement on Wednesday afternoon. Read Full Arti...

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Beirut, marking the first anniversary of the devastating port blast and demanding justice for its victims. One year on, nobody has been held accountable for the catastrophe. Read Full...

Two French unions have called for strikes against the compulsory vaccination of firefighters, healthcare workers, and caregivers. They say the measure violates fundamental rights. Read Full Article at RT.com

A new study has found that prolonged illness from Covid among minors is uncommon, reaffirming data showing that the virus is rarely deadly for children. The findings come as the UK prepares to start giving teens the shot. Read Full Arti...

Bronze Age Pervert, a popular right-wing, pseudonymous author whose best-selling book reportedly became influential among staffers in the Trump administration, was suspended from Twitter on Wednesday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Sweden is looking to grant greater powers to police to access mobile communications data, including chats in Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, saying it’s necessary to fight the surging organized crime more effectively. Read Full Artic...

The Russian government is to create a set of working groups to help the country’s economy adapt to the global energy transition, as the international demand for hydrocarbons decreases due to the development of alternative sources. Rea...

Almost half of Russians surveyed would be in favor of installing a monument to former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, a poll revealed on Wednesday. The percentage of citizens backing the idea has almost doubled in 11 years. Read Full Artic...

The Berlin Police have confirmed to RT that an investigation into “suspected bodily harm” has been opened after an officer was captured on film throwing an elderly woman to the ground during protests against coronavirus lockdown. Re...

A Montenegrin data protection organization has slammed the Health Ministry’s decision to permit unlicensed persons to check citizens’ personal information upon entry into establishments as part of the latest Covid measures. Read Ful...

Russia’s Ministry of Finance is projecting steady GDP growth of more than 4% in 2021, while raising the outlook for inflation to more than 5%, Vedomosti newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing officials. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Speaking on the anniversary of the deadly Beirut port blast, France’s Emmanuel Macron criticized the country’s political class for a “moral failure” that has allowed the nation to fall further into social and economic crisis. Re...

Belgian decathlete Thomas Van der Plaetsen's campaign for a first ever Olympics medal appears to have ended on its first day after the 30-year-old suffered injury while attempting to complete the long jump. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Greek government has urged people to stay alert as temperatures hover above 40C (107F) for the third day in a row and firefighters work endlessly to extinguish blazes on the islands and mainland. Read Full Article at RT.com

Vladimir Chizhov, Moscow’s permanent representative to the EU, has hit out at the bloc for delays to the approval of his country’s flagship coronavirus vaccine, arguing the hold-ups are in reality down to politics, not science. Read...

Svetlana Romashina became the most successful artistic swimmer in Olympic history as she and duet partner Svetlana Kolesnichenko won gold in the Tokyo pool with another flawless display on Wednesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former US president Barack Obama has reversed his decision to hold a massive 60th birthday party with up to 700 guests, citing concerns over the Delta variant of Covid-19, after the plan sparked controversy. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Olympic fans have questioned the contribution of German track athlete Alica Schmidt to her team at the Tokyo 2020 Games, as despite the 22-year-old's voluminous social media output, she hasn't featured yet in any discipline. Read Full A...

Russia’s export of agricultural goods has increased by 16% in annual terms, reaching $16.855 billion, the country’s Agriculture Ministry reported on Wednesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

India’s first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier has set sail for its maiden sea trials. The navy hailed it as a “historic and proud” day for the country, which has invested vast resources in Indian-made technology. ...

Troubled UFC star Conor McGregor has received support from the unlikeliest of sources, as former octagon rival Jose Aldo backed the Irishman to return to the top of mixed martial arts upon recovering from his horror leg break. Read Full...

Media sources have identified the senior UK official who mislaid classified defence papers – detailing sensitive Crimean coast operations – as Angus Lapsley. He was apparently being groomed as the country’s next envoy to NATO. Rea...

Israel’s prime minister, Naftali Bennett, has emphasized the importance of vaccine uptake and reintroducing Covid curbs to prevent a complete, nationwide lockdown and stop coronavirus cases from overwhelming the healthcare system. Rea...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired artillery rounds at Lebanon after three rockets were launched from the neighboring state, with two of them landing in northern Israel and causing a fire. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Indian Navy has announced the deployment of a naval task force to the South China Sea to bolster security and support allies in the Indo Pacific region amid attempts by Western nations to push back against China’s activities. Read...

The sole Russian karate representative at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Anna Chernysheva, has been ruled out of the competition due to a positive Covid test despite being vaccinated back in April, according to her federation. Read Full Artic...

A popular YouTuber and New York City business owner has vowed to defy a new rule that will make vaccination mandatory for certain indoor activities, arguing that the policy is unreasonable and authoritarian. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The creators of Barbie have announced that they’re making a doll in the image of coronavirus vaccine developer Sarah Gilbert as part of their ‘role model’ range, but while many love the idea, others think it’s a step too far. Re...

Double Tokyo 2020 sprint champ Elaine Thompson-Herah says she was blocked by Instagram for posting footage of her race, sparking a debate over the ethics of social media sites and policies for unacceptable content. Read Full Article at ...

Officials in Macau, China, often called the ‘Las Vegas of Asia’, have ordered mass testing for Covid-19 and shut down most of the city’s entertainment venues after a cluster of infections was discovered. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Social media users have reacted after sensational news broke of Chelsea making an expensive raid for former Blues striker and Belgium international Romelu Lukaku over Norwegian wonderkid Erling Haaland. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Iranian Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi has criticized Western, Israeli, and Saudi news outlets that claim Iran is responsible for maritime attacks in the Persian Gulf region, deeming it a form of “psychological warfare.” Read ...

Russia plans to substitute the potential decline in gas exports to Europe with ‘blue’ carbon-neutral hydrogen, as the country sets to become the globe’s leading exporter of the emission-free fuel by 2030, Gazprom says. Read Full A...

If all are equal before international law, it’s clear some are more equal than others. That much is plain from the fact Washington is driving condemnation of Russia’s reabsorption of Crimea, while defending Israel’s occupations. R...

The Taliban says it was behind an attack on the residence of Afghanistan’s acting defense minister late Tuesday, in which at least eight people were killed and many others wounded. Read Full Article at RT.com

Skateboard starlet Sky Brown made history as Great Britain’s youngest-ever Olympic medalist by clinching bronze in Tokyo, but remarkably was not the most youthful face on the podium as 12-year-old Kokona Hiraki won silver. Read Full A...

With the Covid pandemic forcing many out of work, over 11.5 million Americans are behind on rent, that includes 1 in 5 renters with children. Read Full Article at RT.com

A ship that was believed to have been hijacked in the Gulf of Oman is now safe, the Royal Navy’s vessel-tracking agency has said, after Iran was accused of being behind the incident. Read Full Article at RT.com

A dramatic standoff unfolded on Wednesday outside a Ukrainian government building in the capital, Kiev, when a man wielding what appeared to be a grenade threatened staff before later being detained by the security services. Read Full A...

Russia needs to upgrade the Northern Sea Route to make it an international transportation corridor allowing all-season transfer of cargo through the Arctic, the first deputy prime minister says. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police in Nashville, Tennessee have released chilling footage of several officers fatally shooting a gunman who wounded three of his co-workers. Authorities have opened an investigation into the incident. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Two trains have collided in the village of Milavce in the Czech Republic, near the town of Domazlice on the western border. The crash killed three people, including two train drivers, and injured over 30. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Belarusian Olympic sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya, who says officials from her country tried to force her to fly home from Tokyo, has left Japan on a flight to Austrian capital Vienna. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Food and Drug Administration hopes to grant full authorization for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by early September, the New York Times reported, putting the agency slightly ahead of the president’s estimate of “early fall.�...

Boeing has canceled an unmanned test flight for its Starliner vessel, which was set to visit the International Space Station, delaying the launch before calling it off indefinitely over issues with the craft’s propulsion system. Read ...

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake erupted off Japan’s eastern coast, with shaking felt all the way in Tokyo, around 200 kilometers away from the epicenter, according to journalists visiting the city to cover the Olympics. Read Full Article a...

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who rose to national prominence last year after they aimed guns at a group of protesters in their gated St. Louis community, resulting in misdemeanor charges. Read ...

A federal judge has sided with the Biden administration, putting a temporary block on the executive order issued by Texas Governor Greg Abbott that sought to crack down on transport of illegal immigrants by federal authorities. Read Ful...

A Belarusian group aiming to help athletes involved in peaceful protests has appealed for funding for Kristina Timanovskaya's housing costs in Poland, while her husband has admitted he fears for their parents in their homeland. Read Ful...

The mayor of a town in southwestern Turkey has desperately called for a firefighting helicopter or plane with night vision to be sent to the area, as disastrous wildfires close in on his town and its thermal power plant. Read Full Artic...

In a move President Joe Biden admitted might be an end-run around the US Constitution, the federal health authority has imposed a new 60-day moratorium on evictions, as Democrats who failed to pass it in Congress cheered. Read Full Arti...

As New York City’s Covid-19 vaccination pass was embraced by the same people who denounced voter ID requirements as racist, critics pointed out that it would disproportionately harm African Americans. It didn’t seem to matter. Read ...

Ex-Olympic champ Svetlana Zhurova has claimed that Japan has been awarded medals at the Games as a form of gratitude for continuing as hosts despite the pandemic, adding that the judging would be scandalized if it was in Russia. Read Fu...

US President Joe Biden has suggested New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign, standing by the recommendation he made when the once-favored Democrat was initially accused of sexual misconduct by 11 women. Read Full Article at RT.com...

An investigation has concluded that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, including current and former state employees, civilians, and even a state trooper on his security detail. The governor is crying foul. Read F...

Former Belarusian Olympic heptathlete Yana Maksimava has offered her backing to asylum-seeking Kristina Timanovskaya, admitting that she would fear for her life in the country and explaining why she left her homeland for Germany. Read F...