Chinese President Xi Jinping has voiced the idea of “common prosperity,” calling on the country’s authorities to take the necessary steps to support moderate wealth for all. Read Full Article at RT.com

Donald Trump has said that President Joe Biden’s handling of the removal of American forces from Afghanistan was an unparalleled embarrassment for the nation. Read Full Article at RT.com

India’s fuel consumption recovery was a rare bright data point in the first half of August, while China, Japan, and Southeast Asia are struggling to contain a Covid resurgence. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukraine has its peculiarities. In one of Europe’s poorest nations, corruption and the influence of tycoons has hurt efforts to turn the country around. Like everywhere else, there’s a clear link between politics and economics. Read ...

Seven cases have been detected in New Zealand’s first coronavirus outbreak since last winter, with the country set to continue a nationwide lockdown imposed after just one infection was discovered on the island. Read Full Article at R...

A Chicago-based pharmacist has been arrested after allegedly selling more than 100 official Covid vaccination cards on eBay after obtaining them from the CDC. He was slapped with 12 federal counts for theft of government property. Read ...

The UK government is ready to take up to 20,000 Afghan refugees over five years – but only 5,000 in the next 12 months – as London calls on other countries to assist relocation efforts following a Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Re...

YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have come down on opposing sides of the free speech debate, for once unable to agree upon whether to ban the Taliban as a ‘controversial’ entity, after the Islamic group took over Afghanistan. Read Full...

Wearing of face coverings on planes, trains and public transportation of any kind in the US will be mandatory through at least mid-January 2022, the Biden administration has announced, citing the spread of Covid-19. Read Full Article at...

A text from an FBI agent instructed an informant in the alleged militia plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to delete messages and shift blame onto another man, casting further doubt on the already doubtful case. Read Full...

Twitter has announced a new feature that allows users to flag “misleading” tweets with a press of a button as part of the social media platform’s effort to remove “disinformation” on topics like Covid-19 and election fraud. Re...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has contracted the coronavirus, his office confirmed in a statement, saying he caught the illness despite being fully vaccinated, and will isolate in the executive mansion until he tests negative. Read Full Ar...

The situation in Kabul remains calm after the Taliban takeover, Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, told RT after meeting with the militant group’s representative, as the mission continues working uninterrupted. Read...

US President Joe Biden is facing dropping approval ratings as he deals with a backlash from both sides of the political aisle for his handling of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Read Full Article at RT.com

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan had to admit that a lot of US weapons intended for the Afghan army are now in the hands of the Taliban, brushing off questions of how the US intends to deal with it. Read F...

Cristiano Ronaldo has issued an angry response to speculation surrounding his future after the Juventus star was linked with a host of moves in recent days – including a possible switch to join Lionel Messi at Paris Saint-Germain. Rea...

Victoria’s chief health officer abruptly left the stage during a Covid-19 press conference when a reporter asked about a surge in suicides among teenage girls – only for a torrent of recriminations to engulf him on social media. Rea...

Even the Taliban must be surprised at the immense speed of its victory in Afghanistan. The collapse of the US-backed government affects more than just daily life in Kabul, however, causing political echoes across the continent. Read Ful...

Chilling footage has emerged in recent days of Afghans clinging to the hull of an American C-17 transport plane – but now video seemingly taken by a man hanging onto one of the US aircraft has surfaced. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A curious court case could be on the cards between actress Halle Berry and ex-UFC fighter Cat Zingano, according to an American source which claims that the pair are involved in a wrangle over a film about MMA. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Israel has been accused of “acting like a cartoon villain” after it confiscated a shipment of chocolate bars headed for Gaza – alleging that these were part of a network financing Hamas operations. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Kayla Harrison, the two-time Olympic judo medalist and current star for promotion the PFL, has sprung to the defense of her upcoming opponent after what she saw as a disrespectful line of questioning in a recent interview. Read Full Art...

The 4chan celebrity ‘Lord’ Miles Routledge has been safely pulled out of Afghanistan following his bizarre, ill-timed trip to the country, accompanied by numerous social media posts documenting his “pickle” of a situation. Read ...

22-year-old Olympic taekwondo star Jack Woolley says that he was lucky not to have received more serious injuries after he was viciously attacked in an unprovoked late-night assault in Dublin just days after returning from Tokyo. Read F...

US Women's National Team star Megan Rapinoe pressured other players into taking the knee during her country's national anthem before football matches, one of her former teammates has claimed. Read Full Article at RT.com

A severe storm, complete with a tornado, has hit a small town in northern Germany, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake and making several homes completely uninhabitable, according to local authorities. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The EU’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has said there are many lessons to be learned over Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover, adding that, as the militant group has won the war, the bloc will have to engage with it. Read F...

Afghanistan’s first vice president has insisted he is the country’s legitimate caretaker leader, after ousted President Ashraf Ghani fled to an unconfirmed foreign location as the Taliban advanced on Kabul last weekend. Read Full Ar...

The US should have admitted failure earlier in Afghanistan, but now is time to learn lessons and not repeat mistakes. That’s according to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who pulled his forces out of the same country in 1989. Read...

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid made numerous sweeping claims in a Tuesday press conference saying the Taliban is focused on forming a government in Afghanistan, will observe women’s rights and has “pardoned” wartime enemies....

A handful of women in the Afghan capital have bravely taken to the streets to demand their rights to education, work, and political participation are protected, amid fears the Taliban will seek to erase the gains of recent years. Read F...

Dominic Raab says his government was among the many surprised by the Taliban’s lightning capture of Kabul, an event he claims “no one saw coming.” Some people have begged to differ, citing anti-war activists like Jeremy Corbyn. Re...

The UK’s medicines regulator has deemed Moderna’s mRNA coronavirus shot suitable for 12-to-17 year-olds, almost two weeks after the country announced it would start vaccinating its youth population. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Thai police force deployed a water cannon on Tuesday to disperse anti-government protesters who’d gathered in central Bangkok to call out Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha over his handling of the Covid pandemic. Read Full Article ...

CNN correspondent Donie O’Sullivan has criticized Twitter’s policy on deplatforming, arguing there are “clearly some big holes” if the Taliban is allowed to use the social network but former President Donald Trump cannot. Read F...

It's not often that a fighter gets knocked out by both his opponent AND the referee within the space of just a few seconds, but that is exactly what happened to a fighter at a recent mixed martial arts event in Russia. Read Full Article...

The capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban is “another American scam against Muslims.” That’s according to Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechnya region, who suggested that the terrorist group is controlled by Washington...

Concerned Russian government officials have announced they will invest billions of rubles in winning over young people with righteous, wholesome content online. A new fund is being made available to back the saintly project. Read Full A...

Blockchain platform Poly Network, which was recently hit by a $611 million crypto heist, has reportedly asked the hacker behind the attack to work as a security adviser for the company. Read Full Article at RT.com

A senior spokesperson for the Taliban has warned that the US military personnel in Afghanistan must be gone by September 11, after Washington redeployed soldiers to watch over the evacuation. Read Full Article at RT.com

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has taken the unusual step of using Twitter to distance himself from a move for Cristiano Ronaldo, telling his millions of followers that he has "never considered" signing the Juventus talisman. Read ...

The Greek minister for migration and asylum has vowed that the country will not serve as a gateway for fleeing Afghan refugees making their way into the European Union (EU), and instead called for a bloc-wide approach. Read Full Article...

US President Joe Biden’s speech on his country’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is a turning point in American foreign policy. As the last troops pull out, leaving a shattered nation behind, Washington seems to have few regrets. Read F...

Chimezie Metu, of the Sacramento Kings, and the Dallas Mavericks' Eugene Omoruyi were both ejected from an NBA Summer League game on Monday after Metu landed a right hand to his rival's temple in retaliation to being fouled. Read Full A...

Over 40,000 people in Afghanistan have been injured since June amid ongoing conflict as the Taliban secured vast parts of the country, including Kabul, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Tuesday. Read Full ...

Bild, a longtime critic of Angela Merkel, spared no vitriol in criticizing her night at the movies, implying that the outgoing German chancellor had no right to enjoy herself amid a security crisis in Afghanistan. Read Full Article at R...

UK privacy and civil liberties campaigners say that the proposed changes to the code on the use of facial recognition systems by police leave a path for this technology to be abused by the state. Read Full Article at RT.com

The founder of a UK ‘racial literacy’ charity has drawn flak for “playing the victim” after suing a university for discrimination. It had cut ties with her for calling a conservative political commentator a “house n***o”. Re...

The founder of Russian protest group Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, has announced that she has started an account on OnlyFans, a paid membership site famous for empowering women to create and sell pornography of themselves. Read Fu...

Woke-weary Brits have slammed a local council decision to rebrand a statue of national hero Sir Francis Drake, who defeated the invading Spanish Armada, to underline his involvement in “horrific slave trading expeditions.” Read Full...

World number three Stefanos Tsitsipas has revealed that he hasn't yet received one of the many available Covid-19 vaccines, saying that he will only take the jab should it become mandatory to compete in the sport. Read Full Article at R...

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has issued draft rules aimed at preventing unfair competition on the internet. The news triggered a selloff in Chinese listed technology stocks in Hong Kong. Read Full Article ...

China's military has deployed warships and fighter jets on assault drills near the south of Taiwan in response to the "provocations" of heightened US military presence and of US ties with the island, which China calls "collusion." Read ...

Online amateur investigators delving into the alleged murder of a Ukrainian opposition politician believe they’ve stumbled on a gaping hole in dodgy security camera ‘evidence’ that was purported to paint his death as a suicide. Re...

The World Health Organization has registered its concern about the rapidly deteriorating health situation in Afghanistan, as the Taliban takeover and chaos at Kabul airport have slowed Covid vaccinations. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A football club has limited how long its players are allowed to spend at its stadium and changed the alarm codes as bosses work with police over a litany of explosive allegations about an early-hours party. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

French officials confirmed on Tuesday that “thousands of people have been evacuated as a precautionary measure,” as around 750 emergency personnel battle an intense wildfire near the tourist resort of Saint-Tropez. Read Full Article...

The US’ ongoing stimulus initiative and enhanced unemployment benefits are causing prices for all consumer products to rise, but Americans don’t seem to care. Read Full Article at RT.com

Iconic musician Bob Dylan has been accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl multiple times in 1965, with the alleged victim claiming over 50 years later that she has been left "psychologically damaged." Read Full Article at RT.com...

Germany’s first plane in Kabul since the airport was flooded with desperate Afghans seeking a way out of the country failed to evacuate more than seven people. Berlin’s defense minister blamed chaos on the tarmac for the failure. Re...

As the last US and EU forces leave Kabul, Brussels’ foreign policy committee has warned that the failure of the Western mission in the Central Asian nation has opened a vast gulf that its purported adversaries will rush to fill. Read ...

A prototype of a Russian military transport plane has crashed just outside Moscow, killing all three people on board, media reported on Tuesday. The Ilyushin Il-112V aircraft was undergoing a test flight to the Kubinka air base. Read Fu...

The Polish government announced on Tuesday that it will dismantle a controversial disciplinary chamber for judges that had sparked the EU’s ire, although the country pledged to continue with judicial reforms. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The West attempted to halt the Taliban’s march on Kabul with a threat of international isolation, but enforcing such a measure now that the city has fallen may be impossible, with Washington’s global hegemony in decline. Read Full A...

Naomi Osaka was reduced to tears in her first press conference since pulling out of May's French Open after she was pressed by an American reporter about how she has gained fame through the media despite skipping press events. Read Full...

Shto delat? Or, for English speakers, what is to be done? The perennial Russian question is as relevant today as any other after the triumph of the Taliban in Kabul, wrongfooting major powers and creating an uncertain gulf. Read Full Ar...

Representatives from 51 nations have confirmed their plans to participate in the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) that is set to kick off on September 2 in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok.  Read Full Article at RT.com

A hockey star has insisted he is not racist but has apologized for an "unacceptable" gesture after being punished by his team for taunting a Chinese player following a huge fight during a match. Read Full Article at RT.com

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a nationwide lockdown is due to come into effect after one Covid case has been detected, making it the country’s first community-transmitted infection since February. Read Fu...

A US senator has mistakenly asserted that the US has 30,000 troops stationed on the island of Taiwan, which is claimed by Beijing, causing uproar from Chinese media and widespread condemnation from others. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Fans have called for a footballer to be sacked after he was sent off for assaulting a teammate during a match in Turkey, with the former manager of the national team who is his boss pledging to "do what is necessary". Read Full Article ...

As Afghanistan sinks into chaos with the Taliban taking control following the US withdrawal, Boom Bust investigates whether there will be any impact on the global economy. Read Full Article at RT.com

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that the hastened pullout of US forces exacerbated the situation in Afghanistan and should serve as a lesson that attempts to impose “foreign models” on other countries end badly. Read Full ...

The head of popular Russian budget airline Pobeda has revealed that it has canceled its contract for the troubled Boeing 737 MAX plane, a month after it was rumored that the company had pulled out of an agreement to buy twenty. Read Ful...

Afghanistan’s national currency, the afghani, continued to plummet on Tuesday as Taliban fighters took control over the capital city of Kabul. The head of the country’s central bank, Ajmal Ahmady, has fled the country. Read Full Art...

Human remains were reportedly found in the landing gear of a US military plane after it departed Kabul airport, with harrowing unverified footage purporting to show a person trapped on the plane’s exterior as it took off. Read Full Ar...

New Delhi’s envoy to Afghanistan and his staff will be evacuated from the country “immediately,” the Indian External Affairs Ministry said, noting they would return home after the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital. Read F...

President Joe Biden will use $500 million from a federal emergency fund to help resettle thousands of Afghan refugees, the White House said, after the country’s capital was overrun by Taliban fighters, prompting hasty evacuations. Rea...

The US federal government declared an unprecedented water shortage in Lake Mead, the country’s biggest reservoir, and the lower Colorado River Basin, triggering rationing among users downstream amid an historically bad drought. Read F...

Beijing’s state-run Global Times newspaper has warned Taiwan that the US “abandonment” of Afghan allies should be a lesson, as the disputed island would be left to fend for itself and “collapse in hours” in a war with China. R...

Amazon founder turned billionaire space enthusiast Jeff Bezos is suing NASA, charging the US space agency wrongly evaluated its proposal for the Project Artemis Moon lander, unfairly awarding the contract to competitor SpaceX. Read Full...

Pfizer has submitted initial data to the FDA as it seeks approval for vaccine booster shots for all adults, saying its trial showed third doses were more effective against Covid-19 and its more contagious Delta variant. Read Full Articl...

Officials charged with evacuating US troops, diplomats, civilians and local allies from Afghanistan have insisted that the process is going well, despite harrowing images circulating of crowded planes and desperate Afghans. Read Full Ar...

Rodney Scott has retired as US Border Patrol chief, but not before reportedly warning his agents that unprecedented numbers of suspected terrorists are crossing into the country, creating a “national security crisis.” Read Full Arti...

Overcrowding on the runway at Kabul airport has forced a German military plane to divert and refuel without evacuating anyone on the ground. Meanwhile, Chancellor Angela Merkel bemoaned the lack of “success” in Afghanistan. Read Ful...

Large numbers of Afghan people have gathered outside Kabul airport, seeking to flee the country as the Taliban takes control. The group's fighters have reached the airport's gates and were seen firing guns to contain the crowd. Read Ful...

President Biden’s top security aide tore into Afghan security forces for failing to stop the Taliban from recapturing their country, saying they lacked the will to fight, despite being amply trained and equipped by Washington. Read Fu...

US President Joe Biden has blamed the ousted Afghan government for not fighting the Taliban and defended the hasty withdrawal of troops and diplomats after briefly interrupting his vacation to address the situation in Afghanistan. Read ...

Hundreds of Afghan military personnel ended up in Uzbekistan over the weekend, after they fled the Taliban offensive, the Uzbek authorities said on Monday, adding that they had to “forcibly” land dozens of rogue aircraft. Read Full ...

Google is allowing users to control their Android devices using facial expressions, beefing up an accessibility feature to allow them to operate their smartphones via raised eyebrows, open mouths, and other facial gestures. Read Full Ar...

The government of Israel has called for international help as the country faces a major wildfire outside Jerusalem. The out-of-control blaze has already devastated swaths of woods and farmland, threatening several villages. Read Full Ar...

Russian diplomats in Kabul feel safe and are continuing to work in the wake of the capital’s takeover by the Taliban, Moscow’s envoy to Afghanistan told RT, adding that the US had been “tilting at windmills” for 20 years. Read F...

Americans stranded in Afghanistan amid the Taliban takeover of the country have turned to seeking help outside the Biden administration, as at least one Republican senator has gotten messages from stranded citizens needing rescue. Read ...

Multiple Wikipedia pages, including those of prominent politicians, have temporarily had the usual informational text replaced with a nasty surprise: a full-screen Nazi swastika over a lurid red background. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Olympic javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk may have only won silver in Tokyo but the Pole has proved that she has a heart of gold after announcing that she will auction her medal to help fund a toddler's heart surgery. Read Full Article a...

CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward was ridiculed on social media for reporting that members of the Taliban who were shouting “death to America!” behind her in Kabul seemed to be “friendly” nonetheless. Read Full...

Russia's joint all-time top scorer, Artem Dzyuba, has been ousted from the first national squad announced by new boss Valeri Karpin – a day after Zenit dropped their captain amid rumors he could move to Turkish side Fenerbahce. Read F...

High-quality satellite images have captured the ongoing Kabul airport debacle, showing droves of Afghans on the runway, attempting to leave aboard Western evacuation flights after the country fell to the Taliban. Read Full Article at RT...

The hastily evacuated US Embassy in Kabul is unlikely to stay vacant for long, retired US Army colonel and diplomat Ann Wright told RT, saying that Washington accepting the Taliban takeover would benefit the Afghan people. Read Full Art...

With the Taliban victorious and the US departure from Afghanistan resembling a panicked rout, talk in Washington has now turned to who’s responsible for the calamity unfolding in Kabul. Unsurprisingly, nobody’s taking the blame. Rea...