Chinese health authorities have reported no new local Covid-19 infections for the first time since July 20 after the state introduced numerous local lockdowns and mass testing campaigns amid concern about the Delta variant. Read Full Ar...

The world’s number one cryptocurrency, bitcoin, has topped the $50,000 mark for the first time in three months, gaining on positive news about crypto adoption. Read Full Article at RT.com

There were violent scenes in the South of France as the Ligue 1 clash between Nice and Marseille was called off after fans stormed the pitch in an ugly showdown with players on Sunday. Read Full Article at RT.com

At least one member of the Afghan security forces guarding Kabul’s airport has been killed after a firefight broke out with unknown assailants near the air hub, the German military has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has extended the nationwide lockdown until midnight Friday, after New Zealand recorded another 35 coronavirus cases, bringing the total number in its outbreak to 107. Read Full Article at RT.com

Dozens of right-wing Proud Boys and leftist Antifa members have clashed in a chaotic street showdown in Portland, armed with a variety of improvised weapons ranging from bats and shields to paintball guns, mace and fireworks. Read Full ...

New York City’s spate of apparently unprovoked attacks on strangers continued over the weekend, with an unidentified black assailant hitting another man in the back of the head with a hammer on a Manhattan subway platform. Read Full A...

Afghan staffers of the abandoned US embassy in Kabul are reportedly losing faith in American efforts to evacuate them, saying they feel betrayed and prefer to die “with dignity” than try again to get through a Taliban gauntlet. Read...

Facing an epidemic of stabbings and other violence, UK police have been criticised for prioritising mean social media comments instead by painting Pride-themed colors on their cars to encourage more reporting of “hate crimes.” Read ...

The Pentagon has activated its Civil Reserve Air Fleet for the third time ever, seeking to boost evacuation from Afghanistan, as the Taliban is blaming the US for chaos at Kabul airport, resulting in several deadly stampedes. Read Full ...

US President Joe Biden has assured the public the “hard and painful” Afghan evacuation is going smoothly, as officials struggle to explain the details. The prospect of sanctions on the Taliban “depends on the conduct,” he added....

Ukraine's first-ever Olympic gold medalist Oksana Baiul, who claimed top honors at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, has given up her citizenship in favor of the US, as confirmed by an Instagram post. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A government probe has been launched after officials in New South Wales, Australia, shot and killed shelter dogs that were due to be rescued by volunteers – allegedly in an effort to prevent the volunteers spreading Covid-19. Read Ful...

At least 21 people have been killed by flooding and dozens are missing in just one Tennessee county after more than 15 inches of rain deluged the central region of the state, trapping some residents in neck-high water. Read Full Article...

US Border Patrol agents are reportedly suffering low morale, to the point they feel “almost dead inside,” as President Joe Biden’s policies leave only skeleton crews working in the field to intercept national-security threats. Rea...

Ukraine’s appetite for Western aid and promises made by the visiting Angela Merkel diverged on Sunday, as the German Chancellor repeated her statements on Nord Stream 2 while Kiev asked for arms and help with a naval build-up. Read F...

Romelu Lukaku scored a goal on his second debut for Chelsea as the Blues' new big money import blitzed London rivals Arsenal with an all-action performance in a 2-0 win, and Didier Drobga was more than impressed in what he saw. Read Ful...

Those who are reluctant or anxious about signing up for a Covid-19 vaccine should be encouraged and incentivized to roll up their sleeves, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, while railing against coercion and intimidation. Read ...

UFC welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev is set to make his long-awaited comeback to the octagon at UFC 267 on October 30, with the feared 9-0 prospect tipped to meet Li Jingliang in Abu Dhabi. Read Full Article at RT.com

US Secretary of State Tony Blinken was hammered online after he repeatedly dodged a question on just how aware President Joe Biden is of the situation on the ground in Afghanistan. Biden’s other officials are equally evasive. Read Ful...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the overnight collapse of the American-backed government in Afghanistan could pose a serious threat to countries surrounding the troubled Central Asian nation, including his own. Read Full ...

Cristiano Ronaldo was dropped to the bench for Juventus' Serie A opener with Udinese on Sunday with speculation suggesting this was at the player's request as he attempts to seek a move away from the Italian giants. Read Full Article at...

Harry Kane was given a rapturous welcome on his return to Tottenham first-team duties after reportedly agitating for a move to Manchester City, but the home Wolves support weren't quite so kind to the England captain. Read Full Article ...

The Taliban has declared the war in Afghanistan over, but a bloodbath is on the cards in an isolated valley north of Kabul, after a defiant local warlord and ousted Afghan fighters who fled there rejected a Taliban ultimatum. Read Full ...

Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, who recently missed out on heading to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to a failed drug test caused by marijuana use, gave an impassioned interview after finishing last in a race this weekend. Read Full Article...

The brother of ousted Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has apparently warmed to the idea of Taliban rule, a week after his sibling fled Kabul, claiming that the militant group could help stabilize war-torn Afghanistan. Read Full Article at...

Turkish side Besiktas say their 31-year-old Congolese defender Fabrice N'Sakal is "doing much better" after he was rushed to hospital after collapsing on the pitch in the 70th minute of a Super Lig match with Gaziantep. Read Full Articl...

The Pittsburgh Steelers' latest win in preseason was marred by violence in the stands at Heinz Field, as a woman slapped another fan in the face before he then KO'd her male accomplice in scenes later shared on social media. Read Full A...

An awkward scene took place at the closing ceremony of a major film festival in the Ukrainian city of Odessa on Saturday, when renowned British director Terry Gilliam thanked Russia instead of Ukraine for his honorary award. Read Full A...

The Russian economy is nearing its pre-Covid-19 pandemic level, President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday at a meeting with representatives of the United Russia party. Read Full Article at RT.com

Thomas Tuchel has been a revelation since he replaced the iconic Frank Lampard as the Blues' boss in January but in a new interview he admits that he questioned the decision made by Roman Abramovich to axe the club legend. Read Full Art...

Reports from the UK have claimed that David Beckham has opened talks with football superstar Lionel Messi about a possible move to MLS side Inter Miami in the United States after concluding his European playing career. Read Full Article...

Revenues generated by the global market of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) are expected to grow to $93 billion by 2027, at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 20%, the latest report by Astute Analytica shows. Read Full Art...

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven will resign, again, following a tumultuous summer of political infighting in the Scandinavian country that ended in a no-confidence vote in his leadership. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia has passed legislation enabling foreign insurance companies from the member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to create branches and carry out insurance business in the country. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ignacio Bahamondes wowed MMA fans and pundits with a knockout of the year contender at UFC Vegas 34 last night. Through a stunning, spinning wheel kick, he took home a $50,000 bonus and is being pushed as a title contender. Read Full Ar...

Khabib Nurmagomedov remained tight-lipped when he was pressed for his opinion on the Taliban's recent takeover of Afghanistan when questioned on the matter by a reporter at a recent press conference in Russia. Read Full Article at RT.co...

An online fundraiser aimed at assisting Afghan families being resettled in the UK has received accolades for attempting to mimic language used by the country’s anti-immigration movement. Read Full Article at RT.com

Britain’s Ministry of Defence has released a statement confirming at least seven Afghan civilians died among the crowds near Kabul airport, where panicking people desperate to flee the country have been gathering this week. Read Full ...

Thousands of people have marched in the center of the French capital for the sixth consecutive weekend to denounce the so-called coronavirus health pass that they see as an infringement of the rights of unvaccinated citizens. Read Full ...

Beijing is considering moves to obligate domestic companies seeking US stock listings to hand over the management of their data to third-party – preferably state-backed – firms, according to media reports. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Where did Russia go wrong? That’s the question that plagues foreign analysts who decry the country’s current trajectory, and wish Moscow had used the fall of the Soviet Union as an opportunity to turn Westwards once and for all. Rea...

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel and the club's hierarchy have been handed a potential transfer headache, with the emergence and form of a youth academy product providing a dilemma over whether to end the pursuit of a star defender. Read F...

Former eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, 42, admits that he may have fought his final fight after the Filipino icon was beaten by Cuba's Yordenis Ugas by unanimous decision in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Read Full Article a...

Judgement and sensitivity are key elements of a sports interview, but there is also a need to recognize the difference between challenging and unfair questions – as two press conferences in recent days have shown. Read Full Article at...

A gleeful mob of social media users has cheered the death of a conservative shock-jock who succumbed to an extreme case of Covid-19, claiming that his refusal to get vaccinated made him unworthy of sympathy. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Asian benchmark Australian thermal coal at Newcastle Port has seen an unprecedented 106% gain in prices in 2021. In stark contrast, international oil benchmark Brent crude gained only 33% this year. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mounted police officers are commonly used at rallies around the globe, but mounted protesters seem to be an Australian innovation as a man was filmed encouraging people to break Covid-19 rules from the back of a white horse. Read Full A...

Two of China’s major steel producers, Ansteel and Ben Gang, are merging into one corporation, which will have an annual production capacity of 63 million tons of crude steel. Read Full Article at RT.com

A day after hundreds of protesters were arrested for breaching Covid restrictions, PM Scott Morrison has reiterated that Australia will keep battling the virus with lockdowns until the majority of citizens are fully vaccinated. Read Ful...

An elite unit of Taliban fighters, wearing US-made tactical gear they apparently captured from retreating Afghan forces, has posed for a propaganda photo, which many outraged Americans found to be the “ultimate insult.” Read Full Ar...

Multiple blasts have rocked Gaza after the IDF launched a series of airstrikes in an apparent retaliation to violent border clashes, in which an Israeli soldier was critically wounded earlier in the day. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Belgian woman has ended up banned from visiting a chimpanzee at Antwerp Zoo after the keepers deemed the two were spending way too much time together. The woman claimed she was having an “affair” with the animal. Read Full Article...

Hot-headed incidents marked a tense semi-final clash at the Cincinnati Masters between Russian tennis aces Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, with the former kicking a camera and claiming to have almost broken his hand. Read Full Articl...

The EU’s top diplomat has declared it “impossible” for Europe to evacuate all of its Afghan allies from Kabul by the end of August. Josep Borrell blamed American troops at the city’s airport for preventing evacuees from leaving....

President Vladimir Putin has spoken with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and met with his Kazakh colleague Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev to discuss the situation surrounding Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover. Read Full Ar...

One of the biggest OnlyFans pin-ups in Australia has reacted to the popular subscription-based platform's proposed anti-porn crackdown and claimed that the company could merely be "looking for attention" for its website. Read Full Artic...

The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Tropical Storm Henri to a hurricane. With wind speeds currently around 75mph, Henri is expected to batter Long Island or southern New England on Sunday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Football officials are currently in negotiations with governments in an attempt to evacuate female players from Afghanistan following the recapturing of power by the Taliban, as confirmed by the world players' union. Read Full Article a...

Record British transfer signing Jack Grealish has been ridiculed for his celebration after scoring a 'fortuitous' first goal for new club Manchester City against Norwich in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon. Read Full Article at ...

Professional hardships became a highlight at a Jamaica teachers’ conference, as one of its members was caught getting intimate with a partner while her colleague was talking about “necessary connections” during a public Zoom call....

Thousands of people hit the streets of Australia's largest cities on Saturday, defying coronavirus lockdowns. The protest got particularly chaotic in Melbourne, devolving into clashes between anti-lockdown marchers and police. Read Full...

Fresh from alienating many in its user base by banning sexually explicit content, OnlyFans has revealed what will and won’t be allowed on its platform. Fans of amateur porn should brace for disappointment. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Arts Council of Wales spent £51,000 on a report that found its own Welsh language policies “systemically racist.” By asking workers to know the language, the council upholds a “white supremacist ideology,” the report claime...

Russian former UFC bantamweight king Petr Yan has pledged to live up to his ‘No Mercy’ moniker and reclaim the throne from Aljamain Sterling after confirming the pair will renew their rivalry at UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi in October. Read...

Russia is eyeing creating a free tax zone in the Kuril Islands, located in Russia’s Far East region next to the Kamchatka Peninsula, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev said in an interview with RBC newspaper. Read Full...

US automaker giant General Motors is recalling a further 73,018 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles from Canada and the US over combustion risks. The move will cost the company nearly $1 billion. Read Full Article at RT.com

Anti-Taliban forces have reportedly captured three northern districts in Afghanistan just days after the militant group seized Kabul and reestablished its so-called Islamic Emirate. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former Manchester United and Brazil midfielder Anderson is facing multiple criminal charges such as aggravated theft, fraud and money laundering in relation to his alleged role in a cryptocurrency racket, according to reports. Read Full...

China wants to emulate the Taliban and take over Taiwan the same way the Islamic radicals seized power in Afghanistan last week, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said, warning that the island is ready to defend itself. Read Full Art...

Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri says Cristiano Ronaldo has assured him he will be remaining at the Turin club despite a summer of speculation linking the star to potential moves to France, England and Spain. Read Full Article at R...

Both Russia and China are pursuing a strategy of engaging with the Taliban. While some politicians and commentators insist this is a global threat, the reality is that constructive talks are now more likely to bring stability. Read Full...

Construction works on the long-anticipated cross-border railway bridge linking Russia and China across the Amur River have been completed, with the Russian and Chinese sections of the tracks now connected. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

CBS has been accused of spinning fanciful, Greta Thunberg-inspired yarns about the disastrous outcome of the nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan, after claiming that the Taliban received outside support from climate change. Read Full Arti...

Calls to Australian mental health support lines have increased by 30% compared to pre-pandemic times, officials have revealed. Additional funding has been provided to help people deal with distress during the lengthy lockdowns. Read Ful...

Despite their combined age of 87, heavyweight duo Sergei Kharitonov and Cheick Kongo put on a show for fight fans in their Bellator heavyweight headliner on Friday, with the French star landing a buzzer-beating submission win. Read Full...

Bolivia’s former interim president, Jeanine Anez, has been charged with genocide and other crimes over the deaths of 20 people who protested the ousting of the country’s longtime socialist leader, Evo Morales, in 2019. Read Full Art...

One of Ukraine’s most prominent news outlets has been taken offline after the country’s National Security and Defense Council marked it out as a threat, thus adding the title to the growing list of banned opposition media groups. Re...

Wildberries has slammed foreign payment systems for putting illegal pressure on Russian banks after the firms threatened the online retailer with fines for alleged additional commissions on payments made via Visa and Mastercard. Read Fu...

Conor McGregor is ramping up training for his UFC return just weeks after suffering the gruesome leg break which brought an end to his fight with Dustin Poirier in Las Vegas. Read Full Article at RT.com

A popular Russian television channel has been designated as a ‘foreign agent’ by Moscow’s Ministry of Justice after officials trawled through its finances, reportedly finding large sums originating from overseas funding sources. R...

Mississippi residents are falling ill after turning to ivermectin-based animal medication, apparently in an attempt to self-medicate against Covid-19 – prompting authorities to warn against the potentially toxic treatment regime. Read...

Paris Saint-Germain made light of the absence of Lionel Messi as the French giants maintained their perfect start to the Ligue 1 season with victory at Brest, including a sensational goal from Idrissa Gueye. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The average CEO’s yearly income in the UK is 86 times that of the average full-time worker, a new study has found, even after CEO paychecks were slashed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

The net profit of Russian lenders in January-July totaled 1.429 trillion rubles ($19.2 billion), which is nearly twice their earnings in the same period last year, the Central Bank of Russia reported. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has taken a second crack at impeaching President Joe Biden, accusing him of botching the exit from Afghanistan and allowing a “crisis” to percolate at the southern border, among other things. R...

Heated protests erupted in Sydney and Melbourne as massive crowds took to the streets to decry ongoing lockdown measures, seeing clashes with Australian police, who responded with pepper spray, roadblocks and a string of arrests. Read F...

Afghan contractors who worked security at the British Embassy in Kabul will get help to relocate to the UK, as London faced criticism for allegedly leaving them stranded after helping diplomats board an evacuation flight. Read Full Arti...

The FDA will give full authorization to Pfizer’s Covid jab sometime next week, according to multiple reports, putting it on track to be the first in the US to get approval and likely paving the way for additional vaccine mandates. Rea...

US military intelligence so severely underestimated the capabilities of Afghanistan’s Taliban that it’s hard to believe it was a mistake at all, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern told RT, likening the snafu to the Vietnam War. Read Fu...

Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division has told his British colleague to stop “embarrassing” the US troops guarding the Kabul airport by venturing into the city to rescue people, at least according to one Washington columnist. Read...

Syria’s air defenses shot down 22 of 24 Israeli missiles fired during recent air raids near Damascus, the Russian military said. Launched from Lebanese airspace, the strikes have prompted vocal objections from officials in Beirut. Rea...

Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected claims of any government involvement in the recent rejection of a broadcast license to RT's German-language channel, despite multiple reports from German media saying otherwise. Read Full Article at...

Following London’s lead, Washington has blacklisted more officials and divisions of the Russian security service (FSB) over last year’s alleged ‘Novichok poisoning’ of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, offering no evidence. Read...

InfoWars’ Owen Shroyer has been charged with participating in the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill. Shroyer, a co-host of controversial media personality Alex Jones, says he’s innocent of the charges, which include violent entry. Read...

Floyd Ray Roseberry, the man identified as the suspect demanding to speak to President Joe Biden or else he’d set off explosives outside the Library of Congress, has been charged and will go through a competency hearing. Read Full Art...

New Yorkers will need a form of identification as well as proof of vaccination to enjoy numerous businesses, a Democrat council member was quick to remind them…only to be then be asked why showing ID to vote is any different. Read Ful...

Barack Obama’s lavish birthday bash may have been a little too on-the-nose for Americans still dealing with Covid restrictions, but Politico has found the real victims: the DC Democrats and journos who can’t party any more. Read Ful...

US President Joe Biden took questions from the press about the unfolding evacuation from Kabul, only to repeat talking points from earlier and make an emotional appeal to Americans to support him in ending the war. Read Full Article at ...

The mayor of Kabul will remain in power under the Taliban, he told RT, explaining how the Islamic fundamentalist group was able to so easily retake the country and what will now happen to the country's women. Read Full Article at RT.com...