International ratings agency S&P has said India’s economy is “picking up steam” after stalling during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in May and June. Read Full Article at RT.com

A physio who reportedly hospitalized an opposition fan by running onto the pitch to punch them during a chaotic mass brawl that marred a football match in France last night has been banned for nine months. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Police have been deployed against a knifeman inside a shop at a gas station in Bristol, England. The station staff have locked themselves in a safe room, while one person has been injured. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Hungarian government has lambasted the European Commission’s decision to fine Poland over judicial reforms, claiming the move is both “scandalous and arrogant” and reflective of Brussels’ empire-building. Read Full Article a...

Electric car giant Tesla has significantly expanded its production and export of made-in-China (MIC) vehicles, reaching a new all-time record last month, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) has revealed. Read Full Artic...

Russia's successful Olympic athletes, who competed in the Tokyo Games under the Team ROC banner, will be presented with new cars this weekend to herald their achievements in Japan. Read Full Article at RT.com

Scores of people gathered in central Madrid on Wednesday to decry violence against the LGBTQ community in Spain. The rally was organized in response to reports of a homophobic attack, which later turned out to be false. Read Full Articl...

The police in the city of Loveland, Colorado admitted to having used excessive force when arresting an elderly woman with dementia last year. Her family has reached a settlement with authorities. Read Full Article at RT.com

A football match featuring a naked German team who adorned their bodies with a message against the Qatar World Cup has been lauded by its organizer after attracting worldwide press attention. Read Full Article at RT.com

North Korea held a massive parade to celebrate 73 years since the state’s foundation, with soldiers and civilians alike seen marching in an elaborate procession, which omitted Pyongyang’s typical displays of major weapon systems. Re...

A network of Francophone schools in Ontario has paused a project to burn or otherwise destroy over 4,700 books for misrepresentation of native people after the project’s adviser resigned amid claims she is not actually indigenous. Rea...

A large metal security fence may return to the US Capitol just two months after it was brought down, several outlets reported, amid concerns of violence at an upcoming rally to support those charged over the January 6 riot in DC. Read F...

World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has pushed for a global halt on Covid vaccine booster shots until next year, arguing the extra doses should go to low-income nations and not to “healthy” vaccinated people. R...

As Democrats ramped up efforts to shore up California Governor Gavin Newsom against a recall vote, an angry activist in a gorilla mask threw an egg at his Republican challenger Larry Elder and attacked his entourage. Read Full Article a...

“War hero” or “racist” traitor, Virginia’s removal of a giant statue of Robert E. Lee was a controversial move. But the time capsule to be buried under it – full of BLM and LGBT memorabilia – is sure to stoke further divis...

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, finally nearing completion, is crucial not only for the big players involved, but also for the small town of Lubmin where the pipe emerges from the Baltic Sea in Germany, its mayor told RT. Read F...

At least 10 people have been killed in a fire that engulfed a modular Covid-19 hospital in the town of Tetovo, North Macedonia. Reports indicate that the blaze erupted after an explosion rocked the building. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Timo Werner already has an impressive resume of some spectacular misses, and there’s a new entry to the list after the Germany forward somehow managed to spurn a chance against Iceland with the goal at his mercy. Read Full Article at ...

While it won’t bring back their children, a fair investigation would at least restore their honor, two Afghan fathers from a family of which 10 of members were killed in a US drone strike in Kabul have told RT. Read Full Article at RT...

A shadowy plan to capture more than two dozen Russian citizens and extradite them to face trial for alleged war crimes was hatched jointly by Ukrainian and American special services, Moscow’s top security agency has concluded. Read Fu...

Chinese stars must steer clear of money-obsessed western celebrity culture, the country’s Communist Party has reminded them, extolling the virtues of patriotism and morality after publicly chastising several big names. Read Full Artic...

The Biden administration has told 11 Trump administration officials – including Sean Spicer, Kellyanne Conway, H.R. McMaster and Douglas Macgregor – to resign or be fired from advisory boards of US military academies. Read Full Arti...

Golfer-turned-social media celebrity Paige Spiranac has given her thoughts on why a recent list showed she’s more popular on Instagram than any golf star – and according to the blonde there are two obvious reasons. Read Full Article...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned Congress that the US is headed for a default on its national debt – a warning that has been issued many times before, with the Fed’s money printer always coming to the rescue. Read Full ...

Tempers were running high on Twitter as the towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was torn down in Virginia on Wednesday, a year after plans to remove the monument were announced in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Read ...

The Taliban government has suggested that it is "not necessary" for women to play sports in their new regime, including cricket, per a statement from the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences to the family and friends of Emergencies Minister Evgeny Zinichev, who died on Wednesday while “trying to save a person’s life” during drills in the Arctic. Read Full ...

British teenager Emma Raducanu continued her New York fairytale by overpowering Belinda Bencic to reach the semi-finals of the US Open – forcing TV personality Piers Morgan into an apparent change of tune. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Podcast host Joe Rogan says he rapidly recovered from Covid-19 after taking a stack of medication, including ivermectin. Now he’s talking about suing CNN for calling the anti-parasitic drug he took a “horse dewormer.” Read Full Ar...

German World Cup winner Jerome Boateng is expected to appear in a Munich court on Thursday to face allegations that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend – who is the other mother of his twin daughters – back in 2018. Read Full Article at ...

An alpaca euthanised because it was said to have bovine tuberculosis did not have the disease, its owner claims, citing an autopsy. That conclusion is disputed by officials, who say the post-mortem offers evidence of the disease. Read F...

Danish Prime minister Mette Frederiksen has said some migrant workers will be required by the state to work 37 hours a week to receive welfare benefits, with the rules apparently aimed at women from non-western backgrounds. Read Full Ar...

Iran is moving further and further away from the initial terms of the nuclear deal it signed in Vienna in 2015, Russia’s deputy foreign minister has revealed, echoing the concerns that led to the US leaving the agreement in 2018. Read...

Russian boxer Angelina Semenova says ring girls are the “cherry on the cake” at fight events and has accused Dagestani UFC icon Khabib Nurmagomedov of sexism after his comments on their role. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has expressed “deep and profound regret” for how his presidency ended after he fled from Kabul as the Taliban encircled, and dismissed claims that he did a runner with millions of dollars. Read F...

Khabib Nurmagomedov's fight league Eagle FC is promising fireworks in a showdown between two of Russia's most experienced MMA veterans Alexander Shlmenko and Artur Guseinov, in what is a keenly-anticipated contest in October. Read Full ...

Explosions were heard and an enormous industrial fire broke out at a factory in Kidderminster, England. With black smoke towering over the town, police have advised people to avoid the area and residents have been evacuated. Read Full A...

Ukraine should be renamed 'Russia-1' to show its status as the birthplace of Russian society, leaving Moscow to be the capital of 'Russia-2.' That's according to a famous Kiev-based journalist, who called the idea "trolling." Read Full ...

Australian media companies could be liable for third-party comments made on their social media posts after the High Court upheld a ruling on a case by a formerly imprisoned teen who sued media companies over comments about him. Read Ful...

UK Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has backtracked after saying he enjoyed a Zoom conversation with the "charming" Marcus Rashford - only to be later informed he was actually speaking with 6ft 6in rugby star Maro Itoje. Read Full A...

When Facebook acquired WhatsApp, it promised to respect the privacy of its users. That hasn’t been the case, and the firm now employs thousands of staff to read supposedly-encrypted chats. Read Full Article at RT.com

A sharp spike in the number of cases of virulent Russophobia and efforts to rehabilitate Nazis shows that people are forgetting the lessons learned from WWII and sliding back toward disaster, Russia's top diplomat has claimed. Read Full...

A 12-ton statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the largest remaining Confederate monument, has been taken down in Richmond. The removal was ordered by Democrat Governor Ralph Northam last year, triggering a bitter court battle. Read Full Articl...

American vaccine-maker Novavax has started its early stage trial of a vaccine which combines an as-yet-unapproved Covid-19 shot with the company’s NanoFlu influenza jab. Read Full Article at RT.com

A football star could be driven to take their own life if social media giants don’t crack down on current levels of abuse, former Premier League player Anton Ferdinand has told UK MPs. Read Full Article at RT.com

Sber, Russia’s largest banking group, has announced the development of a pet facial recognition system that could be utilized to find missing animals, by differentiating each individual cat and dog to a high level of accuracy. Read Fu...

Incumbent leader of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has accepted his party’s nomination to run for the role of vice president in 2022, as the constitution restricts him from serving a second term. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK has extended a post-Brexit grace period on certain products, particularly sausages and other chilled meats, going to Northern Ireland. The grace period has already been prolonged twice, with no new end date set this time. Read Fu...

Corinna Schumacher says her husband shows her "how strong he is every day" and details in a new interview that he expressed hesitancy about skiing the route in the French Alps which led to his near-fatal accident in 2013. Read Full Arti...

A 31-year-old French-Moroccan, thought to be the last surviving member of a group of gunmen that killed 130 people and wounded many more during the 2015 Paris attacks, has arrived at court for his long-awaited trial. Read Full Article a...

The head of Russia’s space command has offered to sit down with billionaire tycoon Elon Musk, the founder of American rocket firm SpaceX, to discuss efforts to explore the universe and whether there’s life on other planets. Read Ful...

Two ferry boats have smashed into each other on India's Brahmaputra River, with one of the boats capsizing immediately after the collision. The boats were reportedly carrying over 100 people, some of whom are feared missing. Read Full A...

Four former Guantanamo inmates, released as part of a swap for court-martialed soldier Bowe Bergdahl, have been named as high-ranking acting ministers in the Taliban’s new Afghan government. Read Full Article at RT.com

French cement giant Lafarge, charged with “crimes against humanity” over paying Islamic State to keep its Syrian plant running, had been informing the country’s spy agencies about its ties with terrorists, leaked papers revealed. ...

The mounting housing crisis in New Zealand is reportedly making young Kiwis appeal to Tinder and other dating apps in search of a partner who could assist in buying property.  Read Full Article at RT.com

The Australian health minister reportedly delayed meeting with top Pfizer executives last year, which the opposition claims contributed to vaccine supply shortages and extended lockdowns in the country. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Zenit St. Petersburg will be without Brazilian stars Malcom and Claudinho for their Champions League clash with Chelsea after the Russian club was reportedly sanctioned by FIFA for ordering the pair home from international duty. Read Fu...

The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, has been revealed as the special guest commentator for this weekend's boxing event between former world champ Evander Holyfield and ex-UFC star Vitor Belfort in Florida. Read Full A...

China’s Ministry of Education has banned tutors from conducting sessions online and in unauthorized locations off campus, to stop individuals profiting from private teaching after incidences of people disguising tuition. Read Full Art...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned Coinbase it will sue the crypto exchange if it goes ahead with plans to launch a program allowing users to earn interest on their crypto holdings. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

PayPal has announced it will purchase the Japanese firm Paidy for $2.7 billion, as the US fintech giant seeks to expand into the sphere of buy-now-pay-later products that witnessed a great boom thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full...

NBA icon Paul Pierce says he “did nothing illegal” as the 10-time All-Star defended the infamous video in which he cavorted with strippers, which paved the way for his departure from ESPN earlier this year. Read Full Article at RT.c...

A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Beijing respects Afghanistan’s “sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity” in the wake of the formation of the Taliban’s new government. Read...

Emergency services in the Russian city of Noginsk raced to the scene of a colossal explosion at an apartment building in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with pictures and videos showing the devastation now emerging online. Read Fu...

The head of Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations, Evgeny Zinichev, has died in the country's far north, officials confirmed on Wednesday. The minister was reportedly involved in a fatal accident while taking part in a drill. Read F...

Spanish starlet Carlos Alcaraz was accused of “tapping out” as his remarkable run at the US Open came to an end when he retired in the second set of his quarter-final clash with Felix Auger-Aliassime. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Guardian has come under fire after eagle-eyed commentators realised that the outlet had censored its own interview with philosopher Judith Butler, including a section where she claims TERFs are allied with the far Right. Read Full A...

The dramatic arrest of more than two dozen Russian ‘mercenaries’ in Belarus, last year, came as the result of an elaborate Ukrainian intelligence operation secretly backed and financed by American spy agencies, CNN has reported. Rea...

Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to training as a Manchester United player for the first time in 12 years after sealing his incredible move from Juventus, going through his paces at a session on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The world’s number one digital asset, bitcoin, plummeted after El Salvador officially adopted the crypto as legal currency. The historic adoption was beset by protests on the streets and technical problems online. Read Full Article at...

Two of Belarus’ most prominent opposition activists campaigning against the rule of authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko have now been sentenced to lengthy prison terms: Maria Kolesnikova to 11 years and Maxim Znak to 10. Read...

Russia’s gold and foreign currency holdings have risen to a record high of $618.1 billion as of September 1, according to data published by the country’s central bank. Read Full Article at RT.com

At least 41 people were killed and dozens more wounded in a large fire that broke out in a crowded prison near the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, according to officials. The blaze has since been extinguished. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Mexico’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, decriminalizing the procedure. The move comes days after a harsh abortion ban came into force just across the border in Texas. Read Full Articl...

The shift in healthcare resources to battling Covid-19 has led to many people in poor countries going untreated for other diseases, portending thousands of excess deaths, said a leading funder of tuberculosis and AIDS programs. Read Ful...

A strong 7.0-magnitude tremor has struck Mexico’s Pacific coast, the United States Geological Survey has reported. The quake was felt in Acapulco as well as Mexico City and has reportedly caused some damage. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Top White House Covid adviser Anthony Fauci is facing calls to resign after newly released documents suggested his agency funded dangerous “gain-of-function” research in China, despite previous denials. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed an “election integrity” bill aimed at making it more difficult to engage in electoral manipulation after a Democrat-led effort to scuttle the vote by fleeing the state failed. Read Full Article ...

The US government is reportedly investigating Raytheon over payments to a Qatar Armed Forces consultant that may have been bribes meant to be given to a member of the Persian Gulf nation’s royal family. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Amid reports that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has invested in an anti-aging tech startup, rival tech magnate Elon Musk joked that Bezos will just sue death – just as he sued SpaceX over a NASA contract – if the research fails. Read Fu...

Visitors to the National Archives website looking for the US founding documents are now greeted with labels warning of ‘harmful language’. It isn’t clear when the tags were added, but the move has angered some Republicans. Read Fu...

US video game firm Tripwire Interactive has announced the immediate departure of its chief executive and apologized profusely that its former leader spoke out in favor of the new Texas abortion law. Read Full Article at RT.com

President Joe Biden left viewers puzzled when he told reporters that tornados aren’t called tornados anymore and, whatever they are called, they supposedly affect Nevada. His apparent senior moment was ridiculed online. Read Full Arti...

President Joe Biden has asked Congress to fund the transport, screening, and “full resettlement resources” for Afghan refugees airlifted out of Kabul and waiting to go to the US. The operation will cost the taxpayer $6.4 billion. Re...

Almost 70% of unvaccinated Americans would rather quit their job than submit to mandatory vaccination, a new poll found, as another survey suggests more than 50% of companies plan such requirements by the end of the year. Read Full Arti...

Anyone late to their seats for Tanzania's game with Madagascar on Tuesday might well have missed one of the fastest-awarded penalties in football history after the referee pointed to the spot after just FIVE SECONDS of play. Read Full A...

FIFA has announced it has opened disciplinary proceedings against the football associations of South American giants Brazil and Argentina after their World Cup qualifier was suspended on Sunday. Read Full Article at RT.com

An English football club has been widely condemned online for publishing a 'passive aggressive' job advertisement where it blasted those seeking a healthy work-life balance. Read Full Article at RT.com

A US university student who chose to take classes remotely rather than be forced to get vaccinated against Covid-19 for on-campus learning has reportedly been barred from school despite doing his studies 70 miles (100km) away. Read Full...

Jason Miller, spokesman for US ex-President Donald Trump before launching social media platform Gettr, was detained for several hours in Brazil in what appears to be a struggle between President Jair Bolsonaro and his critics. Read Full...

A Mahatch FC bare-knuckle fighter has thanked fans for their concern after he collapsed during a recent fight, explaining how he seemingly spontaneously lost consciousness. Read Full Article at RT.com

Turkey will continue to receive deliveries of the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, and there is nothing the US can do about it, despite Washington constantly threatening sanctions and other possible consequences. Read Full Ar...

German police bought and used controversial Pegasus spyware sold by the Israeli NSO group in 2019, it has been revealed. The program has allegedly been used for high-profile spying by multiple governments. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Documents obtained by The Intercept reveal that the US government funded studies into coronavirus in bats in Wuhan long before the pandemic, with the proposal showing it was aware of the risk that researchers would be infected. Read Ful...

English football fans have derided plans launched for the upcoming Tottenham vs Chelsea Premier League clash match to be 'carbon neutral', with supporters urged to travel by public transport and eat only vegan food at the game. Read Ful...

Over 80% of Britons over the age of 16 have now received two jabs of a Covid-19 vaccine, the government announced on Tuesday, as officials launch a new campaign to boost uptake among under-18s. Read Full Article at RT.com

Daniil Medvedev is a man in form at Flushing Meadows, dazzling the New York crowds with some stupendous shot-making – so could this finally be the time for the big Russian to turn his talent into Grand Slam glory? Read Full Article at...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel used her last speech in the Bundestag before stepping down to warn against the rise of a broad left-wing coalition government, as her center-right CDU/CSU bloc falls in the polls. Read Full Article at RT....

The Iranian military has hailed the end of a successful mission in which its 77th strategic naval fleet ventured into the Atlantic for the first time, before returning to Iran, traveling some 45,000km (28,000 nautical miles). Read Full ...

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has accused the current head of state, Volodymyr Zelensky, of persecuting the country's opposition, claiming that he acts in a similar manner to Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Read Fu...