Police and health authorities in Minnesota, US are investigating a case of “emotional abuse” at a local nursing home. Teen girls who worked at the facility had been found apparently tormenting a resident with dementia. Read Full Art...

A cluster of five new infections in Brisbane may require a lockdown in Queensland, the Australian state’s leader said. The enforcement of lockdowns in other parts of the country has already caused a lot of debate. Read Full Article at...

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and after the hasty Afghanistan withdrawal, the American War on Terror is partially winding down. The costs of the conflict have been staggering, the gains few, and the losses tragic. Read Fu...

Israeli police have caught four of the six Palestinians who pulled off a daring escape from a high-security prison earlier this week through an underground tunnel dug from their cell. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s agricultural sector has seen impressive growth in foreign sales this year, according to the latest data published by the Russian Ministry of Agriculture’s AgroExport center. Read Full Article at RT.com

Just as a Florida appeals court reinstated Governor Ron DeSantis’s ban on school mask mandates, the Department of Education has announced a probe into the opt-out policy, claiming it may hurt disabled students. Read Full Article at RT...

Daniil Medvedev will aim to deprive Novak Djokovic of a record 21st Grand Slam title after the world’s top two set up a mouthwatering showdown in Sunday’s US Open final. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Capitol rioter infamously dubbed the ‘QAnon Shaman’ – Jacob Chansley – was denied a request to be temporarily released from prison to visit his grandfather once more before his death, with a judge arguing he is a flight risk...

What’s black, white, and running amok across the suburbs of Maryland? Five zebras are now on the loose after escaping a small private farm. The plot thickened after a congresswoman emphatically denied she was behind the jailbreak. Rea...

Police in Vilnius have detained 20 people after a thousands-strong rally against Covid-19 restrictions and what protesters criticized as “LGTBQ+ propaganda” ended in a standoff with law enforcement. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Horror novelist Stephen King may pay his bills by inventing stories, but he was accused of taking creative license with health data, saying 1,200 Floridians died of Covid in one day – a claim that remains up despite being untrue. Read...

CNN’s Jake Tapper has faced backlash from his own liberal audience after he criticized President Joe Biden for claiming the moral high ground by berating unvaccinated Americans. Read Full Article at RT.com

A new investigation claims that a US drone strike in Kabul did not take out a dangerous terrorist driving a car bomb, but an innocent Afghan aid worker employed by an American NGO, and the children who came to greet him. Read Full Artic...

In another hiccup for the Kabul airlift, Washington has reportedly “temporarily paused” flying Afghan refugees to the US on recommendation of health authorities, citing four cases of measles among them. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

At least two people have been reported injured in a massive fire that erupted at St. John’s hospital in Queens, New York. The incident saw scores of firefighters and emergency responders being dispatched to battle the flames. Read Ful...

The security detail at the Royal Lodge in Windsor has accepted documents detailing a sexual abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew by one of the victims of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. His response is due soon in a US court. Read Full A...

Daniil Medvedev is on course for his second Grand Slam decider against Novak Djokovic this year after breezing into the second US Open of his career – and wife Dasha enjoyed his post-match confession. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A former Islamist fighter who went to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets and later got caught up in the US War on Terror – spending 14 years in the Guantanamo prison as a result – spoke to RT as part of the Unheard Voices project. Rea...

An attempt by the Anti-Defamation League to tone-police Ohio Republican Josh Mandel has backfired, as he stood by his comparison of those enforcing President Joe Biden’s vaccination mandate to Adolf Hitler’s secret police. Read Full...

A judge has ordered Apple to let developers allow consumers to use outside payment methods when buying apps, loosening the giant's chokehold on app profits and potentially adding fuel to other antitrust suits against the company. Read F...

A baseball star who signed a $102 million deal in February will reportedly spend the rest of the 2021 season on administrative leave as a sexual assault investigation continues. Read Full Article at RT.com

A fighter who faced stars including ex-champion Georges St-Pierre during his time in the UFC has reportedly been placed on a huge bail fee over an alleged domestic violence felony against a woman in Los Angeles. Read Full Article at RT....

Google is wrestling for control of rapidly-dwindling water supplies with communities that host its massive data centers as record droughts plague the West coast. Now the tech behemoth has outlined plans to become “water positive.” R...

Dan Campbell, the head coach of the NFL's Detroit Lions, says that he doesn't feel the need to comment on "internet rumors" amid speculation that D'Andre Swift is wanted in connection to a murder inquiry. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Florida appeals court has overruled a district judge who sought to block Governor Ron DeSantis from banning mask mandates in public schools, even as President Joe Biden vowed federal support for administrators who do so. Read Full Art...

Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Man United has prompted a feel-good factor within the club – but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits that the five-time Ballon d'Or winner will demand nothing but success from his new teammates. Read Full Article...

Fox News and CBS are facing heavy backlash after hailing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s “thinner” and “more energetic” appearance, with one pundit even saying he “looks better” than US President Joe Biden. Read Full Art...

Joe Biden's advice to families about children who are too young to receive a Covid-19 vaccine yet has drawn a fierce response from UFC star Jorge Masvidal, who reacted with an infamous photo of the US president's son, Hunter. Read Full ...

Republican Governor Greg Abbott has been slammed as a hypocrite after he signed an anti-Big Tech censorship bill on Thursday, with critics pointing out that he’s cracked down on Texans who’ve protested against Israel’s actions. Re...

The US has withdrawn from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, with nothing to show for it but a swift Taliban takeover and a flood of refugees. RT asked Afghans and Americans what the price of “nation-building” has been for them. Rea...

The maneuvers of a NATO pilot have sparked a sharp rebuke from Vienna, which warned of “diplomatic consequences” after an Alliance aircraft from Hungary took an unexpected nosedive over its territory during a scheduled flight. Read ...

University of Pennsylvania scientists are working to create a vaccine that would protect not just against Covid-19, but all coronaviruses, saying they hope it will be “ready to go” when the next pandemic hits. Read Full Article at R...

Former VP Mike Pence made his first national news appearance in months to blast President Joe Biden’s newly announced vaccine mandates and “patience wearing thin” comment, which Pence deemed unpresidential and un-American. Read Fu...

Footage has emerged of activists clashing with law enforcement while trucks containing weapons arrive under police escort ahead of a massive arms fair in London, to which 30,000 international delegates have been invited. Read Full Artic...

Benjamin Mendy's trial for four counts of rape and one of sexual assault has been scheduled for late January, with the three-time Premier League champion remanded in custody until the court case begins. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has spoken out against proposals to drop the foreigner limit rule in place at elite clubs, warning that his nation will be sidelined on the international scene if the restrictions are dropped. Read Full ...

Moscow has “irrefutable evidence” of American tech giants breaking Russian law, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, on Friday, as it summoned the US Ambassador, John Sullivan, to tell him it won’t tolerate election interference. Re...

This year’s Artificial Intelligence Journey 2021, a DS/AI online conference and a key event of Russia’s Year of Science and Technology, will be held on November 10–12, 2021. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former UFC champion Jessica Andrade says that her decision to open an OnlyFans account after nude photos of her were leaked online has allowed her to pay off her training expenses and live full-time in Las Vegas. Read Full Article at RT...

Close to 100,000 Russian and Belarusian soldiers, sailors and airmen are taking part in massive military exercises spanning half the width of Europe and involving hundreds of aircraft, armored vehicles and even missile systems. Read Ful...

Lebanese leaders have formed a new government led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati, finally putting to an end 13 months of political deadlock that worsened Beirut’s crippling economic situation. Read Full Article at RT.com

Stock futures have jumped as a first-in-seven-month phone conversation between President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping provided modest comfort to investors, while a surge in crude prices looked set to boost energy shares. Read Full...

The French government has taken the US and Israel off its list of ‘safe’ countries in terms of Covid-19 risk, imposing restrictions on the arrival of unvaccinated tourists from both places. Read Full Article at RT.com

It's the name of one of the world's most powerful people, but it's still not good enough for the Swedish tax authorities, who rejected a request from the parents of a newborn son to officially call their child Vladimir Putin. Read Full ...

Numolux Group, the South African partner of China’s Sinovac Biotech, has said the Chinese firm is in talks about creating a Covid-19 vaccine production site in Africa, as it launches a phase-three trial for use in children. Read Full ...

Former US Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is reportedly set to announce the creation of a new third party, alongside the release of his book on American democracy. The rumors were met with a chilly reaction. Read Full Arti...

Moscow is set to dispatch 30 of its modern battle tanks to Tajikistan, on the fractious frontier with Afghanistan, in an effort to shore up the shared border after American forces withdrew from the region in recent weeks. Read Full Arti...

Accused serial sexual predator Bill Cosby, who was controversially released from prison in June, is reportedly working on a new TV show. Many on Twitter reacted to the news with disgust. Read Full Article at RT.com

The premier of Australia’s state of Victoria has taken to social media to urge fellow citizens to leave behind their skepticism of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine if they want lockdowns to end. Read Full Article at RT.com

Thursday's NFL opener between the Buccaneers and the Cowboys saw a rendition of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' before the game, but fans are slating the 'black national anthem' as being little more than an empty gesture. Read Full Article ...

A week on from his long-sought-after meeting with his American counterpart, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky still hasn't had a direct answer from Washington regarding aspirations for his country to join the US-led NATO bloc. Read Fu...

Workers of Russia's Komandorsky Nature Reserve, located on the remote Commander Islands in the Pacific Ocean, recently discovered the carcass of a 13-meter humpback whale, the reserve's official Instagram page revealed on Tuesday. Read ...

Pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers have been advised by Germany’s vaccine body to get inoculated against Covid with Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech shots after analyzing data on its effectiveness and safety for these groups. Read Ful...

The head of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation has been banned for five years by the sport's governing body, with a 10-month investigation ruling that he threatened athletes and abused his position to back Alexander Lukashenko. Read F...

In an unprecedented move, China has revealed plans to publicly sell crude from its state reserves to contain prices. This is expected to “stabilize domestic market supply and effectively guarantee the country’s energy security.” R...

Russia is adhering to the controlled tightening of state monetary policy by raising the key interest rate by 25 basis points to 6.75%, the country’s central bank announced on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK’s Queen Elizabeth II supports the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and is committed to improving race relations in the UK, a senior Buckingham Palace representative has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

As part of its program to contain Covid-19, Vietnam has approved for emergency use a Chinese vaccine produced in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Read Full Article at RT.com

As more figures turn up their noses at the ring return of the 58-year-old Evander Holyfield this weekend, does boxing's latest pursuit of nostalgia risk not just its credibility but also the health of its most beloved icons? Read Full A...

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman has mocked the US and the chaotic collapse of the Washington-backed Afghan regime they left behind, as he shared footage of Taliban soldiers using captured aircraft as a swing. Read Full Article at R...

The European Commission has called on Hungary and Poland to do more to address the EU’s concerns about their maintenance of the rule of law if they want their pandemic recovery money. Read Full Article at RT.com

JK Rowling is facing an almighty backlash after a Twitter user apologised to the writer, allegedly after legal threats were made, over a “misleading” tweet about the author ignoring porn aimed at children online. Read Full Article a...

Having offered workers a raise in minimum wages, US retail giant Walmart will be eliminating quarterly bonuses for its employees. Amazon did the same in 2018, after being strong-armed into a wage hike. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Brussels will not revise the post-Brexit trade agreement signed with Britain regarding Northern Ireland’s trade, the European Commission’s Vice-President Maros Sefcovic has affirmed, stating that doing so would bring instability. Re...

The construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, running from Russia to Europe across the Baltic Sea, has been finished as scheduled within three years, despite political resistance from the US and a number of European countries. Read Fu...

The vast Nord Stream 2 pipeline will soon be pumping supplies from the gas fields of Siberia to consumers in Western Europe now that construction has been complete, despite American efforts to block the project, Moscow has said. Read Fu...

The designer of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine has called for surplus doses in the UK to be sent to countries with lower levels of vaccination, calling plans for a booster program unnecessary for the majority of immunised people. Read...

Shares in Russia’s state-run energy giant Gazprom pushed higher on the Moscow exchange after the company announced that the final sections of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline have been completed. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants "strong" Russia and the US to work together as "huge protagonists" in the political world that he believes football has moved into. Read Full Article at RT.com

Roskomnadzor, Moscow’s digital watchdog, has issued a sternly worded warning to four American companies over claims that they are potentially violating Russian election law by bypassing court-ordered restrictions in the country. Read ...

After being the target of 'fat-shaming' trolls, Neymar has again hit back by posting an image of his toned abdominal muscles with the message “chubby is on fire” after his goal helped Brazil to victory in a World Cup qualifier. Read...

All remaining anti-coronavirus rules, including an obligatory Covid pass, were officially cancelled in Denmark on Friday, making it the first state in the EU to wholly get back to pre-pandemic daily life. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

UK authorities foiled 31 terrorist plots in the past four years, the head of MI5 has said. He warned that the Taliban victory in Afghanistan likely served as a morale boost to domestic extremists. Read Full Article at RT.com

Popular US conservative news and commentary website The Daily Wire said it will not enforce President Joe Biden’s “tyrannical” plan to have large companies require their employees get vaccinated or tested every week for Covid. Rea...

While the price of the world’s top cryptocurrency, bitcoin, has been seeing ups and downs lately, some global central bankers have started voicing their doubts about the utility and inherent volatility of crypto assets. Read Full Arti...

Japan’s popular vaccine minister, Taro Kono, has announced his bid to replace Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in the ruling party’s upcoming leadership election, making him the third candidate to enter the race. Read Full Article at R...

Donald Trump claims he would knock out Joe Biden “within the first few seconds” if the pair ever stepped between the ropes, with Trump saying the Democrat would be “an easy win” in a boxing bout. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

National Australia Bank or NAB has announced plans to undergo a radical logo change as part of a marketing campaign aimed at boosting rates of vaccination against Covid-19 across the country. Read Full Article at RT.com

The final sections of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline have now been welded into place, Moscow’s state energy giant Gazprom has revealed, bringing construction of the underwater link between Russia and Germany to an end. Read ...

Marine Le Pen’s new campaign poster ahead of the 2022 general election pays homage to the French national anthem La Marseillaise. She is challenging incumbent President Macron on the protection of individual freedoms. Read Full Articl...

British sensation Emma Raducanu set up an all-teenage US Open final against Canada’s Leylah Fernandez as the remarkable duo ensured they will become the youngest stars to contest Grand Slam glory since Maria Sharapova in 2004. Read Fu...

Russia have made a rampaging start to the defense of their European beach football crown by coming from behind to beat newcomers Ukraine 4-2 in Portugal. Read Full Article at RT.com

Lionel Messi was unable to hold back the tears as he lifted the Copa America trophy in front of Argentina fans for the first time, after scoring a hat-trick to overtake Pele as South America’s top scorer in international football. Rea...

The Los Angeles school board has voted to mandate coronavirus vaccines for all eligible students aged 12 and older, in a unanimous decision by the nation’s second-largest school district that’s sure to stoke controversy. Read Full A...

Social media influencers, who promote products for a fee, must label such content as advertising, Germany’s top court has ruled. Those who are not paid and are not too blunt in their praise may do without such labels. Read Full Articl...

Social media giant Facebook is breathing new life into the cringiest accessory of the ‘00s – Google Glass – joining forces with sunglasses powerhouse Ray-Ban to unleash a pair of “smart” glasses that can record your every move...

A suspected active shooter situation prompted a lockdown of the Wright-Patterson Air Force base located just east of Dayton, Ohio. No threat was discovered by service members, who swept the area. Read Full Article at RT.com

A UN envoy to Afghanistan has warned of a looming humanitarian crisis in the war-torn nation, saying that cutting aid funds to the Taliban-run government could throw millions into severe poverty and trigger a major refugee crisis. Read ...

Space entrepreneur Elon Musk had a chance to pay tribute to one of his heroes, Sergey Korolev, as he hosted Andrey Korolev, the grandson of the legendary rocket engineer and father of the Soviet space program, in California. Read Full A...

While the Biden administration has boasted about getting 124,000 people out of Afghanistan, the American grandson of a famous Russian general slammed the US retreat as inept when compared to the feat of his tsarist ancestor. Read Full A...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a “fake feminist,” claimed Republican Sarah Palin after the Democrat congresswoman blasted the new Texas abortion law and said Governor Greg Abbott doesn’t understand a “menstruating person’s body.�...

Michael Capps, a former state representative in Kansas, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly falsifying documents to receive more than $450,000 in compensation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com...

President Joe Biden has pulled the nomination of David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Chipman is a former ATF agent who lied to defend the agency’s actions at the Waco siege. Read Full Article...

US President Joe Biden’s just-announced plan to force Covid-19 vaccinations by having federal regulators mandate it for businesses under threat of fines is already being denounced as illegal by critics, who are urging resistance. Read...

A new report has found a large majority of Jewish college students in the US see antisemitism as a problem on their campuses and many have personally experienced or heard of instances of hatred. Read Full Article at RT.com

Employees who receive religious, medical or personal exemptions from the Covid-19 vaccine mandate will still be placed on unpaid or medical leave indefinitely, the Chicago-based United Airlines has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com...

US President Joe Biden will instruct all employers with more than 100 workers to force their staff to get vaccinated or to submit to weekly Covid-19 tests. Companies refusing will face stiff fines. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Russian serviceman has been killed after his armored vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Syria’s Homs province, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The husband of Russia's Olympic high jump champion has warned people not to leave more abuse for her after she was pictured at close quarters with one of her main rivals at the Games – a Ukrainian – again. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The Nord Stream 2 link has been of great importance to Germany's energy supply and industry, Mario Czaja, a Berlin lawmaker, told RT, adding he is glad that German politicians did not fall for political games around the project. Read Fu...