Cryptocurrencies are built on everything that makes up the concept of individual sovereignty, like peer-to-peer networks and encryption. But there are other tools online to keep you from being enslaved by the world’s monopolies. Read ...

A British minister has vowed to tackle the country’s haulage crisis by getting the domestic workforce back into driving jobs, claiming that there are hundreds of thousands of people with HGV licences who aren’t working. Read Full Ar...

Polish energy company PGNiG has claimed Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline does not meet EU requirements, possibly causing further delays to the certification process needed to launch gas deliveries. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

An investigation is underway in Brazil into whether JPMorgan Chase took part in an alleged bribery and money laundering scheme, dating back to 2011, involving state-run oil company Petrobras. Read Full Article at RT.com

Rattled by a wave of violent anti-lockdown protests, Australia’s second-largest city has hit a grim pandemic milestone, reportedly becoming the city that has lived the longest under lockdown as infections surge. Read Full Article at R...

Hollywood star Johnny Depp has railed against “cancel culture,” warning that the phenomenon has gone so far that anyone can see their life destroyed if an accuser is willing to turn the mob against them. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A woman accused of trying to use a fake Covid-19 vaccine passport in Hawaii – which conspicuously mangled the spelling of “Moderna” – is now wanted in the state, with a judge issuing an arrest warrant after she skipped a hearing...

The US Food and Drug Administration has given its blessing to the use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 jab for booster doses. The move could impact millions of Americans, including teachers, grocery workers, and hospital staff. Read Full Article ...

The Biden administration is seeking guards fluent in Haitian Creole to staff a detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – but it is far too small to have an impact on the thousands of Haitian migrants currently camped in Texas. Read...

US Border Patrol agents are “cowboys” who must be “gotten rid of” and their “whipping” of Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas was worse than slavery, according to Congresswoman Maxine Waters, an influential California Democra...

After four years of cooking up any possible scandal to oust former president Donald Trump, Democrats are reportedly changing congressional rules to block Republicans from even requesting investigations of the Biden administration. Read ...

A proposed amendment to the US Pentagon funding bill demands that the White House sanction 35 Russian citizens for alleged human rights abuses, including the prime minister, Moscow's mayor and President Vladimir Putin's spokesman. Read ...

Black conservative commentator Candace Owens took on MSNBC host Joy Reid for turning the saga of missing vlogger Gabby Petito into another racial grievance, arguing the bigger disparity is in media coverage of killings by police. Read F...

An elementary school in Washington state has walked back a policy requiring kids to wear face masks “to chew, swallow, or talk” at lunchtime, after some outraged parents complained about the bizarre rule. Read Full Article at RT.com...

“People who leak confidential information” don’t belong at Apple, according to the tech giant’s CEO Tim Cook, whose memo denouncing leakers was itself leaked to The Verge as previous memos had been. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The military has said it suspended one official following a breach that exposed data concerning some 250 Afghan interpreters who used to work with UK forces, while a second breach affecting another 55 people has been reported. Read Full...

Using mathematical models, a quartet of Chinese scientists has argued that the first case of Covid-19 appeared between April and November 2019 in the northeastern US, long before the outbreak in Wuhan, China. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Footage has emerged showing MMA fighter Dillon Danis being restrained on the ground before the Bellator star was arrested and reportedly hit with disorderly conduct charges at the weekend. Read Full Article at RT.com

A further two UK energy suppliers have collapsed amid the deepening gas crisis, leaving an additional 800,000 customers in limbo. Over 1.5 million people are now reportedly affected, with more firms expected to cease trading. Read Full ...

The latest spin-off movie from JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ universe will be called ‘Fantastic Beasts 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore’. Jokers online immediately speculated that the secret was of a sexual nature. Read Full Article...

Melbourne police partially backed off an order to keep news helicopters out of the sky over anti-lockdown protests after media pushed back with a legal challenge. Police said protesters were tracking cops’ movements via newsfeeds. Rea...

Software billionaire Bill Gates got perhaps more than he bargained for in a PBS interview when the host apparently caught him off guard with questions concerning his relationship with deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Read Full Articl...

Golf pin-up Paige Spiranac has said she wants Team US captain Steve Stricker to put together bitter rivals Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau at the upcoming Ryder Cup, claiming they would be "unstoppable". Read Full Article at RT.com ...

France’s Defense Minister Florence Parly has called for a review of NATO’s “strategic concept,” stating that “dialogue is non-existent” within the bloc. The remarks come amid the ongoing scandal over the new AUKUS pact. Read...

Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe has reportedly been pulled from a celebrity boxing match, following concerns over the fight featuring fellow veteran Evander Holyfield earlier this month. Read Full Article at RT...

A senior figure from Insulate Britain, the climate activist group responsible for blocking road junctions on London’s M25 motorway, hasn’t insulated his own home. The eyebrow-raising revelation came to light live on morning TV. Read...

America’s top comedy hosts have gotten together for an evening of climate-focused entertainment. Based on the scathing reactions online, at least nobody will be wasting electricity by watching it. Read Full Article at RT.com

The French ambassador to the US, recalled recently over the AUKUS row, will return to Washington next week, President Emmanuel Macron has announced after a phone call with his US counterpart Joe Biden. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Documents published by a scientist group probing Covid-19’s origins reveal that controversial US non-profit EcoHealth Alliance had sought $14 million in 2018 for a project that would expose Chinese bats to altered coronaviruses. Read ...

Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn has announced that the government will scrap compensation for unvaccinated workers who have to isolate after testing positive for Covid or returning from ‘high risk’ nations. Read Full Article ...

The controversial taunting penalty rule brought into the NFL has already been blasted by fans, players and pundits. Yet anyone claiming it is an attempt to 'control black bodies' is merely guilty of race-baiting. Read Full Article at RT...

Roughly half of all schoolchildren have already had Covid-19, England’s chief medical officer has said, adding that the highest rate of transmission of the virus is currently being seen in this age group. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US is now locked into a new cycle of showdowns and suspicion with both Moscow and Beijing, while Brussels already risks being drawn into the rift, a majority of EU citizens believe, according to a major new research report. Read Ful...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has blasted France for its reaction to the AUKUS pact, which saw Canberra pull out of a major submarine deal it had with Paris, saying that its Gallic neighbours need to get over it. Read Full Articl...

Ofgem chief Jonathan Brearley was briefly left in darkness during his speech in the Parliament. Ironically, the lights at Brearley’s office went off just as he was reassuring MPs that no blackouts will come this winter. Read Full Arti...

France has rejected a report by the Daily Telegraph that it was proposing to hand its seat at the UN Security Council over to Brussels in exchange for European governments supporting President Emanuel Macron’s plan of an EU army. Read...

German sprinter Alica Schmidt – regularly dubbed ‘the world’s hottest athlete’ – has put the disappointment of her Tokyo Olympics flop behind her by announcing she will be modelling at Milan fashion week. Read Full Article at ...

A top Ukrainian government official reportedly targeted by gunmen has said his assailants wanted to send a message to the country's leadership, as conspiracy theorists in Kiev speculate Russia could have been behind the attack. Read Ful...

The French presidency has said it is expecting “concrete measures” from US President Joe Biden when the two leaders speak on Wednesday, after Washington and London seemingly scuppered an Aussie submarine deal with France. Read Full ...

Former President Donald Trump has been mocked by liberal pundits and his own niece, after he sued the latter for her “insidious plot” to obtain and release his tax returns. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia is fully compliant with its gas supply obligations to Europe, Germany’s energy ministry's spokeswoman Suzanne Ungrad said Wednesday, dismissing claims Moscow is pressuring the EU to speed up Nord Stream 2’s commissioning. Rea...

Fraudsters stole more than £4 million ($5.45 million) a day from people in the first half of the year, a rise of 31% from the same period in 2020, as scammers increased their activity, a report by a UK banking trade body found. Read Fu...

Former Russian football international Dmitri Khokhlov is taking Facebook to court, accusing the social media giant of causing “moral harm” by interpreting his surname as a derogatory term for Ukrainians. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

American cartoon comedy ‘Family Guy’ has released an explainer video in which characters Stewie and Brian tell viewers the truth about vaccines, while dad Peter has a change of heart and gets his Covid-19 shot from the doctor. Read ...

Tehran does not tolerate “unconstructive” actions from the US in regard to its nuclear talks, nor does it “waste time,” Iran’s foreign minister said, blasting President Joe Biden’s administration’s handling of the negotiat...

A sizeable LAPD police union is going after the Los Angeles District Attorney after it was decided that NBA star Jaxson Hayes would not be charged with a felony after allegedly attacking an officer during his arrest in July. Read Full A...

When things you can't live without get more expensive, it's good to have someone to blame. Facing steep gas price rises to heat their homes and power industry, many West European commentators are now pointing the finger at Russia. Read ...

Turkish President Recep Erdogan has once again reiterated that Ankara will not recognize the reabsorption of Crimea into Russia, telling the United Nations that the protection of Ukraine's territorial integrity is “important.” Read ...

Significant rainfall in Cartagena and Granada in the south of Spain has caused severe flooding, sending vehicles and objects ploughing through streets, as water poured into nearby properties at a significant rate. Read Full Article at R...

Carbon dioxide (CO2) prices could skyrocket by 500% in Britain, the government warned its food producers on Wednesday, after extending emergency state support in order to avert a food shortage. Read Full Article at RT.com

Suriname's 60-year-old vice president featured for the team he owns in a CONCACAF league fixture on Tuesday night, naming himself as captain and starring alongside one of his reported 50 kids at the stadium named in his honor. Read Full...

The Asia-Pacific does not need “submarines and gunpowder,” a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry has said, slamming the trilateral pact between the US, UK, and Australia, dubbed AUKUS, as derailing peace in the region. Read ...

Facebook reportedly conducted a secret campaign to push more positive content about the platform – some written internally – via its users’ ‘News Feeds’ in a bid to counter the effects of negative media coverage on its reputat...

The highly-discussed AUKUS pact between Washington, London and Canberra to arm Australia with a fleet of nuclear submarines is “reckless” and will only expose the country to danger on multiple fronts, Aussie trade unions said. Read ...

Despite increased worries and fears about China, Russia continues to be the primary military threat for America, because Moscow has access to more advanced weaponry than Beijing, the head of the US Northern Command has claimed. Read Ful...

The general director of Russian space agency Roscosmos has accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX of attempting to squeeze it out of the market by operating at a significant loss, calling cooperation between the two “hardly possible.” Read Fu...

The world's most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, continued trading in the red on Wednesday, after a day which saw it briefly drop below $40,000 for the first time since August. Other leading cryptos are also trading lower. Read Full Ar...

Victoria police have opened fire with rubber bullets on demonstrators protesting Covid-19 vaccinations in the city of Melbourne in an attempt to disperse an angry mob, some of whom were decked out in body armor and helmets. Read Full Ar...

Premier League stars are refusing to participate in a publicity campaign encouraging fellow players to get their Covid vaccine, according to a report. Read Full Article at RT.com

On Sunday, Germans will cast their votes in their country’s parliamentary elections. It will be the last time they do with Chancellor Angela Merkel at the helm, as her 16-year tenure comes to an end and she prepares to step down. Read...

A Russian amateur footballer in Austria has been slapped with a 48-match ban for deliberately headbutting a rival after taking exception to being shown a second yellow card by the referee, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.c...

UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Wednesday that National Highways has secured an injunction against protestors calling themselves ‘Insulate Britain’ who have repeatedly disrupted traffic by blocking the M25. Read Ful...

Another massive cyberattack on a major US agriculture group has forced the services provider’s systems to go offline. The attack is believed to have been carried out by a successor of the Colonial Pipeline hacker. Read Full Article at...

Ukrainian police have begun a manhunt after a group of unknown assailants opened fire on a car carrying a top adviser to the country's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, leaving his driver hospitalized and in critical condition. Read Full A...

An Australian-EU pact would be beneficial both for Canberra and Brussels in the Indo-Pacific, Trade Minister Dan Tehan has said, as Australia scrambles to make amends with France after ditching a submarine deal. Read Full Article at RT....

A British minister has said the US president’s position on the Northern Ireland protocol is “wrong,” claiming he has been paying too much attention to what the EU are saying, and it won’t protect hard-won peace on the island. Re...

Europe is being ravaged by an unprecedented energy crisis, and it may already be spreading. Asia, the world's biggest buyer of gas and coal, may be next, with China particularly vulnerable because of the size of its economy. Read Full A...

Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Quiroga, accompanying vaccine-skeptical President Jair Bolsonaro at the UN General Assembly in New York, has Covid-19. Quiroga was earlier filmed shaking hands with British PM Boris Johnson. Read Full A...

Conor McGregor should probably stick to throwing punches rather than baseballs, at least judging by the Irishman’s woeful effort on Tuesday night at the Chicago Cubs. Read Full Article at RT.com

A group from Moscow’s election headquarters will recount all parliamentary election votes made online, last weekend, after opposition figures accused organizers of rigging the contest in favor of the ruling United Russia party. Read F...

The US says Russia must increase supplies of natural gas to Europe through Ukraine to curb skyrocketing energy costs, sticking to its negative stance on the launch of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The world’s largest vaccine producer, India, has announced that starting from October it will resume coronavirus vaccine exports to developing countries that have struggled to inoculate their populations. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Hands are already flying long before Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Caleb Plant step into the ring for their super middleweight world title unifier, as the pair clashed in combustible scenes at a Los Angeles press conference. Read Full A...

With new cases being reported in locked-down Auckland daily, New Zealand’s Covid-19 response minister has said the government will not abandon its zero-infections strategy, even as it is becoming increasingly unrealistic. Read Full Ar...

Large numbers of Haitian asylum-seekers who’ve arrived in the US in recent weeks are being released into the country, officials told the Associated Press, after the Biden administration pledged to step up deportation flights. Read Ful...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats have condemned US President Joe Biden for deporting thousands of Haitian migrants gathered at the border, after the UN warned the move could run afoul of international law. Read F...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi condemned US “hegemony” in the Middle East, saying efforts to dominate the region had been a disastrous failure, and blasting its “criminal” sanctions on medical supplies during a speech to the UN...

The US House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve new CIA funding to treat the victims of so-called ‘Havana Syndrome’ – a vague set of symptoms blamed on what is said to be a mystery directed-energy weapon. Read Full Ar...

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake has struck Australia’s southern coast, according to local authorities, inflicting significant damage, as seen in videos circulating online, including in Melbourne, the country’s second-largest city. Read F...

State Premier Daniel Andrews has blasted protests against a Covid-19 vaccine mandate on construction workers, calling the action – which spiraled into violence – an “unlawful” stunt and vowing to force jabs on more industries. R...

After three Texan women were arrested for assaulting a Carmine’s hostess who enforced New York City’s vaccine pass rules, Black Lives Matter picketed the restaurant and called out the government for the policy’s “racist” impac...

With the US election long over, and news of the Biden family’s influence-peddling since censored, a Politico reporter’s new book has confirmed the veracity of emails previously said to have been the result of Russian interference. R...

Apple is allegedly working with UCLA and pharmaceutical firm Biogen to try to detect depression and other mental illnesses in iPhone users. However, the smartphone itself has also been blamed for such conditions. Read Full Article at RT...

Haitian asylum-seekers being transported in Texas allegedly assaulted US Border Patrol agents in order to escape the bus before being recaptured, according to the local sheriff. Read Full Article at RT.com

Support for Israel transcends Washington’s partisan divide, and after progressive Democrats struck funding for the Jewish state’s Iron Dome missile defense system, lawmakers from both parties outdid each other with outrage. Read Ful...

The emails and WhatsApp messages of former British Health Secretary Matt Hancock can be searched, the High Court has ruled amid a court battle over the allegedly unlawful awarding of multi-million-pound Covid testing contracts. Read Ful...

The internet is arguing whether the US Space Force’s new dress uniforms ripped off the costume design from the Battlestar Galactica reboot, a Star Trek movie, or Star Wars – but everyone seems to agree the pants don’t fit right. R...

Social media footage has supported claims of several fights that allegedly broke out at the weekend between Los Angeles Chargers and Dallas Cowboys fans in and around the former's SoFi Stadium. Read Full Article at RT.com

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is such a pariah in US media circles that pundits rejoiced that the unvaccinated president had to eat pizza on the sidewalk in New York City. Never mind that he has natural immunity, as a Covid-19 survivor. Rea...

A super-featherweight championship boxing match caused a storm in Italy and has reignited debate in the country after it was revealed that one of the fighters had several tattoos of Nazi and fascist symbols on his body. Read Full Articl...

The US military has announced a probe into the drone strike - initially said to have hit a terrorist bigwig - that killed an aid worker and seven children. But true accountability has never been typical for the 20-year-long war. Read Fu...

A fan of French football club Lille is facing police action after getting overly excited during crowd trouble at the derby with Lens, reportedly flashing at rival supporters while pleasuring himself. Read Full Article at RT.com

Retail giant Amazon has vowed to hire refugees from Afghanistan as part of a program with other major companies including Facebook, Uber, and UPS to get refugees into the US workforce. Read Full Article at RT.com

Why does the public care so much about Gabby Petito? If you ask MSNBC’s Joy Reid, it’s because they’re suffering from “missing white woman syndrome.” Reid’s racialization of Petito’s tragic death caused outrage. Read Full ...

One person was injured after a fire broke out on the roof at the iconic Caesars Superdome in New Orleans before the blaze was brought under control, local media have reported. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Joe Biden has doubled down on his Pacific pivot, declaring that Washington has no closer ally than Canberra in a meeting with Australian PM Scott Morrison, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Read Full ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has called on President Joe Biden to stop the deportation of illegal Haitian immigrants back to the Caribbean country, calling the removals “hateful and xenophobic.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian seven-time Olympic champion Svetlana Romashina had a withering response to one Instagram body-shamer who attempted to taunt the synchronized swimming icon over her chest size. Read Full Article at RT.com

President Joe Biden has told the UN General Assembly that the US’ “period of relentless war” is over. Instead, Biden says, America will fight climate change, Covid-19, and terrorism – both abroad and “in our own backyard.” R...

A new volcanic fissure has emerged on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma, producing more lava and prompting evacuations. While there have been no deaths or injuries, the ongoing eruption has caused widespread destruction. Read Full A...