The United States and 44 other countries have submitted a list of questions to Moscow asking for details about the alleged poisoning of now-jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, the State Department revealed on Tuesday. Read ...

As the threat of hyperinflation grows in the face of runaway government spending, growing consumer demand, and a supply chain crisis, oil prices could well hit $180 by 2022. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mark Zuckerberg’s rebuttal of accusations against Facebook and call for action by Congress are just an attempt to have the government protect his monopoly, digital freedoms activist Edward Snowden said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

South Korea will open vaccination against Covid-19 for pregnant women this month as part of the national campaign to vaccinate 80% of its adult population by the end of October. Read Full Article at RT.com

France, Spain, Czechia, Romania and Greece are calling for an investigation into the causes of the record-high growth of gas prices on the continent, according to a joint statement published by Bloomberg’s Javier Blas on Twitter. Read...

A Russian space mission that has seen an actress and a movie-maker travelling to orbit to shoot a movie is a positive development both for both space exploration and the art of filmmaking, a renowned Russian cosmonaut has told RT. Read ...

The World Bank has raised its growth forecast for Russia’s economy to 4.3% in 2021, followed by moderate growth in the next two years, the organization said in its latest report for Europe and Central Asia. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The start of operations by the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the fourth quarter of this year could drive natural gas prices in Europe down to their lowest levels, Saxo Bank forecasts. Read Full Article at RT.com

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed recent charges from a supposed ‘whistleblower’ who said the social media giant allows hate and misinformation to thrive on its platform, rejecting her allegations as a “false narrative.�...

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau sparked an online storm after he used an obscure acronym, 2SLGBTQQIA+, while commemorating missing and murdered members of ethnic and sexual minorities, prompting a collective head scratching. Read Full Articl...

Mali has summoned the French ambassador following “unfriendly and derogatory” remarks by the French president, who said Mali’s government lacks the legitimacy to criticize the withdrawal of French troops from the country. Read Ful...

A New York ethics body will investigate potential misconduct in a multi-million-dollar book deal approved for then-Governor Andrew Cuomo, with a freshly appointed commission chairman vowing to oversee the new probe. Read Full Article at...

In a controversial 28-27 vote, the Welsh Senedd approved the proposal to require Covid-19 passes to enter nightclubs and large venues, ignoring a Tory lawmaker who said he was trying to vote remotely but could not. Read Full Article at ...

Golf poster girl Paige Spiranac claimed she had hit a hole in one in front of golf legend Gary Player. Four hours later, the former pro proved cynics wrong by posting video evidence of her astonishing feat. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ellume, an Australian company that supplied over 3.5 million FDA-approved Covid-19 testing kits to the US, has now recalled nearly 200,000 of them due to an unspecified manufacturing issue that resulted in false positives. Read Full Art...

Two teenage hockey players have been formally charged in Canada over a sexual assault they allegedly carried out, with one of the youngsters accused of sharing images from the reported incident during a team party at a hotel. Read Full ...

The FBI has raided the offices of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, a massive New York City police union, and its leader’s Long Island home as part of an ongoing investigation reportedly involving mail and wire fraud. Read Full Ar...

The agency’s officials have reportedly been worried about losing too many informants recruited overseas, dozens of them having been killed or captured. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former President Donald Trump’s critics have celebrated with glee Forbes announcing the real estate mogul has fallen off their Forbes 400 list for the first time in 25 years. Read Full Article at RT.com

A violent inmate has taken two guards hostage in a high-security prison in north-western France. The man surrendered only after the police and the prison administration deployed two elite units to the scene. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen was greeted as a hero by the media and US senators eager to cut Mark Zuckerberg’s behemoth down to size, but all the talk of protecting children seems to be hiding a political agenda. Read Full ...

Cristiano Ronaldo ducked and motioned to take friend Khabib Nurmagomedov down when the UFC icon met the Man United ace – and their ensuing close-range face-off was approved by heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury. Read Full Article ...

The US Department of Justice is assigning a special task force to determine efforts that can be taken to address rising criminal acts “directed towards school personnel” amid mask mandates and ‘critical race theory’ teachings. R...

Police are investigating suspected foul play following the death of a footballer who was found dead in a car at the age of 31 on Tuesday, shocking the local community and sending domestic Greek football into mourning. Read Full Article ...

Basketball star Andrew Wiggins has revealed his fears about suffering the same "injuries or reactions" as "a lot of people" he knows after reluctantly taking a Covid vaccine in order to be allowed to continue playing in the NBA. Read Fu...

Encrypted messenger platform Telegram gained more than 70 million new sign-ups in a single day as Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all went dark for six hours, plunging users into existential crisis. Read ...

A previously unknown virus capable of infecting humans has been discovered by scientists in Japan. Called the Yezo virus, it is related to pathogens causing Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and Nairobi sheep disease. Read Full Article at...

An undercover Project Veritas video allegedly showing Pfizer scientists talking about the company running on “Covid money” and the benefits of natural immunity has sparked another heated debate on coronavirus vaccines in the US. Rea...

Vatican Deputy Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi has announced that, after objections from the defense, his office is willing to effectively restart a case against 10 people, including an ex-cardinal, over alleged financial crimes. Read Full ...

The president of Spain's Liga has claimed that Florentino Perez, the president of Barcelona's arch-rivals Real Madrid, was "behind it all" when a chain of financial events lorced Lionel Messi's dramatic exit to PSG. Read Full Article at...

A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) was condemned by Twitter users on Tuesday after it blamed the gender pay gap on women picking the wrong degrees despite female graduates being more likely to gain a better result. Read ...

Ministers from Cairo and Beirut have said they’re close to finalizing a deal that will see Egyptian gas flow through Jordan and Syria to Lebanon as Beirut seeks to contain an energy crisis that has persisted for months. Read Full Arti...

Actress and comedian Sarah Silverman was mocked after arguing that “Jewface” – non-Jewish actors playing Jewish characters in Hollywood – had become a problem in the US, with critics pointing out her history of wearing blackface...

Two deputies from Russia’s parliament have announced that they plan to complain to the Prosecutor General after two male comedians kissed on a nationally broadcast TV comedy show. It was dubbed by one of the MPs as “disgusting.” R...

A spacecraft carrying Russian actress Yulia Peresild has reached the International Space Station (ISS). Some viewers of the live broadcast were surprised as it revealed her actively participating in the manual docking maneuver. Read Ful...

Offering to be a “constructive participant,” Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group has reportedly voiced “strong support” for the creation of a global framework to regulate powerful spyware like its own scandal-hit Pegasus program...

The Taliban says its fighters have captured 11 members of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in Kabul. The raid took place after a bomb went off outside a mosque during a gathering of Taliban officials. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A massive internet crash that took out Facebook’s services, including Instagram and WhatsApp, shows that countries need to be less reliant on American tech giants and bolster their own domestic infrastructure, Moscow has said. Read Fu...

President Emmanuel Macron said his “wish is for a calming down” between France and Algeria after relations soured amid a row over visas and the French leader’s remarks about the African nation’s post-independence leadership. Rea...

The pathetic and insincere attempts from PR firms to create social media safe spaces for prima donna professional footballers so their huge egos don’t suffer the slightest dent is cringe-inducing and should be stopped. Read Full Artic...

Swedish prosecutors have issued an international arrest warrant for a tenant of the apartment building where a major blast occurred in Gothenburg, the country’s second-largest city, which caused multiple injuries. Read Full Article at...

Female fans will reportedly have the chance to see Iran in person for the first time in two years in a vital World Cup game next week, attending a national match in a country where they were not allowed to buy tickets for decades. Read ...

The US trade imbalance in August rose to an all-time high, having widened by another $3 billion, or 4.2%, as relatively insignificant gains in exports were swamped by a much larger growth in imports. Read Full Article at RT.com

The climate change group Insulate Britain has apologised for “causing disruption” to roads around and leading into London over the past few weeks after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called them “irresponsible crusties.” Read F...

‘Bullying’ a female senator who happens to stand in the way of Joe Biden’s agenda is perfectly fine, argued feminist news outlet Jezebel, once again proving, according to critics, the hypocrisy of the liberal left in the US. Read ...

A three-person team has been launched into space from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday as part of efforts to make the first feature film shot in orbit. The Russian rocket has since docked with the International Space Station. Read ...

A 96-year-old ex-Nazi secretary, who went on the run to avoid a court hearing before being arrested, has been released from custody pending trial. She is accused of complicity in the murder of some 11,000 people. Read Full Article at RT...

Russia’s largest arms manufacturer has said that its new and improved sniper rifle has now completed the final stages of production, showing “positive results” in tests, and could soon be used to hunt enemies on the battlefield. R...

US President Joe Biden has declared he will “work like hell” to get the twin spending bill, which consists of a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure and social spending legislation, passed through Congress. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Priti Patel has declared the government will establish an independent inquiry following the murder of Sarah Everard, to investigate the “systematic failures” that led to her killing. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Supreme Court has ruled that Oleg Stepanov, the former head of opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s Moscow headquarters, was illegally banned from running for Parliament, in what he has called “an important precedent.” R...

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has doubled down on his criticism of bitcoin, once again saying the cryptocurrency is worthless. Read Full Article at RT.com

France has said it could cut power to the British Crown dependencies in the English Channel to “pressure” London in a dispute over fishing licenses for French boats. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ex-UFC champ Miesha Tate has told hall-of-famer Jon Jones to be a 'grown-ass man' and insisted his fiancee and parents are not responsible for him, reacting after his latest high-profile arrest last month. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The jointly produced Cuban-Iranian Covid jab, PastoCoVac, has been added to Tehran’s public vaccination drive as the Islamic Republic tries to ramp up its inoculation rates as a defense against the virus. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Doctors in England are failing to refer the majority of patients with ‘red flag’ cancer symptoms like bleeding and lumps to specialists, according to a new study that raises questions about the state of “clinical judgement.” Rea...

Pharma giant Johnson & Johnson has requested emergency authorization of a booster shot for its single-dose Covid vaccine with the US medicines regulator. The move comes amid concerns that the efficacy of all jabs wanes over time. Read F...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson puzzled British social media users on Tuesday after he posted a video of himself buttering toast and saying “Build Back Butter” – a play on his ‘Build Back Better’ slogan. Read Full Article at R...

The evidence behind well-publicized claims that the Syrian government used poison gas against its own people appears to defy the laws of physics and chemistry, one of Russia’s top envoys has insisted at the UN Security Council. Read F...

The powerful are wealthy, and the wealthy are powerful. They'll also often go to great lengths to avoid paying taxes. Those are the conclusions from some 12 million financial files leaked to reporters last week and covered widely. Read ...

Oil prices climbed to multi-year highs shortly after a group of some of the world’s most powerful oil producers and their allies (OPEC+) said on Monday that it would stick to its existing pact for a gradual increase in oil supply. Rea...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed fears of a 1970s-style inflationary crisis due to labour shortages and a supply chain crisis, arguing that these were expected as part of the post-Covid “stresses and strains.” Read Full...

The editor-in-chief of the Global Times has mocked the US State Department after Washington tweeted about the strength of the Franco-American partnership, the US’ oldest ally, and their shared commitments. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

An American footballer's lawyer has insisted his client is innocent after a media report said he is facing charges over an alleged car crash, with the report claiming it had seen court papers revealing he left the scene. Read Full Artic...

Confectionery giant Mars has reportedly warned one of its top-selling bars faces shortages in Russia after high demand and a fall in supply of raw materials, sparking fears for popular sweet treats amid disruption across Europe. Read Fu...

An Australia-based firm wants the Five Eyes to look into its suspicions that a surge in the procurement of PCR testing equipment in Wuhan, China means the Covid-19 pandemic started earlier than officially reported. Read Full Article at ...

A Chinese developer of luxury apartments, Fantasia Holdings Group, has failed to repay $205 million to bondholders on the heels of the debt crisis that has hit real estate giant Evergrande. Read Full Article at RT.com

Torrential rain has hit London and eastern England, flooding shops overnight and disrupting public transport. The deluge comes just weeks after the city's mayor warned about the dangers of climate change. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov insists he will continue to voice his opinions despite the controversy surrounding his comments about ring girls, adding that he will "never judge" decisions made by UFC president Dana White. Read Full Article at RT....

The first of three planned Russian missions to the Moon will launch in July 2022, the chief of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has revealed, finally bringing an end to years of delays postponing the take-off of the Luna 25 lander. Rea...

A 2,500-page report conducted by an independent inquiry into allegations of abuse and subsequent cover-ups within France’s Catholic Church has declared that a “veil of silence” allowed clergy to assault victims for decades. Read F...

A Brazilian footballer has been arrested after a shocking attack on a referee that hospitalized the unconcious official, with sources claiming that police will try him for attempted murder after he kicked his victim in the head. Read Fu...

An official investigation is reportedly underway after the Russian military’s Guard of Honor took part in the wedding of a descendant of the country’s former royals, drawing their sabers outside the cathedral in St. Petersburg. Read...

A London police officer has been accused of “causing the death” of a moped driver he was pursuing during a high-speed chase. The assailant had allegedly been involved in a “smash and grab” theft and refused to stop. Read Full Ar...

Natural gas prices in Europe broke new record highs on Tuesday, surpassing $1,350 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to data from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). Read Full Article at RT.com

Environmental protesters who caused serious disruptions to major routes into London have “crossed the line” of exercising their right to protest by wreaking havoc on the capital’s key roads, Britain’s policing minister has said....

Russian filmmaker Klim Shipenko and popular actress Yulia Peresild are flying to the International Space Station (ISS) today. They will film segments of an upcoming movie in space, with Peresild set to make acting history. Read Full Art...

The leader of Russia’s Communists has written an open letter to President Vladimir Putin bemoaning the arrests of his comrades and what he sees as the “unjustified brutality” of the police, warning that trouble may lie ahead. Read...

Thousands of coca leaf growers seized the main market in Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, on Monday after a week-long dispute over its control. Police used tear gas in an effort to stop them. Read Full Article at RT.com

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has upgraded its outlook for global trade, saying a resurgence of economic activity in the first half of 2021 lifted merchandise trade above its pre-pandemic peak. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Texas parole and pardons board has voted unanimously to recommend a full posthumous pardon of George Floyd over a 2004 drug-related offense, now forwarding the decision onto Governor Greg Abbott. Read Full Article at RT.com

A large crowd of protesters took to the streets of New York City to demand an end to Covid vaccine mandates for teachers and other school workers, with many seen gathered around the city’s Department of Education headquarters. Read Fu...

Facebook has issued a mea culpa after disrupting the business and social interactions of millions of users as a Facebook-owned social media trio lagged for over six hours, while blaming an engineering error for the web apocalypse. Read ...

After President Joe Biden seemed to approve of harassing Democrat senators opposed to his spending plan, activists continued to badger Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) on her flight back to Washington and at the airport. Read Full Art...

Many of the world’s largest apps and websites, including for banks and airlines, faced a cascade of outages all in the space of a few hours, prompting panic among netizens as some demanded to know who broke the internet. Read Full Art...

Tens of thousands of backstage production workers belonging to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union have voted to strike over dismal work conditions made more extreme by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full...

The real problem with the US is the conspiracy-mongering by Republicans, whose hopes of winning elections endanger democracy itself… at least that’s according to former first lady and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. R...

After paralyzing the work and social life of those dependent on their services for nearly six hours, Facebook and Instagram have started to come back to life. The outage resulted in Facebook's biggest drop in shares this year. Read Full...

While millions were wailing and gnashing their teeth over the outage affecting Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was having a bit of fun – daring to suggest the world would be better without them. Read...

As Facebook deals with global outages and potentially explosive testimony from a whistleblower, the White House used the opportunity to call for more regulation of the social media network and others. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

More than 150 police officers could face criminal charges over their actions during President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, the Philippines Justice Department has said, citing the results of a preliminary probe. Read Full Article at...

Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all down, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg has another headache: The personal data of 1.5 billion customers, scraped from his platform, is reportedly being offered for sale on the dark web. Read F...

Dr. Anthony Fauci is again facing the scorn of critics, over a new documentary on his public service. At the same time, the White House adviser is trying to walk back “misinterpreted” comments on canceling Christmas. Read Full Artic...

Facebook’s offices are as much of a mess for employees as its social media platforms are for users, according to anonymous workers who’ve spoken to reporters in the midst of the apparent companywide breakdown. Read Full Article at R...

Mark Zuckerberg is facing some major financial consequences, according to Forbes, losing billions of dollars, as well as his No.5-richest man rank as users continue to be shut out of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Read Fu...

The combat sports world is in mourning following the passing of bare-knuckle fighter Justin Thornton, who suffered serious injuries after being knocked out 19 seconds into a BKFC bout in August. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former NASCAR driver John Wes Townley was shot dead after a confrontation involving a hatchet with another man at the home of his ex-wife who was also severely injured during the incident, according to police. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Gymnastics star Dina Averina admitted she thought about retiring because she feared a repeat of the judging wrangle at her Olympic Games heartbreak – and thanked the boss of the Russian team after winning gold on her comeback. Read Fu...

A giant 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo’s famous statue of David displayed at the Expo 2020 in Dubai has been caught up in a censorship controversy, after organizers obscured its genitalia to adhere to strict public nudity laws. Read ...

US President Joe Biden formally disagreed with activists hounding two Senate Democrats blocking his agenda, but then endorsed such tactics as part of the legislative process happening to those without Secret Service protection. Read Ful...