France’s European affairs minister has claimed Britain is failing with Brexit, but French fishermen must not pay for the UK’s misfortune as he demanded more fishing licences for gallic trawlers and warned of electricity cuts. Read F...

A federal magistrate judge in Nevada says the rape case against Cristiano Ronaldo should be dropped as he sided with the football megastar’s lawyers against the attorney for accuser Kathryn Mayorga. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Meteorologists are predicting a particularly cold winter, and it could send oil prices to the highest level since 2014. Read Full Article at RT.com

Emergency services are responding after part of a five-story apartment building collapsed in Georgia's second city, Batumi, on Friday, with reports indicating that an unknown number of people are injured or trapped beneath rubble. Read ...

Russia has been gradually increasing gas deliveries to Europe over the past nine months, boosting exports by 15% compared to last year and edging toward record gas deliveries via all routes, including Ukraine, Gazprom Export says. Read ...

A chilling archive of footage purportedly showing the abuse of inmates in Russian prison colonies has already sparked a probe and cost several officers their jobs. The group behind the leak tells RT there’s still more to come. Read Fu...

China’s newly-established Beijing Stock Exchange is prepping to start trading by the end of the year, having successfully run the first technical test with market players, with the second test planned later this week. Read Full Articl...

A former inmate at a Saratov prison tuberculosis hospital was forced by guards to sign a document claiming he had no complaints against staff, before being threatened with rape and extorted to send money to guards, he has told RT. Read ...

The decision by NATO chiefs to slash the size of Moscow’s delegation to the military bloc makes the job of diplomacy far harder at a time when hostility and mutual suspicion are already running high, the Kremlin has cautioned.  Read ...

An official Facebook page of the USS Kidd, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has fallen victim to hackers, or so it says, after the account was caught streaming a classic strategy game. The player did not show much skill, however. Read ...

The French ambassador to Australia, who will soon return to the nation after being recalled by Paris amid a spat over a secretly negotiated deal for US-made nuclear subs, said Canberra was “childish” to keep the sale under wraps. Re...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has vowed not to enforce a local vaccine mandate, saying he’s not willing to lose employees by demanding that they get their Covid-19 shots or be fired. Read Full Article at RT.com

Covid-19 rules for this month’s holidays will be less strict than last year in Canada’s Ontario province, but health officials have attached some strings to the eased guidelines, including a quieter trick-or-treating experience. Rea...

Google and its subsidiary YouTube will no longer monetize content that goes against the “scientific consensus” on global warming, removing all ads from posts with inaccurate claims in an effort to combat “climate change denial.”...

Electric car-maker Tesla is moving its headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Houston, Texas, its co-founder Elon Musk has announced at the annual shareholders’ meeting, citing limits to expanding the company in the Bay Area. Read...

The 18-year-old arrested for shooting three people at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas has been released on a $75,000 bail after less than a day in jail. His attorney insists this wasn’t a “standard” school shooting. Rea...

The US Navy has acknowledged that an attack submarine operating in international waters of the Indo-Pacific region struck an underwater object, injuring multiple crew members and damaging the vessel. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Joe Biden fumbled and stumbled his way through a speech promoting vaccine mandates, referring to Chicago’s female Mayor Lori Lightfoot as “Mister Mayor” and saluting the nonexistent “Ohio Pennsylvania President.” ...

The US Marine Corps is charging Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller, who publicly criticized the bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan, with six crimes in a special court-martial. He reportedly wants to resign instead. Read Full Article at...

Research by the American Academy of Pediatrics estimated that 120,630 children went through the death of a primary caregiver during the coronavirus pandemic, while an additional 22,000 lost their secondary caregiver. Read Full Article a...

France’s top bishop has been summoned by the interior minister for stating that sex abuse revealed to priests during confession would stay a secret. Days earlier, a shocking French report revealed decades of abuse by clergy. Read Full...

Lawyers for Donald Trump have reportedly asked a Florida judge to make Facebook halt its suspension of the former president, saying his banishment would do “irreparable harm” to Republicans in the 2022 and 2024 elections. Read Full ...

Poland’s constitutional tribunal has ruled that some EU laws clash with the Polish constitution. The EU – already perturbed at Poland’s nationalist government’s policies – argues otherwise. Read Full Article at RT.com

Tributes have poured in for US bodybuilder George Peterson III after he was reportedly found dead in a hotel room in Orlando, Florida, where he was due to compete in the Mr. Olympia competition. Read Full Article at RT.com

After Iranian media showed a video of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats marking their holiday by ‘dominating’ American ships in the Persian Gulf, a US Navy spokesman denied any incident had taken place. Read Full Article at RT...

A former Amazon warehouse employee has filed a lawsuit claiming the online retail giant violated Colorado state law by not paying for time taken to get Covid-19 tests. Read Full Article at RT.com

A new Gallup poll shows that Americans’ trust in mass media outlets has tumbled to the second-lowest level on record, and the relatively few US adults who think they’re seeing truth in news reports are predominantly Democrats. Read ...

The US Justice Department has formed a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team to investigate crimes committed by, with, and involving virtual currency exchanges, days after JP Morgan’s CEO predicted such regulation was imminent. Rea...

The chorus of condemnation generated by the Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle United will echo long after the ink has dried on the £300 million deal – just don’t expect fans to be listening all that intently. Read Full Article at ...

Russia’s space agency will check if a newly developed self-driving combat robot prototype is capable of repelling attacks on the Vostochny spaceport in the Far East. The technology could be eventually used for Moon exploration. Read F...

The Japanese capital and surrounding areas have been hit by a strong earthquake, causing power cuts and stopping trains, although no major damage has been reported and no tsunami risk has been flagged. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Supporters of Premier League club Newcastle have gathered near the club’s St. James’ Park home to release their joy after the news that a £300 million Saudi-led takeover of the club had been confirmed. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Indian government announced on Thursday that officials will reopen the country to tourists from October 15, lifting restrictions that have lasted for more than a year. Read Full Article at RT.com

The recent case of fuel shortages across the UK, though partially caused by panic buying, were worsened due to the government’s decision to switch to a more eco-friendly fuel, according to local media. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Maryland man has been arrested and charged with murdering his pharmacist brother, sister-in-law, and another woman, because he believed the Covid-19 vaccine is “poison.” Read Full Article at RT.com

England’s higher education watchdog has warned it will take action against institutions that ignore students’ poor writing skills as part of their “inclusive assessment” policies, saying it’s a “widespread” problem. Read F...

MMA fans have reacted with disappointment after it was revealed that Holly Holm has had to pull out of an upcoming UFC main event bout against Norma Dumont in just over a week, with Aspen Ladd possibly stepping in. Read Full Article at ...

The Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle United has been confirmed by the Premier League, ending an 18-month saga which involved geopolitical rows, pressure from human rights groups and fans desperate for a change in ownership. Read Full ...

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have released a report accusing former President Donald Trump of attempting to use the Justice Department to overturn Joe Biden’s electoral win. Republicans say it’s all baloney. Read Full...

Following a close vote, the United Nations Human Rights Council is ending the mandate of its independent investigators who found that all parties in Yemen’s conflict had committed acts that may amount to war crimes. Read Full Article ...

Ukraine need not worry about territorial disputes with Russia over Crimea because the neighboring nation will fall apart altogether sometime in the future, leaving the land up for grabs, one veteran Lithuanian politician reckons. Read F...

Police in the Belgian city of Waregem told some 12,000 locals to stay indoors, while schools and public buildings were put on lockdown as they search for an armed man. One person has been arrested, according to city officials. Read Full...

London city councillors have voted to retain two slavery-linked statues with the caveat that their connections to the transatlantic trade are listed on informative plaques. Read Full Article at RT.com

Authorities in Denmark have arrested and preliminarily charged three women after they arrived back in the country, following a joint evacuation operation with Germany to evacuate people from the Roj detention camp in Syria. Read Full Ar...

Nazi uniforms and flags, photos of Adolf Hitler, and German WWII medals were among a massive collection of Third Reich items found at the home of a Rio de Janeiro man, whom the police came to arrest on suspicion of raping a minor. Read ...

Floyd Mayweather is reportedly in discussions to face Jake Paul in the ring after the YouTuber-turned-fighter allegedly messaged the boxing icon's on-off stripper girlfriend and told her she needed a "real man". Read Full Article at RT....

Tehran is poised to build two power plants in Lebanon, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said, as the Islamic Republic extends further support to economically hard-hit Beirut. Read Full Article at RT.com

Darren Beattie, a former White House speechwriter for 45th President Donald Trump, mockingly warned China on Thursday that the US would be prepared to shed blood to ensure that the “Rainbow Flag of Diversity” flies over Taiwan. Read...

The current volatility of gas prices is partly due to some global economies having become too reliant on renewable energy sources, according to the president of the International Gas Union, Dr. Joe M. Kang. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) has announced that a short-term agreement has been reached on the debt ceiling following weeks of standstill in Congress with Republicans refusing to give support to the move. Read Full Article at R...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has misused his security detail on multiple occasions for personal and political benefit, a city investigation has concluded. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Moscow court has agreed with a claim by Dutch blogger Max van der Werff that Roman Dobrokhotov, editor-in-chief of investigative journalism outlet The Insider, defamed him over accusations that he works with Russian authorities. Read ...

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The head of the CIA has announced a number of changes, including the launch of two new mission centers focused exclusively on China and new technology respectively, as well as streamlining the agency’s talent recruitment. Read Full Ar...

Global crude prices have dropped around 1% on Thursday after Russia offered to ease the energy crisis in Europe with extra gas supplies, while the US hinted at releasing crude from its strategic reserves. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Kremlin has said it's up to local leaders to find ways to boost coronavirus vaccine uptake, after one Russian region threatened to withhold road repairs from areas with low levels of immunization amid a sharp spike in deaths. Read F...

NatWest bank, formerly known as the Royal Bank of Scotland, has apologised after failing to “prevent money laundering” between 2012 and 2016, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warning it faces a “very large fine.” Read ...

Activists from the LGBTQ community have demanded that Sussex University fire a prominent academic who promotes a “bastardized” version of “radical feminism” that “excludes and endangers trans people.” Read Full Article at RT...

A Conservative politician has been called “out of touch” after claiming British parliamentarians should be earning a six-figure salary since their nearly £82,000 annual pay package was leaving them in a “really grim” situation....

About $4.8 trillion were added to the global debt pile in the second quarter of this year, pushing the total to a record high of $296 trillion, according to data from the Institute of International Finance (IIF). Read Full Article at RT...

Russia’s top admirals are reportedly considering creating a brand new branch of the Navy to specialize in combat in the frosty Arctic region, where receding sea ice has opened up unprecedented opportunities for merchant ships. Read Fu...

A 100-year-old ex-concentration camp guard has been put on trial in Germany, making him the oldest person yet to face the country’s docks for Nazi-era atrocities, on suspicion of being complicit in the murders of thousands. Read Full ...

Specialists at a top Russian military training academy have revealed how the country would defend against an incoming amphibious invasion by US forces along one of its vast coastlines, by deploying vast fleets of attack aircraft. Read F...

A New York judge gave Prince Andrew’s lawyers permission on Wednesday to review a sealed settlement from 2009 between Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, who is suing the royal claiming he assaulted her at three locations. Read Full...

US drugmaker Pfizer is seeking an Emergency Use Authorization to allow its Covid-19 vaccine to be given to children aged between five and 11. The shot has already been authorized for kids over 12. Read Full Article at RT.com

Amnesty International has made calls for the Premier League to alter its owners' and directors' test, with the widow of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi voicing opposition to the Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle United. Read Full A...

A man whose testimony the FBI uses to justify extraditing Julian Assange from Britain has reportedly been arrested in Iceland after police requested his detention to halt his ongoing crime spree, local media reports.   Read Full Artic...

A new Twitter feature will warn users that controversial conversations on the platform could become “intense” if they join in and to remember that there’s a human behind every post. Read Full Article at RT.com

England forward Tammy Abraham became the first member of the Three Lions squad to confirm that he’s been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, although teammate Fikayo Tomori said he would not disclose his status. Read Full Article at RT...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday it was “utterly essential” for Congress to lift the federal debt limit ahead of the October 18 deadline to avoid default. Read Full Article at RT.com

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected suggestions that the increased price of gas is due to Russian policy. Instead she has pointed the finger at the EU's own approach asking whether the bloc could have acted differently. Read Fu...

A Premier League footballer was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman at a nightclub in the early hours of Wednesday morning, as confirmed by local police and his club Brighton and Hove Albion. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Exports of wheat by the world’s second biggest producer, India, are expected to hit record volumes this year as a spike in global prices and higher freight costs make Indian grain lucrative for Asian buyers. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Spanish officials have closed the airport of La Palma on Thursday due to ash coming from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which has been erupting on the most northwesterly island in the Canary Islands archipelago for more than two weeks. Read ...

Austrian Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler of the Green Party has questioned the ability of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to remain in his position after the prosecutor announced the country’s leader would be put under investigation. Read Ful...

Britain’s education secretary, formerly the vaccine minister until a recent reshuffle, has refused to deny reports that France stole as many as five million Covid-19 vaccines from the UK earlier this year. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Finland has decided it will pause rolling out Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine to men born in 1991 and later due to concerns about the rare side effect of heart inflammation post-inoculation, following Nordic nations Sweden and Denmark. Rea...

Three women's soccer matches across the US witnessed scenes described as 'incredible', as players from the National Women's Soccer League (NSWL) joined in the center circle to protest against sexual abuse allegations. Read Full Article ...

Facebook has placed profit above social responsibility, German Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht said after a former employee delivered a highly publicized testimony against the tech giant. Read Full Article at RT.com

The wife of former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili has described her shock at his unexpected declaration of love for a top Ukrainian lawmaker before dramatically flying back to his homeland to be arrested and put on trial. Read F...

Russia has invited representatives of the Taliban to meet in Moscow as part of efforts to open diplomatic channels with Afghanistan’s de facto new government, President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for the country has confirmed. R...

US House investigators of the January 6 Capitol Hill riot are reportedly set to hear from Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, who previously accused the social network of enabling the “insurrection”. Read Full Article at RT....

The price of gas futures in Europe has plunged nearly 22%, below $1,000 per 1,000 cubic meters, on news that Russia is willing to ramp up supplies to the continent. Gas prices nearly reached $2,000 a day earlier. Read Full Article at RT...

Veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum accused TV host Kate Abdo of endangering the trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder by calling the pair up for a face-off at a tense press conference in Las Vegas. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Russia has rejected calls from the Council of Europe’s Commission against Racism and Intolerance to repeal the country’s controversial ban on the dissemination of information about “non-traditional” sexualities among minors. Rea...

A powerful earthquake has rocked southwest Pakistan, claiming at least 20 lives and leaving at least 300 injured in its wake. Hundreds of people, meanwhile, have lost their homes in the quake's destruction. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The world’s largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, edged close to $55,000 per coin on Thursday, reaching the highest level in almost five months amid bullish sentiment, gaining over 25% this month already. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The threat of an all-out conflict with neighboring Belarus is now becoming a more likely scenario for Ukraine than a mooted Russian ‘invasion’ of the country, a member of Kiev’s governing ‘Servant of the People’ party has clai...

The Australian premier has welcomed the return of the French ambassador and hailed the two countries’ cooperation and shared objectives after Paris was angered by Canberra’s decision to drop a multi-billion-dollar submarine deal. Re...

Social media companies should prevent users from spreading toxic content anonymously or they will face the same legal liability as if they were publishers of this information, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned. Read Fu...

The US and China are planning a virtual summit between President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this year, a US official told the media, noting a departure in tone from disastrous talks in Alaska in March. Read Full Ar...

With the world grappling with an energy crisis amid the post-pandemic recovery, China has urged its liquefied natural gas (LNG) importers to secure enough fuel before winter, Bloomberg reports, citing its sources. Read Full Article at R...

Three major figures at Big Pharma firm Moderna have made their way onto the prestigious Forbes 400 list, after raking in billions in Covid-19 vaccine sales to governments amid the global pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

A US federal judge has barred Texas from enforcing a newly passed bill that places heavier restrictions on abortion, siding with the Joe Biden administration after its Justice Department intervened with a suit to repeal the law. Read Fu...

Former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is gearing up to appeal his lengthy prison sentence for the murder of George Floyd, was denied a request for a public defender to represent him, despite insisting he can’t afford a lawyer. Read...

Khabib Nurmagomedov has issued a defiant response after Oleksandr Zinchenko, his friend who plays for Ukraine and Man City, was criticized for posing with the Russian UFC icon because of their nationalities. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Colorado Springs woman was removed from an active kidney transplant waiting list due to the fact she is unvaccinated, with the UCHealth hospital system saying it will deny the potentially life-saving procedure to the unvaxxed. Read Fu...

A Saudi Arabia-backed bid for Premier League club Newcastle could finally be set to succeed after a lengthy back-and-forth saga. The purported primary reason for the delay, involving a Qatari company, has now reportedly ended. Read Full...

Just hours after one outlet revealed that a group of doctors and scientists advising the White House opposed its push for Covid-19 booster shots, another argued for them on political and economic grounds, and benefits to morale. Read Fu...

Former US President Donald Trump called the 2020 presidential election the ‘real insurrection’ after the Democrat-led Capitol riot committee subpoenaed multiple officials in his administration to testify in their investigation. Read...