Elon Musk could soon become the world’s first trillionaire, as the projects led by the businessman, such as Tesla and SpaceX, are experiencing rapid growth, Morgan Stanley says. Read Full Article at RT.com

The scandal-plagued tech giant Facebook is said to be about to change its name to a secret new one that would better reflect Mark Zukerberg’s aspiration to be a technology visionary. Read Full Article at RT.com

The loss of a US Navy ship to a massive blaze was “a completely avoidable catastrophe,” but management lapses on multiple levels, including the failure to activate a firefighting system, made the task impossible, a report claims. Re...

At least 13 people have been killed after a bus was mangled in a suspected terrorist attack as it crossed a bridge in Damascus, Syria. Two explosive devices were set off, obliterating the vehicle, state media reported. Read Full Article...

Mired in employee ‘whistleblowers’ and document leaks, Facebook is rushing to cleanse its image ahead of upcoming elections, highlighting several ‘election integrity’ features aimed at helping users in 11 states vote next month....

A panel of Brazilian lawmakers could recommend a litany of charges against President Jair Bolsonaro, including homicide, in relation to his government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a leaked Senate report. Read Full...

A burger place in San Francisco has divided the nation as it defended its decision not to check diners’ vaccination status despite having to temporarily close its doors. The restaurant blasted the mandate as “clear overreach.” Rea...

Author Margaret Atwood is the latest public figure to be labeled transphobic, with critics piling on after she shared a story lamenting the potential loss of the word ‘woman’. Read Full Article at RT.com

An unnamed footballer for French side Nimes has reportedly been arrested following allegations by a minor that he paid her for sex as part of an investigation that is said to have been sparked by a row over a stolen car. Read Full Artic...

Pyongyang has tested a novel submarine-launched missile system, North Korean state media said. The launch became North Korea’s first of its kind since 2019. It comes amid talks between the US, South Korea and Japan in Washington. Read...

Kanye West has once again stunned and bewildered his fans, this time by apparently donning a bizarre, full-face rubber mask during a mystery meeting with former Donald Trump ally Michael Cohen. Read Full Article at RT.com

No third country can veto Ukraine's wish to join NATO, the Pentagon chief has said. His statement comes after Moscow warned Kiev that joining the bloc would go beyond "red lines" and may prompt Russia to "take active measures." Read Ful...

US airline Southwest has reversed course on its employee vaccine mandate following a week of protests, denials and canceled flights. Workers are no longer forced to take unpaid leave while applying for exemptions to the mandate. Read Fu...

Two decades ago, President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart, Bill Clinton, discussed Russia potentially joining NATO. Now, this week, Moscow has announced it is severing its last remaining diplomatic ties with the bloc. Read ...

Germany’s national police union has said that security arrangements on the border with Poland risk being overwhelmed by a sharp rise in the number of asylum seekers making the journey to Western Europe, starting from Belarus. Read Ful...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for Covid-19 after a routine pre-travel test, his department said on Tuesday. He was due to travel to Colombia with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Read Full Article ...

San Jose Sharks have described themselves as "extremely disappointed" by a breach that has earned groveling Player of the Year Evander Kane one of the heaviest punishments handed out to an athlete for a Covid violation. Read Full Articl...

Poland joined the EU to protect its sovereignty, but its idea of the bloc clashes with that of the original members, political columnist Mary Dejevsky told RT. But, she says, despite the rule-of-law row Warsaw's exit is unlikely. Read F...

Campaigners are reportedly keen to offer 'education workshops' to Newcastle fans who were spotted wearing headdresses and tea towels on their heads at the Premier League club's first match after their takeover by new Saudi owners. Read ...

Concerns over a suspicious package in one of the terminals has triggered evacuation at Manchester Airport in the northwest of England. Police gave all-clear shortly afterwards as no security threat was found. Read Full Article at RT.com...

An armed gang that kidnapped 17 members of a US missionary group in Haiti last week are demanding $1 million each for their release, the Haitian justice minister told US media, adding that five children were among those abducted. Read F...

Queen Elizabeth II has turned down a title that a British magazine awards elderly people for their achievements. Her Majesty insists “she does not meet the relevant criteria” because “you are as old as you feel.” Read Full Artic...

Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford has refused to apologize amid backlash over “demeaning” and “racist” comments about immigrants, having told Canada’s newcomers “go somewhere else” if they plan to “collect the dole and sit a...

Conservative firebrand Meghan McCain has gone into detail about her testy relationship with liberal ‘The View’ co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg in a new audio book explaining her departure from the talk show. Read Full Article...

The owner of a football club has told his players that they will become infertile if they receive a Covid vaccine, insisting that researchers warning against jabs are right and urging people to "see what happens" in years to come. Read ...

A commuter plane came down near Houston, Texas on Tuesday and burst into flames, according to dramatic footage from the scene. Incredibly, all of the 21 people on board were able to escape from the aircraft, local officials said. Read F...

Boris Johnson has announced a pricey tech partnership with Bill Gates, saying the pairing will set off a “green industrial revolution” capable of meeting Britain’s climate commitments and covering costs London couldn’t pay itsel...

The FBI on Tuesday swept a property linked to billionaire businessman Oleg Deripaska in the US capital, with a court order. The aluminum magnate’s representative says the property and one other being searched belong to his family. Rea...

Latvia has ordered its citizens to stay at home, and shuttered shops and businesses in the hope of slowing a spike in deaths, after warnings that the healthcare system is struggling to cope with the increase in coronavirus cases. Read F...

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has declared a state of emergency and ordered the armed forces to join law enforcement operations on the streets as the country struggles to combat escalating drug-related violence. Read Full Articl...

Supporters of the right-wing, anti-LGBT hate group ‘Male State’ have said that they will continue their fight after a court ruling handed down an ‘extremist’ designation to the organization and banned its activities in Russia. R...

Following Colin Powell’s death from Covid-19 complications on Monday, former president Donald Trump tore into the ex-secretary of state, branding him a “classic RINO” and highlighting Powell’s role in the US invasion of Iraq. Re...

The newly crowned winner of Ukraine’s ‘Miss Universe’ competition has weighed into a row after facing fierce backlash from nationalists for being a native Russian speaker, amid a wave of restrictions imposed on the language. Read ...

Ismail Abedi – the brother of Salman Abedi, who killed 22 people in the 2017 Manchester terrorist attack – has left the UK ahead of a scheduled appearance at the Manchester Arena Inquiry, its counsel said on Tuesday. Read Full Artic...

Right-wing radio host Dennis Prager has revealed he tested positive for Covid-19 after a long period of purposefully trying to catch the virus through hugs and other exchanges with people. Read Full Article at RT.com

Covid-19 has claimed one life every five minutes in Romania during October, official data indicates, as the country’s inoculation campaign lags and hospitals are inundated with coronavirus patients. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor said it would seek to fine American tech giant Google for repeatedly failing to remove content deemed illegal as soon as this week. The fine will amount to 5-20% of Google’s Russian turnover. Read ...

Despite the Covid pandemic, the NHS is reportedly wasting as much as £568 million yearly on habit-forming drugs like painkillers and sleeping pills that the majority of patients do not need, leading to dangerous addictions. Read Full A...

The governor of Texas is set to sign a bill stopping transgender pupils from joining school sports teams matching their gender identity – and that has led to accusations that the law has been lined up as a distraction tactic. Read Ful...

A Czech Senate commission has approved the redistribution of President Milos Zeman’s duties to a number of other top officials. He was rushed to hospital after his ally, Prime Minister Andrej Babis, lost the election. Read Full Articl...

Moscow proposed inviting the US to join the Normandy Format discussions on the war in east Ukraine, but Germany and France categorically refused to allow Washington in, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed on Tuesday. Read F...

Czech police have opened an investigation into whether President Milos Zeman’s aides committed a crime by not telling other officials or the public that the country’s leader was not fit to carry out his duties. Read Full Article at ...

A Japanese man who removed mandatory censorship from pornography using artificial intelligence and resold the images was arrested on Monday for violating laws on copyright and obscenity. Read Full Article at RT.com

The price of bitcoin could nearly triple when the first crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) makes its New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) debut on Tuesday, according to analysts at US research consultancy Fundstrat. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The first purported test of a Chinese missile that can fly faster than the speed of sound might be causing consternation in the West but, as a close partner of Beijing, Russia has no reason to be concerned, the Kremlin has said. Read Fu...

Poland’s prime minister has announced that his government will dissolve the disciplinary chamber of the country’s Supreme Court after the EU condemned the chamber for threatening the “unity of the European legal order.” Read Ful...

One of the most divisive figures in British politics, Dominic Cummings, has stunned MMA fans by telling Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz that they can make more money outside of a UFC deal – receiving an avalanche of replies. Read Full Ar...

Local interpreters who worked with British troops in Afghanistan are questioning the lack of rescue action by London to help them escape, as other nations successfully carry out ‘mercy flights’ from Kabul. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Ten thousand Yemeni children have been killed or injured since a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened in March 2015 after an Iran-aligned group ousted the government, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said. Read F...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has claimed the US is hyping up talk of China’s hypersonic technology after a recent missile test so it can justify its own military expansion and further its hegemony. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) has found that UK children abused by late Labour peer Lord Janner were “let down by institutional failings,” with authorities “reluctant” to properly investigate their claims....

The pro-LGBT+ advocacy group Stonewall reportedly bumped the Government of Scotland up its controversial Diversity Champions list after it dropped the word 'mother' from its maternity-leave policy, and some people are puzzled. Read Full...

Stunner Wanda Nara reportedly hired a private detective to investigate whether her husband, PSG ace Mauro Icardi, had been having an affair before an explosive sequence of events that many have interpreted as the couple splitting. Read ...

If NATO sincerely wishes to improve its relationship with Russia, the US-led bloc must make the first move, because all of Moscow’s attempts at communication have been ignored, and the fault lies entirely with those in Brussels. Read ...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued a warning aimed at Washington, calling on the US not to push its own form of democracy on other nations or split the international community by excluding countries from its upcoming summit. Read F...

The relationship between Russia and NATO is currently in an ‘ice age,’ and the latest moves by Moscow to suspend its permanent representation to the US-led bloc will only serve to prolong and worsen the already dire situation. Read ...

Bangladeshi police have arrested 450 people following attacks against Hindus in the Muslim-majority country in some of the worst unrest in over a decade, which has seen Hindu religious sites vandalized and homes destroyed. Read Full Art...

Phil Collins has been drawn into a race row after a US museum, which will house his memorabilia from the Siege of the Alamo, was accused of “glorifying” white figures while ignoring Latino, Native American and black fighters. Read F...

Many in the UK are expressing their worries about the future of internet freedom, after a group of MPs lobbied Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ban anonymous social media accounts in the wake of Sir David Amess’ death. Read Full Articl...

The trial of a 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary has begun in Germany after she was detained following an attempt to flee over charges of complicity in the murder of thousands of people during the war. Read Full Artic...

Formula One racer Nikita Mazepin has recalled his dealings with teammate Mick Schumacher's father, Michael, and how he reached out after the seven-time champion's skiing accident that left him with a brain injury in 2013. Read Full Arti...

Ukraine’s long-standing ambition to join the EU is being held up by concerns from member states, with Brussels’ top leadership no longer able to help map out a route to it being admitted, President Volodymr Zelensky has said. Read F...

Spooked by impending reports of revelations from leaked papers, the embattled company has accused journalists of orchestrating a ‘gotcha’ campaign against it, and claims they are misrepresenting its actions. Read Full Article at RT....

A group who survived a mass canola oil poisoning 40 years ago have been removed by police after occupying Madrid's El Prado museum, having threatened to end their lives if the government ignores calls to help the victims. Read Full Arti...

The European Commission president has warned that Poland will face penalties for its move to make EU law subordinate to national law, after a Warsaw court backed the government’s defiance of Brussels’ supremacy. Read Full Article at...

Intense hatred for xenophobia, the battle against anti-Semitism, and the outright rejection of any attempts to rewrite and falsify the history of World War II are just a selection of the stances that unite both Israel and Russia. Read F...

European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde has addressed the supply-chain woes that continue to hamper the European Union as globalization diminishes the role of localized production. Read Full Article at RT.com

Exiled Belarusian political activists who have fled the country and are now being funded by Western nations could be stripped of their citizenship as a result, the head of Minsk’s organized crime department announced on Monday. Read F...

A UC Berkeley climate researcher has resigned after his request to host a fellow scientist from the University of Chicago was denied. The Chicago professor was targeted by ‘woke’ students due to his views on diversity admissions. Re...

A fresh outbreak of Covid has been recorded in China. One new infected person has been found in Beijing, while the most recent cases, in an Inner Mongolia city, led authorities to impose a lockdown on its 76,000 residents. Read Full Art...

Economists say among themselves, “Never hesitate to state the obvious.” Russian President Vladimir Putin has clearly taken that advice to heart by explaining to an American reporter that US sanctions are an act of self-harm. Read Fu...

The boss of Russia's MMA Union has revealed plans to reform the sport, aiming for official Ministry of Sports status and criticizing farce fights like the showbiz scrap held between an actor and a politician earlier this month. Read Ful...

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the arrest of 158 suspects, including 33 active-duty soldiers, with alleged links to Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused by Ankara of being behind the unsuccessful 2016 coup attempt. Read Full Article...

The Russian government is planning to continue its established policy of eliminating the share of US currency in the country’s economy, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Pankin. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Surging coal prices and power shortages in China slowed the growth of the world’s second-largest economy in the third quarter and threaten to spill over to the global supply chains in the fourth quarter. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The winners of the 2021 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest have been announced in Moscow on Friday, with the Grand Prix being shared by young photojournalists from Russia and Turkey. Read Full Article at RT.com

New Zealand has recorded its highest-ever daily Covid-19 infection count with just shy of 100 new local cases, despite over 80% of citizens having had at least one vaccine dose. Officials have blamed the spike on rule-breakers. Read Ful...

A Colorado Springs school district has launched an investigation after a teenage girl said at least one teacher had forced her and other students to use tape to affix their face coverings so they complied with the mask mandate. Read Ful...

Touting the benefits of the US transition from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles at a meeting with the Mexican president, US climate envoy John Kerry said the move would boost the Latin American country’s auto industry. Read Full ...

Pyongyang has reportedly carried out another weapons test, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida saying that the reclusive nation launched two ballistic missiles on Tuesday, as cited by Reuters. Read Full Article at RT.com

Washington’s top envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has resigned his post, the State Department said, amid mounting reports that the department will conduct a series of probes into the hasty and chaotic evacuation from Kabul. Read ...

Former New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss drew media attention after telling CNN’s Brian Stelter about censorship and cancel culture, only for him to pretend that it’s not really happening – or if it is, it’s a good thing....

Upset at Telegram over the “insane garbage” someone impersonating him was posting, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden complained on Twitter, only to be answered by CEO Pavel Durov, who cleared the problem up within minutes. Read Full ...

The UK's school guidelines are designed to lure children into transgenderism, a Christian couple seeking to sue the government told RT. Pro-trans activists, however, believe they're using the legal system to push their own agenda. Read ...

Lying on Russia's Northern Sea Route but often inaccessible by land, the far-northeastern town of Pevek is a tough place to live in, but thanks to a unique floating nuclear power plant experiment, it's undergoing an "atomic boom." Read ...

A London private school has added to its curriculum a module on “white privilege” that includes lessons ranging from public reaction to Meghan Markle’s Royal racism allegations, to why James Bond is always played by a white man. R...

Google clamped down on Timnit Gebru, the former co-lead of ethical AI team, because she not only revealed bias in its large language models, but also called for structural changes in the AI field, Gebru told ‘Going Underground.’ Rea...

The world order is unjust and dominated by a “handful of countries” that won the Second World War, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the parliament of Angola, kicking off a four-day diplomatic blitz in Africa. Read Ful...

The death of General Colin Powell has drawn an outpouring of sympathy and praise from politicians, but social media users made “war criminal” trend instead, having not forgiven Powell for his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Read ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov has questioned the reporting surrounding a brutal assault on the Moscow Metro, calling out the Russian media for supposedly placing emphasis on the attackers being from Dagestan. Read Full Article at RT.com

Nine Scottish elementary schools have embraced a pilot plan to deploy facial recognition technology to verify children's school lunch payments, insisting the system is faster and more hygienic, while dodging the privacy issue. Read Full...

Male State, a far-right, anti-feminist, anti-LGBT group, has been declared an extremist organization and banned across Russia in a landmark court ruling, after its activists targeted women, businesses, and minority groups online. Read F...

The Biden administration has called on the US Supreme Court to block the implementation of Texas’ controversial law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, according to a Monday court filing. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Russian gamers Team Spirit after they won the prestigious title at The International 10 – the eSports world championship for popular video game Dota 2. Read Full Article at RT.com

Current and former Southwest Airlines staff have gathered outside the company’s headquarters in Dallas, Texas to celebrate “medical freedom” and called on the airline to ditch its vaccine mandate. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Police in northeastern Italy deployed tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters staging a sit-in at Trieste port in opposition to the introduction of the country’s ‘Green Pass’ Covid health document. Read Full Article at RT...

Guerilla bus stop advertisements reading “Normal people boycott Israel” went on display in London on Saturday, in solidarity with writer Sally Rooney for what its creators called her “principled stand” against Tel Aviv. Read Ful...

The speaker of the Czech upper house has said that the country’s president Milos Zeman is unable to carry out his duties, having spent a week in intensive care, and is unlikely to return to office in the coming weeks. Read Full Articl...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved two additional manufacturing sites for the production of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, as well as a new formula, as it considers rolling out the shots for those aged five to 11. Read...

England have been ordered to play one match behind closed doors and fined €100,000 by UEFA for the mass unrest which marred the Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley in July. Read Full Article at RT.com