The British environment secretary has threatened to have more French fishing vessels boarded and to enhance enforcement mechanisms in response to the detention by France of a scallop trawler in French waters on Thursday. Read Full Artic...

In an effort to finance President Biden’s $2 trillion spending package, Senate Democrats have proposed a change in the way the assets of billionaires are taxed. Read Full Article at RT.com

Firefighters and police officers protested against the mayor’s vaccination mandate in New York City as first-response services are scrambling to deal with looming staff shortages there. Read Full Article at RT.com

Oil companies are under increasing pressure to curb production, but stopping supply will only aggravate the energy problems facing the world today and drive oil prices higher. Read Full Article at RT.com

A German man is being tried for murder and for mangling the genitals of several other men during illicit medical procedures in his own home, insisting the operations were voluntary and denying blame for the death of one ‘patient.’ R...

Fears over a ‘firearm’ threat at the Los Angeles International Airport prompted a temporary halt to all flights out of the facility. The airport has since confirmed there was no active shooter, but said one person is in custody. Rea...

An Oklahoma death row inmate who sued the state over its lethal injection protocol – deeming it painful and inhumane – has been executed by the same drug cocktail, with one witness saying he convulsed dozens of times before dying. R...

Julian Assange’s extradition case could deal a fatal blow to free press worldwide, Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters told RT as a British court weighed final arguments on whether to transfer the WikiLeaks co-founder to US custody. Read...

Extradition case against Julian Assange should have been killed ‘stone dead’ long ago, the imprisoned journalist’s father and prominent supporters told RT, adding that its political nature does not allow it to be laid to rest. Rea...

MSNBC host and Democrat power-broker Al Sharpton has called for US President Joe Biden to “use” VP Kamala Harris more effectively going forward, despite her perceived failure to handle her existing responsibilities at the border. Re...

Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitious vision of developing a virtual “metaverse” – and renaming the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp “Meta” to match it – has everyone scratching their heads and wondering what it all means....

Families separated at the US-Mexico border during Donald Trump’s administration could be receiving $450,000 per person, according to a new report, something that has Joe Biden critics up in arms. Read Full Article at RT.com

A spokesperson for Albany Criminal Court in New York has confirmed that a misdemeanor complaint has been filed against former governor Andrew Cuomo, for alleged groping of a former aide. Read Full Article at RT.com

President Joe Biden’s latest pitch to promote his Build Back Better proposal is an animated slideshow entitled ‘Life of Linda,’ which critics have described as a “dystopian” look at “cradle to grave” government dependency....

Ahead of his rematch with fellow Donald Trump fan Kamaru Usman, UFC fighter Colby Covington has claimed that the Republican gives him "dragon energy" – and he expects a call even if a "big rally" keeps the former president away. Read ...

Former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has called out the “Biden-Garland administration” for its “vindictive retaliatory crusade against Julian Assange,” warning it was a slippery slope to the demise of American democracy. Re...

Animal rights group PETA has called on baseball chiefs to change the term 'bullpen' to something a little less offensive to cows, such as 'arm barn', after complaining that the word "mocks the misery of sensitive animals". Read Full Art...

The stage is set for UFC 267 on Saturday after MMA mini-marvel Hasbulla revealed he will be in Abu Dhabi for the showpiece – and the big-talking youngster shared an exchange with Dana White as the pair planned showdown talks. Read Ful...

Facebook has announced that, going forward, it will be known as Meta. Beset by numerous scandals in recent weeks, the firm is aiming to transition to become “a metaverse company” rather than a social media firm. Read Full Article at...

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has announced she will be speaking to the French ambassador about “disproportionate threats” made by Paris amid an ongoing row between the two governments. Read Full Article at RT.com

Sen. Ted Cruz is at the center of a debate on “Nazism” as journalist Glenn Greenwald and others accuse media outlets of “dishonesty” in covering the senator’s comments on parents and Nazi salutes at school board meetings. Read...

The UN Security Council (UNSC) has expressed “serious concern” over Sudan’s military takeover and called for the release of detained officials. Earlier, the country’s self-proclaimed leaders sacked six Sudanese diplomatic envoys...

Hundreds of tents were set up on a square near the iconic Hotel de Ville in Paris on Thursday, as homeless migrants, supported by an NGO, demanded better housing. The protest was later dispersed by police. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to be a father of six by the start of the next Premier League season after announcing that he is expecting to become a dad to twins again, trumpeting the news in bed with lover Georgina Rodriguez Read Full Artic...

A Long Beach school safety officer has been charged with murder over allegedly shooting an 18-year-old student after intervening as she fought with another girl. Video of the incident shows him firing at the victim’s car. Read Full Ar...

A 36-year-old man was given a suspended prison sentence after admitting that he had sent an email containing threats to the deputy leader of the Labour Party, Angela Rayner, British media reported.  Read Full Article at RT.com

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that the US must deliver over 100 F-35 fighter jets or compensate Ankara by either repaying the $1.4 billion it had invested in the aircraft program or offering other hardware.  Read F...

French healthcare has seen some 1,300 resignations, according to the minister for health, amid reports that hospitals have closed 20% of beds due to understaffing. The cause is seemingly unknown to the government. Read Full Article at R...

The Vatican abruptly canceled the broadcast of a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Pope Francis today, and Biden’s critics are speculating that the Catholic elite may be punishing him for his pro-abortion stance. Read Full Ar...

Arguments in the US appeal to extradite Julian Assange have concluded, and the UK High Court will now take time to consider its ruling, amid growing protests over the imprisoned journalist’s treatment. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

UFC star Sean Strickland has again drawn heat for admitting that he fantasizes about killing people, after admitting in a recent interview that he thinks ending a person's life would make him "feel good for a short time". Read Full Arti...

Poland’s justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro has declared that the country won't accept “unlawful penalties” over changes to its judicial system, rejecting a punishment handed down by the EU’s top court. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The uptake of Covid-19 vaccines in Russia is still far too low, Moscow has said, amidst record-breaking numbers of new cases and deaths in the country, despite nationwide efforts to encourage more citizens to go and get the jab. Read Fu...

Liberal social media users are up in arms after Tucker Carlson aired a trailer for his upcoming documentary which spotlights the ill treatment of January 6 US Capitol protesters and questions the official narrative of events. Read Full ...

Health authorities in China’s Guangdong province have reported a single human case of the H5N6 strain of bird flu in Dongguan city. The virus, which has increasingly jumped to humans this year, kills half of its hosts. Read Full Artic...

Berlin should be very careful when it comes to energy policy, warns Klaus Mangold, chairman of the Supervisory Board of German manufacturer Knorr-Bremse. He says Germany should think about returning to nuclear power. Read Full Article a...

An MMA fighter who has trained with Khabib Nurmagomedov and been singled out for praise by him was handed a cheque for $1 million after winning a tournament in Florida – then said the ex-UFC champion's late father "sees us". Read Full...

St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum has appealed to the city’s prosecutor’s office after a local blogger hung his own portrait on a wall of the world-famous institution, in the portrait gallery of participants of the War of 1812. Re...

Speaking during a call on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron warned Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison that it was Canberra’s responsibility to repair relations between the nations in the aftermath of the AUKUS deal. Rea...

In an ongoing spat with the UK over fishing rights, France is “open to talks,” but only if London respects its post-Brexit obligations, PM Jean Castex has said, in the wake of French officials detaining a British trawler. Read Full ...

Amnesty International legal adviser Simon Crowther has slammed the US government’s assurances it would not keep WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in solitary confinement, saying they’re “not worth the paper they’re written on.”...

Legendary former Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez looks set to be tasked with re-establishing his boyhood club to European football's top table as reports suggest he is poised to take the reins at the Camp Nou. Read Full Article at R...

Responsibility for the results of the European Union’s energy policies cannot be placed on Moscow, says Russia’s permanent representative to the bloc, Vladimir Chizhov. Read Full Article at RT.com

Only five nations on the African continent will fully inoculate 40% of their populations by the end of the year, and hit the WHO’s target, with an “imminent shortfall” of syringes likely to hinder further progress in 2022. Read Fu...

The leader of Russia’s controversial anti-LGBT, anti-feminist group ‘Male State’ had said he won’t pay a penny towards lawsuits filed by a chain of Japanese restaurants, after a court ruled it was an ‘extremist’ organization...

A CGI dinosaur talking with the voice of fan-favorite actor Jack Black took center stage at the UN’s General Assembly chamber to tell politicians to stop subsidizing fossil fuels and do more to tackle climate change. Read Full Article...

Women's football superstar Megan Rapinoe has expressed her disgust at the passing of a bill in Texas banning transgender girls from participating in female sports at school. Read Full Article at RT.com

Equating the leadership of the Soviet Union with Adolf Hitler’s wartime regime could lead to arrests and hefty fines in Russia, under new plans currently being drawn up by the country’s parliament to protect historical memory. Read ...

India has test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile which can reach almost all of China, just weeks after it was reported that Beijing undertook a successful hypersonic missile test this summer. Read Full Article a...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his family are organizing a human trafficking ring and bringing migrants into the EU in an attempt to weaken the Union, France’s Secretary of State for European Affairs has claimed. Read F...

Beijing has warned the US against military contact with Taipei and “interference in China’s internal affairs,” after the island’s leader confirmed that a small number of US troops are stationed in Taiwan. Read Full Article at RT...

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has said the country’s farmers would have to “grab a rifle” and shoot their cattle to curb methane emissions if the government’s ‘Net Zero’ plan did not have a livestock excl...

South African cricketer Quinton de Kock has reversed his decision not to take a knee prior to games in the ongoing T20 World Cup after a mini media storm was ignited within the sport when he initially defied team orders to do so. Read F...

Rising fuel costs in Europe highlight the serious risks of impulsive energy transition and negligent attitude towards traditional energy, according to Igor Sechin, head of Russian state-run oil giant Rosneft. Read Full Article at RT.com...

A teenager in the UK has been sentenced to at least 35 years in prison for murdering two sisters in a brutal stabbing that, a court heard, was part of a "contract" he'd made to offer a sacrifice to a demon to secure a lottery win. Read ...

Emiliano Sala's family have welcomed a guilty verdict on the organizer of his tragic final fight, with a jury ruling that the businessman endangered the safety of the aircraft that crashed into the English channel in January 2019. Read ...

Joe Lonsdale, the co-founder of controversial analytics company Palantir, is facing heavy backlash after calling men who take time off work to look after their newborn children “losers.” Read Full Article at RT.com

For centuries, there’s been talk of Russia converging on the West, emulating it. Now, though, divergence is the new name of the game, and, as Vladimir Putin said last week, the West is moving in a direction Moscow won’t follow. Read...

Klim Shipenko has insisted that going to space to shoot footage for a feature film was a transformational experience. There are some ideas you simply cannot come up with down on Earth, according to the pioneering Russian director. Read ...

Max and Stacy discuss the surging wealth gap around the world as trillions in stimulus packages boost the assets of the wealthiest 10%, while making the bottom 90% poorer by eroding the value of fiat money. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The A.30 variant of the coronavirus, detected in Angola and Sweden, is highly resistant to antibodies induced by the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, a new lab study has shown. Read Full Article at RT.com

Novice boxer Jake Paul has slammed multiple-weight world champion Claressa Shields after the two-time Olympic gold medalist was defeated in her second-ever MMA bout as part of a PFL event on Wednesday night. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The EU's Directorate General for Personnel has informed lawmakers and staff they will have to show a Covid pass to enter parliamentary buildings in Brussels, Luxembourg or Strasbourg from November 3, according to media reports. Read Ful...

Russia's coronavirus headquarters reported a record number of pandemic deaths and cases on Thursday, the same day as Moscow shut down restaurants and retail in an attempt to curb the spread of Covid-19 throughout the capital. Read Full ...

Natural gas prices dropped below $1,000 per thousand cubic meters on the European markets on Thursday, after Russian energy major Gazprom promised to refill Europe’s underground gas storage (UGS) facilities as soon as next month. Read...

Extinction Rebellion has deployed its infamous pink boat to blockade the entrance to Hampshire's Fawley ExxonMobil oil refinery, with demonstrators cutting through the site's electric fence to unveil a banner over its oil silos. Read Fu...

The US intelligence community’s focus on “woke obsessions” like “pronoun etiquette” and “white rage” has affected its ability to effectively tackle national security challenges, congressman Devin Nunes (R-California) warne...

Forests situated within at least 10 UNESCO World Heritage sites have become net carbon sources over the past 20 years due to pressures from human activity and climate change, according to a recently published study. Read Full Article at...

The global energy crunch is forcing countries to return to coal as surging electricity prices slow economic recovery in the wake of the Covid pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

The French authorities have detained a UK boat amid a dispute over fisheries. Paris warned it would sanction the UK next week if London doesn't grant French trawlers more licenses to operate in its waters. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A demonstrably false claim that Dune posters in China had a black character removed – presumably to appeal to racist audiences – had spread across the Western mainstream media like fire. Read Full Article at RT.com

China has dramatically ramped up coal imports from Russia to compensate for shortages caused by the ongoing trade row with Australia, once the country’s biggest coal supplier. Read Full Article at RT.com

The 14th Eurasian Economic Forum kicks off in the Italian city of Verona, bringing together politicians, businessmen and public figures from across Europe and Asia. Read Full Article at RT.com

A shadowy hacking outfit calling itself “Moses Staff” has published a cache of photos and data it claims to have stolen in a cyber attack on the Israeli military, including a series of pictures of Defense Minister Benny Gantz. Read ...

A major firefighter’s union in New York City has urged its members to show up for work even if they are unvaccinated, effectively asking them to defy the Big Apple’s controversial new Covid vaccine mandate for public employees. Read...

Dina Averina is close to becoming the most successful rhythmic gymnast in the history of the World Championships in individual events, earning recognition from Russian President Vladimir Putin after securing a 15th world title. Read Ful...

Several US states have already put in orders for Covid-19 vaccine doses in preparation to immunize millions of children, the White House said, as the FDA is expected to greenlight the Pfizer formulation for kids as young as five. Read F...

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said she had faith the Biden administration would ride to Taipei’s defense in case of an attack from the mainland, and even confirmed US troops had a presence on the island, albeit a small one. Read Fu...

Adelaide United star Josh Cavallo has received the unanimous backing of several major figures in the football world after the Aussie became the first male professional player in the world to announce that he is gay. Read Full Article at...

Barcelona fans have called for club legend Xavi to step in after beleaguered boss Ronald Koeman was unceremoniously axed following another away defeat in a dismal season on the road in the wake of Lionel Messi's shock departure. Read Fu...

Top White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci has come under fire by another animal rights group over reports of inhumane experiments on dogs. The Beagle Freedom Project hinted it would seek to make such experiments illegal. Read Full A...

A veteran camera operator was arrested for allegedly making death threats against Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and his family, and critics are now highlighting the man’s work history, which included CNN. Read Full Article at ...

Tehran has agreed to return to the negotiating table in Vienna after months of stalled talks with world powers on its nuclear program. The decision was announced by Iran's deputy foreign minister, but no date was set. Read Full Article ...

Matching the number of nuclear weapons with Washington is a fool’s errand, when all it takes for a successful deterrent is having enough to obliterate the US once, said the editor-in-chief of China’s state-run Global Times daily. Re...

Republican lawmakers have savaged Attorney General Merrick Garland for doubling down on a memo pitting the federal government against parents criticizing school boards. The GOP accused Garland of waging “political retribution” Read ...

France has published a list of sanctions it could impose from November 2 unless progress is made in an ongoing post-Brexit fishing row with the UK. The measures include closing ports to British vessels, and tighter border checks. Read F...

The Democrat-led Illinois Senate has voted to repeal a law requiring a parent to be notified at least 48 hours before their child has an abortion. The bill heads to the House for passage, and Governor JB Pritzker also approves. Read Ful...

A white senior hospital executive who lost his job in a push to diversify its leadership team has won a $10 million lawsuit, with a federal jury agreeing that his employers fired him based on his race. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

To secure sufficient winter gas supplies for all of Europe, Russian energy giant Gazprom must start increasing volumes in its EU storage units, once it satisfies domestic demand, President Vladimir Putin ordered on Wednesday. Read Full...

Moscow has called on Central Asian nations to reject any plans for NATO troops to be stationed in the region around Afghanistan, following the US-led bloc's hurried withdrawal from Kabul and the fall of the city to the Taliban. Read Ful...

An MMA fighter made his opponent scream in agony with a gruesome first-round kneebar submission on UFC president Dana White's Contender Series, earning himself a contract with the world's most high-profile promotion. Read Full Article a...

A Halloween-themed ad from Twix has critics accusing the candy manufacturer of ‘ruining’ the holiday with a woke and confusing message on boys wearing dresses that has little to do with the celebration – or the product advertised....

Lebanon’s ambassador to Bahrain was summoned by the kingdom’s Foreign Affairs Ministry and handed a letter of protest over remarks made by a Lebanese minister about the role of the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the civil war in Yemen. Rea...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has drawn flak online for ignoring “climate emergency” fears after cutting taxes on domestic air travel and “undermining [the UK’s] credibility” as it prepares to host the COP26 climate summit. Read Full...

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza has said there were likely “other live rounds” on the ‘Rust’ movie set, where actor Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer during filming. Read Full Article at RT.com

An apparently functional EU Digital Covid Certificate bearing the name of Adolf Hitler has circulated online this week, before being invalidated. The incident raises questions about the security of the ‘vaccine passport’ system. Rea...

South African cricket authorities have held crisis talks to determine how to proceed after star player Quinton De Kock revealed he will defy team orders by refusing to take a knee prior to games in the current T20 World Cup. Read Full A...

Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert accused a journalist of misgendering him and of "triggering hurt feelings" on Thursday after the reporter accidentally used female pronouns to refer to the Texas representative. Read Full Article at ...

At least four police officers have been killed and hundreds more injured in massive clashes that erupted in Pakistan's north-eastern Punjab province, as law enforcement sought to stop an Islamist protest march on Islamabad. Read Full Ar...

NFL fans fear a popular pundit could become the latest casualty of cancel culture after critics rushed to express their outrage over a curious joke he made about top model Gisele Bundchen going on a date. Read Full Article at RT.com ...