UFC scrapper Priscila Cachoeira has defended herself over a repeated eye gouge on her opponent that was described as "so dirty" by broadcaster Joe Rogan in his live analysis of the Brazilian's defeat. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Paris has said it will ban UK tourists from entering France in an attempt to slow the spread of the more contagious Omicron variant on Covid-19, which is already rampant in Britain. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the EU to apply pre-emptive sanctions against Russia before any potential military escalation, suggesting that threats of harsh measures after an invasion would be too late. Read Full...

Wednesday evening was marked by another bold statement from Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter. The billionaire entrepreneur claims that he will pay more taxes this year than any other American in history. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Tech giant Apple has quietly erased references to its plan to scan user files for images of child sexual abuse on all US iPhones, but didn’t shelve the idea itself. Critics call the proposed technology a major invasion of privacy. Rea...

Global plastic pollution is forcing our planet to adapt, growing microorganisms that can degrade the accumulating waste, a new study claims. Living organisms with the potential to diminish 10 types of plastic have been discovered. Read ...

A Russian warship in the Sea of Japan has conducted a successful test of a new anti-submarine missile which launches into the air before dropping a torpedo, a statement from the country’s Ministry of Defense revealed on Wednesday. Rea...

A patch that fixed a critical vulnerability in a popular piece of software described as the worst in a decade by some has introduced at least two new ways for malicious actors to attack servers. Read Full Article at RT.com

Amid increasing tensions between the EU and Russia, Brussels has opted to improve its relations with some former republics of the Soviet Union in an attempt to increase its sway in Eastern Europe, Moscow daily RBK has claimed. Read Full...

The Taliban didn’t take over Kabul this August, but were invited into the Afghan capital, the country’s former president, Hamid Karzai, who said he issued that invitation, has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

A group of Russian lawmakers has accused Western nations of attempting to undermine the country’s parliamentary elections, while warning foreign states could also try to influence the upcoming 2024 presidential race. Read Full Article...

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of Russia’s ultra-nationalist LDPR party, has announced that he has received as many as seven vaccinations against Covid-19, offering himself up as an example of the safety and efficacy of jabs. Read F...

The continuing surge in Covid-19 infections has forced South Korea to halt its strategy of pandemic-related relaxing of restrictions and reintroduce curbs on public gatherings and business hours. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US military has constructed a tool to help it predict which actions will upset China and cause “strategic friction” in the Pacific, such as warship maneuvers, arm sales, and missions to Taiwan. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

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Four children were killed and several others injured after an inflatable bouncy castle at a school in Tasmania, Australia was swept up by a strong wind and dropped from 10 meters. Read Full Article at RT.com

A drone spotted flying over the US base at Al-Tanf in Syria was shot down this week after the US military deemed it to be a potential threat, less than two months after a barrage of drones and rockets targeted the outpost. Read Full Art...

RT is launching its new, round-the-clock German-language TV channel on Thursday. This comes as interest for its existing online content among German speakers is on the rise, the outlet says. Read Full Article at RT.com

Outgoing US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins raised eyebrows after performing a Covid-19-themed cover of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ at a farewell event this week. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The heir to the Dutch throne reportedly hosted a party on her family’s palace grounds, at a time when people are urged to receive no more than four people a day. The report sent the royals into damage control mode. Read Full Article a...

The US military's Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida was briefly evacuated on Wednesday evening after a loose ordinance, reportedly an explosive device, was found in the area. Read Full Article at RT.com

French President Emmanuel Macron has refused to rule out mandatory Covid-19 vaccination as millions of French people remain unvaccinated despite a rise in cases. Read Full Article at RT.com

The CEO of Southwest Airlines claimed in a Senate hearing that wearing masks to stop the spread of Covid-19 on flights is excessive, and argued that high-end air filtration systems make planes the safest indoor space to be in. Read Full...

Heavily armed men have surrounded the offices of the Libyan government in Tripoli, while a militia threatened to cancel the upcoming presidential election, which the UN considers key to peace in the divided African country. Read Full Ar...

Syrian air defenses shot down “most of” the incoming missiles that were reportedly launched by Israel from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights, in a new attack on the country’s territory, Syrian state media reported. Read ...

In December 2001, 20 years ago this month, ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ was released in theaters. Since then, attempts to adapt and modernize the genre have mostly ended in disaster. Read Full Article at RT.co...

A joint European Union and Russian mission has discovered “significant amounts of water” lying just below the surface of Mars – and scientists say it could be “easily exploitable” by future explorers. Read Full Article at RT.c...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during a Wednesday press conference that members of Congress and their spouses should be able to trade in stock while in office because it’s a “free market.” Read Full Article at RT.com

The US has passed 800,000 deaths attributed to Covid-19, doubling the toll from the time of President Donald Trump’s departure. However, President Joe Biden’s administration claims it has saved a million more lives with vaccines. Re...

Russia's Foreign Ministry has lashed out at the treatment of Julian Assange by some Western governments, claiming that the jailed WikiLeaks founder is being punished for publishing the truth about American atrocities. Read Full Article ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold a new round of talks with his American counterpart Joe Biden before the end of the year, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is up in arms over a Fox News cartoon depicting billionaire liberal financier George Soros as a “puppet master” controlling the Democratic Party. The group accused Fox of normalizing antisemitism. Re...

Governor Ron DeSantis is targeting the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in Florida by introducing the ‘Stop Woke Act,’ which will give parents the right to sue educators. Teaching CRT is already barred in the state. Read Full ...

In disclosing their files had been hacked by HelloKitty, an Oregon medical outfit let it slip that the FBI calls them “a Ukrainian hacking group,” the first such revelation about the previously mysterious miscreants. Read Full Artic...

An exceptional heatwave that hit a town in Russia’s far north last summer has been confirmed by the United Nations’ weather agency as setting a record for the Arctic Circle, in a year which saw wildfires rip across the country. Read...

Germany's foreign minister has called on Russia and Ukraine to resume talks over the Donbass conflict to ease tensions around concerns about a reportedly increased Russian troop presence on the frontier between the two countries. Read F...

The Biden administration has released previously classified documents on the assassination of then-US president John F. Kennedy, although they include redactions, and thousands are still withheld in full. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ex-UFC title contender Kevin Lee has moved to Miami to join Khabib Nurmagomedov's Eagle FC at its new base as the former champion continues to build his promotion beyond Russia – and the new signing had words about Conor McGregor. Rea...

The combination of the Delta and Omicron Covid variants, which may result from a person contracting both at the same time, could create a new, more dangerous strain, Moderna’s chief medical officer Paul Burton has warned. Read Full Ar...

Russia’s Embassy in Germany has denounced Berlin’s decision to expel two Russian diplomats over the murder of a Chechen separatist. Describing it as an “obviously unfriendly step,” Moscow has vowed to respond in the near future....

The US Navy has used a high-energy laser weapon to destroy a floating target in the Gulf of Aden. The test took place in a war-ravaged waterway known for its strategic importance. Read Full Article at RT.com

Exports of Russian ammunition to the US have hit an all-time high, despite Washington imposing sanctions on Moscow’s arms industries, forcing buyers to exploit loopholes to get their hands on supplies of bullets and shells. Read Full ...

The UK has recorded 78,610 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the country’s highest since the pandemic began, as Westminster embarks on an ambitious booster campaign to slow the spread of the Omicron variant. Read Full Arti...

A former hospital worker has been handed two whole life sentences to be served concurrently with a 12-year jail term for murdering two women and sexually abusing 100 female corpses. Read Full Article at RT.com

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Wednesday approved the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid shot as a booster jab for people aged 18 and over, to be administered at least two months after they received their previous dose. Read Full Art...

Conservative comedian Steven Crowder has been suspended by YouTube over a video on Elon Musk, which the platform claims contained content “glorifying or inciting violence.” Read Full Article at RT.com

F1's race director has faced a furious backlash from fans and could even lose his job after he was accused of going back on his own words in the controversial conclusion to Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A record number of people in the UK might have to spend Christmas Day in isolation this year after contracting Covid-19 due to the fast-spreading Omicron strain, according to the British media, citing government forecasts. Read Full Art...

JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are reportedly planning to award their investment bankers with major bonuses in 2021, following a post-pandemic boom in deal-making. Read Full Article at RT.com

The ‘super mutant’ Omicron strain of Covid-19 can multiply 70 times faster in the human bronchus than the Delta variant or the original coronavirus, but it results in less severe symptoms, a new study has found. Read Full Article at...

The UN’s nuclear watchdog has agreed a deal with Iran to replace surveillance cameras at a centrifuge-parts workshop in the TESA Karaj complex after they were removed in an apparent sabotage attack in June. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The Amazon-owned Twitch streaming service has blocked several prominent left-wing streamers for using a derogatory term aimed at white people. The word in question – ‘cracker.’ Read Full Article at RT.com

Major US carriers will account on Wednesday for the $54 billion payroll assistance package awarded by the government to the struggling sector during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge brought against the government over its failure to provide gender neutral passports after an LGBTQ rights campaigner claimed the lack of an 'X' option breaches human rights laws. Read ...

Two Russian diplomats working at the country's embassy in Berlin have been declared persona non grata, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has announced. The move is linked to a high-profile murder case blamed on Moscow. Read...

If you can read only one article about international relations theory, it should be Columbia Professor Robert Jervis’ “Hypotheses on Misperception.” Jervis died last week, but his work explains recent Russia and NATO tensions. Rea...

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of George Floyd in the events that led to his death. Chauvin had already been convicted of murder and manslaughter. Read Full Article at RT...

English side Carlisle United have announced they are working around mandatory Covid rules set by the UK government for any crowd of 10,000 people or more – by reducing their stadium capacity to 9,999. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

French magistrates and public sector legal professionals went on strike on Wednesday, demanding more funding and better working conditions. Read Full Article at RT.com

German police have foiled a radical anti-vaxxers’ plot to kill the minister-president of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, and other officials, after six people were investigated and several properties searched. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Southeast Asia has been cut short after a member of the press corps escorting him tested positive for Covid-19. Read Full Article at RT.com

Six more current and former Tesla employees have sued the car manufacturer over alleged sexual harrassment in workplace. The women say the company ignored their complaints against co-workers and superiors. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Two of America’s largest real estate search engines have removed neighborhood crime data from their websites. While prospective buyers use this data to find safe addresses to live in, the companies involved say it’s racist. Read Ful...

An anti-missile system developed by Almaz-Antey, a Russian defense contractor, for foreign buyers is specialized hardware that would be of particular interest to Saudi Arabia, an RT military expert has explained. Read Full Article at RT...

A German court has sentenced a Russian man to life in prison after he was found guilty of murdering Chechen separatist Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, two years after a killing that caused a diplomatic rift between Berlin and Moscow. Read Full ...

Five ex-employees have alleged sexual harassment at the iconic SpaceX, claiming the work environment is hostile and unresponsive to women, according to two separate reports about the company’s culture. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The 23-year-old woman who died in an alleged crash involving a former NFL player who is accused of driving under the influence burned to death in her car, a Nevada coroner has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

A women's basketball star has claimed that an apparent order for players to tie up braided hair was "clear racial discrimination" after her team took a knee in protest. Read Full Article at RT.com

British police have been given a new toolkit to fight back against an “epidemic” of misogyny and sexual harassment, with acts such as leering and wolf-whistling being included in a list of prosecutable misdemeanors. Read Full Articl...

A huge blaze has broken out at a school for Italy’s national gendarmerie in Rome, with one person reportedly injured. Footage from the scene shows much of the building engulfed in flames. Read Full Article at RT.com

Global crude production is expected to drop 30% by the end of the current decade due to underinvestment in oil and gas, according to Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman. Read Full Article at RT.com

South Korea’s leading milk producer, Seoul Dairy Cooperative, has found itself in hot water after releasing an ad that depicts women as cows. It was forced to remove the clip from the internet and apologize. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Russia must pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to victims of domestic violence, including a woman who had her hands hacked off in a brutal attack by her partner, Europe’s top civil liberties court has demanded. Read Full Article at ...

Grindr, an LGBT+ online dating application, has been fined around $7.14 million by the Norwegian regulator for not complying with the data protection rules on consent. Read Full Article at RT.com

Despite his free-scoring form for Liverpool in 2021, Mohamed Salah has been sensationally excluded from the FIFA FIFPRO World XI squad – and his legions of fans across the globe aren't happy about it. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Just 4% of Russians believe the recent increase in tensions with Ukraine has been caused by Moscow, with the majority blaming either the US, NATO, or Kiev, a new poll has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

A multimillion dollar attempt to eliminate mice from the South Atlantic Gough Island for the sake of endangered seabirds has failed, leaving the island’s conservationists “devastated.” Read Full Article at RT.com

A two-time Olympic women's basketball champion has revealed that she married her Russian wife and fellow female player two years ago in secret – and they are expecting a baby. Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran has decided to bolster its traditional threats against archrival Israel with visual materials, publishing a map of the Jewish state marked with numerous possible targets Tehran could hit in response to its foe's aggression. Read Fu...

A massive glacier in Antarctica, seen as crucial to the global sea level rise, could lose its ice shelf in “as little as five years,” a team of scientists has warned. Read Full Article at RT.com

Inflation in Britain surged to 5.1% in November, hitting a high unseen since September 2011, as consumer prices keep increasing ahead of another policy-setting meeting of the Bank of England later this week. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Argentina icon Sergio Aguero has held a tearful press conference confirming his retirement from football after he was hospitalized while complaining of chest pain and dizziness during a Liga game for Barcelona in October. Read Full Arti...

Russia and China will develop shared financial structures to enable them to deepen economic ties in a way that foreign states will be unable to influence, the Kremlin has announced following talks between the countries’ leaders. Read ...

South Africa’s High Court has ruled that granting medical parole to Jacob Zuma was unlawful. The 79-year-old former president, who had been convicted of contempt of court, must now return to prison. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Germany’s new leader, Olaf Scholz, has announced that his government will take all necessary measures to control the spread of the new Omicron strain of Covid, declaring no step to be too great in that fight. Read Full Article at RT.c...

For Russia, the 2021 Davis Cup title ended a 15-year wait for the trophy. That show-stopping win is the latest act of a set of stories that could be just beginning. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hockey league bosses have announced that a player who fell ill on the bench during a game died on his way to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest in the ambulance. Read Full Article at RT.com

A patron of an aquatic-themed arcade-games bar in New Orleans threatened employees, locked them inside, smashed windows and later used an ax to destroy everything inside. Read Full Article at RT.com

Legendary investor Jim Rogers says he plans to sell off his dollar holdings as soon as the next peak occurs, as the current state of the US economy will inevitably put an end to the greenback’s global hegemony. Read Full Article at RT...

Some 500 conscripted soldiers have been sent home in Sweden after it emerged that many were subjected to serious malpractice including food and sleep deprivation, and were forced to train despite injuries and illnesses. Read Full Articl...

Google has said that more than 150,000 of its employees in the US will be placed on unpaid leave and terminated if they don’t comply with the company’s Covid vaccine mandate, CNBC reported. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, that China "knows how to do it" ahead of what he expects to be a Winter Olympics "held at the highest level" in Beijing, Read Full Article at RT.com

A group of US lawmakers want to put sanctions on leading spyware companies, including Israel’s embattled NSO Group, the producer of the hacking kit Pegasus, Reuters has reported. Read Full Article at RT.com

Intelligence agencies in the West realize that interest in Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is declining, and they are already looking for his replacement, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has claimed. Read Fu...

Low interest rates, rising labor costs and disrupted supply chains are setting up “a huge surge in spending on robotics and artificial intelligence,” says Global X, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Read F...

The House of Representatives has voted to hold former president Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, in contempt of Congress – a week after he decided to stop cooperating with the committee investigating the Capitol siege. R...

A recent declaration by the EU’s top diplomat, hailing the prevention of waves of Middle Eastern migrants crossing into member states from Belarus as the bloc’s “main success” of the year, has come under fire from Moscow. Read F...

O.J. Simpson, the defendant in one of America’s most-publicized murder trials, has scored a legal victory after being granted early release from parole following an armed robbery conviction in 2008. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A NASA spacecraft has entered the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time in history, scientists have confirmed, branding the achievement “one giant leap for solar science.” Read Full Article at RT.com

The South Korean government intends to adjust its ‘living with Covid’ plan by imposing tougher restrictions to curb disease, as the country recorded its highest increase in daily caseload since the pandemic began. Read Full Article ...