China has unveiled its new plan for smart manufacturing – it intends to digitize the operations of 70% of its domestic manufacturers by 2025. Read Full Article at RT.com

An Irishman rather the worse for wear has been arrested for breaking into the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, after allegedly confusing it with his hostel. A major security review is underway after the incident. Read Ful...

This article contains minor spoilers for The Book of Boba Fett. Read Full Article at RT.com

A royal guard was filmed bulldozing a boy who stepped in his way while marching Read Full Article at RT.com

Mexico will suspend crude oil exports in two years in a bid to focus on domestic self-sufficiency, various media have reported. Read Full Article at RT.com

The account of Dr. Robert Malone, a veteran vaccine researcher and a prominent voice of skepticism on the issue of universal inoculation against Covid-19, has been suspended by Twitter. Read Full Article at RT.com

New Zealand Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins was almost half an hour late for his press conference on Thursday, but his mom came out to the waiting journalists and apologized for her son. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill that could simplify the process of acquiring citizenship for a wide range of people, including those who lived within the borders of the Soviet Union and their children. Read Full Ar...

The sentencing of a 19-year-old to four years behind bars for urinating on a portrait honoring a Russian WWII veteran is disproportionate to the crime he committed, the chief of the country’s Human Rights Council has said. Read Full A...

Russians are fearful about the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, including vaccine requirements and new restrictions on those who haven't had a jab – but they’re less concerned about the prospect of being infected themselves. R...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) mixed up Western Australia with Washington State in a rant against Covid-19 rules that prohibited dancing, blasting the Democrats for restrictions that had actually been imposed on a different continent. Read Ful...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has called on Russia not to implement the court-ordered dissolution of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Memorial, citing a rule designed to prevent “irreparable harm.” Read Full Artic...

China’s Taiwan Affairs Office has warned the self-governed island against pushing for independence, promising not to hold back if separatist forces cross “red lines” in an attempt to block reunification. Read Full Article at RT.co...

President Biden’s chief medical aide, Anthony Fauci, the senior US Covid-19 adviser and national institute director, is slated to receive over $350,000 in annual retirement benefits – the largest in the US government’s history. Re...

An armed man from California was arrested after telling police officers he was going to kill US President Joe Biden and other high-profile individuals, among them White House Covid adviser Anthony Fauci. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

An ex-producer for CNN’s ‘The Lead with Jake Tapper’ is reportedly being investigated over “serious allegations” of child sexual abuse, Fox News reported, citing police. He is the second employee to face such charges this mon...

Responding on Twitter to a Christmas Day family photo shared by Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Liberal commentator Keith Olbermann suggested the Republican get a vasectomy, prompting a furious response. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Covid-19 directly infects cells and can cause severe damage to the kidneys, according to a scientific study connecting serious infection with organ failure. Read Full Article at RT.com

A global ice hockey governing body canceled the remainder of its world junior championship due to concerns about the Omicron variant of Covid-19, after infections among players led to three forfeited games in just two days. Read Full Ar...

Jeff Ricchetti, brother of White House counselor Steve Ricchetti, has registered to lobby for a company behind a Covid-19 vaccine that has so far been approved only in Taiwan, a new report has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ghislaine Maxwell, a former confidante of sex trafficker and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been found guilty on five of six counts linked to helping the late financier groom and recruit teenage girls for abuse. Read Full Arti...

Elon Musk has rejected complaints that SpaceX Starlink satellites are taking up too much room in Earth’s orbit. Separately, Musk is under fire from Beijing for two near-misses between these satellites and China’s space station. Read...

Cops in the Big Apple can no longer expect any time off over New Year’s Eve and Day due to Covid-related staff absences Read Full Article at RT.com

An American college professor has drawn the wrath of Twitter for suggesting that the popular 'Madden NFL' video game franchise 'established a plantation cosplay' hours after the death of its inspiration, John Madden. Read Full Article a...

Authorities in Kazakhstan are considering building a nuclear power plant following the rapid growth of cryptocurrency mining, which has seen the Central Asian country suffer from serious electricity shortages. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Russia’s new S-550 air defense system, said to be capable of hitting high-altitude spacecraft and missiles, including hypersonic types, has passed trials and is already in service, TASS has reported. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Israeli military has reportedly drawn up several scenarios to strike Iranian targets, but warned the government that the outcomes of such actions – or their effects on Tehran’s nuclear program – were difficult to predict. Read...

Some footballers are often accused of playacting in the box but one Japanese high school took that to the extreme when they scored a goal with one of the more unique set piece routines you'll ever see. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Oregon health officials have announced three cases of Candida auris, a rare fungal infection that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have described as posing a “serious” concern for the world. Read Full Article at ...

A mysterious tank-shaped object spotted on the open sea off Indonesia over a week ago has been finally intercepted by the country’s navy and brought ashore. However, its discovery has prompted more questions than answers. Read Full Ar...

US President Joe Biden will hold talks, by phone, on Thursday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, discussing “upcoming diplomatic engagements” with Moscow, the White House has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia's insistence that NATO be stopped from enlarging eastwards towards its borders is “completely unacceptable,” the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared to have undergone a dramatic weight loss when he spoke at a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party. Kim’s physique has noticeably slimmed down in recent months amid reported food shortages. Rea...

Terrorism threats in unstable regions in the Middle East and Afghanistan still remain a key threat to Russia’s safety, Moscow has cautioned, speculating that radicals could be making gains on the African continent. Read Full Article a...

The second line of Nord Stream 2 is filled with gas and ready to begin operating, Alexey Miller, the head of Russia’s state-owned energy corporation Gazprom, said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Read F...

The moratorium on capital punishment imposed in Russia in 1997 after the country joined the Council of Europe could be lifted in the future, the chairman of the country’s Constitutional Court said on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Tumblr's latest update to its iOS app, released on Tuesday, has censored a long list of seemingly harmless words to comply with Apple's new strict safety guidelines for programs featured on the tech giant's online store. Read Full Artic...

Eight years after his tragic accident in the French Alps, the medical status of F1 icon Michael Schumacher remains one of the most closely-guarded secrets in all of sports but a few details have trickled out about his condition. Read Fu...

A controversial plan by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to “decolonise” its plant collections has been slated in a new report that accuses the taxpayer-funded UK body of engaging in “non-scientific” political activities. Read Ful...

Maurizio Buratti, a mechanic who gained a cult following for his radio show call-ins, has died of coronavirus after 22 days in intensive care. He had boasted about going to the supermarket maskless while suffering from a fever. Read Ful...

The three-part BBC series released this week, A Very British Scandal, recounts the tumultuous marriage of the Duke of Argyll, Ian Campbell, and his third wife, Margaret Whigham, and their very public and seedy divorce in 1963. Read Ful...

French carmaker Citroen has come under fire for “romanticizing sexual harassment” after putting out an advertisement in Egypt touting a new feature that apparently allows drivers to click pictures of unsuspecting pedestrians. Read F...

The German health minister believes infection rates are vastly under-recorded Read Full Article at RT.com

As some question whether Joe Biden will seek another term in the White House, podcaster Joe Rogan has floated Michelle Obama as a possible alternative, arguing that “she wins” if she chooses to run. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Apple is reportedly awarding some of the company’s engineers with huge perks in an effort to keep its highly skilled professionals from fleeing to Facebook (recently rebranded as Meta), Google, and other tech rivals. Read Full Article...

The Tequila fish has been successfully reintroduced into the wild some 18 years after it was first reported as “missing” from its native habitat in Mexico and declared extinct, potentially offering a lifeline to other species. Read ...

Australia and New Zealand are facing a surge in gang-related crimes, and the policy of shipping busted gang members away from Australian soil instead of joining forces hurts both neighbors, a Kiwi activist told RT. Read Full Article at ...

The Chinese government has given the green light to the establishment of four mega-clusters of data centers in the north of the country as China’s existing data centers are finding it increasingly difficult to expand further. Read Ful...

The true identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, who has been one of the financial world’s enduring mysteries, is still unknown. However, Elon Musk says he might have the answer. Read Full Article at RT.com

The author of the best-seller ‘The Da Vinci Code’, Dan Brown has reached an undisclosed settlement with his former wife, after a year-long legal battle in which he was accused of misappropriating marital assets and having affairs. R...

A Merseyside policeman was formally sacked after committing a litany of disciplinary offenses Read Full Article at RT.com

Three Palestinians have been wounded in retaliatory strikes by Israel Defense Forces (IDF), ordered after an Israeli civilian, who was fixing the newly-completed border fence, was injured by fire from Gaza. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

French Health Minister Olivier Véran said that France will report 208,000 cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, breaking the previous national and European record set a day earlier. Across the continent, case numbers are exploding. Read Full...

Instagram beauty Katerina Safarova has answered her legion of followers after being asked about claims that she was in a close relationship with Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar. Read Full Article at RT.com

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The parents of a teenager who died while trying on outfits in a fitting room inadvertently pierced by a police bullet have called for full disclosure. Their attorney is calling for the LAPD to release all footage of the incident. Read F...

Russia is prepared to increase gas supplies to Western Europe, but long-term contracts are needed because an increase in production requires a large amount of investment, Moscow's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday. Read Full Artic...

A statue of Cristiano Ronaldo erected in Goa has led to a spate of complaints amongst locals who claim that it is 'insulting' to those who suffered during Portugal's prior colonization of the Indian state. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has continued his crackdown against dissent in the media by imposing a new set of restrictive measures against three companies that own opposition-aligned TV channels, it emerged on Tuesday. Read Full...

The judge presiding over the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, a long-time associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has warned that the rapid spread of Omicron in New York could jeopardize the proceedings. Read Full Article at RT....

Fistfights broke out among lawmakers in the Jordanian parliament on Tuesday, following a heated debate on several controversial constitutional reforms, including a gender equality amendment. The session had to be adjourned. Read Full Ar...

The British government is struggling to find permanent homes for the refugees, who were evacuated in the summer Read Full Article at RT.com

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reportedly offloaded the final batch of Tesla stock options that expire next year. The move completes the billionaire’s recent share sales, which dragged down the price of his company stock. Read Full Article a...

A review of England’s care system has found that the safeguarding system is “unfit for purpose” and is in urgent need of being reformed, as it is putting teenagers in a “bleak” position where they are at risk of exploitation. ...

Uzbek prodigy Nodirbek Abdusattorov, 17, has turned the chess world on its head by dethroning Magnus Carlsen en route to claiming his first World Rapid Chess Championship. Here's what you need to know about the teenage phenomenon. Read ...

Four who helped migrants cross a closed border from Vietnam have been paraded through streets Read Full Article at RT.com

Meghan King, who was a star on ‘Real Housewives of Orange County,’ has revealed that she and Joe Biden’s nephew, Cuffe Owens, are ending their marriage after two months. Read Full Article at RT.com

In an appeal to “kind audiences,” animal rights group PETA has demanded that viewers skip the latest season of ‘The Witcher’ because of its use of live animals instead of “modern and humane computer-generated imagery.” Read ...

A Moscow court has ruled that a prominent organization campaigning on human rights issues should be dissolved after prosecutors insisted that it was breaching the country’s laws regulating ‘foreign agents.’ Read Full Article at RT...

The Pentagon has ordered the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, and other warships, to remain in the Mediterranean region rather than sail as previously planned towards the Middle East, Western news agencies claimed on Tuesday. Read F...

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has again found himself at the center of vaccine drama after he savaged the league's 'two-class system' which affords vaccinated players more rights than their unvaccinated peers. Read Full Ar...

Khabib Nurmagomedov would have a stronger claim to be the UFC’s greatest ever star if he had competed for longer, according to promotion boss Dana White. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) allegedly backed secret experiments into schizophrenia on 311 Danish children, many adopted or from orphanages, during the early 1960s, according to a newly released documentary. Read Full Article a...

Scientists have captured images of a supermassive black hole some 12 million light years from Earth Read Full Article at RT.com

Tankers loaded with US liquefied natural gas (LNG) that was reportedly destined for China have been diverted to head towards Britain instead, as Europe’s energy crisis worsens by the day. Read Full Article at RT.com

World number one Novak Djokovic will not appear for Serbia at the ATP Cup in Sydney, which begins this weekend. The news will add further doubt to Djokovic’s participation at the Australian Open later in January. Read Full Article at ...

A nationwide 24/7 lockdown for cats is just around the corner in Australia, officials believe, as figures reveal that billions of unique native animals fall prey to feline hunters annually. Read Full Article at RT.com

World top-50 star Benoit Paire has seen his plans for the start of the new season disrupted after the frustrated French ace said he had tested positive for coronavirus “for the 250th time.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Animal preservation activists had reason to rejoice this Christmas, after one of Britain’s last-known big bats was spotted hibernating in Sussex. A search for a mate to save the almost-extinct species has now begun in earnest. Read Fu...

A US military base in Alaska has updated its guidelines regarding goods allowed to be sold on its grounds, after a vendor plied anti-Biden figurines to personnel. Read Full Article at RT.com

Though scientists say the new variant is less deadly, hospital admissions in the British capital tripled in December Read Full Article at RT.com

The investigation into the failure of the October test launch of South Korea’s Nuri rocket zeroed in on an anchoring device on its third stage as the culprit. It may lead to delays of the next scheduled launch. Read Full Article at RT...

Over three-quarters of Russians have a positive outlook about their family’s financial situation, a recent poll has shown, as the world’s largest country faces high inflation rates and rising prices. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russia is doubtful that its demand to stop NATO’s eastward expansion will gain any traction, and it is highly likely the US-led bloc will simply ignore Moscow’s security concerns, the Russian Foreign Minister said on Monday. Read Fu...

John Madden, the iconic NFL figure who was a Hall of Fame coach and beloved broadcaster, has died at the age of 85, the league has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Chinese government has demanded that US officials act to prevent mishaps in orbit after Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites nearly crashed into Beijing’s new space station. It accuses Washington of recklessness and hypocrisy. Read F...

A US federal judge has ruled against the Oklahoma government and a group of soldiers in a lawsuit challenging the military’s vaccination requirements, denying a requested pause on the policy for National Guard troops in the state. Rea...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has bought another 110 acres of land on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, assuming ownership of territory that includes a reservoir and a pristine forest, despite protests from locals. Read Full Article at R...

US President Joe Biden said he would agree to impose new travel rules for the unvaccinated should his medical team advise it, after the White House’s most senior Covid official suggested the move would be “reasonable.” Read Full A...

Some “essential” workers who come down with Covid-19 in Quebec, Canada will be permitted to remain on the job, the province’s health minister said, citing an “urgent” need for healthcare staff amid a surge in cases. Read Full ...

Results of a newly published poll have revealed that media outlets and Democratic politicians have made zero progress over the past year in convincing skeptical Americans that President Joe Biden was legitimately elected. Read Full Arti...

Adulterating black coffee with white milk is an act of racism, a tongue-in-cheek Swede has proclaimed in an essay – only to find his work praised by a critical race theory (CRT) teacher at Stockholm University, he claims. Read Full Ar...

A Polish politician has accused prosecutors of refusing to act on his complaint over an alleged hack of his phone, believed to have involved the Pegasus software created by the Israel-based NSO Group. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A district attorney in New York announced on Tuesday that former governor Andrew Cuomo wouldn’t be charged for two separate incidents in which he attempted to kiss two women against their will. Read Full Article at RT.com

If Washington DC had been a place of “peace and calm” on January 6, 2021, Donald Trump ally Peter Navarro would have executed a “perfect plan,” he says – and that has had some accusing him of having tried to thwart the electio...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has corrected its Covid-19 reporting, saying its previous estimate for the percentage of new cases caused by the Omicron variant was more than triple the actual figure. Read Full A...

The Californian woman arrested for attacking a fellow traveler on a Delta Air Lines flight has been identified as a former actress, Playboy model and NFL cheerleader, but the reason she punched the man is particularly bizarre. Read Full...

The team of Russian scientists behind a new Covid-19 drug, Avifavir, have issued a statement in which they insist that it is highly effective against the two strains of coronavirus, Delta and Omicron, that are currently dominant. Read F...

China agrees with Russia that the West’s desire for a dominant position on the world stage is unacceptable, and the two countries must work together for “mutual development,” Beijing said on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian chess star Alexandra Kosteniuk has become world champion in the game's rapid-format version for the first time with victory in Warsaw, Poland. Read Full Article at RT.com