Russian foreign exchange holdings grew by 0.7% over the week ending December 24, reaching $630.5 billion, according to the latest data from the central bank. Russia holds the world’s fifth-largest forex reserves. Read Full Article at ...

Belarus is on track to undergo a series of symbolic political reforms by way of amending its constitution. The first draft of the new document has recently been unveiled to much fanfare outside the country. But what might it mean? Read ...

Iconic Swedish furniture brand IKEA has announced plans to raise prices of its historically budget-friendly goods by 9% as soon as next year, due to supply-chain bottlenecks and surging materials costs as the pandemic persists. Read Ful...

Portugal defender Joao Cancelo has revealed his ordeal after a gang raided his home and beat him while his wife and daughter were in his house in the suburbs of Manchester Read Full Article at RT.com

A man who allegedly killed five people in Denver earlier this week, had ‘previewed’ the murders, in a trilogy of criminal novels called ‘Sanction.’ Read Full Article at RT.com

Charges against two New York prison guards have been dropped by prosecutors. The pair had admitted to falsifying records about their movements on the night financier Jeffrey Epstein hung himself in his cell. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A proposed law listing the reasons someone can be deprived of Russian citizenship should be extended to people who were born in the country and hold a passport due to birthright, Russian MP Alexander Khinshtein wrote on Wednesday. Read ...

As 2021 draws to an end and people gear up to celebrate the New Year, Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended his season's greetings to top global politicians, including his US counterpart Joe Biden and others. Read Full Article a...

Brussels should put politics aside when faced with crucial issues such as vaccination uptake and energy supplies, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told RT, calling for “better cooperation” with the East. Read Full Article ...

A man who appeared in a BBC interview while suffering from Covid-19 in hospital has rebuked claims that he is a performer, stating that he only changed his Instagram bio to “1x Academy Award Winning Crisis Actor” as a joke. Read Ful...

With France leading Europe in the number of cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the authorities have ordered Parisians to wear masks even when outdoors from Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The New York State Department of Health appeared to announce this week that non-white New Yorkers would receive priority over whites in receiving “extremely limited” Covid-19 therapies for people at risk. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Author J.K. Rowling, a controversial figure for her outspoken views on trans issues, has waded into the debate once again, arguing that the words “sex” and “gender” cannot be used interchangeably. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Thursday's 50-minute call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden touched on security issues that are expected to be discussed at length next month in a series of high-level diplomatic meetings. Read Fu...

Fully vaccinated travelers arriving from the United States will now have to undergo 10 days of quarantine in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam designated the US a “very high-risk” nation after a surge in Omicron cases. Read Full Arti...

More than 8.5 million Canadians have been ordered to remain at home for New Year’s celebrations, with the provincial government of Quebec imposing a curfew and a ban on private gatherings amid the spread of the Omicron variant. Read F...

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk received a mixed reaction after he shared a meme on Twitter appearing to criticize both sides of the Covid-19 vaccine debate – vaccinated and unvaccinated – for taking things way too seriously. Read Fu...

Grass fires fueled by strong winds have triggered evacuation orders for multiple towns in Northern Colorado, where a thick pall of smoke hangs over Boulder County and some reportedly remain trapped in their homes. Read Full Article at R...

White House health adviser Anthony Fauci has pushed back on parents who refuse to vaccinate their children based on the low number of serious cases among minors, insisting their arguments don’t make sense. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Kremlin has revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his US counterpart Joe Biden that the introduction of new "unprecedented" sanctions could lead to a complete rupture of relations between the countries. Read Full ...

The South African government lifted nighttime restrictions on citizens’ movements as of Thursday, as it has calculated that the latest coronavirus surge, driven by the new Omicron variant, has taken a downward trajectory. Read Full Ar...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its travel health notice to the highest level and advised Americans to "avoid cruise ships, regardless of vaccination status," citing an increased threat of Covid. Read Full A...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden held phone talks late on Thursday. The additional call, the second one in December, comes ahead of the upcoming Russian-American security talks in Geneva. Read Full Artic...

Controversial British broadcaster Piers Morgan has suggested that Ghislaine Maxwell may testify against her rich and powerful contacts to dodge a stiff jail sentence. But Morgan, commenters pointed out, may too be among them. Read Full ...

A New York jury has found Teva Pharmaceutical Industries liable in helping to fuel opioid addiction in the state, with damages set to be determined later. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s state arms exporter has named its top five new weapons, citing the attention they’ve got on the international market. They range from assault rifles to an upcoming 5th-generation fighter jet, and sophisticated drones. Read ...

A five-story coal silo in Baltimore, Maryland has exploded, and first responders are now investigating the incident, which people reportedly felt throughout the city. Read Full Article at RT.com

Israel is struggling to contain a large-scale bird flu outbreak as the disease has conquered new ground in recent months. Now, Israeli health officials are warning that the virus might infect humans – without even mutating. Read Full ...

Australian motorsports queen turned OnlyFans model and pornographic actress Renee Gracie says that she is finally doing something that she loves after ditching her racing career in favor of showing some skin online. Read Full Article at...

The founder of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and fellow member, Veronika Nikulshina have been added to the Russian Ministry of Justice’s ‘foreign agents’ registry, over links to funding from abroad....

The England national team will continue to make the pre-match gesture that has proved divisive at times in their country and beyond, with boss Gareth Southgate claiming his players did not realize the influence it would have. Read Full ...

The BBC has apologized for asking Alan Dershowitz for his take on Ghislaine Maxwell’s guilty verdict without disclosing his connection, with critics citing the lawyer’s direct links to the sex-trafficking case. Read Full Article at ...

New Zealander Oriini Kaipara has been hailed in the media for making history, after becoming the first prime-time TV presenter with a traditional Maori tattoo. Videos of her presenting a news bulletin on Monday have gone viral. Read Ful...

Top stars heading to Cameroon for Africa's flagship international football tournament in January and February 2022 face media coverage with "racist" undertones, according to ex-Arsenal striker Ian Wright. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

If the West follows through with its threats to shut Moscow out of the SWIFT financial transaction system, other states will feel the consequences, Russia’s finance minister has cautioned. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Navy has announced the confiscation of a huge cache of heroin, worth an estimated $4 million, which was seized from a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea. Read Full Article at RT.com

The head of the Chechen Republic has denied he was told to deliver an explosive statement in which he declared he would have invaded Ukraine a long time ago, if ordered to do so, and that Moscow should annex the country. Read Full Artic...

The use of man-made snow at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing has led to critics warning that the practice is "irresponsible" amid ongoing climate concerns. Read Full Article at RT.com

The settlement deal between Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, who is currently suing Prince Andrew for alleged sex abuse, is due to be made public in the coming days, following an order by US judges to unseal the agreement. Read Ful...

Newly released state papers reveal that George W. Bush admitted in 1998 he “did not know much about international affairs.” Winning the presidency two years later, Bush would go on to demonstrate this on numerous occasions. Read Ful...

The US is putting pressure on China and Russia on all fronts, and the two must continue to deepen strategic cooperation on all fronts, Beijing’s ambassador to Moscow declared on Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Australia’s Old Parliament House saw its doors engulfed by a blaze on Thursday as an aboriginal rights protest outside of the building apparently went wrong. Read Full Article at RT.com

Stars will not be called up to China's national teams if they have tattoos, according to a report which claims that stars who have them will be ordered to arrange their removal. Read Full Article at RT.com

A US Air Force E-8C Joint STARS battle management plane has made its maiden flight over eastern Ukraine for a reconnaissance mission to gather information about the situation on the ground, an American official has revealed. Read Full A...

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that Tesla is recalling 475,000 vehicles due to the “unavailability” of a rearview camera on the Model 3 and front hood issues on the Model S. Read Full Art...

The South Korean government is taking a stand against NFTs, attempting to block the release of new crypto-inspired play-to-earn mobile games and demanding the removal of existing ones from the Apple and Google app stores. Read Full Arti...

Prime Minister Tony Blair hired a US law firm to advise on President Bill Clinton’s affair with intern Monica Lewinsky over concerns about damage by association at the height of the American leader’s legal troubles. Read Full Articl...

Spanish bank Santander has mistakenly paid out £130 million ($175 million) to nearly 75,000 people and businesses in the UK in a Christmas Day slip-up. The lender is now racing to retrieve the lost funds. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The British government has advised its employees to refrain from the word ‘Brexit’ in official communication and to replace it with the exact date of when the UK left the EU. The directive has been criticized on social media. Read F...

Pavlyuchenkova, who has entered isolation and now faces a race against time to make the Australian Open, has told people to take care of their health after she contracted the virus even though she is vaccinated. Read Full Article at RT....

During the last few years, a research institute in China has been busy developing weapons that would be able to “paralyze” enemies rather than killing them, US media reports claim. Read Full Article at RT.com

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said the agency had halved its recommended quarantine time based on what the public would “tolerate.” It had also been under pressure from airlines. Read Fu...

More than 1,000 Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the Chinese city of Xi’an since December 9. Despite a local lockdown, infection numbers have continued to grow, testing Beijing’s zero-Covid policy. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Premier League club Chelsea has claimed losses of £145.6 million ($196 million) for the year ending June 30, 2021. Read Full Article at RT.com

A teacher from Chicago had to self-isolate in an airplane’s lavatory for four hours over concerns for the health of fellow passengers, after a rapid coronavirus test she did mid-flight to Iceland turned out positive. Read Full Article...

Iran has conducted a successful space launch, the country’s defense ministry reported on Thursday. A Simorgh rocket carried three research satellites to the altitude of 470 kilometers, it said. Read Full Article at RT.com

As the go-to place to search for information, Google has been the number-one website in the world for quite some time, but the most popular domain in 2021 turns out to be TikTok. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian-made medium-haul passenger jet MC-21 has received its "type certificate," paving the way to mass production of the aircraft. The cutting-edge new market entrant has been plagued by sanctions and multiple delays. Read Full Ar...

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has been denounced on Chinese social media over an advert many say perpetrates Asian stereotypes. Mercedes has removed the ad in the country, which happens to be the world’s largest automobile market. Rea...

Transgender policies currently in place in US student swimming are an 'assault on women's sports' according to respected coach Dave Salo, who says that rules which allow the likes of Lia Thomas to compete aren't 'fair at all'. Read Full...

Former US president George W. Bush revealed in a 1998 conversation with the then-UK ambassador that he knew little about international issues, according to documents released by the National Archives. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Warsaw’s use of the controversial Israeli spyware on three government critics is probably just the start, according to one researcher Read Full Article at RT.com

A New York primary school has removed the song ‘Jingle Bells’ from its curriculum because of its connection with the 19th century blackface performing tradition. Read Full Article at RT.com

UFC commentator and popular Spotify broadcaster Joe Rogan, who has not received a vaccine, says that he has been forced to cancel an event in Canada because of strict Covid-19 protocols. Read Full Article at RT.com

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson refuses to return to the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise, accusing Vin Diesel of ‘manipulation’ Read Full Article at RT.com

The global upheaval of 2020 continued at breakneck pace in 2021, with new leaders in the US and EU, troubling new Covid-19 variants emerging, and a worldwide culture war continuing. Here’s some of the biggest stories of the year. Read...

Thursday's talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden will be a chance for both sides to put aside their differences and find a way to resolve growing tensions, the Kremlin has said. Read Full ...

Russian Chelsea obsessive Maria Liman braved chilly temperatures in a blue cheerleader outfit as the model and actress watched Chelsea draw 1-1 at home to Brighton in the Premier League, putting another dent in their title hopes. Read F...

The first generations to occupy space outposts may be left with few nutrition choices, scholars believe Read Full Article at RT.com

A late December warm spell has caused chaos in Alaska, as moisture-soaked winds bombarded the US state with heavy precipitation, causing what the authorities dubbed an “Icemageddon.” Read Full Article at RT.com

England’s medical service is opening temporary Covid “surge hubs” in a bid to provide extra hospital beds for infected individuals after the NHS’ medical director warned doctors are on a “war footing.” Read Full Article at R...

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 ...