US officials reportedly said the towers that transmit commercial 5G signals over the C-band of the wireless spectrum may interfere with aircraft signals, asking to delay the rollout of the new service. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has published new photos from its Tianwen 1 Mars project, including two spectacular selfies taken by the mission’s orbiter circling the planet. Read Full Article at RT.com

The economy of the world’s largest country is reaching a point where its productive capacity is unable to keep up with growing demand due to labor shortages, a senior official at the Bank of Russia has cautioned. Read Full Article at ...

The 2022 New Year celebration has turned out to be the largest ever in orbit with 10 cosmonauts and astronauts in total on two stations, Russia’s space agency has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Sports stars and supporters who have not had their shots of Covid vaccines will be banned from attending events, a health minister in Italy has said while warning that there are "too many fans without a mask". Read Full Article at RT.co...

Following public outcry, the governor of Colorado commuted the sentence of truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, who was involved in a crash that killed four in 2019, from to 110 to 10 years with eligibility for parole in five. Read Full...

CNN host Anderson Cooper awkwardly tried to shut down his co-host’s drunken rant about New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during the network’s New Year’s Eve coverage. Read Full Article at RT.com

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has vowed to continue defending the island’s independence against Beijing. In a New Year’s speech, she said the differences with communist mainland China cannot be resolved by force. Read Full Articl...

The holdings of gold in the foreign exchange reserves of the central banks have been growing worldwide, hitting a 31-year high this year. At the same time, US dollar holdings have been dropping. Read Full Article at RT.com

An American judge who was caught using the N-word to describe a black burglar who tried breaking into her car has resigned and apologized for her comments. Read Full Article at RT.com

A federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine and mask mandate from being enforced in a program for low-income families, deeming the requirement for children to be masked and staff vaccinated unconstitutional. Read Full Ar...

At least 12 people were killed and scores were injured, some seriously, after a row broke out outside a Hindu shrine in a small town in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, sparking a deadly stampede. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed this week that his company’s in-development humanoid robots could form personalities that match their owners and become good companions, as well as laborers. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two people have been injured in a shooting at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Shoppers were ordered to take shelter inside, as multiple police descended on the building. Read Full Article at RT.com

Controversial former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II this week, sparking outrage from Brits who argued he should be in prison for his involvement in the Iraq War instead. Read Full Article at R...

A US-based journalist with bylines in several established publications has deleted her Twitter after sending shockwaves across the platform by seemingly wishing death upon Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on New Years’ Eve. Read Full Artic...

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) responded to the wave of criticism she received over photos of her vacationing in Florida, claiming her Republican critics are taking out their “sexual frustrations.” Read Full Ar...

German prosecutors have opened a probe against a Bundeswehr soldier who delivered a video ultimatum to the government demanding it abandon its Covid-19 policies. The man was released after being briefly detained. Read Full Article at RT...

Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the bilateral relations with Russia in a New Year’s message to President Vladimir Putin, saying the two set new trade records and stepped up their game in the fields of energy and space. Read Full ...

Russians encountered “colossal challenges” in 2021 but managed to cope with them through staying united, President Vladimir Putin said in his traditional New Year address to the nation. Here are the key points from his speech. Read ...

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has reported there has been no known loss of life from the devastating wildfires that have claimed over 500 homes. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ex-UFC champ Carla Esparza's proposed world title fight against Rose Namajunas may be in jeopardy after she suffered a massive gash above her right eye following a clash of heads with her opponent in a grappling match. Read Full Article...

Baker Mayfield claims he is taking death threats in his stride after trolls sent poisonous messages to the Cleveland Browns star and his wife Emily following an NFL defeat. Read Full Article at RT.com

Beloved American TV and film actress Betty White has passed away at the age of 99, only days after saying it was “amazing” she was in “such good health.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Fedor Emelianenko says he wants to avenge the last loss on his record when he steps into the cage for the final time in the Russian capital next summer, and he could even end his legendary career as Bellator's heavyweight champ. Read Fu...

A rocket launched by Iran on Thursday has ended with the satellites aboard failing to attain orbit, as the launch itself was not speedy enough to hit the required altitude. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak on the night of January 2 and into the early morning hours of the next day, and it could be one of the biggest of the year, officials say. Read Full Article at RT.com

Racing in Sigulda – the setting for her Junior World Championships in 2017 – Yulia Kanakina came within a split second of a World Cup win. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukraine’s energy security is not threatened by Russia, despite Kiev’s insistence, but by the complete failure of its own system and the paralysis of the current authorities, the Russian Foreign Ministry has claimed. Read Full Articl...

Police investigating a demonstration at a Covid-19 test-and-trace facility in south-east England have published an image of a woman who allegedly stole and binned a box of test kits. Read Full Article at RT.com

The BBC has been accused of making a “colossal error” in its report on a November attack against Jewish teenagers on a bus in London and is being called on to apologize. Read Full Article at RT.com

A clip of Angela Merkel’s ‘successor’ Armin Laschet laughing amid a briefing on deadly flooding in Germany has been credited with him losing a lot of support ahead of the vote. Now the media is saying they know what the joke was. ...

Attorneys for Virginia Giuffre are seeking proof of Prince Andrew’s claims that he suffers from a condition that prevents sweating, which he says disproves Giuffre’s sexual assault allegations against him. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The UK Health Security Agency has said that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is much less likely to cause hospitalization than the Delta variant. The latest data suggests the risk is one-third of that for Delta. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Thousands of flights within the US and internationally have reportedly been canceled or delayed on Friday due to the harsh weather conditions and increasing cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The UK’s medical regulator has given the green light to Pfizer’s coronavirus pill, Paxlovid. The drug will be made available to anyone deemed at risk of developing severe Covid symptoms, including those over the age of 60. Read Full...

Researchers working at Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Polar Station in Antarctica have contracted Covid-19, even though all personnel have been inoculated and any new arrival has to follow rigorous safety protocols. Read Full Article at...

Four-time Russian national gold medalist Maxim Kovtun says that figure skating would be more appealing to fans if competitors borrowed from the book of Ireland's silver-tongued trash talker Conor McGregor. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) was spotted closing out the year in sunny Florida, while New York faces rising coronavirus cases and controversial government restrictions. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian president Vladimir Putin has addressed Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a new year message reaffirming his intention to be at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics Read Full Article at RT.com

Germany is shutting down three nuclear power plants on Friday, in a move to halve the country’s remaining nuclear capacity. The measure comes despite the worst ever energy crises the European region has experienced. Read Full Article ...

The Earth is facing the biggest extinction event since the end of the dinosaur era, with a million species at risk of becoming extinct within the next few decades, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has said in a report. Read Full Article at...

Double Olympic gold winner and senior International Olympic Comittee member Sebastien Coe has lashed out at the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics, held by governments including the US and the UK, as "frankly meaningless". Read ...

London recorded 30 teenage homicides in 2021, surpassing the previous peak of 29 which was seen in 2008. A 15-year-old and a 16-year-old died within an hour of each other on Thursday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Dimitry Tsarevsky is being held against his will by his family at their home and could be suffering "emotional and physical abuse", partner Isabella Flores has claimed Read Full Article at RT.com

The authorities in Bangladesh’s main tourist resort have swiftly backtracked on their decision to open a women-only beach zone after social media users compared them to the Taliban. Read Full Article at RT.com

Britain’s former Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter has drawn public attention to the possible treatment of severe PTSD with the psychoactive drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy and currently outlawed in the UK. Read ...

Lockdowns and travel restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a sharp downturn in international flights to and from the UK, according to the latest data revealed by Cirium, an aviation analytics firm. Read Full Article ...

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel has hit out at comments made by record signing Romelu Lukaku in a recent interview in which he hinted at leaving the club, calling the remarks "noise we don't need". Read Full Article at RT.com

Suzanne Massie, who advised the US government in the 1980s, has appeared on RT’s Worlds Apart program, explaining why she’s applying for Russian citizenship and revealing some details about her former boss, Ronald Reagan. Read Full ...

Israel has penned a deal with its allies in Washington to buy 12 Lockheed Martin helicopters and two Boeing refueling planes, with the total cost estimated to be around $3.1 billion. Read Full Article at RT.com

Three of the five most popular books from the 2021 New York Times Best Seller list were about former US president Donald Trump and his last year in office, a survey in the US has found. Read Full Article at RT.com

The family of MMA fighter David Koenig, who went missing in the US two years ago, say his cause of death remains a mystery after a forensic dentist identified his body in woodland Read Full Article at RT.com

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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...